Robert Fuller

Robert Fuller (born Robert Welch on May 14, 1951 in Dyersburg, Tennessee) was a professional wrestler.

Career

Robert Fuller is the son of wrestler Buddy Fuller and the grandson of wrestler Roy Welch. He has a brother who wrestled, Ron Fuller, and a cousin that wrestled with him, Jimmy Golden. He was married to Sylvia Fuller, who sometimes managed.

Fuller started wrestling in 1970 in the Alabama and Tennessee regions. He often teamed with his cousin Jimmy Golden and they won many tag team titles.

In the 1980's, he took his brother Ron's idea and made a stable called The Stud Stable. Among the members in the independent versions of this stable were Golden, Cactus Jack, Dutch Mantel, Gary Young and Brian Lee.

He spent some time in the American Wrestling Association with Golden in 1988 and they feuded with the Rock 'N Roll Express (Ricky Morton & Robert Gibson).

In 1993, Fuller went to World Championship Wrestling as manager Col. Robert Parker, a takeoff of Col. Tom Parker of Elvis Presley fame.

He managed Sid Vicious and teamed with manager Harley Race and his protege, Vader, to feud with Sting and Davey Boy Smith.

In 1994, he managed "Stunning" Steve Austin before reforming his "Stud Stable" with Golden as "Bunkhouse Buck", Meng, Dick Slater, Terry Funk and Arn Anderson. They feuded heavily with Dusty and Dustin Rhodes.

In 1995, Col. Parker got the hots for Sherri Martel. He courted her and neither of their tag teams liked it (Sherri managed Harlem Heat). They went to get married and Sherri was attacked by Madusa, who was supposed to be Parker's girlfriend. They split and feuded and then made up again and Parker left the Stud Stable to help her manage Harlem Heat. In 1997, they fired him and he took on a team to feud with them, "The Amazing French Canadians" (Jacques Rougeau, Jr. & Pierre Oullette).

He left WCW in 1998 and resurfaced in the WWF as Tennessee Lee, manager to Jeff Jarrett. He did not stay for long and went back to wrestling with Golden on the independent circuit in Alabama.

As of 2005, Fuller can still be found wrestling occasionally for NWA-Birmingham.

Profile

• Height: 6'5"
• Weight: 240 lbs.
• Birthday: May 14, 1951
• Hometown: Dyresburg, Tennessee
• Trainer: Buddy Fuller
• Managers: Sylvia Fuller, Ron Slinker, Jonathan Boyd, Ronald Gossett, Eddie Gilbert, Downtown Bruno

Championships/Accomplishments

National Wrestling Alliance

• 1-Time NWA World Tag Team Champion (with Kevin Sullivan)

Southeast Championship Wrestling

• 1-Time Southeast Continental Heavyweight Champion
• 12-Time Southeast Tag Team Champion (with Ron Fuller twice, Eddie Boulder once, Jos LeDuc 3 times, Bob Armstrong once and Jimmy Golden 5 times)
• 2-Time Southeast Continental Tag Team Champion (with Jimmy Golden)

CWA & Mid-Southern

• 1-Time Mid-Southern Heavyweight Champion
• 2-Time Mid-Southern Tag Team Champion (with Toru Tanaka and Bill Dundee)
• 3-Time CWA Tag Team Champion (with Jimmy Golden twice and Brian Lee)

World Class Championship Wrestling

• 2-Time WCCW Tag Team Champion (with Brian Lee and Jimmy Golden)

United States Wrestling Alliance

• 1-Time USWA Tag Team Champion (with Brian Lee)

Georgia Championship Wrestling

• 4-Time Georgia Tag Team Champion (with Tim Woods once and Bob Armstrong 3 times)

Other Titles

• 1-Time FCW Tag Team Champion (with Kendall Windham)
• 1-Time NAWA Heavyweight Champion

• Pro Wrestling Illustrated (PWI) ranked him # 332 of the 500 best singles wrestlers during the "PWI Years" in 2003. He was also ranked # 80 of the best tag teams of the "PWI Years" with Jimmy Golden.