Jim Duggan

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Jim Duggan
An image of Jim Duggan.
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Ring name(s) Big Jim Duggan
The Convict
"Hacksaw" Jim Duggan
Height 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m)[1][2][3]
Weight 240 lb (110 kg)
Billed weight 280 lb (130 kg)[1][2][3]
Born January 14, 1954 (1954-01-14) (age 54)[4][2]
Glens Falls, New York[2][1][3]
Resides Titusville, Florida[2]
Billed from Glens Falls, New York[1]
Trained by Fritz Von Erich
Debut 1979[2]

James Stuart Duggan[5] (born January 14, 1954),[4][2] better known by his ring name "Hacksaw" Jim Duggan, is an American professional wrestler, currently signed to World Wrestling Entertainment (WWE) wrestling on its Raw brand. He is best known for his time with WWE in the 1980s, when it was known as World Wrestling Federation (WWF) and World Championship Wrestling (WCW). His best known gimmick is that of an American patriot and his favorite weapon, the 2x4.

Duggan is a survivor of kidney cancer, an illness he was diagnosed with during his time with WCW. His real-life struggle with the disease was very public and his comeback to wrestling after fighting off the ailment was a triumphant affair involving his entire immediate family. Duggan has claimed to have wrestled in all 50 States in America as well as in the countries/territories of Australia, Austria, the Bahamas, Belgium, Bermuda, Canada, the Dominican Republic, England, France, Germany, Guam, the Netherlands, Ireland, Italy, Japan, Poland, Scotland, Spain, Switzerland and Wales.

In WWF, Duggan was the winner of the first-ever Royal Rumble match in 1988[6] and in WCW, he was a 1 time WCW United States Heavyweight Champion[7] and a 1 time WCW World Television Champion.[8][9]

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Early life and career

Duggan grew up in Glens Falls, New York where he became a star athlete in high school. His father was the Chief of Police for the City of Glens Falls. Duggan was a letterman in football, track, wrestling, and basketball. In wrestling, he won the New York State High School wrestling championship, unlimited weight class division - the first wrestler from Glens Falls to do so.

He was recruited by the football programs of several major universities, including Penn State and Ohio State, but would play at Southern Methodist University (SMU), where he was eventually voted team captain. After college, Duggan was signed by the Atlanta Falcons of the NFL, but was released after being plagued by knee injuries.

Early career

Jim Duggan broke into the professional wrestling business thanks in large part to wrestler Fritz Von Erich. The two met while Duggan was on a recruiting trip to SMU. Duggan's first professional match was in 1979 against Gino Hernandez. Duggan began his career as a heel. Training at the Sportatorium in Dallas, Texas as well as with Samoan wrestling promoter Peter Maivia (grandfather of The Rock), Duggan gained the attention of Vince McMahon Sr. and the World Wrestling Federation.[2][3]

After a brief stint with the WWF, Duggan began to work regularly for Georgia Championship Wrestling. During this time, Duggan was known by two in-ring aliases: in the United States as "Big Jim Duggan" and in Hawaii as "The Convict", a masked wrestler. After wrestling for a Birmingham, Alabama-based promotion, Duggan began wrestling in a promotion based in San Antonio, Texas where he adopted the "Hacksaw" nickname.[2][3]

Mid-South and Universal (1982-1986)

Duggan at a fan signing for wounded soldiers
Duggan at a fan signing for wounded soldiers

In 1982, Duggan made his debut in Mid-South Wrestling. At one time the Louisiana Heavyweight champion, Duggan was an early heel character (gimmick). Over the course of the next four years he became a favorite in the Louisiana-based promotion as he switched from being a heel to a face character. Early on, he belonged to a heel stable called the Rat Pack with Ted DiBiase, Matt Bourne, and Mr. Olympia. After newcomer "Hacksaw" Butch Reed appeared, Duggan and Reed had a personal kayfabe feud for a time over who would be the true "Hacksaw". The Rats also feuded with stars Junkyard Dog, "Hacksaw" Butch Reed, and Magnum T.A.. During this time Duggan interfered in a DiBiase/JYD match wearing a gorilla suit, causing JYD to lose a "Loser Leaves Town" match in New Orleans, Louisiana. After DiBiase aligned himself with Skandor Akbar, Duggan refused to go along and turned face for the first time in his career. At this time, Duggan began carrying his iconic 2x4.[3]

