Dennis Knight
| Dennis Knight | |
|---|---|
| Birth name | Dennis Knight |
| Born |
December 26, 1968 Clearwater, Florida, United States |
| Residence | Tampa, Florida, United States |
| Family | Ron Slinker (stepfather) |
| Professional wrestling career | |
| Ring name(s) | Dennis Knight Leatherface Mideon Midian Naked Mideon Phineas I. Godwinn Tex Slazenger |
| Billed height | 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) |
| Billed weight | 288 lb (131 kg) |
| Billed from | "Bitters, Arkansas" (as Phineas I. Godwinn) |
| Trained by | Steve Keirn |
| Debut | 1989 |
| Retired | 2006 |
Dennis Knight (born December 26, 1968) is an American retired professional wrestler. He is best known for his appearances with World Championship Wrestling between 1992 and 1994 under the ring name Tex Slazenger and with the World Wrestling Federation between 1996 and 2001 under the ring names Phineas I. Godwinn and Mideon.
Knight grew up in Clearwater, Florida. He attended Salem College in Salem, West Virginia, where he played American football for the Tigers. After suffering a severe shoulder injury, Knight left Salem College and returned to Florida, where he worked as a bouncer.
While working as a bouncer in Clearwater, Florida, Knight was introduced to Steve Keirn, who trained him as a professional wrestler. He debuted in 1989 under the ring name "Tex Slazenger", facing his stepfather, Ron Slinker, in his first match. Knight went on to wrestle on the independent circuit in the Carolinas.
In 1991, Knight joined the Memphis, Tennessee-based United States Wrestling Association, where he adopted the ring name "Leatherface" and a gimmick based on the character from the 1974 film The Texas Chain Saw Massacre, complete with "bloodstained" apron, leather mask and chainsaw (without the chain). He was pushed as a "monster" in a feud with Jerry Lawler. During one infamous match between the two, Knight was set on fire. After dropping the Leatherface gimmick, Tex teamed up with Mark Canterbury who wrestled as the masked "Master Blaster".
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