Jim Ross Blogs About The Passing Of Buck Robley

May 29, 2013

ORIGINAL: Colonel Buck Robley, who wrestled for several territories before becoming a manager and later a booker for Mid-South, has passed away this morning. Robley had been sick for some time.

We would like to give our condolences to his friends, family and fans.

UPDATE: Jim Ross posted the following in a new blog today about the passing of Buck Robley:

“Sorry to hear of the passing of former wrestler and booker Buck Robley this week. Buck was a unique character who served for a time as Cowboy Bill Watts booker in Mid South Wrestling before he was replaced by Ernie Ladd. Buck had a creative mind but had to be vetted by the big Cowboy on many of the wild west type storylines that Buck wanted to do.

Buck was a great crowd psychologist who loved to create ‘heat’ and had plenty, both in and out of the ring. One of his best creations was a rivalry that he had with Ken Mantell where Buck put a ‘bounty’ on Mantell. I was the referee for a match between Mantell and the great Terry Funk in the downtown Municipal Auditorium in New Orleans to where if Ken won he would get his long awaited bout vs “The Colonel.” It was one of the best matches that I ever refereed inasmuch as the two talents had an amazing, passionate, believable match that I still remember to this day.

The booking meetings that Cowboy and Buck had, that I sat in on more often than not, were classics. Combustible, compelling ‘discussions’ about ideas for the territory. I learned a great deal about our business from those weekly meetings.

I even designed and made the yellow T Shirt that Buck wore in the ring adorned with “Nobody Calls me Yellow” on it.

RIP Colonel Buck Robley.”

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