James Hines

James Hines is a retired American professional wrestler better known by his ring name Bobby Fulton He was one half of the tag team The Fantastics with Tommy Rogers James Hines started wrestling as a 16yearold under the name Bobby Fulton His first match was on June 17 1977 in Clarksburg West Virginia in which he defeated Mad Dog Michaels by disqualification In the main event of that same card he lost a battle royal He spent his early career in Ohio training and wrestling with the likes of Lord Zoltan Fred Curry Bull Curry and Dr Jerry Graham He worked for the WWWF on the Allentown and Hamburg television tapings where he faced Steve Travis and Fred Curry He worked for Nick Gulass Nashville territory where he paired up with Eric Embry as the brother tag team of Bobby Don Fulton He then moved on to Stu Harts Calgary territory working with the likes of Bret Hart The Dynamite Kid The Cuban Assassin Bobby Bass Ross Hart Bruce Hart Giant Haystacks and Davey Boy Smith Then it was on to the shortlived Knoxville territory forming a tag team with Terry Taylor called The Fantastic Ones After the territory closed Hines and Taylor split up He then moved on to the Jerry Jarretts Continental Wrestling Association territory where he worked preliminary matches He then went to Southwest Championship Wrestling in San Antonio Texas for Joe Blanchard battling Adrian Street and Eric Embry in a series of scaffold matches His new tag team partner Tommy Rogers started for Bill Watts MidSouth Wrestling There the Fantastics Fulton and Rogers formed and feuded with the Midnight Express In 1984 the team continued their feud with The Midnight Express in World Class Championship Wrestling that later extended into Jim Crockett Promotions In 1986 they had a feud with The Sheepherders in the Universal Wrestling Federation In 1987 back in WCCW they feuded with the Rock n Roll RPMs They won the feud by winning a scaffold match at the Parade of Champions on May 3 1987 The Fantastics also made an appearance at the World Wrestling Council in Puerto Rico They next went to the NWAs Jim Crockett Promotions to continue their feud with The Midnight Express and to win the NWA United States Tag Team Titles on two occasions They also defeated The Sheepherders to win the vacant NWA MidAmerica Tag Team Championship In 1989 they left and have been wrestling sometimes together sometimes not in the independent circuit around the United States and in All Japan Pro Wrestling