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'''Butch Miller''' (b. Robert Miller in 1944, died April 2nd, 2023) and '''Luke Williams''' (b. Brian Pickens in 1947) were a ProfessionalWrestling TagTeam best known as '''The Bushwhackers''' and '''The Sheepherders.''' They started in their native UsefulNotes/NewZealand in 1964, and Steve Rickard, who was also the booker for NWA Hawaii, brought them to America. They competed for Stampede Wrestling in Calgary as '''The Kiwis''', "Crazy" Nick Carter and Sweet William. Starting in 1979, they worked for both the NWA Pacific Northwest Wrestling promotion in UsefulNotes/{{Portland}} and in Canada as '''The Kiwi Sheepherders.''' Following runs in NWA Mid-Atlantic and the World Wrestling Council in Puerto Rico, Miller returned home and Williams replaced him with Lord Jonathan Boyd. This ended when Boyd suffered a broken leg while he and Williams were working for Southwest Championship Wrestling in San Antonio, leading to Miller's return. They also worked in Florida, Mid-South/UWF and for the Wrestling/NationalWrestlingAlliance before surprising many people by jumping to Wrestling/{{WWE}} in late 1988 where they became the Bushwhackers, Luke and Butch. They were midcard {{Face}}s for their entire run, but never got to hold the [[http://www.wrestling-titles.com/wwe/wwe-world-t.html WWE World Tag Team Titles]]. They also made a few appearances in Wrestling/{{ECW}} in 1998, where they were billed as "[[Wrestling/TheDudleyBoys the Dudleys]] from Down Under," "Cousin Luke Dudley" and "Cousin Butch Dudley." Their last major WWE appearance was in the Gimmick Battle Royal at ''Wrestling/{{WrestleMania}} X-7''. Butch retired following a neck injury in September 2001. Williams has continued to work the independent scene on and off for years. Among their in-ring achievements, they were 2x [[http://www.wrestling-titles.com/canada/ab/stampede/ab-int-t.html Stampede International Tag Team Champions]], 1x [[http://www.wrestling-titles.com/us/midatlantic/ma-t.html NWA Mid-Atlantic Tag Team Champions]] and 1x [[http://www.wrestling-titles.com/us/midsouth/uwf/uwf-t.html UWF World Tag Team Champions]].

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'''Butch Miller''' (b. Robert Miller in 1944, died April 2nd, 2023) and '''Luke Williams''' (b. Brian Pickens in 1947) were a ProfessionalWrestling TagTeam best known as '''The Bushwhackers''' and '''The Sheepherders.''' They started in their native UsefulNotes/NewZealand in 1964, and Steve Rickard, who was also the booker for NWA Hawaii, brought them to America. They competed for Stampede Wrestling in Calgary as '''The Kiwis''', "Crazy" Nick Carter and Sweet William. Starting in 1979, they worked for both the NWA Pacific Northwest Wrestling promotion in UsefulNotes/{{Portland}} and in Canada as '''The Kiwi Sheepherders.''' Following runs in NWA Mid-Atlantic and the World Wrestling Council in Puerto Rico, Miller returned home and Williams replaced him with Lord Jonathan Boyd. This ended when Boyd suffered a broken leg while he and Williams were working for Southwest Championship Wrestling in San Antonio, leading to Miller's return. They also worked in Florida, Mid-South/UWF and for the Wrestling/NationalWrestlingAlliance before surprising many people by jumping to Wrestling/{{WWE}} in late 1988 where they became the Bushwhackers, Luke and Butch. They were midcard {{Face}}s for their entire run, but never got to hold the [[http://www.wrestling-titles.com/wwe/wwe-world-t.html WWE World Tag Team Titles]]. They also made a few appearances in Wrestling/{{ECW}} in 1998, where they were billed as "[[Wrestling/TheDudleyBoys the Dudleys]] from Down Under," "Cousin Luke Dudley" and "Cousin Butch Dudley." Their last major WWE appearance was in the Gimmick Battle Royal at ''Wrestling/{{WrestleMania}} X-7''.

