DeWayne Bruce

DeWayne Bruce (born May 14, 1962) is a professional wrestler, best known by his ring name, Sgt. Buddy Lee Parker and his nickname Sarge. (Despite his nickname, he has never actually served in the military.) Bruce was a trainer at the WCW Power Plant wrestling school. Bruce worked primarily for World Championship Wrestling.

Professional wrestling career

World Championship Wrestling

As Sergeant Buddy Lee Parker, DeWayne Bruce wrestled in World Championship Wrestling (WCW) in a tag-team with partner Lieutenant James Earl Wright, as The State Patrol. He later became a member of the Dungeon of Doom, under the short-lived identity of Braun The Leprechaun before again being repackaged as "Military Man" Jack Boot.

Boot only lasted a short time before Buddy Lee Parker returned, but this time as a Military Sergeant. This was Bruce's final wrestling persona, later simply going by Sarge. After his semiretirement, he became the head trainer at the official WCW wrestling school, the Power Plant. He would occasionally pop up on WCW Saturday Night as a jobber during the end of his career, but he received praise by WCW commentators crediting him for training many of the highly popular superstars of WCW, most notably Bill Goldberg. Despite losing most of his televised matches, Bruce scored a few notable victories throughout his career (although mostly against other jobbers). Bruce had respect from his peers, and was known to lose matches against newcomers to help elevate younger talent. Towards the very end of WCW, Bruce was involved in a somewhat major match, in which he teamed with his former trainee, Bill Goldberg, to face the team of Lex Luger and Buff Bagwell (then known as Totally Buffed).