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Robert Howard

Robert William "Bob" Howard is an American professional wrestler. He is best known for his 15-year stint with the World Wrestling Federation/World Wrestling Entertainment (WWF/E) under the ring names Thurman "Sparky" Plugg, Bob Holly, Bombastic Bob and Hardcore Holly. After debuting in 1990, Holly worked for Smoky Mountain Wrestling and other independent promotions, before joining WWE full-time in 1994. Initially portraying the character of a NASCAR driver, Thurman "Sparky" Plugg, his name was soon changed to Bob "Spark Plug" Holly, before forming a team with Bodacious Bart, known as The New Midnight Express in 1998. After becoming known simply as "Hardcore Holly" in 1999, he was joined by on-screen cousins, Crash and Molly. In 2002, he suffered a broken neck, which sidelined him for over a year. Upon his return, he engaged in minor feuds with wrestlers such as Mr. Kennedy and Rob Van Dam, before forming a tag team with Cody Rhodes in 2007. Holly was released from WWE in 2009. During his career, Holly has held the WWF/E Hardcore Championship six times, the WWF/E Tag Team Championship three times (with 1–2–3 Kid, Crash Holly and Cody Rhodes), and the NWA World Tag Team Championship once with Bart Gunn. Howard's autobiography, titled The Hardcore Truth: The Bob Holly Story was released in the United States on April 1, 2013. Co-authored by former British wrestler Ross Owen Williams, an actor and writer[63] who wrestled Holly in June 2010, it was published by ECW Press. Reviews of the book were positive, with Nolan Howell of Canoe.com describing it as a "straightforward look into the life of a man that has dedicated himself to the sport of professional wrestling" and has "an endearing, personal style that gives an apt representation of the author...For fans such as myself who appreciated the blunt style of the man known as Hardcore Holly, this ECW Press product will be an entertaining, worthwhile look into one of the unique personalities of professional wrestling." Joe Babinsack, writing for the Wrestling Observer, described the book as "brutal, boisterous and definitely worth reading". Bruce Mitchell, writing for the Pro Wrestling Torch, described the book as "hard-hitting, straightforward, and not very fancy", rating it "one of the strongest professional wrestling books in a long while". Dave Meltzer, editor of the Wrestling Observer wrote, "in a lot of books, you think you're reading what the person writing feels is the right thing to say for their career... With Holly, whether you agree or not (and I agreed with some of his stuff, not others), I had no doubt he was giving his true opinions on things. In that sense, it was a very honest look at a period of WWF history from a guy who had ups and downs... but survived a long time."


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Born:
Jan 29, 1963 In Glendale, California USA
Movie/TV Credits:
80
First Appeared:
In the movie Lassie's Great Adventure 1963-08-01
Latest Project:
Movie WWE: WrestleMania Monday 2017-03-21
Known For
Poster of WWE: WrestleMania Monday
Poster of YouShoot: Bob Holly
Poster of WWE Global Warning
Poster of WWE No Mercy 1999
Filmography
Movie WWE: WrestleMania Monday Bob Holly 2017-03-21
Movie The History of The WWE Hardcore Championship 2016-09-06
Movie WWE: Attitude Era: Vol. 2 Hardcore Holly 2014-11-03
Movie TNA One Night Only Hardcore Justice 2 Bob Holly 2013-07-05
Movie WWE: The Best of SmackDown - 10th Anniversary, 1999-2009 Hardcore Holly (archive footage) 2012-01-03
Movie WWE: Falls Count Anywhere: The Greatest Street Fights and Other Out of Control Matches 2012-05-15
Movie WWE: OMG! The Top 50 Incidents in WWE History Himself 2011-08-23
Movie Chris Benoit: The Aftermath Himself 2010-01-01
Movie YouShoot: Bob Holly Himself 2010-01-05
Movie WWE: Satan's Prison - The Anthology of the Elimination Chamber Hardcore Holly 2010-07-13
