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Bobby Eaton
Semi-retired Professional Wrestler
Male
Born
Aug 14, 1958
Age
54
Hometown
Huntsville, Alabama
Other Names
Eaton, Robert Lee
Robert Lee "Bobby" Eaton is an American semi-retired professional wrestler, who made his debut in 1976. Eaton is most famous for his work in tag teams, especially his days as one-half of the team the Midnight Express. Under the management of Jim Cornette… Read More
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Timeline
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CHILDHOOD
1958
Birth
Born on August 14, 1958.
TEENAGE
1978
19 Years Old
In 1978, Eaton teamed with Leapin' Lanny Poffo (brother of the more well-known "Macho Man" Randy Savage), and together they won the NWA Mid-America Tag Team Championship from Gypsy Joe and Leroy Rochester.
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TWENTIES
In the spring of 1979, Eaton started a feud with Chris Colt, designed to establish Eaton as more than just a good tag team competitor.
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1985
26 Years Old
In 1985 Eaton, Condrey and Cornette signed with Jim Crockett Promotions (JCP) and were given national exposure on JCP's televised programs on SuperStation TBS.
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1986
27 Years Old
The feud with the Road Warriors included a high profile Scaffold match at Starrcade 1986, which the Midnight Express lost.
In early 1987, Condrey left JCP for undisclosed reasons, and "Sweet" Stan Lane took his place as part of the Midnight Express.
1988
29 Years Old
1 This Mid-Atlantic promotion, while having revived some of the championships used by the previous Mid-Atlantic promotion, is not the same promotion once owned by Jim Crockett, Jr. and went on to be renamed World Championship Wrestling after it was sold to Ted Turner in November 1988.
THIRTIES
1990
31 Years Old
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After a loss at the WCW pay-per-view Halloween Havoc 1990, the Midnight Express split up, as Jim Cornette and Stan Lane left the federation, while Eaton chose to remain in WCW.
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He wrestled his former opponents in tag team competition such as Brad Armstrong, Ricky Morton and "Z-Man" Tom Zenk, but it was not until he turned face during the early parts of 1991 that he started to move up the rankings.
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1994
35 Years Old
During this time, Eaton also made a couple of appearances in ECW due to a talent trade arrangement between WCW and ECW. His most well known appearance was at the "When Worlds Collide" show on May 14, 1994, where he teamed with Sabu to beat Arn Anderson and Terry Funk.
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1995
36 Years Old
Eaton was then shown being knighted as "Earl Robert Eaton" by the (supposed) Queen of England on WCW Main Event, April 2, 1995. The team made their ring debut, dubbed The Blue Bloods, on WCW Saturday Night, April 8, 1995.
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FORTIES
2000
41 Years Old
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He also became a trainer at the WCW Power Plant and worked backstage for WCW as a road agent until he was released in the closing months of the company in 2000.
In 2003, Eaton worked for NWA Mid-Atlantic, forming a new version of the Midnight Express with Ricky Nelson.
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2006
47 Years Old
On September 6, 2006 Dave Meltzer reported that Eaton was hospitalized after suffering a heart attack.
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