Barry Windham

Barry Windham is a professional wrestler and the son of the infamous heel wrestler Blackjack Mulligan. He is best known for his appearances with the National Wrestling Alliance and, later, World Championship Wrestling.

Profile

• Height: 6'5" (195.6 cm)
• Weight: 275lbs (124.7 kg)
• Birthday: July 4, 1960
• Hometown: Sweetwater, Texas
• Trained By: Blackjack Mulligan
• Professional Debut: 1980
• Previous Identities: Blackjack Mulligan Jr., Blackjack Windham, The Dirty Yellow Dog, The Stable Stud, The Stalker, The Widow Maker
• Finishing/Signature Move(s): Lariat, Superplex, Running Bulldog
• Managers: James J. Dillon, Ole Anderson, Hiro Matsuda, Magnum T.A., Col. Rob Parker, Jim Cornette, Lou Albano

Career

Barry was a fan favorite for most of his early and mid career having great success in singles and tag action. He held tag team championships with Mike Rotundo in both the WWF and NWA. He had memorable matches with Nature Boy Ric Flair. At one time he was part of Flair's group The Four Horsemen. His biggest feuds were against Flair, Lex Luger, Sting and Dusty Rhodes.

Much of Barry's early career was in the Florida region of the NWA where Gordon Solie (the Walter Cronkite of pro wrestling) was the head announcer.

During one of Barry's WCW runs, he feuded with "Stunning" Steve Austin over the Television title. He also feuded with Austin's fellow Dangerous Alliance members Arn Anderson and Larry Zbysko who "broke" his hand by slamming it in a car door. He formed a very successful tag team with Dustin Rhodes around this time too. When Ric Flair returned to WCW in 1993, Flair and Arn Anderson tried to recruit Barry for another Horsemen run, but Barry became "The Lone Wolf" and won the NWA World Title, feuding with Flair and Arn.

In his last WCW run, Barry was part of The West Texas Rednecks. They were supposed to be a heel group to feud with rapper Master P's "No Limit Soldiers" but the southern fans of WCW cheered the Rednecks instead so the angle ended early. The group consisted of his brother Kendall Windham, Curt Hennig and Bobby Duncum, Jr. He was originally brought back to WCW by Eric Bischoff who had him turn on Ric Flair. He was loosely associated with Bischoff's nWo Hollywood for awhile before forming a tag team with Hennig.

Titles and Accomplishments

National Wrestling Alliance

• 1-time NWA World Heavyweight Champion
• 2-time NWA World Tag Team Champion (1-time with Dustin Rhodes, 1-time with Tully Blanchard)
• 1-time NWA World Television Champion
• 1-time NWA United States Heavyweight Champion
• 2-time NWA United States Tag Team Champion (with Dustin Rhodes)

• 6-time NWA Florida Heavyweight Champion
• 2-time NWA Florida Tag Team Champion (1-time with Mike Graham, 1-time with Scott McGee)
• 3-time NWA Florida Television Champion
• 1-time NWA New England Heavyweight Champion
• 2-time NWA Southern Heavyweight Champion
• 1-time NWA Western States Heritage Champion

World Championship Wrestling

• 1-time WCW World Television Champion
• 3-time WCW World Tag Team Champion (1-time with Curt Hennig, 1-time with Dustin Rhodes, 1-time with Kendall Windham)

World Wrestling Federation

• 2-time WWF World Tag Team Champion (with Mike Rotundo)

Miscellaneous

• 2-time Turnbuckle Championship Wrestling Heavyweight Champion
• 1-time World Wrestling Council Tag Team Champion (with Kendall Windham)

• Pro Wrestling Illustrated (PWI) ranked him # 35 of the 500 best singles wrestlers of the "PWI Years" in 2003. He was also ranked in three of the best tag teams of the "PWI Years". He was ranked # 48 with Mike Rotunda, # 87 with Dustin Rhodes and # 90 with Lex Luger.

• Barry won the PWI Most Improved Wrestler of the Year Award in 1982.