Profile Info
- Gender Male
- Real Name Ernest Ladd
- Ring Names
- Ernie Ladd
- Height 6 ft 9 in (206 cm)
- Weight
- 320 lbs (145 kg)
- Born November 28, 1938
- Died March 10, 2007 (aged 68)
- Birth Place Rayville, Louisiana
- Billed From
- New Orleans, Louisiana
- Nicknames The Big Cat
Career History
- Roles
- Commentator ( April 7, 1986 - August 28, 1986 )
- Wrestler ( January 1, 1961 - January 1, 1986 )
- Companies / Promotions
Promotion from to Promotion 
WWE April 7, 1986 August 28, 1986 Promotion NWA March 26, 1963 December 27, 1984 Promotion WWE June 7, 1980 January 3, 1981 Promotion AJPW July 11, 1980 August 7, 1980 Promotion WWE September 19, 1978 May 19, 1979 Promotion WWE November 15, 1975 September 16, 1976 Promotion WWE September 27, 1971 December 11, 1972 Promotion WWE May 20, 1968 March 11, 1970 Promotion WCCW February 5, 1968 April 16, 1968 Promotion WCCW March 26, 1963 June 26, 1965 Promotion WWE March 16, 1964 June 26, 1964 - Face / Heel Turns
Alignment from to Heel - Images
Mar 1963
WWE
NWA
WWE
AJPW
WWE
WWE
WCCW
- Finishers
- Big Boot
Titles & Accomplishments
- Hall of Fame
- WWE Hall of Fame - Year 1995 , Individual
- Titles Won
Central States Wrestling
- 1 NWA Central States Tag Team Championship (with Bruiser Brody)
Championship Wrestling from Florida
- 1 NWA Florida Heavyweight Championship
- 1 NWA Southern Heavyweight Championship (Florida version)
Georgia Championship Wrestling
- 1 NWA Georgia Tag Team Championship (with Ole Anderson)
NWA Big Time Wrestling
- 1 NWA American Heavyweight Championship
- 1 NWA Texas Heavyweight Championship
- 1 NWA Brass Knuckles Championship (Texas version)
NWA Tri-State / Mid-South Wrestling Association
- 2 Mid-South Louisiana Heavyweight Championship
- 1 Mid-South North American Heavyweight Championship
- 2 Mid-South Tag Team Championship (with Leroy Brown)
- 1 NWA Arkansas Heavyweight Championship
- 5 NWA North American Heavyweight Championship (Tri-State version)
- 1 NWA United States Tag Team Championship (Tri-State version) (with The Assassin)
National Wrestling Federation
- 1 NWF Heavyweight Championship
- 4 NWF North American Heavyweight Championship
- 1 NWF Brass Knuckles Championship
World Wrestling Association
- 1 WWA World Heavyweight Championship
- 1 WWA World Tag Team Championship (with Baron von Raschke)
World Wrestling Council
- 1 WWC North American Heavyweight Championship
Worldwide Wrestling Associates/Hollywood Wrestling
- 3 NWA Americas Heavyweight Championship
- 1 WWA International Television Tag Team Championship (with Edouard Carpentier)
- 1 WWA World Tag Team Championship (with Edouard Carpentier)
- Other Accomplishments
- WWF Hall of Fame induction (class of 1995)
- WCW Hall of Fame induction (class of 1994)
- NWA Hall of Fame induction (class of 2013)
- Cauliflower Alley Club's Other honoree Winner (2005)
- Wrestling Observer Newsletter Hall of Fame induction (class of 1996)