Robert Howard

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."

Known For: Acting

Born: Glendale, California, USA, 1963-01-29

Died: null

No.	Year	Title	Role	Vote Average
1	1994	WWE Royal Rumble 1994	Thurman "Sparky " Plugg	69
2	1994	WWF SummerSlam Spectacular 1994: Sunday Night Slam	Bob "Spark Plugg" Holly	0
3	1995	WWE WrestleFest '95	Bob Holly	0
4	1995	WWE Royal Rumble 1995	Bob "Spark Plugg" Holly	70
5	1995	WWE King of the Ring 1995	Bob "Spark Plug" Holly	63
6	1995	WWE SummerSlam 1995	Bob "Spark Plug" Holly	62
7	1995	WWE Survivor Series 1995	Bob Holly	84
8	1996	WWE Royal Rumble 1996	Bob Holly	55
9	1996	WWE Survivor Series 1996	Bob Holly (Free-for-All)	73
10	1998	WWE WrestleMania XIV	"Bombastic" Bob Holly	76
11	1998	WWE Unforgiven: In Your House	"Bombastic" Bob	93
12	1998	WWE King of the Ring 1998	"Bombastic" Bob Holly	84
13	1998	WWE Rock Bottom: In Your House	Bob Holly	76
14	1998	Hitman Hart: Wrestling With Shadows	Bob 'Spark Plugg' Holly (archive footage)	75
15	1999	WWE Royal Rumble 1999	Bob Holly	57
16	1999	WWE St. Valentine's Day Massacre: In Your House	Hardcore Holly	74
17	1999	WWE WrestleMania XV	Hardcore Holly	75
18	1999	WWE Backlash: In Your House	Hardcore Holly	100
19	1999	WWE Over the Edge	Hardcore Holly	70
20	1999	WWE King of the Ring 1999	Hardcore Holly	83
21	1999	WWE SummerSlam 1999	Hardcore Holly	72
22	1999	WWE Rebellion 1999	Hardcore Holly	60
23	1999	WWE No Mercy 1999	Hardcore Holly	80
24	1999	WWE Survivor Series 1999	Hardcore Holly	85
25	1999	WWE Armageddon 1999	Hardcore Holly	62
26	2000	WWE Royal Rumble 2000	Hardcore Holly	65
27	2000	Operation Sandman	Sturner	35
28	2000	WWE WrestleMania 2000	Hardcore Holly	74
29	2000	WWE Backlash 2000	Hardcore Holly	75
30	2000	WWE Survivor Series 2000	Hardcore Holly	80
31	2000	WWE Armageddon 2000	Hardcore Holly	76
32	2001	WWE Royal Rumble 2001	Hardcore Holly	73
33	2001	WWE No Way Out 2001	Hardcore Holly	82
34	2001	WWE Insurrextion 2001	Hardcore Holly	82
35	2001	WWF: Hardcore	Hardcore Holly	70
36	2001	WWF Action!	Hardcore Holly	100
37	2002	WWE Wrestlemania X8	Hardcore Holly	82
38	2002	WWE Global Warning	Hardcore Holly	74
39	2003	WWE Survivor Series 2003	Hardcore Holly	81
40	2004	WWE Royal Rumble 2004	Hardcore Holly	70
41	2004	WWE No Way Out 2004	Hardcore Holly	74
42	2004	WWE Judgment Day 2004	Hardcore Holly	75
43	2004	WWE The Great American Bash 2004	Hardcore Holly	73
44	2004	WWE Armageddon 2004	Hardcore Holly	73
45	2005	WWE Royal Rumble 2005	Hardcore Holly	80
46	2005	WWE WrestleMania 21	Hardcore Holly	83
47	2005	WWE Judgment Day 2005	Hardcore Holly	70
48	2005	WWE No Mercy 2005	Hardcore Holly	76
49	2006	WWE WrestleMania 22	Hardcore Holly	83
50	2006	ECW December to Dismember	Hardcore Holly	93
51	2007	WWE Royal Rumble 2007	Hardcore Holly	81
52	2007	WWE Survivor Series 2007	Hardcore Holly	82
53	2008	WWE Royal Rumble 2008	Hardcore Holly	74
54	2008	WWE WrestleMania XXIV	Hardcore Holly	81
55	2008	WWE Night of Champions 2008	Hardcore Holly	76
56	2009	The Marine 2	Linwood's Left	60
57	2010	Chris Benoit: The Aftermath	Himself	0
58	2010	YouShoot: Bob Holly	Himself	0
59	2010	WWE: Satan's Prison - The Anthology of the Elimination Chamber	Hardcore Holly	100
60	2010	Ring Roasts III: The Roast of Jim Cornette	Self	0
61	2011	WWE: OMG! The Top 50 Incidents in WWE History	Himself	81
62	2012	WWE: The Best of SmackDown - 10th Anniversary, 1999-2009	Hardcore Holly (archive footage)	100
63	2012	WWE: Falls Count Anywhere: The Greatest Street Fights and Other Out of Control Matches		80
64	2013	TNA One Night Only: Hardcore Justice 2	Bob Holly	80
65	2014	WWE: Attitude Era: Vol. 2	Hardcore Holly	90
66	2016	The History of The WWE Hardcore Championship		100
67	2017	WWE: WrestleMania Monday	Bob Holly	100

No.	Year	Title	Role	Vote Average
1	1986	WWF Wrestling Challenge	Bob Holly	68
2	1993	Raw	Thurman "Sparky " Plugg	68
3	1993	Raw	Bob "Spark Plugg" Holly	68
4	1993	Raw	Hardcore Holly	68
5	1993	Raw	Bob Holly	68
6	1993	Raw	Bombastic Bob	68
7	1993	ECW Hardcore TV	Hardcore Holly	71
8	1999	WWE SmackDown	Hardcore Holly	75
9	1999	ECW on TNN	Hardcore Holly	89
10	2001	WWE Tough Enough	Hardcore Holly	74
11	2002	WWE Velocity	Hardcore Holly	62
12	2006	WWE ECW	Hardcore Holly	66

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