American professional wrestler and mixed martial artist
Bart Gunn
Gunn in 1995
Birth name
Michael Polchlopek[1]
Born
(1965-12-27) December 27, 1965 (age 58)[2] Titusville, Florida, U.S.[1]
Professional wrestling career
Ring name(s)
Bart Gunn[3] Bodacious Bart[2] Brett Colt[2] Mike Barton[2]
Billed height
6 ft 4 in (193 cm)[4]
Billed weight
275 lb (125 kg)[4]
Billed from
Austin, Texas[2]
Trained by
Wrestling: Blackjack Mulligan Boris Malenko[1] Caesar Barraza Boxing: Ray Rinaldi[5][6]
Debut
1991
Retired
December 10, 2007[1]
Michael Polchlopek (born December 27, 1965) is an American retired professional wrestler and mixed martial artist. He is best known for his appearances with the World Wrestling Federation (WWF) from 1993 to 1999 under the ring names Bart Gunn and Bodacious Bart, as well as his appearances with All Japan Pro Wrestling (AJPW) from 1998 to 2002 and with New Japan Pro-Wrestling (NJPW) from 2002 to 2004 as Mike Barton.[1][7]
^ abcdeMelok, Bobby (May 22, 2013). "Where Are They Now? Bart Gunn". WWE.com. WWE. Retrieved May 1, 2014.
^ abcde"Mike Barton profile". Online World of Wrestling. Retrieved July 17, 2015.
^"Bart "The Hammer" Gunn". WWF.com (via Wayback Machine). World Wrestling Federation. Archived from the original on January 17, 1999. Retrieved July 24, 2013.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: unfit URL (link)
^ abShields, Brian; Sullivan, Kevin (2009). WWE Encyclopedia. DK. p. 23. ISBN 978-0-7566-4190-0.
^"Brawl for Naught Part II: The Backstage Story on WWE's Infamous Brawl for All Tournament". April 12, 2016.
^Dr. Death Steve Williams Vs. The Hardy Boyz & Bart Gunn Promo (03 21 1999 WWF Sunday Night Heat). Drop Aling. March 24, 2018. Archived from the original on June 30, 2021. Retrieved September 27, 2021 – via YouTube.
^Murray, Matthew (September 1, 1998). "What to do with Bart Gunn now". Canoe.ca. Québecor Média. Archived from the original on May 1, 2014. Retrieved May 1, 2014.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: unfit URL (link)
Wrestling Federation (WWF) from 1993 to 1999 under the ring names BartGunn and Bodacious Bart, as well as his appearances with All Japan Pro Wrestling (AJPW)...
BartGunn. During the third round of the fight, Gunn took Williams down, injuring Williams's hamstring, and knocked Williams out seconds later. Gunn went...
team wrestler, Gunn is an overall 11-time tag team champion in WWE with three different partners (with BartGunn as The Smoking Gunns; with Road Dogg...
The Smoking Gunns were a professional wrestling tag team of kayfabe brothers Billy Gunn (Monty Sopp) and BartGunn (Mike Polchlopek). They portrayed cowboys...
Brawl for All match, an unscripted type of shootfight between wrestler BartGunn and boxer/mixed martial artist Butterbean. This event also marked the...
Holly. In 1998, under the name of Bombastic Bob, he formed a team with BartGunn known as The Midnight Express. Towards the end of that same year, Howard...
Show, and refereed the Brawl for All fight at WrestleMania XV between BartGunn and Butterbean. He appeared in the unreleased 1997 movie The Good Life...
of success, teaming with Kenta Kobashi, "Dr. Death" Steve Williams and BartGunn. Laurinaitis enjoyed significant championship success and acclaim during...
against The Smoking Gunns (BartGunn and Billy Gunn). Owen pinned Bart for the victory after Yokozuna delivered a leg drop to Bart's chest, therefore retaining...
Williams, Kenta Kobashi, Gary Albright, Toshiaki Kawada, Mike Barton (BartGunn), Akira Taue and Jun Akiyama, leading to perhaps AJPW's most profitable...
the night the reigning WWF Tag Team Champions The Smoking Gunns (Billy Gunn and BartGunn) successfully defended the championship against the team of...
tag team matches such as one at In Your House 13: Final Four against BartGunn, Goldust, and Flash Funk and most notably in a Chicago Street Fight at...
15th Anniversary Battle Royal, where he was subsequently eliminated by BartGunn. In 2009, WWE.com interviewed the Posse as a part of the website's "Where...
appeared as one of the three judges for a Brawl for All contest between BartGunn and Butterbean at WrestleMania XV. Because of his frail appearance and...
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