By the age of 16, Johnson - born Wayde Bowles - relocated to Toronto to train as a boxer, but began his career in wrestling in 1964 and spent the next two and a half decades in active competition, racking up titles in various National Wrestling Alliance territories, most famously in Memphis where he feuded with Jerry"The King" Lawler.
In 1982, Johnson jumped to the World Wrestling Federation and began a midcard run against the likes of Greg"The Hammer" Valentine, Don Muraco and Adrian Adonis. He found his greatest success in the company in a tag team alongside Tony Atlas. Called"The Soul Patrol," Johnson and Atlas became the first ever black tag team champions in 1983, defeated The Wild Samoans.
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