WRESTLER PROFILES

[Smoking Gunns Gallery]	Wrestler: Mike Barton Real Name: Mike Polpocheck Birthday: December 27, 1965 Hometown: Originally from Eddyville, Kentucky Billed from Austin, Texas Marital Status: Height & Weight: 6'3" - 258lbs Trained by: Debut: 1992 Previous Gimmicks: Brett Colt (IWF) Bart Gunn (WWF) Bodacious Bart (WWF) Bart "The Hammer" Gunn Mike Barton (JAPAN) Finishing Move: Barton Buster (modified powerbomb) Favorite Moves: Barton Cutter (diamond cutter) Barton Disaster Barton Spike (chokeslam) Notable Feuds: The Headshrinkers The Bodydonnas Billy Gunn Bob Holly
WWF World Tag Team titles w/Billy Gunn defeating Bob Holly & 1-2-3 Kid (January 23, 1995); WWF World Tag Team titles w/Billy Gunn defeating Yokozuna & Owen Hart (September 25, 1995); WWF World Tag Team titles w/Billy Gunn defeating Henry & Phidas Godwinn (May 26, 1996); NWA World Tag Team titles w/Bob Holly defeating Headbangers (March 30, 1998); AJPW (All Japan) World Tag Team titles w/Johnny Ace defeating Jun Akiyama & Kenta Kobashi (June 9, 1999);
World Wrestling Federation - The Smoking Gunns: 1993: Bart Gunn teamed with his fictional brother, Billy Gunn, as highly popular tag team known as the Smoking Gunns in the WWF.. May 17, 1993 - RAW: The Smoking Gunns defeated Tony Vadja & Glenn Ruth.. June 13, 1993 - KotR: The Steiner Brothers & The Smoking Gunns defeated Money Inc. & The Headshrinkers.. June 28, 1993 - RAW: The Smoking Gunns defeated Iron Mike Sharpe & Barry Horowitz.. July 26, 1993 - RAW: The Smoking Gunns defeated Duane Gill & Glen Ruth.. August 30, 1993 - SummerSlam: The Smoking Gunns & Tatanka defeated The Headshrinkers & Bam Bam Bigelow.. November 1, 1993 - RAW: The Smoking Gunns defeated Well Dunn (Timothy Well & Steven Dunn).. December 13, 1993 - RAW: The Smoking Gunns defeated Jim Massenger & Steve Smyth.. January 3, 1994 - RAW: The Smoking Gunns defeated Bam Bam Bigelow & Bastien Booger by Count out.. January 22, 1994 - Royal Rumble: Bart Gunn entered the Royal Rumble at #6 but was eliminated by Diesel.. February 07, 1994 - RAW: The Smoking Gunns defeated Barry Horowitz & Reno Riggins.. March 7, 1994 - RAW: Owen Hart & Crush defeated The Smoking Gunns by Submission.. April 4, 1994 - RAW: Rick Martel/IRS/Jeff Jarrett/Headshrinkers beat Sparky Plugg/Tatanka/123 Kid/Smoking Gunns.. May 30, 1994 - RAW: The Smoking Gunns defeated Austin Steele & Reno Riggins.. August 1, 1994 - RAW: The Smoking Gunns defeated George Anderson & Tom Bennett... October 24, 1994 - RAW: The Smoking Gunns defeated Barry Hardy & Mike Bell.. December 19, 1994 - RAW: The Smoking Gunns defeated Chris Avery & Roy Raymond.. World Wrestling Federation - The Smoking Gunns (Heel): World Wrestling Federation - The New Midnight Express: Bart Gunn teamed with Bob Holly in the failed reinvention of the New Midnight Express in the WWF -- managed by Jim Cornette.. World Wrestling Federation - Brawl 4 All: Bart Gunn shocked everybody by beating wrestling megastar Steve Williams in the 1st round of the Brawl 4 All Tournament.. ~~~He went on to win the whole Tournament, making a few enemies in the process, a few months later, he was gone from the WWF.. All Japan Pro Wrestling: Bart Gunn moves to Japan and begins wrestling as Mike Barton for All Japan Pro Wrestling.. Mike Barton formed a tag team with Jim Steele in the G1 Heavyweight Tag League 2001.. New Japan Pro Wrestling: November 2002: Mike Barton jumped from All Japan Pro Wrestling to New Japan Pro Wrestling.. Back in the States: April 2, 2003 - NWA^TNA: Mike Barton debuts on NWA^TNA and joins Sports Entertainment Xtreme.. April 9, 2003 - NWA^TNA: Perry Saturn defeats Mike Barton in a bloody battle.. December 15, 2003 - RAW: Mike Barton & Jim Steele defeated Brent Dail & Carly Colon in a special dark match.. Japan: May 2004: Mike Barton & Jim Steele landed rolls in a Korean movie about the life of legendary Japanese wrestler Rikidozan.. ~~~Mike Barton & Jim Steele will play the rolls of wrestlers Ben and Mike Sharpe, respectively.. December 10, 2007--RAW 15th Anniversary: Bart Gunn participated in a special Battle Royal featuring past RAW Super Stars!