Buck Zumhofe
| Buck Zumhofe | |
|---|---|
| Ring name(s) | Buck "Rock n' Roll" Zumhofe |
| Billed height | 5 ft 11 in (1.80 m) |
| Billed weight | 220 lb (100 kg) |
| Born | March 21, 1951 Hamburg, Minnesota, United States |
| Resides | Chippewa Falls, Wisconsin |
| Billed from | Minneapolis, Minnesota |
| Debut | 1972 |
Eugene Zumhofe (born March 21, 1951) is a professional wrestler better known as Buck "Rock n' Roll" Zumhofe,[1] wrestling's self proclaimed original rock and roller.
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[edit] Training
Zumhofe was trained along with Ricky Steamboat, Jan Nelson & Scott Irwin by Koshrow Vaziri (aka The Iron Sheik).
[edit] Professional wrestling career
Along with 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 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 as a singles wrestler, making it all the way to the final of the TV tournament losing in the final to Rip Oliver in March 1985. Zumhofe left WCCW in October 1985 after a near 2 year stay.
Returning to the AWA in 1985 he claimed his second AWA World Light Heavyweight title, by defeating Steve Regal. In July 1986 his title run was cut short after being jailed for nearly 2 years.
Zumhofe returned to wrestling on his release from jail in 1988, wrestling for Windy City Wrestling and Pro Wrestling America. Zumhofe returned to the AWA in 1989 and eventually won the AWA World Light Heavyweight for the third time in 1990 on ESPN television. He feuded with Jonnie Stewart over the title until the promotions close in 1991.
Zumhofe made sporadic appearances for the World Wrestling Federation in preliminary matches. 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 in San Francisco, Vancouver for Al Tomko, Portland for Don Owen & Japan for Giant Baba.
In 2000 Buck opened the Rock & Roll Wrestling promotion. Zumhofe actively promotes his shows around Minnesota, North and South Dakota, Iowa, Wisconsin and Illinois.
[edit] Championships and accomplishments
- Midwest Pro Wrestling
- MPW Tag Team Championship (1 time) - with Buck Zumhofe, Jr.[2]
- Nu-Age Wrestling
- NAW Light Heavyweight Championship (1 time, first)[2]
- World Class Championship Wrestling
- NWA American Tag Team Championship (2 times) - with Iceman Parsons
[edit] References
- ^ "About Us". rocknrollwrestling.com. http://rocknrollwrestling.com/AboutUs.aspx. Retrieved 25 October 2010.
- ^ a b Royal Duncan & Gary Will (4th Edition 2000). Wrestling Title Histories. Archeus Communications. ISBN 0-9698161-5-4.