As a babyface he won the Mid-South Tag Team Championship with Magnum T.A. and later won the Mid-South North American Championship.[10][11] After the Mid-South North American title was retired when the Mid-South became the Universal Wrestling Federation in 1986, Duggan lost to Terry Gordy in a tournament final to determine the first UWF Heavyweight Champion. Duggan then teamed up with Terry Taylor and won the UWF Tag Team Championship.[12] After losing a Loser Leaves Town match to the One Man Gang, Duggan left the UWF and signed to the WWF.[2][3]

World Wrestling Federation (First run, 1987-1993)

WWF Debut (1987)

Duggan was signed to the World Wrestling Federation, in January 1987, making his first major appearance with the WWF at WrestleMania III, where he made his pay-per-view debut. In weeks preceding to WrestleMania, Duggan began his first WWF feud with Nikolai Volkoff. At the event, he ran to ringside prior to a match between The Killer Bees and the Iron Sheik and Nikolai Volkoff and interrupted Volkoff's pre-match singing of the Russian national anthem.[13] Duggan had previously done this on TV matches leading up to the event.[2] Although he did not win any major titles in the promotion, for 7 years, he was a consistent fan favorite with his patriotic gimmick. His character was mainly comical, as he rarely was in major contention for titles. His first major WWF match was at the first-ever Survivor Series PPV in 1987, when he participated in the first Survivor Series match and captained a team of 5 men which went on to win the match.[2][14]

Royal Rumble & Mid-Card Division (1988-1989)

Duggan participated in the first-ever Royal Rumble match in 1988, where he entered #13. He was booked to win the match, (which consisted only of 20 men) after he last eliminated One Man Gang thus making history as the first-ever Royal Rumble winner and receiving a push.[2][3][15][6] After receiving push as a Royal Rumble winner, he started a feud with King Harley Race, whom Duggan defeated several times in both televised and non-televised shows.[16] At WrestleMania IV, he participated in a 14-man tournament for the vacant WWF Championship, where he lost to Ted DiBiase in the first round after interference from André the Giant.[17] Duggan and André started a feud with each other, and attacked each other several times. André interfered in a match of Duggan against Hercules on April 30 edition of Saturday Night's Main Event.[18] Duggan also claimed to be the only wrestler who knocked out André in a WWF ring. Duggan earned a shot at the WWF Intercontinental Championship against IC Champion The Honky Tonk Man in July 1988, but Honky Tonk got himself disqualified, thus retaining the title.[19]

Duggan proved that he was an American patriot by feuding with several non-Americans in the fall of 1988. He got involved in a feud with Dino Bravo,[3] and at Survivor Series 1988, he captained a team of 5 men against the team of André the Giant, which also included Dino Bravo. Duggan was disqualified after he used his 2x4 on Bravo.[20] Duggan's team eventually lost the match.[21] His next feud was with Russian Boris Zhukov, whom he defeated in a flag match on November 26 edition of Saturday Night's Main Event.[22] He restarted his feud with Dino Bravo, and at Royal Rumble 1989, Duggan and Hart Foundation (Bret Hart and Jim Neidhart) defeated Bravo and The Fabulous Rougeaus (Jacques and Raymond) in a two out of three falls match.[2][23] He was involved in a brutal rivalry with Bad News Brown, which culminated in a match at WrestleMania V where both men fought to a no contest.[24]

American Patriot (1989-1992)

In the mid-1989, he started a feud with King Haku, who was given the crown and robe by Harley Race, who had departed from WWF. Duggan defeated Haku to win the crown and earn the title of "King of Wrestling".[3] On May 25 edition of Saturday Night's Main Event, Duggan earned a shot at the Intercontinental Championship against IC Champion "Ravishing" Rick Rude. Duggan won the match by countout, and a title could not change hands via countout or disqualification, thus Rude retained the title.[25] At SummerSlam 1989, Duggan teamed up with Demolition (Ax and Smash) in a six-man tag team match and defeated André the Giant and Twin Towers (Akeem and Big Bossman).[26]

Duggan poses for the fans.
Duggan poses for the fans.

