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Curtis Piehau Iaukea, III (September 15, 1937 - December 4, 2010) was a professional wrestler, better known as King Curtis Iaukea. Iaukea won championships in several of the major regional U.S. promotions, both as a single and in various tag team combinations, during the 1960s. He then competed in the World Wrestling Federation (WWF) where he won the WWF Tag Team Championship with Baron Scicluna. He was also later The Master of the Dungeon of Doom in World Championship Wrestling (WCW). Under the name "Iau Kea" he appeared in the film The Three Stooges Go Around the World in a Daze with Moe Howard declaring "That's not a man! That's a committee!".
Professional Wrestling Career[]
In Australia, King Curtis was a part of the face tag team known as the People's Army with Mark Lewin and Spiros Arion.
His first sojourns to Australia were in the 1964–1965 season, where he was a heel. He was teamed with Skull Murphy. King Curtis initially wrestled as Curtis Iaukea in his first run in Australia. The King Curtis tag was the one that stuck as he feuded against Mark Lewin. After becoming a fan favorite in time for the seventies, King Curtis feuded against Tiger Jeet Singh and various Japanese "brothers." King Curtis was also a member of an alliance known as "The People's Army."
After retiring in the mid-1980s, he turned to managing. In ICW, known as King Curtis, he managed Kevin Sullivan and Mark Lewin, taking on the gimmick of a crazed cult leader. His faction feuded with Joe Savoldi and Austin Idol. Curtis Iaukea re-appeared briefly in the WWF promotion as a manager and mouthpiece for Kamala and Sika. He also appeared briefly in WCW as 'The Master' of The Dungeon of Doom stable in the mid-90s.
In wrestling[]
- Finishing moves
- Tag teams and stables
- Army of Darkness
- Dungeon of Doom
- King Curtis Iaukea & Mikel Scicluna
- Tycoons with Bull Ramos
- Managers
- Wrestlers trained
Championships and accomplishments[]
- National Wrestling Alliance
- Championship Wrestling from Florida
- Mid-Pacific Promotions
- NWA Hawaii Heavyweight Championship (5 times)
- NWA Hawaii United States Heavyweight Championship (8 times)
- NWA Hawaii Tag Team Championship (7 times) with Ripper Collins (4), Tosh Togo (1), Cowboy Cassidy (1), Mr. Fujiwara (1)
- NWA Big Time Wrestling
- NWA San Francisco United States Heavyweight Championship (2 times)
- Pacific Northwest Wrestling
- NWA Pacific International Heavyweight Championship (8 times)
- NWA Pacific Northwest Tag Team Championship (1 time) with Haru Sasaki
- Stampede Wrestling
- World Championship Wrestling
- IWA World Heavyweight Championship (Australia) (5 times)
- IWA World Tag Team Championship (3 times) with Buddy Austin (1) and Mark Lewin (2)
- World Brass Knuckles Championship (2 times)
