Real Name - Barry Clinton WindhamBirthdate - 7/4/60
6'7" 245 lbs. - Sweetwater, TX
Athletic Background - Football [West Texas State], Wrestling [High School]
Teacher(s) - Blackjack Mulligan; Dusty Rhodes; Don Muraco, Manny Fernandez
Professional Background - Florida(`80-`84), Knoxville[Crockett](`82), JCP/NWA, WWF(`84-`86), JCP/NWA(`86-`89), WWF(`89), WCW(`90-`94), WWF(`96-`98), WCW(`99-`00), Indies(`00-)
Aliases - Blackjack Mulligan Jr., The Dirty Yellow Dog, The Widowmaker, The Stalker, Blackjack Windham
Groups - The Family [Florida], Four Horsemen, West Texas Rednecks, Extreme Horsemen
Peak Years - `87-`92
Finisher(s) -
Favorites -
- Lariat
- Floatover Suplex
- DDT
- Dropkick
- Punch
Ringwork Rating -
Move Set | 8 |
Science | 4 |
Aerial | 4 |
Power | 9 |
Strikes | 8 |
Intangibles Rating -
Entertainment | 7 |
Selling | 8 |
Bumping | 9 |
Carrying | 8 |
Heat | 6 |
Legacy | 6 |
Place in History - One of the biggest misses in becoming one of the legends of wrestling is Barry Windham. To watch Windham in his prime, one cannot be unimpressed. He was a top-notch white meat babyface who could bump, sell and make fiery comebacks. As a heel, he was methodical and menacing. Unfortunately Windham never reached that upper echelon that everyone expected. A combination of a knee injuries, a lack of direction and a wild spirit led Barry Windham to maintaining a upper midcard position into the 1990s, in a period he should've ruled alongside Sting and Lex Luger. Windham was often thrown in a face role, which never suited him as well past his early years, but he maintained a high work ethic. As a heel, his work soared, but was used to carry and put over more charismatic faces. One of the best workers of the late 1980s and early 1990s, Barry Windham is better remembered as that than the "could've-been" some may label him as nowadays.