Tony Atlas Anthony White ( April 23 , 1954 ) better known by his ring name " Tony Atlas " is an American bodybuilder , powerlifter , and professional wrestler who has held multiple titles and championships in each sport . He is also known by his bodybuilding title , " Mr . USA " ( a distinction he earned three times ) , the nom de guerre the " Black Superman " , as well as an alter ego named Saba Simba . He returned as an on screen manager for World Wrestling Entertainment , recently appearing on its now - defunct " ECW " brand . Career . 1970s – 1990s . Atlas started wrestling in 1975 for the National Wrestling Alliance World Wide / Mid Atlantic area . His debut , on July 10 , was a tag team match with Bob Bruggers against Art Neilson and The Blue Scorpion . The match finished with Atlas winning the fall for his team with a sleeper hold on the Blue Scorpion . Throughout his career he worked for World Championship Wrestling ( WCW ) , the NWA ' s Jim Crockett Promotions , the World Wrestling Council ( WWC ) , World Class Championship Wrestling ( WCCW ) , the American Wrestling Association ( AWA ) , and the World Wrestling Federation ( WWF ) . Among his regular partners were Tommy Rich ( as " TNT " ) , Dick Murdoch , and Rocky Johnson . He was also the very first man to press slam and pin Hulk Hogan though Hogan ' s foot was on the rope and the referee didn ' t see it . During his time with the NWA , Atlas captured the NWA Georgia Tag Team Title with Tommy Rich . He later teamed with Mr . Wrestling II , Thunderbolt Patterson , Kevin Sullivan , and Rocky Johnson . In the WWF , Tony teamed with Rocky Johnson to defeat the Wild Samoans to win the WWF World tag team title , becoming the first Afro - American team to hold the belts . After losing the titles to Adrian Adonis and Dick Murdoch , Johnson soon departed . WWF management was prepared to offer Atlas a run as the company ' s Intercontinental champion , but a burgeoning drug problem led to Atlas missing dates and becoming unreliable both inside and outside the ring . Atlas was thus shunted to the mid card in the WWF in short lived tag teams with Ivan Putski , Lanny Poffo and George Wells . He was also used as a jobber to the stars , putting over newly arriving talent like King Kong Bundy and Harley Race . In 1987 , Tony left for the Texas based World Class Championship Wrestling where he adopted the moniker of " The Black Superman " . He had almost instant success when he teamed with Skip Young to win the World Class Texas Tag Team Title . Atlas left the company in 1988 . Atlas then moved on to the Northeast independent area in late 1988 . He joined International Championship Wrestling ( owned and operated by Mario Savoldi ) where he turned heel and under the management of The Duke ( not Pete Doherty ) won the ICW Heavyweight title from Joe Savoldi . Atlas lost the belt to Vic Steamboat in Middletown , NY . But after a few months , he regained the belt from Steamboat . That match became infamous because of the number of times it was shown on the IWCCW syndicated show . In late 1990 , after a winning a battle with drug addiction a rejuvenated Atlas returned to the WWF , reinvented as Saba Simba and was a competitor in the 1991 Royal Rumble . On December 13 , 2010 , Tony appeared on Right After Wrestling and credited the Saba Simba character with saving his life as he was homeless and living on a park bench before getting a phone call from Vince McMahon . He played a warrior of a Ugandan tribe , but the gimmick was unpopular at best , and considered racist at worst . He left for WCW shortly thereafter . In 1992 , he wrestled in WCW , and in 1994 for the American Wrestling Federation ( AWF ) . He briefly showed back up in the WWF around Wrestlemania 13 being spotted in the crowd and cheering for Rocky Mavia . While working for the World Wrestling Council in Puerto Rico , Atlas witnessed the murder of Bruiser Brody by another wrestler , Jose Gonzalez ( Invader # 1 ) . Atlas was never called back to testify . He was inducted into the WWE Hall of Fame in 2006 Return to WWE ( 2008 – 2010 ) . Atlas appeared on the July 8 , 2008 , airing of " ECW " where Theodore Long appointed him the special guest ring announcer for the main event featuring Tommy Dreamer with then - babyface , Colin Delaney in his corner against then - heel , Mark Henry . Atlas attacked Delaney , which in turn distracted Dreamer , allowing Henry to gain the victory . Atlas then announced Henry the winner of the bout , although the official result was a double countout . This is also the first time since his brief stint in WCW in 1992 that Atlas has worked as a heel . Atlas also accompanied Henry to the ring at The Great American Bash . Atlas helped Mark Henry retain his title at SummerSlam , attacking Matt Hardy once a win by Hardy appeared to be imminent . Henry was also able to retain his ECW Championship on the August 19 , 2008 episode of " ECW " due to an outside interference from Atlas . At Unforgiven , Atlas was there to support Henry in retaining his Championship in the ECW Championship Scramble , although Henry lost the title to Hardy after Hardy got the last fall . On December 9 edition of " ECW " , Atlas wrestled in a WWE ring for the first time in 17 years ( along with Mark Henry ) in a tag team match , where they defeated Finlay and Hornswoggle . Tony also wrestled Evan Bourne on the June 9 , 2009 episode of " ECW " in a losing effort . Henry was then traded to the Raw brand on June 29 , resulting in Atlas no longer managing him . On September 1 , 2009 , Atlas re - appeared as the announcer for " The Abraham Washington Show " segment . He would portray Abraham ' s sidekick and laugh at his jokes with a forced , uproarious laugh and would also be the butt of some of Washington ' s jokes and abuse . After ECW ended , he and Washington became free agents . Atlas was released from his WWE contract on April 30 , 2010 . However , he appeared again on the November 15 Old School RAW special before David Hart Smith and Tyson Kidd ' s match against Heath Slater and Justin Gabriel . Personal life . White has been married four times . His fourth and current wife Monika found him sleeping in a park in Philadelphia and invited him to stay at her house until he got back on his feet . They have been married for twenty years .