Bull Buchanan

Barry Buchanan (born January 15, 1968) is an American professional wrestler.

He is best known for his appearances with the World Wrestling Federation / Entertainment (WWF/WWE) under the ring names Recon, Bull Buchanan and B² and for his appearances with All Japan Pro Wrestling (AJPW) and Pro Wrestling Noah (NOAH) as Buchanan.

Primarily a tag team wrestler, Buchanan is a former WWF World Tag Team Champion, All Asia Tag Team Champion, GHC Tag Team Champion and USWA World Tag Team Champion.

Buchanan was trained to wrestle by James Hammonds.

He debuted in 1995, wrestling on the North Georgia independent circuit as "The Punisher".

Buchanan formed a tag team with Ric Savage called "Body Count".

The duo competed in National Championship Wrestling (NCW) until Buchanan was recruited by Jim Cornette for Smoky Mountain Wrestling.

Buchanan debuted in Smoky Mountain Wrestling (SMW) in 1995 as "The Punisher".

He was a member of Jim Cornette's stable "The Militia" and acted as Cornette's bodyguard, feuding with Boo Bradley and The Bullet.

Buchanan wrestled on the final SMW show, teaming with Tommy Rich to wrestle Buddy Landel and The Bullet.

Known as Stud, he teamed with Billy Black as The Dark Riders.

The team made two appearances for ECW, with clips of a March 1996 match against ECW World Tag Team Champions, The Eliminators, airing on ECW's weekly television show.

After SMW closed, Buchanan signed a WWF developmental contract and was assigned to the United States Wrestling Association (USWA), where he was known as "Recon" of the Truth Commission.

With his partner The Interrogator, Buchanan won the USWA World Tag Team Championship on March 6, 1997, when they beat Billy Joe Travis and Flash Flanagan.

The duo only held the titles for a week before losing them back to Flash Flanagan and Billy Joe Travis.

The Truth Commission regained the titles on April 19 when they beat Billy Kidman and Ace Darling in Memphis, Tennessee.

The second reign came to an end on May 14 when Steven Dunn and Paul Diamond defeated "Recon" and the Interrogator.

Two weeks later, the Truth Commission became three times champions and held them until the titles were held up on June 14.

The titles were vacated because Truth Commission member Tank teamed up with "Recon" and the titles could not be defended by a substitute.

The Truth Commission left the USWA only a short time later as they were being called up to the World Wrestling Federation.

The entire Truth Commission faction (except "Sniper") up until that point were brought in to the World Wrestling Federation.

They made their WWF debut on the June 28, 1997, episode of Shotgun Saturday Night.

The following week, Sniper made his debut and soon after Tank was removed from the team.

The Truth Commission stable was short-lived; it disbanded in 1998, but Buchanan and Sniper of the Truth Commission stayed together as the short-lived tag team, Armageddon.

After that team disappeared from TV, Buchanan remained under WWF contract, and was sent to their "developmental territory" Ohio Valley Wrestling to improve his skills.

While there, Buchanan and partner Mr. Black captured the OVW Southern Tag Team Championship.

Buchanan returned to the WWF on the March 19, 2000, edition of Sunday Night Heat, now under the name "Bull Buchanan" and dressed in a SWAT uniform, helping the Big Boss Man attack Mideon.

Buchanan and the Big Boss Man continued wearing matching SWAT-style uniforms and teaming together as Buchanan acted as some sort of a protégé to Boss Man.

The team had a decent amount of success as they defeated The Godfather and D'Lo Brown at WrestleMania 2000, and beat the Acolytes the following month at Backlash.

The team split on the June 5, 2000, edition of Raw Is War; after a loss to the Hardy Boyz, Buchanan and Boss Man began to argue which led to shoving and eventually Boss Man knocking out Buchanan with his nightstick when Buchanan's back was turned.

Buchanan briefly struck out on his own after that alliance ended, unsuccessfully participating in the King of the Ring tournament, before joining Steven Richards' ultra-conservative stable Right to Censor.

On the July 24 episode of Raw, Buchanan faced the Godfather, in which he agreed to give up pimping if he lost.

Buchanan defeated The Godfather, who promptly joined the stable and renounced his former ways.

At SummerSlam on August 27, Right to Censor defeated Too Cool in a six-man tag team match.

On the September 11 episode of Raw, Buchanan and the rechristened Goodfather defeated the Acolytes.

After the match, Val Venis attacked the Acolytes, joining the group in the process.

At Unforgiven, Right to Censor defeated the Acolytes and the Dudley Boyz.

At No Mercy on October 22, Buchanan and Goodfather entered into an elimination tag team tables match, which was won by the Dudleys.

The next night on Raw, Ivory was announced as the newest member of the group.

Buchanan and Goodfather won the WWF Tag Team Championship from the Hardy Boyz on the November 6 episode of Raw.