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Rex Royal

Rich Finke, known by his ring names Rex Royal, Col. Corruption of the Southern Mississippi Militia tag team, Bone Steele of the Steele Brothers tag team, and Dr. Kadaver, is a retired American independent professional wrestler, best known for his work in WWE/WWF as Rex Royal.

Billed height: 6 ft 3 in (190cm) Billed weight: 310 lbs (141kg) Born: Milwaukee, WI Trained by: Mike Moran (WCW's Texas Hangmen/Disorderly Conduct) Debut: 1992

Career: Finke was trained at Brew City Wrestling School by Mike Moran in Milwaukee, WI. Due to Moran's many contacts in the pro wrestling world, Finke was put to work immediately following the end of his formal training. He formed the Steele Brothers tag team with Mike Matter and in 1995 won the Windy City Pro Wrestling tag team titles, which they held until 1996. Finke and Matter travelled extensively as the Steele Brothers and wrestled for numerous independent promotions gaining experience and crafting their trade. They would go on to capture the tag team titles in All Star Championship Wrestling, Great Lakes Championship Wrestling. In 1996 Finke began working shows for WWF (later renamed WWE) as Rex Royal. He appeared on numerous Shotgun Saturday night, Superstars, and Sunday Challenge shows, as well as one appearance on WWE Raw. The WWE Raw appearance was the controversial episode in October of 1998 that Stone Cold Steve Austin pulled a pistol on WWE owner Vince McMahon, causing McMahon to wet his pants out of fear. Finke was cast as one of the police officers that had an opportunity to disarm Austin in the parking lot, but instead asked for and received his autograph. In 1999 Finke would form a new tag team known as the Southern Mississippi Militia that would come to the ring with a confederate flag and wear confederate masks. Known as Col. Corruption, Finke again asked Mike Matter to be his partner in this tag team and Matter would take the moniker Major Mayhem. The Southern Mississippi Militia would go on to win the Great Lakes Championship tag team belts 3 times.

In wrestling:
 * Finishing moves: singles matches-power bomb; tag team matches-2 man power bomb

References:

1. Pro wrestling results database-Rex Royal (http://www.tv.com/shows/wwf-shotgun-saturday-night/episode-19-169554) Retrieved 2013-08-15 2. WWE Superstars results archive-Rex Royal 1996-06-25 (http://wrestlingepicenter.com/tv_results/superstars/superstars96.shtml) Retrieved 2013-08-15 3. Wrestling Superstar Profiles-Col. Corruption (http://www.cagematch.net/?id=2&nr=2363&gimmick=Col.+Corruption) 4. Pro Wrestling Illustrated magazine Holiday 2000 edition PWI 500 Col. Corruption pg 75 5. Pro Wrestling Illustrated magazine May 1996 Arena Report pg 44 Steele Brothers 6. Wrestle America magazine Spring 1996 pg 52 Steele Brothers 7. Wrestling Superstars magazine December 2000 pg 35 Col. Corruption 8. Milwaukee Magazine March 1999 Col. Corruption/Southern Mississippi Militia 9. Newspaper article Kenosha News March 15, 1999 Col. Corruption 10.Newspaper article Beaver Dam Daily Citizen August 4, 1997 Steele Brothers 11.Newspaper article Horicon Reporter July 4, 1996 Volume 113/Number 29 Steele Brothers 12.Newspaper article Horicon Reporter March 20, 2003 Steele Brothers