| George Hines | |
|---|---|
| Statistics | |
| Ring name(s) | Jackie Fulton George Hines The Eagle American Eagle |
| Billed height | 5 ft 11 in (1. 80 m) |
| Billed weight | 225 lb (102 kg) |
| Born | 1968 Columbus, Ohio, United States |
| Debut | 1988 |
George 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 and, most notably, his brief but memorable stint in Smoky Mountain Wrestling where he teamed with his real life brother Bobby Fulton as The Fantastics. The pound or pound-mass (abbreviation lb, lbm, or sometimes in the United States #) is a unit of Mass Columbus is the Capital and the largest city of the US state of Ohio. The United States of America —commonly referred to as the The American Wrestling Association (AWA was an American Professional wrestling promotion based in Minneapolis Minnesota that ran from 1960 The National Wrestling Alliance ( NWA) is the largest governing body for a group of independent Professional wrestling promotions and sanctions various NWA Smoky Mountain Wrestling was a Professional wrestling promotion that held events in the Appalachian area of the United States from October Bobby Fulton redirects here for the Australian rugby league player and coach see Bob Fulton James Hines (born October 4 1961 Also see the musical The Fantasticks. The Fantastics are a Professional wrestling tag team composed of Bobby Fulton and
Throughout the 1990s, he also carved out a successful career overseas competing in All Japan Pro Wrestling and IWA Japan both under his real name as well as the masked wrestler The Eagle. ( AJPW) is a Japanese professional wrestling promotion established in 1972 International Wrestling Association of Japan, more commonly known as IWA Japan, is a Japanese Professional wrestling promotion operating since 1994 In recent years, he has also competed in American independent promotions as the masked wrestler American Eagle.
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Born in Columbus, Ohio, Hines eventually entered professional wrestling in 1988 joining his older brother Bobby Fulton nearly a decade after his own debut in 1979. Columbus is the Capital and the largest city of the US state of Ohio. In early 1989, he began wrestling in televised matches for Championship Wrestling from Florida. Championship Wrestling from Florida (CWF was the corporate and brand name of the Tampa Florida wrestling office existing from 1961 when Eddie Graham During his time in the area, he formed a short-lived tag team with "Nightmare" Danny Davis and gained a title shot at the then CWF Tag Team Champions The Japanese Connection (Mr. Chono & RPM) in May 1989. Daniel or Danny Davis is the name of Daniel Daniel Davis (born 1945 American actor Daniel C Masahiro Chono ((born September 17, 1963) is a Japanese professional wrestler. Michael Davis ( November 2, 1956 – December 26, 2001) was an American Professional wrestler best known as DJ of
After Bobby Fulton and Tommy Rogers left the NWA and split up, he joined his brother later that year in the American Wrestling Association where they briefly feuded with then AWA Tag Team champions The Destruction Crew (Mike Enos & Wayne Bloom). The American Wrestling Association (AWA was an American Professional wrestling promotion based in Minneapolis Minnesota that ran from 1960 The American Wrestling Association (AWA World Tag Team Championship was the Tag team title for the American Wrestling Association from 1960 until the promotion folded The Beverly Brothers were a Professional wrestling tag team comprised of Mike Enos and Wayne Bloom in the World Wrestling Federation. Mike Enos (born June 11, 1963) is a retired Professional wrestler who wrestled mainly as a tag-team wrestler in World Championship Wrestling Wayne Bloom (born March 22, 1958) was a professional wrestler who wrestled in World Championship Wrestling, the American Wrestling He and Bobby Fulton also had a short run in the NWA and wrestled as both The Fantastics and The Fantastic Ones on the independent circuit. The National Wrestling Alliance ( NWA) is the largest governing body for a group of independent Professional wrestling promotions and sanctions various NWA
During this time, Hines also competed in Jim Crockett Promotions and, teaming with Terry Taylor against The Nasty Boys (Brian Knobbs & Jerry Saggs) at Clash of the Champions XII, he was pinned by Saggs. Jim Crockett Promotions was a Professional wrestling promotion owned by Jim Crockett Jr Terry Taylor (born Paul W Taylor III on August 12 1955) is an American retired professional wrestler The Nasty Boys were a Professional wrestling Tag team consisting of Brian Knobbs and Jerry Sags, active in the mid to late 1980s and throughout Brian Yandrisovitz The Nastys have not returned to a WWE ring since Jerome Saganovich *PWI ranked him # 420 of the 500 best singles wrestlers during the "PWI Years" in 2003 *PWI ranked him # 53 of the The Clash of the Champions were a series of professional wrestling television specials aired by World Championship Wrestling. [1]
