Quentin Bell
["Sputnik Monroe Obituary" ''DeclarationofIndependents.net.'' Ed. Sean McCaffrey. N.p., Nov. 2006. Web. 5 Oct. 2011. .] (October 23, 1960 – September 10, 2022),
better known by his
ring name
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Bubba Monroe, was an American
professional wrestler
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and
trainer who wrestled in numerous
regional
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and
independent promotions
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in the
Southern United States
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during the 1980s and 1990s. Though his career did not reach the same heights of his father
Sputnik Monroe
Roscoe Monroe Brumbaugh (born Rosco Monroe Merrick; December 18, 1928 – November 3, 2006) better known by his ring name Sputnik Monroe, was an American professional wrestler and civil rights activist. He was a headliner in many territories, and ...
, partially due to the decline of the
National Wrestling Alliance
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Founded in 1948, the NWA ...
, Monroe won several regional titles during his near 20-year career, most notably, the
heavyweight championship for
Texas All-Star Wrestling
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.
Like his father, Monroe too competed in the
Memphis territory in late-1986 before moving on to the
Global Wrestling Federation
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and
Mark Von Erich's version of
World Class Championship Wrestling
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. He also made brief appearances in
World Championship Wrestling
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and the
World Wrestling Federation
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. The
end of the NWA territory system saw Monroe spend his final years working for various independent organizations in the Houston-area until his retirement in 2000. As of 2009, he continued to operate his own
training facility, the "Too Bad School of Professional Wrestling", in
Pineville, Louisiana
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.
Career
Early years in Memphis
Born and raised in
Tioga, Louisiana
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History
Tioga originated as a lumber mill town. ...
, Quentin Bell was the youngest of
Sputnik Monroe
Roscoe Monroe Brumbaugh (born Rosco Monroe Merrick; December 18, 1928 – November 3, 2006) better known by his ring name Sputnik Monroe, was an American professional wrestler and civil rights activist. He was a headliner in many territories, and ...
's three children. He was trained primarily by his father
[Gordon, Robert. ''It Came From Memphis''. New York: Simon and Schuster, 2001. (pg. 38–39) ] and made his pro debut in 1981. Monroe began competing in
Memphis territory, his father's old stomping ground, in the fall of 1986. With wins over William Thompson
and Davey Haskins,
he was "officially" introduced by the elder Monroe during a television interview at the
Mid-South Coliseum
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on October 18, 1986; Monroe defeated Jim Jamison later on in the show with his father as his
cornerman
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.
The following week, he and
Big Bubba
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defeated Excitement Inc. (Ric McCord & John Paul) when Monroe pinned John Paul.
On November 1, 1986, Monroe teamed with The Memphis Vice (Jerry Bryant & Lou Winston) in a 6-man tag team match against
Jerry "The King" Lawler
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,
The Giant Hillbilly and David Haskins. After Monroe was pinned by Haskins, in what was viewed as a controversial finish, his partners Bryant and Winston demanded the match continue as a two-out-of-three falls match. Their request was granted but turned into a 6-way brawl within a few minutes. Outside interference from Don Bass and Larry Wright would disqualify Monroe's team and, after Lawler hit Bass with a
trash can
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, all five men fled back to the locker room. He challenged Jerry Lawler in a singles match on November 8, 1986, but was pinned in 22 seconds. This was his final appearance for the promotion. His brief time with the promotion may be explained by his inexperience at the time, especially while being pushed as a main eventer, as well as
bookers promoting him as a
"heel" despite his father being a longtime
favorite
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in the area. Sputnik Monroe would continue to be involved in his career, occasionally joining him in father-son tag team matches, up until the late 1990s.
Tour of the East Coast independents
Monroe also had a brief stint on the East Coast independent circuit during the 1990s. In early-1991, he wrestled Sledgehammer McGill and
Morgus the Maniac
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for promoter Lou Martin and the Mid-Atlantic Wrestling Association. He eventually won the promotion's heavyweight championship following a battle royal which he won after eliminating
Agony
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of
The Lords of Darkness.
He also wrestled for the newly established
Mid-Eastern Wrestling Federation
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where he again faced McGill as well as forming a brief alliance with
The Lords of Darkness (Pain &
Agony
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*Pain, anguish, or struggle, especially precededing death
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*Passion (Christianity), also called the Agony of Christ
*Agony in the Garden, Christ' ...
