History Wrestling / KokoBWare

* SaltAndPepper:
** As "Sweet Brown Sugar" with Bobby Eaton in Memphis
** With Owen Hart as "High Energy" in 1992-1993's WWF.

* AnimalCompanion[=/=]CoolPet: Frankie, his precious blue Macaw.

* {{Leitmotif}}: [[Music/PrincesAssociates Morris Day & The Time]]'s [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gZUoEMDeiow "The Bird"]].

As usual, you can find the basics at [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Koko_B._Ware The Other Wiki]].

* LightningBruiser: Believe it or not, Koko held a good number of [[SquashMatch squash matches]] under his belt here and there. On his top, his average match was over in 4 minutes or less.

* RedBaron: "The Birdman" and "The Holy Ghost".

* LightningBruiser: Believe it or not, Koko held a good number of [[SquashMatch squash matches]] here and there. On his top, his average fight was over in 4 minutes or less.

* SignatureMove: Cartwheel flip/Leapfrog evade-Dropkick combo.

!! "Tropes B. Ware":

* {{Animal Motif|s}}: Birds, of course.

* FunPersonified: Kids loved him.

* MysteriousMiddleInitial[=/=]PunnyName: ..."Birdman"... maybe?

* SpiritualSuccessor: For the Hi-Fly style performers, many of his traits were inherited by a future SuperStar, one who rose to win several titles and established a new way to watch entrtaining and awesome wrestling matches in the States: Wrestling/ReyMysterio.

* ArchEnemy: His biggest feuds, all in Memphis, were with Jimmy Valiant, Bobby Eaton and Wrestling/TheFabulousOnes.

* BashBrothers: With Owen Hart as ''High Energy''

* CoolPet: Frankie, the Macaw
* CoolShades
* FaceHeelTurn: When he joined Wrestling/JimmyHart's stable the First Family and renamed himself Sweet Brown Sugar
* FinishingMove: Ghost Buster (Brain Buster); Missile Dropkick

* IdentityImpersonator: Did this twice, once while teaming with the Killer Bees and once when he was trying to help prove his former Tag Team partner, wasn't the Blue Blazer (he was). Neither time worked because he was an African American replacing Caucasian males.
* {{Jobber}}: The bulk of his WWE run was this. Along with the Undertaker example, Wrestling/{{Yokozuna}} {{Squash|Match}}ed him in the opening match of the debut episode of ''Raw.''
* MysteriousMiddleInitial
** PunnyName
* NoCelebritiesWereHarmed: His TagTeam with Norvell Austin, the Pretty Young Things, later named the P.Y.T. Express, based their image on Michael Jackson, as part of their PrettyBoy image.

** The First Family
*** Neidhart's Raiders (a breakaway group led by Jim "The Anvil" Neidhart)
* RedBaron: "The Birdman" and "The Holy Ghost"

** As Sweet Brown Sugar with Bobby Eaton in Memphis
** With Wrestling/OwenHart as High Energy in 1992-1993.

James Ware (b. 1957) is a retired American {{professional wrestl|ing}}er from Union City, TN who competed from the 1970s through the start of the 21st century as Koko B. Ware. He started in the territories, working in Georgia, Mid-South, Memphis and elsewhere. He was primarily a midcarder, though he held several regional titles. He arrived in Wrestling/{{WWE}} in 1986, where, despite being very popular, he was pretty much stuck forever in midcard {{Jobber}} mode, including being the first-ever televised victim for Wrestling/TheUndertaker, at ''Wrestling/SurvivorSeries 90''. He stuck around until 1994, though WWE's interpromotional relationship with Wrestling/JerryLawler's USWA led to him defeating Wrestling/{{Kamala}} for the [[http://www.wrestling-titles.com/us/tn/uswa/uswa-uh.html USWA Unified World Heavyweight Title]], and then winning it a second time from Lawler himself. He went into semi-retirement in 1995, and eventually retired for good in 2009, being inducted in WWE's Hall of Fame in the same year.

* RedBaron: "The Birdman"

* {{Jobber}}: The bulk of his WWE run was this. Along with the Undertaker example, Wrestling/{{Yokozuna}} {{Squash|Match}}ed him in the opening match of the debut episode of ''Raw.''

'''James Ware''' (b. 1957) is a retired American {{Professional Wrestl|ing}}er from Union City, TN who competed from the 1970s through the start of the 21st century as '''Koko B. Ware'''. He started in the territories, working in Georgia, Mid-South, Memphis and elsewhere. He was primarily a midcarder, though he held several regional titles. He arrived in Wrestling/{{WWE}} in 1986, where, despite being very popular, he was pretty much stuck forever in midcard {{Jobber}} mode, including being the first-ever televised victim for Wrestling/TheUndertaker, at ''Wrestling/SurvivorSeries 90''. He stuck around until 1994, though WWE's interpromotional relationship with Wrestling/JerryLawler's USWA led to him defeating Wrestling/{{Kamala}} for the [[http://www.wrestling-titles.com/us/tn/uswa/uswa-uh.html USWA Unified World Heavyweight Title]], and then winning it a second time from Lawler himself. He went into semi-retirement in 1995, and eventually retired for good in 2009, being inducted in WWE's Hall of Fame in the same year.

* BreakupBreakout: From the Pretty Young Things[=/=]P.Y.T. Express, which barely scratches the surface, as Norvell Austin never made it out of the territories.

* DemotedToExtra[=/=]{{Jobber}}: The bulk of his WWE run was this. Along with the Undertaker example, Wrestling/{{Yokozuna}} {{Squash|Match}}ed him in the opening match of the debut episode of ''Raw.''

* RealSongThemeTune:
** (as a member of the Pretty Young Things[=/=]P.Y.T. Express in Memphis): Music/MichaelJackson's "P.Y.T.", of course
** (in WWE): [[Music/PrincesAssociates The Time]]'s "The Bird"

** as Sweet Brown Sugar with Bobby Eaton in Memphis

* TheCastShowoff: Has a really good singing voice that WWE chose to highlight on the Piledriver album.

** With Wrestling/OwenHart as High Energy in 1992-1993.

'''James Ware''' (b. 1957) is a retired American {{Professional Wrestl|ing}}er from Union City, TN who competed from the 1970s through the start of the 21st century as '''Koko B. Ware'''. He started in the territories, working in Georgia, Mid-South, Memphis and elsewhere. He was primarily a midcarder, though he held several regional titles. He arrived in Wrestling/{{WWE}} in 1986, where, despite being very popular, he was pretty much stuck forever in midcard {{Jobber}} mode, including being the first-ever televised victim for Wrestling/TheUndertaker, at ''Wrestling/SurvivorSeries 90''. He stuck around until 1994, though WWE's interpromotional relationship with Wrestling/JerryLawler's USWA led to him defeating Wrestling/{{Kamala}} for the [[http://www.wrestling-titles.com/us/tn/uswa/uswa-uh.html USWA Unified World Heavyweight Title]], and then winning it a second time from Lawler himself. He went into semi-retirement in 1995, and eventually retired for good in 2009.

!!! "Tropes B. Ware":

* DyeingForYourArt: Occasionally dyed the sides of his hair to look like an exotic bird.

* NoCelebritiesWereHarmed: His TagTeam with Norvell Austin, the Pretty Young Things, later named the P.Y.T. Express, based their image on Michael Jackson.

** Neidhart's Raiders

* RedBaron: "Birdman"

* DemotedToExtra[=/=]{{Jobber}}: The bulk of his WWE run was this.