Staying with the organization during the next year or two, his exposure increased during the promotion's eventual transition to World Championship Wrestling although he was often used as a preliminary wrestler against veterans such as Nikita Koloff to whom he lost to on WCW Worldwide in Tallahassee, Florida on August 3, 1991. In professional wrestling slang, the term job describes a losing performance in a wrestling match Nikita S Koloff (born Nelson Scott Simpson March 9, 1959) is a former American professional wrestler who wrestled throughout WCW WorldWide was a syndicated TV show produced by the now-defunct World Championship Wrestling. [2]
In early 1992, he and Bobby Fulton began teaming together as the second incarnation of The Fantastics, formerly comprising of Bobby Fulton and Tommy Rogers. Also see the musical The Fantasticks. The Fantastics are a Professional wrestling tag team composed of Bobby Fulton and Tommy Rogers may refer to Tommy Rogers (Fantastics, American professional wrestler Thomas Crouch Tommy Giles Rogers Jr Appearing on the earliest episodes of SMW's weekly television show, he and Bobby Fulton fought Ivan and Vladimir Koloff in a brief feud during early March. "The Russian Bear" Ivan Koloff (born James Perras on August 25, 1942) is a former Canadian Professional wrestler who is a former [3]
Entering a championship tournament to crown the first SMW Tag Team Champions, they would advance to the finals before being eliminated by the Heavenly Bodies (Stan Lane & Tom Prichard) in Harrogate, Tennessee on April 23, 1992. The Heavenly Bodies was a Professional wrestling Tag team famous for having worked in Smoky Mountain Wrestling, the World Wrestling Federation Wallace Stanfield "Sweet Stan" Lane (born August 5, 1953 in Greensboro North Carolina) is a Professional wrestler, trained by Tom Prichard (born August 18 1959) is an American professional wrestler. Harrogate is a city in Claiborne County, Tennessee, United States. On July 2, he would also win a 12-man battle royal in Paintsville, Kentucky. Paintsville is a city in Johnson County, Kentucky, United States. The participants included Bobby Fulton, Robert Gibson, Joe Cazana, "Dirty White Boy" Tony Anthony, Dixie Dynamite, Jimmy Golden, Tim Horner, Buddy Landel, Brian Lee and the Heavenly Bodies. Tony Anthony (born April 12 1960 in Knoxville Tennessee is a semi-retired American professional wrestler best known as Dirty White Boy, who Leanna Foxxx (born December 9, 1969 in Albuquerque, New Mexico) is an American Pornographic actress who was active in the Tim Horner is a Professional wrestler best known for his " Lightning Express " tag team with Brad Armstrong. Buddy Landel (born August 17, 1962) is a Professional wrestler better known as "Nature Boy" Buddy Landel. Brian Lee (born November 26, 1966) is a semi-retired American professional wrestler. He and Bobby Fulton would also tour Japan losing to Andre the Giant, Mighty Inoue & Yoshinari Ogawa in a 6-man tag team match with The Patriot in Hamamatsu, Japan on May 30 and, with Johnny Ace, lost in a rematch three days later in Fukushima, Japan. André René Roussimoff (May 19 1946 &ndash January 27 1993 best known as André the Giant, was a French professional wrestler and Actor Yoshinari Ogawa (小川良成 Ogawa Yoshinari is a Japanese Professional wrestler who currently works for Pro Wrestling NOAH. Del Wilkes (born December 21, 1961 in Columbia South Carolina) is an American former Professional wrestler. is a city located in western Shizuoka Prefecture, Japan, and is the largest city in the prefecture Johnny Ace ( June 9 1929 &ndash December 25 1954) born John Marshall Alexander Jr WikipediaWikiProject Japanese prefectures for guidelines --> is a prefecture of Japan located in the Tōhoku region on the island of [4]
Feuding with the Heavenly Bodies and their manager James E. Cornette throughout the summer, they briefly captured the SMW Tag Team Championship from the Heavenly Bodies defeating them in Johnson City, Tennessee on August 8 before dropping the belts back to the them in Benton, Tennessee two days later. James Mark "Jim" Cornette (born September 17 1961 is an American Professional wrestling manager, commentator, promoter Johnson City is a city in Carter, Sullivan, and Washington Counties in the U Benton is a town in Polk County, Tennessee, United States. The population was 1138 at the 2000 census [5] Splitting up soon after, Hines eventually left the promotion and traveled the independent circuit for a short time before moving on to Japan later that year.
