Buck Zumhofe
| Buck Zumhofe | |
|---|---|
| Birth name | Eugene Otto Zumhofe |
| Born |
March 21, 1951 Ham Lake, Minnesota, United States |
| Residence | Minnesota Correctional Facility in Rush City, Minnesota |
| Professional wrestling career | |
| Ring name(s) | Buck Zumhofe |
| Billed height | 5 ft 11 in (1.80 m) |
| Billed weight | 220 lb (100 kg) |
| Billed from | Minneapolis, Minnesota |
| Trained by | Verne Gagne |
| Debut | 1972 |
| Retired | 2014 |
Eugene Otto Zumhofe (born March 21, 1951) is an American former professional wrestler better known as Buck "Rock n' Roll" Zumhofe, wrestling's self-proclaimed original rock and roller. In 2014, Zumhofe was sentenced to 25 years in prison for criminal sexual conduct.
Zumhofe was trained along with Ricky Steamboat, Jan Nelson, Scott Irwin and Khosrow Vaziri (aka The Iron Sheik).
Always accompanied by his trademark boombox, Zumhofe would go on to become one of the top light heavyweight competitors in the American Wrestling Association (AWA) in the early and mid 1980s. He would feud primarily with "Mr. Electricity" Steve Regal and Bobby Heenan over the AWA World Light Heavyweight Championship during that time.
He also wrestled in World Class Championship Wrestling (WCCW) where he teamed with Iceman King Parsons as the Rock 'n' Soul Connection. The team was successful, holding the WCCW American Tag Team titles twice. The team rose to main event status on the World Class weekly tour loop as the Von Erichs (the established main event talents) would only wrestle in the main cities. Zumhofe had a reasonably successful run as a singles wrestler, making it all the way to the final of the TV title tournament, losing in the final to Rip Oliver in March 1985. Zumhofe left WCCW in October 1985 after a near two-year stay.
Returning to the AWA in 1985, he claimed his second AWA World Light Heavyweight Championship by defeating Steve Regal, but was forced to vacate the title in July 1986 after he was sent to prison following his conviction for sexual misconduct. In 1988, he wrestled for Windy City Wrestling and Pro Wrestling America. Zumhofe returned to the AWA in 1989 and eventually won the AWA World Light Heavyweight title for the third time in 1990 on ESPN television, defeating Jonnie Stewart. He feuded with Stewart over the title until the promotion closed in 1991.
Zumhofe also made sporadic appearances for the World Wrestling Federation in preliminary matches during the 80s and 90s. He was the first wrestler to be put in a body bag by The Undertaker and was also the wrestler that Triple H faced in his WWF debut. During Zumhofe's career he also wrestled for Roy Shire's promotion in San Francisco, in Vancouver for Al Tomko, in Portland for Don Owen & in Japan for Giant Baba.
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