He eventually lost his crown to "Macho Man" Randy Savage who began calling himself "Macho King" and started a feud with Savage. At Survivor Series 1989, he captained a 4-on-4 team dubbed "4x4" against Savage's team, "The King's Court". Duggan's team went on to lose the match.[27][3] Duggan statred a feud with Big Bossman in the fall of 1989, which culminated in a match at Royal Rumble 1990, which Duggan won by disqualification.[28] He faced his former rival, Randy Savage again on January 27 edition of Saturday Night's Main Event.[29] Duggan faced another former rival, Dino Bravo at WrestleMania VI and went on to win the match.[30] He began teaming with his former rival, Nikolai Volkoff and started a feud with The Orient Express (Tanaka and Sato), whom they beat at SummerSlam 1990.[31] At Survivor Series 1990, he participated in a Survivor Series tournament, wrestling in a 5-on-5 Survivor Series match, for team Hulkamaniacs, captained by Hulk Hogan. Duggan was eliminated but Hulkamaniacs went on to win the match.[32] At Royal Rumble 1991, he participated in the 1991 Royal Rumble match, but was eliminated by Mr. Perfect.[33] He began a short feud with WWF Champion Sgt. Slaughter and faced Slaughter for the title on February 1, 1991 edition of The Main Event. Slaughter retained the title by getting himself disqualified.[34]

Duggan also served as commentator for the opening match at WrestleMania VII. On April 27 edition of Saturday Night's Main Event, he participated in a battle royal, won by IC Champion Mr. Perfect. In late 1991, he patched up things with Sgt. Slaughter, who had turned babyface and formed a tag team with Slaughter.[3] At Survivor Series 1991, he captained a team including Slaughter, Texas Tornado and Tito Santana in a 4-on-4 elimination match and their team went on to win the match.[35] At Royal Rumble 1992, he participated in the 1992 Royal Rumble match, which was for the vacant WWF Championship. Ric Flair went on to win the match.[36] On February 8, 1992 edition of Saturday Night's Main Event, Duggan and Slaughter defeated Beverly Brothers (Blake and Beau).[37] At WrestleMania VIII, he teamed up with Virgil, Sgt. Slaughter, and Big Bossman against The Nasty Boys (Jerry Sags and Brian Knobbs), The Mountie, and Repo Man.[38] Slaughter eventually left active wrestling and Duggan continued to pursue his singles career again.[3]

End of WWF Career (1992-1993)

In mid-1992, Duggan's career began to fade away and his popularity had almost ended. He moved to undercard status and was often used in feuds of other wrestlers.[3] In early 1993, he was involved in a feud with the then near 600lbs, Yokozuna, who was the #1 contender to the WWF Championship, at the time held by Bret Hart. Yokozuna at the time was bad mouthing America and Duggan challenged him to a match. No one at the time had knocked Yokozuna off his feet, and the stipulations to the match were if Duggan knocked Yokozuna off his feet, Duggan would win. On February 6, 1993 edition of Superstars. Duggan won the match after knocking Yokozuna down completely and then was manhandled by the much bigger Yokozuna after the match. Yokozuna gave him about 4 more Banzai Drops off the ropes, sidelining Duggan for about 4 months.[2][3]

Duggan returned with a new singlet style wrestling attire, and challenged Intercontinental Champion Shawn Michaels for the Intercontinental Championship on May 3 edition of Monday Night Raw. Michaels ran through the crowd, and retained the title by countout.[39] They had a rematch the following week in a Lumberjack match but Michaels retained the title again by disqualifying himself.[40] At King of the Ring 1993, he wrestled in the King of the Ring tournament, but lost in the first round to Bam Bam Bigelow.[41] Shortly afterwards, Duggan left the WWF.

