{{short description|American professional wrestler}} {{Infobox professional wrestler |name=Gary Royal |names=Gorgeous Gary<br />Cruel Connection #1 <br />Super Destroyer<br />Gladiator #1 |image= Gary Royal 1983.png |image_size= |birth_name = Gary Rowell |caption= Rowell, {{Circa|1983}} |height=1.80 m |weight=100 kg<ref name="auto">{{Cite web|url=http://www.onlineworldofwrestling.com/bios/g/gary-royal/|title=Gary Royal - OWW|work=Online World of Wrestling }}</ref> |real_height= |real_weight= |birth_date= |birth_place=China Grove, North Carolina, U.S. |death_date= |death_place= |resides= |billed= |trainer= |debut=Dec 14th 1979 Pittsboro, NC<ref name="auto"/> |retired=2012 |website= }} '''Gary Rowell''', known as '''"Gorgeous" Gary Royal''', is an American professional wrestler. In the early part of his career, he was a member of the Convertible Blonds, a heel stable working for the Poffo family Rip Rogers and Ricky Starr when Starr left he was replaced by Pistol Pez Whatley.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://slamwrestling.net/index.php/2007/10/22/hustler-rip-rogers-learned-his-lessons-well/ |title=CANOE - SLAM! Sports - Wrestling - "Hustler" Rip Rogers learned his lessons well |date=22 October 2007 |publisher=canoe.com |access-date=2009-02-22}}</ref> He also teamed with George South as the masked Gladiators.
==Championships and accomplishments== *'''Central States Wrestling''' **NWA Central States Television Championship (1 time)<ref name=F4WMarch7>{{cite web | url=https://www.f4wonline.com/other-wrestling/daily-pro-wrestling-history-0307-bruno-sammartino-vs-giant-baba-305926 | title=Daily Pro Wrestling history (03/07): Bruno Sammartino vs. Giant Baba | work=Wrestling Observer Newsletter | first=Brian | last=Hoops | date=March 7, 2020 | access-date=March 8, 2020}}</ref> *'''National Wrestling Alliance''' **NWA World Junior Heavyweight Championship (1 time)<ref>{{cite web|url=http://wrestling.johnny-o.net/bios/?id=1152 |title=Gary Royal | Johnny O's Wrestling Website |publisher=Wrestling.johnny-o.net |access-date=2009-02-22}}</ref> *'''Pro Wrestling Federation''' **PWF Intercontinental Championship (1 time) **PWF Junior Heavyweight Championship (1 time) **PWF Tag Team Champion (3 times) – with Flaming Youth (2) and Cruel Connection II *'''Southern Championship Wrestling''' **SCW Heavyweight Championship (1 time)<ref name="Titles">{{cite book | author=Royal Duncan & Gary Will | title=Wrestling Title Histories | publisher=Archeus Communications | year=2000|edition=4th | isbn=0-9698161-5-4 }}</ref> *'''Other titles''' **CCW Heavyweight Championship (1 time)
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==External links== *{{Professional wrestling profiles|cagematch=1558|wrestlingdata=5902|iwd=gary-royal-1666}}
{{NWA World Junior Heavyweight Championship|state=collapsed}}
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