One Man Gang

In 1985, Gang debuted as a member of Skandor Akbar's "Devastation Inc." with Gary Hart in World Class Championship Wrestling (WCCW). He would feud with The Von Erichs teaming with Rick Rude. He also feuded in singles competition against Kerry Von Erich, King Parsons, Chris Adams, and Bruiser Brody.

On May 5, 1985, he lost to Kerry Von Erich in a hair versus hair match at the second *Von Erich Memorial Parade of Champions*, where he started sporting a mohawk. He lost to Bruiser Brody in a chain match at *Christmas Star Wars 1985*. Also lost to Brody again on two occasions a in a steel cage match on January 26 and 27, 1986.

Gang made his debut in the WWF on May 12, 1987, being managed by Slick, in a match against Jesse Cortez. He spent much of his early WWF run defeating enhancement talent in extremely short matches in order to build him up, most notably in a match where he *Gourdbustered* his opponent after the bell and then did the same to the referee, thus being fined $10,000 for his actions. While the Gang often defeated enhancement talent and other lower card wrestlers with ease, he was often on the end of defeat when main-eventing against bigger stars such as Hulk Hogan and Randy Savage, although Gang was a major part of the angle regarding Billy Graham being forced into retirement. One Man Gang participated in the first ever Survivor Series pay-per-view as a member of André the Giant's team, fighting a team led by Hulk Hogan. In 1988, Gang entered the inaugural Royal Rumble at number nineteen out of twenty participants and was one of the last two men left in the ring, before being eliminated by Jim Duggan. One Man Gang participated in the WWF World Title Tournament at WrestleMania IV, defeating Bam Bam Bigelow by count-out in the opening round. He drew a bye in the quarterfinals before being disqualified in the semi-finals against eventual-tournament-winner Randy Savage after Gang attempted to hit Savage with his manager's cane. Following his loss at WrestleMania, Gang was placed lower "on the card," feuding with Bam Bam Bigelow, Koko B. Ware, and Don Muraco.

In September 1988, One Man Gang's manager, Slick, announced that Gang was actually African and planned to re-embrace his roots. An episode of *WWF Superstars*, which aired on September 24, 1988, featured a vignette with Gene Okerlund on-location in an American ghetto that was dubbed "The Deepest Darkest Parts of Africa," where dancers dressed as tribal Africans danced and chanted around a fire; Slick then announced that Gang would be known by his new name, "**Akeem**, the African Dream", though Okerlund immediately called him out as the One Man Gang.

Akeem and the Big Boss Man captained a team that featured "The Million Dollar Man" Ted DiBiase, the Red Rooster, and Haku to battle the Mega Powers' team at Survivor Series in 1988. During the match, Akeem, along with teammate Big Boss Man, handcuffed Hulk Hogan to the ring post and were later disqualified. The two formed a team called The Twin Towers. Though the Twin Towers never held the WWF Tag Team Championship, they did feud heavily with WWF World Tag Team Champions Demolition at house shows while also feuding with the Mega Powers (Hulk Hogan and undisputed WWF Champion "Macho Man" Randy Savage) and throughout the summer and fall of 1988. They were also strongly involved in the storyline which would eventually cause Randy Savage to become a villain and defend his title against Hulk Hogan at WrestleMania V. At the Royal Rumble, Randy Savage was accidentally eliminated by teammate Hogan, allowing both Akeem and Boss Man to double team Hogan and eliminate him. *The Main Event* show on February 3, 1989 featured The Mega Powers versus The Twin Towers. During the match, Savage's manager Miss Elizabeth was injured after Savage was thrown through the ropes and knocked her to the ground, which led Hogan to abandon his partner and carry Elizabeth back to the locker room for medical help. Although Hogan later returned to the match to help Savage defeat Akeem and Boss Man, Hogan's actions with Elizabeth caused Savage to attack him backstage, setting up the headline match for WrestleMania. The Twin Towers went on to face The Rockers at WrestleMania V and defeated them when Akeem pinned Shawn Michaels with a diving *Air Africa* after a powerbomb from the Big Boss Man.

