Tony Anthony (wrestler)
| Tony Anthony | |
|---|---|
| Born |
April 12, 1960 Knoxville, Tennessee, US |
| Residence | Knoxville, Tennessee, US |
| Spouse(s) | Bernice Anthony |
| Professional wrestling career | |
| Ring name(s) | American Eagle II Dirty White Boy Grappler #2 The Invader Mighty Yankee T.L. Hopper Tony Anthony Uncle Cletus |
| Billed height | 5 ft 9 in (1.75 m) |
| Billed weight | 211 lb (96 kg) |
| Billed from | Bucksnort, Tennessee |
| Trained by |
Steve Keirn Ron Wright |
| Debut | October 1980 |
| Retired | 2006 |
Darrell W. "Tony" Anthony (born April 12, 1960) is a retired American professional wrestler, better known by his ring names Dirty White Boy and Uncle Cletus. He wrestled primarily for independent promotions in the Southeastern United States. He was most active throughout the 1980s and 1990s in the Tennessee-based United States Wrestling Association and Smoky Mountain Wrestling, and had two short stints with the World Wrestling Federation under the ring names of T.L. Hopper and Uncle Cletus.
Trained by Steve Keirn and Ron Wright, Anthony worked as a jobber in Mid-Atlantic Championship Wrestling in 1981 and 1982. He won his first major title teaming with Len Denton as "The Grapplers" in the AWA. They defeated The Fabulous Ones (Keirn and Stan Lane) to win the AWA Southern Tag Team Championship on August 8, 1983. After losing the title, The Grapplers continued to team elsewhere, winning the NWA Central States Tag Team Championship twice in 1984.
After The Grapplers disbanded, Anthony continued to wrestle on the independent circuit, splitting his time between singles competition and tag team action. He teamed with Jerry Stubbs in Southeast Championship Wrestling to win the NWA Southeast Tag Team Championship four times before the promotion closed. After it became the Continental Wrestling Federation, Anthony and Stubbs won the tag team title twice more. As a singles wrestler, Anthony won the NWA Alabama Heavyweight Championship on four occasions. He beat Wendell Cooley to begin both of his first two reigns, Bob Armstrong to begin his third and Tom Prichard for his fourth. His last reign ended when the title was retired in 1988.
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