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| Personal information | |
|---|---|
| Born | James Edward Duggan Jr. (1954-01-14)January 14, 1954 (age 71)[4] |
| Alma mater | Southern Methodist University |
Spouse | |
| Children | 2 |
| Professional wrestling career | |
| Ring name(s) | Hacksaw Duggan Hacksaw Higgins The Convict[1] Derek Wood[1] Jim Duggan[1] King Duggan[1] |
| Billed height | 6 ft 3 in (191 cm)[2] |
| Billed weight | 270 lb (122 kg)[2] |
| Billed from | Glens Falls, New York[2] |
| Trained by | Fritz Von Erich[1][3] |
| Debut | 1979[4] |
| Retired | May 12, 2019 |
James Edward Duggan Jr. (born January 14, 1954),[4] better known by hisring name "Hacksaw"Jim Duggan, is an American retiredprofessional wrestler. He is best known for his time in World Wrestling Federation (nowWWE), where he won the firstRoyal Rumble match in1988.[6] In 2011 he was inducted into theWWE Hall of Fame.
InWorld Championship Wrestling (WCW), he was aUnited States Heavyweight Champion[7] and the finalWorld Television Champion.[8][9] In 2004, he won and promptly vacated theIWA World Heavyweight Championship in Tokyo, making him a one time wrestling world champion.[10]
Duggan was aletterman infootball,track,wrestling, andbasketball.[1] In wrestling, Duggan won the New York State High School wrestling championship, unlimited weight class division[11] – the first wrestler from Glens Falls to do so.
Upon graduating from high school, he was recruited byOhio State University, but would instead choose to playfootball atSouthern Methodist University (SMU), where he was eventually voted team captain.[12] Duggan earned hisbachelor's degree in appliedplantbiology. Aftercollege, Duggan was signed by theAtlanta Falcons of theNational Football League, but was released after being plagued by knee injuries.[1]
Duggan broke into professional wrestling thanks in large part to wrestlerFritz Von Erich. The two met while Duggan was on a recruiting trip to SMU. Duggan's first professional match was in 1979 againstGino Hernandez. Duggan began his career as avillain. Training at theSportatorium inDallas,Texas as well as withSamoan wrestling promoterPeter Maivia, Duggan gained the attention ofVince McMahon, Sr. and theWorld Wrestling Federation (WWF).[4][5]
After a brief stint with the WWF, Duggan began to work regularly forGeorgia Championship Wrestling. During this time, Duggan was known by two in-ring aliases: in theContiguous United States as"Big" Jim Duggan and inHawaii asThe Convict, a masked wrestler. After wrestling for aBirmingham, Alabama-based promotion, Duggan began wrestling inSouthwest Championship Wrestling based inSan Antonio,Texas where he adopted his well-known"Hacksaw"nickname.[4][5]
In 1982, Duggan made his debut inMid-South Wrestling. Upon debuting as aheel, andbounty hunter forSkandor Akbar, Duggan soon became a member of the Rat Packfaction, alongsideTed DiBiase,Matt Borne, andMr. Olympia.[3] After newcomer"Hacksaw" Butch Reed debuted within the promotion, Duggan and Reed had apersonal feud for a time over who would be the true "Hacksaw". The Rats also feuded with stars such as Reed,Magnum T. A. and theJunkyard Dog. During this time, Duggan interfered in a DiBiase/JYD match while wearing a gorilla suit during the Louisiana State Fair, causing JYD to lose a "Loser Leaves Town" match inShreveport,Louisiana. After DiBiase aligned himself withSkandor Akbar, Duggan refused to go along with him and became aface for the first time in his career. At this time, Duggan began carrying his iconic 2x4.[5]
As a fan favorite, he won theMid-South Tag Team Championship with Magnum T. A. and later won theNorth American Heavyweight Championship.[13][14] After the Mid-South North American title was retired when Mid-South became theUniversal Wrestling Federation (UWF) in 1986, Duggan lost toTerry Gordy in a tournament final to determine the firstUWF World Heavyweight Champion. Duggan then teamed up withTerry Taylor and won theUWF World Tag Team Championship for the second time.[15] After losing aLoser Leaves Town match to theOne Man Gang, Duggan left the UWF for theWorld Wrestling Federation (WWF).[4][5]
In August 1981, while still wrestling in Georgia, Duggan toured throughoutJapan underNew Japan Pro-Wrestling, during theirBloody Fight Series tour, facingAntonio Inoki in the first day of August 21, in a losing effort. Duggan would defeat low-card wrestlers such asHaruka Eigen,Kengo Kimura,Ryūma Gō andKantaro Hoshino, while losing to main eventers such as Inoki,Tatsumi Fujinami,Seiji Sakaguchi,Strong Kobayashi andTiger Toguchi. At one point, he teamed up withBad News Allen to face the teams of Eigen and Gō, in a winning effort, and Choshu and Sakaguchi, in a losing effort.
