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Kendell Wayne Windham (born December 15, 1967) is an American retired professional wrestler, better known by his ring name, Kendall Windham. He is the son of Blackjack Mulligan and the brother of Barry Windham. He is best known for his appearances with World Championship Wrestling.^[1][2]

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Professional wrestling career[edit]

Championship Wrestling from Florida (1985-1987)[edit]

Kendall Windham started wrestling in 1985 for Championship Wrestling from Florida. He was very skinny but had the same moves and looks as his older brother, Barry. In his early days, he was a good guy (face) and teamed with Barry to feud with Ron Bass, Jack Hart and Kevin Sullivan's 'cult'. His biggest singles feuds were with White Ninja AKA Great Muta and The Cuban Assassin. He traded the Florida Heavyweight Title a few times with each of them.

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Jim Crockett Promotions / World Championship Wrestling (1987-1989)[edit]

In 1987, he ventured to the NWA's Jim Crockett Promotions where he teamed with The Italian Stallion and feuded with the MOD Squad, Spike & Basher. He never got above preliminary status and went to WCCW briefly at the end of 1988.^[3] In January 1989, he was back in the NWA teaming with another second generation wrestler, Dustin Rhodes, as the 'Texas Broncos'.^[4] In a match aired on January 28, 1989, Kendall teamed with Eddie Gilbert against his brother Barry and James J. Dillon of the Four Horsemen.^[4] Kendall turned on Gilbert and joined Barry and held up the four fingers to the camera.^[4] Before the next show, Dillon left for the WWF and the Horsemen name was dropped. The Windhams and Flair were given a new manager, Hiro Matsuda, and a new stable name, 'Yamasaki Corporation'.^[4] Kendall stayed with the stable (which grew to include Butch Reed and Michael Hayes) until the summer, when he left for Florida again.^[4]

Championship Wrestling from Florida (1989-1990)[edit]

On June 27, 1989, Windham won the FCW Heavyweight Championship from Dustin Rhodes. He obtained a new manager, Oliver Humperdink, and feuded with Rhodes. He soon left Humperdink for Robert Fuller's Stud Stable and by the end of 1989, was a member of Ron Slinker's 'Strike Command'. In 1990, he left Slinker and teamed with Fuller to win the Tag Team Titles, Upon losing them, they split and feuded.

Various promotions[edit]

Windham returned to wrestling in 1992 for Florida's ICWA promotion where he feuded with Pat Tanaka. He had put on some more weight in prison and was considered a heavyweight instead of a light heavyweight. He teamed with Dan Spivey for a tour of All Japan Pro Wrestling and spent a little time in WCW in 1994 and ECW in 1995.

World Championship Wrestling (1997-1999)[edit]

Windham returned to WCW in 1997 with his head shaved and feuded with Chris Adams and Jim Duggan.^[5] In 1999, when WCW created a hardcore division, he entered it briefly and feuded with Hardcore Hak.^[5] In June, Windham joined The West Texas Rednecks in what would be the biggest push of his career. The Rednecks were his brother Barry, Curt Hennig and Bobby Duncum Jr..^[5] They were supposed to be heels feuding with Master P's rappers, the 'No Limit Soldiers', but the southern fans of WCW cheered the Rednecks instead.^[5] The angle was quickly dropped and they moved on to a feud with 'Harlem Heat' (Booker T and Stevie Ray).^[5] Kendall and Barry defeated Harlem Heat for the WCW World Tag Team Title's but lost them back to Harlem Heat three weeks later.^[5]

Late career (1999-2002)[edit]

By the end of 1999, they all had left WCW and Kendall worked for Ted DiBiase's promotion WXO, WWC (where he won the tag title with Barry) and All Japan Pro Wrestling where he closed out his career tagging with his brother Barry in the AJPW Real World Tag League 2000. Kendall Windhams last match took place on December 16, 2000 where he and his brother Barry Windham lost the WWC Tag Team Titles to the team of Thunder 'N' Lightning.

