The fantastical4/11/2023 ![]() ![]() However the Fantastics stint in the CWA would be relatively short, as they lost the titles to The MOD Squad on Ma and departed for the UWF. Less than two weeks later Rogers and Fulton beat The Sheepherders in a loser-leaves-town match, sending their new nemesis departing from the CWA. On January 13, 1986, in Memphis, TN the Fantastics defeated The Sheepherders to win the vacant AWA Southern Tag Team Championship. As the winter progressed they would face off against Rip Morgan & Taras Bulba, as well as The Freedom Fighters (the rookie Jim Hellwig and Steve Borden). In November 1985 the Fantastics joined the Continental Wrestling Association, making their debut at a house show in Lexington, KY on the 15th of that month in a successful effort versus Pat Rose & Tom Pritchard. Continental Wrestling Association (1985–1986) On September 25 they defeated Mantell & Dundee on television in a "bullwhip on a pole" match. That fall they moved on to a feud with Dutch Mantell & Bill Dundee. They made their return on June 30, 1985, in Tulsa, OK, defeating The Midnight Express once more. Mid-South Wrestling (1985) Īlmost immediately after their loss to Adams and Fernandez the Fantastics returned to Mid-South Wrestling. The Fantastics second reign lasted until June 24, when they were defeated by the Dynamic Duo ( Chris Adams and Gino Hernandez). ![]() Rogers and Fulton would face off against the Express for the vacant championship at the 2nd Von Erich Memorial Parade Of Champions on May 5, 1985, and regained the titles. At WCCW house shows that winter the two teams would face off in numerous matches, with the Fantastics usually winning that spring after Eaton & Condrey vacated the titles. On January 11, 1985, the Midnight Express defeated the Fantastics to gain the NWA American Tag-Team Championship, re-igniting their feud. ![]() As champions they would successfully defend against numerous duos, including Pretty Young Things ( Koko B Ware & Norvell Austin) and Jake Roberts & Kelly Kiniski. The Fantastics hired a bodyguard, Silo Sam who stood at 7 feet 7 inches. They would continue the Midnight Express feud over the World Class Wrestling Association's WCWA Tag Team Championship. The Fantastics defeated the Midnights in their debut match with the promotion at a house show in San Antonio, TX on October 20, and a day later in Fort Worth they beat The Long Riders ( Bill Irwin & Scott Irwin) to capture the NWA American Tag Team Championship. In October 1984 the Fantastics joined the Von Erich's popular Texas based promotion, carrying over their feud with the Midnight Express. World Class Championship Wrestling (1984–1985) They then began a feud with The Midnight Express ( Bobby Eaton and Dennis Condrey) that would extend into the National Wrestling Alliance (NWA). Īfter defeating preliminary competition on television, The Fantastics earned their first significant victory when they defeated Hercules Hernandez and Krusher Khruschev on July 15, 1984, in Tulsa, OK. Their first match came on June 20, 1984, at a Mid-South TV taping in Shreveport, LA, where the duo defeated Barry Orton and Pat Rose. In 1984, Bobby Fulton moved to the Mid-South area and teamed with Tommy Rogers shortening the name of the team to "The Fantastics". To capitalize further on the success of The Fabulous Ones, they were named "The Fantastic Ones" and teamed only for a brief time before splitting up. While in the Mid-Southern area (Memphis), Terry Taylor was teamed with a budding young wrestler named Bobby Fulton, who at the time was a jobber on TV but showed promise. At times, Bobby Fulton would team up with his brother Jackie Fulton under the same name. The Fantastics were a professional wrestling tag team composed of Bobby Fulton and Tommy Rogers that worked together extensively between 19. The Fantastics, Bobby Fulton (left) and Tommy Rogers (right), circa 1988. ![]()
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