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Robert Howard‌

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Robert Howard

Glendale, California, USA

Robert Howard

Glendale, California, USA

Gender

Male

Birthday

calendar1963-01-29

Popularity

star2.9

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."

Movie Credits

Ring Roasts III: The Roast of Jim Cornette

Ring Roasts III: The Roast of Jim Cornette‌
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calendar 2010

Hitman Hart: Wrestling With Shadows

Hitman Hart: Wrestling With Shadows‌
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calendar 1998

WWE WrestleFest '95

WWE WrestleFest '95‌
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calendar 1995

WWE Survivor Series 2003

WWE Survivor Series 2003‌
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calendar 2003

WWE Royal Rumble 2004

WWE Royal Rumble 2004‌
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calendar 2004

WWE Royal Rumble 2005

WWE Royal Rumble 2005‌
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calendar 2005

WWE Royal Rumble 2000

WWE Royal Rumble 2000‌
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calendar 2000

WWE Royal Rumble 2008

WWE Royal Rumble 2008‌
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calendar 2008

WWE Royal Rumble 2001

WWE Royal Rumble 2001‌
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calendar 2001

WWE Royal Rumble 2007

WWE Royal Rumble 2007‌
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calendar 2007

Chris Benoit: The Aftermath

Chris Benoit: The Aftermath‌
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calendar 2010

The Marine 2

The Marine 2‌
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calendar 2009

WWE No Way Out 2004

WWE No Way Out 2004‌
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calendar 2004

WWE WrestleMania XV

WWE WrestleMania XV‌
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calendar 1999

WWE Survivor Series 1999

WWE Survivor Series 1999‌
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calendar 1999

WWE Backlash 2000

WWE Backlash 2000‌
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calendar 2000

WWE SummerSlam 1995

WWE SummerSlam 1995‌
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calendar 1995

WWE Survivor Series 1995

WWE Survivor Series 1995‌
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calendar 1995

WWE King of the Ring 1995

WWE King of the Ring 1995‌
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calendar 1995

WWE Rock Bottom: In Your House

WWE Rock Bottom: In Your House‌
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calendar 1998

WWE Over the Edge

WWE Over the Edge‌
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calendar 1999

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

WWE St. Valentine's Day Massacre: In Your House‌
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calendar 1999

WWE Backlash: In Your House

WWE Backlash: In Your House‌
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calendar 1999

WWE King of the Ring 1999

WWE King of the Ring 1999‌
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calendar 1999

WWE SummerSlam 1999

WWE SummerSlam 1999‌
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calendar 1999

WWE Rebellion 1999

WWE Rebellion 1999‌
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WWE No Mercy 1999

WWE No Mercy 1999‌
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WWE Armageddon 1999

WWE Armageddon 1999‌
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WWE No Way Out 2001

WWE No Way Out 2001‌
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calendar 2001

WWE King of the Ring 1998

WWE King of the Ring 1998‌
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WWE Unforgiven: In Your House

WWE Unforgiven: In Your House‌
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WWE Survivor Series 2000

WWE Survivor Series 2000‌
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calendar 2000

WWE Armageddon 2000

WWE Armageddon 2000‌
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calendar 2000

WWE Insurrextion 2001

WWE Insurrextion 2001‌
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calendar 2001

WWE Armageddon 2004

WWE Armageddon 2004‌
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calendar 2004

WWE Judgment Day 2005

WWE Judgment Day 2005‌
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calendar 2005

WWE No Mercy 2005

WWE No Mercy 2005‌
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calendar 2005

WWE Global Warning

WWE Global Warning‌
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calendar 2002

ECW December to Dismember

ECW December to Dismember‌
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calendar 2006

WWE Judgment Day 2004

WWE Judgment Day 2004‌
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calendar 2004

WWE The Great American Bash 2004

WWE The Great American Bash 2004‌
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calendar 2004

WWE Survivor Series 2007

WWE Survivor Series 2007‌
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calendar 2007

WWE Night of Champions 2008

WWE Night of Champions 2008‌
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calendar 2008

WWF: Hardcore

WWF: Hardcore‌
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calendar 2001

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

WWE: Falls Count Anywhere: The Greatest Street Fights and Other Out of Control Matches‌
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calendar 2012

The History of The WWE Hardcore Championship

The History of The WWE Hardcore Championship‌
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calendar 2016

WWE Survivor Series 1996

WWE Survivor Series 1996‌
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WWF Action!

WWF Action!‌
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WWE: WrestleMania Monday

WWE: WrestleMania Monday‌
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YouShoot: Bob Holly

YouShoot: Bob Holly‌
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calendar 2010

WWE: Attitude Era: Vol. 2

WWE: Attitude Era: Vol. 2‌
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calendar 2014

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

WWE: The Best of SmackDown - 10th Anniversary, 1999-2009‌
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calendar 2012

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

WWE: Satan's Prison - The Anthology of the Elimination Chamber‌
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WWE WrestleMania 2000

WWE WrestleMania 2000‌
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calendar 2000

WWE WrestleMania XXIV

WWE WrestleMania XXIV‌
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calendar 2008

WWE: OMG! The Top 50 Incidents in WWE History

WWE: OMG! The Top 50 Incidents in WWE History‌
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calendar 2011

WWE Wrestlemania X8

WWE Wrestlemania X8‌
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calendar 2002

WWE WrestleMania 21

WWE WrestleMania 21‌
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calendar 2005

WWE WrestleMania 22

WWE WrestleMania 22‌
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calendar 2006

WWE WrestleMania XIV

WWE WrestleMania XIV‌
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calendar 1998

TNA One Night Only Hardcore Justice 2

TNA One Night Only Hardcore Justice 2‌
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calendar 2013

WWE Royal Rumble 1996

WWE Royal Rumble 1996‌
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calendar 1996

WWE Royal Rumble 1994

WWE Royal Rumble 1994‌
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calendar 1994

WWF SummerSlam Spectacular 1994: Sunday Night Slam

WWF SummerSlam Spectacular 1994: Sunday Night Slam‌
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calendar 1994

WWE Royal Rumble 1995

WWE Royal Rumble 1995‌
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calendar 1995

Operation Sandman

Operation Sandman‌
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calendar 2000

Tv Credits

WWE Raw

WWE Raw‌
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WWE Tough Enough

WWE Tough Enough‌
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calendar 2001

WWE Raw

WWE Raw‌
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calendar 1993

WWE SmackDown

WWE SmackDown‌
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calendar 1999

WWF Wrestling Challenge

WWF Wrestling Challenge‌
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calendar 1986

WWE ECW

WWE ECW‌
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WWE Velocity

WWE Velocity‌
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WWE Raw

WWE Raw‌
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calendar 1993

WWE Raw

WWE Raw‌
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calendar 1993

WWE Raw

WWE Raw‌
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calendar 1993

ECW on TNN

ECW on TNN‌
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calendar 1999

ECW Hardcore TV

ECW Hardcore TV‌
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calendar 1993