This article is about American professional wrestler and later manager under the name The Wizard. For the Hawaiian diplomat, see Curtis P. Iaukea. For the American musician, see King Curtis. For the earlier WWF manager, similarly named The Grand Wizard, see Ernie Roth.
King Curtis Iaukea
Birth name
Curtis Piehau Iaukea III
Born
(1937-09-15)September 15, 1937 Honolulu, Hawaii, U.S.
Died
December 4, 2010(2010-12-04) (aged 73) Honolulu, Hawaii, U.S.
Professional wrestling career
Ring name(s)
King Curtis Iaukea Prince Kuhio The Wizard Prince Curtis Iaukea The Master
Billed height
6 ft 3 in (1.91 m)[1]
Billed weight
290 lb (130 kg)[1]
Debut
1955
Retired
1980
Curtis Piehau Iaukea III (September 15, 1937 – December 4, 2010) was an American 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!".[2]
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^Solomon, Jon (2002). The Complete Three Stooges: The Official Filmography and Three Stooges Companion. Comedy III Productions, Inc. pp. 538–541. ISBN 0-9711868-0-4.
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