Jim Duggan

Jim Duggan, known as Hacksaw Jim Duggan, is an American retired professional wrestler born James Edward Duggan Jr. in 1954 in Glens Falls, New York. A state high school wrestling champion, he played football at Southern Methodist University and was signed and then released by the Atlanta Falcons because of knee injuries. He broke into professional wrestling in 1979 with the help of Fritz Von Erich and took the Hacksaw nickname in Southwest Championship Wrestling. In Mid-South Wrestling he became a fan favourite who carried a wooden two by four, and in the World Wrestling Federation he won the first Royal Rumble match in 1988. In World Championship Wrestling he was United States Heavyweight Champion and the final World Television Champion, and in 2004 he won and at once vacated the IWA World Heavyweight Championship in Tokyo. He was inducted into the WWE Hall of Fame in 2011.