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This article is about Robert Fuller the wrestler. For other individuals by the name Robert Fuller, see Robert Fuller (disambiguation).
Robert Fuller 
Ring name(s) Robert Fuller[1]
Tennessee Stud II[1]
Tennessee Lee[1]
Colonel Robert Parker[1]Billed height 6 ft 5 in (1.96 m) Billed weight 140 lb (64 kg; 10 st) Born May 14, 1951
troyResides Tampa, Florida[1] Billed from Memphis, Tennessee[1] Trained by Buddy Fuller Debut 1970 Robert Welch[2] (born May 14, 1951) is a professional wrestler and manager better known by his ring names Robert Fuller and Col. Robert Parker. Robert and his brother Ron co-owned Continental Championship Wrestling for a time.[3]
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Career
Fuller started wrestling in 1970 in the Alabama and Tennessee regions. He often teamed with his cousin Jimmy Golden and they won many tag team titles.
In the 1980s, he took his brother Ron's idea and made a stable called The Stud Stable.[1][4] Among the members in the independent versions of this stable were Golden, Sid Vicious, Cactus Jack,[5] Dutch Mantel, Gary Young,[6] and Brian Lee.
He spent some time in the American Wrestling Association with Golden in 1988, and they feuded with The Rock 'n' Roll Express (Ricky Morton and Robert Gibson). He also wrestled in the Texas area where he teamed with Jeff Jarrett.
In 1993, Fuller went to World Championship Wrestling as manager Col. Robert Parker, a takeoff of Col. Tom Parker of Elvis Presley fame. He managed Sid Vicious and teamed with manager Harley Race and his protege, Vader to form "The Masters of the Powerbomb". They feuded with Sting and Davey Boy Smith. In 1994, he managed "Stunning" Steve Austin before reforming his "Stud Stable" with Golden as "Bunkhouse Buck", Meng, Dick Slater, Terry Funk and Arn Anderson.[1] They feuded heavily with Dusty and Dustin Rhodes. In 1995, Col. Parker courted Sherri Martel to the dismay of both the Stud Stable and Sherri's charges, Harlem Heat. Parker and Sherri went to get married and Sherri was attacked by Madusa, who was supposed to be Parker's girlfriend. Parker and Sherri split and feuded and then made up again, with Parker leaving the Stud Stable to help Sherri manage Harlem Heat. While with Harlem Heat, Parker's official title was "promoter," while Sherri retained the "manager" designation. In October 1996, Harlem Heat fired Parker after he helped to cost them the WCW World Tag Team Championships. He quickly started to manage The Amazing French Canadians (Jacques Rougeau and Carl Ouellet), trading in his gray suit for a French Foreign Legion uniform.[1] Harlem Heat and The Amazing French-Canadians immediately began feuding.
Fuller left WCW in 1998 and resurfaced in the WWF as Tennessee Lee, a character similar to his Col. Parker character, and began managing Jeff Jarrett. He did not stay for long and went back to wrestling with Golden on the independent circuit in Alabama.
On June 2, 2006 in Irondale, Alabama, Fuller managed Shannon Spruill against El Mexico for the NWA Wrestle Birmingham Junior Heavyweight Championship. With the help of Fuller (who referred to Spruill as his "Million Dollar Baby"), Spruill defeated El Mexico to win her third wrestling title.
On September 14, 2006, Fuller was seen, once again as Col. Parker, being interviewed by Robert Roode on TNA iMPACT!.
Personal life
Robert Fuller comes from a wrestling family: his father Buddy Fuller and his grandfather Roy Welch were wrestlers, as were his brother Ron Fuller[3] and his cousin Jimmy Golden.[7]
He married twice, first Marylin Harrington (Miss Sylvia) in 1971 (divorced in 2005) and then to Nicole Barsforth on September 16, 2006.