World Championship Wrestling (1994-2001)

United States Champion (1994)

Duggan signed a contract with World Championship Wrestling (WCW) in late 1994. He debuted in WCW at Fall Brawl 1994: WarGames, where he defeated Steve Austin in thirty-five seconds to win the WCW United States Heavyweight Championship, to show his respect was United States.[2][3][42][9][43] After becoming champion, he quickly started a feud with Austin, and eventually defeated him in a title rematch at Halloween Havoc 1994 by disqualification.[44] The two had a second title rematch on November 16, 1994 edition of Clash of the Champions, where Duggan retained the title again by disqualification.[45] Duggan's reign ended at Starrcade 1994: Triple Threat, after he was defeated by Vader.[46]

Working On Saturday Night (1995-1998)

After he lost the US title to Vader, Duggan moved to the mid-card division and began wrestling on Saturday Night, where he would later claim that Saturday was "his night", as a way explaining why he appeared almost exclusively on that show. During his tenure with WCW, he remained a seldom in major angles of the company, a role he had played in WWF during his final years of WWF. He defeated Bunkhouse Buck at SuperBrawl V.[2][47] He faced former WWF rival Meng (known as Haku in WWF) in a martial arts match at Uncensored 1995, which Meng won.[48] At The Great American Bash 1995, he defeated Sgt. Craig Pittman by disqualification in Pittman's pay-per-view debut.[49] At Bash at the Beach 1995, Duggan faced another former WWF superstar, Kamala and went on to lose the match.[50]

In late 1995, Duggan started a feud with Big Bubba Rogers which culminated in a Taped Fist match at World War 3 1995, which Rogers won.[51] Duggan participated in the first-ever three ring, 60 man battle royal for the vacant WCW World Heavyweight Championship, but was eliminated.[51] He defeated Loch Ness at a Main Event taping before SuperBrawl VI.[52] At Slamboree 1996: Lord of the Ring, he teamed with VK Wallstreet to compete in tag team qualifying matches to qualify for a battle royal to be crowned "Lord of the Ring". Wallstreet and Duggan defeated Blue Bloods (Lord Steven Regal and Squire David Taylor) before losing to Dick Slater and Earl Robert Eaton.[53] Duggan started a feud with upcoming superstar, Diamond Dallas Page to whom he lost in a Taped Fist match at Bash at the Beach 1996.[54]

Duggan had an encounter with former Slamboree partner, VK Wallstreet on August 15, 1996 edition of Clash of the Champions, which Wallstreet won.[55] At World War 3 1996, he unsuccessfully participated in a three ring 60 man battle royal to determine the #1 contender to the WCW World Heavyweight Championship.[56] Duggan had no major PPV match for over two years before he disappeared in 1998 after he was diagnosed with kidney cancer and eventually beat the disease.[2][3]

Return from kidney cancer (1999-2001)

Duggan then returned and replaced Buff Bagwell at Fall Brawl 1999, only to lose to Berlyn.[3][57] Then under the tenure of storyline writers Vince Russo and Ed Ferrara, Duggan became involved in a storyline where he became a janitor for WCW.[3] Duggan started a feud with Revolution (Shane Douglas, Dean Malenko, Perry Saturn and Asya).[3] At Starrcade 1999, he and his surprise partners faced Revolution in a 4-on-4 tag team match. He reunited Varsity Club (Kevin Sullivan, Mike Rotunda and Rick Steiner) and they became his partners for the match. However, they turned on Duggan which helped Revolution in winning the match[3][58] As a result of losing, the next night on Nitro, Duggan was forced to denounce the US flag but he refused to do so. Revolution attacked him and began beating him. Filthy Animals saved Duggan from the beatings.[3][59]

During this period, he found the WCW World Television Championship which had been thrown away by Scott Hall earlier and claimed it for himself. He would make title defenses exclusively on Saturday Night, and was still champion when the title was retired.[9][2][3][8] During this time, Duggan lost confidence in himself as a wrestler. On an episode of WCW Monday Nitro, Duggan was attacked by a then heel Goldberg. Duggan then challenged Goldberg to a match and nearly defeated him before falling victim to the spear and jackhammer. WCW was rebooted and the popular nWo storyline ended. It was replaced by two new factions in WCW, Millionaires Club and New Blood. The two factions feuded with each other.[3] Millionaires Club consisted of veterans and New Blood consisted of young wrestlers of the 1990s. Duggan joined Millionaires Club and helped them in their war against New Blood.