During the mid-to-late 1990s, he began competing in Japan as The Eagle forming a successful tag team with The Patriot. Del Wilkes (born December 21, 1961 in Columbia South Carolina) is an American former Professional wrestler. They competed in the 1992 and 1993 World's Strongest Tag Team League as well as winning the AJPW All Asia Tag Team Championship from Tsuyoshi Kikuchi & Kenta Kobashi in Koyama, Japan on June 2, 1992. The, more commonly known in the West as the Real World Tag League, is an annual Professional wrestling tournament held by All Japan Pro Wrestling since 1977 usually The, more commonly known in the West as the Real World Tag League, is an annual Professional wrestling tournament held by All Japan Pro Wrestling since 1977 usually The All Japan Pro Wrestling (AJPW All Asia Tag Team Championship is a Professional wrestling Tag team title in Japanese promotion (born November 21 1964) is a Professional wrestler currently working for Pro Wrestling NOAH. Not to be confused with his protégé Kenta Kobayashi (known as KENTA is a Japanese Professional wrestler currently under contract For a topic outline on this subject see List of basic Japan topics. After losing the titles to Doug Furnas & Dan Kroffat on September 9, The Patriot left AJPW for World Championship Wrestling while Hines began teaming with The Falcon together competing in the 1994 World's Strongest Tag Team League. Doug Furnas (born December 11, 1961) is a former American professional wrestler and powerlifter. This article is about the original wrestler named Dan Kroffat For the Australian rules footballer see Steven Armstrong. Steve Armstrong (born Steve James on March 16, 1965 The, more commonly known in the West as the Real World Tag League, is an annual Professional wrestling tournament held by All Japan Pro Wrestling since 1977 usually
By 1999, he had become a regular in All Japan Pro Wrestling competing under his real name. Appearing on televised matches aired on Nippon TV, Hines teamed with Wolf Hawkfield against Giant Kimala & Tamon Honda at the Super Power Series supercard at the Sendai Miyagi-ken Sports Center on June 9. ( is a Television network in Shiodome area of Minato Tokyo, Japan owned by the Yomiuri Shimbun. James Harris (born May 28 1950 is an American professional wrestler. is a Japanese Professional wrestler who currently works for Pro Wrestling NOAH. During the Summer Action Series, he faced Akira Taue & Toshiaki Kawada & Hiroshi Hase in a 6-man tag team match with Johnny Ace and Mike Burton at Korakuen Hall on August 22. is a Japanese Professional wrestler, who works for Pro Wrestling NOAH. is a Professional wrestler who is most known for his work in All Japan Pro Wrestling. is a retired Japanese Professional wrestler who worked for New Japan Pro Wrestling and All Japan Pro Wrestling, prior to transitioning to a position in the Michael Alan "Mike" Burton (born 18 December 1945 in Maidenhead) is a former English Rugby union footballer who won a reputation is an Arena in Tokyo, Japan, which has hosted many Boxing, Professional wrestling and Mixed martial arts matches Several days later, he and Johnny Ace teamed against Takao Omori & Yoshihiro Takayama at the Wakayama Kenritsu Taiikukan on August 28 as well as facing Yoshinari Ogawa in a singles match at the Osaka Chou Taiikukan the following night. Takao Ōmori (大森隆男 Ōmori Takao born October 16 1969) is a Japanese professional wrestler currently competing for Pro Wrestling Yoshihiro Takayama is a free lance Japanese Professional wrestler and a mixed martial arts fighter. Yoshinari Ogawa (小川良成 Ogawa Yoshinari is a Japanese Professional wrestler who currently works for Pro Wrestling NOAH. In April 2000, substituting for an injured Reno Riggins, he and Steven Dunn defended the NWA World Tag Team Championship losing the title to the The Rock 'n' Roll Express (Ricky Morton & Robert Gibson) in Waegwan, South Korea. Neal Hargrove, known by his ringname Reno Riggins, is an American professional wrestler who has competed in Southeastern independent promotions including the United Steve Doll (born December 9, 1964) is an American professional wrestler. The National Wrestling Alliance (NWA World Tag Team Championship is the premier Tag team title within the NWA framework The Rock 'n' Roll Express was a Professional wrestling tag team comprised of Ricky Morton and Robert Gibson that was popular in the 1980s Richard Wendell "Ricky" Morton (born September 21, 1956) is an American professional wrestler. Robert Gibson may refer to Robert L Gibson (born 1946 American naval captain and NASA astronaut Robert Gibson (pitcher (1869-1949 Waegwan is the seat of government for Chilgok County, North Gyeongsang province South Korea. South Korea, officially the Republic of Korea and often referred to as Korea ( Korean: 대한민국 tɛː [6]
