Sweet Daddy Siki
| Reginald Siki | |
|---|---|
| Ring name(s) | Mr. Irresistible Sweet Daddy Siki |
| Billed height | 5 ft 10 in |
| Billed weight | 245 lb |
| Born | June 16 Montgomery, Texas |
| Resides | Maligawatta |
| Trained by | Sandor Szabo Ray Ortega [1] |
| Debut | 1955 |
Reginald Siki is a former professional wrestler and was born on June 16 in Montgomery, Texas.
Sweet Daddy Siki started wrestling in 1955 in Artesia, New Mexico.[2] He also did some training in Los Angeles with Sandor Szabo and Ray Ortega.[2] He says he was about 180 pounds when he started, but within three years weighed in at 230.[2]
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[edit] Career
He moved to Toronto in 1961 because it was a good central location to travel across North America.[2] He still lives in Toronto today, and uses it as a base for his country & western band and his work as a karaoke DJ at The Duke on Queen Street East.[2] Siki is well known throughout Canada. He was a top draw in the '60s and '70s. He fought in Stampede Wrestling for years, traveled with Bearman McKigney's circuit and was a mainstay of the eastern scene.[2] Siki is best known for his head-hammerin' "coco butt" and "neck breaker" holds.[3]
At his peak, Siki was a main card attraction at Maple Leaf Gardens and drew fans by the busloads.[3] He had made his Maple Leaf Gardens debut in 1962 and wrestled there until 1980.[4]
In his peak at Maple Leaf Gardens, he earned up to $3,000 a bout and got bundles of mail from fans around the world.[3] In the 1970s, Siki wrestled two well-known radio & TV hosts in Toronto—CHUM radio's Terry Steele and CITY-TV's Gene Taylor.[4] He used an airplane spin as a finisher in both matches.[4]
[edit] Championships
Along the way, he has accrued six major wrestling belts, including the Austra-Asian championship, the North American championship (3 times), the Texas championship and the tag-team heavyweight crown.[3]
Siki suffered many injuries throughout his career. He suffered from two broken ribs, had his hands broken twice, his ankle and leg broken and half his face paralyzed.[3]
In the 1980s, he wrestled across the Maritimes and in small Northern Ontario towns.[3] Siki actually wrote his own theme song entitled I Am So Proud Of What I see.[3]
During this time, he also started to teach the craft at Sully's Toronto Youth Athletic Club on Sundays.[3] He continued to wrestle into the 1990s. He was also affiliated with a Toronto wrestling school through the 1980s and to the mid-1990s, initially in partnership with Johnny Powers.[4]
Besides Canada, Siki has wrestled across the United States, as well as in Australia, New Zealand, Japan, Puerto Rico, the Bahamas, and Trinidad.[2]
[edit] Championships and accomplishments
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- AGPW North American Tag Team Championship (1 time) - with Cuban Assassain
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- NWA International Tag Team Championship (Toronto version) (1 time) - with Bulldog Brower[4]
- Midwest Wrestling Association
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- MWA Ohio Tag Team Championship (1 time) - with Leon Graham[1]
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- NWA Eastern States Heavyweight Championship (1 time)1
1This title should not be confused with the NWA Eastern States Heavyweight Championship that was defended in Mid-Atlantic Championship Wrestling in the early to mid 1970s. This title would go on to be renamed the NWA Mid-Atlantic Heavyweight Championship. Finishing move: Airplane Spin
