Bunkhouse Buck

Bunkhouse Buck
Ring name(s) Jimmy Golden[1]
Bunkhouse Buck[1]
Avenger 1
Jack Swagger, Sr.
Billed height 6 ft 5 in (1.96 m)
Billed weight 259 lb (117 kg)
Born August 1, 1950 (1950-08-01) (age 61)
Bucksnort, Tennessee[1]
Trained by Billy Golden
Pancho Villa
Frank Martinez
Lee and Bobby Fields
Debut 1970[1]

James "Jimmy" Golden[1] (born August 1, 1950) is an American professional wrestler, who is better known as Bunkhouse Buck.[1]

Golden has many relatives in wrestling: his cousins are Robert and Ron Fuller, his father is Billy Golden and his uncle is Buddy Fuller and his nephew is Eddie Golden. His grandfather is Roy Welch. Also, Golden's son Bobby Golden followed in his father's footsteps, after being trained by his father he began wrestling for NWA Rocky Top.

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Professional wrestling career

Jimmy Golden started wrestling in 1970 in his father's (Billy Golden) territory in Alabama. He started teaming with his cousin Robert Fuller in the 1970s and they still team on the independent circuit as of 2005.[1][2] Golden also wrestled in the early 1970s in Australia for Jim Barnett.

Among their feuds during this time were The Rock 'N Roll Express, Steve Armstrong and Tracy Smothers, Tommy and Johnny Rich and Kerry and Kevin Von Erich.[2] He also teamed with Dennis Hall as "The Avengers" in the early 1970s.

Jimmy Golden and Robert Fuller were members of the Stud Stable, managed by Ron Fuller in Southeastern Championship Wrestling, later Continental Championship Wrestling, throughout the early 1980s.[2][3] He was heel most of the time, while his cousins occasionally were face. Pensacola, Florida and Mobile, Alabama were his stomping grounds in the early 1980s.[2]

In 1994, Golden followed Fuller to WCW where Fuller was the manager "Col. Rob Parker" and wrestled for him as Bunkhouse Buck. He feuded mainly with Dustin Rhodes and then teamed with Dick Slater to win the WCW World Tag Team Titles.[4] By 1999, he had left WCW for the independent circuit again.

On the July 16, 2010 edition of WWE Smackdown, Golden appeared portraying the character of Jack Swagger's father, and Swagger abandoned him to be chokeslammed and tombstoned by Kane.[1] On the September 3, 2010 edition of Smackdown, Golden reprised his role of Jack Swagger's father, and Swagger again left his father to be attacked by Montel Vontavious Porter.[1]

On August 30, 2011 in New Tazewell, Tennessee, Jimmy Golden became the Tennessee Mountain Wrestling Heavyweight Champion.[1]

Personal life

Golden trained his son Bobby Golden in wrestling with TMW. He married Patricia Ward in the 70's.

In wrestling

Championships and accomplishments

  • HWA Barroom Brawl Championship (1 time)
  • NWA Rocky Top Heavyweight Championship (1 time)
  • PCW Heavyweight Championship (1 time)

Notes: 1While this promotion operates out of the same region and uses some of the same regional championships, it isn't the same promotion that was once owned and operated by Jim Crockett, Jr.. That Mid-Atlantic promotion was sold to Ted Turner in November 1988 and went on to be renamed World Championship Wrestling.
2This promotion has no connection to the World Championship Wrestling promotion formerly owned by Ted Turner and purchased by World Wrestling Entertainment in 2001. It was an NWA affiliated promotion based out of Australia.