Movie Ring Roasts III: The Roast of Jim Cornette Self 2010-12-08
Movie The Marine 2 Linwood's Left 2009-12-29
Movie WWE Royal Rumble 2008 Hardcore Holly 2008-01-27
Movie WWE WrestleMania XXIV Hardcore Holly 2008-03-30
Movie WWE Night of Champions 2008 Hardcore Holly 2008-06-29
Movie WWE Royal Rumble 2007 Hardcore Holly 2007-01-28
Movie WWE Survivor Series 2007 Hardcore Holly 2007-11-18
Movie WWE WrestleMania 22 Hardcore Holly 2006-04-02
Movie ECW December to Dismember Hardcore Holly 2006-12-03
Movie WWE Royal Rumble 2005 Hardcore Holly 2005-01-30
Movie WWE No Mercy 2005 Hardcore Holly 2005-10-09
Movie WWE Tribute to the Troops 2005 Hardcore Holly 2005-03-28
Movie WWE WrestleMania 21 Hardcore Holly 2005-04-03
Movie WWE Judgment Day 2005 Hardcore Holly 2005-05-22
Movie WWE No Way Out 2004 Hardcore Holly 2004-02-15
Movie WWE Royal Rumble 2004 Hardcore Holly 2004-01-25
Movie WWE Judgment Day 2004 Hardcore Holly 2004-05-16
Movie WWE The Great American Bash 2004 Hardcore Holly 2004-06-27
Movie WWE Armageddon 2004 Hardcore Holly 2004-12-12
Movie WWE Survivor Series 2003 Hardcore Holly 2003-11-16
Movie WWE Wrestlemania X8 Hardcore Holly 2002-03-17
Movie WWE Global Warning Hardcore Holly 2002-08-10
Movie WWE WrestleMania X-Seven Holly 2001-04-01
Movie WWE No Way Out 2001 Hardcore Holly 2001-02-25
Movie WWE Insurrextion 2001 Hardcore Holly 2001-05-01
Movie WWE Royal Rumble 2001 Hardcore Holly 2001-01-21
Series WWE Tough Enough Bob Holly 2001-06-21
Movie WWF Action! Hardcore Holly 2001-09-25
Movie WWF: Hardcore Hardcore Holly 2001-07-31
Movie WWE InVasion Hardcore Holly 2001-07-22
Movie WWE Royal Rumble 2000 Hardcore Holly 2000-01-23
Movie Operation Sandman Sturner 2000-02-11
Movie WWE WrestleMania 2000 Hardcore Holly 2000-04-02
Movie WWE Survivor Series 2000 Hardcore Holly 2000-11-19
Movie WWE Armageddon 2000 Hardcore Holly 2000-12-10
Movie WWE Backlash 2000 Hardcore Holly 2000-04-30
Movie WWE Over the Edge Hardcore Holly 1999-05-23
Series WWE SmackDown Hardcore Holly 1999-04-29
Movie WWE WrestleMania XV Hardcore Holly 1999-03-28
Movie WWE King of the Ring 1999 Hardcore Holly 1999-06-27
Movie WWE Backlash: In Your House Hardcore Holly 1999-04-25
Movie WWE St. Valentine's Day Massacre: In Your House Hardcore Holly 1999-02-14
Movie WWE Armageddon 1999 Hardcore Holly 1999-12-12
Movie WWE SummerSlam 1999 Hardcore Holly 1999-08-22
Movie WWE Survivor Series 1999 Hardcore Holly 1999-11-14
Movie WWE No Mercy 1999 Hardcore Holly 1999-10-17
Series ECW on TNN Hardcore Holly 1999-08-27
Movie WWE Rebellion 1999 Hardcore Holly 1999-10-02
Movie WWE WrestleMania XIV "Bombastic" Bob Holly 1998-03-29
Movie WWE Unforgiven: In Your House "Bombastic" Bob 1998-04-25
Movie WWE King of the Ring 1998 "Bombastic" Bob Holly 1998-06-28
Movie WWE Rock Bottom: In Your House Bob Holly 1998-12-13
Movie Hitman Hart: Wrestling With Shadows Bob 'Spark Plugg' Holly (archive footage) 1998-12-20
Movie WWE Royal Rumble 1996 Bob Holly 1996-01-21
Movie WWE Survivor Series 1996 Bob Holly (Free-for-All) 1996-11-17
Movie WWE In Your House Bob Holly 1995-05-13
Movie WWE Royal Rumble 1995 Bob "Spark Plugg" Holly 1995-01-22
Movie WWE WrestleFest '95 Bob Holly 1995-01-01
Movie WWE King of the Ring 1995 Bob "Spark Plug" Holly 1995-06-25
Movie WWE Survivor Series 1995 Bob Holly 1995-11-19
Movie WWE In Your House 4: Great White North Bob Holly 1995-10-22
Movie WWE In Your House 3: Triple Header Bob Holly 1995-09-24
Movie WWE SummerSlam 1995 Bob "Spark Plug" Holly 1995-08-26
Movie WWE Royal Rumble 1994 Thurman "Sparky " Plugg 1994-01-22
Movie WWF SummerSlam Spectacular 1994: Sunday Night Slam Bob "Spark Plugg" Holly 1994-08-21
Series WWE Raw Hardcore Holly 1993-01-11
Series ECW Hardcore TV Hardcore Holly 1993-04-06
Movie Joshua Then and Now Alex Shapiro 1985-09-17
Movie The Black Six Eddie Daniels 1973-11-02
Movie Lassie's Great Adventure Sergeant Sprague 1963-08-01