Dick Slater

Acting

Dick Slater

Born — Died

1951-05-19 — 2008-10-18

Place of birth

Albany, New York, USA

Known for

Acting

Credits

37 titles

Richard Van Slater better known by his ring name "Dirty" Dick Slater, was an American professional wrestler who wrestled in the 1970s, 1980s, and mid-1990s for various promotions including Mid-Atlantic Championship Wrestling and World Championship Wrestling (WCW). Slater began wrestling with Mike Graham at Robinson High School, in Tampa, Florida. He attended the University of Tampa with Paul Orndorff. From there he began wrestling in Championship Wrestling from Florida and Georgia Championship Wrestling. He worked as a booker in Knoxville, Tennessee after Ron Fuller sold his promotion to Jim Barnett. He wrestled in Mid-Atlantic Championship Wrestling (later World Championship Wrestling), wh…

Known for

Film credits

2000s · 1 titles

1990s · 10 titles

WCW Clash of The Champions XXXI poster
5.0

Big Van Vader takes on Ric Flair & Arn Anderson in a 2-on-1 Handicap Match. Harlem Heat & Sister Sherri challenge Bunkhouse Buck, "Dirty" Dick Slater & Col. Robert Parker for a chance at the WCW World Tag Team Championship. Sting teams with Road Warrior Hawk against Meng & Kurasawa. Plus, Hulk Hogan travels to the seventh dimension of The Dungeon of Doom, and more!

WCW Clash of The Champions XXXI

1995

WCW The Great American Bash 1995 poster
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Ric Flair takes on "Macho Man" Randy Savage. Sting battles Meng for the United States Championship. Harlem Heat faces Dick Slater and Bunkhouse Buck. The Nasty Boys face The Blue Bloods. Plus, Diamond Dallas Page and more.

WCW The Great American Bash 1995

1995

WCW Slamboree 1996 poster
NR

Sting challenges The Giant for the WCW World Heavyweight Championship. A Lethal Lottery is held with teams being drawn at random. Participants include The Road Warriors, Ric Flair, Eddie Guerrero and more.

WCW Slamboree 1996

1996

WCW Fall Brawl 1995 poster
7.0

Hulk Hogan, "Macho Man" Randy Savage, Sting & Lex Luger battle The Dungeon of Doom in a WarGames Match. "Nature Boy" Ric Flair takes on "The Enforcer" Arn Anderson. Harlem Heat collides with Bunkhouse Buck & Dick Slater for the WCW World Tag Team Championship. Plus, Diamond Dallas Page and much more.

WCW Fall Brawl 1995

1995

WCW Clash of The Champions XX: 20th Anniversary poster
NR

The Clash of the Champions XX was a major professional wrestling supercard produced by World Championship Wrestling (WCW) and broadcast live on TBS on September 2, 1992 from the Center Stage Theater in Atlanta. The event was not only the 20th time WCW held a "Clash of the Champions" show but also marked the 20th anniversary of professional wrestling being shown on TBS as Mid-Atlantic Wrestling in 1972. The show was held at the Center Stage Theater, the same location where most of WCW's regular TBS show WCW Saturday Night were taped at the time. It was also the final wrestling TV appearance for Andre The Giant, who died several months later.

WCW Clash of The Champions XX: 20th Anniversary

1992

WCW World War 3 1995 poster
NR

Sixty men fill three rings for one gigantic Battle Royal for the vacant WCW World Heavyweight Championship. Participants include Lex Luger, Diamond Dallas Page, "Macho Man" Randy Savage and many more. Plus, Sting battles Ric Flair and much more action.

WCW World War 3 1995

1995

WCW Clash of The Champions XXIII poster
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WCW Clash of The Champions XXIII (23) took place on June 16, 1993 in Norfolk, Virginia at The Norfolk Scope. Dick Slater replaced WCW World Television Champion Paul Orndorff, who was injured in a car accident. Earlier, Maxx Payne shot Johnny B. Badd in the face with his Badd Blaster. A dark match saw Jim Neidhart defeat Shanghai Pierce.

