John Tatum (wrestler)
| John Tatum | |
|---|---|
| Birth name | John Frankel III |
| Born |
October 21, 1959 Mobile, Alabama, United States |
| Residence | Pensacola, Florida |
| Professional wrestling career | |
| Ring name(s) | John Tatum Franklin Hayes |
| Billed height | 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) |
| Billed weight | 240 lb (110 kg) |
| Billed from | Los Angeles, California |
| Debut | 1983 |
| Retired | 1995 |
John Frankel III (born 1959), known by his ringname "Hollywood" John Tatum, is a retired American professional wrestler who competed in North American regional promotions including World Class Championship Wrestling, Universal Wrestling Federation of the National Wrestling Alliance as well as independent promotions such as the Global Wrestling Federation and the United States Wrestling Association during the 1980s and early 1990s. He is also the ex-boyfriend of Missy Hyatt.
Frankel was born in Mobile, Alabama, but was raised in Pensacola, Florida. He was a childhood friend of wrestlers Robert Gibson, Percy Pringle and Michael Hayes.
In 1983, Frankel debuted for World Class Championship Wrestling under the name John Tatum. In Continental Wrestling Association and Southeastern Championship Wrestling, he would go by the name Franklin Hayes, the storyline cousin of Michael "P.S." Hayes. In 1985, his girlfriend at the time, Missy Hyatt, made her debut as his valet. In 1986, he began a feud with Chris Adams, mocking him for being temporarily "blinded" (in reality, Adams wore an eye patch over his left eye while involved in a separate feud with Gino Hernandez earlier in the year). After the feud with Adams ended, he and Hyatt would feud with Scott Casey and his valet Sunshine, which resulted in several cat fights between Hyatt and Sunshine.
Leaving WCCW in May 1986, Tatum and Hyatt joined Bill Watts' Universal Wrestling Federation and teamed with Jack Victory against The Fantastics (Bobby Fulton & Tommy Rogers), before eventually joining Eddie Gilbert's stable "Hot Stuff Inc." (later renamed "Hyatt & Hot Stuff International").
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