Ray Candy

Quick Facts

Full Name	Ray Candy
Occupation	Amateur Wrestler
Date Of Birth	Dec 3, 1951(1951-12-03)
Age	73
Date Of Death	May 23, 1994, Decatur, GA
Birthplace	Decatur
Country	United States
Horoscope	Sagittarius

Ray Candy Biography

Ray Candy is one of the most popular and richest Amateur Wrestler who was born on December 3, 1951 in Decatur, United States.

Ray Canty was trained for his professional wrestling career by former NWA World Heavyweight Championship holder Dory Funk Jr. before making his in-ring debut in 1973. Starting out he adopted the ring name “Ray Candy”, a modified version of his birth name. To start with Candy worked for the local All-South Wrestling Alliance (ASWA) based out of Atlanta, Georgia. In the ASWA he won the ASWA United States Championship early in his career. He later worked for Dory Funk Sr.’s National Wrestling Alliance Western States Sports (WWS) promotion. In WWS he won both the NWA Western States Heavyweight Championship and the NWA Western States Tag Team Championship, teaming with his mentor Dory Funk Jr. By 1976 he was a regular worker for Championship Wrestling from Florida (CWF), but also worked for the nearby NWA Mid-America promotion where he held the NWA Mid-America Tag Team Championship twice while teaming with Pez Whatley. In 1979 Candy was invited to work for All Japan Pro Wrestling (AJPW), touring Japan several times. On October 12, 1979 Candy and Abdullah the Butcher won the NWA International Tag Team Championship, defeating Giant Baba and Jumbo Tsuruta. The duo only held the championship for a week before Baba and Tsuruta regained them. Candy competed in the 1980 Champion Carnival, where he defeated Motoshi Okumura, Carl Fergie, the Mysterious Assassin and Rocky Hata to earn a total of eight points, enough for eight place.

In 1983 the Florida bookers came up with the idea to team up Candy with the 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m), 310 lb (140 kg; 22 st), Leroy Brown. Candy took the Muslim name “Kareem Muhammad” while Brown was billed as “Elijah Akeem”. Together they formed “the Zambuie Express”, which was at times billed as “The Muslim Connection” in some promotions. The duo began to wear camouflage pants and shirts to the ring, adopting militaristic Muslim in ring characters, based to some extent on the Black Panther Party. The two toured mainly in the southern parts of the United States where their racially charged characters made them very hated. The team was often managed by Sir Oliver Humperdink and was part of the “House of Humperdink”. In Florida the duo defeated Mike Graham and Scott McGhee to win the NWA Florida Global Tag Team Championship on July 31,

1983. The duo held the championship until September of that year, when it was replaced by the Florida version of the NWA United States Tag Team Championship. The Zambuie Express were declared the United States Champions, with the storyline being that they won a tournament. Two months later the Zambuie Express lost the championship to the team of Dusty Rhodes and Blackjack Mulligan on November 5, 1983

Ray Candy Net Worth

Ray Candy is one of the richest Amateur Wrestler from United States. According to our analysis, Wikipedia, Forbes & Business Insider, Ray Candy 's net worth $5 Million. (Last Update: December 11, 2023)

Ray Canty (December 3, 1951 – May 23, 1994), better known by the ring name Ray Candy, was an American professional wrestler who worked for a variety of different wrestling promotions in the United States, Japan and Puerto Rico such as Jim Crockett Promotions, All Japan Pro Wrestling, World Wrestling Council and others. He also competed as Blackstud Williams, Super Mario Man, Commando Ray, Masked Superfly and Kareem Muhammad.

Height, Weight & Body Measurements

Ray Candy height 6 ft 5 in Edoardo weight 341 lbs & body measurements will update soon.

Who is Ray Candy Dating?

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Facts & Trivia

Edoardo Ranked on the list of most popular Amateur Wrestler. Also ranked in the elit list of famous people born in United States. Ray Candy celebrates birthday on December 3 of every year.

Top Facts about Ray Candy

1. Ray Candy was born on May 5, 1951.
2. He began his wrestling career in the late 1970s.
3. Candy competed in various promotions including NWA and WCW.
4. He was known for his charismatic personality and impressive size.
5. Candy passed away on May 23, 1994 at age 43.
6. He held several tag team championships throughout his career.
7. Candy was a mentor to future wrestling stars such as Ron Simmons.
8. His finishing move was the “Candy Drop.”
9. Candy’s real name was Raymond Washington Traylor Jr.
10. He also had a successful football career before wrestling professionally.