WCW Clash of The Champions XXIII

1993

SMW Night of The Legends poster
6.0

Bullet Bob Armstrong, Tracy Smothers and Road Warrior Hawk battle Jim Cornette's team of the Funk Brothers and Bruiser Bedlam, the controversial Gangstas speak their minds, The Dirty White Boy defends the SMW Heavyweight Title, the Rock N Roll Express challenge Chris Candido and Brian Lee for the SMW Tag Team Titles, and, in the bloodiest match in SMW history, the Thrillseekers face the Heavenly Bodies, and more!

SMW Night of The Legends

1994

ECW Wrestlepalooza 1998 poster
7.0

"The Franchise" Shane Douglas defends the ECW World Heavyweight Championship against Al Snow. Long time rivals face off for the ECW Television Championship when Sabu collides with Rob Van Dam. Tommy Dreamer & Sandman join forces to take on The Dudley Boyz. Bam Bam Bigelow battles New Jack. Plus, Justin Credible, Lance Storm, and more!

ECW Wrestlepalooza 1998

1998

The Life And Times of Paul Boesch poster
10.0

Documentary on legendary Houston Wrestling Promoter Paul Boesch produced and aired in 1994 on Houston Channel 39 KHTV.

The Life And Times of Paul Boesch

1994

1980s · 15 titles

The First Annual NWA Jim Crockett Sr. Memorial Cup Tag Team Tournament poster
10.0

The first Jim Crockett Sr. Memorial Cup Tag Team Tournament was held on April 19, 1986. The tournament featured 24 tag teams.

The First Annual NWA Jim Crockett Sr. Memorial Cup Tag Team Tournament

1986

Jake "The Snake" Roberts poster
NR

Hosts Craig DeGeorge and "Luscious" Johnny V take a look at the career of Jake "The Snake" Roberts; from Junkyard Dog and Ricky "The Dragon" Steamboat to The Honky Tonk Man and Kamala, Roberts takes to the ring against WWE's finest.

Jake "The Snake" Roberts

1987

WWE The Big Event poster
8.0

The Machines & Capt. Lou Albano battle Big John Studd, King Kong Bundy & Bobby Heenan. Junkyard Dog takes on "Adorable" Adrian Adonis. Magnificent Muraco faces King Tonga. The Killer Bees take on The Funks. Hulk Hogan defends the WWE Championship against "Mr. Wonderful" Paul Orndorff. Ricky Steamboat faces Jake Roberts in a Snake Pit Match.

WWE The Big Event

1986

NWA The Final Conflict poster
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Ricky Steamboat & Jay Youngblood's last chance at NWA Tag Team Champions Sgt. Slaughter & Don Kernodle takes place within the confines of a Steel Cage!

NWA The Final Conflict

1983

NWA Starrcade 1984 poster
5.6

One million dollars is on the line as NWA World Heavyweight Champion Ric Flair takes on Dusty Rhodes with legendary boxing champion Smokin' Joe Frazier as special guest referee. Tully Blanchard faces Ricky Steamboat for NWA World Television Championship. Jimmy Valiant takes on Paul Jones in a Loser Leaves Town Tuxedo Match and much more.

NWA Starrcade 1984

1984

The WWF's Even More Unusual Matches poster
NR

See the WWF's stars in some of the most unusual matches.

The WWF's Even More Unusual Matches

1987

NWA Clash of The Champions VIII: Fall Brawl '89 poster
7.0

Clash of the Champions VIII took place on September 12, 1989 at the Carolina Coliseum in Columbia, South Carolina. There were 2,600 fans in attendance and the show drew a 4.7 rating on TBS. This show was used to build the first ever Halloween Havoc PPV on October 28.

NWA Clash of The Champions VIII: Fall Brawl '89

1989

NWA The Last Tangle in Tampa poster
NR

"The American Dream" Dusty Rhodes faces perennial rival Harley Race for the very last time in a best 2 of 3 Falls contest with an undercard filled with wrestling superstars from all over the landscape.

NWA The Last Tangle in Tampa

1980

NWA Lords of The Ring poster
NR

A genuinely stacked supercard equal to any modern Wrestlemania, held in the 75,500 seat Orange Bowl stadium in Miami, Florida. The main event saw a (kayfabe) $15,000 gold and diamond ring on the line in a best 2 out of 3 falls match between "Nature Boy" Ric Flair and long-time rival "American Dream" Dusty Rhodes.