Butch retired following a neck injury in September 2001. Williams has continued to work make the independent scene on and off occasional indie appearance even to this day; now in his late 70's, he holds the rare honor of being an active wrestler for years.seven straight decades. Among their in-ring achievements, they were 2x [[http://www.wrestling-titles.com/canada/ab/stampede/ab-int-t.html Stampede International Tag Team Champions]], 1x [[http://www.wrestling-titles.com/us/midatlantic/ma-t.html NWA Mid-Atlantic Tag Team Champions]] and 1x [[http://www.wrestling-titles.com/us/midsouth/uwf/uwf-t.html UWF World Tag Team Champions]].
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'''Butch Miller''' (b. Robert Miller in 1944) and '''Luke Williams''' (b. Brian Pickens in 1947) were a ProfessionalWrestling TagTeam best known as '''The Bushwhackers''' and '''The Sheepherders.''' They started in their native UsefulNotes/NewZealand in 1964, and Steve Rickard, who was also the booker for NWA Hawaii, brought them to America. They competed for Stampede Wrestling in Calgary as '''The Kiwis''', "Crazy" Nick Carter and Sweet William. Starting in 1979, they worked for both the NWA Pacific Northwest Wrestling promotion in UsefulNotes/{{Portland}} and in Canada as '''The Kiwi Sheepherders.''' Following runs in NWA Mid-Atlantic and the World Wrestling Council in Puerto Rico, Miller returned home and Williams replaced him with Lord Jonathan Boyd. This ended when Boyd suffered a broken leg while he and Williams were working for Southwest Championship Wrestling in San Antonio, leading to Miller's return. They also worked in Florida, Mid-South/UWF and for the Wrestling/NationalWrestlingAlliance before surprising many people by jumping to Wrestling/{{WWE}} in late 1988 where they became the Bushwhackers, Luke and Butch. They were midcard {{Face}}s for their entire run, but never got to hold the [[http://www.wrestling-titles.com/wwe/wwe-world-t.html WWE World Tag Team Titles]]. They also made a few appearances in Wrestling/{{ECW}} in 1998, where they were billed as "[[Wrestling/TheDudleyBoys the Dudleys]] from Down Under," "Cousin Luke Dudley" and "Cousin Butch Dudley." Their last major WWE appearance was in the Gimmick Battle Royal at ''Wrestling/{{WrestleMania}} X-7''. Butch retired following a neck injury in September 2001. Williams has continued to work the independent scene on and off for years. Among their in-ring achievements, they were 2x [[http://www.wrestling-titles.com/canada/ab/stampede/ab-int-t.html Stampede International Tag Team Champions]], 1x [[http://www.wrestling-titles.com/us/midatlantic/ma-t.html NWA Mid-Atlantic Tag Team Champions]] and 1x [[http://www.wrestling-titles.com/us/midsouth/uwf/uwf-t.html UWF World Tag Team Champions]].

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'''Butch Miller''' (b. Robert Miller in 1944) 1944, died April 2nd, 2023) and '''Luke Williams''' (b. Brian Pickens in 1947) were a ProfessionalWrestling TagTeam best known as '''The Bushwhackers''' and '''The Sheepherders.''' They started in their native UsefulNotes/NewZealand in 1964, and Steve Rickard, who was also the booker for NWA Hawaii, brought them to America. They competed for Stampede Wrestling in Calgary as '''The Kiwis''', "Crazy" Nick Carter and Sweet William. Starting in 1979, they worked for both the NWA Pacific Northwest Wrestling promotion in UsefulNotes/{{Portland}} and in Canada as '''The Kiwi Sheepherders.''' Following runs in NWA Mid-Atlantic and the World Wrestling Council in Puerto Rico, Miller returned home and Williams replaced him with Lord Jonathan Boyd. This ended when Boyd suffered a broken leg while he and Williams were working for Southwest Championship Wrestling in San Antonio, leading to Miller's return. They also worked in Florida, Mid-South/UWF and for the Wrestling/NationalWrestlingAlliance before surprising many people by jumping to Wrestling/{{WWE}} in late 1988 where they became the Bushwhackers, Luke and Butch. They were midcard {{Face}}s for their entire run, but never got to hold the [[http://www.wrestling-titles.com/wwe/wwe-world-t.html WWE World Tag Team Titles]]. They also made a few appearances in Wrestling/{{ECW}} in 1998, where they were billed as "[[Wrestling/TheDudleyBoys the Dudleys]] from Down Under," "Cousin Luke Dudley" and "Cousin Butch Dudley." Their last major WWE appearance was in the Gimmick Battle Royal at ''Wrestling/{{WrestleMania}} X-7''. Butch retired following a neck injury in September 2001. Williams has continued to work the independent scene on and off for years. Among their in-ring achievements, they were 2x [[http://www.wrestling-titles.com/canada/ab/stampede/ab-int-t.html Stampede International Tag Team Champions]], 1x [[http://www.wrestling-titles.com/us/midatlantic/ma-t.html NWA Mid-Atlantic Tag Team Champions]] and 1x [[http://www.wrestling-titles.com/us/midsouth/uwf/uwf-t.html UWF World Tag Team Champions]].
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* BadassBeard: Both used beards in their career as wrestlers.

