James Hines
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James Hines is a professional wrestler better known as Bobby Fulton of The Fantastics
.
He spent his early career in Ohio training and wrestling with the likes of Lord Zoltan, Fred Curry
, Bull Curry
and Charlie Fulton. He worked for WWWF on the Allentown and Hamburg Television tapings. He worked for Nick Gulas in Nashville where he paired up with Eric Embry
as the "brother" tag team of Bobby and Don Fulton.
He then moved onto the Hart's Calgary territory working with the likes of Bret Hart
, The Dynamite Kid, The Cuban Assassin
, Bobby Bass
, Ross Hart, Bruce Hart
, Giant Haystacks
and Davey Boy Smith
. Then it was on to the short-lived Knoxville territory forming a tag team with Terry Taylor
called "The Fantastic Ones". After the territory closed, Hines and Taylor split up.
After a brief stay in Joe Blanchard's Southwest territory, Hines moved on to the Jerry Jarrett's Memphis territory where he worked preliminary matches before be traded along with his new tag team partner Tommy Rogers to Bill Watts' Mid South Wrestling. There the Fantasics (Fulton and Rogers) formed and feuded with the Midnight Express.
In 1984, the team continued their feud with The Midnight Express in World Class Championship Wrestling that later extended into the NWA
.
In 1986, they had a feud with The Sheepherders (who would become the "Bushwackers"), Butch Miller and Luke Williams
in the Universal Wrestling Federation
.
In 1987, back in WCCW, they feuded with the Rock 'n' Roll RPMs
(Mike Davis
and Tommy Lane
). They won the feud by winning a scaffold match at "The Parade of Champions" on May 3, 1987.
They next went to the NWA's Jim Crockett Promotions
to continue their feud with The Midnight Express and to win the NWA United States Tag Team Titles on two occasions.
In 1989, they left the NWA and have been wrestling, sometimes together, sometimes not, in the independent circuit around the United States
, and in All Japan Pro Wrestling
.
In 1990, he started his own territory Heritage Championship Wrestling (which was a precursor to Smoky Mountain Wrestling). He brought in talent like Cowboy Bob Orton
, The Rock & Roll RPMs, Bam Bam Bigelow and Buddy Landel
. The company lasted about a year and often provided extra television footage for Grizzly Smith's 5-Star Wrestling in Louisiana(Actually it was for Buck Robley's NWF out of Louisiana).
The Fantastics then made regular appearances in All Japan and in Smoky Mountain Wrestling.
They made a brief appearance in the WWF
in 1997 when Fulton wrestled Rogers in the first round of the WWF Light Heavyweight Title Tournament.
He is married and now resides back in Chillicothe, OH.
Fantastics
The Fantastics are a professional wrestling tag team composed of Bobby Fulton and Tommy Rogers.-History:While in the Mid-Southern area, Terry taylor was teamed with a budding young wrestler named Bobby Fulton, who at the time was a jobber on TV but showed promise...
.
Career
James Hines started wrestling as a 16 year old in 1977 as Jimmy Hines.He spent his early career in Ohio training and wrestling with the likes of Lord Zoltan, Fred Curry
Fred Curry (wrestler)
Fred Thomas Koury, Jr. better known by his ring name ”Flyin'” Fred Curry, was an American professional wrestler of Lebanese descent. The son of "Wild Bull" Curry, Fred Koury was one of the most popular stars in the Midwest United States during the 1960s.-Career:In the 1960s, Koury, Jr. took up...
, Bull Curry
Bull Curry
Fred Thomas Koury, Sr. was an American of Lebanese decent who was best known as a professional wrestler under the name ”Wild Bull” Curry. Bull Curry is recognized as one of the originators of the hardcore style predating even legends such as The Sheik and Abdullah the Butcher...
and Charlie Fulton. He worked for WWWF on the Allentown and Hamburg Television tapings. He worked for Nick Gulas in Nashville where he paired up with Eric Embry
Eric Embry
Douglas Eric Embry is a retired professional wrestler, best known for his appearances with World Class Championship Wrestling and the United States Wrestling Association as The Flamboyant Eric Embry...
as the "brother" tag team of Bobby and Don Fulton.
