James Hines

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James Hines is a professional wrestler better known as Bobby Fulton of The Fantastics.

Contents 1 Career 2 Profile 3 Championships and accomplishments 3.1 Pro Wrestling Illustrated 3.2 Wrestling Observer Newsletter 4 Trivia 5 External links

[edit] Career

James Hines started wrestling in 1979 as Jimmy Hines. In 1984, he made his way to World Class Championship Wrestling where he changed his name to Bobby Fulton and started the tag team The Fantastics with Tommy Rogers. They began a legendary feud with The Midnight Express that would extend into the NWA.

In 1986, they had a feud with The Sheepherders (who would become the "Bushwackers"), Butch Miller and Luke Williams in the Universal Wrestling Federation.

In 1987, back in WCCW, they feuded with Mike Davis & Tommy Lane, The Rock 'N Roll RPM's. They won the feud by winning a scaffold match at "The Parade of Champions" on May 3, 1987.

They next went to the NWA's Jim Crockett Promotions to continue their feud with The Midnight Express and to win the NWA United States Tag Team Titles.

In 1989, they left the NWA and have been wrestling, sometimes together, sometimes not, in the independent circuit around the United States.

They made a brief appearance in the WWF in 1997 when Fulton wrestled Rogers in the WWF Light Heavyweight Title Tournament.

Hines became a born-again Christian and also has been preaching the gospel since October 2003.

He is married and has two sons.

[edit] Profile

• Height: 5 ft 10 in (178 cm)
• Weight: 220 lb (100 kg)
• Birthday: October 4, 1961
• Hometown: Chillicothe, Ohio
• Trainer: -
• Managers: Sunshine, Jim Cornette

[edit] Championships and accomplishments

• National Wrestling Alliance

• NWA United States Tag Team Champion (2 times) - with Tommy Rogers
• NWA Central States Television Champion (1 time)

• Smoky Mountain Wrestling

• SMW Tag Team Champion (1 time) - with Tommy Rogers

• Universal Wrestling Federation

• UWF Tag Team Champion (2 times) - with Tommy Rogers

• World Class Wrestling Association

• WCWA Tag Team Champion (2 times) - with Tommy Rogers
• WCCW American Tag Team Champion (1 time) - with Tommy Rogers

Other titles

• AWA Southern Tag Team Champion (1 time) - with Tommy Rogers
• PWA Tag Team Champion (1 time) - with Tommy Rogers
• Triple Crown Heavyweight Champion (1 time)
• IWA Tag Team Champion (1 time) - with Tommy Rogers
• SSW Tag Team Champion (1 time) - with Ricky Morton
• ASW Tag Team Champion (1 time) - with Rex King
• Big Time Wrestling Heavyweight Champion (1 time)
• SCW Tag Team Champion (1 time) - with Tommy Rogers

[edit] Pro Wrestling Illustrated

• Pro Wrestling Illustrated (PWI) ranked him # 286 of the 500 best singles wrestlers during the "PWI Years" in 2003. PWI also ranked him # 63 of the best tag teams during the "PWI Years" with Tommy Rogers.

[edit] Wrestling Observer Newsletter

• 1988 Feud of the Year (with Tommy Rogers vs Bobby Eaton and Stan Lane)

[edit] Trivia

• Hines has a brother that wrestles under the name of "Jackie Fulton" named George Hines. They sometimes teamed as "The Fantastic Ones".

[edit] External links

• Official Site: http://www.bobbyfulton.4t.com/