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Richard Harris (January 30, 1948 – January 9, 2025), better known by his
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Black Bart, was an American
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.


Professional wrestling career


Early career (1975–1981)

Harris started wrestling in 1975. He went through several names, such as "Man Mountain Harris," "Hangman Harris," and "Hangman Ricky Harris".


Mid-Atlantic Championship Wrestling (1981)

In 1981, Harris competed as a preliminary wrestler on the Jim Crockett Promotions "Mid-Atlantic Championship Wrestling" program as "Ricky Harris".


Georgia Championship Wrestling (1982)

From January to May 1982, Harris wrestled for Georgia Championship Wrestling.


Mid South Wrestling (1982)

From May to October 1982, Harris wrestled for Mid South Wrestling. It was during his "Hangman" Rick Harris phase, working for
Bill Watts William F. Watts Jr. (born May 5, 1939), better known under the ring name Bill Watts, is a retired American Professional wrestling, professional wrestler, promoter and former American football player. Watts garnered fame under his "Cowboy" Glos ...
, that he debuted as a bounty hunter for
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in 1982.


Mid-Atlantic Championship Wrestling (1982–1983)

In November 1982, Harris returned to MACW. He wrestled for the promotion until May 1983.


Southeastern Championship Wrestling and All-Japan Pro Wrestling (1983)

From July to December 1983, Harris wrestled for Southeastern Championship Wrestling and
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.


Championship Wrestling from Florida (1983–1984)

In December 1983, Harris joined
Championship Wrestling from Florida Championship Wrestling from Florida (CWF) was the corporate and brand name of the Tampa, Florida professional wrestling promotion, wrestling office existing from 1961, when Eddie Graham first bought into the promotion, until 1987, when it close ...
. Harris formed a tag team called the "Long Riders" with Ron Bass in
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in 1984 and they would hold the NWA United States Tag Team Titles (Florida) and work a program with
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and
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.


Mid-Atlantic Championship Wrestling (1984–1986)

In August 1984, Harris returned to Mid-Atlantic Championship Wrestling with Bass, where they were managed by J.J. Dillon. After splitting with Bass in 1985, Harris feuded with
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,
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and
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over the NWA Mid-Atlantic Championship which he won and defended. During this time Black Bart developed his second-rope leg drop to a prone opponent finishing move known as the "Texas Trash Compactor".


World Class Championship Wrestling (1986–1987)

In September 1986, Bart went to
World Class Championship Wrestling World Class Championship Wrestling (WCCW), later known as the World Class Wrestling Association (WCWA), was an American professional wrestling promotion headquartered in Dallas and Fort Worth, Texas. Originally owned by promoter Ed McLemore, by ...
where he feuded with Chris Adams and
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over the World Class title. When Adams, who held the World Class title, left the promotion in September 1986, Bart was awarded the championship...but not before the promotion explained that Bart won the belt from Adams in a fictitious match held in Los Angeles. Bart lost the championship to Von Erich a month later in Dallas. In May 1987, he left WCCW to join the UWF.


Universal Wrestling Federation and Mid-Atlantic Championship Wrestling (1987–1988)

While in the Universal Wrestling Federation they would co-promote shows with the NWA. While wrestling in the NWA for
Jim Crockett Promotions Jim Crockett Promotions, at times branded as Eastern States Championship Wrestling and Mid-Atlantic Championship Wrestling, is a Family business, family-owned professional wrestling promotion headquartered in Charlotte, North Carolina, United Sta ...
, he received a sizable push in the midcard, winning the
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and the
NWA Mid-Atlantic Heavyweight Championship The NWA Mid-Atlantic Heavyweight Championship, originally known as the NWA Eastern States Heavyweight Championship, was a professional wrestling championship promoted in Jim Crockett Promotions (JCP), a territory- promotion governed by the Nation ...
. He also wrestled in the tournament for the NWA Western States Heritage Championship. Harris lost in the final match to
Barry Windham Barry Clinton Windham (born July 4, 1960) is an American retired professional wrestler. The son of wrestler Blackjack Mulligan, he is best known for his appearances with the National Wrestling Alliance (NWA) and the World Wrestling Federation (W ...
.


World Class Championship Wrestling (1988)

In March 1988 Harris returned to World Class Championship Wrestling. He remained with the promotion till the end of the year.


