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* CatchPhrase: When one of his wrestlers won a match, Slick would turn to the floor camera and sing "Turn out the liiiiiiights, the party's oooooverrrrrr."
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* DoItYourselfThemeTune: Sang his entrance theme "Jive Soul Bro'."
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* ArchEnemy: Wrestling/TitoSantana.
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* ArchEnemy: Wrestling/TitoSantana.Wrestling/TitoSantana, Wrestling/HulkHogan
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* SharpDressedMan: Always wore a suit to the ring, complete with a NiceHat.
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* SharpDressedMan: Always wore a suit to the ring, complete with a NiceHat.nice hat.
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As usual, you can find the basics at [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Slick_(wrestling) The Other Wiki]].
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* InformedAttribute: He was billed as being smaller than he actually was and one time even claimed to just be 130 pounds which would not be healthy for a male his size. This was notable when he stood next to Wrestling/BamBamBigelow and he vertically dwarfed Bam despite the announcers referring to Bam as ''colossal''.
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* HeelFaithTurn: Became "Reverend" Slick after [[RealLife he became a born-again Christian]].
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* HeelFaithTurn: Became "Reverend" Slick after [[RealLife he Johnson became a born-again Christian]].Christian in real life.
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* NonActionGuy: He lost some house show matches to Wrestling/DustyRhodes' valet Sapphire.
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* NonActionGuy: He lost some house show matches to Wrestling/DustyRhodes' valet Sapphire.Sapphire, who was not a wrestler at all.
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* RefugeInAudacity: He, Bossman and Akeem once appeared on ''Series/TheArsenioHallShow'', and he said that Akeem would be the first black WWF Champion.
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* RefugeInAudacity: He, Bossman and Akeem once appeared on ''Series/TheArsenioHallShow'', and he said that Akeem would be the first black WWF Champion. Keep in mind that Akeem was Wrestling/TheOneManGang (a white man) acting like he was a black man ("re-embracing his African roots").
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** (in WWE): The Bolsheviks (Nikolai Volkoff and Boris Zhukov)
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* WrestlingDoesntPay: Discussed. In his first interview on WWE TV, he claimed to be a real estate investor. Wrestling/MeanGeneOkerlund accused him of "running some girls." This was all abandoned, and he became a regular manager.
** A managing reverend as Reverend Slick.
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* WrestlingDoesntPay: Discussed. In his first interview on WWE TV, he claimed to be a real estate investor. Wrestling/MeanGeneOkerlund accused him of "running some girls." girls," implying that he was actually a pimp. This was all abandoned, and he became a regular manager.
** Amanager. Then he became a managing reverend as Reverend Slick.
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-->''"You're a jive soul bro, a jive soul bro\\
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You're a jive soul bro, a jive soul bro\\
And you never get nothing in the end"''
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Kenneth Wayne Johnson (born December 8, 1957) is a retired ProfessionalWrestling manager as "The Doctor of Style" Slick. He started in Texas All-Star Wrestling before moving on to NWA Central States Wrestling in UsefulNotes/KansasCity, MO. In 1987, he and "Hacksaw" Butch Reed moved to Wrestling/{{WWE}}. As part of [[Wrestling/FreddieBlassie "Classy" Freddie Blassie]]'s retirement, he sold the debuting Slick the contracts of Wrestling/TheIronSheik, Wrestling/NikolaiVolkoff and [[Wrestling/HerculesHernandez Hercules]], though Hercules' was sold to Wrestling/BobbyHeenan. Slick also managed Wrestling/TheOneManGang, Wrestling/BigBossman, Boris Zhukov, Wrestling/RickMartel, The Warlord, Power and Glory (Hercules and Paul Roma) and Wrestling/{{Kamala}}. He left WWE in 1993.
