Bobby Fulton | |
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Fulton in August 2014
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Birth name | James Hines |
Born |
Chillicothe, Ohio |
October 4, 1960
Residence | Chillicothe, Ohio |
Professional wrestling career | |
Ring name(s) | Bobby Fulton Jimmy Hines |
Billed height | 5 ft 10 in (1.78 m) |
Billed weight | 220 lb (100 kg; 16 st) |
Billed from | Los Angeles, California |
Debut | 1977 |
James Hines (born October 4, 1960) is an American professional wrestler, better known by his ring name Bobby Fulton. He was one half of the tag team The Fantastics with Tommy Rogers.
James Hines started wrestling as a 16-year-old in 1977 as Bobby Fulton.
He spent his early career in Ohio, training and wrestling with the likes of Lord Zoltan, Fred Curry, Bull Curry and Dr. Jerry Graham. He worked for the WWWF on the Allentown and Hamburg television tapings where he faced Steve Travis and Fred Curry. He worked for Nick Gulas's Nashville territory, where he paired up with Eric Embry as the "brother" tag team of Bobby and Don Fulton.
He then moved on to Stu Hart's Calgary territory working with the likes of Bret Hart, The Dynamite Kid, The Cuban Assassin, Bobby Bass, Ross Hart, Bruce Hart, Giant Haystacks and Davey Boy Smith. Then it was on to the short-lived Knoxville territory forming a tag team with Terry Taylor called "The Fantastic Ones". After the territory closed, Hines and Taylor split up.
Hines moved on to the Jerry Jarrett's Continental Wrestling Association territory where he worked preliminary matches. He then went to Southwest Championship Wrestling in San Antonio, Texas for Joe Blanchard, battling Adrian Street and Eric Embry in a series of scaffold matches. His new tag team partner Tommy Rogers started for Bill Watts' Mid-South Wrestling. There the Fantastics (Fulton and Rogers) formed and feuded with the Midnight Express.