Century Wrestling Alliance (1996-1998) James E. Allen made his debut in 1994 and spent a brief time on the local independent circuit prior to joining the
Century Wrestling Alliance in 1996. It was in the CWA that he would become a mainstay as
Trooper Gilmore for over a decade. Appearing on the promotion's
Public-access television cable TV show
Mass Madness, he lost to Tombstone at the Harry DellaRusso Stadium in
Revere, Massachusetts on June 27, 1997. On October 4, he fought twice in one night while at
The Sports Palace in
New Britain, Connecticut losing to both The Outpatient and
King Kong Bundy. Two weeks later, Allen fought three matches in two separate events. The first was against Tombstone at the sold-out Good Time Emporium in
Somerville, Massachusetts. Later that evening in
Lawrence, he lost to El Diablo and Erich Sbraccia, the latter one half of the
CWA Tag Team Champions with
Knuckles Nelson. This event was also sold out.
NWA New England (1998-2001) Allen remained with the promotion as it joined the
National Wrestling Alliance as
NWA New England in 1998. He would, however, make appearances for the Universal Wrestling Alliance and Unified Championship Wrestling during the late-1990s. Allen formed a brief tag team with Steve Morabito in his feud with then
NWA New England Tag Team Champions House of Pain but broke up following their loss to them at the
Taste of the Boss supercard in
Boston on September 19. This was the team's first title defense since winning the titles from the New York Posse (Curtis Slamdawg & Jay Kobain) the previous day. That same day, he wrestled another two matches at the Everett Rec Center in
Everett, Massachusetts. The first was against Tre' and the second a tag team match with Joel Davis against the House of Pain. On February 12, 1999, Allen won his first major title when he defeated Curtis Slamdawg for the
NWA New England Heavyweight Championship in
Mansfield, Massachusetts, but lost the title to Knuckles Nelson a week later. This match was later aired on its weekly television series,
Mass Madness. Allen would eventually become a main rival of
Tony Rumble, one of the promotion's top "heels" and leader of
The Brotherhood (Dukes Dalton,
Rick Fuller,
Knuckles Nelson & Eric Sbraccia). His match against Rumble at
Southbridge High School on March 13 was included when the promotion was featured on
ESPN's
Outside the Lines. He took six "chair shots" from different members of The Brotherhood before he was pinned by Rumble. On April 3, he again lost to King Kong Bundy in
Milford, Connecticut and also Dean Power, one-half of
World Championship Wrestling's The Power Company, at the Good Times Emporium on April 22. He also took part in the promotion's first show outside New England three days later, promoted under its original name, teaming with Joel Davis to defeat The Outpatients in
Ogdensburg, New York on April 25. On May 29, 1999, he lost to Brotherhood member Dukes Dalton at the Good Times Emporium. On June 22, 2000, Allen lost to Mike Johnson in a match to determine the first
NWA New England Brass Knuckles Champion in Somerville, but won the title from Johnson in a rematch a month later. Allen held the title for several weeks until losing to
Gino Martino in a
five-way match with Zach Mason, Jaime Paine and Nemesis on August 24. At the end of the year, Allen was one of several wrestlers from NWA New England and
Extreme Championship Wrestling to appear for Mike Sparta's
World Wrestling Alliance in
Lynn, Massachusetts on November 25, 2000.
Jimmy Snuka and
The Patriot were also on the card. In early-2001, Allen was awarded
NWA New England Television Championship by his then manager and former champion Bull Montana on
NWA New England Spotlight. He lost the title to Beau Douglas who beat him in a televised match in May 2001. Allen then formed a tag team with former rival The Outpatient, calling themselves
Criminally Insane, and defeated Zak Mason & Chris Charisma for the vacant
NWA New England Tag Team Championship at the Knights of Columbus Hall in
Wakefield, Massachusetts on July 21, 2001. This was during the promotion's
Summer Sizzler Tour. He also appeared at a weekend event at
Killer Kowalski's Institute of Professional Wrestling on August 10. Among those present included
Frankie Kazarian,
Jason Rumble, Vinnie Capelli, John Rodeo and The Ark Angels (Damon D'Arcangelo and Phoenix King). He and The Outpatient would hold the titles for over three months before dropping the belts to Trailer Park Trash ("Dirty" Deuce Malone and "The Scrub" Steve Sabo) in
Woburn, Massachusetts on October 27, 2001.
