One Man Gang

George Gray (born February 12, 1960) is an American retired professional wrestler, better known by his ring name (The) One Man Gang.

For three years in the World Wrestling Federation (WWF), he was Akeem "The African Dream".

His biggest success was in Florida where he had a feud with Dusty Rhodes from 1983 to 1984.

Also, he feuded with Blackjack Mulligan and Mike Rotunda.

He teamed up with Ron Bass and won the tag team titles defeating Rhodes and Mike Davis.

Two months after they dropped the titles to Rotunda and Davis.

Then Gang worked for All Japan Pro Wrestling from 1983 to 1984 and 1986 feuding with Giant Baba, Genichiro Tenryu and Jumbo Tsuruta.

He teamed with Bruiser Brody, Killer Tim Brooks and Stan Hansen.

In November 1984 as Panama Gang, he became the last NWA Brass Knuckles Championship (Florida version) defeating Mulligan.

In 1984 he teamed with Goro Tsurumi.

Later the title was abandoned when Gang left the territory in 1985.

On May 5, 1985, he lost to Kerry Von Erich in a hair vs hair match at the 2nd Von Erich Memorial Parade of Champions where he started sporting a mohawk.

He lost to Bruiser Brody in a chain match at Christmas Star Wars 1985.

Prior to this, he was the top heel for Universal Wrestling Federation (UWF), and UWF Heavyweight Champion for six months in 1986 and 1987.

Gray was born in Chicago, but moved to Spartanburg, South Carolina, when he was 5.

Gray trained with longtime local independent wrestler and promoter Chief Jay Eagle (Jerry Bragg) and Darren "Rattlesnake" Westbrooks.

He started his career at the age of 17 on the Carolina independent circuit wrestling both under his real name and as "Crusher Gray."

He then moved on to wrestle in the Kentucky/Tennessee area, including for International Championship Wrestling (ICW), under the ring name Crusher Broomfield.

Gray went in as part of a package along with Bragg, Westbrooks, and Ric Starr.

One of Broomfield's major angles was that his contract was owned by ICW Champion Randy Savage and Savage's nemesis Ron Garvin defeated Savage in a match to set Broomfield free.

He later worked for several National Wrestling Alliance-affiliated promotions, Mid-South Wrestling, and World Class Championship Wrestling (WCCW) as One Man Gang, billed as being from Chicago's Halsted Street on the South Side.

He was managed by Kevin Sullivan, Skandor Akbar, Theodore Long, Gentleman Jim Holiday, and Sir Oliver Humperdink in various territories.

Gang worked for many territories during this time for three years.

Then in 1986 he teamed with Jerry Blackwell, Harley Race and Tiger Jeet Singh.

During these years he also worked in Canada, Central States and Texas.

In the regional territories, he was a member of Skandor Akbar's "Devastation Inc."

as well as working with Gary Hart in World Class Championship Wrestling (WCCW).

He would feud with The Von Erichs teaming with Rick Rude.

Also, he feuded in singles competition against Kerry Von Erich, King Parsons, Chris Adams, and Bruiser Brody.

Also lost to Brody again on two occasions a in a steel cage match on January 26 and 27, 1986.

It was as a protégé of Akbar's in the Mid-South territory where Gray would get the name that would stick with him the rest of his career.

Making his debut in the territory by interfering in matches and assaulting the fan favorite, Mid-South announcer Bill Watts would say about the then-unnamed assailant "He's a one-man gang!"

The Gang worked on-and-off in Mid-South in between tours of Florida, Toronto, Japan, and Texas.

He would also return to his hometown territory, the Carolinas, to work for Jim Crockett Promotions, where he was initially billed as "The One Man Gang, George Gray."

He worked in Texas All Star wrestling where he feuded with Big Bubba.

It was on his last tour for Mid-South when the promotion renamed itself the Universal Wrestling Federation, with Gang as one of its top villains, feuding at the main-event level with UWF top fan favorite Jim Duggan.

In late 1986, Gang won the UWF Heavyweight Championship in an angle where the champion Terry Gordy was injured earlier in the evening by a revenge-minded "Dr. Death" Steve Williams.

Gang, scheduled to face Gordy later on the card, was awarded the belt via forfeit.

He held that title for six months, mostly facing Duggan, Williams, and Ted DiBiase.

In May 1987, Gray began receiving inquiries from the World Wrestling Federation about coming up to wrestle for them.