1963 - Today
Robert William Howard (born January 29, 1963) is an American professional wrestler better known by the ring name Hardcore Holly or Bob Holly. He is best known for his 16-year career with the World Wrestling Federation/World Wrestling Entertainment (WWF/E) where he also worked under the ring names Thurman "Sparky" Plugg, Bob "Spark Plug" Holly, and Bombastic Bob. After debuting in 1987, Holly worked for World Organization of Wrestling, Smoky Mountain Wrestling, and other independent promotions, before joining WWE full-time in 1994. Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Hardcore Holly has received more than 1,954,775 page views. His biography is available in 25 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 24 in 2019). Hardcore Holly is the 294th most popular wrestler (down from 260th in 2019), the 12,542nd most popular biography from United States (down from 11,754th in 2019) and the 117th most popular American Wrestler.
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Among wrestlers, Hardcore Holly ranks 294 out of 700. Before him are Jon Moxley, Artur Aleksanyan, Hüseyin Özkan, John Morrison, Christian Cage, and The Godfather. After him are Kaori Icho, John Laurinaitis, Josh Barnett, Waldemar Legień, Sin Cara, and Hamza Yerlikaya.
1985 - Present
HPI: 37.19
Rank: 288
1991 - Present
HPI: 37.17
Rank: 289
1972 - Present
HPI: 37.17
Rank: 290
1979 - Present
HPI: 37.16
Rank: 291
1973 - Present
HPI: 37.12
Rank: 292
1961 - Present
HPI: 37.10
Rank: 293
1963 - Present
HPI: 37.09
Rank: 294
1984 - Present
HPI: 37.06
Rank: 295
1962 - Present
HPI: 37.03
Rank: 296
1977 - Present
HPI: 36.97
Rank: 297
1963 - Present
HPI: 36.94
Rank: 298
1977 - Present
HPI: 36.92
Rank: 299
1976 - Present
HPI: 36.84
Rank: 300
Among people born in 1963, Hardcore Holly ranks 612. Before him are Natalie Merchant, Susan Walters, Pablo Berger, Donna Williams, Nadia Hasnaoui, and Martín Fiz. After him are Chieko Honda, Péter Fülöp Kocsis, Federico Andahazi, Pavel Řehák, Waldemar Legień, and Douglas Wakiihuri.
1963 - Present
HPI: 37.16
Rank: 606
1963 - Present
HPI: 37.15
Rank: 607
1963 - Present
HPI: 37.15
Rank: 608
1963 - 2017
HPI: 37.15
Rank: 609
1963 - Present
HPI: 37.13
Rank: 610
1963 - Present
HPI: 37.10
Rank: 611
1963 - Present
HPI: 37.09
Rank: 612
1963 - 2013
HPI: 37.01
Rank: 613
1963 - Present
HPI: 37.00
Rank: 614
1963 - Present
HPI: 37.00
Rank: 615
1963 - Present
HPI: 36.95
Rank: 616
1963 - Present
HPI: 36.94
Rank: 617
1963 - Present
HPI: 36.92
Rank: 618
Among people born in United States, Hardcore Holly ranks 12,542 out of 18,182. Before him are Rachel Levine (1957), Dr. Luke (1973), Frances Drake (1912), William Windom (1827), Christina Koch (1979), and Matthew Shepard (1976). After him are David Brian (1914), Josh Dun (1988), Retta (1970), Allison Schmitt (1990), Andrew Shue (1967), and Marc Shaiman (1959).
1957 - Present
HPI: 37.10
Rank: 12,536
1973 - Present
HPI: 37.10
Rank: 12,537
1912 - 2000
HPI: 37.10
Rank: 12,538
1827 - 1891
HPI: 37.09
Rank: 12,539
1979 - Present
HPI: 37.09
Rank: 12,540
1976 - 1998
HPI: 37.09
Rank: 12,541
1963 - Present
HPI: 37.09
Rank: 12,542
1914 - 1993
HPI: 37.09
Rank: 12,543
1988 - Present
HPI: 37.09
Rank: 12,544
1970 - Present
HPI: 37.08
Rank: 12,545
1990 - Present
HPI: 37.08
Rank: 12,546
1967 - Present
HPI: 37.08
Rank: 12,547
1959 - Present
HPI: 37.08
Rank: 12,548
Among wrestlers born in United States, Hardcore Holly ranks 117. Before him are Shelton Benjamin (1975), Michelle McCool (1980), Ron Simmons (1958), Jon Moxley (1985), John Morrison (1979), and The Godfather (1961). After him are John Laurinaitis (1962), Josh Barnett (1977), Sin Cara (1977), Joseph Atiyeh (1957), Billy Gunn (1963), and Luke Harper (1979).
1975 - Present
HPI: 37.56
Rank: 111
1980 - Present
HPI: 37.45
Rank: 112
1958 - Present
HPI: 37.43
Rank: 113
1985 - Present
HPI: 37.19
Rank: 114
1979 - Present
HPI: 37.16
Rank: 115
1961 - Present
HPI: 37.10
Rank: 116
1963 - Present
HPI: 37.09
Rank: 117
1962 - Present
HPI: 37.03
Rank: 118
1977 - Present
HPI: 36.97
Rank: 119
1977 - Present
HPI: 36.92
Rank: 120
1957 - Present
HPI: 36.56
Rank: 121
1963 - Present
HPI: 36.43
Rank: 122
1979 - 2020
HPI: 36.33
Rank: 123