The following year, he appeared on the undercard of the Giant Baba Memorial Spectacular teaming with Johnny Smith and Jim Steele in a 6-man tag team match defeating Mike Rotunda, Curt Hennig and Barry Windham (substituting for Kendall Windham) at the Tokyo Egg Dome on January 28, 2001. Johnny Smith, (born John Henry Smith Jr on June 25, 1922 in Birmingham Alabama) is an American Cool jazz and Lawrence Michael "Mike" Rotunda (born March 30, 1958) is a former American professional wrestler, perhaps best known under the Curtis Michael "Curt" Hennig – February 10 2003 also known by the Ring name Mr Barry Windham (born July 4 1960) is a professional wrestler and the son of wrestler Blackjack Mulligan. Kendall Windham (born December 15 1967) is a former Professional wrestler. Tokyo Dome (東京ドーム Tōkyō Dōmu,) is a 55000-seat Also the famous band X Japan held their three-day long reunion concerts there in the end of March 2008 [7] [8]
He participated in All Japan Pro Wrestling's Champion's Carnival tournament facing Mike Barton, Toshiaki Kawada, Taiyo Kea, Johnny Smith, Jim Steele, Steve Williams, Gen'ichiro Tenryu and Yoshiaki Fujiwara between March 23 and April 8. The Champion's Carnival is an annual Professional wrestling tournament held by All Japan Pro Wrestling, established in 1973 Maunakea Mossman is an American Professional wrestler, better known under his Stage name Taiyō Kea (太陽ケア [9]
During the next several months, he appeared in high profile matches at Budokan Hall and was pinned by Satoshi Kojima during a tag team match "Dr. Death" Steve Williams against Kojima & Hiroyoshi Tenzan on April 14. The, often shortened to just "Budokan" is an arena in central Tokyo, Japan is a Japanese professional wrestler and currently works for All Japan Pro Wrestling. Steve Williams may refer to Steve Williams (athlete, American track and field sprinter Steve Williams (jazz drummer, Shirley Horn's accompanist Hiroyoshi Yamamoto is a Japanese Professional wrestler who currently works for New Japan Pro Wrestling, and is better known by his Ring name He later teamed with Mike Barton to defeat Nobutaka Araya & Shigeo Okumura on June 8 as well defeating Yoshiaki Fujiwara, Yuto Aijima & Ryuji Hijikata in a 6-man tag team match with Kasey Geyer and Shawn Hernandez after pinning Aijima on July 14. is a Japanese Actor, and professional wrestler who has worked for New Japan Pro Wrestling, Pro Wrestling Shawn Hernandez (born February 11 1973) is an American professional wrestler of Mexican and Puerto Rican descent better known by his Later that year, he teamed with Jim Steele & Vampiro losing to Hiroshi Hase, Steve Williams & Mike Rotunda on September 8. Ian Richard Hodgkinson (born May 31 1967) is a Canadian professional wrestler better known by his Ring name of Vampiro
At AJPW's "29th Anniversary Show" at Budokan Hall on October 27, George Hines, Johnny Smith and Kazushi Miyamoto defeated Masato Tanaka, Ryuji Hijikata and Nobukazu Hirai when Hines pinned Hirai. Masato Tanaka (born February 28 1973) is a Japanese professional wrestler, best known for his appearances with Frontier Martial Arts With Johnny Smith and Vampiro, Hines also beat Arashi, Nobukazu Hirai and Koki Kitahara on December 7, 2001.
On February 24, 2002 he defeated Yoji Anjoh, Arashi, & Nobutaka Araya in a 6-man match with Mike Barton and Jim Steele. The following month, during a Japanese PPV event, he and Tomoaki Honma lost to Hiroshi Hase & Hideki Hosaka on April 13. Tomoaki Honma (本間朋晃 Honma Tomoaki) is a Freelance Japanese professional wrestler currently touring He and Johnny Smith also participated tag team match on July 20 against Mike Barton & Jim Steele, Steve Williams & Mike Rotunda and Brian Adams & Bryan Clark. Brian or Bryan Adams can refer to Brian Adams (wrestler, professional wrestler and actor Bryan Adams, Canadian singer/songwriter Bryan Clark Jr, normally Bryan Clark (born March 14, 1964) is an American professional wrestler, best known for his appearances After nearly half an hour, the match was eventually won by Mike Barton & Jim Steele after Barton pinned Rotunda.
