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CAREER Michael Gossett started wrestling in 1972 in his father's Championship Wrestling From Florida , which was a National Wrestling Alliance territory. He was trained by his father, Boris Malenko and Hiro Matsuda . He teamed with his father upon his arrival but also formed a successful team with Kevin Sullivan . Sullivan eventually turned on him to form his "Satanic cult", The Army Of Darkness . Graham then teamed with Steve Keirn and Barry Windham to feud with them and to capture several tag team titles over the years. In 1981 , Graham wrestled in the American Wrestling Association and feuded with Buck Zumhofe over the AWA Light Heavyweight Championship over the next two years. Graham headed back to Florida in 1983 primarily as a singles wrestlers. He started teaming with Keirn again in the late 1980's and wrestled in the NWA's Jim Crockett Promotions with Keirn briefly around this time. He then went back to the AWA in 1988 where he won the Light Heavyweight Title again. In 1989 , he went back to Florida to the newly re-named Florida Championship Wrestling and teamed briefly with Dustin Rhodes . By 1990 , he was an infrequent in-ring competitor and he became a road agent for World Championship Wrestling . In the early 2000's, he was a road agent for the short-lived Xtreme Wrestling Federation and for Turnbuckle Championship Wrestling . He now makes occasional appearances for the revived Florida Championship Wrestling. Mike Graham worked with World Wrestling Entertainment in early 2006 on a DVD about Dusty Rhodes , which was released on June 6, 2006. He currently appeared on WWE 24/7 as part of a panel (along with Pat Patterson , Rhodes and Michael P.S. Hayes ) which discussed famous pro wrestlers of the 1980s. He currently hosts classic episodes of Championship Wrestling From Florida on WWE 24/7 . PROFILE
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