Robert Fuller (wrestler)
- This article is about Robert Fuller the wrestler. For other individuals by the name Robert Fuller, please see Robert Fuller (disambiguation).
| Robert Fuller | |
|---|---|
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| Born | May 14, 1951 Dyersburg, TN |
| Professional wrestling career | |
| Ring name(s) | Robert Fuller Col. Robert Parker Tennessee Lee |
| Billed height | 6 ft 5 in (196 cm) |
| Billed weight | 240 lb (109 kg) |
| Trained by | Buddy Fuller |
| Debut | 1970 |
Robert Fuller (born Robert Welch on May 14, 1951 in Dyersburg, Tennessee) was a professional wrestler and manager.
Career
Robert Fuller is the son of wrestler Buddy Fuller and the grandson of wrestler Roy Welch. He has a brother who wrestled, Ron Fuller, and a cousin that wrestled with him, Jimmy Golden. He was married to Sylvia Fuller, who sometimes managed.
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. Among the members in the independent versions of this stable were Golden, Cactus Jack, Dutch Mantel, Gary Young 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 would team 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 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 got the hots for Sherri Martel. He courted her and neither the Stud Stable nor Sherri's charges, Harlem Heat, liked it. 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 joined "The Amazing French-Canadians" (Jacques Rougeau, Jr. & Pierre Oullette) as their manager. Harlem Heat and The Amazing French-Canadians immediately began feuding.
He left WCW in 1998 and resurfaced in the WWF as Tennessee Lee, manager to Jeff Jarrett. He did not stay for long and went back to wrestling with Golden on the independent circuit in Alabama.
As of 2005, Fuller can still be found wrestling occasionally for NWA-Birmingham.
On January 25, 2006, in an interview with Sirius Satellite Radio Personallity Bubba the Love Sponge, Sean Waltman stated that he was walking into a WCW shower and saw Robert Fuller nude and that he had a 13" penis when flacid.
Profile
- Height: 6 ft 5 in (1.96 m)
- Weight: 240 lb (109 kg)
- Birthday: May 14, 1951
- Hometown: Dyersburg, Tennessee
- Trainer: Buddy Fuller
- Managers: Sylvia Fuller, Ron Slinker, Jonathan Boyd, Ronald Gossett, Eddie Gilbert, Downtown Bruno
Championships/Accomplishments
National Wrestling Alliance
Southeast Championship Wrestling
- 5-Time NWA Southeast Heavyweight Champion
- 1-Time NWA Southeast Continental Heavyweight Champion
- 15-Time NWA Southeast Tag Team Champion (with Ron Fuller twice, Eddie Boulder once, Jos LeDuc 3 times, Bob Armstrong twice and Jimmy Golden 7 times)
- 2-Time NWA Southeast Continental Tag Team Champion (with Jimmy Golden)
- 2-Time NWA Southeast Television Champion
Florida Championship Wrestling
- 1-Time FCW Tag Team Champion (with Kendall Windham)
CWA & Mid-Southern
- 2-Time Mid-Southern Heavyweight Champion
- 2-Time Mid-Southern Tag Team Champion (with Toru Tanaka and Bill Dundee)
- 3-Time CWA Tag Team Champion (with Jimmy Golden twice and Brian Lee)
World Class Championship Wrestling
- 2-Time WCWA Tag Team Champion (with Brian Lee and Jimmy Golden)
United States Wrestling Association
- 1-Time USWA Tag Team Champion (with Brian Lee)
- 1-time Western States Tag Team Champion
Georgia Championship Wrestling
- 4-Time Georgia Tag Team Champion (with Tim Woods once and Bob Armstrong 3 times)
Other titles
- 1-Time NAWA Heavyweight Champion
Pro Wrestling Illustrated
- PWI ranked him # 332 of the 500 best singles wrestlers during the "PWI Years" in 2003. He was also ranked # 80 of the best tag teams of the "PWI Years" with Jimmy Golden.