Robert Gibson (wrestler)
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Gibson in May 2014
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| Birth name | Ruben Gibson |
| Born |
July 19, 1958 Pensacola, Florida |
| Spouse(s) | Tammy McMaster (engaged) |
| Professional wrestling career | |
| Ring name(s) | Robert Fuller Jr. Robert Gibson |
| Billed height | 5 ft 11 in (1.80 m) |
| Billed weight | 224 lb (102 kg) |
| Trained by | Rick Gibson |
| Debut | 1977 |
Robert Gibson (born Ruben Gibson, July 19, 1958) is an American professional wrestler. He is best known as one-half of the tag team known as The Rock 'n' Roll Express, with Ricky Morton. He has competed in singles competition also, since he has won various singles championships throughout his career.
Gibson started wrestling as Robert Gibson in 1977. His first match was against Eddie Sullivan. He was trained by his brother Ricky Gibson and teamed with Ricky in the southern independents.
In 1983, he formed the Rock 'N Roll Express with Ricky Morton. They feuded with The Midnight Express (Bobby Eaton and Dennis Condrey) in the USWA/CWA, and the feud carried over into the National Wrestling Alliance (NWA)'s Jim Crockett Promotions in 1985. They won the NWA Tag Title four times while there and feuded with the Four Horsemen, Ivan and Nikita Koloff, and the team of Rick Rude and Manny Fernandez. Even though he and Morton were of similar build and wrestled a similar style, Gibson was always booked as the stronger and more powerful of the two.
Gibson was injured in 1990 and when he returned to World Championship Wrestling (WCW) in 1991, Morton turned on him to join The York Foundation. They feuded and Gibson teamed with Tom Zenk, but had no success and soon left WCW. He rejoined Morton in Smoky Mountain Wrestling (SMW) and they feuded with the Heavenly Bodies led by Jim Cornette. Shortly before SMW's demise, Gibson turned heel and joined "Cornette's Army".
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