Professional Wrestling Federation (1989)

In early 1989 Harris went back to Florida and teamed with
Bobby Jaggers Robert Francis Jeaudoin (January 8, 1948 – September 30, 2012) was an American professional wrestler and civil engineer, also known by the ring name of "Hangman" Bobby Jaggers. Most of his renown as a wrestler came from his appearances in var ...
and
Tony Anthony Darrell W. Anthony (born April 12, 1960) is a retired American professional wrestler, also known by his ring name Dirty White Boy. He wrestled in NWA territories in the Southeastern United States. He was most active throughout the 1980s and 1990 ...
while feuding with
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and Mike Graham and
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.


United States Wrestling Association (1989)

In May 1989 Black Bart went to Memphis and feuded with
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&
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.


World Wrestling Federation (1990–1991)

On January 22, 1990, Black Bart made his debut for the
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when he defeated Lee Peak in a dark match at a ''
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'' taping in Miami, Florida. Four weeks later Bart made his first appearance on television, when he was defeated by Tito Santana on ''
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'' on February 19. For the remainder of the year he worked mostly as enhancement talent. Bart appeared in well over one hundred matches and was featured regularly on television. He did, however, score victories over enhancement talent such as
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(a five match winning streak in July),
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, Mark Young, Jim Evans, and
Pez Whatley Pezavan Whatley (January 10, 1951 – January 18, 2005) was an American professional wrestler best known for his time with NWA Mid-America. Professional wrestling career Whatley played football and wrestled for Notre Dame High School in Chat ...
, and even managed to get a shot at the WWF World Tag Team Titles to wrestle then-champions
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alongside Bart's partner for the match, Mark Ming, in a losing effort. Bart was the opponent for several wrestlers making their debuts in the WWF. On April 24, 1990, Bart was defeated by
Dustin Rhodes Dustin Patrick Runnels (born April 11, 1969) is an American professional wrestler. He is signed to All Elite Wrestling (AEW), where he performs under the ring name Dustin Rhodes, with a nickname of "The Natural" and is a member of The Sons of ...
at a dark match at a ''Wrestling Challenge'' taping in San Antonio, Texas. This was Dustin's debut. On the July 21 episode of ''WWF Superstars of Wrestling'', Bart teamed with Tom Stone to face
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in their first match with the company. On July 24, 1990, he was defeated by
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at a house show in Los Angeles, California. Following a series of matches in July against Jim Powers where Powers emerged victorious in every encounter, he entered a house show series in August with Pez Whatley. He then moved on a to another house show program – this time with the former Killer Bee
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. Brunzell would win all of these encounters. In October Bart would enter a house show series with Dustin Rhodes and again would come up winless. That winter he began a series of matches with Saba Simba and Shane Douglas, coming up winless in all of those encounters. On the January 19, 1991 edition of ''WWF Superstars of Wrestling'', Bart teamed with
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in an unsuccessful challenge to Tag Team Champions
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. This would be his final WWF match, as he returned to WCW shortly thereafter.


World Championship Wrestling (1991)

Less than a month after his final televised WWF appearance, Black Bart signed with
World Championship Wrestling World Championship Wrestling (WCW) was an American professional wrestling promotion founded by Ted Turner in 1988, after Turner Broadcasting System, through a subsidiary named Universal Wrestling Corporation, purchased the assets of National W ...
. He made his first appearance at house show in Jacksonville, FL on February 15, 1991. Teaming with
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and
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, the trio mounted an unsuccessful challenge to WCW Six-Man Tag-Team Champions
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,
Ricky Morton Richard Wendell Morton (born September 21, 1956) is an American professional wrestler, currently performing on the independent circuit. For most of his career, Morton has performed with Robert Gibson (wrestler), Robert Gibson as the Rock 'n' Roll ...
, and
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. That spring he renewed several rivalries, as he faced Sam Houston and Dustin Rhodes on the house show circuit. WCW created a
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known as "the Desperados" consisting of
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, Black Bart, and
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. The Desperados were packaged with the gimmick of being three bumbling cowboys looking to meet up with
Stan Hansen John Stanley Hansen II (born August 29, 1949), best known as Stan "the Lariat" Hansen, is an American retired professional wrestler. Hansen is known for his stiff wrestling style, which he attributed to his poor eyesight, and for his gimmick a ...
to go to WCW and become a team. Over the course of a few months, they were promoted through a series of vignettes by which they would be beaten up in saloons, searching
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, and riding horses. The Desperadoes entered the ring for the first time at house show in Charlotte, NC on May 12, 1991, where they (Bart and Dutch Mantell) were defeated by
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. Bart made his first WCW PPV appearance seven days later at
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, when he substituted for Larry Zybysko in a match against Big Josh. Later that month Bart began teaming regularly with Deadeye Dick in house show matches against Ricky Morton and Dustin Rhodes. The full Desperadoes trio entered the ring for the first time on July 3, 1991, in East Rutherford, NJ at the start of the 1991 The Great American Bash tour, where they were defeated by The Freebirds and Badstreet Brad Armstrong. On July 14 he wrestled Junkyard Dog in the dark match of the Great American Bash PPV. He later appeared as a lumberjack in a match between Big Josh and Black Blood. While the Desperadoes angle continued and the trio was shown as late as the June 29 WCW Power Hour program still looking for Stan Hansen, the former AWA champion reportedly wanted no part of the storyline and left for
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, never to return to wrestle in North America. Without Hansen, the group were pushed into service as jobbers and were dissolved as a stable before the end of the year. Bart's final match was on August 24, 1991, on the WCW Power Hour, when he teamed with
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against The WCW Patriots.


