Conrad Efraim
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| Conrad Efraim | |
|---|---|
| Statistics | |
| Ring name(s) | Special Delivery Jones Roosevelt Jones S.D. Jones |
| Billed height | 6'1" (185.4 cm) |
| Billed weight | 260 lb (118 kg) |
| Born | Antigua, West Indies |
| Resides | New York, New York |
| Billed from | Philadelphia, Pennsylvania |
| Trained by | Johnny Rodz |
| Debut | 1971 |
| Retired | 1988 |
Conrad Efraim (born in Antigua, West Indies) is a former professional wrestler best known as Special Delivery Jones from his time in the WWF.
[edit] Career
Before becoming a wrestler, Efriam worked at a telephone company. While there, he began training under Johnny Rodz in the sport of professional wrestling. Upon completion of his training, he quit his job and began working for NWA Mid-Atlantic under the name Roosevelt Jones in a tag team with his partner and kayfabe cousin Rufus R. Jones. While there, they had a memorable feud with the Anderson family (Ole and Gene).
In 1975, after leaving the Mid-Atlantic area for California, Jones won his first of three Tag Team Titles (first with Porkchop Cash, then with Tom Jones).
Around 1980, Gorilla Monsoon noticed Jones wrestling in NWA and brought him to the attention of the hiring corps of the WWF. They eventually signed him and after a short time of tryouts, he ended up as a jobber. SD Jones was often featured in tag team matches partnered with Tony Atlas. On one occasion the two ended up as the final two men in a battle royal and flipped a coin to decide the winner as seen on the WWF Coliseum Video 'Best of the WWF Voume 4' and 'Grand Slams' video cassettes.
He was also the tag team partner of André the Giant in the famous match that André's head was shaved by Ken Patera & Big John Studd. At WrestleMania I, he famously lost to King Kong Bundy in less than a minute (the official match time is nine seconds but the actual time was about 24 seconds).
Jones, despite mainly being used as a preliminary talent in the 80s WWF, garnered further recognition when LJN created an action figure of him for their Wrestling Superstars toy line. In 2006 SD Jones appeared for the WWE inducting Tony Atlas into the Hall of Fame.
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