Jim White (wrestler)
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| Birth name | James White |
| Born |
July 11, 1942 Rogersville, Tennessee |
| Died | January 7, 2010 (aged 67) |
| Professional wrestling career | |
| Ring name(s) | Jim White Tony York The Medic Woodrow The Green Shadow Tiny York Red Shadow The Scorpion |
| Trained by | Johnny Thunder |
| Debut | 1959 |
| Retired | 1985 |
James "Jim" White (July 11, 1942 – January 7, 2010) was an American professional wrestler during the 1960s and 1970s in the southern United States. He was frequently the tag team partner of Jerry Lawler.
White entered the professional wrestling business after meeting and training with Johnny Thunder. Thunder later introduced him to Chicago promoter Fred Kohler's booker. White's first match was in 1959 against Johnny Kace. Because he was only 17 at the time, his father had to sign a parental consent form to allow him to wrestle. Afterward, White also began wrestling for Nick Gulas in Nashville on the weekends, while he continued to attend high school during the week.
After graduating high school, White became a full-time wrestler, teaming with Ron Wright under manager Ron Bass. He wrestled across the southern United States, even competed as The Medic under a mask. In 1970, he began wrestling in Alabama, teaming with Roy Klein as The Green Shadows. After the team lost their masks, they became known as Woodrow and Roy Bass, with Sam Bass as their manager. As a singles wrestler in 1972, he also used the ring name The Green Shadow, with Dr. Ken Ramey as his manager.
White also frequently teamed with Jerry Lawler. In the Gulf Coast Championship Wrestling promotion, the team won the NWA Tennessee Tag Team Championship no later than November 1972, but lost it to Tommy Gilbert and Bearcat Brown on December 8 of that year. In 1973, the team won the NWA Southern Tag Team Championship. They held the title a total of seven times that year. Lawler and White also had a series of matches against Melvin Nelson and various partners. The team, however, split by 1974.
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