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Parks began to create belts in 1962 while working in Omaha, Nebraska, after noticing that promoter Joe Dusek had been using a large trophy to represent a championship, which was beginning to fall apart. [1] He made a replacement belt using plated copper and a leather strap, estimating that it cost him around $75. [7]
8 paź 2021 · The journeyman pro wrestler from Canada made numerous belts for WWE & WCW during his career. He was 87.
8 paź 2021 · You see, for more than 30 years, Parks, who died October 7, 2021, had a side business, running a carpet cleaning company in Arizona. It was a regular gig, with employees, that balanced out his time as a beltmaker.
19 lis 2022 · Even as a wrestler, Parks would begin making a name for himself as a belt maker. During his time on the independent circuit, Parks and then tag team partner Doug Gilbert were tag champions for a promotion based in Oklahoma owned by a man named Joe Dusek.
8 paź 2021 · Reggie Parks, the man behind some of the most iconic championship belts in wrestling history has sadly passed away at the age of 87. Parks made his start in wrestling under the tutelage of the legendary Stu Hart in his home province of Alberta, Canada.
8 paź 2021 · For someone so associated with wrestling belts, Parks held few during his actual career. In 1961, he was half the NWA World tag champions out of San Francisco, with Enrique Torres, and, based out of Omaha, he was Midwest tag team champion six times between 1967-71, his partners including Woody Farmer , Stan Pulaski (Eric Pomeroy) and Doug ...
13 kwi 2009 · Reggie Parks has been designing belts for 45 years, cleaning carpets for 30, and in wrestling for, well, ever. Hence the Art Abrams Lifetime Achievement Award at the Cauliflower Alley Club reunion next week. “The King of Belts” Reggie Parks and the WWF “Winged Eagle” World Title. Photo courtesy Rico Mann.
