Early career (1968–1975) Jimmy Golden started wrestling in 1968 in his father (Billy Golden)'s territory in
Alabama. He started teaming with his cousin Robert Fuller in the 1970s. Golden also wrestled in the early 1970s in
Australia for
Jim Barnett.
Southeastern Championship Wrestling / Continental Championship Wrestling (1975–1987) Jimmy Golden and Robert Fuller were members of the
Stud Stable, managed by Ron Fuller in Southeastern Championship Wrestling, later Continental Championship Wrestling, throughout the early 1980s. He was heel most of the time, while his cousins occasionally were face.
Pensacola, Florida and
Mobile, Alabama were his stomping grounds in the early 1980s.
Various promotions (1988–1990) Between 1988 and 1990, Golden wrestled for promotions including the
American Wrestling Association and the
Continental Wrestling Association.
Smoky Mountain Wrestling (1991–1994) He joined the newly founded
Smoky Mountain Wrestling in 1991. He competed at the Volunteer Slam tournament on May 22, 1992 in Knoxville for the company's heavyweight championship, but was eliminated by
Robert Gibson in the first round. He went on to feud with Gibson, which turned into a tag team feud when Jimmy's partner Robert Fuller joined the promotion while Ricky Morton arrived to join Gibson. This rekindled the Stud Stable versus Rock 'n' Roll Express feud from the 1980s. Golden continued to wrestle for the promotion through 1993.
World Championship Wrestling (1994–1997) In 1994, Golden followed Fuller to
World Championship Wrestling (WCW) where Fuller was the manager "Col. Rob Parker" and wrestled for him as Bunkhouse Buck. He feuded mainly with
Dustin Rhodes and then teamed with
Dick Slater to win the WCW World Tag Team Titles. By 1997, he had left WCW for the independent circuit again.
Late career (1997–2020) Golden appeared on the July 16, 2010, episode of
WWE SmackDown, portraying the character of
Jack Swagger's father as an alibi to prove his
Kayfabe son innocence of attacking
The Undertaker, and Swagger abandoned him to be chokeslammed and tombstoned by
Kane. He returned on the September 3, episode of
SmackDown, reprising his role as Jack Swagger's father, and was again left by Swagger to be attacked by
Montel Vontavious Porter. On August 30, 2011 in
New Tazewell, Tennessee, Golden became the Tennessee Mountain Wrestling Heavyweight Champion. He retired completely from wrestling in 2020. ==Personal life==