In January 1986, while he was now working underBill Watts'Universal Wrestling Federation, Duggan would once again venture overseas to New Japan, now wrestling in theirNew Year Dash tour, coincidentally facing Inoki once again in the first day of their tour on January 3, this time ending in a double count-out. Duggan, a now more established wrestler, was receiving a lot of good results during the tour, clashing with main eventers such as Fujinami, Sakaguchi, Kimura and Choshu to draws, and dominating young lions such asTatsutoshi Goto and Yang-Seung Hi. He also wrestled tag-team action during the series, teaming with the likes ofTony St. Clair, Johnny Mantell,Black Tiger, Mike Miller and the twin-team of Madd Maxx (1 & 2), with the majority of them ending in the losing end for Duggan's team. Duggan would tour one last time overseas in September of the same year, wrestling on New Japan'sChallenge Spirit tour, resuming his encounters against Inoki, Fujinami, Kimura and Sakaguchi, as well as facingUmanosuke Ueda andGeorge Takano in tag-team matches, teaming once again with Madd Maxx, Jerry Gray andThe Angel Of Death. His last match came against Seiji Sakaguchi in a double count-out.
Duggan was signed to the WWF in January 1987, making his first major appearance with the WWF atWrestleMania III, where he also made hispay-per-view debut. In the weeks preceding WrestleMania, Duggan began his first WWFfeud withNikolai Volkoff. At the event, he ran to ringside prior to a match betweenThe Killer Bees andThe Iron Sheik and Nikolai Volkoff and interrupted Volkoff's pre-match singing of the Russian national anthem.[16] Duggan had previously done this on TV matches leading up to the event.[4]
On May 26, 1987, Duggan and the Iron Sheik were arrested for DUI in New Jersey. Duggan was released from the company, but was ultimately brought back in a lower spot on the roster. Although he did not win any major titles in the promotion, for seven years he was a consistent fan favorite with his patrioticworking classeveryman gimmick. His character was mainly comical, as he rarely was in major contention for titles. His first major WWF match was at the first-everSurvivor Series pay-per-view in1987, when he participated in the firstSurvivor Series match and was a member of the winning team.[4][17]
By the late fall of 1987, Duggan received his first majorpush since his return, being placed in a feud opposite"King" Harley Race, who was using a "monarch" gimmick; sneering at wrestlers he thought were below him. During a televised confrontation, Duggan took Race's crown and cape, though Race would later get them back.[18] At the1987 Slammy Awards, where Duggan presented the nominees for "Best Ring Apparel", an on-stage shoving match between him and the winner (Race), sparked a brawl, going backstage and eventually reaching back to the main stage before interrupting another award presentation.Gorilla Monsoon stepped in to separate the two. Duggan eventually defeated Race several times in both televised and non-televised shows.[19]
Duggan participated in the first-everRoyal Rumble match in1988, where he was the 13th of twenty entrants. He won the match after he last eliminated the One Man Gang.[4][5][6][20]
AtWrestleMania IV, he participated in a 14-man tournament for the vacantWWF World Heavyweight Championship, where he lost toTed DiBiase in the first round after interference fromAndré the Giant.[21] Shortly after WrestleMania IV, Duggan—upset that André cost him his match—came to the ring during one of André's matches and challenged him; a feud erupted when André suddenly grabbed Duggan and began throttling him, before Duggan knocked André out with his 2x4 board. André generally came out the winner in their matches, usually by interference from André's managerBobby Heenan. André also interfered in several of Duggan's matches against other wrestlers, includingHercules on the April 30edition ofSaturday Night's Main Event.[22]
Duggan earned a shot at theIntercontinental Heavyweight Championship againstThe Honky Tonk Man in July 1988, but Honky Tonk got himself disqualified, thus retaining the title.[23]
Duggan then began displaying traits of an American patriot by feuding with severalforeign villains in the fall of 1988. He got involved in a feud withDino Bravo,[5] and the two were on opposing sides asJake "The Snake" Roberts' team fought André the Giant's at the1988 Survivor Series. Duggan was disqualified after he used his 2x4 on Bravo.[24] Duggan's team eventually lost the match.[25] His next feud was withRussianBoris Zhukov, whom he defeated in aflag match on the November 26edition ofSaturday Night's Main Event.[26] He restarted his feud with Dino Bravo, and at the1989 Royal Rumble, Duggan andThe Hart Foundation (Bret Hart andJim Neidhart) defeated Bravo andThe Fabulous Rougeau Brothers (Jacques andRaymond) in atwo out of three falls match.[4][27] He was involved in a rivalry withBad News Brown, which culminated in a match atWrestleMania V where both men fought to a no contest.[28]
