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Jim Whebbe
Statistics
Ring name(s)	Skandor Akbar Wildman Wehba Jimmy Wehba
Billed height	6 ft 2 in (188 cm)
Billed weight	232 lb (105 kg)
Born	September 29, 1934 (1934-09-29) (age 73) Wichita Falls, Texas, United States
Resides	Garland, Texas
Trained by	Jimmy Young
Debut	1963
Retired	1977

Jim Whebbe^[1] (born September 29, 1934), is a former professional wrestler and manager, better known by his ring name Skandor Akbar which translated means "Alexander the Great". Akbar led the heel stable Devastation, Inc. in Bill Watts' Universal Wrestling Federation during the promotion's hayday in the 1980s as well as other regional territories including World Class Championship Wrestling and the Global Wrestling Federation.

Contents 1 Career 2 Wrestlers managed 3 Championships and accomplishments 4 Notes 5 References 6 External links

Akbar started out as a professional wrestler in 1963 as Jimmy Wehba. He changed his name to Skandor Akbar at the suggestion of Fritz Von Erich in 1966, in order to sound more Arabic. Akbar's father is from Lebanon and mother from Syria.^{[citation needed]}

Akbar teamed with Danny Hodge and eventually turned on him, starting a feud.

Akbar retired from active wrestling in 1977 and became a heel manager in the Texas area. He always called his stable "Devastation, Inc.". He spent most of his time in World Class Championship Wrestling and Mid-South Wrestling. Akbar smoked cigars at ringside and would harass the fans during his proteges' matches, and would occasionally throw fireballs at unsuspecting opponents.

"The General" also used various nicknames during his ringside interviews taking potshots at various faces such as Kerry Von Erich (either horseface or eggplant brain), Eric Embry (the flamboyant piece of trash), Percy Pringle (Captain Misfit), or Chris Adams (The slimy limey from Liverpool).

On one strange twist, in 1995, Akbar briefly managed Kevin Von Erich as a face. Eventually, though, he turned heel on Kevin only weeks before Von Erich decided to retire for good. Akbar also managed Toni Adams for a short time in the GWF.

Akbar is now retired and trains wrestlers.

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• Georgia Championship Wrestling

• NWA Georgia Tag Team Championship (1 time) with Ox Baker
• NWA Macon Tag Team Championship (1 time) - with Rocket Monroe

• NWA Tri-State

• NWA Tri-State North American Heavyweight Championship (1 time)
• NWA United States Tag Team Championship (Tri-State version) (1 time) with Danny Hodge

• World Championship Wrestling (Australia)¹

• NWA Austra-Asian Heavyweight Championship (1 time)

¹This promotion was an Australian based promotion which began in the 1960s and ran into the 1990s. It has no connection at all to the World Championship Wrestling promotion that was once owned by Ted Turner and sold to World Wrestling Entertainment in 2001.

• Stone Cold Steve Austin and Jim Ross (2003). The Stone Cold Truth. Pocket Books. ISBN 0743477200. 

• Devistation Inc., official website
• Dallas Morning News - Wrestling The Dragon: Skandor Akbar both won and lost when he became the man you love to hate by Dave Tarrant
• J.R.'s Family Bar-B-Q: The General and His Troops
• Championship wrestling from Florida: Skandor Akbar, a collection of flyers between Sept. 21-Oct. 8, 1971.
• Profile at OWW
• TRIBUTE PAGES for Skandor Akbar