 Precious withJimmy Garvin in 1988 | |
| Personal information | |
|---|---|
| Born | (1955-06-04)June 4, 1955 (age 70)[1] North Bay, Ontario, Canada[1] |
Spouse | [2] |
| Children | 2 |
| Professional wrestling career | |
| Ring name(s) | Precious Sunshine II |
| Debut | 1983 |
| Retired | September 1992 |
Patricia Williams (born June 4, 1955) is a Canadian retiredprofessional wrestlingvalet better known by herring name,Precious. She is the real-life wife ofJimmy Garvin, whom she managed for much of her career.
Patti Williams made her professional wrestling debut in 1983 for the Dallas–basedWorld Class Championship Wrestling. She was brought in by Garvin to be an assistant to his valet at the time,Sunshine, who gave her the name "Sunshine II". On October 31, 1983, Garvin fired the original Sunshine for causing him to lose theWCCW Television Championship toJohnny Mantell. Garvin kept Sunshine II as his valet and changed her name to "Precious," the name previously used by Garvin's original valet.[3]
Precious's first big rivalry alongside Garvin was with Sunshine, who aligned herself withChris Adams, with whom Garvin would feud over theNWA American Heavyweight Championship. She would wrestle three mixed tag team matches in 1984: one with Adams and Sunshine on May 6, and two with Adams and Stella Mae French on June 16, and a steel cage losers leaves town match on July 4.[4]
After a tour withAll Japan Pro Wrestling, Precious and Jimmy Garvin went over to the Minneapolis, Minnesota–basedAmerican Wrestling Association in 1984. After Garvin's feud withRick Martel over theAWA World Heavyweight Championship, she steered Garvin onto theAWA World Tag Team Championship, held byThe Road Warriors. With"Mr. Electricity" Steve Regal joining the couple, she led Garvin and Regal to win the titles from the Warriors on September 29, 1985, with the help of Garvin's friends from WCCW,The Fabulous Freebirds. After Garvin and Regal lost the titles toScott Hall andCurt Hennig in January 1986, Precious and Garvin left the territory.
Precious and Jimmy Garvin joined the Charlotte, North Carolina–basedJim Crockett Promotions in 1986. For the Jim Crockett Sr. Memorial Cup Tournament in April, they selectedBlack Bart to team with Garvin; they defeatedBrett Sawyer andDavid Patterson in the first round, but lost toGiant Baba andTiger Mask II in the second round. In September 1986, Precious and Garvin chose future Four Horsemen memberTully Blanchard to join forces with them for the tournament to determine the inauguralNWA United States Tag Team Champions; they defeatedJimmy Valiant andManny Fernandez in the first round, but lost to The Kansas Jayhawks (Dutch Mantel andBobby Jaggers) in the semi-finals.
In February 1987, Precious turned babyface alongside Jimmy Garvin and joined forces with her brother-in-lawRon Garvin (actually Precious' stepfather-in-law). In the summer of 1987, Precious played a major part in a feud between the Garvins andRic Flair, where Flair tried to woo Precious, even buying her a mink coat. After defeating Jimmy Garvin in a cage match, Flair won the right to spend the night with Precious, but she and the Garvins got the last laugh, as Flair instead spent the night with Miss Atlanta Lively (Ron Garvin in drag), setting the stage for Ron to win theNWA World Heavyweight Championship from Flair.
In 1988, Precious and the Garvins feuded withThe Varsity Club, especiallyKevin Sullivan. Jimmy tried winning theNWA World Television Championship fromMike Rotunda several times, but ended up losing due to Sullivan's interference. Throughout the feud, Sullivan played mind games with the Garvins over Precious, including calling her by her real name and stalking her with papers in his robe. On July 10, atThe Great American Bash, Precious was involved in the Tower Of Doom match, where she held the key to the door of the larger, bottom part of the triple-tier steel cage. The Garvins, The Road Warriors, andDr. Death Steve Williams won the match, but after the match, Sullivan took the key and locked himself in with Precious, before being saved byRoad Warrior Hawk. On the September 3 episode ofWorld Championship Wrestling, Precious and Jimmy Garvin were scheduled to wrestle Mike Rotunda for the NWA World Television title, but before the match was scheduled to start, Sullivan grabbed Precious, causing Jimmy Garvin to go after Sullivan, before being jumped by Rotunda and Steiner, before Sullivan slammed concrete blocks onto Garvin's leg. It was her last appearance for four years.
Precious briefly returned to WCW in May 1992 atWrestleWar, aligning herself withThe Fabulous Freebirds, which consisted of her husband Jimmy Garvin andMichael Hayes, who had just won the WCW United States Tag Team titles fromGreg Valentine andTerry Taylor. She retired after Garvin left WCW in September of that year.
Williams married Jimmy Garvin in 1972. Together, they have two daughters and they are involved in a ministry for the poor andhomeless.[5]