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Kenneth Wayne Johnson (born December 8, 1957) is a retired ProfessionalWrestling manager as "The Doctor of Style" Slick. He started in Texas All-Star Wrestling before moving on to NWA Central States Wrestling in UsefulNotes/KansasCity, MO. In 1987, he and "Hacksaw" Butch Reed moved to Wrestling/{{WWE}}. As part of [[Wrestling/FreddieBlassie "Classy" Freddie Blassie]]'s retirement, he sold the debuting Slick the contracts of Wrestling/TheIronSheik, Wrestling/NikolaiVolkoff and [[Wrestling/HerculesHernandez Hercules]], though Hercules' was sold to Wrestling/BobbyHeenan. Slick also managed Wrestling/TheOneManGang, Wrestling/BigBossman, Boris Zhukov, Wrestling/BorisZhukov, Wrestling/RickMartel, The Warlord, Power and Glory (Hercules and Paul Roma) and Wrestling/{{Kamala}}. He left WWE in 1993.
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* RefugeInAudacity: He, Bossman and Akeem once appeared on ''Series/TheArsenioHallShow'', and he said that Akeem would be the first black WWF Champion.
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* UrExample: The first African American manager in WWF history, opening the door for [[Wrestling/TheNationOfDomination Clarence Mason]], [[Wrestling/TeddyLong Mr. Theodore R. Long]] and [[Characters/WWEManagers Abraham Washington]].
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* UrExample: The first African American manager in WWF WWE history, opening the door for [[Wrestling/TheNationOfDomination Clarence Mason]], [[Wrestling/TeddyLong Mr. Theodore R. Long]] and [[Characters/WWEManagers Abraham Washington]].
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* LeanAndMean: As mentioned, he was a 6'4 heel, and "Jive Soul Bro" includes the line, "'Cause I'm lean and I'm mean and [[ScrewTheRulesIHaveMoney my pocket's full of green."]]
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* LeanAndMean: As mentioned, he was a 6'4 heel, and "Jive Soul Bro" includes the line, "'Cause I'm lean and I'm mean and [[ScrewTheRulesIHaveMoney my pocket's full of green."]]
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Kenneth Wayne Johnson (born December 8, 1957) is a retired ProfessionalWrestling manager as "The Doctor of Style" Slick. He started in Texas All-Star Wrestling before moving on to NWA Central States Wrestling in UsefulNotes/KansasCity, MO. In 1987, he and "Hacksaw" Butch Reed moved to Wrestling/{{WWE}}. As part of [[Wrestling/FreddieBlassie "Classy" Freddie Blassie]]'s retirement, he sold the debuting Slick the contracts of Wrestling/TheIronSheik, Wrestling/NikolaiVolkoff and Hercules, though Hercules' was sold to Wrestling/BobbyHeenan. Slick also managed Wrestling/TheOneManGang, Wrestling/BigBossman, Boris Zhukov, Wrestling/RickMartel, The Warlord, Power and Glory (Hercules and Paul Roma) and Wrestling/{{Kamala}}. He left WWE in 1993.
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Kenneth Wayne Johnson (born December 8, 1957) is a retired ProfessionalWrestling manager as "The Doctor of Style" Slick. He started in Texas All-Star Wrestling before moving on to NWA Central States Wrestling in UsefulNotes/KansasCity, MO. In 1987, he and "Hacksaw" Butch Reed moved to Wrestling/{{WWE}}. As part of [[Wrestling/FreddieBlassie "Classy" Freddie Blassie]]'s retirement, he sold the debuting Slick the contracts of Wrestling/TheIronSheik, Wrestling/NikolaiVolkoff and Hercules, [[Wrestling/HerculesHernandez Hercules]], though Hercules' was sold to Wrestling/BobbyHeenan. Slick also managed Wrestling/TheOneManGang, Wrestling/BigBossman, Boris Zhukov, Wrestling/RickMartel, The Warlord, Power and Glory (Hercules and Paul Roma) and Wrestling/{{Kamala}}. He left WWE in 1993.