Windham retired in 2002.^[1]

Personal life[edit]

Mike Rotunda is married to Windham's sister. His nephews, Windham and Taylor, wrestle for WWE as Bray Wyatt and Bo Dallas respectively.^[6] He has a son named Wyatt.^{[citation needed]} He is currently President of a security business in Brandon, Florida.^[2]

In 1990, Kendall Windham and his father Blackjack Mulligan were arrested by the US Secret Service in a joint investigation with the Florida Department of Law Enforcement (FDLE) for counterfeiting. The authorities found close to $500,000 in phony $20 bills. As a result of a plea agreement, both father and son spent 24 months in a federal prison and were released in 1992.^[7]

Championships and accomplishments[edit]

• Championship Wrestling from Florida
  • NWA Florida Heavyweight Championship (5 times)
  • NWA Florida Tag Team Championship (1 time) - with Robert Fuller
• Professional Wrestling Federation
  • PWF Caribbean Championship (1 time)^[8]
• Pro Wrestling Illustrated
  • PWI ranked him #213 of the top 500 singles wrestlers in the PWI 500 in 1992^[9]
  • PWI ranked him #444 of the top 500 singles wrestlers of the 'PWI Years' in 2003^[10]
• World Championship Wrestling
  • WCW World Tag Team Championship (1 time) - with Barry Windham
• World Wrestling Council
  • WWC World Tag Team Championship (1 time) - with Barry Windham

References[edit]

1. ^ ^abcdefghijPhilip Kreikenbohm. 'Kendall Windham'. Cagematch.net. Retrieved March 31, 2019.
2. ^ ^ab'Windham Security Alliance'. ISHCC. Retrieved March 31, 2019.
3. ^Cawthon, Graham (2013). the History of Professional Wrestling Vol 3:Jim Crockett and the NWA World Title 1983-1989. CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform. ISBN149480347X.
4. ^ ^abcdeCawthon, Graham (2014). the History of Professional Wrestling Vol 4: World Championship Wrestling 1989-1994. CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform. ISBN1499656343.
5. ^ ^abcdefCawthon, Graham (2015). the History of Professional Wrestling Vol 5: World Championship Wrestling 1995-2001. CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform. ISBN1499656343.
6. ^LaRiviere, Derek J. (November 26, 2009). 'Brooksville's Rotunda brothers follow dad Mike into professional wrestling'. Tampa Bay Sports. Retrieved June 2, 2010.
7. ^Mooneyham, Mike (2008-03-23). 'Blackjack, The Nature Boy, and More Memories'. The Post and Courier. Retrieved 2010-02-13.
8. ^'PWF Caribbean Championship'. Cagematch. Retrieved 2016-12-21.
9. ^'PWI 500 1992'. The Turnbuckle Post. Archived from the original on 2012-07-26. Retrieved 2012-08-26.
10. ^'PWI 500 of the PWI Years'. Willy Wrestlefest. Retrieved 2012-08-26.

External links[edit]

• Kendall Windham's profile at Cagematch.net
• Kendall Windham on IMDb

Robert Deroy Windham (November 25, 1942 – April 7, 2016), better known by his ring nameBlackjack Mulligan, was an American professional wrestler, author, and American football player. He was the father of wrestlers Barry and Kendall Windham, father-in-law of Mike Rotunda, and the maternal grandfather of Bray Wyatt and Bo Dallas.

American football career

As a young man, Windham played football at Texas Western College, now known as the University of Texas at El Paso. Windham served a tour of duty in the United States Marine Corps. He then went on to play for the New York Jets during the 1966 pre-season and received tryouts with the New Orleans Saints and Denver Broncos.

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Professional wrestling career

After football, at the urging of Wahoo McDaniel, Windham trained with Joe Blanchard in Corpus Christi, Texas and later with Verne Gagne and became a professional wrestler in the American Wrestling Association. Billed as being 6' 9' and over 300 pounds, Windham was a rawboned cowboy in the vein of Bobby Duncum or Stan Hansen.

