James Brunzell (born August 13, 1949) was the son of a navy pilot. Brunzell attended high school in White Bear Lake, Minnesota, where he participated in multiple sports including American football. He was a state champion in the high jump while in high school. He attended the University of Minnesota, where he continued to play football and high jump.

Following his unsuccessful tryout with the Redskins, Brunzell was approached by former college football teammate Greg Gagne, who convinced him to train as a professional wrestler. He trained with Gagne's father Verne, alongside wrestlers including Ric Flair, Ken Patera, and The Iron Sheik. He began wrestling in various territories in the early 1970s.

The Killer Bees were a tag team composed of Brunzell and B. Brian Blair in the World Wrestling Federation from 1985 to 1988. The two men were signed by the WWF as it continued its national expansion through 1985. The name was inspired by the 1972 Dolphins' linebackers, whose names all began with the letter B and were the first to use the moniker. Blair was already a part of the company, wrestling as a singles competitor in 1984, mostly as "enhancement talent", but previously being a mid-card wrestler during 1980 and 1983. The teaming of Blair and Brunzell was suggested by Hulk Hogan. Because Blair and Brunzell were similar in build, the team had a special gimmick referred to as "masked confusion" where both wrestlers would put on identical masks during matches to confuse the opponents and referee and usually win that way—despite this normally being a tactic used by heels. The “masked confusion" idea was given to Blair by Billy Red Lyons. The team debuted on June 17, 1985, defeating the team of Steve Lombardi and Dave Barbie. This was also Brunzell's first match in the WWF.

One of the most amusing highlights of the team's career came in 1987 at a house show at the California University of Pennsylvania. With Blair unable to appear for the team's match against Demolition, he was replaced by S. D. Jones, an African-American journeyman who wore the Bees' black and yellow tights for the day. During the match, the two used the "masked confusion" tactic and the referee, as usual, pretended to be unable to tell the two apart, despite Brunzell being very light-skinned. The inverse would occur later, as Jones replaced Brunzell and teamed up with Blair in a Prime Time Wrestling TV taping, against Demolition.

In the summer of 1988 the Bees split up off-screen without any break up or announcement, and Brunzell and Blair returned, being used as "preliminary wrestlers" thus ending the yellow and black days of the Bees. The duo's last WWF match as a team came on August 24, 1988, against the Young Stallions.

After the split Brunzell was still known for one of the best dropkicks in the WWF, and in a losing match against Randy Savage, the Macho Man got a bloody mouth after getting hit by one. However he didn't find much success as a singles wrestler in the WWF. He wrestled his final WWF match in April 1993, episode of Monday Night Raw where he was defeated by newcomer Damien Demento.

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