Buck Zumhofe Biography

Eugene Otto Zumhofe (born March 21, 1951) is a professional wrestler better known as Buck "Rock n' Roll" Zumhofe, wrestling's self-proclaimed original rock and roller.

Training

Zumhofe was trained along with Ricky Steamboat, Jan Nelson, Scott Irwin and Koshrow Vaziri (aka The Iron Sheik).

Professional wrestling career

Always accompanied by his trademark boombox, Zumhofe would go on to become one of the top light heavyweight competitors in the American Wrestling Association (AWA) in the early and mid 1980s. He would feud primarily with "Mr. Electricity" Steve Regal and Bobby Heenan over the AWA World Light Heavyweight Championship during that time.

He also wrestled in World Class Championship Wrestling (WCCW) where he teamed with Iceman King Parsons as the Rock 'n' Soul Connection. The team was successful holding the WCCW American Tag Team titles twice. The team rose to main event status on the World Class weekly tour loop as the Von Erichs (the established main event talents) would only wrestle in the main cities. Zumhofe had a reasonably successful as a singles wrestler, making it all the way to the final of the TV tournament losing in the final to Rip Oliver in March 1985. Zumhofe left WCCW in October 1985 after a near two-year stay.

Returning to the AWA in 1985 he claimed his second AWA World Light Heavyweight Championship, by defeating Steve Regal, but was forced to vacate the title in July 1986 after he was sent to prison following his conviction for sexual misconduct. In 1988, he wrestled for Windy City Wrestling and Pro Wrestling America. Zumhofe returned to the AWA in 1989 and eventually won the AWA World Light Heavyweight for the third time in 1990 on ESPN television defeating Jonnie Stewart. He feuded with Stewart over the title until the promotions close in 1991.

Zumhofe made sporadic appearances for the World Wrestling Federation in preliminary matches. He was the first wrestler to be put in a body bag by The Undertaker and was also the wrestler that Triple H faced in his WWF debut. During Zumhofe's career he also wrestled for Roy Shire's in San Francisco, Vancouver for Al Tomko, Portland for Don Owen & Japan for Giant Baba.

In 2000, Zumhofe opened the Rock & Roll Wrestling promotion, which runs shows in Minnesota, Iowa, Illinois, Wisconsin, and North and South Dakota.

Legal issues

Zumhofe was jailed in July 1986 when he was found guilty of sexual misconduct involving a minor.

Zumhofe served 36 months in prison after being convicted of fourth degree sexual conduct with a minor on January 23rd 1989.

Zumhofe was again arrested on May 27th 2013, charged with twelve felony counts of criminal sexual misconduct. Zumhofe is alleged to have sexually abused his daughter between June 1999 and June 2011.

In wrestling

• Nicknames
  • "Buck"
  • "Rock n' Roll"

Championships and accomplishments

• American Wrestling Association
  • AWA World Light Heavyweight Championship (3 times)

• Midwest Pro Wrestling
  • MPW Tag Team Championship (1 time) - with Buck Zumhofe, Jr.

• Nu-Age Wrestling
  • NAW Light Heavyweight Championship (1 time)

• World Class Championship Wrestling
  • NWA American Tag Team Championship (2 times) - with Iceman Parsons