Born in Fairfax, California, Mayne grew up in Salt Lake City, Utah and graduated from the College of Southern Utah where he was an All American in Football. Lonnie"s father Ken was a professional wrestler, and Lonnie chose to follow in his father"s footsteps and become a professional wrestler as well.
Mayne wrestled in various NWA territories as well as the WWWF. He died in an automobile accident on August 13, 1978. At the time, Lonnie was a "heel" and Patterson was the "good guy". This occurred on August 8, 1975 in San Francisco when they defeated The Invaders.
During the 1970s, Mayne allied with Oregon wrestler "Tough" Tony Borne, teaming together in tag team bouts and they also wrestled separately.
They were initially "bad guys" and later become "good guys", making themselves two of the most popular wrestlers in the Pacific Northwest. During his time in Oregon, Apache Bulletin Ramos broke Mayne"s arm, causing the bone to stick out through the skin.
Mayne died in an automobile crash on August 13, 1978 in Southern California. Nicknames
"Moondog"
Georgia Championship Wrestling
NWA Macon Tag Team Championship (1 time) - with Luke Graham
NWA Big Time Wrestling
NWA Texas Heavyweight Championship (1 time)
NWA Hollywood Wrestling
NWA Americas Heavyweight Championship (2 times)
NWA Americas Tag Team Championship (1 time) - with Ron Bass
NWA Mid-Pacific Promotions
NWA Hawaii Heavyweight Championship (1 time)
NWA Hawaii Tag Team Championship (3 times) - with Ripper Collins (2) and Sweet Daddy Siki (1)
NWA San Francisco
NWA United States Heavyweight Championship (San Francisco version) (3 times)
NWA World Tag Team Championship (San Francisco version) (3 times) - with Pat Patterson (1), Ray Stevens (1), and Dean Ho (1)
Pacific Northwest Wrestling
NWA Pacific Northwest Heavyweight Championship (11 times)
NWA Pacific Northwest Tag Team Championship (17 times) - with Tony Borne (11), Beauregard (1), Frankie Laine (1), Dutch Savage (2), Les Thornton (1), and Ron Bass (1).
Lonnie won his first NWA United States Heavyweight Championship (San Francisco version) by defeating then-champion Pat Patterson on December 29, 1973 in San Francisco. Although the two had a long-standing feudboth before and after Lonnie defeated Patterson for the heavyweight belt, they eventually teamed to win the NWA (San Francisco version) tag team title. At the time he was the reigning NWA United States Heavyweight Champion (San Francisco version) for the third time.
