"Hot Stuff" Eddie Gilbert

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Championships and accomplishments

• Cauliflower Alley Club
  • Family Award (2011) – with Doug Gilbert and Tommy Gilbert[8]
• Central States Wrestling
  • NWA Central States Tag Team Championship (1 time) – with Ricky Romero[9]
• Continental Wrestling Association
  • AWA Southern Heavyweight Championship (1 time)
  • AWA Southern Tag Team Championship (4 times) – with Tommy Gilbert (2), Tommy Rich (1), and Ricky Morton (1)[10][11]
  • CWA International Heavyweight Championship (2 times)
• Eastern Championship Wrestling
  • ECW Tag Team Championship (1 time) – with Dark Patriot
  • ECW Tag Team Championship Tournament (1993) – with Dark Patriot
• Global Wrestling Federation
  • GWF North American Heavyweight Championship (1 time)
  • GWF Television Championship (2 times)[12]
  • GWF Television Championship Tournament (October 1991)
• Hardcore Hall of Fame
  • Class of 2009[13]
• Jim Crockett Promotions
  • NWA United States Tag Team Championship (1 time) – with Rick Steiner
• NWA Tri-State / Mid-South Wrestling Association / Universal Wrestling Federation
  • Mid-South Tag Team Championship (1 time) - with The Nightmare
  • NWA Tri-State Tag Team Championship (3 times) – with Ricky Morton (1), and Tommy Gilbert (2)
  • NWA United States Tag Team Championship (Tri-State version) (1 time) – with Tommy Gilbert
  • UWF World Tag Team Championship (2 times) – with Sting
  • UWF World Television Championship (1 time)
• Pro Wrestling Illustrated
  • PWI ranked him #83 of the top 500 singles wrestlers of the "PWI Years" in 2003[14]
• United States Wrestling Association
  • USWA Heavyweight Championship (1 time)
  • USWA Southern Heavyweight Championship (1 time)
  • USWA Tag Team Championship (1 time) – with Brian Christopher
  • USWA Unified World Heavyweight Championship (4 times)
  • GWF World Heavyweight Championship (actually GWF North American Championship brought over to USWA)
  • Memphis Wrestling Hall of Fame (Class of 1995)[15]
• World Wrestling Council
  • WWC North American Tag Team Championship (1 time) – with Tommy Gilbert
• Wrestling Observer Newsletter
  • Most Disgusting Promotional Tactic (1983) Broken neck angle
  • Best Booker (1988)

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NWA Ric Flair & Barry Windham vs. Eddie Gilbert & Ricky Steamboat 01/21/1989




Eddie Gilbert vs Cactus Jack Power Hour March 30th, 1990




The Great Muta vs Eddie Gilbert

 

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One of those people whose career ended too soon. Good wrestler and just bags of charisma on the mic, but most importantly he had such a good mind for the business, way ahead of his time. It really can't be understated how influential that style he helped promote, with long term storyline booking, a slightly more cutting edge product than usual, focus on unused and underrated talent. When he moved to ECW he brought Terry Funk and Shane Douglas with him, both who would eventually be a cornerstone in early ECW. But most importantly he also helped mentor Heyman and we know how that eventually turned out.

Some matches of his I found recently during his time in the UWF (Bill Watts)