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| Personal information | |
|---|---|
| Born | Bobby Lee Eaton[6] (1958-08-14)August 14, 1958[1] Huntsville, Alabama, U.S.[1] |
| Died | August 4, 2021(2021-08-04) (aged 62) |
Spouse | |
| Children | 4[6] |
| Professional wrestling career | |
| Ring name(s) | "Beautiful" Bobby Eaton[1][2] Earl Robert Eaton[3][2] |
| Billed height | 6 ft 0 in (183 cm)[1] |
| Billed weight | 233 lb (106 kg)[1] |
| Billed from | Huntsville, Alabama[4] "The Dark Side"[4] Stoke-on-Trent, England (as Earl Robert Eaton)[5] |
| Trained by | Tojo Yamamoto[1] |
| Debut | May 1976 (1976-05)[1][2] |
| Retired | 2016 (2016) |
Bobby Lee Eaton (August 14, 1958 – August 4, 2021) was an Americanprofessional wrestler best known as"Beautiful" Bobby Eaton.[1] He was most famous for his work intag teams, especially as one-half ofThe Midnight Express. Under themanagement ofJim Cornette, he originally teamed withDennis Condrey and, later on, withStan Lane. He also worked with a number of other tag team partners, includingArn Anderson,Koko B. Ware,Steve Keirn, andLord Steven Regal.
Over the course of his career, which lasted from 1976 to 2015, Eaton wrestled for extended periods of time for various wrestling promotions:NWA Mid-America,Continental Wrestling Association,Mid-South Wrestling,World Class Championship Wrestling,Jim Crockett Promotions,World Championship Wrestling, andSmoky Mountain Wrestling. He also made brief guest appearances forExtreme Championship Wrestling,Total Nonstop Action Wrestling, and a considerable number ofindependent wrestling promotions over the years. He held a large number ofchampionships, including theNWA/WCW World Tag Team Championship on three occasions. Eaton was inducted into theWrestling Observer NewsletterHall of Fame in 2009 and theProfessional Wrestling Hall of Fame in 2019.
Eaton grew up inHuntsville, Alabama, where he attended Chapman Middle School andLee High School.[7] As a youth, he was a fan of professional wrestling, especially theNWA Mid-Americapromotion. This promotion was operated byNick Gulas, who staged wrestling shows in the Alabama and Tennessee region.[4] Eaton's first involvement in the sport came at the age of 13 when he helped set upwrestling rings in his hometown.[2] He later trained underTojo Yamamoto to become a professional wrestler.[1]
In May 1976, at the age of 17, Eaton made his debut inNWA Mid-America. He entered his first match, a loss toBearcat Wright, as a last-minute substitute for Wright's absent opponent.[2][8] He quickly became a regular in Mid-America and continued to train with the more experienced wrestlers. Before long, fans, as well as promoter Nick Gulas, noticed Eaton's athleticism and showmanship. Gulas decided to "promote" Eaton up the ranks of NWA Mid-America, giving him matches later in the show, closer to the main event.[9] Theangle that helped elevate Eaton's name up thecard in the promotion took place after the introduction of the tag teamThe Hollywood Blonds (Jerry Brown andBuddy Roberts). Eaton fought the Blonds with a variety of partners, including his old trainer Yamamoto and"Pistol" Pez Whatley. When the Blonds decided to move to a different wrestling promotion, the storyline maintained that Eaton was responsible for driving them out of NWA Mid-America.[9]
In 1978, Eaton teamed withLeapin' Lanny Poffo, and together they won theNWA Mid-America Tag Team Championship from Gypsy Joe andLeroy Rochester. It was Eaton's first title win, and he and Poffo held it for a little over a month. Eaton went on to form a team, known as The Jet Set, withGeorge Gulas, Nick Gulas's son.[8] Together, Eaton and Gulas held the tag team title three times.[10] During their time as a team, the two were involved in a storyline feud withTerry Gordy andMichael Hayes before Gordy and Hayes became famous under the nameThe Fabulous Freebirds.[9][11]
In the spring of 1979, Eaton started afeud withChris Colt, designed to establish Eaton as more than just a good tag team competitor.[12] The feud between the two was so heated that it saw Colt suspended forpiledriving Eaton on the concrete floor, making it appear Eaton had been seriously injured. Eaton suffered no injuries, however. At that time, the piledriver was banned in most federations and treated as a move that could potentially paralyze a wrestler. This was done to give the move more "shock value".[13] Eaton conclusively defeated Colt, earning a place as one of the topfaces (good guys) in NWA Mid-America.[9] During 1979 and 1980, Eaton worked a series of singles matches againstDennis Condrey, a man he would later team up with to gain worldwide fame.[9]