Near the end of his career in WCW, he became involved in more major storylines, including one that involved him turned heel by abandoning the patriotic gimmick for a short time to join Lance Storm and his faction Team Canada.[3] This was the first time Duggan worked as a heel since breaking away from the Rat Pack in Mid-South Wrestling. This angle began when Duggan started working with Misfits in Action (MIA) but at Fall Brawl 2000, he turned on MIA's leader US Champion General Rection during Rection's title defense against Team Canada's Lance Storm. Duggan was the special guest enforcer for the match, and helped Storm in winning the match.[3] At Halloween Havoc 2000, Duggan and Storm teamed up against General Rection in a handicap match for Storm's US Title. Duggan missed an attack on Rection, which lead to Rection pinning Duggan to win the match.[3][60] Duggan continued to cost Team Canada, many of their victories[3] but helped Storm to defeat The Cat in a match at Starrcade 2000. However, after the match, Team Canada turned on Duggan by attacking him. Duggan began a feud with Team Canada and at Sin, he was the special guest referee in a Penalty Box match between Team Canada and Filthy Animals. Despite Duggan's role as the referee, Team Canada won the match after Storm forced Kidman to submit.[3][61]

Independent circuit (2002-2005)

After WCW was purchased by WWF in March 2001, Duggan began wrestling in the independent circuit. On March 12, 2003 PPV of NWA: Total Nonstop Action Wrestling (TNA), Duggan made a surprise appearance and defeated Mike Sanders.[2][62] Duggan made another appearance in TNA on October 29, where he lost to Jeff Jarrett.[2][63]

World Wrestling Entertainment (Second run, 2005-present)

Hacksaw and Eugene (2005-2006)

Duggan waving the flag during his ring entrance (note he is using the Australian flag to appeal to local fans, rather than his usual US flag). Note also his signature 2 x 4 in the ring corner.
Duggan waving the flag during his ring entrance (note he is using the Australian flag to appeal to local fans, rather than his usual US flag). Note also his signature 2 x 4 in the ring corner.

Duggan appeared on October 3, 2005 edition of Raw, dubbed "The Homecoming" along with several other WWF/E alumni. He and the other legends would end up attacking Rob Conway after Conway came to the ring and insulted them.[2][3][64] He was also one of the "legends" available for fans to select to team with Eugene in a match at Taboo Tuesday 2005 to face the team of Conway and Tyson Tomko (Jimmy Snuka was chosen instead of Duggan).[2][3][65] He returned to WWE again at Royal Rumble 2006, with a message from John Cena to Lita after Edge lost the WWE Championship: "HOOOOO!"[2][3][66] Duggan and Edge began a short feud with each other which culminated in a match that occurred two weeks later on Raw. Edge went on to win the match.[2][3][67]

After feuding with Edge and Lita, he became mentor and tutor to Eugene and the two feuded with the Spirit Squad. He began working on Heat but also made a few appearances on Raw with Eugene and the Highlanders. On November 6 edition of Raw, Duggan and Eugene faced the Spirit Squad in which the losing team would disband and never team up again. After Duggan was caught off guard after the other Spirit Squad members interfered and then pinned for the win, Eugene snapped and attacked "Hacksaw", signaling Eugene's first ever heel turn in WWE.[2][68] He started a feud with Eugene, and three weeks later, the two had a match with each other, which Eugene easily won.[2][69] On December 18 edition of Raw, Duggan participated in a #1 contender's battle royal with the winner facing WWE Champion John Cena in the main event for the WWE title. Edge went on to win the battle royal.[70]

