- He won The WCW United States title defeating Kensuke Sasaki on December 27, 1995.
- Professional wrestler.
- Former WCW U.S. Champion.
- Teamed with the Ray Traylor (aka "Big Boss Man") as "The Twin Towers".
- Notable title wins include: Mid-Atlantic Tag Team titles w/Kelly Kiniski; NWA Florida United States Tag Team titles w/Ron Bass; NWA Florida Brass Knuckles; World Class Six-Man titles w/Killer Brooks & Mark Lewin; UWF Heavyweight title won by forfeit from Terry 'Bam Bam' Gordy due to injury; WCW United States title.
- Spent his early years in Angelo Poffo's International Championship Wrestling (Poffo is the father of "Macho Man" 'Randy Savage' and Lanny Poffo.
- Appeared at Wrestlemania X-7 in the Gimmick Battle Royal.
- Made his wrestling debut in 1977.
- Appeared at Wrestlemania X-Seven as One Man Gang in the gimmick battle royal. However he lost so much weight that his Akeem costume did not fit him, so they just used him as The One Man Gang.
- Had a heart attack in 2000.
- In 2000 he suffered a heart attack, but recovered well and lost some weight.
- He has worked as a prison guard (death row) at Louisiana State Prison in Angola, LA. (2005)
- Now working as a Corrections Officer on the Death Row Unit of Angola Prison, in Louisiana. (July 2004)
- Returned to the WWE in late 1988, this time known as Akeem the African Dream.
- Was due to wrestle in the 4th Annual Survivor Series as part of Sgt. Slaughter's team, but left the company a few weeks before.
- Was defeated by the Big Boss Man at Wrestlemania VI, after the latter wrestler became a baby-face.
- Defeated Bam Bam Bigelow in the first round of the WWE championship tournament at Wrestlemania IV.
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