Bobby Duncum , Jr . Bobby Edward Duncum , Jr . ( August 26 , 1965 – January 24 , 2000 ) was an American professional wrestler . He was best known for his stint in World Championship Wrestling as a member of the West Texas Rednecks . Professional wrestling career . After playing collegiate football for University of Texas at Austin , and playing professionally for the Dallas Texans of the Arena Football League , Duncum debuted in September 1992 and began wrestling for the Texas - based Global Wrestling Federation . Only two months after his debut , he and Johnny Hawk , collectively known as the Texas Mustangs , won the Tag Team Championship from the Rough Riders ( Black Bart and Johnny Mantell ) . After a little over two months , the Mustangs lost the title to the Bad Breed ( Axl Rotten and Ian Rotten ) on January 29 , 1993 . The Mustangs disbanded shortly after the title loss . All Japan Pro Wrestling and Extreme Championship Wrestling ( 1995 – 1998 ) . After a two - year hiatus , Duncum returned to wrestling and made his All Japan Pro Wrestling debut on January 8 , 1995 , where he , Gary Albright and Joel Deaton defeated Eagle , Lacrosse and The Patriot . Throughout the next few years , Duncum would wrestle in several singles and six - man tag team matches while in AJPW , while also making appearances in the Dallas - based Continental Wrestling Alliance . While still competing for AJPW , Duncum debuted in Extreme Championship Wrestling on February 14 , 1997 , where he defeated Balls Mahoney . He then began to split time between both promotions through the next few years , with his final ECW match being a loss to Mikey Whipwreck on July 18 , 1998 and his final AJPW match being a tag team match in which he and Stan Hansen lost to Gary Albright and Yoshihiro Takayama on September 11 . World Championship Wrestling ( 1998 – 2000 ) . Feud with Chris Jericho . On the November 16 episode of " WCW Monday Nitro " , Duncum made his World Championship Wrestling debut and defeated Chris Jericho in a World Television Championship match , but was unable to win Jericho ' s title due to winning via countout . Six days later at World War 3 , Duncum made his pay - per - view debut and faced Jericho in a rematch for the title , but lost via pinfall . Duncum continued his feud with Jericho and defeated him twice at house show s and once more on the December 3 episode of " Thunder " before losing to him on the December 7 episode of " Nitro " . The West Texas Rednecks . After forming a brief tag team with Mike Enos that lasted until the end of 1998 , Duncum became a heel in the beginning of 1999 and joined Curt Hennig , Barry Windham and Kendall Windham to form a faction called the West Texas Rednecks . Although originally intended to be the villainous rivals of Master P ' s No Limit Soldiers , a faction of rappers , the Rednecks were instead embraced by the Southern wrestling fans of WCW and were cheered over the Soldiers . While Hennig and Barry would contend for the World Tag Team Championship , Duncum would compete in singles matches on " Saturday Night " and " Thunder " , including an unsuccessful attempt at winning the World Television Title from Booker T on the April 15 episode of " Thunder " . On June 13 at The Great American Bash , Duncum and Hennig lost to Konnan and Rey Mysterio , Jr . of the No Limit Soldiers in a tag team match . Less than a month later , the Rednecks lost to the Soldiers once again at Bash at the Beach in an elimination tag team match on July 11 . Following the end of their feud with the Soldiers , the Rednecks made their final pay - per - view appearance at Road Wild on August 14 , where Duncum , Barry and Hennig lost to the Revolution ( Dean Malenko , Perry Saturn and Shane Douglas ) in a six - man tag team match . Twelve days later on " Thunder " , Duncum made his final televised appearance as he , Barry and Kendall Windham lost to the Filthy Animals ( Eddy Guerrero , Kidman and Rey Mysterio , Jr . ) . Death . After taking time off from WCW to recover from reconstructive rotator cuff surgery , Duncum died of an accidental overdose of a prescription painkiller prescribed by his doctor , on January 24 , 2000 . His body was donated to University of Texas at Austin for medical science . Personal life . Duncum ' s father , Bobby Duncum , Sr . , was also a professional wrestler .