Robert Miller

Birthday: 1944-10-21
Deathday: 2023-04-02
Birthplace: Auckland, New Zealand
Gender: Male
Owned By: Unowned

Robert Miller, better known by his ring name Butch Miller, is a New Zealand retired professional wrestler best known as one half of the tag team known as "The Sheepherders" on the independent scene and in the National Wrestling Alliance and as one half of The Bushwhackers in WWE. Butch Miller started wrestling for NWA New Zealand (later known as All-Star Pro Wrestling) in 1964 where he achieved a great deal of regional success. Miller, along with his friend Luke Williams, was brought to America in 1965 by fellow New Zealander Steve Rickard, who was also the booker for NWA Hawaii. Luke and Butch initially worked in Canada among others for Stu Hart’s Stampede Wrestling billed as "The Kiwis" (Butch was known as "Nick Carter" and Luke was known as "Sweet William"). The first recorded title that the Kiwis won was in 1974 when the duo beat Bob Pringle and Bill Cody for the Stampede International Tag Team Championship on 6 January 1974. The Kiwis lost the titles to Tokyo Joe and the Great Saki only to regain them a short time later. The Kiwis lost the titles for good when Stan Kowalski and Duke Savage defeated them and kept the titles away from them in subsequent rematches Miller moved back to New Zealand from Florida in 2003. He lived in Paraparaumu Beach until 2016. He was ever present at the Robert Harris café and City Fitness gym in Coastlands. He met his wife Helen in a Paraparaumu gym and the romance blossomed. His wife Helen used to work in the shoe shop in Coastlands. Miller and his wife Helen moved to Otaki Beach in 2016 because of the sand.

Credits

Year Title Character
2001-04-01 WWE WrestleMania X-Seven Bushwhacker Butch
1999-10-10 Heroes of Wrestling Bushwhacker Butch
1997-09-11 ECW WrestleFest: 50 Years of Funk Cousin Butch
1997-01-01 WWE Action Zone! Bushwhacker Butch
1995-01-22 WWE Royal Rumble 1995 Cousin Butch
1994-10-24 German Fan Favorites 2 Bushwhacker Butch
1994-03-20 WWE WrestleMania X Cousin Butch
1993-11-24 WWE Survivor Series 1993 Butch Doink
1993-10-16 WWE Grudges, Gripes & Grunts Bushwhacker Butch
1993-04-25 WWF European Rampage 1993 Butch
1993-04-22 WWF Smack 'Em, Whack 'Em Bushwhacker Butch
1993-03-28 WWE March to WrestleMania IX Cousin Butch
1992-11-05 WWE Wrestling's Hottest Matches Bushwhacker Butch
1992-08-29 WWE SummerSlam 1992 Cousin Butch
1992-08-23 WWE SummerSlam Spectacular 1992 Cousin Butch
1992-07-23 WWE WrestleFest '92 Bushwhacker Butch
1992-06-25 3rd Annual Battle of the WWE Superstars Bushwhacker Butch
1992-04-05 WWE WrestleMania VIII Cousin Butch
1992-01-19 WWE Royal Rumble 1992 Cousin Butch
1991-11-27 WWE Survivor Series 1991 Cousin Butch
1991-08-26 WWE SummerSlam 1991 Cousin Butch
1991-06-27 2nd Annual Battle of the WWE Superstars Bushwhacker Butch
1991-03-28 WWE Mega Matches Bushwhacker Butch
1991-01-19 WWE Royal Rumble 1991 Bushwhacker Butch
1990-11-22 WWE Survivor Series 1990 Bushwhacker Butch
1990-08-23 Battle of the WWE Superstars Bushwhacker Butch
1990-03-25 WWE The Ultimate Challenge Special: The March to WrestleMania VI Cousin Butch
1990-03-21 WWF SuperTape Bushwhacker Butch
1990-01-21 WWE Royal Rumble 1990 Bushwhacker Butch
1989-11-23 WWE Survivor Series 1989 Cousin Butch
1989-11-12 WWE Survivor Series Showdown '89 Cousin Butch
1989-04-23 WWE Maple Leaf Wrestling: April '89 Cousin Butch
1989-04-02 WWE WrestleMania V Cousin Butch
1989-01-15 WWE Royal Rumble 1989 Butch Miller
1988-09-10 WWC Aniversario '88: A Hot Night in Bayamón Butch Miller
1988-09-07 WCW Clash of The Champions III: Fall Brawl '88 Butch Miller
1988-06-08 NWA Clash of the Champions II: Miami Mayhem Butch Miller
1988-04-23 The Third Annual NWA Jim Crockett Sr. Memorial Cup Tag Team Tournament Butch Miller
1988-01-24 NWA Bunkhouse Stampede Butch Miller
1987-10-03 Hitman the Cobra
1986-09-01 NWA Battle of the Belts III Butch Miller
1986-04-19 The First Annual NWA Jim Crockett Sr. Memorial Cup Tag Team Tournament Butch Miller