Robert Markovich (born March 3, 1958) is an American retired professional wrestler, better known by the ring names Bob Bradley and Battle Kat.
After being trained by "Superfly" Jimmy Snuka,[2] Markovich began his career in 1982, appearing at a World Wrestling Federation taping on June 1, 1982, in Allentown, PA.
[13] The following month he achieved his greatest success in the promotion, when he defeated Roberto Soto, Steve Simpson, Matt Borne, and finally The Dingo Warrior to win a tournament to determine the vacated Texas Heavyweight Champion.
A month later Bradley joined Bill Watts's Universal Wrestling Federation (UWF), losing to Steve Williams in on April 19 in Fort Worth, TX.
[18] On January 2, 1990, just less than three years after defeating him to win the Texas Heavyweight Championship in WCCW, Bradley was squashed by Intercontinental Champion The Ultimate Warrior at a WWF Superstars of Wrestling taping in Birmingham, AL.[19] He finally picked up his first victory since 1987 when he pinned Jim Powers in Wheeling, WV, but remained mired in the undercard.
Under the mask Markovich would see the greatest push of his WWF tenure, facing and defeating Buddy Rose, Pez Whatley, Paul Diamond, and Boris Zukhov.
His run at Battle Kat finally ended when he was defeated by The Barbarian on the December 10 edition of Prime Time Wrestling, and shortly thereafter the promotion eliminated the gimmick.
[19] Bradley returned to his previous role as an enhancement talent in 1991, losing to Kerry Von Erich, Koko B Ware, Jim Duggan, "Conan" Chris Walker, and others.