Curtis Thompson

Born: 1963-01-20

Curtis Thompson is an American retired professional wrestler. He is best known for his appearances with World Championship Wrestling from 1991 to 1992 under the ring name Firebreaker Chip. Curtis Thompson started wrestling in 1987 in NWA. Subsequently, he wrestled in the World Wrestling Council in Puerto Rico under a mask as a heel (White Angel) and was betrayed and unmasked by his manager Chicky Starr resulted in a feud including a cage match, in Stampede Wrestling (as the masked Archangel), South Atlantic Pro Wrestling, and in Pacific Northwest Wrestling where he won the NWA Pacific Northwest Heavyweight Championship, defeating Scotty the Body. He formed a tag team with Ricky Santana called the U.S. Males in PNW and won the NWA Pacific Northwest Tag Team Championship. He also wrestled briefly in 1988 as a jobber in the World Wrestling Federation, losing to the likes of The Ultimate Warrior and Bad News Brown. In 1990/1991 Thompson would use the "U.S. Male" gimmick where he wore a mailman uniform to the ring in the United States Wrestling Association (USWA) and South Atlantic Pro Wrestling (SAPW) in the Carolinas as a member of Robert Fuller's Stud Stable. Thompson would eventually free himself from the Stud Stable, turning face in the process at the end of 1990 while wrestling in SAPW. In 1990 he went to North Georgia Wrestling and won a match against Fabulous Fabian (aka Buff Bagwell). In 1991 he joined World Championship Wrestling. He became Firebreaker Chip and teamed with Todd Champion as The Patriots. He had the gimmick of being a fireman while teaming with Todd Champion who had the gimmick that he'd returned from Desert Storm and were billed as being from "WCW Special Forces". They feuded with the Fabulous Freebirds and won the WCW United States Tag Team Championship. They next feuded with Steve Armstrong and Tracy Smothers who beat them for the titles. Thompson left WCW in early 1992 and wrestled in the independent promotions and took time to participate in several bodybuilding competitions and came in top three in Mr. North Carolina bodybuilding contest. He also wrestled briefly for Smoky Mountain Wrestling in the mid 1990s. In 1996 he became the first CWA (Texas) Heavyweight Champion defeating Scott Putski. Later in late 1999, he turned up in the NWA's Mid-Atlantic promotion in a tag team with Drake Dawson called "Triple X". Together they won the NWA World Tag Team Championship and the NWA Mid-Atlantic Tag Team Championship in 2000. Following the disbandment of the tag team, he wrestled in various independent circuits and won some indy heavyweight titles. He retired in 2005, married and now works for JetBlue.


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WCW Clash of The Champions XVII

as Firebreaker Chip
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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WCW Starrcade 1991

as Firebreaker Chip
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 Firebreaker Chip
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 XVI: Fall Brawl '91

as Firebreaker Chip
Released: 1991-09-05

WCW Clash of The Champions XVI: Fall Brawl '91 took place on September 5, 1991 at the...

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WWF Wrestling Challenge

as Curtis Thompson
First aired: 1986-09-07

WWF Wrestling Challenge was a professional wrestling television program produced by the World...

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