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Ken Johnson is a retired ProfessionalWrestling manager as "The Doctor of Style" Slick. He started in Texas All-Star Wrestling before moving on to NWA Central States Wrestling in UsefulNotes/KansasCity, MO. In 1987, he and "Hacksaw" Butch Reed moved to Wrestling/{{WWE}}. As part of [[Wrestling/FreddieBlassie "Classy" Freddie Blassie]]'s retirement, he sold the debuting Slick the contracts of Wrestling/TheIronSheik, Wrestling/NikolaiVolkoff and Hercules, though Hercules' was sold to Wrestling/BobbyHeenan. Slick also managed Wrestling/TheOneManGang, Wrestling/BigBossman, Boris Zhukov, Wrestling/RickMartel, The Warlord, Power and Glory (Hercules and Paul Roma) and Wrestling/{{Kamala}}. He left WWE in 1993.
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!!!"Jive Soul Tropes":
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!!"Jive Soul Tropes":
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Ken Johnson is a retired ProfessionalWrestling manager as "The Doctor of Style" Slick. He started in Texas All-Star Wrestling before moving on to NWA Central States Wrestling in UsefulNotes/KansasCity, MO. In 1987, he and "Hacksaw" Butch Reed moved to Wrestling/{{WWE}}. As part of [[Wrestling/FreddieBlassie "Classy" Freddie Blassie]]'s retirement, he sold the debuting Slick the contracts of Wrestling/TheIronSheik and Wrestling/NikolaiVolkoff. Slick also managed Wrestling/TheOneManGang, Wrestling/BigBossman, Boris Zhukov, Wrestling/RickMartel, The Warlord, Power and Glory (Hercules and Paul Roma) and Wrestling/{{Kamala}}. He left WWE in 1993.
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Ken Johnson is a retired ProfessionalWrestling manager as "The Doctor of Style" Slick. He started in Texas All-Star Wrestling before moving on to NWA Central States Wrestling in UsefulNotes/KansasCity, MO. In 1987, he and "Hacksaw" Butch Reed moved to Wrestling/{{WWE}}. As part of [[Wrestling/FreddieBlassie "Classy" Freddie Blassie]]'s retirement, he sold the debuting Slick the contracts of Wrestling/TheIronSheik Wrestling/TheIronSheik, Wrestling/NikolaiVolkoff and Wrestling/NikolaiVolkoff.Hercules, though Hercules' was sold to Wrestling/BobbyHeenan. Slick also managed Wrestling/TheOneManGang, Wrestling/BigBossman, Boris Zhukov, Wrestling/RickMartel, The Warlord, Power and Glory (Hercules and Paul Roma) and Wrestling/{{Kamala}}. He left WWE in 1993.
* LargeHam: Well, he was a wrestling manager, so it comes with the territory. He dressed well, cut entertaining promos, danced before his wrestlers' matches (and after if they won), sang his own theme song and had a great EvilLaugh.
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* HonestyIsTheBestPolicy: Said word for word at the end of "Jive Soul Bro," though followed with an EvilLaugh.
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** A managing reverend as Reverend Slick.Slick.
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* UrExample: The first African American manager in WWF history, opening the door for [[Wrestling/TheNationOfDomination Clarence Mason]], [[Wrestling/TeddyLong Mr. Theodore R. Long]] and [[Characters/WWEManagers Abraham Washington]].
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* UrExample: The first African American manager in WWF history, opening the door for [[Wrestling/TheNationOfDomination Clarence Mason]], [[Wrestling/TeddyLong Mr. Theodore R. Long]] and [[Characters/WWEManagers Abraham Washington]].Washington]].
* WrestlingDoesntPay: Discussed. In his first interview on WWE TV, he claimed to be a real estate investor. Wrestling/MeanGeneOkerlund accused him of "running some girls." This was all abandoned, and he became a regular manager.
**A managing reverend as Reverend Slick.
* WrestlingDoesntPay: Discussed. In his first interview on WWE TV, he claimed to be a real estate investor. Wrestling/MeanGeneOkerlund accused him of "running some girls." This was all abandoned, and he became a regular manager.
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* CantGetAwayWithNuthin: "The Natural" Butch Reed defeated [[Wrestling/KokoBWare "The Birdman" Koko B. Ware]] at ''Wrestling/{{WrestleMania}} III'' by pinning Ware with his feet on the ropes. Tito Santana ran out and beat up Slick for this.
