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Blanchard won the WCWC Legacy Championship. In December 2013, The Grappler recreated the "Wrecking Crew" with a new Grappler (Erik Baeden), Jeremy Blanchard, Othello and Alexander Hammerstone. He now appears with the Wrecking Crew on the WCWC's weekly television broadcast on
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Pacific Northwest as wrestler, booker, promoter, trainer and most recently (after neck surgery) a manager. The Grappler is one of the last remaining wrestlers from the NWA Pacific Northwest (Portland Wrestling) days. In February 1988, he challenged
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Wrestling bout, he put Denton in a front facelock. During the move Jake tripped on Denton's foot and fell backwards, causing Denton to fall on his head. As a result, Roberts claims to have invented the professional wrestling move known as the
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The
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America. His first real push came in the Southern territories first capturing titles in the Mid-South promotion. In Memphis with a young
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Grapplers, Denton was the main star. The Grapplers would eventually leave Memphis and travel to the Central States area winning tag team gold there as well. Winning the AWA Southern Tag Titles and feuding with the
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