James Hines

Bobby Fulton redirects here, for the Australian rugby league player and coach, see Bob Fulton

For other people named James Hines, see James Hines (disambiguation).

James Hines
Ring name(s)	Bobby Fulton Jimmy Hines
Billed height	5 ft 10 in (1.78 m)
Billed weight	220 lb (100 kg; 16 st)
Born	October 4, 1960 (1960-10-04) Chillicothe, Ohio
Resides	Chillicothe, Ohio
Billed from	Los Angeles, California
Debut	1977

James Hines (born October 4, 1960) is a professional wrestler better known as Bobby Fulton of The Fantastics.

Career

James Hines started wrestling as a 16 year old in 1977 as Jimmy Hines.

He spent his early career in Ohio training and wrestling with the likes of Lord Zoltan, Fred Curry, Bull Curry and Charlie Fulton. He worked for WWWF on the Allentown and Hamburg Television tapings. He worked for Nick Gulas in Nashville where he paired up with Eric Embry as the "brother" tag team of Bobby and Don Fulton.

He then moved onto the Hart's Calgary territory working with the likes of Bret Hart, The Dynamite Kid, The Cuban Assassin, Bobby Bass, Ross Hart, Bruce Hart, Giant Haystacks and Davey Boy Smith. Then it was on to the short-lived Knoxville territory forming a tag team with Terry Taylor called "The Fantastic Ones". After the territory closed, Hines and Taylor split up.

After a brief stay in Joe Blanchard's Southwest territory, Hines moved on to the Jerry Jarrett's Memphis territory where he worked preliminary matches before be traded along with his new tag team partner Tommy Rogers to Bill Watts' Mid South Wrestling. There the Fantasics (Fulton and Rogers) formed and feuded with the Midnight Express.

In 1984, the team continued their feud with The Midnight Express in World Class Championship Wrestling that later extended 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 the Rock 'n' Roll RPMs (Mike Davis and Tommy Lane). 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 on two occasions.

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

In 1990, he started his own territory Heritage Championship Wrestling (which was a precursor to Smoky Mountain Wrestling). He brought in talent like Cowboy Bob Orton, The Rock & Roll RPMs, Bam Bam Bigelow and Buddy Landel. The company lasted about a year and often provided extra television footage for Grizzly Smith's 5-Star Wrestling in Louisiana(Actually it was for Buck Robley's NWF out of Louisiana).

The Fantastics then made regular appearances in All Japan and in Smoky Mountain Wrestling.

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

Personal life

Hines became a born-again Christian and also has been preaching the gospel since October 2003. He is married and now resides back in Chillicothe, OH.

In wrestling

• Finishing move
  • Fantastic Flip (Senton bomb)

• Signature moves
  • Diving elbow drop
  • Flying clothesline
  • Three-point stance clothesline

• With Tommy Rogers
  • Rocket Launcher

• Managers
  • Jim Cornette

• Nicknames
  • "Fantastic" Bobby Fulton

Championships and accomplishments

• Big Time Wrestling
  • BTW Triple Crown Heavyweight Championship (2 times)
  • BTW Ohio Tag Team Championship (2 times) - with Jackie Fulton and Rip Rogers

• Central States Wrestling

• NWA Central States Television Championship (1 time)

• Continental Wrestling Association

• AWA Southern Tag Team Championship (1 time) – with Tommy Rogers

• Jim Crockett Promotions

• 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

External links

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