At the end of 1979, Eaton turnedheel (bad guy) for the first time in his career by joining Tojo Yamamoto's group of wrestlers, whom the fans hated. Although Eaton is now thought of mainly as a heel, his fans were surprised at the time. Eaton's heel run did not last long before he rescued his former Jet Set partner, George Gulas, from a two-on-one attack byThe Blond Bombers (Larry Latham andWayne Ferris) to return to the fan-favorite side once more. After reuniting the team, Eaton and Gulas had one final run with tag team champions and worked an intense feud with Latham and Ferris.[14][15]
When Nick Gulas' wrestling promotion closed due to dwindling ticket sales, Eaton briefly wrestled forGeorgia Championship Wrestling, even capturing theNWA National Television Championship. Before long Eaton returned closer to home, working for promoterJerry Jarrett'sContinental Wrestling Association (CWA), which was centered inMemphis, Tennessee. During his early days in the promotion, Eaton facedStan Lane several times in tag team competition. Eaton's most successful partnership in the CWA, in terms of title wins, was withSweet Brown Sugar, named the "New Wave".[8] The two wrestlers blended their athleticism and high flying abilities to form a very successful team. The New Wave held theAWA Southern Tag Team Championship three times (twice with managerJimmy Hart in their corner).[10]
After achieving success as a tag team, it was decided that Eaton and Sugar should split up and feud with each other. This storyline resulted in Eaton "forcing" Sugar out of the promotion via aLoser Leaves Town match.[16][17] Sugar's disappearance was soon followed by the appearance of a masked man called Stagger Lee, who was virtually identically to Sugar. Eaton, along with the rest of Jimmy Hart'sstable the "First Family", tried in vain to unmask Stagger Lee.[16]
Eaton turned face when Lee saved him from an attack byThe Moondogs, and the team reunited, although Sugar continued to use the Stagger Lee gimmick.[16] The team regained the tag team title before losing it to theFabulous Ones (Stan Lane andSteve Keirn).[10] Afterward, Eaton teamed up withMoondog Rex andMoondog Spot) to faceJerry Lawler and the Fabulous Ones. During the match, one of the Moondogs accidentally hit Eaton with their trademark bone, costing their side the match. After the match ended, the Moondogs, as well as Jimmy Hart, turned on Eaton, beating him down until he was saved by Stagger Lee.[18]
Soon after Eaton joinedMid-South Wrestling under promoterBill Watts, he became part of the Midnight Express. Eaton teamed with former rival Dennis Condrey under the management ofJim Cornette to form a new version of the tag team. The Express had previously been a group of wrestlers consisting of Condrey,Randy Rose andNorvell Austin, but with Eaton's arrival, the Midnight Express worked exclusively as a two-man team.[9] To complement the nickname "Lover Boy" Dennis, Eaton was nicknamed "Beautiful" Bobby (a reference to the phrase "Alabama the Beautiful").[2] At first, The Express was booked in an angle with theMid-South Tag Team ChampionsMagnum T. A. andMr. Wrestling II. The highlight of the angle saw Eaton and Condreytarring and feathering Magnum T. A. in the middle of the ring. The Express first won the tag team title when Mr. Wrestling II turned on Magnum T. A., attacking him during the title match and allowing Eaton and Condrey to win the title without much opposition.[10]
With Mr. Wrestling II and Magnum T. A. splitting up, the Midnight Express needed a new team to defend their newly won title against. They began a long series of matches againstThe Rock 'n' Roll Express (Ricky Morton andRobert Gibson) which ran well into the 1990s and spanned several wrestling promotions.[9] The two teams feuded throughout 1984 in Mid-South Wrestling before the Midnight Express left the promotion. The Midnight Express versus Rock 'n' Roll Express series of matches were so well received by the fans that independent promoters continued to book them over a span of three decades and concluded with them wrestling the final match of the feud; Eaton against Ricky Morton. Morton won the match.[19]
From December 1984 to June 1985, The Midnight Express had a short stay inWorld Class Championship Wrestling inTexas, where they feuded mainly withThe Fantastics (Bobby Fulton andTommy Rogers).[20]
