James Brunzell was born on August 13,1949 and is an American retired professional wrestler.
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31 Facts About James Brunzell
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Best known for his successful tag teams, Brunzell performed for various wrestling promotions during his 21-year career.
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James Brunzell attended high school in White Bear Lake, Minnesota, where he participated in multiple sports including American football, scholastic wrestling, and athletics.
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James Brunzell was a state champion in the high jump while in high school.
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James Brunzell attended the University of Minnesota, where he continued to play football and high jump.
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James Brunzell trained with Gagne's father Verne, alongside wrestlers including Ric Flair, Ken Patera, and The Iron Sheik.
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James Brunzell began wrestling in various territories in the early 1970s, most notably in the NWA Central States promotion.
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James Brunzell formed a tag team with Greg Gagne known as "The High Flyers".
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In 1979, James Brunzell transferred to the Mid-Atlantic Championship Wrestling promotion, where he twice won the NWA Mid-Atlantic Heavyweight Championship.
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James Brunzell returned to the AWA in 1981, and on June 14, The High Flyers regained the championship by defeating The East-West Connection.
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James Brunzell signed to wrestle with the World Wrestling Federation as they continued their national expansion.
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James Brunzell was paired with another WWF newcomer, Brian Blair as The Killer Bees.
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James Brunzell was winless against Mr Perfect, including a singles match that aired on Prime Time Wrestling on October 4,1988.
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The following month James Brunzell was shifted to house show matches against another newly arrived wrestler in the WWF, Terry Taylor.
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Again, James Brunzell was winless in competition against Taylor, as well as King Haku.
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James Brunzell was still known for one of the best dropkicks in the WWF, and in a losing match against Randy Savage, the Macho Man got a bloody mouth after getting hit by one.
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James Brunzell was defeated again by Curt Hennig on Prime Time Wrestling, as well as by King Haku.
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At the 1988 Survivor Series James Brunzell was pinned by Bad News Brown; however, his team did come out victorious.
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James Brunzell however was now an opening level wrestler, albeit one with strong name recognition.
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All traces of his former Killer Bees gimmick were now gone, and James Brunzell would wear tie-dye trunks, adopted the "Crank It Up" theme song that had been used by The Young Stallions and was still being used by Jim Powers.
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James Brunzell continued to fare well against opening level competition throughout the fall and winter.
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James Brunzell began tag-teaming consistently again for the first time in almost four years when he replaced the departed Jim Neidhart and teamed with Owen Hart.
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James Brunzell was victorious in two dark match tryouts for Rochester Roadblock in April, and appeared in a 40-man battle royal that aired on Prime Time Wrestling in June 1992.
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That month James Brunzell began teaming with Jim Powers once more, losing to The Beverly Brothers and The Nasty Boys, and defeating Duane Gill and Barry Hardy.
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On October 5,1992 edition of Prime Time Wrestling James Brunzell faced Terry Taylor in the latter's return to the WWF.
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James Brunzell left WWF in 1993 and competed on the independent circuit, primarily in the Chicago area.
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James Brunzell wrestled for Herb Abrams' Universal Wrestling Federation in 1991.
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James Brunzell wrestled his final professional wrestling match in 1999 on the "Wrestle America 2000" event held on Crystal, Minnesota against The Hater in a winning effort for James Brunzell.
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James Brunzell is involved in his local church and does charity work for children with diabetes.
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James Brunzell makes frequent appearances at conventions with partner, Brian Blair.
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In July 2016, James Brunzell was named part of a class action lawsuit filed against WWE which alleged that wrestlers incurred traumatic brain injuries during their tenure and that the company concealed the risks of injury.
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