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Earnest Harrell: By the Numbers

Posted: Feb 8th 2025 By: Oklafan Staff

Oklafan recently acknowledged the death of pro wrestler Earnest Harrell, who competed as Buster Cherry and Big Ern. Below is a complete retrospective of his career as far as Oklafan is able to document. We have included a listing of all the Oklahoma matches Harrell is known to have competed in, a win/loss record, a breakdown of singles and tag team matches and a year-by-year documentation of the number of matches he had in Oklahoma.

We hope that this record serves as small reminder of the legacy that Harrell left behind.
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Name: Earnest Harrell
Ring name(s): 2
Debut:2013
Last Match: 2018
Oklahoma wrestling federations competed in: 8
Different titles held: 5
Total title reigns: 6
Win/Loss record in Oklahoma - 57 wins/52 losses/6 non-finishes
Singles Matches - 70
Tag Team Matches - 25

Harris' complete match listing:

2013

10-19-13: Kevin James Sanchez (w/ Korttni Sadat & Kareem Sadat, Jr.) def. Buster Cherry (w/ L. J. McDaniels), earning Kevin an SWCW Title shot (SWCW)

11-9-13: Havoc def. Buster Cherry (SWCW)

11-10-13: Buster Cherry (w/ Brandon Barricade) def. Kevin James Sanchez to advance to the semi-finals of the XUW King of Hardcore Tournament (XUW)

11-10-13: Buster Cherry def. Drake Gallows to advance to the finals of the XUW King of Hardcore Tournament (XUW)

11-10-13: Buster Cherry vs. Kareem Sadat went to a Double Countout in the finals of the XUW King of Hardcore Tournament (XUW)

11-16-13: Buster Cherry def. Havoc by DQ (SWCW)

2014

2-1-14: Buster Cherry (w/ Brandon Barricade) def. Chaz Sharpe (SWCW)

2-15-14: Buster Cherry (w/ Brandon Barricade) def. Jake O’Brien (w/ Maggie Rae) (SWCW)

3-15-14: SWCW Tag Team Champions The Syndicate (Scott Sanders & Shawn Sanders) def. Buster Cherry & Brandon Barricade, Bud Barnes & SWCW Hardcore Champion Rick Russo and X-Rated (David Kyzer & SWCW Champion Kevin James Sanchez) in a 4-Corners Elimination Match (SWCW)

3-29-14: SWCW Tag Team Champions The Syndicate (Scott Sanders & Shawn Sanders) def. Buster Cherry & Brandon Barricade (SWCW)

4-12-14: Buster Cherry def. SWCW All-American Champion Bud Barnes (SWCW)

4-19-14: BPPW Hardcore Champion Terry Pantera def. Rudy Edwards, Steven Sanders, Buster Cherry and Cody Burns in a Fatal 5-Way Match (BPPW)

4-26-14: Buster Cherry def. SWCW All-American Champion Bud Barnes for the title (SWCW)

5-4-14: Spike (w/ Misty Lynn) def. Buster Cherry (w/ Brandon Barricade) (MSWA)

5-10-14: Buster Cherry def. Diamond (BPPW)

5-17-14: SWCW All-American Champion Buster Cherry (w/ Brandon Barricade) def. Brock Landers (SWCW)

5-18-14: Spike (w/ Misty Lynn) def. Buster Cherry (w/ Brandon Barricade) in a No Holds Barred/Falls Count Anywhere Match (MSWA)

6-1-14: Les Mayne def. Buster Cherry (w/ Brandon Barricade) and Spike (w/ Misty Lynn) in a Triple Threat Match to advance in the MSWA Mid-South Title

6-7-14: Havoc def. SWCW All-American Champion Buster Cherry (w/ Brandon Barricade) for the title

6-13-14 Les Mayne def. Buster Cherry (w/ Brandon Barricade) (SWCW)

6-21-14: Buster Cherry won a Battle Royal, earning an SWCW All-American Title opportunity (SWCW)

6-21-14: Buster Cherry (w/ Brandon Barricade) def. SWCW All-American Champion Havoc for the title (SWCW)

6-29-14: Buster Cherry def. Kid Krazy (MSWA)

8-24-14 Spike (w/ Misty Lynn) def. Buster Cherry (w/ Brandon Barricade) by DQ (MSWA)

9-7-14: Buster Cherry (w/ Brandon Barricade) def. Vinnie Pacheco (MSWA)

9-21-14: Buster Cherry (w/ Brandon Barricade) def. Jeff Knight (MSWA)

