Legend professional wrestler Hacksaw Jim Duggan net worth has been revealed. Check out his wiki, height, age, source of wealth, wife and children in 2018. Jim Duggan is currently signed with WWE as a Legend and with Global Force Wrestling as well. Hacksaw was the winner of the first ever-Royal Rumble match held in the year 1988 in WWF.
Full Name | James Edward Duggan Jr. |
Birth Date | January 14, 1954 |
Nationality | American |
Height | 6.3 feet / 1.81 m |
Parents | Celia Duggan and James Duggan Sr. |
Net Worth | $2 Million |
Source of Income | Wrestling |
Annual Salary | $150,000 |
Ethnicity | White |
Wife | Debra Duggan |
Daughter | Rebecca and Celia |
Jim “Hacksaw” Duggan’s source of earnings has been wrestling. It has been more than 35 years that Jim has been into wrestling industry. He even won couple of matches and championships and appears in independent matches. Jim began an IndieGoGo Campaign in 2013 raising funds of $10,400 for his torn rotator Cuff.
Jim was born and brought up in Glens Falls in New York. Jim’s father was a police Officer while his mother was a Churchgoer. Duggan was very much interested in sports, so during his high school days he played football, basketball and wrestling. During High School, Jim was able to compete and win in New York State High School Wrestling Championship making him the first from Glens Falls to win it. He even used to play Chess in high School days.
After completing his high school, Ohio State University recruited him but he rather went for Southern Methodist University to play Football. He became football team captain in the university and graduated having degree in Plant Biology. Atlanta Falcons eventually signed him but his career was short-lived due to multiple knee injuries.
Jim’s wrestling career started in the year 1979, which was highly because of wrestler, Fritz Von Erich. Being serious in wrestling, Jim took some training in Sportatorium in Dallas and in Samoan Wrestling, which got noticed by Sr Vince Mac Mohan and WWF. But his WWF wrestling life was very small from 1979 to 81, which became unrecognisable and forgettable in WWF history. Jim then started wrestling in Georgia Championship Wrestling and in Birmingham with two stage names: – Big Jim Duggan and The Convict.
Image Source – Wordpres.com. During his wrestling times, Jim became friends with Bruiser Brody (Luke Harper) who gave him the name of Hacksaw. He then joined WWF in 1987 and won the first Royal Rumble match in 1988. Hacksaw got signed with WCW in 1994 and became the United State Championship. Jim has been part for various feuds in WWF and in WCW as well. Jim returned to WWE circuit at several occasions. He did independent wrestling and is part of Global Force Wrestling from 2015. Jim Duggan is married to Debra and is father of two daughters- Rebecca and Celia. He is best pals with Willie Robertson, one of the owners of Duck Commander.
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