He then moved onto the Hart's Calgary territory working with the likes of Bret Hart
Bret Hart
Bret Hart is a Canadian on-screen personality, writer, actor and Semi-retired professional wrestler. Like others in the Hart wrestling family, Hart has an amateur wrestling background, including wrestling at Ernest Manning High School and Mount Royal College...
, The Dynamite Kid, The Cuban Assassin
Angel Acevedo
Angel Acevedo is an American filmmaker.-Biography:Acevedo attended Hofstra University where he earned a Bachelor's degree in Film Studies and Production and won Best Screenplay for his thesis film Cheesecake...
, Bobby Bass
Bobby Bass
Bobby Bass was an American actor, stunt performer, and stunt coordinator/second unit director.-Early life:...
, Ross Hart, Bruce Hart
Bruce Hart
Bruce Hart may refer to:* Bruce Hart , American songwriter and screenwriter* Bruce Hart , Canadian wrestler...
, Giant Haystacks
Martin Ruane
Martin Austin Ruane was an English professional wrestler of Irish descent. Best known by his ring name, Giant Haystacks, he wrestled in such places as Great Britain, the United States, Canada, India, and Zimbabwe...
and Davey Boy Smith
Davey Boy Smith
Davey Boy Smith was a British professional wrestler, better known as "The British Bulldog" Davey Boy Smith, who was born in Golborne in North West England, United Kingdom. Smith is known for his appearances with Stampede Wrestling, the World Wrestling Federation and World Championship Wrestling...
. Then it was on to the short-lived Knoxville territory forming a tag team with Terry Taylor
Terry Taylor
Terry Taylor , is an American retired professional wrestler best known for his time in the National Wrestling Alliance, World Championship Wrestling, and the World Wrestling Federation...
called "The Fantastic Ones". After the territory closed, Hines and Taylor split up.
After a brief stay in Joe Blanchard's Southwest territory, Hines moved on to the Jerry Jarrett's Memphis territory where he worked preliminary matches before be traded along with his new tag team partner Tommy Rogers to Bill Watts' Mid South Wrestling. There the Fantasics (Fulton and Rogers) formed and feuded with the Midnight Express.
In 1984, the team continued their feud with The Midnight Express in World Class Championship Wrestling that later extended into the NWA
National Wrestling Alliance
The National Wrestling Alliance is a wrestling promotion company and sanctions various NWA championships in the United States. The NWA has been in operation since 1948...
.
In 1986, they had a feud with The Sheepherders (who would become the "Bushwackers"), Butch Miller and Luke Williams
Brian Wickens
Brian Wickens is a professional wrestler best known as Luke Williams, one half of the tag team known as "The Sheepherders" on the independent scene and in the National Wrestling Alliance and as The Bushwhackers in the WWF.-Career:Luke Williams started wrestling for NWA New Zealand in 1964...
in the Universal Wrestling Federation
Universal Wrestling Federation
The name Universal Wrestling Federation may refer to:*Universal Wrestling Federation , an American professional wrestling promotion owned by Bill Watts...
.
In 1987, back in WCCW, they feuded with the Rock 'n' Roll RPMs
Rock 'n' Roll RPMs
The Rock 'n' Roll RPMs were a professional wrestling tag team, consisting of Tommy Lane and Mike Davis, that competed in several professional wrestling promotions throughout the Southern United States. They were known for their bright colored tights and hanging bandanas. Allen Martin was later...
(Mike Davis
Mike Davis (wrestler)
Michael Davis was an American professional wrestler best known as one half of the tag team Rock 'n' Roll RPMs with Tommy Lane which lasted several years. The RPM's were one of the most well-known heel tag teams throughout the southern United States in promotions such as World Class Championship...
and Tommy Lane
Tommy Lee Jones (wrestler)
Tommy Lee Jones was a professional wrestler. He was best known for wrestling in southern United States wrestling promotions as Tommy Lane, one-half of the "Rock 'n' Roll RPMs" with Mike Davis.-Early career:...
). They won the feud by winning a scaffold match at "The Parade of Champions" on May 3, 1987.
They next went to the NWA's Jim Crockett Promotions
Jim Crockett Promotions
Jim Crockett Promotions was a professional wrestling promotion owned by Jim Crockett, Jr. until the late 1980s. It was a member of the National Wrestling Alliance and was the forerunner to World Championship Wrestling .-Early history:...
to continue their feud with The Midnight Express and to win the NWA United States Tag Team Titles on two occasions.
