James Morris (born July 5, 1952) is an American retired professional wrestler and current radio host, better known by his ring name, Hillbilly Jim.
[2] He was brought into the business when he met Bruce Swayze at a Bowling Green High School gym, where Morris had been an All-State basketball player.
[5] A series of vignettes were aired on WWF's TV programming in the early weeks of 1985, showing Hogan training Jim and providing him with his first set of wrestling boots.
[5] At WrestleMania III on March 29, 1987, Jim teamed with Haiti Kid and Little Beaver to defeat Bundy, Little Tokyo and Lord Littlebrook.
[9] On November 24, 1988, at Survivor Series, Jim, Hogan, Randy Savage, Hercules and Koko B. Ware defeated the team of Big Boss Man, Akeem, Ted DiBiase, King Haku and The Red Rooster.
[10] In June 1989, Jim worked as a fill-in for John Studd, who departed the WWF in the midst of a major feud with André the Giant.
[12] Months later, Jim was released from the WWF and retired from wrestling, although he came back the spring of 1991 to face Colonel Mustafa and The Berzerker at house shows.
[4] In 2005, Sirius Satellite Radio added Hillbilly Jim's Moonshine Matinee as a weekly program on its Outlaw Country channel 62.
Every Saturday, Morris plays a wide variety of classic country music and Southern rock and tells stories of his days with the WWF.