- was a hairdresser in his hometown Louisville before getting into the wrestling business - was persuaded by wrestlers that he could make it in wrestling with his personality - was broken in by Bill Dundee - for a long time he was unaware that there had already been a wrestler called Terry Garvin who basically had the same gimmick - got his last name because of his resemblance with the popular Jimmy Garvin - debuted ca. 1985 for Dale Mann, who promoted shows in Kentucky - came up with the idea for the Beauty and the Beast tag team - chose his friend Mark Guleen as his tag team partner The Beast - had the offer to go to, as he says, a very big promotion as The Beatuy and the Beast, but with Buzz Sawyer as The Beast, so he turned it down - wrestled on a pink mat that was put in the ring before their matches - this previously been done by the original Terry Garvin - while he was injured he joined announcer Mark Lowrance as color commentator - although he didn't take them for years eventually he got addicted to painkillers and had to go to rehab