Joey Maggs

In January 1991, he made his debut as "**Jumping**" **Joey Maggs** in World Championship Wrestling (WCW), losing to Tom Zenk in Dothan, Alabama and, less than a month after his debut, appeared on *Clash of the Champions XIV*, losing to Sid Vicious on January 30, 1991.

Facing "Stunning" Steve Austin in a match for the WCW World Television Championship at *Clash of the Champions XV* in Knoxville, Tennessee on June 12, he would also lose to Thomas Rich of The York Foundation at *Clash of the Champions XVI* in Augusta, Georgia on August 5.

That same month, Maggs entered the WCW Light Heavyweight Championship Tournament, losing to Badstreet in the opening rounds on August 31. He would also team with Johnny Rich as The Creatures, a masked tag team which appeared at Halloween Havoc that year, losing to Big Josh and P.N. News on October 27, 1991. The next year, although defeating Buddy Lee Parker on January 31, he would lose matches to Big Josh and Tommy Rich before leaving the promotion for a short time.

He would make occasional appearances in WCW during the summer of 1992, facing Tom Zenk on May 30 and teaming with The Italian Stallion against Arn Anderson and Bobby Eaton on August 16. He also appeared for the World Wrestling Federation, facing Rick "The Model" Martel and Yokozuna on *WWF Prime Time Wrestling* later that year.

During early 1993, Maggs teamed with Jim Powers at WWF house shows, losing to the Beverly Brothers on February 16. Returning to WCW that same week, Maggs faced The Tazmaniac in a dark match on *WCW Saturday Night* on February 22, 1993. The following week, he and three other wrestlers were attacked by WCW World Heavyweight Champion Big Van Vader while attempting to intervene on behalf of Chris Sullivan after defeating Vader via disqualification.

Teaming with Marcus Alexander Bagwell, the two lost to Shanghai Pierce and Tex Slazinger and The Wrecking Crew (Rage and Fury). They also later lost to Maxx Payne and WCW World Heavywight Champion Barry Windham in single matches before he and Bagwell broke up, with Maggs losing to his former tag team partner on March 26. Maggs would continue losing matches to Maxx Payne, Chris Benoit, 2 Cold Scorpio, and The Russian Brute during the next several weeks.

He and Bob Starr would later lose to Kent and Keith Cole on May 21, and he continued losing single matches to Erik Watts and Johnny Gunn. During the next month, he returned to the WWF, making another brief appearance losing to Bam Bam Bigelow at *Monday Night Raw* on July 5.

Under the management of Teddy Long in early 1996, Maggs would defeat Disco Inferno on January 1 and, less than a week later, would team with Frankie Lancaster and Men at Work, losing to The Four Horsemen (Ric Flair, Arn Anderson, Brian Pillman, and Chris Benoit) in a four-man tag team match on *WCW Pro*. Briefly feuding with V.K. Wallstreet after being awarded a victory via disqualification on January 27, he later lost to Wallsteet and Big Bubba Rogers in a tag team match with Sgt. Craig Pittman at Superbrawl VI on February 11, although he would defeat Wallstreet in a rematch the following month.

Although regularly appearing on *WCW Saturday Night* and *WCW WorldWide* during the 1990's, he began wrestling less frequently during the late 1990's, and he lost to Psychosis in one of his final appearances on December 27, 1997.

Maggs passed away on October 15, 2006.