Heat/Raw/ECW 2007-2008

At New Year's Revolution 2007, Hacksaw teamed with Super Crazy in a Tag Team Turmoil match to determine the #1 contender to the World Tag Team Championship, in a losing effort.[2][71][72] On January 15 edition of Raw, Duggan was dragged out by Rated-RKO (Edge and Randy Orton) and was beaten to a pulp.[73] Edge and Orton feared Hacksaw would help out Shawn Michaels in a handicap match (referencing, without explanation for viewers, the fact that both Duggan and Michaels were in Mid-South Wrestling together 20 years earlier) and wanted to set an example for anyone else backstage that wished to do the same.[73] On March 5 edition of Raw, he faced Chris Masters in a Masterlock Challenge, but was unable to break it.[2][74]

After months of wrestling on Heat, Duggan returned to Raw in July, teaming up with The Sandman and feuding with Carlito and William Regal. This team was short lived as Duggan soon returned to Heat.[2][75] On August 6 edition of Raw, Duggan was a contestant in WWE Dating Game, a parody of The Dating Game. However, Duggan lost when Maria chose Ron Simmons.[2][76] On September 17, 2007 Duggan suffered a knee injury. Duggan has recovered from his knee injury and is currently wrestling on Heat. He has recently formed a team with Super Crazy, with the recurring gag being a chant back and forth between the two of "hoooo" and "siiiiii."

He has a back and forth record on HEAT both winning and losing matches. On December 31, he lost a 2008 Royal Rumble qualifying match to Umaga.[2][77] Since then he has been appearing on HEAT, defeating locals and teaming with Super Crazy. On March 17 edition of Raw, he participated in a 17-on-2 handicap elimination tag tem match as part of the 17 members of the RAW roster against John Cena and Randy Orton. After Cody Rhodes was eliminated, all the remaining RAW superstars attacked Cena and Orton, resulting in their disqualification.[78] Duggan also took part in a 12-on-12 tag team preview match on March 25 edition of ECW.[79] The match was a preview for a WWE.com exclusive match, a 24-man battle royal held just before WrestleMania XXIV went on air to determine the #1 contender for an ECW Championship match, eventually won by Kane.[80] On the final episode of WWE Heat Jim Duggan was defeated by Santino Marella.

Personal life

Duggan and his wife Debra have two daughters, Celia and Rebecca.[81]

In 1987, Duggan and the Iron Sheik (Hossein Vasiri) were pulled over by New Jersey police after a WWF event, suspecting Duggan of driving under the influence. After a search of the vehicle and the persons, police discovered that Duggan was under the influence of marijuana and alcohol, while the Sheik was high on cocaine. Small amounts of cocaine were also found in the vehicle. Duggan received a conditional release while the Sheik was placed on probation for a year. The mini-scandal that erupted after two in-ring enemies were found drinking and doing drugs together led to the end of the angle, the Sheik's release, and Duggan's temporary departure from WWE.[82][83][84][85][86]

In wrestling

  • Signature taunts and catchphrases
    • "HOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!"
    • "U-S-A!!!"
    • "Tough Guy"
    • "Haw-awwwww!"

Championships and accomplishments

Duggan poses with a fan.
Duggan poses with a fan.

