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Michael Polchlopek,
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Ring name(s)	Black Bart Bart Gunn Brett Colt Bodacious Bart Mike Barton
Billed height	6 ft 4 in (193 cm)
Billed weight	285 lbs (129 kg)
Born	December 27, 1965 (1965-12-27) (age 41) Titusville, Florida
Resides	Melbourne, Florida
Billed from	Austin, Texas
Trained by	Caesar Barraza Blackjack Mulligan Boris Malenko
Debut	1991

Michael ("Mike") Polchlopek (born December 27, 1965 in Titusville, Florida) is an American professional wrestler and mixed martial artist, also known by the ring names Bart Gunn and Mike Barton. He is perhaps best known for his six-year tenure in the World Wrestling Federation.

1 World Wrestling Federation
2 Japan / MMA
3 Return to WWE Raw
4 Wrestling facts
5 Championships and accomplishments
6 References
7 External links

Polchlepek was famous in the World Wrestling Federation (now the WWE) as one-half of the tag team The Smoking Gunns with his kayfabe brother and former WWE star Billy Gunn. The team were WWF World Tag Team Champions three times before breaking up and engaging in a brief feud.

Polchlopek would then recreate the Midnight Express tag team as "Bodacious Bart" with partner "Bombastic" Bob Holly. The team had limited success, though they did hold the NWA World Tag Team Championship for a brief period in 1998.

When the WWF announced a shoot tournament called the Brawl for All in which the competition would be real and winners would not be predetermined, Polchlopek participated. Polchlopek actually drew partner Bob Holly in the first round but was declared the winner by the complicated point system. When Polchlopek fought Steve Williams, many were surpised when he won by knockout. He won the tournament with a victory over the Godfather in the semi-finals and Bradshaw in the finals.

Afterward, Polchlopek feuded with both Holly and Williams, the pair angry at having been beaten in the tournament, the latter masking himself and pushing Polchlopek off a stage.

To continue capitalizing on the impressive Brawl for All showing, the WWF set up a Brawl for All match between Polchlopek and heavyweight boxer Eric "Butterbean" Esch at WrestleMania XV. Esch knocked out Polchlopek within 30 seconds. Polchlopek was soon released by WWF after this.

After leaving the WWF, Polchlopek found success wrestling in Japan (due to the fame of Steve Williams in Japan and his knockout pushing him as tougher than Dr. Death) with New Japan and All Japan Wrestling under the ring name Mike Barton. He would also have a short stint in Total Nonstop Action Wrestling in 2002-2003.

Polchlepek made his mixed martial arts debut on June 17, 2006, defeating Wesley "Cabbage" Correira at Rumble On The Rock: Beatdown in less than two minutes by technical knockout on the basis of a cut suffered by Correira. In his most recent match, Polchlepek faced Ikuhisa "The Punk" Minowa on the PRIDE Bushido 13 card, losing via unanimous decision to Minowa.

On Raw XV, the 15th-anniversary WWE Raw special on December 10, 2007, Gunn participated in the 15th Anniversary Battle Royal and was eliminated by Steve Blackman.