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* TheBigGuy: He's 6'4 but was billed as 5'11, meaning that he was as tall as some of the wrestlers he managed.
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* UrExample: The first African American manager in WWF history.history, opening the door for [[Wrestling/TheNationOfDomination Clarence Mason]], [[Wrestling/TeddyLong Mr. Theodore R. Long]] and [[Characters/WWEManagers Abraham Washington]].
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-->''"You're a jive soul bro, a jive soul bro\\
And you're always lying to your friends\\
You're a jive soul bro, a jive soul bro\\
And you never get nothing in the end"''
And you're always lying to your friends\\
You're a jive soul bro, a jive soul bro\\
And you never get nothing in the end"''
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Ken Johnson is a retired ProfessionalWrestling manager as "The Doctor of Style" Slick. He started in Texas All-Star Wrestling before moving on to NWA Central States Wrestling in UsefulNotes/KansasCity, MO. In 1987, he and "Hacksaw" Butch Reed moved to Wrestling/{{WWE}}. As part of [[Wrestling/FreddieBlassie "Classy" Freddie Blassie]]'s retirement, he sold the debuting Slick the contracts of Wrestling/TheIronSheik and Wrestling/NikolaiVolkoff. Slick also managed Wrestling/TheOneManGang, Wrestling/BigBossman, Boris Zhukov, Wrestling/RickMartel, The Warlord, Power and Glory (Hercules and Paul Roma) and Wrestling/{{Kamala}}. He left WWE in 1993.
As usual, you can find the basics at [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Slick_(wrestling) The Other Wiki]].
!!!"Jive Soul Tropes":
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* AwesomeMomentOfCrowning: Inducted into the IHWE Hall of Fame in 2009.
* BullyingADragon[=/=]TooDumbToLive: The second verse of "Jive Soul Bro":
-->"Well you'd think this dude might've learned a lesson but he didn't learn a thing at all\\
Cause late last night I was out there messing with a lady who was seven feet tall\\
Now that was a big woman\\
So I said, 'Hey baby come and spend the night at my house'\\
She said, 'No way you jive little mouse'\\
I said, 'Hey there baby can't take no more'\\
So she threw me on the floor in a Figure-4"
* CoolShades: As seen above.
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* JiveTurkeyJiveTurkey[=/=]SoulBrotha: His theme song was titled "Jive Soul Bro," thus combining these tropes.
* LoserLeavesTown: Wrestling/BruiserBrody defeated him and "Hacksaw" Butch Reed in one of these matches to send them out of [[Wrestling/NationalWrestlingAlliance NWA Central States Wrestling]].
* LoserLeavesTown: Wrestling/BruiserBrody defeated him and "Hacksaw" Butch Reed in one of these matches to send them out of [[Wrestling/NationalWrestlingAlliance NWA Central States Wrestling]].
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* PutOnABus: He disappeared from WWE TV in 1991 after Wrestling/DaveyBoySmith powerslammed him.
* PutOnABus: He disappeared from WWE TV in 1991 after Wrestling/DaveyBoySmith powerslammed him.
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** (in Central States): The Success Express (Bobby Jaggers and Ed "Moondog" Moretti[[note]]Real name Ed Giavonetti and no relation to [[Wrestling/{{Ivory}} Lisa "Ivory" Moretti]].[[/note]])
** (in WWE): The Bolsheviks (Nikolai Volkoff and Boris Zhukov)
*** The Twin Towers (The Big Bossman and Akeem [formerly The One Man Gang])
*** Power and Glory
** (in Central States): The Success Express (Bobby Jaggers and Ed "Moondog" Moretti[[note]]Real name Ed Giavonetti and no relation to [[Wrestling/{{Ivory}} Lisa "Ivory" Moretti]].[[/note]])
** (in WWE): The Bolsheviks (Nikolai Volkoff and Boris Zhukov)
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* RedBaron: "The Doctor of Style".
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* HeelFaithTurn: Became "Reverend" Slick after [[RealLife he became a born-again Christian]].
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* NiceHat
* NonActionGuy
* RedBaron: "The Doctor of Style".
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