In 1989, they left the NWA and have been wrestling, sometimes together, sometimes not, in the independent circuit around the United States
United States
The United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...
, and in All Japan Pro Wrestling
All Japan Pro Wrestling
is a Japanese professional wrestling promotion established in 1972. All Japan Pro Wrestling still remains one of the most popular puroresu promotions still in operation.-The Giant Baba Era :...
.
In 1990, he started his own territory Heritage Championship Wrestling (which was a precursor to Smoky Mountain Wrestling). He brought in talent like Cowboy Bob Orton
Bob Orton
Robert Dale "Bob" Orton was an American professional wrestler. He was also known as Bob Orton, Sr. to distinguish him from his son, "Cowboy" Bob Orton, Jr...
, The Rock & Roll RPMs, Bam Bam Bigelow and Buddy Landel
Buddy Landel
William Ansor is a professional wrestler better knownas "Nature Boy" Buddy Landel.-Career:Buddy Landel started his career in 1979 as a young talented athlete in ICW. He left high school even though he had received letters of intent to play baseball and football at the University of Tennessee...
. The company lasted about a year and often provided extra television footage for Grizzly Smith's 5-Star Wrestling in Louisiana(Actually it was for Buck Robley's NWF out of Louisiana).
The Fantastics then made regular appearances in All Japan and in Smoky Mountain Wrestling.
They made a brief appearance in the WWF
World Wrestling Entertainment
World Wrestling Entertainment, Inc. is an American publicly traded, privately controlled entertainment company dealing primarily in professional wrestling, with major revenue sources also coming from film, music, product licensing, and direct product sales...
in 1997 when Fulton wrestled Rogers in the first round of the WWF Light Heavyweight Title Tournament.
Personal life
Hines became a born-again Christian and also has been preaching the gospel since October 2003.He is married and now resides back in Chillicothe, OH.
In wrestling
- Finishing move
- Fantastic Flip (Senton bomb)
- Signature moves
- Diving elbow drop
- Flying clothesline
- Three-point stance clothesline
- With Tommy RogersThomas CouchThomas R. Couch is a professional wrestler better known as Tommy Rogers of The Fantastics.-Career:Couch started wrestling in 1980 as Tommy Rogers in North Carolina...
- Rocket Launcher
- ManagerManager (professional wrestling)In professional wrestling, a manager is a secondary character paired with a wrestler for a variety of reasons. The manager is often either a non-wrestler, an occasional wrestler, an older wrestler who has retired or is nearing retirement or, in some cases, a new wrestler who is breaking into the...
s- Jim CornetteJim CornetteJames Mark "Jim" Cornette is an American professional wrestling manager, commentator, promoter, and booker. As a manager, he has worked for Jim Crockett Promotions, World Championship Wrestling and World Wrestling Federation and from 1991 to 1995, was the owner of Smoky Mountain Wrestling...
- Jim Cornette
- NicknameNicknameA nickname is "a usually familiar or humorous but sometimes pointed or cruel name given to a person or place, as a supposedly appropriate replacement for or addition to the proper name.", or a name similar in origin and pronunciation from the original name....
s- "Fantastic" Bobby Fulton
Championships and accomplishments
- Big Time Wrestling
- BTW Triple Crown Heavyweight Championship (2 times)
- BTW Ohio Tag Team Championship (2 times) - with Jackie Fulton and Rip RogersRip RogersMark Sciarra whose professional name is Rip Rogers is a former professional wrestler and trainer for Ohio Valley Wrestling. He is currently a trainer for Derby City Wrestling in Louisville, Kentucky.-Career:...
- Central States WrestlingHeart of America Sports AttractionsHeart of America Sports Attractions, also known as the Midwest Wrestling Association, Central States Wrestling and the World Wrestling Alliance, was an American professional wrestling promotion that ran shows mainly in Kansas, Missouri, Nebraska and Iowa...
- NWA Central States Television ChampionshipNWA Central States Television ChampionshipThe NWA Central States Television Championship was the secondary singles chamoionship for the Heart of America Sports Attractions / Central States Wrestling promotion from 1977 until the promotion ceased to exist in 1988. -Title History:-See also:...
(1 time)
- Continental Wrestling AssociationContinental Wrestling AssociationThe Continental Wrestling Association was a wrestling promotion managed by Jerry Jarrett. The CWA was the name of the "governing body" for the Championship Wrestling, Inc. promotion which was usually referred to as Mid-Southern Wrestling...
