"Cowboy" Bob Ellis

Wrestler: "Cowboy" Bob Ellis
Real Name: Bill Ellis
Birthday:
Hometown: Billed from San Angelo, Texas
Marital Status:
Height & Weight: 6'2" - 240 lbs
Trained by: Sandor Szabo
Ed "Strangler" Lewis.
Debut: 1955
Previous Gimmicks: Bob Elliott
Finishing Move: Bulldog Headlock
Favorite Moves: The Sleeperhold
Double Underhook Suplex

Notable Feuds:

Bulldog Plechas
Buddy Austin
The Claw
Kenji Shibuya
Ox Baker
Tarzan Tyler
The Vulture
The Golden Terror
Killer Kowalski
The Von Brauners
The Viking "Killer" Karl Kox
Buddy Rogers
Hardboiled Haggarty
Jackson Ringer
The Comancharos
Don Arnold
Jody Arnold
Bulldog Lee Hennig
Bob Orton Sr.
Killer Karl Kox
Red McIntyre
Fuji-San
Sato San
Bull Gregory
Bobby Heenan
Carlos Colon
Johnny Varend
The Mongols
George Cannon
Harley Race
Blackjack Mulligan
Blackjack Lanza
The Hangman
Sputnik Monroe
The Von Brauners
Dick The Bruiser
Bob Geigel
Hard Boiled Haggarty
Chuck Hondo
The Von Brauners
Dale Valentine
The Mongols
Killer Kane
Kenji Shibuya
Bulldog Bob Brown
The Interns
Bulldog Brower
The Monroe Brothers
The Mummy
The Hangman
The Golden Terror
Rip Hawk

Titles Held:

NWA Central States Heavyweight title defeating Bob Geigel (November 28, 1958);
NWA Central States Heavyweight title defeating Kenji Shibuya (March 10, 1960);
WWA (Los Angeles) World Heavyweight title defeating The Destroyer (September 10, 1964);
WWA (Los Angeles) World Tag Team titles w/Edouard Carpentier defeating The Destroyer & Hard Boiled Hagerty (December 9, 1964);
NWA Central States Tag Team titles w/The Stomper defeating Bob Geigel & Bob Brown (May 19, 1966);
NWA Central States Tag Team titles w/The Viking defeating Bob Geigel & Bob Brown (October 5, 1967);
WWA (Indiana) World Heavyweight title defeating Baron Von Raschke (March 31, 1973);

Career Highlights:

Bob Ellis was a legitimate "Cowboy" and raised race horses..
November 28, 1958: Cowboy Bob Ellis defeated Bob Geigel for the Central States title in St Joesph, MO..
March 10, 1960: Cowboy Bob Ellis defeated Kenji Shibuya for Central States title in Kansas City, KS..
September 10, 1964: Cowboy Bob Ellis defeated The Destroyer to capture the WWA World Title in Los Angeles..
December 9, 1964: Bob Ellis & Edouard Carpentier beat The Destroyer & Hard Boiled Hagerty for the World Tag Titles in LA..
May 19, 1966: Bob Ellis & The Stomper (Archie Gouldie) beat Bob Geigel & Bob Brown for Central States Tag Team titles..
October 5, 1967: Bob Ellis & The Viking (Bob Morse) defeated Bob Geigel & Bob Brown for Central States Tag Team titles..
Early 1968: Cowboy Bob Ellis engaged in a vicious feud with The Hangman (Roy Staggs)..
~~~The Hangman defeated Cowboy Bob Ellis by Disqualification in a "Loser Leaves Town" match..
~~~Since the loss was due to a disqualification, the promotion decided the result didn't count..
~~~NWA Champion Gene Kiniski was quoted saying he considered Bob Ellis as one of the few men capable of winning his title..
March 31, 1973: Cowboy Bob Ellis defeated Baron Von Raschke to capture the WWA World Title in Indiana..
Bob Ellis once defeated Buddy Rogers, who complained afterwards about Ellis reversing the Rogers Figure Four..

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