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Wednesday, April 22, 2009

Bobby Fulton - Pro Wrestling

Bobby Fulton of The Fantastics was born James Hines on October 4, 1961 in Chillicothe, Ohio.


Bobby made his pro wrestling debut in 1977 using the ring name Jimmy Hines.
He was 16 years old at the time.
Bobby spent most of his early years in Ohio, wrestling and training with wrestlers like Lord Zoltan (Ken Jugan), Fred Curry, Bull Curry and Charlie Fulton.
He then moved north and started working in the Hart's Calgary territory.
There he was able to work with wrestlers like Bret Hart, The Dynamite Kid, The Cuban Assassin, Bobby Bass, Ross Hart, Bruce Hart, Giant Haystacks and Davey Boy Smith.
After his time there, he moved on to Jerry Jarrett's Memphis territory there he met Tommy Rogers and they moved to "Cowboy"Bill Watts' Mid South Wrestling, where the Fantasics (Fulton and Rogers) were born.
It was also there that the feud with the Midnight Express started.

The feud went from there to World Class Championship Wrestling.
The Fantastics also had a feud with The Sheepherders (the "Bushwackers") in the Universal Wrestling Federation.
They went to NWA's Jim Crockett Promotions, continued their feud with The Midnight Express, and won the NWA United States Tag Team Titles.

You can find out more about Bobby here at his website:
http://www.bobbyfulton.4t.com/

Tuesday, November 25, 2008

WCW: El Dandy


Roberto Gutiérrez Frías is a Mexican professional wrestler born on October 2, 1962 in Tijuana, Baja California.
He is best known by his ring name, El Dandy.
El Dandy had wrestled with the Consejo Mundial de Lucha Libre (CMLL) promotion in Mexico, but he is best known in the US because of his time spent in the WCW.
In WCW, El Dandy was basically a midcard wrestler, but he did have a few moments of glory.
He was a member of the Latino World Order led by Eddie Guerrero.
On March 22, 1999 on WCW Monday Nitro, he almost had a shot at the WCW Champion Ric Flair, when Flair drew his name in a random drawing. El Dandy had been injured earlier that night in an 8-man tag team bout so he turned his chance over to a fellow luchador, Rey Mysterio, Jr.
El Dandy briefly partnered with Silver King in 2000 to form Los Fabulosos. Stacy Keibler managed the team and lead them to their first major victories in WCW.
His place in wrestling was cemented in a interview between Bret Hart and Gene Okerlund when Gene doubted El Dandy being a worthy opponent for Bret. Bret responded with "Who are you to doubt El Dandy?" and a wrestling catch phrase was created.
You can see the interview here.

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