Curtis Hughes

Born: 1964-12-07

Curtis Hughes is an American professional wrestler, better known under the ring name Mr. Hughes. He is best known for his stints in the World Wrestling Federation. In addition to the WWF, Hughes has also worked for World Championship Wrestling, the American Wrestling Association, the American Wrestling Federation, and Extreme Championship Wrestling. Hughes currently trains wrestlers in the WWA4 Training School and wrestles on the independent circuit. In 1999, Hughes lost a lot of weight and began working on the independent circuit and later became head trainer at the Atlanta-based World Wrestling Alliance's WWA4 Wrestling School. In late 2003, Hughes worked for the newly formed All World Wrestling League/Big Time Wrestling. In 2006, WWA4 launched a locally-aired professional wrestling program, which Hughes co-hosted with announcer and the executive producer, Taylor McKnight. When Mcknight left WWA4 for Great Championship Wrestling, Dave Wills co-hosted with Hughes. After beginning classes at the WWA4 school, Hughes' weight dropped from 310 pounds to 250 pounds. In 2007, Hughes began a high-profile Memphis Wrestling feud when he called Jerry Lawler a "sell out" for not showing up for a scheduled match against Hulk Hogan (Lawler worked for World Wrestling Entertainment, who objected to the match). Hughes shoved Lawler's real life girlfriend, Renee, on an episode of Memphis Primetime, and the two battled three weeks later at Sam's Town River Palace Arena in Tunica, Mississippi. The match ended when Hughes kneeled and apologized to Lawler, before hitting him with a low blow and punching Renee in the face, thus losing by disqualification. In March 2011, Hughes headlined the inaugural Redneck Wrasslin Organization card in Springfield, Illinois, teaming with Pretty Boy Floyd and Beast to defeat Team Dragonfire. On February 18, 2012, Hughes won a 34-man battle royal for the vacant Peachstate Wrestling Alliance Heritage Championship. On April 11, 2016, he stepped down as head trainer of WWA4 with his trainee AR Fox taking over the role


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WWE Royal Rumble 1997

as Mr. Hughes
Released: 1997-01-19

Thirty Superstars compete in the annual Royal Rumble Match with the winner advancing to...

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WCW WrestleWar 1991

as The Cat
Released: 1991-02-24

WCW WrestleWar 1991: WarGames took place on February 24, 1991 from the Arizona Veterans Memorial...

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WWE Rebellion 1999

as Mr. Hughes (Bodyguard)
Released: 1999-10-02

The Rock goes one-on-one with Triple H for the WWE Championship in a Steel Cage Match. Edge &...

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WWE King of the Ring 1993

as Mr. Hughes
Released: 1993-06-13

This was the first of 10 King of The Ring events that was produced as a pay-per-view. It took...

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WCW SuperBrawl: Return from The Rising Sun

as Mr. Hughes (Bodyguard)
Released: 1991-05-19

SuperBrawl 1991 took place on May 19, 1991 from the Bayfront Arena in St. Petersburg, Florida. ...

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Talk N' Shop A Mania 2

as Mr. Hughes
Released: 2020-11-13

November 13th Talk N' Shop A Mania will be live on FITE with its second event - "The Rise of The...

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WWE Unforgiven 1999

as Mr. Hughes
Released: 1999-09-26

Triple H, The Rock, Mankind, Kane, Big Show, and The British Bulldog compete in a Six-Pack...

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WCW The Great American Bash 1991

as Mr. Hughes (Bodyguard)
Released: 1991-07-14

The Great American Bash (1991) took place on July 14, 1991 at the Baltimore Arena in Baltimore,...

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WCW Wrestle War: WarGames

as Mr. Hughes
Released: 1992-05-17

WrestleWar 1992: WarGames took place on May 17, 1992 from the Jacksonville Memorial Coliseum in...

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Bloody Island

as Smith's Father
Released: 2016-12-21

The world now knows the story of this small town massacre, seven Community Service workers and...

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WCW Starrcade 1991

as Mr. Hughes
Released: 1991-12-29

Starrcade '91: Battlebowl: The Lethal Lottery was the ninth annual Starrcade professional...