10-5-14: Buster Cherry (w/ Brandon Barricade) def. The Canadian Red Devil (w/ Taylor K) (MSWA)

10-19-14: The Canadian Red Devil & Les Mayne def. The Saints of Pro Wrestling (Tyson Jaymes & Buster Cherry, w/ Brandon Barricade & The Roc-N-Roll Cowboy) (MSWA(

11-1-14: Big Daddy Dominator def. SWCW All-American Champion Buster Cherry (w/ Brandon Barricade) in a non-title match (SWCW)

11-30-14: Nathan Estrada (w/ Tommy D) def. Buster Cherry (w/ Brandon Barricade) (MSWA)

12-14-14: Buster Cherry (w/ Brandon Barricade) vs. Dominator went to a Double Countout (MSWA)

12-28-14: Big Daddy Dominator vs. Buster Cherry (w/ Brandon Barricade) went to a No-Contest in a North Pole Knockout Match (MSWA)

2015

4-3-15: Buster Cherry (w/ Brandon Barricade) won the Rumble For Paulie (MSWA)

4-24-15: Buster Cherry (w/ Brandon Barricade) def. Chaz Sharpe (w/ The Roc-N-Roll Cowboy) by DQ

5-2-15: Chaz Sharpe (w/ Brandon Barricade) def. Demarco Tate and Buster Cherry in a Triple Threat Match (BCW)

5-3-15: Buster Cherry def. Brock Landers (MSWA)

5-16-15: Buster Cherry (w/ Brandon Barricade) def. Shawn Sanders by DQ (MSWA)

5-16-15: Fuego del Sol, Buster Cherry & Hernandez def. The Saints of Pro Wrestling (Scott Sanders & Shawn Sanders, w/ The Roc-N-Roll Cowboy) & MSWA Mid-South Tag Team Champion Largus Ragnabrok (MSWA)

5-22-15: Buster Cherry (w/ Brandon Barricade) & MSWA Oklahoma Champion Spike (w/ Misty Lynn) def. The Saints of Pro Wrestling (Scott Sanders & Shawn Sanders, w/ The Roc-N-Roll Cowboy) (MSWA)

6-5-15: Shawn Sanders (w/ The Roc-N-Roll Cowboy) def. Buster Cherry (w/ Brandon Barricade) (MSWA)

6-19-15: Buster Cherry def. The Saints of Pro Wrestling (Scott Sanders & Shawn Sanders, w/ The Roc-N-Roll Cowboy) in a Handicap Match by DQ (MSWA)

6-27-15: Big Ern def. Vinnie (ComPro)

7-17-15: Buster Cherry def. MSWA Oklahoma Champion Mascara La Parka for the title (MSWA)

8-8-15: Berto del Rayo & Vinnie def. Big Ern & Dean Lambert (ComPro)

8-14-15: Vinny Pacheco def. MSWA Oklahoma Champion Buster Cherry by DQ (MSWA)

9-11-15: Vinny Pacheco def. MSWA Oklahoma Champion Buster Cherry by DQ (MSWA)

9-13-15: MSWA Oklahoma Champion Buster Cherry def. Cody Burns (MSWA)

9-25-15: The Creepsters (Dean Lambert & MSWA Oklahoma Champion Buster Cherry) def. Nemesis (Bobby Starr & Damien Morte) (MSWA)

9-26-15: The Redneck Creepsters (Big Ern & Cousin Yogi, w/ Uncle Bud) def. Shawn Shields (w/ John Pfanz) & Brock Landers (ComPro)

10-9-15: Vinny Pacheco def. MSWA Oklahoma Champion Buster Cherry by DQ (MSWA)

10-10-15: BCW/EmpCW Independent Hardcore Champion Kareem Sadat def. Big Ern (w/ Uncle Bud) (BCW)

10-23-15: The Creepsters (Mr. Barnes & MSWA Oklahoma Champion Buster Cherry) def. The Saints of Pro Wrestling (Scott Sanders & Shawn Sanders), The Mid-South Express (Tyson Jaymes & Will Chambers) and Simply the Future (Alex & J. D.) for the vacant MSWA Mid-South Tag Team Titles (MSWA)

10-23-15: Vinny Pacheco def. MSWA Oklahoma & MSWA Mid-South Tag Team Champion Buster Cherry for the Oklahoma Title in a Trick Or Street Fight (MSWA)

