Charles made his professional wrestling debut in 1960, wrestling initially in Australia before he and his cousin travelled to North America to compete as The Royal Kangaroos, a name inspired by the legendary tag team the
Fabulous Kangaroos. Boyle and Charles worked mainly for
Pacific Northwest Wrestling in Oregon, capturing their first
NWA Pacific Northwest Tag Team Championship from Kurt and Karl Von Steiger on 11 July 1971, their first reign lasted only 6 weeks but the cousins would win the tag team title a further four times between June 1971 and December 1975. After working for Pacific Northwest, the Royal Kangaroos headed further north to join
Stu Hart's
Stampede Wrestling promotion. In June 1977 the duo defeated
Leo Burke and
Keith Hart for the
Stampede International Tag Team Championship but dropped it to Leo Burke and his new tag team partner Bobby Burke only a short time later. After their run in Stampede together the Royal Kangaroos broke up after a disagreement in Calgary Canada over differences in how to promote themselves. They reunited for a short time in 1978 in Vancouver. Charles remained with Stampede for some time while Jonathan Boyd returned to the Pacific Northwest. ==Championships and accomplishments==