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Paulie Gilmore
Birth nameJames E. Allen
Born
Boston, Massachusetts, United States
WebsiteBigPaulieGilmore.com
Professional wrestling career
Ring name(s)Paulie Gilmore
Paulie Gilmorea
Trooper Gilmore
Billed height6 ft 0 in (1.83 m)
Billed weight275 lb (125 kg)
Billed fromNorth End of Boston
Debut1994

James E. Allen is an American

NWA New England
from 2004 to 2005.

He is best remembered as Trooper Gilmore, a popular

MWF Tag Team Champions Todd Hanson & Beau Douglas during their feud with Ox Baker's MWF stable Ox's Army and, in NWW, twice won the promotion's tag team titles with Jimmy "Jact" Cash and Brutus "the Barber" Beefcake. He has also been a frequent opponent of King Kong Bundy and Abdullah the Butcher when touring the Northeastern United States
.

Career

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

cable TV show Mass Madness, he lost to Tombstone at the Harry DellaRusso Stadium in Revere, Massachusetts on June 27, 1997.[3] 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.[4] 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.[5] 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.[6]

NWA New England (1998-2001)

Allen remained with the promotion as it joined the

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.[9] 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.[10]

On February 12, 1999, Allen won his first major title when he defeated Curtis Slamdawg for the

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.[12] On April 3, he again lost to King Kong Bundy in Milford, Connecticut[13] and also Dean Power, one-half of World Championship Wrestling's The Power Company, at the Good Times Emporium on April 22.[14] 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.[15] On May 29, 1999, he lost to Brotherhood member Dukes Dalton at the Good Times Emporium.[16]

On June 22, 2000, Allen lost to Mike Johnson in a match to determine the first

The Patriot were also on the card.[21]

In early-2001, Allen was awarded

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).[22] 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

NWA Tri-State, but was eliminated by Nikita Allanov in the opening rounds in Titusville, Pennsylvania.[23] 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.[24][25] 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.[26]

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.[27] Before leaving the promotion, he lost to UCW Heavyweight Champion Don Vega in a triple threat match with the Outpatient on April 23.[28]

In late-2003, Allen formed his own promotion, New World Wrestling,

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[1] and, on July 25, 2004, lost to The Millennium Killaz (Gino Martino and Ali Mohammed) in a match to crown the first NWW Tag Team Champions.[20] The titles were vacated later that year when Ali Mohammed suffered a near-career ending injury, a cracked tibiae and torn ligaments, during a match with Allen for Ultimate Championship Wrestling in Attleboro, Massachusetts
.

Returning to NWA New England for the 2004 Tony Rumble Memorial Show in

Pierre Vachon almost two years later.[1]

Millennium Wrestling Federation and NWA New England (2005-2006)

In 2005, Allen debuted in the

Johnny Fabulous also made his debut in this match and would appear with Todd Hanson & Beau Douglas for the next few months.[33] 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.[34]

He also began teaming with Apocalypse, then under the name Corporal Robinson,

Pierre and Damien Vachon in Fall River, Massachusetts on May 11, 2006.[37][38]

New World Wrestling (2007-2009)

After nearly two years, the NWW SuperCrush Battle Royal Championship was won by Pierre Vachon in

World Wrestling Federation superstar Brutus "The Barber" Beefcake and together went on to win the tag team titles that night.[40][41]
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

Johnny Fabulous.[42][43] 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.[44]

Championships and accomplishments
  • RCW Tag Team Championship (1 time) - with Lucifer[45]
  • PWI ranked him #381 of the 500 best singles wrestlers of the PWI 500 in 2001.

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