His training complete, he prepared to move on to the World Wide Wrestling Federation (WWWF) and was transformed into Blackjack Mulligan. Mulligan donned black trunks, black hat, a black fingerless glove, and used the iron claw submission hold.

When he arrived in the WWWF, he was managed by The Grand Wizard. Early stills of the two actually identify him as Big Bob Windham. Mulligan went on to great success in the Northeast and was an early challenger to newly crowned champion Pedro Morales. His push was interrupted when he was slashed in the thigh by a fan at the Boston Garden and required hundreds of stitches to close the wound. The culprit was actually captured by Gorilla Monsoon, who threw him at the ringside police – who promptly let him go because they thought 'it was part of the show'.

Before he left to recover from his wound, Mulligan participated in a Madison Square Garden match against Bruno Sammartino, who was making his first appearance at the arena since the end of his nearly eight-year championship reign. Mulligan attacked Sammartino before the bell. Sammartino quickly recovered, slammed Mulligan twice and pinned him in 64 seconds. In wrestling terms, everybody 'got over' - the building was sold out to the delight of promoter Vince McMahon the elder, Sammartino made a strong return to New York and Mulligan, who was in no condition to work an actual match, received a large pay-off to aid his recovery.

Once he healed, Mulligan returned to the Midwest and tagged with Lanza to form The Blackjacks. The duo went on to capture numerous tag team championships in various NWA affiliated promotions as well as the WWWF World Tag Team Championship in August 1975.

Blackjack returned to singles wrestling in the Jim Crockett Promotions where he would go on to hold the NWA United States Heavyweight Championship and the Mid-Atlantic's version of the NWA World Tag Team Championship with Ric Flair.

Mulligan often battled André the Giant, feuding in many different regions in the early 1980s. When they brought their feud to the WWF (formerly the WWWF) in 1982, Windham was noted as saying Andre had no limit to his strength. Mulligan then wrestled in Florida. He often teamed with West Texas stars Dusty Rhodes, Dick Murdoch, and his son Barry Windham. Mulligan returned to the WWF as a full-time performer in 1984, hosting an interview segment titled Blackjack's Barbecue on WWF All-Star Wrestling, the counterpart to Roddy Piper's Piper's Pit.

In 1986, Mulligan wrestled under a mask as 'Big Machine', part of a team with 'The Giant Machine' (André the Giant) and 'Super Machine' (Bill Eadie) collectively known as The Machines. They won several high-profile matches against the Heenan family, later recruiting members such as 'Hulk Machine' and 'Piper Machine'. After that angle ended, Mulligan wrestled for the WWF as himself, until he finally left in 1987. Later on, Jack traveled to Dallas and competed in World Class Championship Wrestling, wrestling against Bruiser Brody, Chris Adams and Kevin and Lance Von Erich. Mulligan also returned to Florida in 1987 to fight against the Funk brothers, teaming with Kevin Sullivan.

Mulligan worked as a match booker and promoter all around the South, eventually co-owning the Amarillo, Texas-based Western States Sports promotion with Dick Murdoch after purchasing it from Dory and Terry Funk. Mulligan and his Blackjacks partner, Jack Lanza were inducted into the WWE Hall of Fame on April 1, 2006 by their manager, Bobby Heenan.

Personal life

In 1990, Blackjack Mulligan and his son Kendall Windham were arrested by the US Secret Service in a joint investigation with the Florida Department of Law Enforcement (FDLE) for counterfeiting. The authorities found close to $500,000 in phony $20 bills. As a result of a plea agreement, both father and son spent 24 months in a federal prison and were released in 1992.^[2]

In 2007, Windham published his book titled True Lies and Alibis, which tells about his personal life and his professional wrestling career.

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In 2012, Windham, a born again Christian, was ordained a minister by Divine Hearts Ministry located in Lake Saint Louis, Missouri. He was very devoted to spending the time he had remaining to spreading the word of God. He felt his ordination could help him in this endeavor.