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  38. ^ WrestleMania VIII official results. WWE. Retrieved on 2008-03-25. “Hacksaw Jim Duggan, Sgt. Slaughter, Virgil & Big Boss Man def. The Mountie, Repo Man & Nasty Boys w/ Jimmy Hart”
  39. ^ WWF Raw: May 03, 1993. The Other Arena. Retrieved on 2008-03-25. “Hacksaw Jim Duggan v. Shawn Michaels for the Intercontinental Title. Shawn makes a hasty escape, and Duggan can't believe he only won by countout.”
  40. ^ WWF Raw: May 10, 1993. The Other Arena. Retrieved on 2008-03-25. “Hacksaw Jim Duggan v. Shawn Michaels in a Lumberjack Match, and for the Intercontinental Title. Perfect comes in and wallops Michaels, inviting an instant DQ win for the champ.”
  41. ^ King of the Ring 1993 results. Online World of Wrestling. Retrieved on 2008-03-25. “Bam Bam Bigelow vs (pinfall) Jim Duggan”
  42. ^ Fall Brawl 1994: WarGames results. Wrestling Supercards and Tournaments. Retrieved on 2008-03-26. “Jim Duggan pinned Steve Austin (0:35) to win the WCW U.S. Title”
  43. ^ Jim Duggan's first United States Championship reign. WWE. Retrieved on 2008-03-26.
  44. ^ Halloween Havoc 1994 results. Wrestling Supercards and Tournaments. Retrieved on 2008-03-26. “WCW U.S. Champ Jim Duggan beat Steve Austin via DQ.”
  45. ^ Clash of the Champions XXIX results. Wrestling Supercards and Tournaments. Retrieved on 2008-03-26. “WCW U.S. Champ Jim Duggan beat Steve Austin via DQ”
  46. ^ Starrcade 1994: Triple Threat results. Wrestling Supercards and Tournaments. Retrieved on 2008-03-26. “Vader pinned Jim Duggan to win the WCW US Title.”
  47. ^ SuperBrawl V results. Wrestling Supercards and Tournaments. Retrieved on 2008-03-28. “Jim Duggan pinned Bunkhouse Buck”
  48. ^ Uncensored 1995 results. Wrestling Supercards and Tournaments. Retrieved on 2008-03-28. “Meng pinned Jim Duggan in a "martial arts" match”
  49. ^ The Great American Bash 1995 results results. Wrestling Supercards and Tournaments. Retrieved on 2008-03-28. “Jim Duggan beat Craig Pittman via DQ”
  50. ^ Bash at the Beach 1995 results. Wrestling Supercards and Tournaments. Retrieved on 2008-03-28. “Kamala pinned Jim Duggan”
  51. ^ a b World War 3 1995 results. Wrestling Supercards and Tournaments. Retrieved on 2008-03-28. “Big Bubba Rogers pinned Jim Duggan in a "taped fist" match. Randy Savage won a "three ring battle royal" to win the vacant WCW World Title.”
  52. ^ SuperBrawl VI results. Wrestling Supercards and Tournaments. Retrieved on 2008-03-28. “Jim Duggan beat Loch Ness via DQ”
  53. ^ Slamboree 1996: Lord of the Ring results. Wrestling Supercards and Tournaments. Retrieved on 2008-03-28. “VK Wallstreet & Jim Duggan beat Steven Regal & David Taylor. Dick Slater & Bobby Eaton beat Jim Duggan & V.K. Wallstreet”
  54. ^ Bash at the Beach 1996 results. Wrestling Supercards and Tournaments. Retrieved on 2008-03-28. “Diamond Dallas Page pinned Jim Duggan in a "taped fist" match”
  55. ^ Clash of the Champions XXXIII results. Wrestling Supercards and Tournaments. Retrieved on 2008-03-28. “V.K. Wallstreet pinned Jim Duggan”
  56. ^ World War 3 1996 results. Wrestling Supercards and Tournaments. Retrieved on 2008-03-28. “The Giant won a "three ring battle royal"”
  57. ^ Fall Brawl 1999 results. Wrestling Supercards and Tournaments. Retrieved on 2008-03-26. “Berlyn pinned Jim Duggan”
  58. ^ Starrcade 1999 results. Wrestling Supercards and Tournaments. Retrieved on 2008-03-28. “Shane Douglas, Dean Malenko, Perry Saturn, & Asya beat Jim Duggan, Kevin Sullivan, Mike Rotunda, & Rick Steiner”
  59. ^ WCW Monday Nitro - December 20th, 1999. DDT Digest. Retrieved on 2008-03-28. “Douglas orders Duggan to denounce the USA, and tear up the US flag. Duggan doesn't want to do it. The Revolution beats up Duggan. Filthy Animals music hits, and Kidman, Konnan, and Rey-Rey (on a crutch) hit the ring. They chase the Revolution from the ring”