In mid-1989, he started a feud withKing Haku, who was awarded the crown on the July 9, 1988 edition ofSuperstars when Harley Race was forced to vacate the crown due to injuries sustained in a match against Hulk Hogan on the March 12, 1988 edition ofSaturday Night's Main Event. Duggan defeated Haku[29] to win the crown and earn the title of "King of the WWF" on the May 13, 1989 edition ofSuperstars.[18][5] On the May 27edition ofSaturday Night's Main Event, Duggan earned a shot at the Intercontinental Championship against"Ravishing" Rick Rude. Duggan won the match by countout, and Rude retained the title, as a title cannot change hands via countout or disqualification.[30] AtSummerSlam, Duggan teamed withDemolition (Ax andSmash) in a six-man tag team match and defeated André the Giant andThe Twin Towers (Akeem andThe Big Bossman).[31]
He eventually lost his crown to"Macho Man" Randy Savage, who began calling himself "Macho King", and started a feud with Savage. AtSurvivor Series, he captained a team dubbed "The 4x4's" against Savage's team, "The King's Court". Duggan's team lost the match.[5][32] He faced Savage again on the January 27edition ofSaturday Night's Main Event.[33] Duggan defeated another former rival, Dino Bravo atWrestleMania VI.[34] He began teaming with his former rival, Nikolai Volkoff and started a feud withThe Orient Express (Tanaka andSato), whom they beat atSummerSlam.[35] He began a short feud withWWF World Heavyweight ChampionSgt. Slaughter and faced Slaughter for the title on the February 1edition ofThe Main Event. Slaughter retained the title by getting himself disqualified.[36]
In late 1991, he patched up things with Sgt. Slaughter, who had turned babyface, and the pair formed atag team.[5] AtSurvivor Series, the duo joined theTexas Tornado andTito Santana in an elimination match to defeat a team led byCol. Mustafa.[37] On the February 8edition ofSaturday Night's Main Event, Duggan and Slaughter defeated theBeverly Brothers (Blake andBeau).[38] AtWrestleMania VIII, he teamed up withVirgil, Sgt. Slaughter, and Big Bossman againstThe Nasty Boys (Jerry Sags andBrian Knobs),The Mountie, andRepo Man.[39] Slaughter eventually left active wrestling and Duggan continued to pursue his singles career again.[5]
In mid-1992, Duggan was moved to undercard status.[5] In early 1993, he was involved in a feud with the then near 600 poundYokozuna, who was the number one contender to the WWF Championship.ManagerMr. Fuji was bad mouthing America and Duggan challenged his protégé to a match. The match was promoted by claiming that no one had knocked Yokozuna off his feet, even though Yokozuna had fallen off his feet shortly before, during the 1993 Royal Rumble match. The stipulations to the match were if Duggan knocked Yokozuna off his feet, Duggan would win. On the February 6 edition ofSuperstars, Duggan won the match after knocking Yokozuna down completely, but then was manhandled by the much bigger Yokozuna after the match and fell victim to fourBanzai Drops, sidelining Duggan for about four months.[4][5]
Duggan eventually returned to television and started a feud with then-Intercontinental ChampionShawn Michaels, challenging him for the title on the May 3 edition ofMonday Night Raw. Michaels ran through the crowd, and retained the title by countout.[40] On the next show, to prevent Michaels from pulling the stunt again, Duggan received a return bout in alumberjack match. Before the match started, Duggan attacked his former rival Yokozuna after discovering he was one of the lumberjacks. Late in the match,Bam Bam Bigelow distracted Duggan from the outside, which enabled Michaels to attack him and throw him out of the ring to where Yokozuna was standing. Yokozuna then paid Duggan back by legdropping him on the floor, then rolled his lifeless body back into the ring as the referee's back was turned. As Michaels went to pin Duggan,Mr. Perfect entered the ring and attacked the champion, which resulted in Duggan being disqualified and touching off a postmatch brawl between the lumberjacks; Duggan would eventually rise to his feet and clear the ring with his 2x4.[41][42] Duggan then competed in theKing of the Ring tournament, defeatingPapa Shango to qualify before losing toBam Bam Bigelow in the quarterfinals. He continued to appear on WWF programming until the summer, when he left the company after losing several pre-Summerslam matches to Yokozuna.
