Hillbilly Jim

Hillbilly Jim is a reminder that wrestling has always been about character as much as combat. A 201 cm giant from Scottsville, Kentucky, lumbering to the ring in denim overalls, he won crowds not by silencing them but by charming them, riding the WWF's 1980s boom as a beloved babyface alongside Hulk Hogan. I have a soft spot for performers like him: their value lives in warmth and connection, not just title belts. His WWE Hall of Fame induction and later radio career feel like fitting second acts. He proves that likability can be its own kind of championship pedigree.

Name (English)

Hillbilly Jim

Name (Japanese)

ヒルビリー・ジム

Reading

ひるびりー・じむ

Born

July 5, 1952 (age 74)

Zodiac / Chinese zodiac

Cancer / Dragon

Origin

Scottsville, Kentucky, United States

Height

201 cm

Occupation

professional wrestler

University

Cameron University

Awards & achievements

• WWE Hall of Fame

• Wikipedia (English)https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hillbilly%20Jim
• Wikipedia (Japanese)https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%83%92%E3%83%AB%E3%83%93%E3%83%AA%E3%83%BC%E3%83%BB%E3%82%B8%E3%83%A0
• Wikidatahttps://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q864293

Tags

• Kentucky
• professional wrestler

Last updated

2026-06-21

Facts are limited to publicly available information up to 2024; non-public or unconfirmed items are omitted. English text is machine-assisted (facts translated by Sonnet, "My Take" written by Opus 4.8). The Japanese page is the source of record.