Bobby Eaton

Bobby Eaton
Eaton in 1991
Birth name	Bobby Lee Eaton[1]
Born	(1958-08-14)August 14, 1958[2] Huntsville, Alabama, U.S.[2]
Died	August 4, 2021(2021-08-04) (aged 62) Nashville, Tennessee, U.S.
Spouse(s)	Donna Dundee ​ ​ (m. 1981; died 2021)​
Children	4[1]
Professional wrestling career
Ring name(s)	"Beautiful" Bobby Eaton[2][3] Earl Robert Eaton[4][3]
Billed height	6 ft 0 in (183 cm)[2]
Billed weight	233 lb (106 kg)[2]
Billed from	Huntsville, Alabama[5] "The Dark Side"[5] Stoke-on-Trent, England (as Earl Robert Eaton)[6]
Trained by	Tojo Yamamoto[2]
Debut	May 1976 (May 1976)[2][3]
Retired	2016 (2016)

Bobby Lee Eaton (August 14, 1958 – August 4, 2021) was an American professional wrestler best known as "Beautiful" Bobby Eaton.^[2] He was most famous for his work in tag teams, especially as one-half of The Midnight Express. Under the management of Jim Cornette, he originally teamed with Dennis Condrey and, later on, with Stan Lane. He also worked with a number of other tag team partners, including Arn Anderson, Koko B. Ware, Steve Keirn, and Lord Steven Regal.

Over the course of his career, which lasted from 1976 to 2015, Eaton wrestled for extended periods of time for various wrestling promotions: NWA Mid-America, Continental Wrestling Association, Mid-South Wrestling, World Class Championship Wrestling, Jim Crockett Promotions, World Championship Wrestling, and Smoky Mountain Wrestling. He also made brief guest appearances for Extreme Championship Wrestling, Total Nonstop Action Wrestling, and a considerable number of independent wrestling promotions over the years. He held a large number of championships, including the NWA/WCW World Tag Team Championship on three occasions. Eaton was inducted into the Wrestling Observer Newsletter Hall of Fame in 2009 and the Professional Wrestling Hall of Fame in 2019.