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Assassin

Also known as Assassin #1, Assassin #2, Flame, Jody Hamilton, Joe Hamilton, Bolo, Ricky Monroe, El Fuego

Personal Data

Birthday:

28.08.1938

Birthplace:

St. Joseph, Missouri, USA

Day of death:

03.08.2021 (at the age of 82)

Gender:

male

Height:

6' 1" (185 cm)

Weight:

264 lbs (120 kg)

Background in sports:

Boxen, Football, Baseball, Leichtathletik, Basketball

Career Data

Alter egos:

Assassin
    a.k.a.  Assassin #1
    a.k.a.  Assassin #2
Bolo
El Fuego
Flame
Jody Hamilton
    a.k.a.  Joe Hamilton
Ricky Monroe

Roles:

Singles Wrestler (1956 - 1988)
Tag Team Wrestler (1956 - 1988)
Road Agent
Booker
Promoter (1986 - 1988, 2005 - 2007)
Manager
Trainer

Beginning of in-ring career:

1956

End of in-ring career:

1988

In-ring experience:

32 years

Wrestling style:

Brawler

Trainer:

Mike DiBiase, Nick Roberts & Sonny Myers

Signature moves:

Assassin Lock

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6.10

Current Total Rating (?)

Valid votes: 9

Number of comments: 4

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Average rating: 6.11 [9]

Average rating in 2025: 7.00 [3]

Average rating in 2023: 6.00 [1]

Average rating in 2021: 6.00 [1]

Average rating in 2020: 6.00 [1]

Average rating in 2016: 6.00 [1]

Average rating in 2012: 6.00 [1]

Average rating in 2007: 4.00 [1]

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Latest comments of the CAGEMATCH inmates

Conquistador37 wrote on 04.12.2025:

[9.0] "One of the greatest talkers in the entire history of the sport/business. Awesome tag team wrestler, one of the B E S T at that. He was a pure heel who took his time to lay things in & made it look like it hurt. Fairly slow moving but had an explosiveness to him & could toss out a decent dropkick! Some of his other moves were cool as well: he really worked a headlock takedown and had a judo roll type throw that was neat, in general an interesting in ring worker. He did well as a manager in WCW (most notably for Paul Orndorff/Pretty Wonderful) and feel he could and should have been used more in that role. Circling back to the mic work once again - flawless and THE measuring bar for a very long stretch of time. And now the bad news: Too much stuff with Paul Jones & Jimmy "Boogie woogie" Valiant, this is an automatic fast forward. 8.75"

AxeBomber wrote on 24.02.2022:

"An incredible promo, I'm honestly really surprised to see Hamilton getting so little love on here. Even as The Flame in Continental Hamilton was a lot of fun to watch. His feud with Bullet Bob Armstrong was particularly memorable. If you haven't seen much of his work you owe it to yourself to at least check out some Assassin/Flame promos on Youtube"

jajt1989 wrote on 17.08.2020:

[6.0] "One half of the might Assassins tag team and later on the just Assassin, also a promoter in DSW until WWE decided to shut it all down and also the father of iconic WCW referee Nick Patrick"

Witchfinder wrote on 22.07.2012:

[6.0] "Comparatively unknown wrestler from the past. He was a bit above average. His last outing was in 2005 and I don't think he's coming back. Trained Jack Swagger, Kevin Nash, DDP and others."