  60. ^ Halloween Havoc 2000 results. Wrestling Supercards and Tournaments. Retrieved on 2008-03-29. “Gen. Rection beat Lance Storm & Jim Duggan in a "handicap" match to win the WCW U.S. Title when he pinned Duggan”
  61. ^ WCW Sin PPV Card. Wrestling Information Archive. Retrieved on 2008-03-29. “Penalty Box Match: Lance Storm, Elix Skipper, and Mike Awesome defeated The Filthy Animals (Konnan, Rey Misterio Jr., and Billy Kidman) when Storm made Kidman submit in a "penalty box" match. Jim Duggan was the special guest referee.”
  62. ^ NWA:TNA PPV results - March 12, 2003. Online World of Wrestling. Retrieved on 2008-03-29. “MATCH: Jim Duggan pinned Mike Sanders with a very slow running clothesline”
  63. ^ NWA:TNA PPV results - October 29, 2003. Online World of Wrestling. Retrieved on 2008-03-29. “Jeff Jarrett defeated "Hacksaw" Jim Duggan”
  64. ^ A Stunning Homecoming. WWE (2005-10-03). Retrieved on 2008-03-29.
  65. ^ Taboo Tuesday 2005 official results. WWE. Retrieved on 2008-03-29. “Jimmy Snuka and Eugene def. Rob Conway & Tyson Tomko Final voting results for Eugene's partner: Jimmy Snuka 43% Jim Duggan 40% Kamala 17%”
  66. ^ RAW results - February 6, 2006. Online World of Wrestling. Retrieved on 2008-03-29. “Hacksaw Jim Duggan did his "Hoooooooooooo!"”
  67. ^ "Big Time" Pedigree. WWE (2006-02-20). Retrieved on 2008-03-29. “Edge first speared his way to victory against "Hacksaw" Jim Duggan”
  68. ^ Dee, Louie (2006-11-06). Payback is a Dick. WWE. Retrieved on 2008-03-29. “losing team must split up forever. Johnny pinned Duggan. After the match, however, Eugene seemingly snapped, blindsiding his mentor and attacking the Legend with his own 2x4.”
  69. ^ Dee, Louie (2006-11-27). R-K-Anarchy. WWE. Retrieved on 2008-03-29. “Eugene defeated former partner and mentor Hacksaw Jim Duggan”
  70. ^ Starr, Noah (2006-12-18). Rated "R" for Revenge. WWE. Retrieved on 2008-03-29.
  71. ^ Rote, Andrew (2007-01-07). Taking over the turmoil. WWE. Retrieved on 2008-03-29. “Shad pinned Lance Cade after JTG hit him with a neck breaker in a match that pitted Cryme Tyme against Cade & Murdoch, the Highlanders, Super Crazy & Hacksaw Jim Duggan and the World's Greatest Tag Team”
  72. ^ New Year's Revolution 2007 results. Online World of Wrestling. Retrieved on 2008-03-29. “Cryme Tyme (Shad Gaspard & JTG) win the Tag Team Turmoil match!”
  73. ^ a b Starr, Noah (2007-01-15). Dx lives. WWE. Retrieved on 2008-03-29. “The pair then dragged out a bloody "Hacksaw" Jim Duggan and let the Raw locker room know that if anyone else tried to interfere in their match, they would suffer the same fate. Edge then landed a ruthless Con-chair-to on Duggan”
  74. ^ Starr, Noah (2007-03-05). A stunning revelation. WWE. Retrieved on 2008-03-29. “"Hacksaw" Jim Duggan failed to break Chris Masters' legendary hold in the Master Lock Challenge”
  75. ^ Clayton, Corey (2007-07-23). One bad apple leads to Dominator destruction. WWE. Retrieved on 2008-03-29.
  76. ^ Clayton, Corey (2007-08-06). Checkmate: Booker beats Lawler in battle of kings. WWE. Retrieved on 2008-03-29. “WWE Diva Maria had the opportunity to choose between "Hacksaw" Jim Duggan, Ron Simmons, and Santino Marella. Maria chose Simmons to the delight of HSBC Arena crowd.”
  77. ^ Adkins, Greg (2007-12-31). Promise kept. WWE. Retrieved on 2008-03-29. “Umaga pounded Hacksaw to secure a spot at the Rumble”
  78. ^ RAW results - March 17, 2008. Online World of Wrestling (2008-03-17). Retrieved on 2008-04-01.
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  88. ^ Louisiana Heavyweight Title. The Great Hisa's Puroresu Dojo. Retrieved on 2008-03-29.
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