![]() ![]() His next Wrestlemania appearance was a novelty match in WrestleMania III involving King Kong Bundy and midget wrestlers. His first WrestleMania appearance was at Wrestlemania 2 as part of the open invitational battle royal. His theme music was a folksy barn dance tune called "Don't Go Messin' With a Country Boy", which Morris danced along to with his partners, the ring announcer and/or children from the crowd while the audience clapped along. Hillbilly Jim was generally kept as a "fun" character, rarely getting involved in any serious storylines. Fuji and wrestled him in a series of tuxedo matches in late 1986. He was traditionally matched up against the WWF's monster heels of the era, such as Big John Studd and King Kong Bundy. When his in-ring career resumed, Morris often either tag teamed with his family, or fellow big man André the Giant. ![]() To help fill in the six months during his recovery, similarly dressed "family" members Uncle Elmer, Cousin Luke, and Cousin Junior were introduced for Morris to accompany to ringside as a manager. While chasing Beefcake's manager Johnny V around ringside, Morris slipped on a wet spot and injured his knee. At a show in San Diego, he appeared in Hogan's corner in a match between Hogan and Brutus Beefcake. However, Morris was sidelined by an injury a few days later. Hillbilly Jim appeared in a few tag team matches with friend Hulk Hogan and had his first high-profile singles match at The War to Settle the Score event on Februin which he defeated Rene Goulet. This introduced the character of Hillbilly Jim a simple-minded, shaggy-bearded Appalachian hillbilly clad in bib overalls, and hailing from Mud Lick, Kentucky. A series of vignettes were aired on WWF's TV programming in the early weeks of 1985, showing Hogan training Jim and providing him with his first set of wrestling boots. After appearing as a guest on Piper's Pit, Rowdy Roddy Piper offered his services to train him, though he eventually chose to be "trained"' by WWF Heavyweight Champion Hulk Hogan instead of the heel Piper. In late 1984, Morris first appeared in the WWF as a wrestling fan known as "Big Jim" who routinely sat in the front row of live events and who eventually decided to try his hand at wrestling himself. While there, Morris formed a popular tag team with Roger Smith, who went by the ring name "Dirty Rhodes" because of his resemblance to Dusty Rhodes. Professional wrestling career Early career (1975–1984) īefore appearing in the WWF (now WWE) as Hillbilly Jim, Morris wrestled with the Continental Wrestling Association (CWA) in the Memphis area under the name "Harley Davidson", a biker gimmick. He is best known for his appearances with the World Wrestling Federation (WWF) from 1984 to 1991, and in the series Hillbilly Moments. James Morris (born July 5, 1952) is an American retired professional wrestler and current radio host, better known by his ring name, Hillbilly Jim. ![]()
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