A third generation superstar, Bobby O'Connor's unlikely path saw him come into the AWA as one-half of an unheralded young tag team. He found true success as a singles competitor, battling alongside and against the top AWA stars but a series of injuries darkened the beloved fan favorite's spirits and a shocking betrayal of good friend Jack Lynch and the entire Lynch family changed his entire trajectory. While recovering from his injuries, O'Connor has managed fellow turncoat James Lynch and The Blackjacks and continues in that role to date.
Manager
Career roles
Current
Manager
American Wrestling Alliance
Start date unknown · Current
Former
Professional Wrestler
American Wrestling Alliance
Historical · dates unknown
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Management and representation
Current clients
The Blackjacks — Spiritual Advisor (Start date unknown · Current)
At first glance O'Connor looks like a clean cut, boy next door... but upon closer look the mass of scar tissue that is his forehead tells a different story altogether. He has light brown hair parted to the right, pale skin, very noticeable musculature without being cut or ripped by any means. He wears cardinal red wrestling trunks with gold trim and matching knee/elbow pads and boots. He also wears a white Blue Oyster Cult t-shirt that he takes off before the opneing bell is ring. The shirt has the band's initials, B.O.C. just like his own, emblazoned across the chest.
Biography & Background
Son of Cameron O'Connor, grandson of AWA President Karl O'Connor. Grew up on a cattle ranch in the outer grassland areas of Osage County near Jefferson City (where he's billed from). Though a farm boy at heart, Bobby immediately took a liking to his grandfather and fathers profession of being a wrestler. He was enrolled in wrestling school at an early age and though he was a prize student of these courses he always found himself sneaking into late night training sessions and watching the "Strangler" Karl O'Connor stretch and maim upcoming wrestling stars. He grew up around some legendary wrestling families much like his own such as the Graham's, Shane's, Watters', and many more. It was in his late teens that he met Larry Wallace, son of wrestling star Burt Wallace. Even though the pair were polar physical opposites (Wallace being much better looking, more confident, etc) they became instantly joined at the hip, training together, traveling together, and sneaking into shows across the southern states together. Wallace became an instant influence on O'Connor who beforehand was fairly shy and soft spoken.
The pair would later enroll in the training school founded and run by MISTER Oliver Strickland and Terry Shane Jr. per the instruction of their fathers who were tired of the pair getting into trouble at taped shows and the young Wallace nagging them to let the pair of them get into the ring and "go" as he liked to put it. It was here that both men would learn to hone their craft and turn into rising stars in the business.
Dreams of success would be short lived however, as the team was split and O'Connor soon found himself a target of The Wise Men. As fate would have it, this would start the next chapter of his career as he was saved from being hospitalized by Hannibal Carver. Perhaps seeng something of himself in the hot blooded young brawler, Carver has taken Bobby under his wing... guiding him in and out of the ring.
In-Ring Style & Influences
Blackjack Mulligan/Dick Slater
Character & Presentation
Face
In-Ring Repertoire
Finisher
Fear The Reaper [Crooked Arm Lariat]
MDK Finisher
Missouri Stampede [Oklahoma Stampede]
Signature Moves
Chops (overhand, backhand, forehand, Mongolian, double forehand, and so forth. He is relentless and ruthless with these)
Bionic Elbow
Bunkhouse Slam [Bossman Slam]
Other Moves
Diving Shoulderblock
Flapjack
Running Powerslam
Uppercut [Sometimes to opponents throat in a blood feud situation]
Avalanche
Short Arm Clothesline
A series of quick and stinging left jabs followed by either a right jab or clothesline that take the opponent down
Bulldog [Often out of the corner after hitting a running knee or clothesline]
Pendulum Backbreaker [Often followed immediately by a second, which is then followed up by a Dino Bravo style Side Slam]