The Grand Wizard
Real name: Irwin Roth
Home: Fort Lauderdale, FL
Membership: Partners with the Sheik, Beautiful Bobby, Bob Orton, Blackjack Mulligan, Bobby Duncum, Buddy Rose, Don Muraco, George Steele, Greg Valentine, Mr. Fuji, Toru Tanaka, Superstar Billy Graham, Ken Patera
A.K.A.: J. Wellington Radcliff, Mr. Clean, Armstrong K., Abdullah Farouk
Finisher: N/A
Background: Sometimes a fellow is in the right place at the right time.
Irwin Roth was a disc jockey, looking at a long career of dead of night plate spinning and phone calls from angry truckers. When the infamous Sheik blew up the station, the criminal mastermind asked if Roth needed a job. Thus was born Abdullah Farouk.
From there Roth acted first as a sidekick before taking a more centered role. He didn't punch heroes, no, but he handled the money. From there he started getting more clients. Need someone to wash your cash so the feds don't haul you off? Some shell companies so the heroes don't get suspicious? Then call the Grand Wizard, 'cause he's magic baby.
Indeed, he set up the image of the 'manager', someone who helped their client (usually a villain) do whatever it took to keep them out of jai and/or win. Until his untimely death he might have even been more powerful than "Classy" Freddie Blassie or Captain Lou Albano.
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