Tito Montez Versus Sweet Daddy Watts

Like Jerry Lawler in Tennessee, Tito Montez was the man to beat in Arizona, feuding with every star to come into the area. Sheik, Woody Farmer, Chris Colt, Chuck Karbo, Duke Keomuka, Kurt Von Steiger, Don Arnold, Bearcat Wright, Don Kent and Bobby Mayne (Jaggers) were some of them.

Sweet Daddy Watts was a rotund black grappler with a stutter he utilized to his advantage in interviews.  At 400 pounds , he was much heavier than the 215 pound Tito. Yet, in spite of the size difference, the two were destined to meet.

The feud kicked off at a tv taping when Watts was manhandling some jobber and Tito did the predictable run in to make the save. From there, the feud was on.

Watts won most of the early encounters between the two of them, usually by cheating and usually bloodying Tito badly. A couple of times in varied towns, they spilled out of the ring and fought in the aisle to wild double disqualifications.

The feud ended when Tito finally beat the heavy-set grappler in a series of cage matches.

A short time after this feud, Watts turned baby after a rift with partner Bearcat Wright.