Skandor Akbar

Skandor Akbar

Infobox Wrestler
name=Jim Whebbe


names=Skandor Akbar
Wildman Wehba
Jimmy Wehba
height=6 ft 2 in (188 cm)
weight=232 lb (105 kg)
birth_date =Birth date and age|1934|9|29
death_date =
birth_place =Wichita Falls, Texas, United States
resides=Garland, Texas
billed=
trainer=Jimmy Young
debut=1963
retired=1977|

Jim WhebbeStone Cold Steve Austin. "The Stone Cold Truth" (p.58)] (born September 29 1934), is a former professional wrestler and manager, better known by his ring name Skandor Akbar which translated means "Alexander the Great". Akbar led the heel stable Devastation, Inc. in Bill Watts' Universal Wrestling Federation during the promotion's hayday in the 1980s as well as other regional territories including World Class Championship Wrestling and the Global Wrestling Federation.

Career

Akbar started out as a professional wrestler in 1963 as Jimmy Wehba. He changed his name to Skandor Akbar at the suggestion of Fritz Von Erich in 1966, in order to sound more Arabic. Akbar's father is from Lebanon and mother from Syria.Fact|date=April 2007

Akbar teamed with Danny Hodge and eventually turned on him, starting a feud.

Akbar retired from active wrestling in 1977 and became a heel manager in the Texas area. He always called his stable "Devastation, Inc.". He spent most of his time in World Class Championship Wrestling and Mid-South Wrestling. Akbar smoked cigars at ringside and would harass the fans during his proteges' matches, and would occasionally throw fireballs at unsuspecting opponents.

"The General" also used various nicknames during his ringside interviews taking potshots at various faces such as Kerry Von Erich (either "horseface" or "eggplant brain"), Eric Embry ("the flamboyant piece of trash"), Percy Pringle ("Captain Misfit"), or Chris Adams ("The slimy limey from Liverpool").

On one strange twist, in 1995, Akbar briefly managed Kevin Von Erich as a face. Eventually, though, he turned heel on Kevin only weeks before Von Erich decided to retire for good. Akbar also managed Toni Adams for a short time in the GWF.

Akbar is now retired and trains wrestlers. He has appeared on both the "Heroes of World Class" and "Triumph and Tragedies of World Class" DVDs, released in 2005 and 2007 respectively.

Wrestlers managed

* [] Michael Hernandez

Championships and accomplishments

*Georgia Championship Wrestling:*NWA Georgia Tag Team Championship (1 time) with Ox Baker:*NWA Macon Tag Team Championship (2 times) - with Buddy Colt (1) and Rocket Monroe (1)

*NWA Tri-State :*NWA Tri-State North American Heavyweight Championship (1 time):*NWA United States Tag Team Championship "(Tri-State version)" (1 time) - with Danny Hodge

*World Championship Wrestling (Australia)1:*NWA Austra-Asian Heavyweight Championship (1 time)

1This promotion was an Australian based promotion which began in the 1960s and ran into the 1990s. It has no connection at all to the World Championship Wrestling promotion that was once owned by Ted Turner and sold to World Wrestling Entertainment in 2001.Venom of DeathThe Lord Sean McBain

Notes

References

*cite book|author=Stone Cold Steve Austin and Jim Ross|title=The Stone Cold Truth|publisher=Pocket Books|date=2003|isbn=0743477200

External links

* [http://www.maxpages.com/DevestationInc Devistation Inc.] , official website
* [http://www.midsouthwrestling.com/akabarpage1.html Dallas Morning News - Wrestling The Dragon: Skandor Akbar both won and lost when he became the man you love to hate] by Dave Tarrant
* [http://www.jrsbarbq.com/gallery-view.php?ID=54 J.R.'s Family Bar-B-Q: The General and His Troops]
* [http://www.cwfarchives.com/Wrestler.php?id=717&PHPSESSID=027a702b9752989c2559def219bf8cba Championship wrestling from Florida: Skandor Akbar] , a collection of flyers between Sept. 21-Oct. 8, 1971.
* [http://www.onlineworldofwrestling.com/profiles/s/skandor-akbar.html Profile at OWW]
* [http://www.midsouthwrestling.com/akabarpage1.html TRIBUTE PAGES for Skandor Akbar]


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