References

  1. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l "Jimmy Golden profile". Online World of Wrestling. http://www.onlineworldofwrestling.com/profiles/j/jimmy-golden.html. Retrieved 2009-08-03. 
  2. ^ a b c d Pope, Kristian (2005). "Golden, Jimmy (1970s-2000s)". Tuff Stuff - Professional wrestling field guide. Iola, Wisconsin: KP Books. pp. 179. ISBN 0-89689-267-0. 
  3. ^ a b c d "Stud Stable". Online World of Wrestling. http://www.onlineworldofwrestling.com/profiles/s/stud-stable.html. Retrieved 2009-09-08. 
  4. ^ a b Royal Duncan & Gary Will (4th Edition 2006). "WCW World Tag Team Title". Wrestling Title Histories. Archeus Communications. pp. 16–18. ISBN 0-9698161-5-4. 
  5. ^ a b c d "Bunkhouse Buck vs Kenny Kendall". World Championship Wrestling. WCW WorldWide. 1994.
  6. ^ "Bruno Lauer's profile". Online World of Wrestling. http://www.onlineworldofwrestling.com/profiles/h/harvey-wippleman.html. Retrieved 2009-08-03. 
  7. ^ "Miss Sylvia profile". Online World of Wrestling. http://www.onlineworldofwrestling.com/profiles/m/miss-sylvia.html. Retrieved 2009-09-08. 
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  9. ^ Royal Duncan & Gary Will (4th Edition 2000). "CWF Heavyweight Title". Wrestling Title Histories. Archeus Communications. ISBN 0-9698161-5-4. 
  10. ^ Royal Duncan & Gary Will (4th Edition 2006). "NWA Florida Tag Team Title". Wrestling Title Histories. Archeus Communications. pp. 160–161. ISBN 0-9698161-5-4. 
  11. ^ Royal Duncan & Gary Will (4th Edition 2006). "CWA Tag Team Title". Wrestling Title Histories. Archeus Communications. pp. 199. ISBN 0-9698161-5-4. 
  12. ^ Royal Duncan & Gary Will (4th Edition 2006). "AWA Southern Tag Team Title". Wrestling Title Histories. Archeus Communications. pp. 185–189. ISBN 0-9698161-5-4. 
  13. ^ Royal Duncan & Gary Will (4th Edition 2006). "NWA Tri-State Heavyweight Title". Wrestling Title Histories. Archeus Communications. pp. 235. ISBN 0-9698161-5-4. 
  14. ^ Royal Duncan & Gary Will (4th Edition 2006). "NWA Mid-America Tag Team Title". Wrestling Title Histories. Archeus Communications. pp. 194–196. ISBN 0-9698161-5-4. 
  15. ^ Royal Duncan & Gary Will (4th Edition 2006). "NWA Macon Tag Team Title". Wrestling Title Histories. Archeus Communications. pp. 145. ISBN 0-9698161-5-4. 
  16. ^ Royal Duncan & Gary Will (4th Edition 2006). "NWA Alabama Heavyweight Title". Wrestling Title Histories. Archeus Communications. pp. 182–183. ISBN 0-9698161-5-4. 
  17. ^ Royal Duncan & Gary Will (4th Edition 2006). "NWA Southeastern Heavyweight Title". Wrestling Title Histories. Archeus Communications. pp. 180–181. ISBN 0-9698161-5-4. 
  18. ^ Royal Duncan & Gary Will (4th Edition 2006). "NWA Southeastern Tag Team Title". Wrestling Title Histories. Archeus Communications. pp. 181. ISBN 0-9698161-5-4. 
  19. ^ Royal Duncan & Gary Will (4th Edition 2006). "United States Junior Heayvweight Title". Wrestling Title Histories. Archeus Communications. pp. 181–182. ISBN 0-9698161-5-4. 
  20. ^ Royal Duncan & Gary Will (4th Edition 2006). "NWA Tennessee Tag Team Title". Wrestling Title Histories. Archeus Communications. pp. 206–207. ISBN 0-9698161-5-4. 
  21. ^ Royal Duncan & Gary Will (4th Edition 2006). "SSW Heavyweight Title". Wrestling Title Histories. Archeus Communications. pp. 209. ISBN 0-9698161-5-4. 
  22. ^ a b Royal Duncan & Gary Will (4th Edition 2006). "SSW Television Title". Wrestling Title Histories. Archeus Communications. pp. 210. ISBN 0-9698161-5-4. 
  23. ^ Royal Duncan & Gary Will (4th Edition 2006). "NWA Austra-Asian Tag Team Title". Wrestling Title Histories. Archeus Communications. pp. 425–426. ISBN 0-9698161-5-4. 
  24. ^ Royal Duncan & Gary Will (4th Edition 2006). "WCWA World Tag Team Title". Wrestling Title Histories. Archeus Communications. pp. 268. ISBN 0-9698161-5-4.