Early career (1995) Buchanan was trained to wrestle by James Hammonds. He debuted in 1995, wrestling on the
North Georgia independent circuit as "The Punisher". Buchanan formed a
tag team with
Ric Savage called "Body Count". The duo competed in
National Championship Wrestling (NCW) until Buchanan was recruited by
Jim Cornette for
Smoky Mountain Wrestling.
Smoky Mountain Wrestling (1995) Buchanan debuted in
Smoky Mountain Wrestling (SMW) in 1995 as "The Punisher". He was a member of
Jim Cornette's
stable "The Militia" and acted as Cornette's
bodyguard,
feuding with
Boo Bradley and
The Bullet. Buchanan wrestled on the final SMW show in December 1995, teaming with
Tommy Rich to wrestle
Buddy Landel and The Bullet.
Extreme Championship Wrestling (1996) Known as Stud, he teamed with Billy Black as The Dark Riders. The team made two appearances for
ECW, with clips of a March 1996 match against ECW World Tag Team Champions,
The Eliminators, airing on ECW's weekly television show.
United States Wrestling Association (1996–1997) After SMW closed, Buchanan signed a WWF developmental contract and was assigned to the
United States Wrestling Association (USWA), where he was known as Recon of
the Truth Commission. With his partner
The Interrogator, Buchanan won the
USWA World Tag Team Championship on March 6, 1997, when they beat
Billy Joe Travis and
Flash Flanagan. The duo only held the titles for a week before losing them back to Flash Flanagan and Billy Joe Travis. The Truth Commission stable was short-lived; it disbanded in 1998, but Buchanan and Sniper of the Truth Commission stayed together as the short-lived tag team, Armageddon. After that team disappeared from TV, Buchanan remained under WWF contract, and was sent to their "developmental territory"
Ohio Valley Wrestling to improve his skills. While there, Buchanan and partner Mr. Black captured the
OVW Southern Tag Team Championship. and beat the
Acolytes the following month at
Backlash. The team split on the June 5, 2000, edition of
Raw Is War; after a loss to the
Hardy Boyz, Buchanan and Boss Man began to argue which led to shoving and eventually Boss Man knocking out Buchanan with his
nightstick when Buchanan's back was turned. Buchanan briefly struck out on his own after that alliance ended, unsuccessfully participating in the
King of the Ring tournament, before joining
Steven Richards' ultra-conservative stable
Right to Censor (RTC). On the July 24 episode of
Raw, Buchanan faced the Godfather, in which he agreed to give up pimping if he lost. Buchanan defeated The Godfather, who promptly joined RTC and renounced his former ways. At
SummerSlam on August 27, Right to Censor defeated
Too Cool in a six-man tag team match. On the September 11 episode of
Raw, Buchanan and the rechristened Goodfather defeated the
Acolytes. After the match,
Val Venis attacked the Acolytes, joining the group in the process. At
Unforgiven, RTC defeated the Acolytes and the
Dudley Boyz. At
No Mercy on October 22, Buchanan and Goodfather entered into an elimination tag team tables match, which was won by the Dudley Boyz. The next night on
Raw,
Ivory was announced as the newest member of the group. Buchanan and Goodfather won the
WWF Tag Team Championship from the
Hardy Boyz on the November 6 episode of
Raw. At
Survivor Series, Buchanan and Goodfather teamed up with
Edge & Christian, to face the Hardys and the Dudleys in a losing effort. At
Rebellion, the duo retained the titles against the Hardys. They lost the titles to Edge and Christian at
Armageddon in a fatal four-way tag team match also involving
K-Kwik and
Road Dogg and the Dudleys. Buchanan entered the
2001 Royal Rumble match on January 21, 2001, at entry number 2, but was eliminated by the Hardys. At
WrestleMania X-Seven, Buchanan, Goodfather and Venis were defeated by the APA (formerly the Acolytes) and
Tazz. Also at WrestleMania, Ivory lost the
WWF Women's Championship to
Chyna. On the April 26 episode of
SmackDown!, RTC lost to the
Brothers of Destruction on a 4-on-2 handicap match, after all other members walked out on Richards mid-match. Buchanan would continue to team with Goodfather, until the June 17 episode of
Sunday Night Heat, where they lost to the Dudley Boyz.
