Bobby The Fan (RLS CAS)

Williams backstage producing a UNION show.

**Robert Williams** *(born 31st July 1990 in Newcastle, Tyne-and-Wear)* is an English professional wrestler currently signed to UNION Wrestling, where he performs under the name **Bobby The Fan**, as well as working as a producer.

Initially a long-time BWF fan1 brought in and trained to provide some light hearted comic relief, Fan built a following in the promotion so strong he was eventually green lit for a BWF Title push2. However the promotion would close it's doors before the dream could be realised.3

## Career

### BWF (2011-2014)

Williams was, while training to be wrestler elsewhere, considered the "superfan" of both BWF and Best of British Wrestling, with him attending every major show between 2007 and 2011, leading to him being invited to join the BWF Wrestling School under coach Jason Emerson.

Although this was seen as mainly being a PR move, Mikey Ace saw an opportunity to use the keen fan in a BWF storyline following Inter Champion Davey Mac's no-show of an event in Wigan, persuading booker Andy Fortis to have "Bobby the Fan" be called to challenge Mac and shockingly defeat him.

Despite this being a rib on Mac, Williams ended up putting on a competent showing and seemed to have a genuine bond with the other fans, leading to his official signing on as a full-time superstar in early 2012, shortly after dropping the title to Backstab.

He wouldn't hold another title in BWF, though he did briefly win the BoBWrestling Young Lions Shield in Best of British, but he remained a popular fixture in the company until it's eventual demise in 2014, paving the way for his move to the newly founded UNION Wrestling.

### UNION Wrestling (2015-*present*)

A mainstay of their early touring years, Bobby would debut on Live from the UNION in January 2017, in a losing effort to then-Internet Champion Mikey Ace, before narrowly losing to Sinyster in the 1st Round of the Brawl Championship Tourney a week later.

He'd debut on UNION Unleashed in April 2017, eliminating Bangura in a Battle Royal to determine the #1 Contender to the Brawl Championship before being eliminated by eventual runner-up Rufus Caine. Around this time he turned heel for the first time, turning on the crowd and aligning with his "friend" Brawl Champion Tyrone Riske, in his feud with Grayson Gage. He was written off programming soon after, by Broderick, leaving the company for personal reasons4, before quietly re-joining them a month later and taking on Vladimir Schors in the Dark Match of European Invasion 2017.

After a loss to Matsuda in a Three-Person Match also involving Riske in July 2017, Bobby would again ask to leave the company, this time giving no reason5, but would make a special appearance after the final Live from the UNION show in his hometown, insulting the crowd and the company before taking the Finishers of several superstars. According to Eddie Hamer, he did this with very little notice, and wasn't under contract at the time.

Bobby would return to the company in November 2017, on Episode 3 of UNION Wrestling Charged, losing to Broderick. This would begin a period of part-time work in which he worked live shows, helping to establish new roster members such as Robbie Armada and returning members like Bangura. When UNION Wrestling downsized for financial reasons in 20186, Bobby began working more regularly on these live shows without extra pay, until the company announced a hiatus following the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic.

Bobby would be rewarded when UNION returned in November 2021, getting to face Virgil Baker in the main event of their first show, though he would lose the bout. At the Liverpool show in December, he'd be defeated by Tyrone Riske, before losing a Submission match to recently-returned Wroe at the Touchdown '22 show in January 2022. He'd lose to the debuting Piranha in the opening match of the next show in Aberdeen.

While Bobby didn't appear at UNION Bring Down The House in a performing capacity, he did appear backstage as a producer, with his real name on the list of crew under "Associate Producer". On the debut episode of UNION Charged, he'd lose to UNION British Champion British Samurai, who'd then repel the attack of Wroe.

## In-Wrestling

### Signatures

Gut Punch 5

Corner Trapped Punch/Chop Combo

Crouching Uppercut (Ringside)

### Finishers

The Autograph *(Sit-Out Straight Jacket Neckbreaker)*

## Accomplishments

BWF Inter Champion

BoBWrestling Young Lions Shield

## Trivia

* Despite already being in training before BWF invited him to train with them, he considers them his trainers due to a poor relationship with the unnamed trainer he was with before7.
* Bobby's attires in UNION Wrestling have led to some confusion over whether he actually needs glasses, as he sometimes has them on in his entrance and sometimes they're completely absent8.

## Behind-the-Scenes

1. In truth, he was a name-swap of a similar character on the roster of the old MDickie games.
2. I just liked using him, to be honest.
3. I "closed" BWF completely to move over fulltime to the WWE 2K series.
4. In truth, looking back at the Universe diary for UNION Wrestling on the 2K Forums, he wasn't used in this period of time, and I wanted to make Virgil Baker the only person to be a complete mainstay with the promotion.
5. This time, the break in his appearances in the diary was much longer, and I can't actually remember why I didn't book him at all.
6. Actually my PS4 dying, and the move to PRIZE Wrestling League when continuing the series on PC.
7. My notes having him down as being trained by BWF actually conflict with the notes on his early career, for some reason, so I decided to merge them as well as I could.
8. I was actually really forgetful when editing his attire, because I'd do them from scratch, and only remembered the glasses half the time.