Old School Beefcake: Bart Gunn

Of all the cowboys who've stepped into the Squared Circle since the dawn of professional wrestling, my favorite has to be Bart Gunn. Gunn, real name Mike Polchlopek, also wrestled using the name Mike Barton in the early 2000s. Read more about Gunn here. Watch his 1996 match against The Bodydonna's Zip here.

With Billy Gunn, his "Smoking' Gunns" tag team partner 

With then manager Tammy Fitch

Smoking Hot Smoking Gunn

Back in the early to mid 1990s,  a "cowboy-brother" tag team called The Smoking Gunns caught my attention when I first saw them on a WWE telecast. Well, to be honest, only one of the cowboys caught my eye, the dark-haired "Marlboro Man" one.  Bart Gunn, born Mike Polchlopek, wrestled for WWE  alongside his "brother" Billy and in singles competition from 1993 to 1996. In 1998, he joined NWA where he teamed up with Bob Holly. He returned to WWE in 1999 and won the "Brawl for All" tournament, a real competition where the winners were not pre-determined. Polchlopek also wrestled in Japan as Mike Barton. There's a whole channel on YouTube devoted to Bart Gunn; check it out here.

With Billy Gunn

As MMA-style wrestler Mike Barton

Smoking Gunns (with Sunny) Then

Smoking Gunns (with Sunny) Now