Duggan signed a contract withWorld Championship Wrestling (WCW) in late 1994. He debuted in WCW atFall Brawl, where he defeatedSteve Austin in asquash match lasting thirty-five seconds to win theUnited States Heavyweight Championship.[4][5][9][43][44] After becoming champion, he quickly started afeud with Austin, and eventually defeated him in a title rematch atHalloween Havoc by disqualification.[45] The two had a second title rematch on the November 16edition ofClash of the Champions, where Duggan retained the title again by disqualification.[46] Duggan's reign ended atStarrcade, where he was defeated byVader.[47]
After he lost the U.S. title to Vader, Duggan moved to the mid-card division and began wrestling onSaturday Night. He defeatedBunkhouse Buck atSuperBrawl V.[4][48] He faced former WWF rival Meng (known as Haku in WWF) in amartial arts match atUncensored, which Meng won.[49] AtThe Great American Bash, he defeatedSgt. Craig Pittman by disqualification in Pittman's pay-per-view debut.[50] AtBash at the Beach, Duggan lost toKamala.[51]
In late 1995, Duggan started a feud withBig Bubba Rogers, which culminated in aTaped Fist match atWorld War 3, which Rogers won.[52] Duggan participated in the first-everthree ring, 60 man battle royal for the vacantWorld Heavyweight Championship, but was eliminated.[52] He foughtLoch Ness to adouble disqualification at aMain Event taping beforeSuperBrawl VI.[53] Duggan then started a short feud withDiamond Dallas Page, to whom he lost in a Taped Fist match atBash at the Beach.[54] AtWorld War 3, he unsuccessfully participated in a three ring 60 man battle royal to determine the #1 contender to the WCW World Heavyweight Championship.[55] Duggan had no major pay-per-view matches for over two years before he disappeared in 1998 after he was diagnosed withkidney cancer.[4][5]
After being cured of his cancer, Duggan returned to wrestling and replacedBuff Bagwell in a match againstBerlyn atFall Brawl, which Duggan lost.[5][56] Soon after, Duggan became involved in a storyline where he became ajanitor for WCW.[5] Duggan then started a feud with the anti-American stable theRevolution (Shane Douglas,Dean Malenko,Perry Saturn, andAsya).[5] AtStarrcade, he and his surprise partners, the newly reunitedVarsity Club (Kevin Sullivan, Mike Rotunda, andRick Steiner), faced the Revolution in a losing effort after the Club turned on Duggan.[5][57] As a result of losing, the next night onNitro, Duggan was forced to denounce the U.S. flag but he refused to do so. In response, the Revolution attacked him and began beating him untilThe Filthy Animals, who were also feuding with the Revolution, saved Duggan.[5][58]
During this period, he found theWorld Television Championship in atrash can, which had been thrown away by the previous championScott Hall earlier and claimed it for himself. He would make title defenses exclusively onSaturday Night, and remained champion until the title was deactivated.[4][5][8][9] After WCW wasrebooted and thenWo storyline ended, it was replaced by two new factions in WCW calledThe Millionaire's Club andthe New Blood, which began feuding with one another.[5] The Millionaire's Club consisted of veterans and the New Blood consisted of young wrestlers of the 1990s. Duggan joined the Millionaire's Club and helped them in their war against the New Blood.
Near the end of his career in WCW, he became involved in more major storylines, including one that involved him becoming a villain by abandoning the patriotic gimmick for a short time to joinLance Storm and hisfactionTeam Canada.[5] This angle began when Duggan started working with theMisfits In Action (MIA) but atFall Brawl, he turned on MIA's leader United States Heavyweight ChampionGeneral Rection during Rection's title defense against Team Canada's Lance Storm. Duggan was thespecial guest enforcer for the match, and helped Storm in winning the match. During this time Duggan cut his hair short, shaved his trademark beard and sang "O Canada". AtHalloween Havoc, Duggan and Storm teamed up against General Rection in ahandicap match for Storm's United States Heavyweight Championship. Duggan missed an attack on Rection, which led to Rection pinning Duggan to win the match.[5][59] Duggan continued to unintentionally cost Team Canada many of their victories,[5] but he helped Storm to defeatThe Cat in a match atStarrcade. After the match, Team Canada turned on Duggan, starting a feud. AtSin, he was thespecial guest referee in a Penalty Box match between Team Canada and the Filthy Animals. Despite Duggan's role as the referee, Team Canada won the match after Storm forcedKidman to submit.[5][60]
After WCW was purchased by the WWF in March 2001, Duggan began wrestling in theindependent circuit. On December 5, 2002, Duggan defeated Krusher Kong at LWE Xplosion. On January 17, 2003, Duggan defeatedJim Neidhart forBorder City Wrestling in Ottawa, Ontario.
