Rick Fuller Richard Fuller is an American professional wrestler . He is best known for his appearances World Championship Wrestling . He would later be featured in several video games including WCW Nitro and WCW / nWo Thunder . Professional wrestling career . Early life and career . Born in Middleboro , Massachusetts , Fuller graduated from Middleborough High School in 1987 and soon began training under " Superfly " Jimmy Snuka and " Mr . USA " Tony Atlas at their wrestling school in New Bedford , Massachusetts . Touring the Northeast during the 1990s , Fuller won championship titles in several promotions and , most notably , feuded with Scott Garland while in the New England Wrestling Association later fighting over the NEWA Heavyweight title during 1992 and 1993 . World Championship Wrestling . In early 1997 , Fuller made debut in World Championship Wrestling losing to Lex Luger at the The Superdome in New Orleans , Louisiana on January 13 , 1997 . Regularly appearing on Monday Night Nitro , WCW Saturday Night during the year , he also lost to Chris Benoit on February 22 and Diamond Dallas Page on March 3 . Later that month , he would also face Road Block and Johnny Swinger on WCW Saturday Night before teaming with Roadblock against Lex Luger & The Giant at Monday Night Nitro on March 31 , 1997 . Suffering losses to Booker T and Jeff Jarrett during the next two months , he lost to Meng in a dark match on Monday Night Nitro on May 12 . After another loss to Jeff Jarrett on WCW Saturday Night on May 24 , he also lost to The Giant in a handicap match with Johnny Swinger and Jerry Flynn at Monday Night Nitro on May 26 . In early June , he would also lose to Ice Train and Buff Bagwell and later to " Hacksaw " Jim Duggan on Monday Night Nitro in Las Vegas , Nevada on July 13 . One of the first victims of Bill Goldberg ' s winning streak during early 1998 , Fuller was pinned by Goldberg at WCW Thunder on February 2 . He later appeared on WCW Worldwide losing to Konnan on February 21 . as well as appearing on WCW Saturday Night facing Hugh Morris , Jim Duggan and Prince Iaukea as well as to Booker T and Steve McMichael on WCW Thunder before defeating Doc Dean on July 25 , 1998 . During the next few months however , while scoring victories over preliminary wrestlers , he would lose matches to Scott Norton , Bryan Clark , Marty Jannetty and Jerry Flynn before losing to WCW World Heavyweight Champion Bill Goldberg at WCW Thunder in Lexington , Kentucky on September 10 . He would also lose to Ernest " The Cat " Miller and Rick Steiner before defeating El Dandy on WCW Worldwide on October 17 , 1998 . Defeating Lash LeRoux at WCW Worldwide on January 26 , Fuller later teamed with Knuckles Nelson at the NWA Parade of Champions , substituting for the injured Erich Sbraccia , winning the then vacant NWA World Tag Team Championship against Team Extreme ( Kit Carson and Khris Germany ) winning by reverse decision at the Bronco Bowl in Dallas , Texas on June 10 , 1999 . However , the two would hold them for less than a week before losing the titles to The Public Enemy in Bolton , Massachusetts on June 17 . Fuller would make only occasional appearances with WCW for most of the year , defeating Sick Boy at WCW Thunder in Birmingham , Alabama on July 14 instead wrestling for independent promotions including an appearance at Ultimate Professional Wrestling ' s Slam & Jam ' 99 defeating former trainer " Mr . USA " Tony Atlas at the Augusta Civic Center in Augusta , Maine on December 30 , 1999 . Returning to WCW in early 2000 , Fuller faced Tank Abbot on Monday Night Nitro on February 14 and later appeared on WCW Saturday Night during its last months on the air facing The Wall , The Demon and , in the last episode , participated in a 6 - man Hardcore Battle Royal won by Brian Knobbs and included Norman Smiley , Adrian Byrd , Dave Burkehead and The Dog on April 1 , 2000 . Return to the independent circuit . After the close of WCW , Fuller returned to the independent circuit and , while in East Coast Championship Wrestling joined the stable Alliance of Defiance with Kevin Kelly and Billy Fives in early 2001 . He would also make an appearance in the World Wrestling Federation facing Devon Storm at the Hartford Civic Center in Hartford , Connecticut on May 21 . In December 2001 , he assaulted then - referee Barry Ace during a match for NWA New England after he had unintentionally caused Fuller to mistime a wrestling move . NWA New England Vice President Vinnie Capelli later made a public statement accepting full responsibility for the incident as Barry Ace was not a fully trained referee at the time . Despite this incident , Fuller remained with the promotion and , the following year , he won the NWA New England Heavyweight Championship . Several years later , Fuller and Ace both portrayed prison inmates in the film What Doesn ' t Kill You . Recent years . During 2006 , Fuller would continue his feud with Brian Milonas in East Coast Championship Wrestling defeating him on May 6 although he was later eliminated by Milonas in the ECCW " Road to the Championship " Tournament on May 20 . The following month he debuted New England Championship Wrestling defeating Nat Turner on July 15 although he would later lose to NECW U . S . Champion Eric Shred by disqualification on October 7 and , with Evan Siks , defeated Eddie Edwards & DC Dillinger by disqualification on October 28 , 2006 . Defeating Triplelicious and Chris Green during the next several weeks , he joined Team Nightmare ( Evan Siks , Jason Blade and Brian Fury ) defeating Team Sabotage ( Kristian Frost , John Walters , Eddie Edwards and DC Dillinger ) in an 8 - man elimination match on December 16 , 2006 . In early 2007 , he lost to Abyss in a stretcher match during a Powerhouse Wrestling of New England event on January 27 and , the following month in Big Time Wrestling , defeated Eddie Edwards on February 25 before losing to Mister TA in a dog collar match on March 2 , 2007 . From late 2007 through early 2008 , he wrestled for a small company in Fair Haven , Massachusetts called Alliance Championship Wrestling . On May 18 , 2007 Fuller faced Chaotic Wrestling Heavyweight Champion Brian Milonas in the main event of the Homecoming benefit show in Byfield , Massachusetts , a fundraising event held by Chaotic Wrestling and Fabulous Productions to raise money for charities in the New England area including the Mothers Against Drunk Driving , the Newbury Police Association and the Trista Zinck Scholarship Fund . The match , which featured WWE World Heavyweight Champion John Cena as special referee , also saw Vince McMahon in a rare appearance on the independent circuit who attempted to interfere in the match only to be stopped by John Cena . On December 28 , 2007 Fuller defeated Brian Fury to win the NECW Triple Crown Heavyweight Championship in Quincy , Massachusetts . On June 27 , 2008 , Fuller and tag team partner Fred Sampson defeated The Blowout Boys to become the new Chaotic Wrestling Tag Team Champions . In 2008 Fuller competed for New Japan Pro Wrestling , where he formed a tag team with Giant Bernard . He is also a singles competitor in the New Jersey based ISPW and the New England - based Big Time Wrestling . Personal life . Fuller is married and has two children .