1985, ISBN: 9781156223710

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Purchase includes free access to book updates online and a free trial membership in the publisher's book club where you can select from more than a million books without charge. Excerpt: Barry Clinton Windham (born July 4, 1960) is a professional wrestler and the son of wrestler Blackjack Mulligan. He is best known for his appearances with the National Wrestling Alliance (NWA) and World Championship Wrestling (WCW). In NWA/WCW, he was a 1 time NWA World Heavyweight Champion, a 1 time Purchase includes free access to book updates online and a free trial membership in the publisher's book club where you can select from more than a million books without charge. Excerpt: Barry Clinton Windham (born July 4, 1960) is a professional wrestler and the son of wrestler Blackjack Mulligan. He is best known for his appearances with the National Wrestling Alliance (NWA) and World Championship Wrestling (WCW). In NWA/WCW, he was a 1 time NWA World Heavyweight Champion, a 1 time United States Heavyweight Champion, a 1 time Television Champion, a 1 time Western States Heritage Champion, a 1 time NWA World Tag Team Champion (Mid-Atlantic version) with Lex Luger, a 3 time WCW World Tag Team Champion and a 1 time NWA United States Tag Team Champion with Ron Garvin. In WWF, he was a 2 time World Tag Team Champion with his brother-in-law, Mike Rotunda. Windham was trained by his father Blackjack Mulligan and popular world champion Harley Race. He debuted on January 7, 1980 when he was 19 years old. Much of his early career was in the NWA's Championship Wrestling from Florida territory where Gordon Solie was the head announcer. He was a fan favorite for most of the early and middle periods of his career, having great success in singles and tag action. With his brother-in-law Mike Rotunda, Windham formed a tag team in 1984. The duo captured the NWA Florida United States Tag Team Championship three times between March and May 1984. Rotunda and Windham were signed by World Wrestling Federation (WWF) in October 1984. They debuted in WWF as babyfaces on the November 17, 1984 edition of Maple Leaf Wrestling defeating Mohammed Saad and Bobby Bass. Their tag team was named "U.S. Express". They quickly made impact in WWF's tag team division as they beat North South Connection (Dick Murdoch and Adrian Adonis) for their first WWF Tag Team Championship on January 21, 1985, at a house show in Hartford, CT. At the first-ever WrestleMania, U. More: Books, , People-From-Nolan-County-Texas~~Books-LLC, , , , , , , , , , General Books LLC<