Rick Link

Quick Facts

Full Name	Rick Link
Occupation	Amateur Wrestler
Date Of Birth	Feb 28, 1959(1959-02-28)
Age	65
Birthplace	Lexington
Country	United States
Birth City	North Carolina
Horoscope	Aquarius

Rick Link Biography

Rick Link is one of the most popular and richest Amateur Wrestler who was born on February 28, 1959 in Lexington, North Carolina, United States. Richard Link, a semi-retired American professional wrestler, trainer, and promoter was born February 28, 1959. In the 1970s and 1980s, he wrestled in Canada and the United States under various ring names, including M.E.B. (Man Eating Beast in NWA Central States) and as Man Mountain Link within the Continental Wrestling Association. He was one of the “monster heels”, who challenged AWA Southern Heavyweight Champion Jerry “The King”, Lawler, and was also involved in the ongoing feud with Andy Kaufman. Other promotions Link participated in were Georgia Championship Wrestling and International Championship Wrestling. Jim Crockett Promotions and Stampede Wrestling were also included. Link was also part the 1983 NWA visit to New Zealand. He appeared on the long-running wrestling program On the Mat and was undefeated all the way.

Link returned to the USA in 1983, and spent the majority of his time wrestling for Jerry Jarrett, Pat O’Connor, and Bob Geigel, NWA Central States promoters in Memphis, Tennessee. As one of the “monster heels”, he was first introduced to the Continental Wrestling Association by Jos LeDuc the Mongolian Stomper and Kamala King Kong Bundy. He was brought to Memphis to compete for Jerry “The King,” Lawler’s AWA Southern Heavyweight Championship. Jimmy Hart managed Link during his first stint in the territory. His “gimmick”, which included eating raw chicken while walking to the ring and during interviews, was Link’s. Hart claimed Link was his least favorite wrestler to manage due to this eccentricity. Link defeated Lawler to win the title at the Mid-South Coliseum Memphis on June 20, 1983. This ended Lawler’s 25th reign. Lawler and Link traded the title during the feud, before Lawler lost the title back to him three weeks later. Link’s wins made him one the first to pin Lawler twice consecutively at the Mid-South Coliseum. He also participated in a 10-man tag match against Dream Machine, Porkchop cash and The Grapplers (Grappler 1 and Grappler 2) against Steve Regal and Spike Huber and Mad Dog.

Through Link made a one-time “Halloween” appearance for a 6-man tag team match with The Moondogs (Rex & Spot), fighting to a no-contest in a “falls count anywhere” match with Jerry Lawler, Austin Idol and Dutch Mantel, he spent the next few months wrestling in NWA Central States under the name M.E.B. (Man Eating Beast). In early 1984, under the management of Sheik Abdullah The Great, he feuded with Art Crews over the NWA Central States Television Championship. After a brief absence, he returned on June 14 and easily defeated Mike Pagal. Following the match, Link and Sheik Abdullah attacked Art Crews and stole the TV belt. Link briefly held on to the title but Crews managed to regain it at a house show soon afterwards. He managed to win the TV championship in an official match before losing the title back to Crews that same year. While in the territory, Link also won the NWA Central States Tag Team Championship with “Triple 6” Jim Star defeating Buzz Sawyer & “Bulldog” Bob Brown.

That summer, Link returned to Memphis where he resumed his feud with Jerry Lawler. In July 1985, he was awarded the NWA Mid-America Heavyweight Championship and lost the title to Lawler at the Mid-South Coliseum that same month. On July 22, he lost to Jerry Oski, Tojo Yamamoto and Jerry Jarrett in a 6-man tag team match with The Spoiler and Jerry Bryant. He and Bryant lost a tag team match to Yamamoto and Jarrett via disqualification the following week. In August, Link faced off in singles competition against Tracy Smothers and Yamamoto. Link would have a few more stints in Memphis over the next two years. On September 20, 1986, he was enlisted by Larry Sharpe in a tag team match against former student Bam Bam Bigelow and Jerry Lawler. Bigelow had turned against his former manager, becoming a “babyface” in the process, and teamed with Lawler on his last night in the territory. His final CWA appearance was a tag team match with Larry Wright against Ric McCord & John Paul at the Mid-South Coliseum on October 13, 1986.

Due to their ongoing rivalry between Andy Kaufman and Lawler, the Link-Lawler feud was hugely popular among wrestling fans of the time. Jason Phillips (a disc jockey at WKQQ-100.1 FM) claimed that his favorite match was Man Mountain Link versus Jerry Lawler at Louisville Gardens. Link and Ken Patera challenged Jerry Lawler in a tag-team match at the Mid-South Coliseum. Lawler was guaranteed a rematch against Kaufman if Patera wins. Lawler’s tag team partner turned out to be his longtime foe Austin Idol. The two went on to defeat Link & Patera in front almost 7,000 fans. He and Duke Myers lost to The Roll ‘n’ Rock Express on July 11. On July 18, they took part in a 10-man elimination with Spike Huber and Tommy Gilbert. Ken Timbs was the final winner. His first stint in Memphis was over. He lost to Stagger Lee in a match called “loser leaves town” a week later.