In 1985, Eaton, Condrey and Cornette signed withJim Crockett Promotions (JCP) and were given national exposure on JCP's televised programs onSuperStation TBS.[9] Shortly after joining JCP, the Midnight Express reignited their feud with the Rock 'n' Roll Express and won theNWA World Tag team title from them in February 1986 duringSuperstars on the Superstation. During the course of their heated angle, Eaton and Condrey re-lost the title to the Rock 'n' Roll Express six months later.[10] Eaton and Condrey also had long running feuds withThe New Breed (Chris Champion andSean Royal) as well asThe Road Warriors (Animal andHawk). The feud with the Road Warriors included aScaffold match atStarrcade 1986, which the Midnight Express lost.[21]
In early 1987, Condrey left JCP for undisclosed reasons, and "Sweet" Stan Lane took his place as part of the Midnight Express.[9] In May 1987, after teaming for only a few months, Eaton and Lane became champions when they won theNWA United States Tag team title for the first time, a title they would win three times during their time together.[10] A year later the team was cheered on despite being heels, as the Midnight Express won the NWA World Tag Team Title fromArn Anderson andTully Blanchard on September 10, 1988. This feud was cut short when Anderson & Blanchard signed with the WWF over money issues. The Midnight Express' run with the title lasted a little over a month and a half before the Road Warriors took the gold from them in a brutal match up, which saw the heel Road Warriors brutalize the now-popular Midnight Express.[10]Now the fan favorites, the Midnight Express had to contend with a team thought to be disbanded forever: the Original Midnight Express, which consisted of Condrey and Randy Rose, who joined JCP after a brief run in theAWA. The duo was led by long-time Jim Cornette nemesisPaul E. Dangerously, in a storyline that saw them trying to prove the originals were better than the new version. The surprise appearance of the Original Midnight Express gave Dangerously's team the initial momentum in the feud, but soon after, Condrey left the promotion once more. This forced the bookers to bring inJack Victory as a replacement as Condrey's disappearance cut the promising feud short.[9]The Midnight Express then turned their attention to Paul E.'s new team, TheSamoan S.W.A.T. Team as well as a new version ofThe Fabulous Freebirds. Eaton and Lane were defeated by the Freebirds in the finals of a tournament for the vacated World Tag Team Titles. Following this loss, the Midnight Express teamed with their former enemies The Road Warriors and"Dr. Death" Steve Williams to defeat the SST and the Freebirds in aWarGames match atThe Great American Bash. Following this feud, Lane and Eaton began having issues with a young new team in the NWA known as "the Dynamic Dudes" (Shane Douglas andJohnny Ace). The Dudes admitted that the Midnight Express was one of their favorite teams and asked if Cornette would be their manager as well. Cornette agreed to manage the young team, to the displeasure of the Midnight Express. After arguing with the Express, Jim Cornette stopped accompanying Eaton and Lane to the ring, choosing to only actively manage the Dudes. AtClash of Champions IX, the two teams met with Jim Cornette appearing in a neutral corner, forced to choose between the teams. The Express started out very aggressively, especially for a team that was supposed to be fan favorites, and when the night was over, the Midnight Express had once again established themselves as heels with Jim Cornette in their corner; Cornette had never stopped siding with the Express.[22]
After returning to their cheating ways, the Midnight Express started a storyline with the up-and-coming team ofFlyin' Brian and"Z-Man" Tom Zenk over the United States Tag team title. The Express won the title from the young team in early 1990, but lost the belts toThe Steiner Brothers (Rick andScott) three months later.[10] After a loss at the WCW pay-per-viewHalloween Havoc 1990, the Midnight Express split up, as Jim Cornette and Stan Lane left the federation, while Eaton chose to remain in WCW.[23] For the first time in almost a decade, there was no Midnight Express.[9]
For the first time since 1979, Eaton was a singles competitor, and he faced an uphill struggle to establish himself. He wrestled his former opponents in tag team competition such as Brad Armstrong (whom he defeated atWrestleWar '91), Ricky Morton and "Z-Man" Tom Zenk (whom he defeated atStarrcade '90, but lost to atClash of the Champions XIV), but it was not until he turned face during the early parts of 1991 that he started to move up the rankings. Per aWrestling Observer Newsletter report, Eaton signed a two-year contract worth $170,000 a year in January 1991.[24]
