Professional Wrestler. "King Curtis", as he was known during his wrestling career, held numerous titles throughout the United States. Iaukea was the grandson of Colonel Curtis Iaukea, a vice chamberlain and royal diplomat in the court of King Kalakaua and Queen Liliuokalani of Hawaii. He attended the University of California-Berkeley, where he played football. Iaukea played professionally for the British Columbia Lions of the Canadian Football League from 1958 to 1959. Afterwards, he went into professional wrestling where he would stay for the next 30 years, both as a wrestler and manager. He won numerous titles, both in singles and tag-team competition, throughout the United States and Australia. By the mid-1980s, Iaukea retired from active wrestling and became a manager. His last stint was "Master of the Dungeon of Doom" in World Championship Wrestling in the 1990s. Iaukea also appeared in the movie "The Three Stooges Go Around The World In A Daze".
Professional Wrestler. "King Curtis", as he was known during his wrestling career, held numerous titles throughout the United States. Iaukea was the grandson of Colonel Curtis Iaukea, a vice chamberlain and royal diplomat in the court of King Kalakaua and Queen Liliuokalani of Hawaii. He attended the University of California-Berkeley, where he played football. Iaukea played professionally for the British Columbia Lions of the Canadian Football League from 1958 to 1959. Afterwards, he went into professional wrestling where he would stay for the next 30 years, both as a wrestler and manager. He won numerous titles, both in singles and tag-team competition, throughout the United States and Australia. By the mid-1980s, Iaukea retired from active wrestling and became a manager. His last stint was "Master of the Dungeon of Doom" in World Championship Wrestling in the 1990s. Iaukea also appeared in the movie "The Three Stooges Go Around The World In A Daze".
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