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Telling the exceptional tale of a man who is still remembered on the pavements of New Orleans and in the hearts of professional-wrestling lovers, this book is designed to revive the overlooked Junkyard Dog to his proper put in place the history books. In 1979, Sylvester Ritter, also called the Junkyard Dog, were able to break one of the final color obstacles in the sport by becoming the first dark-colored wrestler called undisputed top superstar of his advertising, which biography unveils all the famous feuds and business again reports that made him a wrestling story. By 1985, New Orleans was one of the hottest places in the Mid-South for pro wrestling credited in large part to the Junkyard Dog; he became a story in the top Easy, drawing sellout crowds to the Downtown Municipal Auditorium and huge crowds to the Superdome, a feat unequalled by every other wrestler. The King of New Orleans delves into wrestling's recent times and recounts what sort of region known for racial injustice became the house of the sport's first dark-colored idol.