Bios
Bushwacker Butch
Height: 5' 11"
Weight: 250 lbs
From: Auckland, New Zealand
Birthday: Oct 21st
Pro Debut: 1965
Aliases: Nick Carter, Butch Miller, Brute Miller, Ron Miller, Butch Dudley, The Tiger, The Detroit Assassin
Feds Worked For: NWA, UWF, WWF, Stampede (Canada), NWA, Southwest Championship Wrestling (TX), World Wrestling Council (Puerto Rico), Continental Wrestling Alliance (TN), MCW (IL), WWWA (PA)
Finisher: Battering Ram
Career Highlights: -AJPW All-Asian Tag Team Champion (w/ Sweet William)
-APWF Tag Team Champion (w/ Butch Miller)
-Can-Am Tag Team Champion (w/ Luke Williams)
-CWA Tag Team Champion (w/ Luke Williams)
-IWA Tag Team Champion (w/ Luke Williams)
-MCW Tag Team Champion (w/ Luke Williams)
-NWA (Vancouver) Canadian Tag Team Champion (w/ Luke Williams)
-NWA Florida Tag Team Champion (w/ Luke Williams)
-NWA (Florida) United States Tag Team Champion (w/ Luke Williams)
-NWA Mid-Atlantic Tag Team Champion (w/ Luke Williams)
-NWA Southeastern Tag Team Champion (w/ Luke Williams)
-NWA Southern Tag Team Champion (2x; both w/ Luke Williams)
-Pacific Northwest Tag Team Champion (3x; all w/ Luke Williams)
-SoCW Tag Team Champion (w/ Luke Williams)
-SoCW Southwest Tag Team Champion (w/ Luke Williams)
-Stampede International Tag Team Champion (2x; both w/ Sweet William)
-UCW Tag Team Champion (w/ Luke Williams)
-USWL Tag Team Champion (w/ Luke Williams)
-UWF Tag Team Champion (2x; both w/ Luke Williams)
-WWC North American Tag Team Champion (4x; all w/ Luke Williams)
-WWC Universal Tag Team Champion (2x; all w/ Luke Williams)
-WWWA Tag Team Champion (w/ Luke Williams)
Affiliates: Larry O'Day, Sweet William, Luke Williams, Jonathan Boyd, Jacko Victory, Johnny Ace, Rip Morgan, Jamison, Lady Maxine, Don Carson,
Notable Feuds: The Fantastics, Rhythm & Blues, Orient Express, Bolsheviks, Powers of Pain, Brain Busters, Beverly Brothers, Jacques & Raymond Rougeau
Other Facts: -Real name was Robert Miller
-Billed as the cousin of pro wrestler Luke Williams. Together they were known as The Sheepherders, The Kiwis, Los Pastores, and The Bushwhackers
-Uncle of pro wrestler Rip Morgan
-As Butch Miller, he used the nicknames “Wild” and “The Tank of War”
-Is currently a columnist for New Zealand official wrestling website.
-Former commissioner of the New Zealand based Kiwi Pro Wrestling
-Ranked # 125 in the 1992 PWI 500 (as Butch Miller)
-Ranked # 179 in the 1993 PWI 500
-Ranked # 264 in the 1994 PWI 500
-Ranked # 252 in the 1995 PWI 500
-Ranked # 244 in the 1996 PWI 500
-Ranked # 369 in the 1997 PWI 500
-Ranked # 381 in the 1998 PWI 500
-Inducted into the WWE Hall of Fame in 2015 (w/ Bushwacker Luke as The Bushwackers)
-Inducted into the Professional Wrestling Hall of Fame and Museum in 2020 (w/ Bushwacker Luke as The Bushwackers)
-Passed away April 3, 2023 at the age of 78 after a brief illness.
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Women’s Champion
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- Heavyweight Champion: Merc
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