AtSuperBrawl I on May 19, 1991, Eaton defeated Arn Anderson to win theWCW World Television Championship.[10] Eaton's highest profile match as a singles wrestler came when he faced off against theWorld Heavyweight Champion"Nature Boy" Ric Flair atClash of the Champions XV in atwo-out-of-three falls match. Eaton pinned Flair in the first fall, but ultimately lost to Flair two falls to one.[8][25] His World Television Championship reign was short-lived losing the title to newcomer"Stunning" Steve Austin, who leveraged his manager and Eaton's tights to get the pinfall victory. The match aired ontape delay on June 29, 1991, though was taped on June 3, nine days before the Clash, so Eaton was only mentioned as champion during the Top 10 rankings segment at that event.[10]
Late in 1991, Paul E. Dangerously formed thefaction theDangerous Alliance. Eaton joined the group when he assistedRick Rude, with the storyline being that Dangerously had brought Rude to WCW, in defeatingSting for the United States Championship. In joining the group, Eaton became allies with Rude,Larry Zbyszko, and his two former rivals for the World Television Championship in Arn Anderson and Steve Austin. Shortly after the group was formed, Anderson and Eaton became its tag team specialists as both men had been successful tag team wrestlers in their careers; Anderson himself had been a two-time world champion teaming with Tully Blanchard in theFour Horsemen and had also won the belts with Zbyszko earlier in the year.[9] Eaton and Anderson quickly won the WCW World Tag Team Championship by defeatingRicky Steamboat andDustin Rhodes, the team to whom Anderson and Zbyszko lost the belts, for the championship and held on to the belts for five months before they lost them to the Steiner Brothers.[10]At one point during 1992, the Dangerous Alliance held every title except the WCW World Title, which was held by their main opponent and arch enemySting. The war between the Dangerous Alliance and Sting and friends escalated until it was decided to settle it in a double-ring War Games match atWrestleWar 1992. Sting's team won when Sting forced Eaton to give up after Larry Zbyszko accidentally struck Eaton in the arm with a metal rod.[26] This match would be given a5-star rating fromDave Meltzer of theWrestling Observer Newsletter.[27]
In the aftermath of the War Games match, Zbyszko was kicked out of the Alliance for causing the Alliance loss. Soon after the Alliance disintegrated, Paul E. Dangerously left WCW. Eaton and Anderson continued to team after the Alliance fell apart, now managed by Michael Hayes. Eaton and Anderson worked in the tag team division until new WCW booker Bill Watts fired Eaton along with a number of other WCW regulars in a cost-cutting measure.[2][8]
When Eaton found himself without a job, he reached out to former manager Jim Cornette. Cornette had started his own wrestling promotion,Smoky Mountain Wrestling (SMW), and welcomed Eaton with open arms. Eaton joined up with theHeavenly Bodies (Stan Lane andTom Prichard), and the three were booked as the company's top heels for a while. Eaton also won the SMW version of the TV title, known as theSMW Beat the Champ Television Championship.[8][10]
Eaton first toured through Japan withNew Japan Pro-Wrestling in May 1993 during theirExplosion Tour, teaming withTony Halme and in various tag team matches, facing teams such asHiroshi Hase andKeiji Mutoh,Manabu Nakanishi andMasa Saito,Shinya Hashimoto andMichiyoshi Ohara,Riki Choshu andTakayuki Iizuka and evenHawk Warrior andPower Warrior, known as the Hellraisers, with the latter putting theirIWGP Tag Team Championships on the line on June 14, in which Eaton and Halme lost. In January 1994, Eaton went back to Japan during theirFighting Spirit tour, wrestling only in tag team matches (with the exception of a singles match againstBlack Cat and another against Power Warrior) teaming withRambo andMike Enos. In November 1995 during theirNJPW/WCW World in Japan tour, Eaton, now under the "Earl Robert Eaton" character, toured with New Japan for the last time, wrestling only two tag team matches in two days, teaming withJohnny B. Badd (the announcers mistakenly and constantly referred him as Bobby instead of Robert) in a losing effort against theOokami Gundan (Masahiro Chono andHiroyoshi Tenzan) and another losing effort alongsideLord Steven Regal againstKensuke Sasaki andOsamu Nishimura.[28]
