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Larry Latham (wrestler)
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| Larry Booker | |
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| Ring name(s) | Moondog Spot Larry Latham |
| Billed height | 6 ft.(183 cm.) |
| Billed weight | 375 lb.(170 kg.) |
| Born | January 6, 1952 Louisiana |
| Died | November 29, 2003 (aged 51) |
| Debut | 1979 |
Larry Booker (January 6, 1952-November 29, 2003) was a professional wrestler best known as Larry Latham and Moondog Spot.
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Early in his career, he wrestled in Memphis and Mid-South. As a member of the Moondogs, he feuded with The Fabulous Ones, The Rock 'n' Roll Express, and Midnight Express.
Booker would become a WWWF World Tag Team Champion as a replacement for Moondog King in May 1981. Booker would hold the title along with Moondog Rex until they were defeated by Rick Martel and Tony Garea on July 21, 1981.
On November 7, 1985 he wrestled in the tournament on the WWF pay-per-view event Wrestling Classic. He defeated Terry Funk in the first round by count out, then lost to Junkyard Dog in the quarterfinals.
In March 2003, he made a few appearances as Moondog Spot in NWA:TNA, which is known today as just Total Nonstop Action Wrestling.
Booker died of a heart attack in the ring during Jerry Lawler's "birthday bash" show on November 29, 2003.
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- Gory special
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- AWA Southern Tag Team Championship (4 times) - with Wayne Farris (3) and Moondog Rex (1)
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- ICW Tag Team Championship (1 time) - with Moondog Spike
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- NWA Mid-America Tag Team Championship (3 times) - with Wayne Farris
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- USWA Tag Team Championship (14 times) - with Moondog Spike (3), Moondog Cujo (3), Moondog Splat (4), Moondog Rex (3), and Moondog Rover (1)
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- WWF World Tag Team Championship (1 time) - with Moondog Rex
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- Feud of the Year award in 1992 with Rex vs Jerry Lawler and Jeff Jarrett
- SLAM! Wrestling: Moondog Spot dies during match by Greg Oliver
- Moondog Spot, Joey Rossi Remembered by Mike Mooneyham
- In Memory of Moondog Spot
- The Accelerator's Wrestling Rollercoaster: Moondog Spot
- Deceased Wrestlers - Moondog Spot
- Larry Latham at the Internet Movie Database
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