Robert Fuller

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Robert Fuller
Statistics
Ring name(s)	Robert Fuller Col. Robert Parker Tennessee Lee
Billed height	6 ft 5 in (196 cm)
Billed weight	240 lb (109 kg)
Born	May 14, 1951 (1951-05-14) (age 57) Dyersburg, Tennessee
Trained by	Buddy Fuller
Debut	1970

Robert Fuller (born Robert Welch on May 14, 1951) is a professional wrestler and manager. Robert and his brother Ron co-owned Continental Championship Wrestling for a time.^[1]

Contents 1 Career 2 Personal life 3 In wrestling 4 Championships and accomplishments 5 Notes 6 References

[edit] 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.^[2] Among the members in the independent versions of this stable were Golden, Sid Vicious, Cactus Jack,^[3] Dutch Mantel, Gary Young,^[4] 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 & 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 (The Masters of the Powerbomb), to feud 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. 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 1996, Harlem Heat fired Parker, and he quickly started to manage "The Amazing French Canadians" (Jacques Rougeau, Jr. & Pierre Ouellet). Harlem Heat and The Amazing French-Canadians immediately began feuding.

He left WCW in 1998 and resurfaced in the WWF as Tennessee Lee, manager of 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, Shannon Spruill faced El Mexico for the NWA Wrestle Birmingham Junior Heavyweight Championship. With the help of her manager, Robert Fuller (who referred to Spruill as his "Million Dollar Baby"), Spruil defeated El Mexico to win her third wrestling title.

On September 14, 2006, Fuller was seen, once again as Col. Parker, being interviewed by Bobby Roode on TNA iMPACT!.

[edit] Personal life

Robert Fuller is the son of wrestler Buddy Fuller and the grandson of wrestler Roy Welch. He has a brother who wrestled, Ron Fuller,^[1] and a cousin that wrestled with him, Jimmy Golden. He was married to Marylin Harrington, since 1971 but they divoriced in 2005.On September 16,2006 Fuller married Nicole Barsforth.

[edit] In wrestling

• Managers
  • Sylvia Fuller
  • Ron Slinker
  • Jonathan Boyd
  • Ronald Gossett
  • Eddie Gilbert
  • Downtown Bruno

[edit] Championships and accomplishments

• Championship Wrestling Alliance

• CWA Heavyweight Championship (1 time)
• CWA Television Championship (1 time)

• Georgia Championship Wrestling

• NWA Georgia Tag Team Championship (4 times) - with Mr. Wrestling I (1) and Bob Armstrong (3)

• National Wrestling Alliance

• NWA Southeastern Heavyweight Championship (Northern Division) (4 times)¹

• NWA Florida

• FCW Tag Team Championship (1 time) - with Kendall Windham

• NWA Mid-America | Continental Wrestling Association

• AWA Southern Heavyweight Championship (2 times)
• AWA Southern Tag Team Championship (2 times) - with Toru Tanaka (1) and Bill Dundee) (1)
• CWA Tag Team Championship (3 times) - with Jimmy Golden (2) and Brian Lee (1)
• NWA Southern Heavyweight Championship (Memphis version) (1 time) (First)
• NWA World Tag Team Championship (Mid-America Version) (1 time) - with Kevin Sullivan

• Southeastern Championship Wrestling

• NWA Southeastern Continental Heavyweight Championship (2 times)
• NWA Southeastern Continental Tag Team Championship (2 times) - with Jimmy Golden
• NWA Southastern Heavyweight Championship (Northern Division) (2 times)
• NWA Southeastern Tag Team Championship (15 times) - with Ron Fuller (2), Eddie Boulder (1), Jos LeDuc (3), Bob Armstrong (2), and Jimmy Golden (7)
• NWA Southeastern Television Championship (2 times)

• United States Wrestling Association

• USWA World Tag Team Championship (6 times) - with Brian Lee (2), Jeff Jarrett (3), and Mike Mitchell (1)

• World Class Wrestling Association

• WCWA World Tag Team Championship (2 times) - with Jimmy Golden (1) and Brian Lee (1)

¹Records aren't clear as to which NWA affiliated promotion Parker 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.

[edit] Notes

[edit] References

• Mick Foley (2000). Have A Nice Day: A Tale of Blood and Sweatsocks. HarperCollins, 511. ISBN 0061031011.