Harold Edward Cox (born November 4, 1973) is a semi-retired American professional wrestler and trainer better known by his ring name Eddie Golden. He was one of the top junior heavyweights in the Southern United States during the 1990s and won numerous championship titles in the Carolinas, Florida, Georgia, and Tennessee. A member of the Golden wrestling family, Golden is the father of Evan Golden and the nephew of Jimmy Golden. Golden was known for his work in tag teams, specifically as part of The Beautiful Blondes with Stan Lee and the fourth incarnation of The Heavenly Bodies with K. C. Thunder. He has worked with other tag team partners such as A.J. Styles, Onyx, and Terry Knight. Golden was a major star in Southern States Wrestling during the mid-to-late 1990s winning the SSW Junior Heavyweight Championship three times and the SSW Tag Team Championship twice with Alex Shane and Stan Lee. In 2000, Golden joined NWA Wildside where was part of Jeff G. Bailey's NWA Elite stable with Ruckus, Onyx, and Terry Knight. He was considered by Pro Wrestling Illustrated as one of the promotion's "best young veterans", having impressive matches against A.J. Styles, E. Z. Money, and Kid Kash, and won the NWA Wildside Television Championship three times. Early life Eddie Golden was born in Johnson City, Tennessee. A member of the Golden-branch of the famed Welch-Fuller wrestling family, he is the grandson of Montgomery, Alabama wrestling promoter Billy Golden and nephew of Jimmy Golden. At the age of fifteen, Golden entered professional wrestling and eventually made his pro debut in 1988. Golden briefly attended East Tennessee State University during his beginning tenures of independent wrestling. Professional wrestling career Early career (1988–1991) Golden spent the first few years of his career wrestling on the local Tennessee independent circuit. By October 1991, Golden was in Tennessee Championship Wrestling working with the likes of Stan Lee, E. Z. Money, J. C. Black, Wayne Rogers, Jeff Tankersley, The Christian Brothers (Bam Bam and Danny Christian), and a teenaged Beau James refereeing matches. Golden also teamed with Big Ox as The Texas Outlaws in Bruce Wren's Southeastern Championship Wrestling. The Texas Outlaws won the SECW Tag Team Championship three times between 1992 and 1999. Southern States Wrestling (1992–1996) Golden was among several wrestlers who followed Beau James when he founded Southern States Wrestling. On March 20, 1992, Golden defeated Jamie Gibson in