NWA Lords of The Ring

1984

NWA The Great American Bash 1985 poster
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The Great American Bash: Freedom Challenge took place on July 6, 1985 at the American Legion Memorial Stadium in Charlotte, North Carolina. The main event was a steel cage match for the NWA World Television Championship with Tully Blanchard defending the title against Dusty Rhodes. Nikita Koloff challenged for the NWA World Heavyweight Championship against Ric Flair with David Crockett as the special guest referee. Magnum T.A. defended the NWA United States Championship against Kamala, while the NWA World Tag Team Champions Krusher Khrushchev and Ivan Koloff fought the AWA World Tag Team Champions, The Road Warriors. 4 other matches took place on the undercard.

NWA The Great American Bash 1985

1985

No artwork available
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WWE's biggest superstars converge in the Lone Star State for some incredible mat action. Features a rematch for the WWE Championship between Hulk Hogan and "Mr. Wonderful" Paul Orndorff inside a steel cage.

WWE Houston Wrestling: November '86

1986

Mid-South Wrestling: November 11, 1985 poster
NR

Bill Watts' Mid-South Wrestling from the Municipal Auditorium, New Orleans, Louisiana.

Mid-South Wrestling: November 11, 1985

1985

NWA Starrcade 1983 poster
7.3

The first ever Starrcade features Ric Flair battling Harley Race in a Steel Cage Match for NWA World Heavyweight Championship. Roddy Piper takes on Greg Valentine in a brutal Dog Collar Match. Plus, Abdullah the Butcher, Wahoo McDaniel, Ricky Steamboat, The Brisco Brothers, and more.

NWA Starrcade 1983

1983

No artwork available
NR

The superstars of the wrestling world converge in Florida to crown the first ever PWF World Heavyweight Champion!

PWF Homecoming

1989

NWA Boogie Jam poster
NR

Ric Flair and Ricky Steamboat add another chapter to their storied history in this epic battle from 1984.

NWA Boogie Jam

1984

Series credits

WWF Superstars poster
7.2

WWE's flagship show of the early-90s featuring great in-ring action, news from the world of sports-entertainment, and more.

WWF Superstars

1986

Mid-South Wrestling poster
NR

Mid-South Wrestling was one of the most successful wrestling territories in the 1981s; featuring future WWE Hall of Famers.

Mid-South Wrestling

1981

Mid-South Wrestling poster
NR

Mid-South Wrestling was one of the most successful wrestling territories in the 1981s; featuring future WWE Hall of Famers.

Mid-South Wrestling

1981

WWF Wrestling Challenge poster
6.8

The biggest WWE Superstars of the late 1980s and early '90s settle their differences in the ring on "Wrestling Challenge"; featuring exciting matches and memorable interviews, this weekly television series captures an important era of WWE history.

WWF Wrestling Challenge

1986

WWE Saturday Night's Main Event poster
8.3

A professional wrestling television program produced by the World Wrestling Federation banner on NBC airing in place of Saturday Night Live. The series was made up entirely of star vs. star bouts in a time when weekly programming consisted primarily of established stars dominating enhancement talent.

WWE Saturday Night's Main Event

1985

Mid-Atlantic Championship Wrestling poster
NR

Relive the glory days of the National Wrestling Alliance through Mid-Atlantic Championship Wrestling's weekly television show.

Mid-Atlantic Championship Wrestling

1981

Clash of the Champions poster
NR

At a time when matches between big-name Superstars are usually only seen on pay-per-view, WCW presents Clash of the Champions on free TV.

Clash of the Champions

1988

Clash of the Champions poster
NR

At a time when matches between big-name Superstars are usually only seen on pay-per-view, WCW presents Clash of the Champions on free TV.

Clash of the Champions

1988

WCW Arena Shows poster
NR

WCW Arena Shows takes you into the heart of classic professional wrestling, featuring intense matches, fierce rivalries, and unforgettable moments that defined a golden era of the sport.

WCW Arena Shows

1983

Mid-South Arena Shows poster
NR

Mid-South Wrestling was one of the most successful wrestling territories.

Mid-South Arena Shows

1985

Behind the camera