Hillbilly Jim Autographs
James Morris (born July 5, 1952) is an American retired professional wrestler and current radio host, better known by his ring name, Hillbilly Jim. He is best known for his appearances with the World Wrestling Federation (WWF) from 1984 to 1991, and in the series Hillbilly Moments.
Morris became interested in wrestling after watching Georgia Championship Wrestling on television. He was brought into the business when he met Bruce Swayze at a Bowling Green High School gym, where Morris had been an All-State basketball player. He began his career with Stu Hart's Stampede Wrestling and other promotions in North America under his real name. He then went to work for the Continental Wrestling Association (CWA) in the Memphis area under the name "Harley Davidson", a biker gimmick.
\nIn late 1984, Morris first appeared in the WWF as a wrestling fan known as "Big Jim" who routinely sat in the front row of live events and eventually decided to try his hand at wrestling himself. After appearing as a guest on Piper's Pit, Rowdy Roddy Piper offered his services to train him, but he chose to be "trained"' by WWF Heavyweight Champion Hulk Hogan instead of the heel Piper. A series of vignettes were aired on WWF's TV programming in the early weeks of 1985, showing Hogan training Jim and providing him with his first set of wrestling boots. This introduced the character of Hillbilly Jim; a simple-minded, shaggy-bearded Appalachian hillbilly clad in bib overalls, and hailing from Mud Lick, Kentucky. Hillbilly Jim had his first high-profile singles match at The War to Settle the Score on February 18, 1985, in which he defeated Rene Goulet. However, just days later, Morris was sidelined by an injury he suffered at a show in San Diego while in Hogan's corner in a match between him and Brutus Beefcake. While chasing Beefcake's manager Johnny V around ringside, Morris slipped on a wet spot and injured his knee. To help fill in the six months during his recovery, similarly dressed "family" members Uncle Elmer, Cousin Luke, and Cousin Junior were introduced for Morris to accompany to ringside as a manager.
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Current items with a signature of Hillbilly Jim
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The most expensive item with a signature of Hillbilly Jim (1985 TOPPS WWF HULK HOGAN HILLBILLY JIM #15 DUAL SIGNED PSA 6 AUTO 7 POP 3 WWE) was sold in November 2025 for $1,999.99 while the cheapest item (Hillbilly Jim WCW WWE WWF signed autograph 8x10 photo c) found a new owner for $0.99 in November 2020. The month with the most items sold (22) was April 2026 with an average selling price of $46.00 for an autographed item of Hillbilly Jim. Sold items reached their highest average selling price in January 2022 with $127.00 and the month that saw the lowest prices with $0.99 was November 2020. In average, an autographed item from Hillbilly Jim is worth $29.78.
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