Early career (1978–1980) Portz was born in the United Kingdom. He relocated to the United States with his father, professional wrestler
Geoff Portz. In the late-1970s, he began working as a referee for the
professional wrestling promotion Jim Crockett Promotions. He trained as a wrestler under his father along with
Ric Flair,
Karl Gotch,
Buddy Rogers, and
Ricky Steamboat, debuting in Jim Crockett Promotions in 1978. In late 1982, McGhee often teamed with
Dusty Rhodes,
Magnum T. A. and
Blackjack Mulligan on the promotions weekly television program. In mid-1982, McGhee toured Japan with
New Japan Pro-Wrestling, where he regularly teamed with
André the Giant and
Canek. By 1986, McGee primarily appeared on
house shows as a
jobber, making a handful of appearances on
All-Star Wrestling,
WWF Championship Wrestling,
WWF Prime Time Wrestling, and
WWF Superstars of Wrestling. He entered the year wrestling on the house show circuit in opening match encounters, wrestling
Tiger Chung Lee, Les Thornton, and
Barry O to draws and pinning
Joe Mirto, Rene Goulet, and
Ron Shaw. He was less successful against more established veterans higher in the card and fell to
Hercules Hernandez,
Jake Roberts, and
Dory Funk Jr. After several months of defeats, McGee rebounded to defeat
Johnny K-9 on the May 19th episode of Prime Time Wrestling. That would remain his one victory on television for some time as he saw further losses on the WWE's various programs. He remained mired as an opening card performer for the remainder of the year, but did close out December with victories over
Frenchy Martin and Barry O on the house show circuit. That momentum temporarily halted, as McGee wrestled
Tama on 19 January episode of Prime Time Wrestling (taped 3 January) and was defeated. He rebounded to defeat Barry O and
The Red Demon on the house show circuit that month, then beat
Terry Gibbs in a televised match in Philadelphia on 10 January. McGee then teamed with former
WWF World Tag Team Champion Tony Garea in a losing effort to the
Hart Foundation on 24 January episode of
WWF Superstars. McGee's final WWF match came at a house show on 11 November 1987 in West Palm Beach, Fl, where he teamed with
Ken Patera against
Demolition.
Later career (1987–1988, 1989, 2010) McGhee returned to the independent circuit in 1987. In late-1987 he began wrestling for
Stampede Wrestling as "Garfield Portz". ==Championships and accomplishments==