Jackie fargo and roughhouse fargo

American professional wrestler and referee

Jack Lewis Faggart (July 20, 1928 – August 20, 2008) was an American professional wrestler and professional wrestling referee, better known by the ring nameSonny "Roughhouse" Fargo. He is best known for his appearances with NWA Mid-America in the 1960s and 1970s.

Early life

Faggart was born on July 20, 1928, in Rowan County, North Carolina, to Lewis and Delma Swink Faggart. He had two siblings: a brother, Henry (who himself became a wrestler under the ring name Jackie Fargo), and a sister, Kathleen.

Professional wrestling career

Faggart was trained by Joe Marshall and Kenny Marshall, debuting in 1950. He wrestled primarily in the Carolinas, Tennessee, and the Gulf Coast. By the late-1950s, he was regularly teaming with his brother Jackie Fargo and with their kayfabe brother Don Fargo as "The Fabulous Fargos" in the Tennessee-based NWA Mid-America promotion. In 1960, Sonny and Jackie made several appearances in Madison Square Garden in New York City, New York. In 1962, Fargo briefly held the East Coast Heavyweight Championship in the Massachusetts-based Santos Wrestling Enterprises promotion.

In 1963, Fargo was brought into Championship Wrestling from Florida as "the Assassins' Valet", the silent masked henchman of the villainous tag team The Assassins. When The Assassins were being overwhelmed during matches, Fargo would revive them with an oxygen mask at ringside. On one occasion, Fargo legitimately stunned Eddie Graham by accidentally hitting him too hard with the oxygen tank.

In early 1964, Fargo began wrestling under a mask as "the Masked Rebel". In March 1964, he and Jackie Fargo briefly held the NWA Southern Tag Team Championship (Mid-America version). He unmasked the following month.

From 1964 to 1966, Fargo began regular

American professional wrestler

Henry Faggart (June 26, 1930 – June 24, 2013) was an American professional wrestler, better known by his ring nameJackie Fargo. He competed in Southeastern regional promotions and the National Wrestling Alliance during the 1950s, 1960s and 1970s.

A mainstay of NWA Mid-America (later the Continental Wrestling Association), he served as a mentor to Jerry "The King" Lawler and The Fabulous Ones, among other wrestlers in the Memphis area. He was known for his blonde hair and "Fargo Strut" mannerism, having held 45 tag team championships throughout his career, with the likes of Don Fargo, Sonny "Roughhouse" Fargo, amongst others.

Professional wrestling career

Fargo's first experience with wrestling was as a teenager at the YMCA in Goldsboro, North Carolina; after he took part in the state championships, a local promoter suggested that Fargo could earn more money by switching to professional wrestling. Fargo was trained at the Quonset Auditorium in Bowling Green, Kentucky by Joe and Kenny Marshall, and first wrestled under the name "Wild Man Fargo".

Fargo started his professional wrestling career around 1950 for Johnny Long in Atlanta. In 1952, Fargo wrestled in Cuba before serving in the Korean War. Fargo was a very successful tag team wrestler, having held tag team championships 45 times throughout his career. He formed a famous tag team with Don Fargo (real name Don Kalt) as the Fabulous Fargos; together they won the NWA World Tag Team titles in 1958 and dominated the National Wrestling Alliance during the late 1950s. Jackie and Don Fargo's match against Antonino Rocca and Miguel Pérez was witnessed by a record-breaking 20,125 people at Madison Square Garden on March 30, 1957. Upon ceasing his tag team with Don Fargo, Jackie Fargo for

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