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My Take
Bob Holly, better known as Hardcore Holly, is the embodiment of the grinder. He didn't ride a rocket to fame; he debuted in 1988 and clawed through the World Organization of Wrestling, Smoky Mountain Wrestling, and the independents before WWE brought him on full-time in 1994. I have a lot of time for wrestlers like that, the dependable hands who put others over and stuck around for the long haul. It's fitting his ring name was Hardcore, because his whole career reads as toughness and persistence. Add a racing background to the mix and you get a genuinely no-nonsense competitor.
Overview
Robert William Howard (born January 29, 1963) is an American professional wrestler. He is best known for his tenure in WWE, where he performed under the ring name Hardcore Holly. After debuting in 1988, Holly worked for World Organization of Wrestling, Smoky Mountain Wrestling, and other independent promotions, before joining WWE full-time in 1994.
Summary adapted from Wikipedia, licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0.
1. Profile
- Name (English)
- Bob Holly
- Name (Japanese)
- ボブ・ホーリー
- Reading
- ぼぶ・ほーりー
- Born
- January 29, 1963 (age 63)
- Zodiac / Chinese zodiac
- Aquarius / Rabbit
- Origin
- Glendale, California, United States
- Blood type
- Private
- Height
- 183 cm
- Agency
- Private
- Occupation
- racing automobile driver / professional wrestler / actor / film actor
2. Background
- Elementary school
- Private
- Junior high
- Private
- High school
- Grants Pass High School
- University
- Private
3. Relationships
- Spouse
- Private
- Children
- Private
- Parents
- Private
- Siblings
- Private
4. Personality
Motto
Private
6. Links
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7. About this entry
Tags
- Last updated
- 2026-06-02
Facts are limited to publicly available information up to 2024; non-public items are marked "Private / Unknown". English text is machine-assisted (facts translated by Sonnet, "My Take" written by Opus 4.8). The Japanese page is the source of record.