- AWA Southern Tag Team ChampionshipAWA Southern Tag Team ChampionshipThe AWA Southern Tag Team Championship was a professional wrestling tag team title in the Tennessee area from the 1940s through the late 1980s. It was originally named the NWA Southern Tag Team Championship from its inception through 1977, when it was renamed the AWA Southern...
(1 time) – with Tommy RogersThomas CouchThomas R. Couch is a professional wrestler better known as Tommy Rogers of The Fantastics.-Career:Couch started wrestling in 1980 as Tommy Rogers in North Carolina...
- Jim Crockett PromotionsJim Crockett PromotionsJim Crockett Promotions was a professional wrestling promotion owned by Jim Crockett, Jr. until the late 1980s. It was a member of the National Wrestling Alliance and was the forerunner to World Championship Wrestling .-Early history:...
- NWA United States Tag Team ChampionshipNWA United States Tag Team ChampionshipThe NWA United States Tag Team Championship is a name used by several championships that were or currently are under the National Wrestling Alliance 's supervision:...
(2 times) – with Tommy Rogers
- Smoky Mountain WrestlingSmoky Mountain WrestlingSmoky Mountain Wrestling was a professional wrestling promotion that held events in the Appalachian area of the United States from October 1991 to December 1995, when it was run by Jim Cornette...
- SMW Tag Team ChampionshipSMW Tag Team ChampionshipThe SMW Tag Team Championship was the tag team title in Smoky Mountain Wrestling . It existed from 1992 until 1995 when the promotion closed .-Title history:...
(1 time) – with Jackie FultonGeorge HinesGeorge Hines is a semi-retired American professional wrestler, best known by his ringname Jackie Fulton, who competed in regional and independent promotions including the American Wrestling Association, East Coast Championship Wrestling, the National Wrestling Alliance, World Championship Wrestling...
- Southwest Championship WrestlingSouthwest Championship WrestlingSouthwest Championship Wrestling was a professional wrestling promotion that was owned by Joseph Blanchard and based in San Antonio, Texas, from 1978 to 1985, when it was purchased by Texas All-Star Wrestling and absorbed into that company.-Venues:...
- SCW Southwest Junior Heavyweight ChampionshipSCW Southwest Junior Heavyweight ChampionshipThe SWCW Southwest Junior Heavyweight Championship was a secondary title in Southwest Championship Wrestling, challenged for by lighter weight wrestlers. It lasted from 1981 until 1985, when it was abandoned after SWCW was sold to Texas All-Star Wrestling....
(1 time)
- Universal Wrestling Federation
- UWF World Tag Team Championship (2 times) – with Tommy Rogers
- World Class Championship Wrestling / World Class Wrestling AssociationWorld Class Championship WrestlingWorld Class Championship Wrestling ' was a regional professional wrestling promotion headquartered in Dallas and Fort Worth, Texas. Originally owned by promoter Ed McLemore, by 1966 it was run by Southwest Sports, Inc., whose president, Jack Adkisson, was better known as wrestler Fritz Von Erich...
- NWA American Tag Team Championship (2 times) – with Tommy Rogers
- WCWA World Tag Team Championship (2 times) – with Tommy Rogers
- Pro Wrestling IllustratedPro Wrestling IllustratedPro Wrestling Illustrated is a professional wrestling magazine. PWI is currently based in Blue Bell, Pennsylvania and published by Kappa Publishing Group.-History:The first issue of Pro Wrestling Illustrated was released in 1979...
- PWI ranked him # 286 of the 500 best singles wrestlers during the "PWI Years" in 2003.
- PWI ranked him # 63 of the 100 best tag teams during the "PWI Years" with Tommy RogersThomas CouchThomas R. Couch is a professional wrestler better known as Tommy Rogers of The Fantastics.-Career:Couch started wrestling in 1980 as Tommy Rogers in North Carolina...
in 2003.
- Wrestling Observer Newsletter awards
- 5 Star Match (1986) with Tommy Rogers vs. the Sheepherders at the Crockett Cup Tournament on April 16
- Feud of the Year (1988) with Tommy Rogers vs. Bobby Eaton and Stan Lane
External links
- Official Site: http://www.bobbyfulton.4t.com/