Ode to Bunkhouse Buck
The Pride of Bucksnort, TN
Made a renaissance of the Southern Style brawl
Discovered in early 1994
By the Greatest Promoter on the Face of the Earth
He entered WCW
With one goal in mind
To dominate Dustin Rhodes
With one sneak attack
The thermal shirt wearing
Suspenders rocking
Blue jeans and cowboy boots representing
Made an impact indeed
At Spring Stampede
In April 1994
He took “the Natural” to school
In his type of match
The Bunkhouse Match
And in the Windy City
With help from a pair of brass knuckles
Punched out the son of a son of a plumber
And picked up an amazing upset
The next month
WCW Slamboree
Dustin got a small measure of revenge
Via the dreaded Bullrope
However
The Hardcore Legend
Terry Funk helped Bunksnort’s finest
Absolutely destroy Rhodes
In the City of Brotherly Love
Throughout the next several months
The Bucksnort native’s impact
Ran through in spades
Using Arn Anderson’s “trust”
To betray “the Natural”
Helping Col. Rob Parker hire a bodyguard
With an epic Tongan Death Grip
And going on a spree to extinguish
The entire Rhodes family
Although at Fall Brawl 1994
He walked out to
A Game of War
And lived to tell about it
But despite his battles
He lost the war
However not his spirit
And he kept to grow
Mixing his joy of hurting people
With his anger at the world
He was a master of Memphis style
Finding a way to whoop ass
While taking a Hell of an ass whooping
He knew his strengths
He cheated when he had to
And kept his catch-as-catch-can to a minimum
He loved to use a right handed knockout punch
Also a vicious piledriver
Nothing fancy
Just like the Revival say
No flips
Just fists
Although tormenting Dustin was a joy
The true highlight came
On July 22, 1995
Alongside the Colonel
And Dirty Dick Slater
He scored the pinfall over Stevie Ray
To help his beloved Studd Stable
Defeat Harlem Heat
For the WCW World Tag Team Titles
Their reign lasted two months
But in the end
Harlem Heat regained
And the seemingly started “Fall Brawl Jinx”
Had begun
More importantly
His career was never the same
Once he lost the titles
After a lackluster 1996
Buck decided to fight the good fight
And team with Mike Enos in 1997
With Enos never forgetting how Scott Hall ruined his big Monday Nitro match
In May 1996
Which slowly started the nWo
And the Pride of Bucksnort missing Tag Team Title gold
As well as his promoter
Who bailed to start trying to make Double J a country singer
A new bond was formed
After a few months of team
March 17, 1997 was the big night
St. Patrick’s Day to be exact
Monday Nitro
Tag Team Title match
Against the dastardly Outsiders
After a few pops in the local bar
He and Enos were ready to win
But lost in short order
Soon enough
His contract finished
And with no Greatest Promoter on the Face of Earth
No new deal
And he disappeared
Never to be seen again
Some say he’s still in Bucksnort, TN
Thermal wearing
Suspenders rocking
Blue jeans and cowboy roots representing
Creating his own brand of
Bunkhouse Justice
Fighting Memphis style
Brawling in a bar somewhere
Others say he’s drowning his sorrows
Still dreaming of his days
As WCW World Tag Team champion
Regardless I believe
And value the tenure
Of everything that was done
In the ring
Blood spilled
Down to fight
Southern Stars and Bars mentality
Of the one and only
Bunkhouse Buck.
Jon Harder