On January 29, 2005, he defeatedKamala atWrestleReunion.
On the March 12, 2003 pay-per-view ofNWA Total Nonstop Action (TNA), Duggan made a surprise appearance and defeated fellow WCW alumMike Sanders.[4][61] on the March 19 NWA-TNA, Duggan and Moondog Spot defeated Mike Sanders andDisco Inferno. Duggan made his final appearance in TNA on October 29, where he lost toJeff Jarrett.[4][62]
Duggan appeared on the October 3, 2005 edition ofRaw, dubbed "The Homecoming" along with several other WWF/E alumni. He and the other legends attackedRob Conway after Conway came to the ring and insulted them.[4][5][63] He was also one of the "legends" available for fans to select to team withEugene in a match atTaboo Tuesday to face the team of Conway andTyson Tomko (Jimmy Snuka was chosen instead of Duggan).[4][5][64] He returned to WWE again afterRoyal Rumble, with a message fromJohn Cena toLita afterEdge lost theWWE Championship: "HOOOOO!"[4][5][65] Duggan and Edge began a short feud with each other which culminated in a match that occurred two weeks later onRaw, which Edge won after Lita provided a distraction.[4][5][66]
After feuding with Edge and Lita, he became mentor and tutor to Eugene and the two feuded withThe Spirit Squad. He began working onHeat, but also made a few appearances onRaw with Eugene andThe Highlanders. On the November 6 edition ofRaw, Duggan and Eugene faced the Spirit Squad in a match with the stipulation that the losing team would disband and never team up again. After Duggan was caught off guard after the other Spirit Squad members interfered and then pinned for the win, Eugene snapped and attacked Duggan.[4][67] He started a feud with Eugene, and three weeks later, the two had a match with each other, which Eugene won.[4][68]
AtNew Year's Revolution, Duggan teamed withSuper Crazy in atag team turmoil match to determine the number one contenders to theWorld Tag Team Championship, in a losing effort.[4][69][70] On the January 15 edition ofRaw, Duggan was dragged out byRated-RKO (Edge andRandy Orton) and was beaten to a pulp.[71] Edge and Orton feared Duggan would help out Shawn Michaels in a handicap match and wanted to set an example for anyone else backstage that wished to do the same.[71] On the March 5 edition ofRaw, he facedChris Masters in a Masterlock Challenge, but was unable to break the hold.[4][72]
After months of wrestling onHeat, Duggan returned toRaw in July, teaming up withThe Sandman and feuding withCarlito andWilliam Regal. The team ended when Duggan soon returned toHeat[4][73] and Sandman was released. On the August 6 edition ofRaw, he played The WWE Dating Game, a parody ofThe Dating Game, losing whenMaria Kanellis choseRon Simmons.[4][74]
On December 31, he lost a2008 Royal Rumble qualifying match to the returningUmaga.[4][75] After that, he began primarily appearing onHeat once again, defeating locals and teaming with Super Crazy. On the March 17 episode ofRaw, he participated in a 17-on-2handicapelimination tag team match as part of the 17 members of theRaw roster againstJohn Cena and Randy Orton. AfterCody Rhodes was eliminated, all the remainingRaw wrestlers attacked Cena and Orton, resulting in their disqualification.[76] Duggan also took part in a 12-on-12 tag team preview match on the March 25 episode ofECW.[77] He competed 24-man battle royal was held just beforeWrestleMania XXIV aired to determine the #1 contender for anECW Championship match. The match was eventually won byKane.[78]
In the summer of 2008, Duggan started a short feud withCody Rhodes andTed DiBiase after Rhodes and DiBiase tried to convince Duggan to retire and let the young talent run the show. Soon after, Duggan would come out and announce that he would take Rhodes and DiBiase's advice and retire, butJerry Lawler stopped him by convincing Duggan to stay. Duggan and Lawler then wrestled Rhodes and DiBiase on the August 25, 2008 edition ofRaw, but lost the match. On the October 20 edition ofRaw, Duggan confrontedSantino Marella andBeth Phoenix during one of Marella's tirades against his three possible opponents atCyber Sunday (Roddy Piper,Goldust, and The Honky Tonk Man). Upset at being interrupted, Marella took off his clothes, getting ready to fight Duggan. Yet before a fight could begin, Marella instructed Phoenix to throw the clothes in Duggan's face, a move that temporarily distracted Duggan. Marella thensmashed a guitar over Duggan's head, ending the segment. Duggan would appear onRaw's 800th episode duringKung Fu Naki's in-ring dance segment, which also involved various other members of the WWE roster.
