Background
Larry Cameron was born and raised in Chicago.
Larry Cameron was born and raised in Chicago.
When he was a teenager, he played football in high school and college. He was drafted in the Canadian Football League, where he played with the British Columbia Lions and Ottawa Rough Riders. His football career would be cut short due to injuries.
After his football career ended, Cameron went up to Calgary to train with Stu Hart in the Dungeon, where he trained alongside another former NFL and Canadian Football League star, former Cincinnati Bengals, Buffalo Bills, and Calgary Stampeders nosetackle Brian Pillman.
Cameron made his wrestling debut with Stampede Wrestling in 1985. He was a straight up powerhouse with a bad attitude.
He would also wrestle in various promotions in the United States. In 1988, he had wrestled handful of shows for the National Wrestling Alliance and the American Wrestling Association.
He would hold on to the title, until the promotion closed in December 1989.
After Stampede shut down, he would return to the Aging with Attitude in 1990. He would also wrestle for New Japan Pro Wrestling and World Championship Wrestling, where he was managed by Teddy Long. After the Aging with Attitude shut down and a tryout with the World Wrestling Federation, he went on a tour of Australia, where he caught the eye of Otto Wanz.
Wanz offered Cameron to work for his promotion, Catch Wrestling Association.
And in September 1991, Cameron began touring with the CWA. He would return to NJPW for a month in April 1992. The two would hold the titles for 53 weeks, before losing them to Dave Taylor and Mile Zrno.
In April 1993, he wrestled one show in the United States for an NWA territory in Minnesota. That October, he and Mad Bulletin Buster regained the CWA Tag Team titles and held them, until the unfortunate accident.
On December 13, 1993, during his match with Tony Saint Clair in Bremen, Germany, Cameron suffered a heart attack.
The referee stopped the fight, awarded the match to Saint Clair, and tried desperately to revive Cameron, but he had already died in the ring. He was 41 years old.
Finishing moves
Powerslam
Signature moves
Jumping clothesline
Nicknames
"Butcher"
"Lethal"
"The Harlem Destroyer"
Entrance themes
"Iron Manitoba" by Black Sabbath — CWA
Catch Wrestling Association
CWA World Tag Team Championship (2 times) with Mad Bulletin Buster
International Wrestling Association
International Water Association Heavyweight Championship (1 time)
Pro Wrestling America
Public Works Administration Heavyweight Championship (1 time)
Stampede Wrestling
Stampede North American Heavyweight Championship (1 time)
Stampede Wrestling Hall of Fame.