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Ray Candy (Ray Canty) was born on 3 December, 1951 in Decatur, Georgia, is an American professional wrestler. Discover Ray Candy's Biography, Age, Height, Physical Stats, Dating/Affairs, Family and career updates. Learn How rich is he in this year and how he spends money? Also learn how he earned most of networth at the age of 42 years old?

Popular As Ray Canty
Occupation N/A
Age 42 years old
Zodiac Sign Sagittarius
Born 3 December, 1951
Birthday 3 December
Birthplace Decatur, Georgia
Date of death 23 May, 1994
Died Place Decatur, Georgia
Nationality United States

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Ray Candy Height, Weight & Measurements

At 42 years old, Ray Candy height is 6 ft 5 in and Weight 341 lb.

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Height 6 ft 5 in
Weight 341 lb
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Dating & Relationship status

He is currently single. He is not dating anyone. We don't have much information about He's past relationship and any previous engaged. According to our Database, He has no children.

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Ray Candy Net Worth

His net worth has been growing significantly in 2023-2024. So, how much is Ray Candy worth at the age of 42 years old? Ray Candy’s income source is mostly from being a successful professional. He is from United States. We have estimated Ray Candy's net worth, money, salary, income, and assets.

Net Worth in 2024 $1 Million - $5 Million
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Net Worth in 2023 Pending
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1951

Ray Canty (December 3, 1951 – May 23, 1994), better known by the ring name Ray Candy, was an American professional wrestler who worked for a variety of different wrestling promotions in the United States, Japan and Puerto Rico such as Jim Crockett Promotions, All Japan Pro Wrestling, World Wrestling Council and others.

He also competed as Blackstud Williams, Super Mario Man, Commando Ray, Masked Superfly and Kareem Muhammad.

As Kareem Muhammad he formed a tag team with Elijah Akeem as the tag team "The Zambuie Express".

He also spent time as part of Skandor Akbar's Devastation Inc. group as well as a team known as "The Shock Troops" with Ed Gantner and "The Commandos" with Commando Boone.

Canty was responsible for training New Jack for his professional wrestling career.

1973

Ray Canty was trained for his professional wrestling career by former NWA World Heavyweight Championship holder Dory Funk Jr.. before making his in-ring debut in 1973.

Starting out he adopted the ring name "Ray Candy", a modified version of his birth name.

To start with Candy worked for the local All-South Wrestling Alliance (ASWA) based out of Atlanta, Georgia.

In the ASWA he won the ASWA United States Championship early in his career.

He later worked for Dory Funk Sr..'s National Wrestling Alliance Western States Sports (WWS) promotion.

In WWS he won both the NWA Western States Heavyweight Championship and the NWA Western States Tag Team Championship, teaming with his mentor Dory Funk Jr..

1976

By 1976 he was a regular worker for Championship Wrestling from Florida (CWF), but also worked for the nearby NWA Mid-America promotion where he held the NWA Mid-America Tag Team Championship twice while teaming with Pez Whatley.

1979

In 1979 Candy was invited to work for All Japan Pro Wrestling (AJPW), touring Japan several times.

On October 12, 1979, Candy and Abdullah the Butcher won the NWA International Tag Team Championship, defeating Giant Baba and Jumbo Tsuruta.

The duo only held the championship for a week before Baba and Tsuruta regained them.

1980

Candy competed in the 1980 Champion Carnival, where he defeated Motoshi Okumura, Carl Fergie, the Mysterious Assassin and Rocky Hata to earn a total of eight points, enough for eight place.

1983

In 1983 the Florida bookers came up with the idea to team up Candy with the 6ft 2in, 310 lb, Leroy Brown.

Candy took the Muslim name "Kareem Muhammad" while Brown was billed as "Elijah Akeem".

Together they formed "the Zambuie Express", which was at times billed as "The Muslim Connection" in some promotions.

The duo began to wear camouflage pants and shirts to the ring, adopting militaristic Muslim in ring characters, based to some extent on the Black Panther Party.

The two toured mainly in the southern parts of the United States where their racially charged characters made them very hated.

The team was often managed by Sir Oliver Humperdink and was part of the "House of Humperdink".

In Florida the duo defeated Mike Graham and Scott McGhee to win the NWA Florida Global Tag Team Championship on July 31, 1983.

The duo held the championship until September of that year, when it was replaced by the Florida version of the NWA United States Tag Team Championship.

The Zambuie Express were declared the United States Champions, with the storyline being that they won a tournament.

Two months later the Zambuie Express lost the championship to the team of Dusty Rhodes and Blackjack Mulligan on November 5, 1983

From Florida the team traveled to Memphis to compete for the Continental Wrestling Association (CWA) where they were immediately pitted against the top face team of the territory The Fabulous Ones (Stan Lane and Steve Keirn).

1984

On January 24, 1984, the Zambuie Express were awarded the AWA Southern Tag Team Championship when the Fabulous Ones failed to show up for a match, but the titles were declared vacant instead of giving them to Akeem and Muhammad.

The CWA held a tournament for the vacant championship, a tournament won by the Zambuie Express as they defeated the Pretty Young Things (Koko B. Ware and Norvell Austin) in the final match.

The Pretty Young Things won the championship only a week later, defeating the Zambuie Express on CWA's weekly show at the Mid-South Coliseum.

Eight days later the Zambuie Express regained the championship.

The duo held on to the belts until March 12, 1984, when they lost to Jerry Lawler and Jos LeDuc.

The team toured with New Japan Pro-Wrestling in the spring of 1984 and then ended up working for Jim Crockett Promotions based in the Carolinas by the summer of 1984.

The team sided with Paul Jones and became part of Paul Jones' Army as they fought against Jimmy Valiant and Valiant's friends.

The Express competed on the 1984 version of Starrcade, where they lost to the team of Buzz Tyler and The Masked Assassin #1.

The loss to Tyler and the Assassin was one of the last matches the Zambuie Express worked together, splitting up a short time later.

He later formed a duo with Ed Gantner, known as the Shock Troops, working for the CWF.

1986

On November 25, 1986, Canty, while still working as Kareem Muhammad, defeated Barry Windham to win the NWA Florida Heavyweight Championship, holding it until December 2 where he lost it to Ron Simmons.

He later teamed up with Hacksaw Higgins to win the NWA United States Tag Team Championship, although the duo only held it for a day.

In late 1986 Candy worked a tour with New Japan Pro-Wrestling under the ring name "Super Mario Man", a moniker that seemed more appropriate for an Italian plumber than a 6ft 5in, 410 lb African American wrestler.