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WCW Halloween Havoc '91

as Mr. Hughes (Bodyguard)
Released: 1991-10-27

WCW Halloween Havoc '91 took place on October 27, 1991 from the UTC Arena in Chattanooga,...

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WCW Clash of The Champions XVII

as Mr. Hughes
Released: 1991-11-19

WCW Clash of The Champions XVII took place on November 19, 1991 at The Savannah Civic Center in...

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ECW CyberSlam 1996

as Mr. Hughes
Released: 1996-02-17

Controversy is rampant as Brian Pillman makes a shocking appearance in ECW. Tommy Dreamer learns...

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ECW Big Apple Blizzard Blast

as Mr. Hughes
Released: 1996-02-03

Sandman teams with 2 Cold Scorpio to take on The Gangstas in the main event. Rob Van Dam goes...

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WCW/New Japan Supershow: Rumble in The Rising Sun

as Big Cat Hughes
Released: 1991-03-21

WCW/New Japan Supershow I (known as Starrcade 1991 in Tokyo Dome in Japan) took place on March...

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WCW Clash of The Champions XVIII

as Mr. Hughes
Released: 1992-01-21

WCW Clash of The Champions XVIII took place on January 21, 1992 at The Expo Center in Topeka,...

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ECW Hardcore Heaven 1994

as Mr. Hughes
Released: 1994-08-13

It's raining chairs in a legendary main event bout that sees Cactus Jack going one-on-one with...

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WCW Clash of the Champions XV: Knocksville USA

as Mr. Hughes
Released: 1991-06-12

Clash of the Champions XV took place on June 12, 1991 at the Civic Auditorium in Knoxville,...

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ECW November to Remember 1994

as "The Ruffneck" Mr. Hughes
Released: 1994-11-05

Ron Simmons looks to put gold around his waist once again by challenging Shane Douglas for the...

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ECW When Worlds Collide

as "The Ruffneck" Mr. Hughes
Released: 1994-05-14

This memorable event from the ECW Arena features Terry Funk and Arn Anderson teaming up to take...

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ECW House Party 1996

as Mr. Hughes (Ringside)
Released: 1996-01-05

At ECW House Party '96, The Public Enemy and The Gangstas take their rivalry to the streets....

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ECW Hostile City Showdown 1994

as "The Ruffneck" Mr. Hughes
Released: 1994-06-24

ECW Hostile City Showdown '94 sees Cactus Jack take to the ring to go one-on-one with Sabu in...

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WCW Starrcade '90: Collision Course

as The Big Cat
Released: 1990-12-16

WCW Starrcade '90: Collision Course was the eighth annual Starrcade professional wrestling PPV...

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WrestleCade Supershow 2021

as Mr. Hughes
Released: 2021-11-27

WrestleCade presented its 2021 Supershow from the Benton Convention Center in Winston-Salem,...

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ECW The Night The Line Was Crossed

as Mr. Hughes
Released: 1994-02-05

Terry Funk puts the ECW Heavyweight Championship on the line against Shane Douglas and Sabu in a...

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WCW Clash of The Champions XIII: Thanksgiving Thunder

as "Big Cat" Curtis Hughes
Released: 1990-11-20

WCW Clash of The Champions XIII took place on November 20, 1990 at the Jacksonville Memorial...

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ECW Heatwave 1994: The Battle for The Future

as Mr. Hughes
Released: 1994-07-16

It's "The Battle for the Future" at Heat Wave 1994. In the main event, The Public Enemy face...

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WWE Raw

as Mr. Hughes
First aired: 1993-01-11

A regularly scheduled, live, year-round program featuring some of the biggest WWE Superstars.

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WWE Raw

as Mr. Hughes (archive footage)
First aired: 1993-01-11

A regularly scheduled, live, year-round program featuring some of the biggest WWE Superstars.

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WWE SmackDown

as Curtis Hughes
First aired: 1999-04-29

The superstars of World Wrestling Entertainment's "SmackDown" brand collide each and every...

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