James Hines

Infobox Wrestler
name=James Hines


names="Fantastic" Bobby Fulton
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birth_date=birth date and age|1961|10|04
birth_place =Chillicothe, Ohio, United States |:"Bobby Fulton redirects here, for the Australian rugby league player and coach, see Bob Fulton"

James Hines (born October 4 1961) is a professional wrestler better known as Bobby Fulton of The Fantastics.

Career

James Hines started wrestling in 1979 as Jimmy Hines. In 1984, he made his way to World Class Championship Wrestling where he changed his name to Bobby Fulton and started the tag team The Fantastics with Tommy Rogers. They began a legendary feud with The Midnight Express that would extend into the NWA.

In 1986, they had a feud with The Sheepherders (who would become the "Bushwackers"), Butch Miller and Luke Williams in the Universal Wrestling Federation.

In 1987, back in WCCW, they feuded with Mike Davis & Tommy Lane, The Rock 'N Roll RPM's. They won the feud by winning a scaffold match at "The Parade of Champions" on May 3, 1987.

They next went to the NWA's Jim Crockett Promotions to continue their feud with The Midnight Express and to win the NWA United States Tag Team Titles.

In 1989, they left the NWA and have been wrestling, sometimes together, sometimes not, in the independent circuit around the United States.

They made a brief appearance in the WWF in 1997 when Fulton wrestled Rogers in the WWF Light Heavyweight Title Tournament.

Hines became a born-again Christian and also has been preaching the gospel since October 2003.

He is married and has two sons.

In wrestling

Finishing and signature maneuvers

:*Three point stance clothesline:*Flying clothesline:*Diving elbow drop

Championships and accomplishments

*Central States Wrestling:*NWA Central States Television Championship (1 time)

*Continental Wrestling Association:*AWA Southern Tag Team Championship (1 time) - with Tommy Rogers

*Mid-Atlantic Championship Wrestling | World Championship Wrestling:*NWA United States Tag Team Championship (2 times) - with Tommy Rogers

*Smoky Mountain Wrestling:*SMW Tag Team Championship (1 time) - with Jackie Fulton

*Southwest Championship Wrestling:*SCW Southwest Junior Heavyweight Championship (1 time)

*Universal Wrestling Federation:*UWF World Tag Team Championship (2 times) - with Tommy Rogers

*World Class Championship Wrestling | World Class Wrestling Association:*NWA American Tag Team Championship (2 times) - with Tommy Rogers:*WCWA World Tag Team Championship (2 times) - with Tommy Rogers

*Pro Wrestling Illustrated:*PWI ranked him # 286 of the 500 best singles wrestlers during the "PWI Years" in 2003. :*PWI ranked him # 63 of the 100 best tag teams during the "PWI Years" with Tommy Rogers in 2003.

*Wrestling Observer Newsletter awards:*5 Star Match (1986) with Tommy Rogers vs. the Sheepherders at the Crockett Cup Tournament on April 16:*Feud of the Year (1988) with Tommy Rogers vs. Bobby Eaton and Stan Lane

Trivia

*Hines has a brother that wrestles under both his real name, George Hines, and under the name Jackie Fulton as well. They sometimes teamed as The Fantastics.

External links

*Official Site: http://www.bobbyfulton.4t.com/

Hines, James