Butch Miller

Butch Miller is a professional wrestler, one half of the tag team variously known as "The Sheepherders" and The Bushwackers. Image File history File links Robert_Miller. ... Image File history File links Robert_Miller. ... ... The Bushwackers were a professional wrestling tag team that also competed as The Sheepherders. ...

Career

Butch Miller was born on October 21, 1944 in Auckland, New Zealand. He started wrestling in 1964 in New Zealand and formed the "Kiwi Sheepherders" with Luke Williams in Canada in 1965. They wrestled for Stu Hart's Calgary promotion and won their tag team titles. October 21 is the 294th day of the year (295th in leap years) in the Gregorian Calendar, with 71 days remaining. ... 1944 (MCMXLIV) was a leap year starting on Saturday (the link is to a full 1944 calendar). ... Auckland, in the North Island of New Zealand, is the largest urban area in New Zealand. ... 1964 (MCMLXIV) was a leap year starting on Wednesday (the link is to a full 1964 calendar). ... Luke Williams Brian Wickens was a professional wrestler better known as Luke Williams. ... 1965 (MCMLXV) was a common year starting on Friday (the link is to a full 1965 calendar). ... Stewart Edward (Stu) Hart, CM (May 3, 1915 – October 16, 2003) was a Canadian amateur wrestler, professional wrestler, promoter and trainer. ...

In the 1970's, Butch quit the team and went to Australia His biggest success without Luke was when he teamed with Larry O'Day as "The Australians".

He returned to team with Luke as "The Sheepherders" in the United States in the early 1980's and they feuded with Mark and Chris Youngblood, "The Fantastics" (Bobby Fulton & Tommy Rogers) and the "Fabulous Ones" (Stan Lane & Steve Keirn). Mark Youngblood Mark Romero was a professional wrestler better known as Mark Youngblood. ... Chris Youngblood Chris Romero was a professional wrestler better known as Chris Youngblood. ... Tommy Rogers & Bobby Fulton The Fantastics Also see the musical The Fantasticks. ... Bobby Fulton Then and Now James Hines is a professional wrestler better known as Bobby Fulton of The Fantastics. ... Tommy Rogers Thomas Couch is a professional wrestler better known as Tommy Rogers of The Fantastics. ... This article or section does not cite its references or sources. ... Image:Fabulous Ones. ...

In late 1988, The Sheepherders were on the verge of winning the NWA United States Tag Team Titles when they quit Jim Crockett Promotions for a better money offer from the World Wrestling Federation. They changed their name to "The Bushwackers" and changed their violent style to a comedic style and were instant hits with the fans. Jim Crockett Promotions was the name of a professional wrestling promotion owned by Jim Crockett, Jr. ... World Wrestling Entertainment, or WWE, is a professional wrestling organization. ...

They had feuds with the Brain Busters, "The Bolsheviks" (Boris Zhukov & Nikolai Volkoff), the Beverly Brothers (Mike Enos & Wayne Bloom) and the Rougeau Brothers (Jacques Jr. & Raymond Rougeau). The Brain Busters with Bobby Heenan The Brain Busters were a professional wrestling tag team in the 1980s. ... Jim Darrel was a professional wrestler better known as Boris Zukhov. ... Nikolai Volkoff (born Josip Peruzovic in October 1947) is a professional wrestler who is probably best known for his work for the World Wrestling Federation. ... Mean Mike Enos Mike Enos was a professional wrestler who wrestled in World Championship Wrestling, the American Wrestling Association and the World Wrestling Federation. ... Wayne Bloom Wayne Bloom was a professional wrestler who wrestled in World Championship Wrestling, the American Wrestling Association and the World Wrestling Federation. ... Jacques Rougeau (born June 13, 1960) is a Canadian professional wrestler from Saint-Sulpice, Quebec, best known for his appearances in the 1980s and 1990s with the World Wrestling Federation under his own name, and as The Mountie. ... Raymond Rougeau (born February 18, 1956 in St. ...

They left in late 1995 and opened up a restaurant and wrestled on the independent circuit. They returned to the WWF in 2001 for the gimmick battle royal at WrestleMania X-Seven. WrestleMania X-Seven was the seventeenth annual WrestleMania professional wrestling pay-per-view produced by the World Wrestling Federation. ...

Miller is currently working as a commissioner for the New Zealand promotion Kiwi Pro Wrestling. Kiwi Pro Wrestling (KPW) is a professional wrestling promotion based in Wellington, New Zealand, started in May 2006 by veteran New Zealand wrestlers Rip Morgan and The Punisher as a breakaway from New Zealand Wide Pro Wrestling (NZWPW). ...

Profile

• Height: 185 cm (6 ft 1 in)
• Weight: 113 kg (250 lb)
• Birthday: October 21, 1944
• Hometown: Auckland, New Zealand
• Managers: Jonathan Boyd, Lady Maxine, Don Carson, Jack Victory
• Flag Bearers: Jack Victory, Rip Morgan, Johnny Ace
• Other Gimmicks: Butch Miller, "Wild" Butch Miller, Cousin Butch, Ron Miller, Nick Cater, Bushwacker Butch, Cousin Butch Dudley, Detroit Assassin

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Championships/Accomplishments

• 2-Time UWF Tag Team Champion (with Luke Williams)
• 5-Time NWA Florida Tag Team Champion (with Luke Williams once and Larry O'Day 4 times)
• 1-Time NWA Florida United States Tag Team Champion (with Luke Williams)
• 3-Time Pacific Northwest Tag Team Champion (with Luke Williams)
• 1-Time Southwest Championship Wrestling Tag Team Champion (with Luke Williams)
• 6-Time Australasian Tag Team Champion (with Larry O'Day 4 times, Johnny Gray once and André the Giant once)
• 1-Time Australasian Heavyweight Champion
• 1-Time New Zealand British Commonwealth Champion
• 2-Time WWC Tag Team Champion (with Luke Williams)
• 1-Time WWC North American Tag Team Champion (with Luke Williams)
• 1-Time NWA Mid-Atlantic Tag Team Champion (with Luke Williams)
• 2-Time WWWA Tag Team Champion (with Luke Williams)
• 2-Time Stampede Wrestling International Tag Team Champion (with Luke Williams)
• Pro Wrestling Illustrated (PWI) ranked him # 493 of the 500 best singles wrestlers during the "PWI Years" in 2003. PWI also ranked him # 71 of the best tag teams of the "PWI Years" with Luke Williams.