In July 2015, Windham was named as a defendant in a 2015 lawsuit filed by WWE after they received a letter from him indicating that he intended to sue them for concussion-based injuries sustained during his tenure with them. He was represented by attorney Konstantine Kyros, who is involved in several other lawsuits involving former WWE wrestlers.^[3]

Death

After dealing with health issues in recent years and being hospitalized with a heart attack several months earlier, Windham was hospitalized in Florida in October 2015. He died on April 7, 2016. He was buried at the Florida National Cemetery.^[4]

Championships and accomplishments

• Championship Wrestling from Florida
  • NWA Brass Knuckles Championship (Florida version) (1 time)
  • NWA United States Tag Team Championship (Florida version) (1 time) – with Dusty Rhodes
• European Wrestling Union
  • EWU World Super Heavyweight Championship (1 time)
• International Pro Wrestling
  • IWA World Tag Team Championship (1 time) – with Larry Hennig
• International Wrestling Federation
  • IWF Heavyweight Championship (1 time)
• Mid-Atlantic Championship Wrestling
  • NWA United States Heavyweight Championship (Mid-Atlantic version) (4 times)
  • NWA World Tag Team Championship (Mid-Atlantic version) (1 time) – with Ric Flair
• NWA Big Time Wrestling
  • NWA American Heavyweight Championship (1 time)
  • NWA American Tag Team Championship (1 time) – with Blackjack Lanza
  • NWA Texas Heavyweight Championship (2 times)
  • NWA Texas Tag Team Championship (1 time) – with Blackjack Lanza
  • NWA Brass Knuckles Championship (Texas version) (1 time)
• NWA Western States Sports
  • NWA International Heavyweight Championship (Amarillo version) (2 times)^[5]
  • NWA Western States Tag Team Championship (1 time) – with Dick Murdoch
• Professional Wrestling Hall of Fame
  • Class of 2016^[6] - Inducted as a member of The Blackjacks
• Pro Wrestling Illustrated
  • PWI Most Inspirational Wrestler of the Year (1978)^[7]
  • PWI ranked him #159 of the 500 best singles wrestlers during the 'PWI Years' in 2003.
• World Wrestling Association
  • WWA World Heavyweight Championship (1 time)
  • WWA World Tag Team Championship (1 time) – with Blackjack Lanza^[8]
• World Wide Wrestling Federation/World Wrestling Entertainment
  • WWWF Tag Team Championship (1 time) – with Blackjack Lanza
  • WWE Hall of Fame (Class of 2006) as a member of The Blackjacks
• Wrestling Observer Newsletter
  • Most Disgusting Promotional Tactic (1984) Fake heart attack angle

External links

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1. Web site: Robert Deroy 'Black Jack Mulligan' WINDHAM's Obituary on Tampa Bay Times. Tampa Bay Times. June 9, 2018.
2. Web site: Blackjack, The Nature Boy, and More Memories. The Post and Courier. Mike. Mooneyham. February 13, 2010. March 23, 2008.
3. Web site: WWE seeking to block concussion-related lawsuits. FoxSports.com. July 1, 2015. November 27, 2015. Fox Entertainment Group (21st Century Fox).
4. Web site: Blackjack Mulligan passes away. WWE.com. April 7, 2016.
5. Web site: On this day in pro wrestling history (May 7): Jeff Jarrett ends David Arquette's WCW title reign, Nick Bockwinkel Vs. Ray Stevens. May 7, 2015 . February 10, 2017 . F4W Staff . Wrestling Observer Figure Four Online.
6. Web site: PROFESSIONAL WRESTLING HALL OF FAME MOVING FROM UPSTATE NEW YORK TO TEXAS. November 20, 2015. November 20, 2015. PWInsider.
7. Web site: Pro Wrestling Illustrated Award Winners Inspirational Wrestler of the Year . July 27, 2008 . Wrestling Information Archive . yes . https://web.archive.org/web/20080616062715/http://www.100megsfree4.com/wiawrestling/pages/pwi/pwiinsp.htm . June 16, 2008 .
8. Web site: W.W.A. World Tag Team Title (Indianapolis). 2003. Puroresu Dojo.

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