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As usual, you can find the basics at [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Bushwhackers The Other Wiki]].


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* CoveredWithScars: Their foreheads are ''covered'' with scars from excessive blading.
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* UseYourHead: This was their FinishingMove, Luke holding Butch in a headlock and running to hit their opponents in the gut.

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* UseYourHead: This was their FinishingMove, Luke holding Butch in a headlock and running to hit their opponents in the gut.gut or kidneys.

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* {{Badass Grandpa}}s[=/=]RingOldies: Both of them.

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* {{Badass Grandpa}}s[=/=]RingOldies: BadassBeard: Both of them.used beards in their career as wrestlers.



* BatteringRam[=/=]UseYourHead: This was their FinishingMove, Luke holding Butch in a headlock and running to hit their opponents in the gut.
* [[BeardOfEvil Beards Of Evil]][=/=]{{Badass Beard}}s: Depending on their heel/face alignment.



* {{Garbage Wrestler}}s: While both guys did get proper training, as the Sheepherders, they could brawl with the best of them, and they bled for decades.

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* {{Garbage Wrestler}}s: GarbageWrestler: While both guys did get proper training, as the Sheepherders, they could brawl with the best of them, and they bled for decades.



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* RingOldies: Both of them.



* [[SpellMyNameWithAnS Spell Our Name with an H]]: It's ''Bushwhackers'', not ''Bushwackers''.

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* [[SpellMyNameWithAnS Spell Our Name with an H]]: SpellMyNameWithAnS: It's ''Bushwhackers'', not ''Bushwackers''.



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UnrelatedBrothers: In this case unrelated cousins.
* [[IHaveManyNames We Have Many Names]]UseYourHead: This was their FinishingMove, Luke holding Butch in a headlock and running to hit their opponents in the gut.
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** FaceHeelTurn: On the receiving end when [[Wrestling/FredOttman Tugboat]] turned on them during the six-man tag that led to the formation of the Natural Disasters.

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** FaceHeelTurn: On the receiving end when [[Wrestling/FredOttman Tugboat]] turned on them during the six-man tag that led to the formation of the Natural Disasters.Wrestling/TheNaturalDisasters.
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** FaceHeelTurn: On the receiving end when Tugboat turned on them during the six-man tag that led to the formation of the Natural Disasters.

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** FaceHeelTurn: On the receiving end when Tugboat [[Wrestling/FredOttman Tugboat]] turned on them during the six-man tag that led to the formation of the Natural Disasters.

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!!! "AYYY, CHECK OUT THE SHEEPHERDERS' TROPES, MATE!"

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!!! "AYYY, CHECK OUT THE SHEEPHERDERS' BUSHWHACKERS' TROPES, MATE!"
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-->"You can't even say a comedy team. Them two, the Bushwhackers, are the toughest sons of bitches I've wrestled. I used to hit Luke and Butch, and there's a little bit of age difference there, and I'll tell you one thing, they never complained."

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-->"You ->''"You can't even say a comedy team. Them two, the Bushwhackers, are the toughest sons of bitches I've wrestled. I used to hit Luke and Butch, and there's a little bit of age difference there, and I'll tell you one thing, they never complained.""''

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[[redirect:{{Wrestling/TheSheepherders}}]]-->"You can't even say a comedy team. Them two, the Bushwhackers, are the toughest sons of bitches I've wrestled. I used to hit Luke and Butch, and there's a little bit of age difference there, and I'll tell you one thing, they never complained."
-->--'''[[Wrestling/TheNastyBoys Brian Knobbs]]''', ''The Pro Wrestling Hall of Fame: The Tag Teams''

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[[caption-width-right:200:L-R: Luke Williams, Butch Miller]]