Teaming with John Cena and departure (2002–2003) After Right to Censor was disbanded in mid-2001, Buchanan was once again sent to Ohio Valley Wrestling. In August 2002 he returned to the WWE after wrestling several matches with seemingly no character or purpose, until November 21 when
John Cena was pinned by
Rikishi. Buchanan came out and attacked Rikishi after the match thus aligning himself with Cena, who was beginning a rapper
gimmick in which he would freestyle rhyme about his opponent as he made his entrance. Buchanan stood as an
enforcer character for Cena and eventually finished Cena's Freestyles with his own quote: "Boo-yah!" Buchanan also began using the name B-2 (also written as B², pronounced "B-Squared"), and was also called Bling Bling Buchanan. This pairing did not last long. On the January 16, 2003, edition of
SmackDown!, Cena and B-2 lost to
Los Guerreros in a tag team title match which led to Cena blaming B-2 after the match for being pinned. This led to Cena slapping B-2 and B-2 shoving Cena down. As B-2 went to attack Cena,
Redd Dogg debuted and came through the crowd and joined Cena in a beatdown on B-2; thus, Redd Dogg replaced B-2 at Cena's side. B-2's last televised match was on January 19 at the
Royal Rumble in which he entered at number 11 and was eliminated in 24 seconds. B-2's last match was cut out of the January 23 edition of
SmackDown! in which Redd Dogg defeated B-2. B-2 was released from WWE on January 26, 2003.
Sporadic appearances (2006, 2011) Buchanan returned for one night on September 5, 2006, losing to
Henry Godwinn in a dark match for
SmackDown!. On the November 14, 2011, episode of
Raw, Buchanan made a one-night return to WWE in a segment where
Mick Foley was bringing out people from John Cena's past, and Buchanan claimed that Cena ruined his life.
All Japan Pro Wrestling (2003–2007) After parting ways with WWE, he signed with top
Japanese promotion
All Japan Pro Wrestling and performed as Buchanan. He debuted in early October and immediately aligned himself with
Taka Michinoku,
D'Lo Brown and
The Gladiator and eventually joined
Roughly Obsess and Destroy. On October 26, Buchanan and Brown took on
Arashi and
Keiji Muto for the
World Tag Team Championship and lost. In the World's Strongest Tag Determination League 2003, Buchanan teamed with Gigantes where they gained six points, therefore not enough to progress further. On February 11, 2004, he teamed with Gladiator in his second Unified World Tag Team Championship and lost to the champions,
Kaz Hayashi and
Satoshi Kojima. Once again, Buchanan participated in the World's Strongest Tag Determination League for that year and teamed with D'lo Brown but would once again fall at the first hurdle. After teaming with various members of RO&D and having little success, he decided to bring in a new member which was
Rico. This would prove to be the right choice as in their first match, on February 5, 2005, they defeated
Masayuki Naruse and
Mitsuya Nagai to become the
All Asia Tag Team Champions. With that win, RO&D held all the championships in AJPW. Later in the month, there was an AJPW vs RO&D which RO&D won. Buchanan would participate in his first
Champion Carnival 2005 where he gained five points. On May 27, 2005, Buchanan and Rico vacated the All Asia Tag Team Championship due to Rico retiring. In late 2005, RO&D became faces and feuded against the
Voodoo Murders. During the transitional time, Buchanan and D'lo Brown lost to
Katsuhiko Nakajima and
Kensuke Sasaki in a match for the All Asia Tag Team Championship and later in the year took part in World's Strongest Tag Determination League 2005. Over the last part of 2005 and most of 2006, Buchanan would team with various members of RO&D and take part in tournaments and had very little success. With that in mind, on September 17, 2006, Buchanan and his regular tag team partner, D'lo Brown, betrayed RO&D and joined the rival Voodoo Murders faction. Buchanan and Brown continued to team with each other in Voodoo Murders and even took part in the World's Strongest Tag Determination League 2006 and once again lost. In early 2007, Buchanan and Brown left Voodoo Murders and AJPW to join
Pro Wrestling Noah.
Pro Wrestling Noah (2007–2010) On May 17, 2007, Buchanan along with D'lo Brown and Taka Michinoku debuted for
Pro Wrestling Noah and would reform
Roughly Obsess and Destroy. On July 8, Buchanan and Brown took on
Jun Akiyama and
Takeshi Rikio for the
GHC Tag Team Championship and lost. After the tag titles were vacated, Buchanan and Brown took part in the GHC Tag Team Championship Decision Tournament where whoever gained the most points would win the tournament and the title. Buchanan and Brown gained six points, the most of any team, and therefore became the GHC Tag Team Champions. However, the celebrations would be cut short because only a week later, on October 10, they lost the titles to
Naomichi Marufuji and
Takashi Sugiura. They would enter to Global Tag League 2008 and 2009 but would come short. After being eliminated from the tournament, Buchanan would leave Noah but returned in February 2010 for one last tour. Buchanan formed a stable called Bad Company which consisted of himself, David Young and The Grappler. In late 2004, Buchanan and The Grappler took on The Steele Brothers for the GCW Tag Team Championship and lost. On April 23, 2005, Buchanan and Young defeated Southside Trash (Big Daddy and Rowdy) for the GCW Tag Team Championship. In December, Buchanan would lose the title back to Swinger. == Personal life ==