When Bill Watts was ousted from his position in WCW in favor ofEric Bischoff in 1993, Eaton was rehired.[8] Once back on the roster, Eaton teamed up with a youngChris Benoit in Benoit's first stint with WCW. Together they were mainly used to help establish rising teams or give established teams opposition.[29] After Benoit left to return to Japan, in Eaton's next venture in tag teaming, under the name "Bad Attitude", he teamed up with Steve Keirn, formerly of the Fabulous Ones. Bad Attitude's single noteworthy moment together came when they were present as Arn Anderson turned on tag team partner Dustin Rhodes.[30] Otherwise, the team did not get much exposure. During this time, Eaton also made a couple of appearances in ECW due to a talent trade arrangement between WCW and ECW. At theWhen Worlds Collide show on May 14, 1994, he teamed withSabu to beat Arn Anderson andTerry Funk.[31]
After Bad Attitude quietly ended, Eaton was placed with British snobLord Steven Regal. A series ofvignettes followed, in which Regal educated Eaton on how to be a man of class and sophistication.[2] Eaton became "Earl Robert Eaton" and along with Regal and"Squire" David Taylor, formed the Blue Bloods. The team initially feuded withthe Nasty Boys (Brian Knobs andJerry Sags), their complete opposites in terms of "sophistication" and presentation.[32][33] They also feuded with Harlem Heat (Booker T andStevie Ray) over the World Tag Team Championship, but never took the belts.[33] In all of 1996 the team members made only onepay-per-view (PPV) appearance, as individuals in the "Lethal Lottery" during May'sSlamboree. Later that year, Regal won the World Television Championship. Not long after, Eaton was moved out of the group,turning on his partners, and wrestled Regal for the television championship on two occasions.[34]
The Blue Bloods storyline represented the last seriouspush that Eaton was given by the WCW booking team. After the run with Regal and Taylor ended, Eaton was simply known as Bobby Eaton and wrestled mainly onWCW Saturday Night andWCW WorldWide and athouse shows, occasionally winning against wrestlers lower on the card and losing to wrestlers above him.[35] Eaton helped train wrestlers at theWCW Power Plant.[2][36] In early-1999, Eaton carried outmotion capture work for the video gameWCW Mayhem.[2] Eaton was released from WCW in March 2000, ending a 15-year run with the company, just before the regime underEric Bischoff andVince Russo kicked in.[8][36]
After his release from WCW, Eaton began working in the independent circuit. In July 2000, he made a brief return to ECW.[37] By November 2000, he mainly wrestled for NWA Mid-Atlantic where he feuded with Ricky Morton.[38] In January 2001, Eaton signed with theWorld Wrestling Federation as a trainer for their developmental territories.[39] In February 2001, he went to the WWF's Memphis developmental system,Power Pro Wrestling, where he aligned himself with Brandon Baxter andVictoria againstBill Dundee,Jerry Lawler andThe Kat.[40] However, the intense feud was cut short, as a month later, WWF cut ties with Power Pro, due to Lawler quitting the promotion over the Kat's firing in late February.[41][42] Power Pro would eventually fold and Eaton moved on to Louisville forOhio Valley Wrestling. He would also go to Cincinnati forHeartland Wrestling Association, most notably appearing on the2001 Brian Pillman Memorial Show. Accompanied by Cornette, he wrestledTerry Taylor in a Legends match withRicky Steamboat as thespecial guest referee.[43] Eventually, Eaton would be released in 2002.[44]
After his WWF release, Eaton returned to the independents, returning to NWA Mid-Atlantic and also wrestled forIWA Mid-South. Eaton made a one-night only appearance forTotal Nonstop Action Wrestling (TNA) on August 13, 2003, as a part of aKid Kash storyline where Kash faced off against a series of 1980s wrestling stars such as Larry Zbyszko and Ricky Morton.[45] Eaton lost to Kid Kash in his only TNA appearance.[46]
In 2003, Eaton formed a new version of the Midnight Express with Rikki Nelson,[47] whom he previously teamed with in 2000.[38] This Midnight Express version was very short-lived, and Eaton instead began touring with Dennis Condrey (and sometimes Stan Lane) as the Midnight Express in 2004.[48][49] This version of the Midnight Express performed together on select independent wrestling cards in the United States until 2011 when Condrey worked his last match.[50] On October 23, 2015, Eaton wrestled one of the final matches of his nearly 40-year career, losing to Ricky Morton, also ending the 30-plus year feud between The Rock 'n' Roll Express and The Midnight Express.[51] Eaton wrestled his last match on March 19, 2016 of his nearly 40-year career, competed in a 15 man battle royal won by PoPo Da Klown at RWC Seek 2 Destroy Cancer in Fayetteville, North Carolina.[52]