'''Butch Miller''' (b. Robert Miller in 1944) and '''Luke Williams''' (b. Brian Pickens in 1947) were a ProfessionalWrestling TagTeam best known as '''The Bushwhackers''' and '''The Sheepherders.''' They started in their native UsefulNotes/NewZealand in 1964, and Steve Rickard, who was also the booker for NWA Hawaii, brought them to America. They competed for Stampede Wrestling in Calgary as '''The Kiwis''', "Crazy" Nick Carter and Sweet William. Starting in 1979, they worked for both the NWA Pacific Northwest Wrestling promotion in UsefulNotes/{{Portland}} and in Canada as '''The Kiwi Sheepherders.''' Following runs in NWA Mid-Atlantic and the World Wrestling Council in Puerto Rico, Miller returned home and Williams replaced him with Lord Jonathan Boyd. This ended when Boyd suffered a broken leg while he and Williams were working for Southwest Championship Wrestling in San Antonio, leading to Miller's return. They also worked in Florida, Mid-South/UWF and for the Wrestling/NationalWrestlingAlliance before surprising many people by jumping to Wrestling/{{WWE}} in late 1988 where they became the Bushwhackers, Luke and Butch. They were midcard {{Face}}s for their entire run, but never got to hold the [[http://www.wrestling-titles.com/wwe/wwe-world-t.html WWE World Tag Team Titles]]. They also made a few appearances in Wrestling/{{ECW}} in 1998, where they were billed as "[[Wrestling/TheDudleyBoys the Dudleys]] from Down Under," "Cousin Luke Dudley" and "Cousin Butch Dudley." Their last major WWE appearance was in the Gimmick Battle Royal at ''Wrestling/{{WrestleMania}} X-7''. Butch retired following a neck injury in September 2001. Williams has continued to work the independent scene on and off for years. Among their in-ring achievements, they were 2x [[http://www.wrestling-titles.com/canada/ab/stampede/ab-int-t.html Stampede International Tag Team Champions]], 1x [[http://www.wrestling-titles.com/us/midatlantic/ma-t.html NWA Mid-Atlantic Tag Team Champions]] and 1x [[http://www.wrestling-titles.com/us/midsouth/uwf/uwf-t.html UWF World Tag Team Champions]].


As usual, you can find the basics at [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Bushwhackers The Other Wiki]].


!!! "AYYY, CHECK OUT THE SHEEPHERDERS' TROPES, MATE!"
* ArchEnemy: Their feud with the Fantastics (Bobby Fulton and Tommy Rogers) in Mid-South was likely their biggest one.
* AscendedExtra: [[Wrestling/JohnLaurinaitis Johnny Ace (John Laurinaitis)]] started as their flagbearer.
* {{Badass Grandpa}}s[=/=]RingOldies: Both of them.
* BaldOfEvil: Lord Jonathan Boyd
* BashBrothers
* BatteringRam[=/=]UseYourHead: This was their FinishingMove, Luke holding Butch in a headlock and running to hit their opponents in the gut.
* [[BeardOfEvil Beards Of Evil]][=/=]{{Badass Beard}}s: Depending on their heel/face alignment.
* BritishTeeth: Luke.
* ForeignWrestlingHeel: As the Sheepherders.
** FunnyForeigner: As the [[LighterAndSofter Bushwhackers]]
* {{Garbage Wrestler}}s: While both guys did get proper training, as the Sheepherders, they could brawl with the best of them, and they bled for decades.
* GimmickMatches: Their barbed-wire cage matches against the Fantastics in Mid-South are very well-regarded.
* HeelFaceTurn: What the change from the Sheepherders to the Bushwhackers essentially was, as this was the first time they'd ever been babyfaces.
** FaceHeelTurn: On the receiving end when Tugboat turned on them during the six-man tag that led to the formation of the Natural Disasters.
* NiceHat
* NoIndoorVoice
* OnlyOneName: As the Bushwhackers, they were "Luke" and "Butch," the names "Williams" and "Miller" were never mentioned.
* PowerStable:
** (in Stampede): Foley's[[note]]Led by JR Foley, real name John Foley, no relation to those [[Wrestling/JimRoss other]] [[Wrestling/MickFoley guys]][[/note]] Army
** (in Southwest Championship Wrestling): The Commonwealth Army (led by Lord Jonathan Boyd and also including Wrestling/ExoticAdrianStreet and Eric Embry).
** (in Portland): [[Wrestling/PlayboyBuddyRose "Playboy" Buddy Rose's Army]]
* ScrewTheRulesIMakeThem: Butch has worked as a booker for Kiwi Pro Wrestling in New Zealand, and Luke has done the same for the World Wrestling Council in Puerto Rico.
* SillyWalk
* [[SpellMyNameWithAnS Spell Our Name with an H]]: It's ''Bushwhackers'', not ''Bushwackers''.
* StartMyOwn: For a time, they had a restaurant called "Bushwhackers [=DownUnder=]"
* TagTeam
* [[UnrelatedBrothers Unrelated Cousins]]
* [[IHaveManyNames We Have Many Names]]
* WrestlingFamily
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-->'''''[[CatchPhrase "It's bloody lovely, tell your mutha"]]'''''
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