Rick Harris Rick Harris is a former professional wrestler better known by his ring name , Black Bart . He is the son of the late George " Two Ton " Harris . Career . Rick Harris started wrestling in 1975 . He went through several names , such as Hangman Harris , Ricky Harris and Man Mountain Harris , before settling on the name of Black Bart which was given to him by Dusty Rhodes in 1984 . He formed a tag team called " The Long Riders " with Ron Bass in Florida Championship Wrestling in 1984 and they went to the NWA ' s Jim Crockett Promotions later that year . After splitting with Bass in 1985 , he feuded with Ron Garvin , Terry Taylor and Sam Houston . In late 1986 , Bart went to World Class Championship Wrestling where he feuded with Chris Adams and Kevin Von Erich over the World Class title . When Adams , who held the World Class title , left the promotion in September 1986 , Bart was awarded the championship . . . but not before the promotion explained that Bart won the belt from Adams in a fictitious match held in Los Angeles . Bart lost the championship to Von Erich a month later in Dallas , then , like other major World Class stars , left WCCW to join the UWF . While in the UWF during the time when they would co - promote shows with the NWA . While wrestling in the NWA for Jim Crockett Promotions , he received a sizable push in the midcard , winning the NWA National Heavyweight Championship and the NWA Mid - Atlantic Heavyweight Championship . He also wrestled in the tournament for the NWA Western States Heritage Championship . Harris Lost in the final match to Barry Windham . In 1987 Black Bart wrestled in Japan for NJPW and had some matches with Antonio Inoki . He then went back to Florida Championship Wrestling and teamed with Bobby Jaggers and Tony Anthony while feuding with Dustin Rhodes & Mike Graham and The Nasty Boys . He then went to the CWA where he feuded with Dutch Mantel . In 1989 , he went to the WWF where he mostly worked as enhancement talent wrestling against Superfly Jimmy Snuka , Tito Santana and Hacksaw Jim Duggan . After leaving WWF he wrestled for the USWA owned WCCW promotion in Texas where he struck up another feud with Sam Houston . In 1991 World Championship Wrestling ( WCW ) created a stable known as " the Desperados " consisting of Dutch Mantell , Black Bart , and Deadeye Dick . The Desperados were packaged with the gimmick of being three bumbling cowboys looking to meet up with Stan Hansen to go to WCW and become a team . Over the course of a few months , they were promoted through a series of vignettes by which they would be beaten up in saloons , searching ghost towns , and riding horses . Hansen reportedly wanted no part of the storyline and left for Japan , never to return to wrestle in North America . Without Hansen , the group were pushed into service as jobbers and were dissolved as a stable before the end of the year . In 1991 , he went to the Global Wrestling Federation where he won the Tag Team Titles 3 times , including once with John Hawk . Harris wrestled in the independents for the rest of his career and had a short run in WCW as Big Train Bart before retiring in 2002 . Harris resurfaced in 2006 wrestling on some independent shows in Texas . Harris has also appeared at many NWA reunion events . As a trainer , his most famous pupil to date has been Necro Butcher who was featured in the 2008 hit movie " The Wrestler " . Harris once ran a professional wrestling school at the Dallas Sportatorium .