). On August 17, 1991, he joined them in a 6-man tag team match against
"Surfer" Ray Odyssey, Chris Evans, and The Spider at an event for
Larry Sharpe's
World Wrestling Association
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in
Blackwood, New Jersey
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Monster Factory
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professional wrestling school located in Paulsboro, New Jersey owned and operated by Danny Cage. It is considered to be the first publicly available professional wrestling school. Larry Sharpe opened the Monster Fac ...
.
Also that summer, Monroe made his first television appearances for
World Championship Wrestling
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and the
World Wrestling Federation
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. He wrestled
Dustin Rhodes
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on the August 24th edition of ''
WCW Power Hour
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Unlike most television (and wrestling) shows that started their program either at the top ...
'' as well as earlier edition airing on ''
WCW Worldwide
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''. The following month, he faced
Kerry von Erich
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on the September 7th edition of ''
WWF Superstars
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'' and
Million Dollar Champion Virgil
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on the September 22nd ''
WWF Challenge
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''.
Monroe returned to the MEWF at the end of the year where, on December 1, 1991, he agreed to help The Lords of Darkness defend the
MEWF Tag Team Championship
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by taking the place of an injured Pain. He and Agony were unsuccessful in defeating their opponents, Cream Team (
Dave Casanova and
Rip Sawyer), losing the tag titles in Dunbolt, Maryland that night.
Global Wrestling Federation
By 1992, Monroe had returned to the Southern United States. While working for Tugboat Taylor's Texas All-Pro Wrestling, he won the TAPW Light Heavyweight Championship from Wichita Willie in
Pasadena, Texas
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on August 28, 1992 and re-lost the title to him at the same event.
Monroe would continue wrestling on the Texas "indy circuit", specifically in the
Houston
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-area,
for the rest of the decade.
Later that year, Monroe joined the
Global Wrestling Federation
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where he had mixed success as a singles and tag team wrestler. He made his GWF debut on November 13, 1992, wrestling to a time-limit draw with Calvin Knapp and later defeating Tribal Nation (
Brave Sky &
Nocona) in a tag team match with
Mike Davis; he also teamed with The Metal Maniac against Tribal Nation later that month. In singles competition, Monroe was able to defeat Rainbow Brown on November 20 but was disqualified in his match against
GWF Television Champion
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Title ...
Manny Villalobos at the
Dallas Sportatorium
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a few weeks later.
Budget cutbacks resulted in the GWF dropping much of its talent and Monroe found work with Danny Davis' Associated Wrestlers of the Universe in Houston. He won the AWU Heavyweight Championship from American Warrior in Houston on July 31, 1993, and held the title until the promotion's close the next year. At an independent show held at
Brazoswood High School
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on March 11, 1995, a bout between him and
The Gladiator
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was part of the semi-main event in addition to a championship match between
"Gentleman" Chris Adams and
Iceman King Parsons
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Professional wrestling career
Parsons started wrestling in 1979 after being trained by Nick Kozak. King started fo ...
.
Confederate Wrestling Alliance
Monroe returned to the
Dallas Sportatorium
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with the Confederate Wrestling Alliance in the fall of 1995. On September 1, 1995, he lost to Action Jackson in one of his first matches for the promotion. He also formed tag teams with The Secret and Butch Malone, mostly in matches against
Scott Putski
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& Konnan, wrestling under the name "Bubba Malone" with the latter. He and Butch Malone received a title shot against CWA Tag Team Champions Bo Vegas & Devon Michaels on December 15, 1995, but came up short.
During his second year with the promotion, Monroe wrestled in both the singles and tag team division. In April 1996, he and Dapper Dan fought to a time-limit draw while a rematch against Action Jackson ended in a no-contest. Forming a tag team with Dan, the two spent the next few months wrestling Action & Al Jackson,
Sam Houston
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&
Charlie Norris
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, and Bo Vegas & Devon Michaels. His last appearance was at a CWA television taping at the Sportatorium where he wrestled former tag team partner Mike Davis.
