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Birthday: Jan 29, 1963
Place of Birth: Glendale, California, USA

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."

Filmography
Movie Cast Year
Ring Roasts III: The Roast of Jim Cornette Self 2010
Hitman Hart: Wrestling With Shadows Bob 'Spark Plugg' Holly (archive footage) 1998
WWE WrestleFest '95 Bob Holly 1995
WWE Survivor Series 2003 Hardcore Holly 2003
WWE Royal Rumble 2004 Hardcore Holly 2004
WWE Royal Rumble 2005 Hardcore Holly 2005
WWE Royal Rumble 2000 Hardcore Holly 2000
WWE Royal Rumble 2008 Hardcore Holly 2008
WWE Royal Rumble 2001 Hardcore Holly 2001
WWE Royal Rumble 2007 Hardcore Holly 2007
Chris Benoit: The Aftermath Himself 2010
The Marine 2 Linwood's Left 2009
WWE No Way Out 2004 Hardcore Holly 2004
WWE WrestleMania XV Hardcore Holly 1999
WWE Survivor Series 1999 Hardcore Holly 1999
WWE Backlash 2000 Hardcore Holly 2000
WWE SummerSlam 1995 Bob "Spark Plug" Holly 1995
WWE Survivor Series 1995 Bob Holly 1995
WWE King of the Ring 1995 Bob "Spark Plug" Holly 1995
WWE Rock Bottom: In Your House Bob Holly 1998
WWE Over the Edge Hardcore Holly 1999
WWE St. Valentine's Day Massacre: In Your House Hardcore Holly 1999
WWE Backlash: In Your House Hardcore Holly 1999
WWE King of the Ring 1999 Hardcore Holly 1999
WWE SummerSlam 1999 Hardcore Holly 1999
WWE Rebellion 1999 Hardcore Holly 1999
WWE No Mercy 1999 Hardcore Holly 1999
WWE Armageddon 1999 Hardcore Holly 1999
WWE No Way Out 2001 Hardcore Holly 2001
WWE King of the Ring 1998 "Bombastic" Bob Holly 1998
WWE Unforgiven: In Your House "Bombastic" Bob 1998
WWE Survivor Series 2000 Hardcore Holly 2000
WWE Armageddon 2000 Hardcore Holly 2000
WWE Insurrextion 2001 Hardcore Holly 2001
WWE Armageddon 2004 Hardcore Holly 2004
WWE Judgment Day 2005 Hardcore Holly 2005
WWE No Mercy 2005 Hardcore Holly 2005
WWE Global Warning Hardcore Holly 2002
ECW December to Dismember Hardcore Holly 2006
WWE Judgment Day 2004 Hardcore Holly 2004
WWE The Great American Bash 2004 Hardcore Holly 2004
WWE Survivor Series 2007 Hardcore Holly 2007
WWE Night of Champions 2008 Hardcore Holly 2008
WWF: Hardcore Hardcore Holly 2001
WWE: Falls Count Anywhere: The Greatest Street Fights and Other Out of Control Matches 2012
The History of The WWE Hardcore Championship 2016
WWE Survivor Series 1996 Bob Holly (Free-for-All) 1996
WWF Action! Hardcore Holly 2001
WWE: WrestleMania Monday Bob Holly 2017
YouShoot: Bob Holly Himself 2010
WWE: Attitude Era: Vol. 2 Hardcore Holly 2014
WWE: The Best of SmackDown - 10th Anniversary, 1999-2009 Hardcore Holly (archive footage) 2012
WWE: Satan's Prison - The Anthology of the Elimination Chamber Hardcore Holly 2010
WWE WrestleMania 2000 Hardcore Holly 2000
WWE WrestleMania XXIV Hardcore Holly 2008
WWE: OMG! The Top 50 Incidents in WWE History Himself 2011
WWE Wrestlemania X8 Hardcore Holly 2002
WWE WrestleMania 21 Hardcore Holly 2005
WWE WrestleMania 22 Hardcore Holly 2006
WWE WrestleMania XIV "Bombastic" Bob Holly 1998
TNA One Night Only: Hardcore Justice 2 Bob Holly 2013
WWE Royal Rumble 1996 Bob Holly 1996
WWE Royal Rumble 1994 Thurman "Sparky " Plugg 1994
WWF SummerSlam Spectacular 1994: Sunday Night Slam Bob "Spark Plugg" Holly 1994
WWE Royal Rumble 1995 Bob "Spark Plugg" Holly 1995
Operation Sandman Sturner 2000
Series Cast Year
WWE Raw Thurman "Sparky " Plugg 1993
WWE Tough Enough Hardcore Holly 2001
WWE Raw Bob "Spark Plugg" Holly 1993
WWE SmackDown Hardcore Holly 1999
WWF Wrestling Challenge Bob Holly 1986
WWE ECW Hardcore Holly 2006
WWE Velocity Hardcore Holly 2002
WWE Raw Hardcore Holly 1993
WWE Raw Bob Holly 1993
WWE Raw Bombastic Bob 1993
ECW Hardcore TV Hardcore Holly 1993
ECW on TNN Hardcore Holly 1999
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