11-6-15: The Creepsters (Dean Lambert & MSWA Mid-South Tag Team Champions Mr. Barnes & Buster Cherry) def. Michael James, Bobby Starr & Drake Gallows in a No DQ/Tornado Rules Tag Team Match (MSWA)

12-4-15: MSWA Oklahoma Champion Vinny Pacheco def. MSWA Mid-South Tag Team Champion Buster Cherry (MSWA)

12-4-15: The Biker Butchers (Seth Angel & BPPW Junior Heavyweight Champion Terry Pantera, w/ Gunner) def. The Redneck Creepsters (Bud Barnes & Buster Cherry, w/ Bobby Burns) (BPPW)

12-18-15: MSWA Mid-South Tag Team Champions The Creepsters (Mr. Barnes & Buster Cherry) def. The Mid-South Express (Tyson Jaymes & Will Chambers) (MSWA)

12-26-15: Buster Cherry def. BCW/EmpCW Independent Hardcore Champion Kareem Sadat for the title in a Triple Threat that also involved Rick Garrett (EmpCW)

2016

1-9-16: BCW/EmpCW Independent Hardcore Champion Buster Cherry def. Patient Zero (w/ Brandon Barricade & Duncan Kincaid) (EmpCW)

1-15-16 MSWA Mid-South Tag Team Champions The Creepsters (Mr. Barnes & Buster Cherry) def. The Mid-South Express (Tyson Jaymes & Will Chambers) (MSWA)

1-23-16: BCW/EmpCW Hardcore Champion Buster Cherry def. Kevin James Sanchez (EmpCW)

1-29-16 Nemesis (Bobby Starr & Damien Morte) vs. MSWA Mid-South Tag Team Champions The Creepsters (Mr. Barnes & Buster Cherry) went to a Double Countout (MSWA)

3-11-16: MSWA Mid-South Tag Team Champion Buster Cherry def. Tyson Jaymes.(MSWA)

3-11-16: Tyson Jaymes, Rick Russo, Luke Grayson, MSWA Oklahoma Champion Terry Pantera & MSWA Mid-South Champion Drake Gallows def. Brock Landers, Vinnie Pacheco, MSWA Mid-South Cruiserweight Champion Korvin Sage & MSWA Mid-South Tag Team Champions The Creepsters (Mr. Barnes & Buster Cherry) (MSWA)

3-5-16: Rick Russo def. BCW/EmpCW Hardcore Champion Buster Cherry & Brock Landers (w/ Brandon Barricade) in a Handicap Match to win the title (EmpCW)

3-25-16: The Mid-South Express (Tyson Jaymes & Will Chambers) def. MSWA Mid-South Tag Team Champions The Creepsters (Mr. Barnes & Buster Cherry) for the titles (MSWA)

3-26-16: The Rising (Riker & Abel) def. The Redneck Creepsters (Big Ern & Cousin Yogi) (ComPro)

4-9-16: BCW/EmpCW Hardcore Champion Kareem Sadat def. Buster Cherry and Das Karnage in a Triple Threat Match (BCW)

5-7-16: BMF (Rick Russo & BCW Hardcore Champion Kareem Sadat, w/ Korttni Sadat) def. The Rednecks (Big Ern & Cousin Yogi) (BCW)

5-14-16: BMF (Kareem Sadat & EmpCW Champion Rick Russo) def. Brock Landers & EmpCW Hardcore Champion Buster Cherry in a Hardcore Rules Tag Team Match (EmpCW)

5-28-16: BCW Hardcore Champion Kareem Sadat def. EmpCW Hardcore Champion Buster Cherry and Brock Landers in a Triple Threat Match to reunify the titles (EmpCW)

6-3-16: Buster Cherry def. Dean Lambert (MSWA)

6-5-16: Mr. Barnes (w/ Milton Winkelman) def. Buster Cherry (w/ C. M. Burnham) (EmpCW)

6-17-16: Buster Cherry def. Father Padge to become #1 contender to the MSWA Oklahoma Title (MSWA)

6-18-16: Father Padge (w/ Mother Tucker) def. Buster Cherry and Brock Landers in a Triple Threat Match (EmpCW)

8-17-16: Buster Cherry def. Prince Mahalli (MSWA)

9-11-16: Buster Cherry def. MSWA Mid-South Champion Mr. Barnes (w/ C. M. Burnham) by Countout (MSWA)

9-23-16: MSWA Mid-South Champion Mr. Barnes (w/ C. M. Burnham) def. Buster Cherry in a Last Man Standing Match (MSWA)

10-1-16: Buster Cherry def. Prince Mahalli (EmpCW)

