CULTURETECHLENSRay Candy
STRONG EVIDENCE evidence grade — master store (canonical CSV)
Combined Graph record U-02714 · provenance: canonical master store (CSV), record CTL-P-0891. Master record source: CTL seed 2026-10-16 — UNVERIFIED, verify before public citation.
Southern territory heavyweight of the 1970s–80s
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Southern territory heavyweight of the 1970s–80s
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- Also known as: Kareem Muhammad, Commando Ray
- Role(s): professional wrestler
- Known for: Southern territory heavyweight of the 1970s–80s
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- https://tonyrichards4.substack.com/p/issue-409-the-daily-chronicle-may (verification source · master store)
Evidence note (master store)
Professional wrestler Ray Candy, born Ray Canty on December 3, 1951 in Decatur, Georgia; debuted January 19, 1973, trained by Dory Funk Jr.; career spanned the territorial era of the 1970s and 1980s across southern and midwestern territories, Japan (AJPW) and Puerto Rico (WWC); also wrestled as Blackstud Williams, Commando Ray, Masked Superfly and Super Mario Man; as Kareem Muhammad he teamed with Elijah Akeem (Leroy Brown) as the Zambuie Express in the early 1980s; retired around 1990 and died May 23, 1994 in Decatur (Pro Wrestling Time Tunnel specialist history newsletter, tier 4).
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