At the outset of his career, Eaton wrestled as ababyface. After joining The Midnight Express, he adopted thevillainous persona of "Beautiful" Bobby Eaton. In the mid-1990s, upon teaming withLord Steven Regal, Eaton became Earl Robert Eaton, a haughty supposed aristocrat.[53]
Eaton wrestled in a technical style.[54] His principal finishing move was theAlabama Jam, adiving legdrop. During his stint as Earl Robert Eaton, he renamed it theTower of London.[55][56] His signature moves included aspinning neckbreaker[2] and anarmbar DDT known as theDivorce Court for its purported ability to cause a shoulder separation.[57]
Eaton was highly regarded for his psychology and timing.[58] Former tag team partnerWilliam Regal noted Eaton's "incredible precision to everything he did", timing, control, and ability to improvise.[55] Writing in 2006,ring announcerGary Michael Cappetta described Eaton as "one of the most flawless workers still active in the business".[59] Fellow wrestlerStone Cold Steve Austin described wrestling Eaton as "a night off" due to Eaton's in-ring offense that looked convincing but did not hurt his opponents.[60]For much of his career, Eaton was a tag team wrestler. As one-half of The Midnight Express, he utilized "quick tags" and "innovative double-team maneuvers".[58]Missy Hyatt described The Midnight Express as being able to "go forty-five minutes in the ring and never repeat a move".[61]
Eaton was often regarded as one of the nicest people in the wrestling business, even though he wrestled as a heel for a majority of his career.[62] In his 1999 bookHave a Nice Day,Mick Foley praised Eaton as being one of the most underrated superstars in the business, and its nicest, commenting: "It was damn near impossible to pay for anything with Bobby around, though I will confess to not trying that hard."[63]Jim Cornette andSean Waltman noted that Eaton would regularly travel with an extra suitcase filled with toiletries, socks, and other oft-forgotten items that he would give to anyone who needed them, whichSteve Austin recalled in his 2003 autobiographyThe Stone Cold Truth.[64]
In 1981, Eaton married Donna Cruickshanks (1963–2021), the daughter of Scottish-Australian professional wrestlerBill Dundee.[62] When they first started dating, they had to keep the relationship secret from her father as he had forbidden her from dating the wrestlers he was booking; however, when he found out she was dating Eaton, he relented because Eaton was such a nice man.[2] The couple had four children: Jason (born 1982), Dustin (born 1984), Taryn (born 1986), and Dylan (born 1988), the latter of whom is also a professional wrestler.[2][65] Donna died from breast cancer at the age of 57 on June 26, 2021.[66]
In September 2006, it was reported that Eaton was hospitalized after suffering aheart attack.[67] Eaton later released a statement saying that he did not have a heart attack, but was instead diagnosed with high blood pressure with "a hint of" diabetes.[68] After that, he suffered with several health issues, especially cardiac problems which saw him hospitalized on several occasions.[69][70][71] In June 2013, Eaton underwent successful surgery to have apacemaker inserted.[72] On July 24, 2021, it was reported that Eaton suffered a fall at his home in Nashville, breaking several fingers and injuring his hip.[73]
On August 4, 2021, just over a month after his wife's death, and 10 days prior to his own 63rd birthday, Eaton died in his sleep at his home in Nashville, Tennessee. He was found dead by his daughter Taryn, who had recently moved in with him to monitor his health.[74]
A memorial service for Eaton was held on August 24 inAntioch, Tennessee. Numerous family as well as wrestlers from numerous promotions gathered.Charles Robinson,Stan Lane,Tom Prichard,Jim Cornette, andArn Anderson as well as Eaton’s father in lawBill Dundee were among the notable people in attendance.
Feuding with Gulas's territory-killing son George, and the great worker who carried him, Bobby Eaton.
{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: publisher location (link)The WWF has signed Bobby Eaton to a deal. The former cornerstone of the legendary Midnight Express will be sent to Memphis to help develop future talent. Eaton will probably have no on-air future with the WWF, however.
Bobby Eaton, beset with personal problems, has been released by the WWF of his duties working with Ohio Valley Wrestling.
But [Eaton] had incredible timing. He couldn't explain it, but it was a pleasure and an education going out there and working with him.
WORST MATCH OF THE YEAR - P. N. News & Bobby Eaton vs. Terrence Taylor & Steve Austin scaffold match 7-14 Baltimore (WCW)
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