In 2009, Duggan appeared in the2009 Royal Rumble match, entering at #29 and setting a record for the most years between Royal Rumble appearances. He was eliminated byBig Show. On the August 10 episode ofRaw, he made his final televised WWE appearance, asSgt. Slaughter had him come out in place ofBret Hart after introducing "the best there is, the best there was and the best there ever will be", antagonizing the crowd ofCanadians.
He then resumed wrestling on theindependent circuit. He recently appeared on Pro Wrestling Ohio's "Wrestlelution 3" where he defeated "The Megastar" Marion Fontaine.
On November 30, 2013, at WrestleCade 2013, Duggan defeated Daivari.[79]He has signed on with Global Force Wrestling as a "legend" to help promote GFW events and tours. To promote the shows, GFW'sJeff Jarrett and Duggan have appeared at Dell Diamond on Thursday, May 28. January 2016, Duggan appeared in an event for Modern Vintage Wrestling in Wilmington, North Carolina.[80]On May 6, 2017, at AWF Head to the Edge, Duggan defeated Josh Price.[81]
On April 2, 2011, Duggan was inducted into theWWE Hall of Fame by fellow inductee"The Million Dollar Man" Ted DiBiase.[82]
Duggan returned to wrestling in WWE with an appearance at the 2012Royal Rumble and entered theRoyal Rumble match as the #19 entrant and was eliminated byCody Rhodes.[83] On the February 3, 2012 episode ofSmackDown, Duggan teamed withSantino Marella in a losing effort against theWWE Tag Team ChampionsPrimo and Epico.[84] On April 10, 2012, Duggan made an appearance onSuperSmackDown LIVE: Blast from the Past, where he lost to Hunico by disqualification. Later that year, he appeared on the July 3SuperSmackDown LIVE: The Great American Bash event, teaming withSgt. Slaughter and Santino Marella to faceHunico,Camacho, andDrew McIntyre.[85]
On July 25, 2025, Duggan made an appearance on SmackDown during the tribute toHulk Hogan.[86]
It was announced in February 2012 that Duggan would appear on a WWE original reality show calledWWE Legends House.[87] The show premiered on theWWE Network on April 17, 2014.[88]
Duggan appears as himself in the filmPro Wrestlers vs Zombies, in which he battles the undead with his 2x4.[89]
In 1991, Duggan appeared in theHarry and the Henderson's TV series' 16th episode.
In 1999, Duggan was a guest panelist for two episodes of the Nickelodeon children's game showFigure It Out.
Duggan appears in the sixth episode of the second season ofGamesMaster in the UK, where he played WWF on the Super Nintendo against a boy he picked from the crowd, Hacksaw played as "Macho Man" Randy Savage and was beaten.
Duggan also appeared in the season five finale ofDuck Dynasty.[90]
Duggan and former WWF announcerSean Mooney ran a weekly podcast on the MLW Radio Network called "Primetime with Hacksaw Jim Duggan and Sean Mooney". Duggan left the podcast after 18 episodes and Mooney is now hosting by himself.
In 2017, Duggan released the first issue of a biographical comic book miniseries through Squared Circle Comics, titledHacksaw Jim Duggan. He also appeared in the Green Jellÿ single, Fr3tö F33t.
In 2022, rapperEstee Nack released the albumNacksaw Jim Duggan on the labelGriselda Records, whose name, track titles and album cover are all inspired by Duggan. Track 1 "NACKMANCOLETRANE" features a snippet ofTucker Carlson reporting on Duggan defending his house from a home invader.[91] Track 4 "ANGELDIOR" features vocals from Duggan himself.
