1949-08-14 ( 75 years old ) in White Bear Lake, Minnesota, USA
James 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.
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.
WWE:
Brunzell then signed to wrestle with WWE as they continued their national expansion. Here, he formed the popular tag team, The Killer Bees, with another WWE newcomer, B. 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 WWE. 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 WWE 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.
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.
Movies
WWE: Bret 'Hitman' Hart - The Best There Is, The Best There Was, The Best There Ever Will Be
2005-11-14
UWF Blackjack Brawl
1994-09-23
WWF Bashed in the USA
1993-06-23
WCW Slamboree 1993
1993-05-23
WWE March to WrestleMania VIII
1992-03-29
UWF Beach Brawl
1991-07-09
WWE Survivor Series 1988
1988-11-24
WWE Los Angeles Wrestling: October '88
1988-10-16
WWE Maple Leaf Wrestling: September '88
1988-09-18
WWE WrestleFest
1988-07-31
WWE Maple Leaf Wrestling: April '88
1988-04-24
WWE WrestleMania IV
1988-03-27
WWE Royal Rumble
1988-01-24
WWE Survivor Series 1987
1987-11-26
WWE Houston Wrestling: October '87
1987-10-09
WWE Maple Leaf Wrestling: June '87
1987-06-28
WWE The Hart Foundation
1987-06-24
WWE WrestleMania III
1987-03-29
WWE Maple Leaf Wrestling: March '87
1987-03-15
The WWF's Even More Unusual Matches
1987-02-01
WWE Houston Wrestling: October '86
1986-10-19
WWE The Big Event
1986-08-28
The Best of the WWF: volume 8
1986-08-20
WWE Maple Leaf Wrestling: May '86
1986-05-04
WWE Detroit Wrestling '86
1986-04-26
WrestleMania II
1986-04-07
WWE Maple Leaf Wrestling: March '86
1986-03-23
Highlander
1986-03-07
The Best of the WWF: volume 5
1986-01-01
WWE Maple Leaf Wrestling: September '85
1985-09-22
AWA StarCage
1985-04-21
PWUSA Mayhem at The Meadowlands
1985-04-19
PWUSA Star Wars
1985-02-24
AWA Christmas Show 1984
1984-12-25
AWA Christmas Night 1983
1983-12-25
AWA Super Sunday
1983-04-24
The Wrestler
1974-04-28
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