Junkyard Dog

From Pro Wrestling

Sylvester Ritter
Statistics
Ring Names	Leroy Rochester Stagger Lee Big Daddy Ritter Junkyard Dog
Height	6 ft 3 in (1.91 m)
Weight	280 lb (127 kg)
Born	December 13, 1952
	Wadesboro, North Carolina
Died:	June 2, 1998
	Forest, Mississippi
Resides
Billed from
Trained by	Sonny King
Debut	1977
Retired

Sylvester Ritter (December 13, 1952 – June 2, 1998) was an American professional wrestler best known for his work in Mid-South Wrestling and the World Wrestling Federation as The Junkyard Dog (or JYD for short). Sylvester Ritter was a All CIAA and All American at Fayetville State University and was a member of Groove Phi Groove S.F.I. His bodyguard and driver was Chet "Big Hog" Grimsley, also a Groove Phi Groove and All CIAA member.[1]

Championships and accomplishments

• Universal Wrestling Federation (Bill Watts) | Mid-South Wrestling

• Mid-South Louisiana Championship (3 times)
• Mid-South North American Championship (4 times)
• UWF Tag Team Championship (8 times) - with Buck Robley (1), Terry Orndorff (1), Killer Karl Kox (1), Dick Murdoch (3), Mike George (1) and Jerry Stubbs (1)

• National Wrestling Alliance
• Regional

• NWA Mid-America Tag Team Championship (1 time) - with Gypsy Joe
• Bunkhouse Stampede Winner (1988)

• Pro Wrestling Illustrated

• Ranked #51 of the 500 best singles wrestlers of the "PWI Years" in 2003.

• PWI Most Inspirational Wrestler of the Year award in 1980

• World Championship Wrestling

• WCW World Six-Man Tag Team Championship (1 time) - with Ricky Morton & Tommy Rich

• Stampede Wrestling

• Stampede North American Heavyweight Championship (2 times)

• United States Wrestling Association

• USWA Unified World Heavyweight Championship (1 time)

• World Wrestling Federation

• Wrestling Classic Winner (1985)
• WWE Hall of Fame (Class of 2004)

• Wrestling Observer Newsletter

• 1982 Feud of the Year (vs Ted DiBiase)

External links

• TRIBUTE PAGES for Junkyard Dog