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Jimmy Golden

Nickname: Gorgeous; Jumping

Height: 6' 7"

Weight: 259 lbs

From: Bucksnort, TN

Birthday: Aug 1st

Pro Debut: 1968

Aliases: Jim Golden, Bunkhouse Buck, Roy Lee Welch, Avenger #2, Jack Swagger, Sr.

Feds Worked For: SoCW, TSW, AWA, NWA, USWA, WCCW, WCW, WWE, Absolute Intense Wrestling (OH), All-State Wrestling (TN), America's Most Liked Wrestling (NC), ASCW (TN), Big Orange Pro Wrestling, Big Time Wrestling, Championship Wrestling Association (TN), Championship Wrestling from Florida (FL), Continental Championship Wrestling (AL/MO/MS), Continental Wrestling Association (IN/TN), CWF (AL), ECB, Georgia Championship Wrestling (GA), Gulas Wrestling Enterprises (TN), Gulf Athletic Club (TX), Gulf Coast Championship Wrestling (TN), Heartland Wrestling Association (KY), IRW (TN), IWA Mid-South (IL/IN), Japan Wrestling Association (Japan), NWA Mid-America (AL/KY), NWA Mid-Atlantic, NWA Rocky Top (TN), NWA Smoky Mountain (TN), NWA Wrestle Birmingham (AL), Pennsylvania Championship Wrestling Alliance (PA), Premier Championship Wrestling, Smoky Mountain Wrestling (KY), Southeast Championship Wrestling (AL/TN), Southern Extreme Championship Wrestling (GA), Southern States Wrestling (TN), Southern Wrestling Alliance, Steel City Wrestling (PA), Superstars of Wrestling, Tennessee Mountain Wrestling (TN), Tri-Star Wrestling Alliance (GA), UCW, United Wrestling Association, World Championship Wrestling (Australia), Wrestle Birmingham (AL), Wrestle, Inc., XCW Mid-West (KY)

Finisher: Pile Driver

Signature Moves: Punch, Big Boot, Eye Rake

Career Highlights: -APCW Tag Team Champion (w/ Tracy Smothers)
-ASW Knoxville Champion
-ASW Knoxville Tag Team Champion (w/ Thad Clark)
-CPW Tag Team Champion (w/ The Gladiator)
-CWA Tag Team Champion (2x; both w/ Robert Fuller)
-CWF Tag Team Champion (2x; 1 each w/ Mongolian Stomper and Brian Lee)
-HWA Bar Room Brawler Champion
-IRW Tag team Champion
-NWA Alabama Champion (2x)
-NWA (Alabama) National Tag Team Champion (w/ Robert Fuller)
-NWA Austra-Asian Tag Team Champion (w/ Dennis McCord)
-NWA Continental Tag Team Champion (6x; 4 w/ Robert Fuller, 1 each w/ Mongolian Stomper and Brian Lee)
-NWA East Tennessee Champion
-NWA Florida Tag Team Champion (w/ Robert Fuller)
-NWA Macon Tag Team Champion (w/ Ron Fuller)
-NWA (Mid-America) Southern Tag Team Champion (2x; both w/ Tojo Yamamoto)
-NWA (Mid-America) World Tag Team Champion (2x; both w/ Dennis Hall/Avenger #1)
-NWA (Southeast) Continental Tag Team Champion (2x; both w/ Robert Fuller)
-NWA Southeastern Champion (8x)
-NWA Southeastern Tag Team Champion (16x; 7 w/ Robert Fuller, 2 w/ Ricky Gibson, 1 each w/ Mike Stallings, Jos LeDuc, Bob Roop, Rip Smith, Norvell Austin, Mongolian Stomper, and Randy Rose)
-NWA Tennessee Tag Team Champion (2x; 1 each w/ Avenger #1 and Ricky Gibson)
-NWA Wrestle Birmingham Tag Team Champion (w/ Robert Fuller)
-PCW Champion
-SSW Champion
-SSW Tag Team Champion (w/ G. Q. Stratus)
-SSW Young Guns Television Champion
-SWA Champion
-TMW Champion (4x)
-TSW Alabama Champion (4x)
-TSW Alabama Tag Team Champion (w/ Ramon Perez)
-UCW Texas Champion
-WCCW World Tag Team Champion (w/ Robert Fuller)
-WCW World Tag Team Champion (w/ Dick Slater)

Affiliates: Dennis Hall/Avenger #1, Sylvia Fuller, Jonathan Boyd, Scotty Ace, Downtown Bruno, G.Q. Stratus, Thad Clark, The Gladiator, Tracy Smothers, Tojo Yamamoto, Buddy Rose, Brian Lee, Mongolian Stomper, Bob Roop, Norvell Austin, Randy Rose, Rip Smith, Austin Idol, Robert Fuller/Robert Parker, Dick Slater, Dutch Mantell/Zeb Colter, Arn Anderson, Ricky Gibson, Ron Fuller, Dennis McCord, Mike Stallings, Jos LeDuc, Ramon Perez, Jack Swagger

Notable Feuds: Dustin Rhodes, Nasty Boys, Harlem Heat, Rock-N-Roll Express, The Young Pistols, Tommy Rich & Johnny Rich, The Von Erichs, Robert Fuller, Bob Armstrong, Don Carson, Dennis Condrey, Bill Dundee, Jeff Jarrett, Austin Idol, Dusty Rhodes, Dustin Rhodes, Jerry Stubbs, Jonathan Boyd, Porkchop Cash, Mongolian Stomper, Scott Armstrong, Luke Williams, Ron Fuller, Tommy Rich, Johnny Rich, Jerry Lawler, Norvell Austin

Other Facts: -Son of wrestling promoter Billy Golden
-Grandson of pro wrestler Roy Welch
-Father of pro wrestlers Bobby Golden
-Nephew of pro wrestlers Buddy Fuller & Phil Golden
-Grandnephew of pro wrestlers Jack Welch and Lester Welch
-Cousin of pro wrestlers Robert Fuller & Ron Fuller
-Cousin once removed of pro wrestler Danny Fuller
-2nd cousin of pro wrestlers Johnny Wayne Fields, Shane Fields, and Ricky Fields
-Uncle of pro wrestler Eddie Golden
-Uncle of professional actress Katie Holmes
-Competed for a while as Roy Lee Welch, not to be confused with his distant cousin who also wrestled as Roy Lee Welch
-Former member of The Stud Stable
-Billed as the father of pro wrestler Jack Swagger, although it is unclear if this relationship is legitimate. Assuming it is, he served in the Vietnam War with Zeb Colter.
-Ranked #145 in the 1992 PWI 500
-Ranked #125 in the 1994 PWI 500 (as Bunkhouse Buck)
-Ranked #117 in the 1995 PWI 500 (as Bunkhouse Buck)
-Ranked #190 in the 1996 PWI 500 (as Bunkhouse Buck)
-Ranked #211 in the 1997 PWI 500 (as Bunkhouse Buck)