Rick Link Net Worth

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

Link made his professional debut on March 1, 1975 after six months of training. This was just one day after his sixteenth birthday. The first few years of Link’s career were spent wrestling for independent North Carolina promotions like Johnny Hunter’s Eastern Wrestling Association. Link joined the International Wrestling Association in his rookie year. This was an “outlaw” promotion that Johnny Powers ran. It competed against Jim Crockett Promotions of the Carolinas in the 1970s. Link fought for over a year in televised matches against wrestlers like Bulldog Brower and The Love Brothers, Buddy Austin, Killer Karl Krupp, Karl Von Stronheim, Killer Karl Krupp, Buddy Austin, Don Fargo, Buddy Austin, Killer Karl Krupp, Buddy Austin, Don Fargo, Buddy Austin, Killer Karl Krupp, and Buddy Austin. Link later acknowledged these men as having given him valuable experience in his early career. However, he later joked that it took “a few months of stretching before they warmed up to me”.

Link started wrestling in 1979 for the National Wrestling Alliance, Atlanta, Georgia. Ernie Ladd was his first employer. Later, Buck Robley and George Scott were his bookers for Georgia Championship Wrestling. Link was then invited to Angelo Poffo’s International Championship Wrestling by Randy Savage’s son, Macho Man. He participated in TV tapings along with Ronnie Garvin and Ox Baker, Rip Rods, Pez Rogers, Rip Ronnie, Ronnie Garvin and the Samoans (Tio or Tapu) during 1982.

Later that year, Link left the United States for Stu Hart’s Stampede Wrestling in Calgary, Alberta and accompanied the promotion on its first-ever Caribbean tour in Antigua and Montserrat in the West Indies where he wrestled Bret Hart, “Dr. D” David Schultz, Gama Singh and JR Foley. He also joined the NWA on a major tour of New Zealand in 1983. He was among the many foreign wrestlers to appear on the country’s long-running wrestling programme On the Mat and whose opponents included Lars Anderson, Mark Lewin, Curt Kummala and Steve Rickard. He initially arrived as a “heel” wrestler, offering $1000 to anyone who could bodyslam him and challenged local wrestlers to handicap matches, but later “turned face” to feud with the Mongols, Zar & Gor. One of his most memorable matches from this period was a 6-man tag team match with Ricky Rickard and Mark Lewin against Butcher Branigan, Jos LeDuc & “Brutal” Bob Miller. While in New Zealand, the 24-year-old Link and then NWA World Heavyweight Champion Ric Flair celebrated their birthdays together, Flair’s 34th birthday being three days before his, along with Steve Rickard. Link also worked in Tonga, Samoa and Hawaii for Lia Maivia during his New Zealand tour. The King of Tonga, Taufa’ahau Tupou IV, was in attendance during one of his matches. Years later, Link became the first wrestler to appear in New Zealand cartoonist Jason Conlan’s “On The Mat” comic strip for Pro Wrestling Illustrated. He was also interviewed by Kiwi Pro Wrestling, one of New Zealand’s three major wrestling companies, which was later posted on their website.

Height, Weight & Body Measurements

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On July 17, 1998, Link headlined a CCW supercard with Buddy Landel, Tully Blanchard, “Superfly” Jimmy Snuka, the Iron Sheik, “Mr. USA” Tony Atlas, One Man Gang and Abdullah the Butcher at the Motor Sport Park in Concord, North Carolina. He and Abdullah wrestled in a “hardcore” match on the undercard for Link’s Brass Knuckles title. His opponent used a fork against him during the match which eventually ended in a no-contest. Link also feuded with The Iron Sheik, Kamala II and ex-World Championship Wrestling commentator Chris Cruise over the title.

Facts & Trivia

Rick Ranked on the list of most popular Amateur Wrestler. Also ranked in the elit list of famous people born in United States. Rick Link celebrates birthday on February 28 of every year.

Since the early-2000s, Link also made appearances with old NWA veterans of the Carolinas in various independent promotions such as Willie Clay’s Carolina Championship Wrestling and World Class Extreme Wrestling. On October 14, 2006, he and Ivan Koloff headlined Carolina Wrestling Entertainment’s “Revolution Rumble” supercard at the Ray Street Gym in Graham, North Carolina wrestling in a Russian chain match. As the self-proclaimed “World’s Brass Knuckle Champion”, he beat “The Cowboy” Cletus Bass “to a bloody mess” during their match at a CWE show on March 24, 2007, while CWE Revolution Champion Aaron Devil watched from ringside. The match had been put together at the last minute by CWE Commissioner Richie Blaisdell as a punishment for Bass for “sticking his nose in his business”. Link and Willie Watts represented CWE at the 3-day 2007 NWA Wrestling Legends Fanfest at the Hilton University Place Hotel in Charlotte, North Carolina from August 10–12, 2007.