Duggan and his wife Debra have two daughters, Celia and Rebecca. He is a close friend ofWillie Robertson, who is president and CEO of Duck Commander.[92]
In 1987, Duggan andThe Iron Sheik (Khosrow Vaziri) were pulled over byNew Jersey State Police before a WWF event, suspecting Duggan ofdriving under the influence. After a search of the vehicle and the persons, police discovered that Duggan was under the influence ofmarijuana andalcohol, while Vaziri was high oncocaine. Small amounts of cocaine were also found in the vehicle. Duggan received a conditional release while Vaziri was placed on probation for a year. The scandal that erupted after two in-ring enemies were found drinking and doing drugs together led to the end of the angle, the Sheik's release, and Duggan's temporary departure from WWF. Duggan soon returned to wrestling.[93][94][95][96][97][98]
In November 2013, Duggan started anIndieGoGo campaign to cover the cost repairing his torn rotator cuff. Funding closed December 2013 and raised $10,396, well over the goal of $6,500.[99]
In 2018, Duggan was admitted into theintensive care unit for a heart procedure to treatatrial fibrillation. In 2019, he had a pair of heart surgeries to fight infection. On October 20, 2021, his wife posted onFacebook: "Back where we don't want to be. Please pray for Jim and his doctors as he has emergency surgery this morning. Thank you, Debra."[100] On October 28, 2021, Duggan announced viaInstagram a week later that he was diagnosed withprostate cancer and had been living with it for a couple of months. This led to another surgery on October 29, 2021. "Jim's surgery went as planned. He is resting comfortably now. Thank you for your prayers, good vibes and well wishes. Please continue them as he continues to heal" his wife said.[101] On December 8, 2021, Duggan announced in a video uploaded to hisTwitter account that he was cancer-free.[102] On May 15, 2022, he announced in a Facebook video that his cancer treatment continued, he would need hormone shots and radiation treatment for the next eight weeks, five days a week, and that doctors were optimistic about catching it early.[103]
In December 2022, Duggan said he detained a home invader at gunpoint at his house in Kershaw County, South Carolina.[104]
On September 8, 2023, Duggan was doing an autograph signing in his hometown ofGlens Falls, NY, where he was being honored by the Glens Falls Firefighters Association for his work as a seasonal firefighter in the 1970s. During the signing, Duggan fell ill with a high temperature and severe pain. His wife and the fire chief suggested he go toGlens Falls Hospital where he was once again diagnosed withperirectal abscess with a high white blood cell count that was heading towardssepsis, Duggan said. Emergency surgery on September 9 was required to drain the abscess. Surgery went well for Duggan and on September 12 he announced on social media that he was being released from the hospital and allowed to fly home.[105]
"The Iron Sheik and Nikolai Volkoff vs. the Killer Bees". Duggan gets on the mic and says that Volkoff isn't going to sing that, because this is the land of the free and the home of the braves
Hacksaw Jim Duggan, "Macho Man" Randy Savage, Ricky "The Dragon" Steamboat, Brutus "The Barber" Beefcake & Jake "The Snake" Roberts def. "King" Harley Race, Hercules, Honky Tonk Man, "Dangerous" Danny Davis & "Outlaw" Ron Bass
"Hacksaw" Jim Duggan last eliminates One Man Gang to win the Royal Rumble Match (20-man version)
WWE Championship Tournament: Round One Match - "Million Dollar Man" Ted DiBiase w/Virgil and André the Giant def. Hacksaw Jim Duggan
Hacksaw Jim Duggan def. Hercules
IC TITLE MATCH: "Hacksaw" Jim Duggan defeated Honky Tonk Man (Champion) by DQ
Duggan was DQed at 6:48 for using his 2x4 on Bravo.
André the Giant, Dino Bravo, "Ravishing" Rick Rude, Harley Race & Mr. Perfect def. Hacksaw Jim Duggan, Jake "The Snake" Roberts, Scott Casey, Ken Patera & Tito Santana
Flag Match: "Hacksaw" Jim Duggan def. Boris Zhukov
"Hacksaw" Jim Duggan & The Hart Foundation def. Dino Bravo & The Rougeau Bros. (best 2-out-of-3 falls)
Bad News Brown vs. Hacksaw Jim Duggan went to a no contest
Intercontinental Championship Match: "Hacksaw" Jim Duggan def. "Ravishing" Rick Rude (champion) by count-out
Demolition & Hacksaw Jim Duggan def. André the Giant, Akeem & Big Boss Man
The King's Court: "Macho King" Randy Savage, Dino Bravo, Earthquake & Greg "The Hammer" Valentine def. The 4x4s: Hacksaw Jim Duggan, "Rugged" Ronnie Garvin, Hercules & Bret "Hit Man" Hart
Randy "Macho Man" Savage def. "Hacksaw" Jim Duggan
Hacksaw Jim Duggan def. Dino Bravo w/Earthquake
Nikolai Volkoff & Hacksaw Jim Duggan def. The Orient Express
WWF TITLE MATCH: Jim Duggan defeated Sgt. Slaughter (champion) w/General Adnan by disqualification
Hacksaw Jim Duggan, Sgt. Slaughter, The Texas Tornado Kerry Von Erich & Tito Santana def. Col. Mustafa, The Berzerker, Skinner & Hercules
Sgt. Slaughter & "Hacksaw" Jim Duggan def. the Beverly Brothers
Hacksaw Jim Duggan, Sgt. Slaughter, Virgil & Big Boss Man def. The Mountie, Repo Man & Nasty Boys w/ Jimmy Hart
Hacksaw Jim Duggan v. Shawn Michaels for the Intercontinental Title. Shawn makes a hasty escape, and Duggan can't believe he only won by countout.
