Robert Howard

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Age

Movies

Born: January 29, 1963
From: Glendale, California, USA

Biography

Robert William Howard is an American professional wrestler. He is best known for his 15-year stint with the World Wrestling Federation/World Wrestling Entertainment 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."

Works

69 films

WWE Survivor Series 2000

20007.5

WWE WrestleMania XIV

19987.7

WWE SummerSlam 1999

19997.4

The Marine 2

20096.0

Ring Roasts III: The Roast of Jim Cornette

2010

WWE St. Valentine's Day Massacre: In Your House

19997.3

WWE Survivor Series 2003

20038.0

WWE: WrestleMania Monday

201710.0

WWE Survivor Series 1999

19998.5

WWE SummerSlam 1995

19956.7

WWE Unforgiven: In Your House

19988.8

WWE WrestleMania 21

20058.3

WWE Survivor Series 2007

20078.0

WWE WrestleMania XXIV

20088.1

Hard Knocks

2009

WWE Royal Rumble 1999

19996.0

WWE King of the Ring 1998

19987.9

Hitman Hart: Wrestling with Shadows

19987.5

WWE Royal Rumble 2007

20078.0

WWE No Way Out 2001

20018.2

WWE Royal Rumble 2001

20017.5

WWE Royal Rumble 2008

20087.5

WWE Wrestlemania X8

20028.2

WWE WrestleMania XV

19997.5

WWE Over the Edge

19997.2

WWE WrestleMania 2000

20007.3

WWE Global Warning

20027.8

WWE Rebellion 1999

19997.0

WWE Royal Rumble 1995

19957.1

WWE King of the Ring 1999

19998.0

WWE The Great American Bash 2004

20047.6

WWE Royal Rumble 2000

20006.7

WWE Royal Rumble 2005

20057.8

WWE Rock Bottom: In Your House

19987.5

WWE Backlash: In Your House

19999.5

WWE Royal Rumble 2004

20047.3

WWE: Satan's Prison - The Anthology of the Elimination Chamber

201010.0

WWE Royal Rumble 1994

19946.9

WWE No Mercy 1999

19998.0

WWE Armageddon 1999

19995.7

WWE WrestleMania 22

20068.3

WWE Survivor Series 1995

19958.4

WWE Survivor Series 1996

19967.4

WWE Backlash 2000

20007.6

WWE Night of Champions 2008

20087.6

WWE Armageddon 2004

20047.2

WWE No Mercy 2005

20057.8

WWE Royal Rumble 1996

19966.0

WWE: Attitude Era: Vol. 2

20149.0

ECW December to Dismember

20069.3

WWE No Way Out 2004

20046.8

WWE King of the Ring 1995

19957.0

WWE Insurrextion 2001

20018.4

WWE Judgment Day 2004

20047.7

The History of The WWE Hardcore Championship

201610.0

WWE: The Best of SmackDown - 10th Anniversary, 1999-2009

201210.0

WWE Armageddon 2000

20007.6

WWF SummerSlam Spectacular 1994: Sunday Night Slam

1994

WWF Action!

200110.0

WWE: Falls Count Anywhere: The Greatest Street Fights and Other Out of Control Matches

20128.0

Operation Sandman

20004.5

WWE: OMG! The Top 50 Incidents in WWE History

20118.0

WWE Hall Of Fame 1995

199510.0

WWE WrestleFest '95

1995

WWE Judgment Day 2005

20057.0

Chris Benoit: The Aftermath

2010

WWF: Hardcore

20017.0

TNA One Night Only: Hardcore Justice 2

20138.0

YouShoot: Bob Holly

2010