The Fantastics

The Fantastics were a professional wrestling tag team composed of Bobby Fulton and Tommy Rogers that worked together extensively between 1984 and 2007. At times, Bobby Fulton would team up with his brother Jackie Fulton under the same name.

"Fantastics" redirects here. For the musical, see The Fantasticks. For other uses, see Fantastic (disambiguation).
For the American vocal group who recorded in Britain, see The Velours.
The Fantastics
Tag team
MembersBobby Fulton
Tommy Rogers
Name(s)The Fantastics
The Fantastic Ones
Billed heights5 ft 10 in (1.78 m) – Bobby
5 ft 9 in (1.75 m) – Tommy
Combined
billed weight		442 lb (200 kg)
HometownLos Angeles, California
Billed fromLos Angeles, California
Former
member(s)		Jackie Fulton
Debut1984
Disbanded2007

Team history

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. 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.[1] In 1984, Bobby Fulton moved to the Mid-South area and teamed with Tommy Rogers shortening the name of the team to "The Fantastics". They began a feud with The Midnight Express that would extend into the National Wrestling Alliance (NWA).[2] In 1985 "The Fantastics" would continue the Midnight Express feud over the World Class Wrestling Association's WCWA Tag Team Championship.[3] They hired a bodyguard, Silo Sam who stood at 7 feet 7 inches. In 1986, they had a feud with The Sheepherders in the Universal Wrestling Federation (UWF). In 1987, back in World Class Championship Wrestling, they feuded with Mike Davis and Tommy Lane, The Rock 'N Roll RPM's. They won the feud by winning a scaffold match at the Parade of Champions 4 on May 3, 1987.[4] In 1988, they went to the NWA's Jim Crockett Promotions to continue their feud with the Midnight Express, going on to win the NWA United States Tag Team Title on two separate occasions throughout the year.[5] In 1989, they left the NWA, due to problems with booker Kevin Sullivan.[2] Rogers wrestled in Japan while Fulton resurfaced in the American Wrestling Association (AWA) teaming with his brother, Jackie Fulton, as the Fantastics. They briefly feuded with AWA Tag Team Champions Mike Enos and Wayne Bloom. In 1990, the brother tandem also had a short run in the NWA and wrestled on the independent circuit. Rogers and Fulton would reunite a year or so later and both versions of the team (Rogers and Fulton/Fulton and Fulton) would team together throughout the country and in Japan. When Jim Cornette began his own promotion, Smokey Mountain Wrestling (SMW) Fulton and his brother wrestled as "The Fantastics" for Cornette's company[6] and occasionally as "The Fantastic Ones" in other promotions. In subsequent years the Fantastics occasionally worked as a team on the independent circuit, until 2007, when Rogers retired from the ring.[7]

On June 1, 2015, Tommy Rogers died at the age of 54. Since then, Fulton has done multiple reunions with Terry Taylor as the Original Fantastics aka The Fantastic Ones.

In their early years, they used the ZZ Top song "Sharp Dressed Man" as an entrance theme. One night they were approached and told that Dusty Hill was inviting them to meet him at a local bar in Texas, which Rogers and Fulton thought was a prank. When Hill actually showed up, they expected to be served with a cease and desist order for using the song. Hill was actually a huge fan of them, and loved that they used the song.[8]

Championships and accomplishments
  • IWA Tag Team Championship (1 time)
  • SCW Tag Team Champions (1 time)

References
  1. "Stone Cold Steve Austin Interviews Jim Cornette Part 1".
  2. Cawthon, Graham (2013). the History of Professional Wrestling Vol 3:Jim Crockett and the NWA World Title 1983-1989. CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform. ISBN 149480347X.
  3. Royal Duncan & Gary Will (2006). "Texas: WCWA Tag Team Title [Fritz Von Erich]". Wrestling Title Histories (4th ed.). Archeus Communications. ISBN 0-9698161-5-4.
  4. "Historical Cards: Parade of Champions 4 (May 3, 1987. Irving, Texas)". PWI Presents: 2007 Wrestling Almanak and book of facts. Kappa Publications. p. 173. 2007 Edition.
  5. Will, Gary; Royal Duncan (1994). "United States: 19th century & widely defended titles - NWA, WWF, AWA, IWA, ECW, NWA - NWA/WCW United States Tag Team Title". Wrestling Title Histories (3 ed.). Archeus Communications. p. 24. ISBN 0-9698161-1-1.
  6. Royal Duncan & Gary Will (2006). "Tennessee: SMW Tag Team Title". Wrestling Title Histories (4th ed.). Archeus Communications. ISBN 0-9698161-5-4.
  7. "World Class Memories: FAQ: Current Whereabouts and Final Resting Places". Retrieved February 4, 2015.
  8. Straight Shootin' with The Fantastics
  9. Duncan, Royal; Will, Gary (2006) [2000.]. "(Memphis, Nashville) Tennessee: Southern Tag Team Title [Roy Welsch & Nick Gulas, Jerry Jarrett from 1977]". Wrestling title histories: professional wrestling champions around the world from the 19th century to the present. Waterloo, Ontario: Archeus Communications. pp. 185–189. ISBN 0-9698161-5-4.
  10. "Southern Tag Team Title". Wrestling-Titles. Retrieved January 19, 2020.
  11. "Pro Wrestling History". prowrestlinghistory.com.
  12. Gary Will and Royal Duncan (2000). "(Minnesota) PWA Tag Team Title". Wrestling Title Histories (4th ed.). Archeus Communications. ISBN 0-9698161-5-4.
  13. Royal Duncan & Gary Will (2006). "Oklahoma: UWF Tag Team Title [Bill Watts]". Wrestling Title Histories (4th ed.). Archeus Communications. ISBN 0-9698161-5-4.
  14. Royal Duncan & Gary Will (2006). "(Dallas) Texas: NWA American Tag Team Title [Fritz Von Erich]". Wrestling Title Histories. Archeus Communications. ISBN 978-0-9698161-5-7.
  15. "N.W.A. American Tag Team Title". Wrestling-Titles.com. Retrieved January 19, 2020.
  16. Royal Duncan & Gary Will (2006). "Ohio: Big Time Wrestling Ohio Tag Team Title". Wrestling Title Histories (4th ed.). Archeus Communications. ISBN 0-9698161-5-4.
  17. "Matches « Fantastics « Tag Teams Database « CAGEMATCH - The Internet Wrestling Database". www.cagematch.net.
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