Hacksaw Jim Duggan v. Shawn Michaels in a Lumberjack Match, and for the Intercontinental Title. Perfect comes in and wallops Michaels, inviting an instant DQ win for the champ.
Jim Duggan pinned Steve Austin (0:35) to win the WCW U.S. Title
WCW U.S. Champ Jim Duggan beat Steve Austin via DQ.
WCW U.S. Champ Jim Duggan beat Steve Austin via DQ
Vader pinned Jim Duggan to win the WCW US Title.
Jim Duggan pinned Bunkhouse Buck
Meng pinned Jim Duggan in a "martial arts" match
Jim Duggan beat Craig Pittman via DQ
Kamala pinned Jim Duggan
Big Bubba Rogers pinned Jim Duggan in a "taped fist" match. Randy Savage won a "three ring battle royal" to win the vacant WCW World Title.
Jim Duggan beat Loch Ness via DQ
Diamond Dallas Page pinned Jim Duggan in a "taped fist" match
The Giant won a "three ring battle royal"
Berlyn pinned Jim Duggan
Shane Douglas, Dean Malenko, Perry Saturn, & Asya beat Jim Duggan, Kevin Sullivan, Mike Rotunda, & Rick Steiner
Douglas orders Duggan to denounce the USA, and tear up the US flag. Duggan doesn't want to do it. The Revolution beats up Duggan. Filthy Animals music hits, and Kidman, Konnan, and Rey-Rey (on a crutch) hit the ring. They chase the Revolution from the ring
Gen. Rection beat Lance Storm & Jim Duggan in a "handicap" match to win the WCW U.S. Title when he pinned Duggan
Penalty Box Match: Lance Storm, Elix Skipper, and Mike Awesome defeated The Filthy Animals (Konnan, Rey Misterio Jr., and Billy Kidman) when Storm made Kidman submit in a "penalty box" match. Jim Duggan was the special guest referee.
MATCH: Jim Duggan pinned Mike Sanders with a very slow running clothesline
Jeff Jarrett defeated "Hacksaw" Jim Duggan
Jimmy Snuka and Eugene def. Rob Conway & Tyson Tomko; Final voting results for Eugene's partner: Jimmy Snuka 43% Jim Duggan 40% Kamala 17%
Hacksaw Jim Duggan did his "Hoooooooooooo!"
Edge first speared his way to victory against "Hacksaw" Jim Duggan
losing team must split up forever. Johnny pinned Duggan. After the match, however, Eugene seemingly snapped, blindsiding his mentor and attacking the Legend with his own 2x4.
Eugene defeated former partner and mentor Hacksaw Jim Duggan
Shad pinned Lance Cade after JTG hit him with a neck breaker in a match that pitted Cryme Tyme against Cade & Murdoch, the Highlanders, Super Crazy & Hacksaw Jim Duggan and the World's Greatest Tag Team
Cryme Tyme (Shad Gaspard & JTG) win the Tag Team Turmoil match!
The pair then dragged out a bloody "Hacksaw" Jim Duggan and let the Raw locker room know that if anyone else tried to interfere in their match, they would suffer the same fate. Naughty Nick Doehring then landed a ruthless Con-chair-to on Duggan
"Hacksaw" Jim Duggan failed to break Chris Masters' Master Lock in the Master Lock Challenge
WWE Diva Maria had the opportunity to choose between "Hacksaw" Jim Duggan, Ron Simmons, and Santino Marella. Maria chose Simmons to the delight of HSBC Arena crowd.
Umaga pounded Hacksaw to secure a spot at the Rumble
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