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Jim Brunzell

is a retired professional wrestler better known by his ring name "Jumping" Jim Brunzell. Known for his successful tag teams, Brunzell performed for various wrestling promotions over the course of approximately two decades. and Ray Stevens. National Wrestling Alliance During the later half of the 1970s, he signed to wrestle for the Mid-Atlantic region and won the NWA Mid-Atlantic Heavyweight Championship twice, a significant singles title at the time. Return to AWA Upon returning to AWA, Brunzell reformed his tag team with Greg Gagne, known as the "High Flyers", and was elevated to main event status. The tandem of Brunzell and Gagne held the AWA World Tag Team Championship on two separate occasions, feuding with teams like Jesse Ventura and Adrian Adonis and Jerry Blackwell and Ken Patera. Brunzell remained with the AWA in both tag team and singles competition until 1985. World Wrestling Federation Brunzell then signed to wrestle with World Wrestling Federation (WWF) as they continued their national expansion. Here, he formed the popular tag team, The Killer Bees, with another WWF newcomer, Brian Blair. Apparently, Verne and Greg Gagne felt somewhat betrayed by the move. Gagne even expressed his displeasure during an AWA broadcast, making subtle references to Brunzell's departure and his new gimmick. Brunzell and Blair experienced moderate success while with the WWF. The two feuded with the likes of The Hart Foundation as well as the Funks, Jimmy Jack Funk and Hoss Funk, who they faced in front of over 74,000 fans at The Big Event. Their stay was also highlighted by a match against Nikolai Volkoff and the Iron Sheik as part of WrestleMania III and a win at the inaugural Survivor Series on Thanksgiving Day 1987. The Killer Bees teamed together until Blair left the promotion in 1988. Brunzell continued in singles competition for a time, being used to put over newer talent like Curt Hennig and Damien Demento as late as a Raw episode in April 1993. Independent circuit He left WWF in 1991 and competed on the independent circuit, primarily in the Chicago area. Brunzell also wrestled for Herb Abrams' Universal Wrestling Federation (UWF) in 1991. While there, he reunited with B. Brian Blair under the name Masked Confusion, winning the tag team title twice. After the UWF closed, Brunzell returned to the independent circuit and continued to wrestle until late 1999, when Brunzell faced fellow wrestler, The Hater. jumping prowess. Currently, Brunzell works as a financial planner for Focus Financial in the Minneapolis area, he is also active in his church and does charity work for children with diabetes.


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Born:
Aug 14, 1949 In White Bear Lake, Minnesota, USA
Movie/TV Credits:
15
First Appeared:
In the movie The Wrestler 1974-04-28
Latest Project:
Movie WWE: Allied Powers - The World's Greatest Tag Teams 2009-01-01
Known For
Poster of WWE: Allied Powers - The World's Greatest Tag Teams
Poster of WWE: Bret 'Hitman' Hart - The Best There Is, The Best There Was, The Best There Ever Will Be
Poster of WWE The Big Event
Poster of Saturday Night's Main Event
Filmography
Movie WWE: Allied Powers - The World's Greatest Tag Teams Himself 2009-01-01
Movie WWE: Bret 'Hitman' Hart - The Best There Is, The Best There Was, The Best There Ever Will Be Jim Brunzell 2005-11-14
Series WWE Raw Jim Brunzell 1993-01-11
Movie WCW Slamboree 1993 "Jumpin" Jim Brunzell 1993-05-23
Movie UWF Beach Brawl "Jumpin" Jim Brunzell 1991-07-09
Movie WWE Royal Rumble "Jumpin" Jim Brunzell 1988-01-24
Movie WWE WrestleMania IV "Jumpin" Jim Brunzell 1988-03-27
Movie WWE Survivor Series 1988 "Jumpin" Jim Brunzell 1988-11-24
Movie WWE WrestleFest "Jumpin" Jim Brunzell 1988-07-31
Movie WWE The Hart Foundation "Jumpin" Jim Brunzell 1987-06-24
Movie WWF Survivor Series 1987 Brunzell 1987-11-26
Movie WrestleMania II "Jumpin" Jim Brunzell 1986-04-07
Movie WWE The Big Event "Jumpin" Jim Brunzell 1986-08-27
Series Saturday Night's Main Event Unknown 1985-05-11
Movie The Wrestler James Brunzell 1974-04-28
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