| Real Name: Richie Wayburn |
Creator: Cynthia Celeste Miller |
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| Wrestling: |
5 |
| Work Rate: |
7 |
| Mic Work: |
2 |
| Clout: |
5 |
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| Heat: |
16 |
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| Injury: |
0 |
Age: 47
Height: 5' 10"
Weight: 257 lbs.
City of Origin:
Boise, Idaho
Entrance Music:
Generic rock song his band recorded in 1984. Lame-ass stuff here. |
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Assets
Mat Technician (x2)
Match Psychology
Reputation: Friends in High Places (Stormy Soclear, booker)
Flaws
Blown-Up
Has Been
Old School Mentality
Bad Rep: Primadonna
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Trademark Moves:
butterfly suplex
octopus hold
Finisher:
The Danger Zone (piledriver) |
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Current Gimmick:
"Dangerous" Dick Dutton is a pompous ass. You see, Dick thinks he's a rock star and sex symbol. He struts around like he has the world's greatest physique and even brags about it in his promos. A lot. He also likes to refer to himself as "Triple D". A lot. He closes most of his interviews with "It's time to rock and roll". Ugh!
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Background:
In 1971, at the tender age of 16, Richie Wayburne started his first rock and roll band, "The Falling Towers". They played cover tunes, drank a lot and got stoned. While discussing how they could make their band more popular, one of the members mentioned that his dad funds a wrestling promotion that has a weekly television program and maybe he could get them a spot on the show.
As strange as it sounds, this plan worked. The Falling Towers made an appearance at the beginning of one of the tapings. But the crowd wasn't as receptive to the music as they had hoped. Outraged by the jeers they received, Ritchie threw down his guitar and began yelling at the fans and insulting them. The band was shocked by his behavior and dropped him like a rock.
But the story doesn't end there. Every cloud has its silver lining and this one is no exception. The wrestling promotion's head booker, Norman Soclear, saw potential in young Richie. He showed intensity that could generate a lot of heat for the promotion. So, he took Richie under his wing and had him trained as a wrestler.
Within a year, Richie was working preliminary matches, inevitably getting squashed by every opponent he was booked against. But it gave him a lot of experience. Despite being a jobber, Richie's temper tantrums (which were artificial this time around) made the fans react more than many of the upper card heels could manage.
Over the next four years, Richie matured as a wrestler. He became a true student of the sport and by late 1976, he was the promotion's top heel. Unfortunately, this is when his ego began to swell. He started copping a "better than you" attitude toward his peers and started believing his rock and roll gimmick.
The following year, Richie was approached by Vince McMahon Sr. about a job in the WWWF. Needless to say, he jumped on the opportunity. The WWWF bookers actually started him off with a decent standing on the roster, allowing him to feud with many of the mid-carders there and win from time to time.
Eventually, his ego flared up again, leading to a locker room confrontation with Wayne Coleman (aka "Superstar" Billy Graham), who was the WWWF champion at that point. It all started when Richie threw a fit about having to do a clean job for the champ later that night. He even went as far as threatening to shoot on Coleman to score a pinfall. One thing led to another and Coleman ended up beating the living hell out of Richie. After the office found out about this incident, Richie was fired.
It was back to the smaller promotions for Richie, who was now growing disenchanted with wrestling. After a year of the minor leagues, Richie formed another band ("Tuff Stuff") and more or less abandoned wrestling. Tuff Stuff never really caught on, so in 1984, he decided to once again use wrestling as a promotional tool.
Since he still had "name power", he contacted one of the NWA promotions about hiring him and giving his band a spot on one of the shows. He even cut a demo record to use as his theme song. The promotion snapped his offer up.
This time, the band wasn't booed off the stage. They weren't terribly well received by any means, but the act was incorporated into an angle. John Stanley, the babyface Richie was feuding with, came out while the band was playing and started beating his adversary up. This sparked a rather successful four-year run for Richie in the promotion and even generated some acclaim for his band, who was given a one-record deal by Majesty Records.
In 1988, Tuff Stuff broke up due to creative differences and a year later, Richie abruptly left the promotion and became something of a journey-man wrestler. This career choice persisted until recently when he inked a deal with an upstart promotion called KWA. The daughter of Norman Soclear is one of the bookers for the promotion and, looking to help a family friend, quickly saw to it that he was hired. |
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