10-22-16: Terry Pantera, Buster Cherry & Kevin James Sanchez def. The Saints of Pro Wrestling (Scott Sanders, Shawn Sanders & Chaz Sharpe) (EmpCW)

11-14-16: Buster Cherry def. Prince Mahalli (MSWA)

11-18-16: C. J. Ward & Buster Cherry def. Prince Mahalli & MSWA Mid-South Champion Mr. Barnes (w/ C. M. Burnham) (MSWA)

12-16-16: Buster Cherry def. Scott Sanders (w/ C. M. Burnham) in a Bullrope Match for the vacant MSWA Mid-South Title (MSWA)

2017

1-27-17: MSWA Mid-South Champion Buster Cherry def. Scott Sanders (MSWA)

2-10-17: MSWA Mid-South Champion Buster Cherry def. Brock Landers (w/ Brandon Barricade) (MSWA)

2-18-17: Mr. Barnes def. Buster Cherry (ASP)

2-24-17: Prince Mahalli (w/ C. M. Burnham) def. MSWA Mid-South Champion Buster Cherry for the title in a Triple Threat Match that also involved C. J. Ward (MSWA)

3-10-17: MSWA Mid-South Champion Prince Mahalli (w/ Mohammad burn Ham) def. Buster Cherry and C. J. Ward in a Triple Threat Match (MSWA)

3-18-17: MSWA Mid-South Tag Team Champions The Saints of Pro Wrestling (Scott Sanders & Shawn Sanders) def. Tyson Jaymes & Buster Cherry (MSWA)

3-24-17: Lance Osburn def. Samuel Savage, El Greengo Loco, Buster Cherry, Brock Landers, Lockdown, Boink the Clown [2nd] (w/ Rachel Starz), Karnage and Jeremy Pryger in a 9-way Elimination Match (BPPW)

3-25-17: The Canadian Red Devil def. Buster Cherry (ASP)

4-21-17: Dean Lambert def. Tyson Jaymes, Grizzly Gates, Rick Russo, Kareem Sadat and Buster Cherry in a 6-Pack Challenge, earning an MSWA Oklahoma Title shot (MSWA)

4-30-17: Nytronis A’Teo def. Buster Cherry (MSWA)

5-7-17: Nytronis A’Teo def. Buster Cherry (MSWA)

6-2-17: Buster Cherry def. Tyson Jaymes (MSWA)

6-24-17: Buster Cherry def. Colby Black to earn a spot in the main event. (ASP)

6-24-17: Drake Gallows def. Buster Cherry, Brock Landers, Tristan Thorne, Korvin Sage and Prince Mahalli to become the inaugural ASP Champion (ASP)

6-30-17: Buster Cherry def. Mr. Barnes in a Lumberjack Strap Match (MSWA)

7-14-17: Nytronis A’Teo vs. Buster Cherry went to a Double Countout (MSWA)

8-11-17: Buster Cherry vs. Nytronis A’Teo went to a Double Countout (MSWA)

9-3-17: Colby Black def. Buster Cherry (MSWA)

11-26-17: Buster Cherry & Chaz Sharpe def. The Saints of Pro Wrestling (Scott Sanders & Shawn Sanders) (ASP)

12-17-17: In a Gauntlet Match to determine the #1 contender to the ASP Title, Buster Cherry def. Johnny Kove, Caleb Oxley and Spike, then lost to Tristan Thorne (ASP)

2018

1-14-18: Angel Camacho & Buster Cherry def. Spike Lopez & Nathan Estrada (ASP)

2-18-18: Adam Patrick def. Buster Cherry (ASP)

3-25-18: Buster Cherry def. Tristan Thorne (ASP)

4-22-18: Angel Camacho & Buster Cherry (w/ Mohammad burn Ham) def. Antonio Vega & Shawn Shields (ASP)

5-20-18: ASP Mid-American Champion Adam Patrick def. Buster Cherry (ASP)

6-15-18: AIWF Tag Team Champions The Cursed (Blade [2nd] & Kuda) def. Tristan Thorne & Gorgeous Garcia and The Creepsters (Buster Cherry & Dean Lambert) in a Triple Threat Match (MSWA)

6-24-18: The Canadian Red Devil def. ASP Mid-American Champion Adam Patrick for the title in a Triple Threat Match that also involved Buster Cherry (w/ Mr. Barnes) (ASP)

8-25-18: EmpCW Champion Rick Russo def. Buster Cherry by forfeit (EmpCW)