Independent circuit and New World Wrestling (2002-2004) Allen branched out to other parts of the country during the first half of 2002, mostly in other
National Wrestling Alliance-affiliated promotions in the
Eastern United States and in
Florida. He also made two appearances at the City Park Pavilion in
Parkersburg, West Virginia wrestling NWA Tri-State's Dash Bennett on February 2 and Mr. Attitude on April 6, the latter match resulting in a double-countout. He also made a one-time appearance for
Jason Knight's
Assault Championship Wrestling facing Jason Rage on September 17 edition of
Assault TV: The Dot Com Edition. In the spring of 2003, he made several appearances for Ultimate Championship Wrestling. On March 2, he was pinned by UCW Television Champion "Nature Boy" Gary Gold in a
triple threat match with "Iceberg" Sonny D. at Club Escapades in
Raynham, Massachusetts. Three weeks later at a local high school in
Canton, Massachusetts, Allen joined
La Familia members Tony Cianci and Vinny Giuliani in a
6-man tag team match against Paco Rivera, D.C. Dillon and
"Diehard" Eddie Edwards which ended in a double-disqualification. One of his last appearance was at the Family Center in
Braintree, Massachusetts in which he and Apocalypse lost to UCW Tag Team Champions Beau Douglas & Todd Hansen. Before leaving the promotion, he lost to UCW Heavyweight Champion Don Vega in a triple threat match with the Outpatient on April 23. In late-2003, Allen formed his own promotion, New World Wrestling, and appeared at its first show held on December 6, 2003. Shortly afterwards, Allen dropped his former in-ring persona of Trooper Gilmore to return "to his
Italian roots" and began wrestling under the name
"Big" Paulie Gilmore (or
Gilmorea). He soon formed a tag team with Jimmy "Jact" Cash known as
Men of Business The following night in
Bellingham, Massachusetts, Allen won the vacant NWW Tag Team Championship in a match against The Widowmaker & “Dangerous” Donny Rotten. Anthony "Spaz" Parziale, an on-air radio personality for
WAAF, was the cornerman for Men of Business. They lost the titles to Southern Extreme (Widowmaker and The Texas Outlaw) in Attleboro on August 20, 2005. That same night, Allen became the first NWW SuperCrush Battle Royal Champion and held the title until it was won by
Pierre Vachon almost two years later. Allen joined Todd Hanson & Beau Douglas in an 8-man tag team match with
The Sandman to defeat ''Ox Baker's Army
at the Soul Survivor III'' supercard in
Lynn, Massachusetts on November 5, 2005. This effectively ended the near 2-year feud between Todd Hanson & Beau Douglas and Ox Baker. Manager
Johnny Fabulous also made his debut in this match and would appear with Todd Hanson & Beau Douglas for the next few months. Allen was later named as a suspect when Dr. Von Johnson was assaulted by an unknown assailant while leaving the Braintree Moose Lodge after an MWF event. He also began teaming with Apocalypse, then under the name Corporal Robinson, as
5-0 in NWA New England. On November 25, 2005 at the 6th annual
Tony Rumble Memorial Show, he and Robinson won the NWA New England Tag Team Championship from Larry Huntley and Nick Santone, substituting for Sonny Roselli, in a triple threat match with Makua and Eric Egoh at Ringside Entertainment Complex in
Revere, Massachusetts. He and Robinson eventually lost the titles to
Pierre and Damien Vachon in
Fall River, Massachusetts on May 11, 2006.
New World Wrestling (2007-2009) After nearly two years, the NWW SuperCrush Battle Royal Championship was won by Pierre Vachon in
Sandwich, Massachusetts on March 31, 2007. On March 11, 2008, he was interviewed on the
internet radio show
In Your Head in which he discussed his career and promoted New World Wrestling's upcoming tour of
Cape Cod. On March 29, Allen defeated Brickhouse Baker at the Plymouth Community Intermediate School in
Plymouth, Massachusetts. On April 5, in
East Sandwich, Massachusetts, Allen and New World Wrestling participated in a benefit show for the
Sandwich High School Allen and Beefcake were stripped of the titles following the event. Since neither team had a tag team partner "authorized by NWW Board of Directors", according to NWW Commissioner Steve Burgundy, the titles were declared vacant and would be filled at a later date. On January 17, 2009, Allen wrestled APCW Heavyweight Champion "Bionic" Dan Bidondi in an event for Action Packed Championship Wrestling at the American Legion Hall in
Seekonk, Massachusetts. This was Bidondi's first title defense since winning the title from "Nature Boy" Gary Gold who had also been suspended from the promotion with his manager
Johnny Fabulous. On March 11, he made a second appearance on
In Your Head to promote an upcoming New World Wrestling event at Sandwich High School. The event featured former
Extreme Championship Wrestling veterans
Justin Credible and
Spike Dudley. The show was later broadcast live on
In Your Head on March 14. ==Championships and accomplishments==