In early 1990, Big Boss Man became upset with Slick always trying to take the credit for him (as well as refusing to be part of a payoff from Ted DiBiase to get DiBiase's Million Dollar Championship belt back from Jake "The Snake" Roberts) and turned on both his manager and his partner Akeem. He then defeated Akeem at WrestleMania VI. Although Akeem remained in the WWF until October 1990, his loss to The Boss Man at WrestleMania was his last high profile match in the company. He wrestled as the replacement for Bad News Brown in Harlem Street fights with Jake Roberts on the house show circuit. Although he was beginning to be featured on television in a feud with Saba Simba, Akeem left the World Wrestling Federation in October 1990 due to his fading role in the company at the time. He had been advertised to be a part of Sgt. Slaughter's team at the 1990 Survivor Series alongside the Orient Express. Due to his departure, he was replaced by Boris Zhukov.

On the March 5, 1991 taping of *WCW Pro* in Marietta, Georgia, Akeem resumed his **One Man Gang** persona when he assisted Kevin Sullivan in attacking Ron Simmons after the latter's win over Joe Cruz. Gang was undefeated in the early going, beating Ranger Ross, Brad Armstrong, and Junkyard Dog. He made his first WCW pay-per-view appearance on May 19 at SuperBrawl I when he attacked El Gigante following his match with Sid Vicious. In a strange ritual, Sullivan sent the spirit of Akeem back to the underworld, while bringing back a now insane One Man Gang. He and Sullivan shaved Gigante's head in a post-match sneak attack on the June 22 edition of *World Championship Wrestling*. He lost a hair versus career match at the Great American Bash event on August 25. Other notable matches from Gang's 1991 WCW run include being involved in a handful of WarGames matches at the Great American Bash house shows and advancing to the semi-finals of the WCW World Tag Team Championship tournament with partner Black Blood over Big Josh and El Gigante. He was promoted to be part of the infamous "Chamber of Horrors" match at Halloween Havoc in October, but was fired in September.

Gang returned to WCW in the fall of 1995, making his first appearance on the November 16 taping of *WCW Saturday Night* when he defeated Scott Turner (the match aired December 2). His televised return came at the World War 3 pay-per-view on November 19, where he was the last person to be eliminated in the three ring, sixty man battle royal. Following this, he appeared in a post-show dark match for Starrcade '95. He upset United States Champion Kensuke Sasaki to win the championship. Although the match was subsequently restarted with Sasaki winning, WCW never acknowledged the second match and Gang remained the titleholder.

His first United States Title defense came on the January 20, 1996 edition of *WCW Saturday Night*, when he defeated Super Giant Ninja. Gang became a member of Sullivan's burgeoning Dungeon of Doom. On the January 22 edition of *WCW Monday Nitro*, Gang lost to Hulk Hogan in a non-title match. Following the match, he joined members of the Dungeon of Doom and the Four Horsemen in attacking Hogan and Randy Savage. The next night, at *Clash of the Champions XXXII*, Gang successfully defended the belt against Disco Inferno. However his title run would come to an end at the next television taping, when he was defeated by Konnan in a match that aired February 4 on *WCW Main Event*. He was unsuccessful his regaining the belt in a rematch with Konnan at SuperBrawl VI the following month, and left the promotion shortly thereafter.

In 1998, Gang briefly joined Extreme Championship Wrestling, including appearing at their flagship event, November to Remember. He feuded with Rob Van Dam, Sabu and Shane Douglas. He left ECW in October 1999.

One Man Gang wrestled in a dark match defeating Flash Flanagan prior to the February 3, 1998 *Raw is War* taping, but was not hired.

Gang made another appearance in the WWF in 2001 for the gimmick battle royal at WrestleMania X-Seven, eliminating Michael Hayes and then getting eliminated by Kamala.