
Robert Miller
Personal Info
Known for
Acting
Gender
Male
Birthday
1944-10-21
Day of Death
2023-04-02 (78 years old)
Place of Birth
Auckland, New Zealand
Robert Miller
Biography
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.
Known For
Acting
(2022)
Biography: D-Generation X
as (archive footage)
(2001)
WWE WrestleMania X-Seven
as Bushwhacker Butch
(1999)
Heroes of Wrestling
as Bushwhacker Butch
(1997)
WWE Action Zone!
as Bushwhacker Butch
(1997)
ECW WrestleFest: 50 Years of Funk
as Cousin Butch
(1995)
WWE Royal Rumble 1995
as Cousin Butch
(1994)
WWE WrestleMania X
as Cousin Butch
(1994)
German Fan Favorites 2
as Bushwhacker Butch
(1993)
WWE Survivor Series 1993
as Butch Doink
(1993)
WWE Grudges, Gripes & Grunts
as Bushwhacker Butch
(1993)
WWE March to WrestleMania IX
as Cousin Butch
(1993)
WWF Smack 'Em, Whack 'Em
as Bushwhacker Butch
(1993)
WWF European Rampage 1993
as Butch
(1992)
WWE WrestleMania VIII
as Cousin Butch
(1992)
WWE Royal Rumble 1992
as Cousin Butch
(1992)
3rd Annual Battle of the WWE Superstars
as Bushwhacker Butch
(1992)
WWE WrestleFest '92
as Bushwhacker Butch
(1992)
WWE SummerSlam 1992
as Cousin Butch
(1992)
WWE Wrestling's Hottest Matches
as Bushwhacker Butch
(1992)
WWE SummerSlam Spectacular 1992
as Cousin Butch
(1991)
2nd Annual Battle of the WWE Superstars
as Bushwhacker Butch
(1991)
WWE Survivor Series 1991
as Cousin Butch
(1991)
WWE Royal Rumble 1991
as Bushwhacker Butch
(1991)
WWE SummerSlam 1991
as Cousin Butch
(1991)
WWE Mega Matches
as Bushwhacker Butch
(1990)
WWE Royal Rumble 1990
as Bushwhacker Butch
(1990)
WWE Survivor Series 1990
as Bushwhacker Butch
(1990)
Battle of the WWE Superstars
as Bushwhacker Butch
(1990)
WWF SuperTape
as Bushwhacker Butch
(1990)
(1989)
WWE WrestleMania V
as Cousin Butch
(1989)
WWE Royal Rumble 1989
as Butch Miller
(1989)
WWE Survivor Series 1989
as Cousin Butch
(1989)
WWE Survivor Series Showdown '89
as Cousin Butch
(1989)
WWE Maple Leaf Wrestling: April '89
as Cousin Butch
(1988)
(1988)
NWA Clash of The Champions III: Fall Brawl '88
as Butch Miller
(1988)
NWA Clash of the Champions II: Miami Mayhem
as Butch Miller
(1988)
NWA Bunkhouse Stampede
as Butch Miller
(1988)
WWC Aniversario '88: A Hot Night in Bayamón
as Butch Miller
(1987)
(1986)
(1986)
NWA Battle of the Belts III
as Butch Miller