Final years on the Texas "indy circuit"
That same year, Monroe wrestled for Donny Valentine's Iron Fist Wrestling Federation. On January 11, 1996, he became the promotion's first heavyweight champion after eliminating Bullman Downs in a battle royal held in
Dallas, Texas
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. He lost the belt to Tarzan Tyler in
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six months later. On May 15, 1998, he wrestled Texas independent wrestler The Gravedigger in his debut match in front of a 1,200–1,500 crowd in
Alexandria, Louisiana
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. Monroe also spent time in
Texas All-Star Wrestling
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and became one of its earliest champions when he won the
TASW Heavyweight Championship from The Gladiator in
Humble, Texas
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on August 17, 1996. The title was vacated after he left the area in September 1996.
Although never competing for the original
World Class Championship Wrestling
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under the
Von Erich family
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, Monroe took part in the several revival attempts in the years following it close. The Global Wrestling Federation and the Confederate Wrestling Alliance were examples of these later efforts to bring wrestling back to the Sportatorium. In the late-1990s, Monroe joined Mark Von Erich's version of WCCW and participated in its shows to raise money for local charities. He later wrestled Von Erich for the WCCW Heavyweight Championship at Brazoswood High School on November 14, 1998. Elsewhere on the Texas independent circuit that month, Monroe wrestled
Bill Dundee
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at the
University of Houston
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's
Hofheinz Pavilion
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.
In one of his last matches as an active wrestler, Monroe wrestled
"Mr. USA" Tony Atlas for the United States Heavyweight Championship at "Slamfest 2000", a benefit show for Bridgewood Farms, at Houston's Montgomery County Fairgrounds.
Recent years
A year or two later, Monroe retired from the sport to open his own
training facility, the "Too Bad School of Professional Wrestling", in
Pineville, Louisiana
Pineville is a city in Rapides Parish, Louisiana, United States. It is located across the Red River from the larger Alexandria. Pineville is hence part of the Alexandria Metropolitan Statistical Area. The population was 14,555 at the 2010 cens ...
. He did, however, continue to make occasional appearances for local promoters. In November 2002, he made an appearance with fellow
Global Wrestling Federation
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alumni Mark Von Erich,
One Man Gang
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, and manager
Skandor Akbar
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along with tag team partner and friend Dapper Dan at a Red River Wrestling show held at the
Rapides Coliseum
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in
Alexandria, Louisiana
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. Two years later, on February 7, 2004, he and his father were among those in attendance at
Red Bastien
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's annual "Texas Shootout" luncheon in
Arlington, Texas
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, along with other Texas wrestling legends including James Beard,
Ivan
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and
Scott Putski
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,
Killer Tim Brooks
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, Ric Manning, Kit Carson, Tom Jones, Nick Kozak, Johnny Mantell, Tom Renesto Jr., Ken Ramey,
Karl Kox, Khris Germany, Jackie Goldman, Silento Rodriguez, Tank Gilbert, Bill Colvils,
Marc Lowrance
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, Doug Johnson,
Nikla Roberts, Bullman Downs, Chico Caballo, Jason Kettner, Chris Morrow, Clifford Hory,
Bill Mercer
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, Tadd Murphy, Fred Urban, Wallace Evans,
Chris Youngblood
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, Jonah, and Robert Player.
Later years hadn't been good for Monroe as he had had many run-ins with the law with multiple drug charges and parole violations.
Bubba Monroe died on September 10, 2022, at the age of 61.
[https://www.thetowntalk.com/obituaries/att054477]
Championships and accomplishments
*Associated Wrestlers of the Universe
**AWU Heavyweight Championship (1 time, last)
*Atlantic States Wrestling Alliance / Mid-Atlantic Wrestling Alliance
**MAWA Heavyweight Championship (1 time)
*Iron Fist Wrestling Federation
**IFWF Heavyweight Championship (1 time, first)
*
Pro Wrestling Illustrated
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**PWI ranked him #405 of the top 500 singles wrestlers in the
PWI 500
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in 1995
**PWI ranked him #285 of the top 500 singles wrestlers in the
PWI 500
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in 1993
*Texas All-Pro Wrestling
**TAPW Light Heavyweight Championship (1 time)
*
Texas All-Star Wrestling
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**
TASW Heavyweight Championship (1 time)
References
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1960 births
2022 deaths
American male professional wrestlers
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