Barry Windham
Born
4 July 1960 (65)
Place of Birth
Sweetwater, Texas, USA
Also known as
Blackjack Mulligan Jr, Barry Windham
Biography
Barry Clinton Windham is an American semi-retired 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 one-time NWA World Heavyweight Champion, a one-time United States Heavyweight Champion, a one-time Television Champion, a one-time Western States Heritage Champion, a four-time NWA (Mid Atlantic)/WCW World Tag Team Champion and a one-time NWA...
Barry Clinton Windham is an American semi-retired 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 one-time NWA World Heavyweight Champion, a one-time United States Heavyweight Champion, a one-time Television Champion, a one-time Western States Heritage Champion, a four-time NWA (Mid Atlantic)/WCW World Tag Team Champion and a one-time NWA United States Tag Team Champion with Ron Garvin. In WWF, he was a two-time World Tag Team Champion with his brother-in-law, Mike Rotunda. On March 31, 2012, Windham was inducted into the WWE Hall of Fame as a member of the Four Horsemen. In his last World Championship Wrestling run, Barry Windham was originally brought back to WCW by Eric Bischoff who had him turn on Ric Flair. Barry was then loosely associated with Bischoff's nWo Hollywood for a while before forming a tag team with Curt Hennig. At SuperBrawl IX, Hennig and Windham defeated Chris Benoit and Dean Malenko in the finals of a tag team tournament to win the vacant WCW World Tag Team Championship. Barry reinjured his knee during this period but would return as part of "The West Texas Rednecks" in mid-1999. 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, going against what WCW management and booking had hoped for, and the angle was eventually dropped. The group consisted of his brother Kendall Windham, Curt Hennig, and Bobby Duncum Jr.; Duncum was replaced by Curly Bill after he was injured and shortly before the group was disbanded and the Rednecks storyline was dropped. On August 23, 1999 edition of Nitro, the Windham brothers defeated Harlem Heat (Booker T and Stevie Ray) to win their final WCW World Tag Team Championship, before losing the titles back to Harlem Heat at Fall Brawl 1999. Both Barry and Kendall were shortly after released by WCW. By the end of 1999, they all had left WCW and Barry worked for Ted DiBiase's promotion WXO and World Wrestling Council (WWC), where he won the latter's World Tag Team Championship in Puerto Rico with brother Kendall. Windham worked as a producer for WWE. In 2007, he appeared on the Ric Flair and the Four Horsemen DVD. Barry was also seen during the 2007 WWE Hall of Fame broadcast, sitting next to former partner John "Bradshaw" Layfield. In June 2007, Windham did the introduction of SuperBrawl Windham has a son named Callan and a daughter named Abigail with his ex-wife, Kebra. He is also the maternal uncle of present-day WWE wrestlers Bray Wyatt and Bo Dallas. On October 26, 2011, it was reported that he was hospitalized for either a very serious stroke or a massive heart attack and was in an ICU unit. He was found at his ranch by his brother-in-law Mike Rotunda.His family confirmed that Windham suffered a heart attack. His father Blackjack Mulligan posted a message to Facebook saying "I have a son near death". He was later moved to a facility in Orlando, Florida for a MRI on his neck due to the fall he took from the heart attack.
Filmography (40)
WrestleMania XL Saturday
2024
WWE Hall of Fame 2024
2024
Bray Wyatt: Becoming Immortal
2024
Diamond Dallas Page: Positively Living
2017
WWE: The Best of Sting
2014
WWE United We Slam: The Best of The Great American Bash
2014
WCW'S Greatest Pay-Per-View Matches Volume 1
2014
WWE: Best of WWE at Madison Square Garden
2013
Timeline: The History of WCW – 1991 – As Told By Barry Windham
2012
The Best of WCW Clash of the Champions
2012
WWE: Falls Count Anywhere: The Greatest Street Fights and Other Out of Control Matches
2012
WWE: Starrcade - The Essential Collection
2012
The Rise & Fall of WCW
2009
The History of the World Heavyweight Championship
2009
WWE: Allied Powers - The World's Greatest Tag Teams
2009
Life In The Fast Lane
2007
The Most Powerful Families in Wrestling
2007
Ric Flair & The Four Horsemen
2007
WWE: The Ultimate Ric Flair Collection
2004
MLW War Games
2003
AJPW Giant Baba Memorial Spectacular
2001
WCW Fall Brawl 1999
1999
WCW Road Wild 1999
1999
WCW Bash at the Beach 1999
1999
WCW Uncensored 1999
1999
WCW SuperBrawl IX
1999
WCW Souled Out 1999
1999
WWE No Way Out of Texas: In Your House
1998
WWE Survivor Series 1997
1997
WWE In Your House 16: Canadian Stampede
1997
WWE WrestleMania 13
1997
WWE Survivor Series 1996
1996
WCW Slamboree 1994
1994
WCW Beach Blast 1993
1993
WCW Clash of The Champions XXIII
1993
WCW Slamboree 1993
1993
WCW SuperBrawl III
1993
WCW Clash of The Champions XXII
1993
WCW Starrcade 1992
1992
WCW Clash of The Champions XXI
1992