In wrestling
- With Jimmy Golden
- Managers
- Ron Fuller[1]
- Jonathan Boyd
- Downtown Bruno[8]
- Eddie Gilbert
- Ronald Gossett
- Ron Slinker
- Miss Sylvia[9]
- Wrestlers managed
- The Stud Stable[1] (Arn Anderson, Bunkhouse Buck, Terry Funk, Dick Slater, Meng, Kurasawa, "Stunning" Steve Austin)[1]
- Sid Vicious
- Vader, with Harley Race
- Harlem Heat (Booker T and Stevie Ray), with Sister Sherri
- The Super Assassins (Super Assassin 1 and Super Assassin 2)
- The Amazing French Canadians (Jacques Rougeau and Carl Ouellet)[1]
- Jeff Jarrett
- Daffney[1]
- Elix Skipper and David Young,[1] with Daffney
- Sonny Siaki[10]
- McNasty[1]
Championships and accomplishments
- Championship Wrestling Alliance
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- CWA Heavyweight Championship (1 time)
- CWA Television Championship (1 time)
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- NWA Georgia Tag Team Championship (4 times) – with Bob Armstrong[1]
- NWA Macon Tag Team Championship (2 times) – with Jimmy Golden (1) and Don Muraco (1)
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- PWF Tag Team Championship (1 time) – with Kendall Windham[1]
- NWA Wrestle Birmingham Alababama Tag Team Championship (1 time) – with Jimmy Golden[1]
- NWA National Tag Team titles (1 time) – with Jimmy Golden[1]
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- AWA Southern Heavyweight Championship (2 times)[1] 1
- AWA Southern Tag Team Championship (2 times) – with Toru Tanaka (1) and Bill Dundee) (1)[1]
- CWA Tag Team Championship (3 times) – with Jimmy Golden (2) and Brian Lee (1)[1]
- NWA Southern Heavyweight Championship (Memphis version) (1 time)[1]
- NWA World Tag Team Championship (Mid-America Version) (1 time) – with Kevin Sullivan[1]
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- NWA Southeastern Continental Heavyweight Championship (2 times)[1]
- NWA Southeastern Continental Tag Team Championship (2 times) - with Jimmy Golden[1]
- NWA Southastern Heavyweight Championship (Northern Division) (2 times)[1]
- NWA Southeastern Tag Team Championship (15 times) – with Ron Fuller (2), Eddie Boulder (1), Jos LeDuc (3), Bob Armstrong (2), and Jimmy Golden (7)[1]
- NWA Southeastern Television Championship (2 times)[1]
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- USWA World Tag Team Championship (6 times) – with Brian Lee (2), Jeff Jarrett (3), and Mike Mitchell (1)[1]
- USA Wrestling
- USA Heavyweight Championship (1 time)[11]
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- WCWA World Tag Team Championship (2 times) – with Jimmy Golden (1) and Brian Lee (1)[1]
*Records aren't clear as to which NWA affiliated promotion Fuller wrestled for when 4 of his 6 total reigns with it began. While the title was usually defended only in the Southeastern Championship Wrestling promotion, it was occasionally used in others such as Georgia Championship Wrestling.
Notes
- ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s t u v w x y z aa ab ac ad ae af ag ah "Stud Stable". Online World of Wrestling. http://www.onlineworldofwrestling.com/profiles/s/stud-stable.html. Retrieved 2009-09-08.
- ^ "Robert Fuller profile". Online World of Wrestling. http://www.onlineworldofwrestling.com/profiles/r/robert-fuller.html. Retrieved 2009-08-07.
- ^ a b Foley, Mick. Have A Nice Day: A Tale of Blood and Sweatsocks (p.119)
- ^ Foley, Mick. Have A Nice Day: A Tale of Blood and Sweatsocks (p.116)
- ^ Foley, Mick. Have A Nice Day: A Tale of Blood and Sweatsocks (p.117)
- ^ Foley, Mick. Have A Nice Day: A Tale of Blood and Sweatsocks (p.120)
- ^ "Jimmy Golden profile". Online World of Wrestling. http://www.onlineworldofwrestling.com/profiles/j/jimmy-golden.html. Retrieved 2009-08-03.
- ^ "Bruno Lauer's profile". Online World of Wrestling. http://www.onlineworldofwrestling.com/profiles/h/harvey-wippleman.html. Retrieved 2009-08-03.
- ^ "Miss Sylvia profile". Online World of Wrestling. http://www.onlineworldofwrestling.com/profiles/m/miss-sylvia.html. Retrieved 2009-09-08.
- ^ "NWA Wrestle-Bitmingham result". Online World of Wrestling. http://www.onlineworldofwrestling.com/results/nwa-wb/. Retrieved 2009-08-07.
- ^ Royal Duncan & Gary Will (4th Edition 2000). Wrestling Title Histories. Archeus Communications. ISBN 0-9698161-5-4.
References
- Mick Foley (2000). Have A Nice Day: A Tale of Blood and Sweatsocks. HarperCollins. p. 511. ISBN 0061031011.
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