Quentin Bell, better known by his ring name Bubba Monroe, was an American professional wrestler and trainer who wrestled in numerous regional and independent promotions in the Southern United States during the 1980s and 1990s.
27 Facts About Bubba Monroe
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Bubba Monroe made brief appearances in World Championship Wrestling and the World Wrestling Federation.
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The end of the NWA territory system saw Bubba Monroe spend his final years working for various independent organizations in the Houston-area until his retirement in 2000.
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Bubba Monroe was trained primarily by his father and made his pro debut in 1981.
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Bubba Monroe began competing in Memphis territory, his father's old stomping ground, in the fall of 1986.
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On November 1,1986, Bubba Monroe teamed with The Memphis Vice in a 6-man tag team match against Jerry "The King" Lawler, The Giant Hillbilly and David Haskins.
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Bubba Monroe challenged Jerry Lawler in a singles match on November 8,1986, but was pinned in 22 seconds.
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Sputnik Bubba Monroe would continue to be involved in his career, occasionally joining him in father-son tag team matches, up until the late 1990s.
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Bubba Monroe had a brief stint on the East Coast independent circuit during the 1990s.
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Bubba Monroe eventually won the promotion's heavyweight championship following a battle royal which he won after eliminating Agony of The Lords of Darkness.
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Bubba Monroe wrestled for the newly established Mid-Eastern Wrestling Federation where he again faced McGill as well as forming a brief alliance with The Lords of Darkness.
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Also that summer, Bubba Monroe made his first television appearances for World Championship Wrestling and the World Wrestling Federation.
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Bubba Monroe returned to the MEWF at the end of the year where, on December 1,1991, he agreed to help The Lords of Darkness defend the MEWF Tag Team Championship by taking the place of an injured Pain.
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Bubba Monroe would continue wrestling on the Texas "indy circuit", specifically in the Houston-area, for the rest of the decade.
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Later that year, Bubba Monroe joined the Global Wrestling Federation where he had mixed success as a singles and tag team wrestler.
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Bubba Monroe made his GWF debut on November 13,1992, wrestling to a time-limit draw with Calvin Knapp and later defeating Tribal Nation in a tag team match with Mike Davis; he teamed with The Metal Maniac against Tribal Nation later that month.
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Budget cutbacks resulted in the GWF dropping much of its talent and Bubba Monroe found work with Danny Davis' Associated Wrestlers of the Universe in Houston.
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Bubba Monroe won the AWU Heavyweight Championship from American Warrior in Houston on July 31,1993, and held the title until the promotion's close the next year.
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Bubba Monroe returned to the Dallas Sportatorium with the Confederate Wrestling Alliance in the fall of 1995.
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That same year, Bubba Monroe wrestled for Donny Valentine's Iron Fist Wrestling Federation.
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Bubba Monroe lost the belt to Tarzan Tyler in Baytown six months later.
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Bubba Monroe spent time in Texas All-Star Wrestling and became one of its earliest champions when he won the TASW Heavyweight Championship from The Gladiator in Humble, Texas, on August 17,1996.
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Bubba Monroe later wrestled Von Erich for the WCCW Heavyweight Championship at Brazoswood High School on November 14,1998.
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Elsewhere on the Texas independent circuit that month, Bubba Monroe wrestled Bill Dundee at the University of Houston's Hofheinz Pavilion.
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In one of his last matches as an active wrestler, Bubba Monroe wrestled "Mr USA" Tony Atlas for the United States Heavyweight Championship at "Slamfest 2000", a benefit show for Bridgewood Farms, at Houston's Montgomery County Fairgrounds.
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Bubba Monroe did continue to make occasional appearances for local promoters.
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Bubba Monroe died on September 10,2022, at the age of 61.