History Wrestling / BobHolly

* BullyingADragon: Holly liked to make matches Hell for rookie wrestlers. This bit him in the ass when he tried his bullying routine on a young Wrestling/BrockLesnar. Lesnar, who note was a then in his prime 300 pound ex-college wrestling champion, not only just shook off Holly's numerous stiff strike, he proved just how strong he was when Holly tried sandbagging him. Lesnar easily picked him up anyway, and the resulting injury put Holly out for a year.

** Back in 2000, he was in an off-screen relationship with the EMT Diva B.B. (real name Cathy Dingman) while he was in the process of divorcing his wife at the time. WWE canned Dingman for this, with Wrestling/TheDudleyBoys putting her through a table to send her out of WWE.[[note]]This obviously applies only to minor midcard characters, as opposed to the Wrestling/MattHardy-Wrestling/{{Lita}}[=-=]Wrestling/{{Edge}} mess in 2005.[[/note]]

* IHaveTheHighGround: Brought top rope attacks back into his arsenal as Hardcore Holly while wrestling on Velocity.

* CatchPhrase: "I'm the Big Shot," though it didn't really catch on... alternatively, "nut up or shut up" was also bandied about at the time.

* NoHoldsBarredBeatdown: To Daniel Puder in OVW.
** To say nothing of what he did to Puder during the 2005 ''Wrestling/RoyalRumble'', alongside Wrestling/EddieGuerrero and Wrestling/ChrisBenoit.

* BaldOfAwesome: As a {{face}}. A man hardly ''needs'' hair to kick ass, yeah?

* [[MySisterIsOffLimits My Cousin Is Off Limits]]: Bob did ''not'' take kindly to Wrestling/MollyHolly dating Spike Dudley, outright telling her she didn't know what she wanted when she protested that she liked Spike. Spike's brothers didn't appreciate his dating Molly either, leading to an AffectionateParody of ''Theatre/RomeoAndJuliet'' and a nasty feud between the Dudleys and Hollys.

-->--''Wrestling/WrestleMania 2000'' post-match interview

As per usual, [[Wiki/{{Wikipedia}} The Other Wiki]] has a detailed, lengthy [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hardcore_Holly write-up]] on Holly's career.

* DrillSergeantNasty: His role in the second season of ''Series/WWEToughEnough''.

->''"If [Crash Holly defended the Hardcore Championship] 24/7, I'm gonna do it 48/14, and how I about I start with you? How about, I could start with you, right here, right now? It doesn't matter to me, Wrestling/MichaelCole, 'cause I will '''break your ass in half''', you little shithead!"''

Bob "Hardcore" Holly (born Robert William Howard on January 29, 1963) is an American {{professional wrestl|ing}}er, whose tenure with WWE lasted from 1991 to 2008. Initially, Holly portrayed happy-go-lucky UsefulNotes/{{NASCAR}} racer turned wrestler Thurman "Sparky" Plugg, which failed to garner much success. During the second half of the decade, Holly became a member of the tongue-in-cheek J.O.B. Squad; the stable disbanded after Holly's win over Wrestling/AlSnow in one of the inaugural matches of the newly-created WWF Hardcore Championship, setting the tone for the [[GarbageWrestler hardcore wrestling]] division of WWF's Wrestling/AttitudeEra.

'''Bob "Hardcore" Holly''' (born '''Robert William Howard''' on January 29, 1963) is an American {{professional wrestl|ing}}er, whose tenure with WWE lasted from 1991 to 2008. Initially, Holly portrayed happy-go-lucky UsefulNotes/{{NASCAR}} racer turned wrestler Thurman "Sparky" Plugg, which failed to garner much success. During the second half of the decade, Holly became a member of the tongue-in-cheek J.O.B. Squad; the stable disbanded after Holly's win over Wrestling/AlSnow in one of the inaugural matches of the newly-created WWF Hardcore Championship, setting the tone for the [[GarbageWrestler hardcore wrestling]] division of WWF's Wrestling/AttitudeEra.

* {{Expy}}: In Wrestling/SmokeyMountainWrestling he was made into [[Wrestling/TheMidNightExpress Bobby Eaton]] with an additional celebrity hanger on gimmick.

* ArchEnemy: In kayfabe, Lesnar is the closest thing to be found. In real life, he has threatened Mr. Kennedy on his life.

* FunWithAcronyms: '''S'''parky '''T'''hurman '''P'''lugg is ostensibly a play on STP, the motor oil brand... which begs the question as to why the name ended up as "Thurman 'Sparky' Plugg."

'''Bob "Hardcore" Holly''' (born '''Robert William Howard''' on January 29, 1963) is an American {{professional wrestl|ing}}er, whose tenure with WWE [[LongRunner lasted from 1991 to 2008]]. Initially, Holly portrayed happy-go-lucky UsefulNotes/{{NASCAR}} racer turned wrestler Thurman "Sparky" Plugg, which failed to garner much success. During the second half of the decade, Holly became a member of the tongue-in-cheek J.O.B. Squad; the stable disbanded after Holly's win over Wrestling/AlSnow in one of the inaugural matches of the newly-created WWF Hardcore Championship, setting the tone for the [[GarbageWrestler hardcore wrestling]] division of WWF's Wrestling/AttitudeEra.

* OneSceneWonder: He made one appearance in Wrestling/{{TNA}} to help Wrestling/JamesStorm and Magnus defeat Wrestling/AcesAndEights.