Late career (1991–2002, 2006)

Two months after departing from WCW, Bart re-emerged in
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. Teaming with Tug Taylor he faced Chris Walker and Steve Simpson. During his tenure he won the Bass Knuckles title, as well as the Tag Team Titles 3 times, including once with John Hawk. He also teamed with
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as the Wild Bunch and Johnny Mantell as the Rough Riders. Harris returned to WCW on November 26, 1995, when he participated in the 60 man, three ring battle royal at World War 3. Wrestling as "Big Train Bart", he was eliminated. He next appeared on
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on November 30, where he faced
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. Harris wrestled in the independents for the rest of his career before retiring in 2002. Harris resurfaced in 2006 wrestling on some independent shows in Texas. Harris has also appeared at many NWA reunion events. As a trainer, his most famous pupil to date has been
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. Harris once ran a professional wrestling school at the
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. Other graduates include
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.


Personal life

A diabetic, Harris had heart bypass surgery in 2015. In July 2016, Harris was named part of a
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lawsuit filed against WWE which alleged that wrestlers incurred traumatic brain injuries during their tenure and that the company concealed the risks of injury. The suit was litigated by attorney Konstantine Kyros, who has been involved in a number of other lawsuits against WWE. US District Judge Vanessa Lynne Bryant dismissed the case in September 2018. In September 2020, an appeal for the lawsuit was dismissed by a federal appeal court.


Illness and death

Harris was diagnosed with stage IV
colon cancer Colorectal cancer (CRC), also known as bowel cancer, colon cancer, or rectal cancer, is the development of cancer from the colon or rectum (parts of the large intestine). Signs and symptoms may include blood in the stool, a change in bowel ...
in 2022. On December 24, 2024, it was reported by
Dutch Mantell Wayne Maurice Keown (born November 29, 1949) is an American professional wrestling manager, booker and retired professional wrestler, better known by the ring name Dutch Mantel (also spelled Dutch Mantell). Since May 2022, Mantell has co-host ...
on his ''Story Time with Dutch Mantell'' podcast that Harris had ceased
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treatment and returned home from the hospital as his medical insurance ran out. Rick Harris died on January 9, 2025, at the age of 76.


Championships and accomplishments

*ACTS Wrestling Alliance **ACTS Heavyweight Championship (1 time) *
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**Courage Award (2024) *
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** NWA Brass Knuckles Championship ''(Florida version)'' ( 1 time) **
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(
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) – with
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(1) and
Tony Anthony Darrell W. Anthony (born April 12, 1960) is a retired American professional wrestler, also known by his ring name Dirty White Boy. He wrestled in NWA territories in the Southeastern United States. He was most active throughout the 1980s and 1990 ...
(1) ** NWA United States Tag Team Championship ''(Florida version)'' ( 3 times) – with Ron Bass *
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**
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(
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) *
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**
GWF Brass Knuckles Championship The GWF Brass Knuckles Championship was a championship (professional wrestling), professional wrestling championship. Similar to the WWE Hardcore Championship, WWF Hardcore Championship, it was defended only in hardcore wrestling, hardcore matche ...
( 1 time) **
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( 3 times) – with
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(1), Johnny Mantel (1) and John Hawk (1) *
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** NWA Brass Knuckles Championship ''(Mid-Atlantic version)'' ( 1 time) **
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( 1 time) **
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( 1 time) – with Ron Bass **
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( 1 time) *''
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'' **PWI ranked him #348 of the 500 best singles wrestlers during the "PWI Years" in 2003 *
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**
NWA Alabama Heavyweight Championship The NWA Alabama Heavyweight Championship was created in October, 1962. Since its creation, the championship has been defended in a number of NWA territories throughout the decades. Initially, the title was a part of Gulf Coast Championship Wrestl ...
(
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) * Texas Wrestling Hall of Fame **Class of 2013 *
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**
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( 1 time)


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