On August 30, in a 2-day PPV event at Budokan Hall, Hines teamed with Johnny Smith and Gran Hamada to defeat Steve Williams, Mike Rotunda & Gran Naniwa when Hines pinned Naniwa. better known by his Ring name, (b 27 November 1950 is Japanese professional wrestler, the first to adopt the high-flying Mexican Lucha libre style better known through his persona is a Japanese professional wrestler, who currently works for New Japan Pro Wrestling among other places The following night, Hines was featured in the main event facing Genichiro Tenryu, Steve Williams, Arashi, Koki Kitahara, & Masao Orihara in a 10-man tag team "elimination" match with Keiji Mutoh, Hiroshi Hase, Jinsei Shinzaki and Kaz Hayashi. Genichiro Tenryu (天龍源一郎 Tenryū Gen'ichirō) real name Genichiro Shimada (嶋田源一郎 Shimada Gen'ichirō, born February 2 is a Japanese professional wrestler who first gained international fame in the National Wrestling Alliance. Kensuke Shinzaki (新崎 健介 Shinzaki Kensuke, born December 2, 1966 in Tokushima Tokushima) is a Japanese Professional Kazuhiro "Kaz" Hayashi (born January 2 1973 in Tokyo Japan) is a Japanese professional wrestler currently working for All Japan Pro Pinned by Arashi, he was the second man to be eliminated and his team eventually lost the match with Genichiro Tenryu and Steve Williams as the survivors. Hines would again appear on a live PPV broadcast during AJPW's "30th Anniversary Show" at Budokan Hall teaming with Mike Barton and Jim Steele to defeat Arashi, Nobutaka Araya and Nobukazu Hirai on October 27, 2002. [10]
On April 3, he was pinned by Satoshi Kojima during a tag team match with Keiji Mutoh against Kojima & Jimmy Yang at the Tomioka-cho Gym in Fukushima, Japan. is a Japanese professional wrestler who first gained international fame in the National Wrestling Alliance. WikipediaWikiProject Japanese prefectures for guidelines --> is a prefecture of Japan located in the Tōhoku region on the island of The following night at Fukushima's "Big Palette" in Kooriyama City, he teamed with Satoshi Kojima and Kaz Hayashi losing to Genichiro Tenryu, Arashi, & Nobutaka Araya in a 6-man tag team match after being pinned by Arashi. is a city located in the center of the Nakadōri region of Fukushima, Tōhoku, Japan. On April 5, he and Gigantes teamed to defeat Tomoaki Honma & Kazushi Miyamoto at the Nagaoka City Welfare Hall in Niigata, Japan. WikipediaWikiProject Japanese prefectures for guidelines--> is a prefecture of Japan located on Honshū Island on the coast of the [11]
Continuing to team with Gigantes, the two also defeated Hiroshi Hase & Masayuki Kono at Budokan Hall on April 12. See Gigantes y cabezudos for the giant figures of Spanish culture Two months later, he teamed with "Big" John Tenta & Robbie Brookside to defeat Hiroshi Hase, Masayuki Kono & Shigeo Okumura in a PPV event at Budokan Hall on July 19, 2003. Robert Edward Brooks (born 11 March 1966 in Liverpool, England) is an English Professional wrestler, who wrestles [10]
Hines would also have a brief stint in IWA Japan and, in August 2004, entered a championship tournament for the IWA Japan Heavyweight Championship advancing to the quarterfinals before being eliminated by The Barbarian. International Wrestling Association of Japan, more commonly known as IWA Japan, is a Japanese Professional wrestling promotion operating since 1994 Sione Havea Vailahi (born September 6, 1958) is a professional wrestler best known under the name of The Barbarian. [12]
Returning to AJPW in early 2005, he teamed with Mike Barton and Jim Steele to defeat Jamal, Chuck Palumbo & Rodney Mack (14:02) at the "Giant Baba Farewell" supercard on February 5, 2005. Edward 'Eddie' Fatu (born March 28 1973 His two older brothers Sam (better known as Tonga Kid and Tama and Solofa Jr Charles Ronald "Chuck" Palumbo (born June 15 1971) is an American professional wrestler, who is currently signed to World Rodney Begnaud (born October 12, 1972) is a professional wrestler and Mixed Martial Artist. [10]
Returning to the United States, he and his brother Bobby Fulton came out of retirement for a one time appearance against The Assassins at an event for Big Time Wrestling on September 2, 2006. This article is about the professional wrestling tag team For the book see The Assassins A Radical Sect in Islam.