Stilsbury started his career in Canada with Stu Hart's Stampede Wrestling in November 1986.[1] He was brought into the WWF that month in response to the mainstream popularity of the Australian film Crocodile Dundee.[3] Wearing an Australian bush jacket,[4] he appeared in several vignettes hyping his debut by showing him in the wilds of the Australian Outback—specifically, the Northern Territory.[2][5] In the vignettes, he drove a Jeep and drank beer with cows.[5] In addition, as part of the storyline, he claimed to have learned survival skills from the Aborigines.[2]
On 3 August episode of Prime Time Wrestling, Outback Jack rescued Tito Santana from an attack by Ron Bass, leading to a match between him and Bass later in the show, which Bass won.[11] The pair continued to face each other into the following year.[8][12] Outback Jack made one appearance on the interview segment The Snake Pit with Jake "The Snake" Roberts on 6 June.[1][13]
On 7 May 1988 episode of WWF Superstars of Wrestling, Outback Jack competed in his final televised match, teaming with Brady Boone and Steve Blackman in a loss to The Islanders; this was the only match in which The Islanders competed as a team of three, as they were joined by new Islander Siva Afi.[1][14] On 15 May, Outback Jack wrestled his last match in Kissimmee, Florida, against Greg Valentine.[15] The outcome of his rematch with Valentine remains a mystery although Valentine had pinned him three days prior at the Columbus Municipal Auditorium.[12] The WWF had LJNWrestling Superstars create an Outback Jack action figure to be produced and distributed worldwide.[5] His sudden departure from the WWF has led to him being described as "one of the most asked about people in the business".[16]
Personal lifeedit
Stilsbury is blind in one eye due to a helicopter crash, and has limited vision in his other due to diabetes.[17][18]
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Outback Jack's profile at Cagematch.net , Internet Wrestling Database
January 01, 1970
outback, jack, wrestler, peter, stilsbury, born, february, 1958, australian, former, professional, wrestler, best, known, appearing, world, wrestling, federation, outback, jack, from, 1986, 1988, portrayed, northern, australian, bushman, coming, america, compe. Peter Stilsbury born 4 February 1958 is an Australian former professional wrestler best known for appearing in the World Wrestling Federation as Outback Jack from 1986 to 1988 He portrayed a northern Australian bushman coming to America to compete in the WWF Outback JackBirth namePeter StilsburyBorn 1958 02 04 4 February 1958 age 66 1 Victoria AustraliaProfessional wrestling careerRing name s The MercenarySgt GreenOutback JackBilled height6 ft 5 in 1 96 m 2 Billed weight300 lb 140 kg 2 Billed fromHumpty Doo NT Australia 2 Trained byLes Thornton 1 Debut1986Retired1988 Contents 1 Professional wrestling career 1 1 Early career 1 2 World Wrestling Federation 1986 1988 2 Personal life 3 Awards and accomplishments 4 References 5 External linksProfessional wrestling career editEarly career edit Stilsbury started his career in Canada with Stu Hart s Stampede Wrestling in November 1986 1 He was brought into the WWF that month in response to the mainstream popularity of the Australian film Crocodile Dundee 3 Wearing an Australian bush jacket 4 he appeared in several vignettes hyping his debut by showing him in the wilds of the Australian Outback specifically the Northern Territory 2 5 In the vignettes he drove a Jeep and drank beer with cows 5 In addition as part of the storyline he claimed to have learned survival skills from the Aborigines 2 World Wrestling Federation 1986 1988 edit Stilsbury as Outback Jack made his WWF debut in November 1986 6 His wins mainly came over jobbers such as Jose Estrada Steve Lombardi Barry O Barry Horowitz and Iron Mike Sharpe 1 7 However Outback Jack also defeated well known superstars such as Nikolai Volkoff and former WWE Champion The Iron Sheik 8 Eventually Stilsbury started becoming a jobber himself losing matches to high level superstars such as Million Dollar Man Ted DiBiase and Rick Rude 8 Outback Jack feuded with Frenchy Martin and the two had matches featured on 4 May and 25 May 1987 