Fantastics
While in the Mid-Southern area (Memphis), Terry Taylor was teamed with a budding young wrestler named Bobby Fulton, who at the time was a jobber on TV but showed promise.
As champions they would successfully defend against numerous duos, including Pretty Young Things (Koko B Ware & Norvell Austin) and Jake Roberts & Kelly Kiniski.
At WCCW house shows that winter the two teams would face off in numerous matches, with the Fantastics usually winning that spring after Eaton & Condrey vacated the titles.
Rogers and Fulton would face off against the Express for the vacant championship at the 2nd Von Erich Memorial Parade Of Champions on May 5, 1985, and regained the titles.
[10] In November 1985 the Fantastics joined the Continental Wrestling Association, making their debut at a house show in Lexington, KY on the 15th of that month in a successful effort versus Pat Rose & Tom Prichard.
[11] As the winter progressed they would face off against Rip Morgan & Taras Bulba, as well as The Freedom Fighters (the rookie Jim Hellwig and Steve Borden).
On April 19 the team defeated The Fabulous Ones in the first round of the tournament in a matinee event held at the Super Dome in New Orleans, Louisiana.
[15] After successfully retaining against The Sheepherders in numerous rematches throughout the spring of 1986, the Fantastics lost the UWF Tag-Team Championship to Hot Stuff & Hyatt International (Eddie Gilbert & Sting) at a television taping on July 20.
Early in their tenure they captured the World Class Tag Team Championship by defeating Al Madril & Brian Adias at a house show in Lubbock, TX on March 4.
On April 26, 1988, the Fantastics won the United States Tag-Team Championship from the Midnight Express in a 40-minute match held at an NWA television taping in Chattanooga, TN.
[20] Their feud would continue throughout the spring, with the Express regaining the titles on July 10 in Baltimore, MD at The Great American Bash 1988 - "The Price For Freedom" PPV.
Meanwhile, Rogers & Fulton competed in a tournament for the vacant United States championship and would win them back at Clash of the Champions IV "Seasons Beatings" on December 7, 1988, in Chattanooga, TN when they defeated Ron Simmons & Eddie Gilbert.
[21][22] As 1989 began the Fantastics were programmed into a house show series with the newly arrived Original Midnight Express (Dennis Condrey & Randy Rose).
On September 21, 1989, the "new" Fantastics made their debut for WCW at a television taping in Savannah, GA where they lost to NWA World Tag-Team Champions The Fabulous Freebirds.
On the October 21, 1989 edition of World Championship Wrestling the new tandem earned their first televised victory, pinning Lee Scott & Agent Steel.
[37][38] They would return for regular tours over the next three years and achieve considerable success, occasionally teaming with Jackie Fulton in six man matches.
On October 30, 1994, the original version of The Fantastics made their return to World Championship Wrestling at a WCW Worldwide taping in Orlando, FL, defeating Sonny Trout & Rick Thames.
On the March 26th edition of World Wide they were again beaten by Pretty Wonderful, and on April 30 lost to The Blue Bloods (Lord Steven Regal & Bobby Eaton).
[40] Tommy Rogers and Bobby Fulton returned for another tour of All Japan on January 2, 1995, taking part in the AJPW New Year Giant Series 1995.
[41] As with previous years they were successful in the overall event, and on January 29, 1995, unsuccessfully challenged Jun Akiyama & Takao Omori for the vacated All Asia tag-team championship.
& Satoru Asako[44] On October 21, 1996, the Fantastics made a surprise appearance on Monday Nitro, losing to The Faces of Fear in a match airing from Mankato, MN.
The partners would face off against each other on June 16, 1997, when Rogers wrestled Bobby Fulton on an episode of Raw is War as part of the tournament to crown the inaugural WWF Light Heavyweight Championship.
[47] The Fantastics would continue to make appearances for NDW through the remainder of the year and 1998, facing The Terminators, as well as fellow babyface teams The Rock 'n' Roll Express and The Bushwhackers (their old Sheepherder opponents).
Held at the WFP 3rd Annual Night Of The Superstars event Waynesboro, VA, this encounter saw them defeat Bobby Eaton and Dennis Condrey.
One night they were approached and told that Dusty Hill was inviting them to meet him at a local bar in Texas, which Rogers and Fulton thought was a prank.
