King Curtis Iaukea | |
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Birth name | Curtis Piehau Iaukea III |
Born | Honolulu, Hawaii, U.S. | September 15, 1937
Died | December 4, 2010 Honolulu, Hawaii, U.S. | (aged 73)
Professional wrestling career | |
Ring name(s) | King Curtis Iaukea Prince Kuhio The Wizard Prince Curtis Iaukea The Master |
Billed height | 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m)[1] |
Billed weight | 290 lb (130 kg)[1] |
Debut | 1955 |
Retired | 1980 |
Curtis Piehau Iaukea III (September 15, 1937 – December 4, 2010) was an American professional wrestler better known as King Curtis Iaukea. Iaukea won championships in several of the major regional U.S. promotions, both as a single and in various tag team combinations, during the 1960s. He then competed in the World Wrestling Federation (WWF) where he won the WWF Tag Team Championship with Baron Scicluna. He was also later The Master of the Dungeon of Doom in World Championship Wrestling (WCW). Under the name "Iau Kea" he appeared in the film The Three Stooges Go Around the World in a Daze with Moe Howard declaring "That's not a man! That's a committee!".[2]