episodes of WWF Prime Time Wrestling both of which Outback Jack won 9 10 During this time he also feuded with Killer Khan 8 On 3 August episode of Prime Time Wrestling Outback Jack rescued Tito Santana from an attack by Ron Bass leading to a match between him and Bass later in the show which Bass won 11 The pair continued to face each other into the following year 8 12 Outback Jack made one appearance on the interview segment The Snake Pit with Jake The Snake Roberts on 6 June 1 13 On 7 May 1988 episode of WWF Superstars of Wrestling Outback Jack competed in his final televised match teaming with Brady Boone and Steve Blackman in a loss to The Islanders this was the only match in which The Islanders competed as a team of three as they were joined by new Islander Siva Afi 1 14 On 15 May Outback Jack wrestled his last match in Kissimmee Florida against Greg Valentine 15 The outcome of his rematch with Valentine remains a mystery although Valentine had pinned him three days prior at the Columbus Municipal Auditorium 12 The WWF had LJN Wrestling Superstars create an Outback Jack action figure to be produced and distributed worldwide 5 His sudden departure from the WWF has led to him being described as one of the most asked about people in the business 16 Personal life editStilsbury is blind in one eye due to a helicopter crash and has limited vision in his other due to diabetes 17 18 Awards and accomplishments editPro Wrestling Illustrated PWI ranked him No 371 of the top 400 wrestlers in WWE history in 2003 19 References edit a b c d e f Outback Jack profile Online World of Wrestling Archived from the original on 11 October 2009 Retrieved 14 June 2009 a b c d e Shields Brian and Kevin Sullivan 2009 WWE Encyclopedia DK BradyGAMES p 228 ISBN 978 0 7566 4190 0 Reynolds R D Blade Braxton 2007 The Wrestlecrap Book of Lists ECW Press pp 339 340 ISBN 978 1 55022 762 8 Ball Michael R 1990 Professional Wrestling as Ritual Drama in American Popular Culture Edwin Mellen Press p 93 ISBN 0 88946 112 0 a b c Reynolds R D 2003 WrestleCrap The Very Worst of Pro Wrestling ECW Press p 34 ISBN 1 55022 584 7 Cawthon Graham Ring Results 1986 The History of WWE Archived from the original on 27 June 2009 Retrieved 20 June 2009 Nevada Vance 12 May 2008 Iron Mike Sharpe Jr SLAM Wrestling Canadian Online Explorer Archived from the original on 18 July 2012 Retrieved 20 June 2009 a href Template Cite web html title Template Cite web cite web a CS1 maint unfit URL link a b c d Cawthon Graham Ring Results 1987 The History of WWE Archived from the original on 15 March 2010 Retrieved 20 June 2009 Prime Time Wrestling WWF Television Philadelphia Pennsylvania 4 May 1987 USA Network Prime Time Wrestling WWF Television Toronto Ontario 25 May 1987 USA Network Prime Time Wrestling WWF Television New York City New York 3 August 1987 USA Network a b Cawthon Graham Ring Results 1988 The History of WWE Archived from the original on 28 July 2009 Retrieved 20 June 2009 WWF Superstars of Wrestling WWF Television Buffalo New York 6 June 1987 Syndicated WWF Superstars of Wrestling WWF Television New Haven Connecticut 7 May 1988 Syndicated Carroll Frank 11 May 1988 Camp Will Highlight Introduction To Football Orlando Sentinel Tribune Publishing Archived from the original on 4 March 2016 Retrieved 17 June 2023 Outback Jack shoots on McMahon s ego Online World of Wrestling 4 May 2009 Archived from the original on 8 May 2009 Retrieved 25 June 2009 Outback Jack reveals who was nice and who was not in the WWF back in the 80s ProWrestling net 20 May 2008 Archived from the original on 24 September 2015 Retrieved 17 June 2023 Former WWE wrestler Outback Jack reveals which title belt he heard he was going to win says he s blind in one eye ProWrestling net 4 May 2009 Archived from the original on 24 June 2021 Retrieved 21 June 2021 PWI s WWE Top 400 Wrestlers Wrestling Information Archive Archived from the original on 14 October 2009 Retrieved 28 June 2009 External links editPeter Stilsbury at IMDb Outback Jack s profile at Cagematch net nbsp Internet Wrestling Database nbsp Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Outback Jack wrestler amp oldid 1212505853, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
