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Barry Windham

Born
July 4, 1960
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.
Known For
WrestleMania
(1985)
Self
WWE WrestleMania XL Saturday
(2024)
Barry Windham
Bray Wyatt: Becoming Immortal
(2024)
Self
Full Filmography
Acting
NWA The Last Tangle in Tampa
(1980)
Himself
NWA Lords of The Ring
(1984)
Himself
WrestleMania
(1985)
Self
WWE War to Settle the Score
(1985)
Himself
Best of the WWF Volume 3
(1985)
Barry Windham
NWA Battle of The Belts II
(1986)
Barry Windham
AWA: WrestleRock '86
(1986)
Himself
Tag Team Champions
(1986)
Barry Windham
NWA Battle of the Belts III
(1986)
Barry Windham
NWA Starrcade '87: Chi-Town Heat!
(1987)
Barry Windham
NWA The Great American Bash '87: War Games
(1987)
Himself
NWA Super Towns on The SuperStation
(1987)
Himself
The Second Annual NWA Jim Crockett Sr. Memorial Cup Tag Team Tournament
(1987)
Himself
Bob Uecker's Wacky World of Sports
(1987)
Barry Windham
The Best of the WWF: volume 10
(1987)
Barry Windham
NWA Bunkhouse Stampede
(1988)
Himself
NWA The Great American Bash '88: The Price for Freedom
(1988)
Himself
NWA Starrcade '88: True Gritt
(1988)
Himself
WCW Clash of The Champions
(1988)
Barry Windham
NWA Clash of The Champions II: Miami Mayhem
(1988)
Barry Windham
WCW Clash of The Champions III: Fall Brawl '88
(1988)
Barry Windham
WCW Clash of The Champions IV: Season's Beatings
(1988)
Barry Windham
NWA Chi-Town Rumble
(1989)
Himself
NWA Live: March 18, 1989
(1989)
Barry Windham
WCW Great American Bash '90: New Revolution
(1990)
Himself
WCW Clash of The Champions XI: Coastal Crush
(1990)
Barry Windham
WCW Starrcade '90: Collision Course
(1990)
Himself
WCW WrestleWar 1991
(1991)
Barry Windham
WCW/New Japan Supershow: Rumble in The Rising Sun
(1991)
Himself
WCW SuperBrawl: Return from The Rising Sun
(1991)
Barry Windham
WCW Clash of The Champions XIV: Dixie Dynamite
(1991)
Himself
WCW Clash of the Champions XV: Knocksville USA
(1991)
Himself
WCW The Great American Bash 1991
(1991)
Barry Windham
WCW Clash of The Champions XVI: Fall Brawl '91
(1991)
Himself
WCW Clash of The Champions XVII
(1991)
Himself
WCW Beach Blast
(1992)
Himself
WCW Clash of The Champions XX: 20th Anniversary
(1992)
Barry Windham
WCW Clash of The Champions XVIII
(1992)
Himself
WCW SuperBrawl II
(1992)
Himself
WCW Wrestle War: WarGames
(1992)
Himself
WCW Clash of The Champions XIX
(1992)
Himself
WCW The Great American Bash
(1992)
Himself
WCW Halloween Havoc
(1992)
Barry Windham
WCW Clash of The Champions XXI
(1992)
Himself
WCW Starrcade
(1992)
Himself
WCW SuperBrawl III
(1993)
Himself
WCW Slamboree 1993
(1993)
Himself
WCW Clash of The Champions XXII
(1993)
Himself
WCW Clash of The Champions XXIII
(1993)
Himself
WCW Beach Blast 1993
(1993)
Barry Windham
WCW Slamboree 1994
(1994)
Himself
WWE Survivor Series 1996
(1996)
The Stalker
WWE WrestleMania 13
(1997)
Blackjack Windham
WWE In Your House 16: Canadian Stampede
(1997)
Blackjack Windham
WWE Survivor Series 1997
(1997)
Blackjack Windham
WWE No Way Out of Texas: In Your House
(1998)
Barry Windham
WCW Souled Out 1999
(1999)
Himself
WCW SuperBrawl IX
(1999)
Barry Windham
WCW Uncensored 1999
(1999)
Barry Windham
WCW Road Wild 1999
(1999)
Barry Windham
WCW Fall Brawl 1999
(1999)
Barry Windham
WCW Bash at The Beach 1999
(1999)
Himself
AJPW Giant Baba Memorial Spectacular
(2001)
MLW War Games
(2003)
WWE: The Ultimate Ric Flair Collection
(2004)
Himself
Ric Flair & The Four Horsemen
(2007)
Himself
The Most Powerful Families in Wrestling
(2007)
Life In The Fast Lane
(2007)
WWE: Allied Powers - The World's Greatest Tag Teams
(2009)
Himself
WWE: The History Of The World Heavyweight Championship
(2009)
Himself
The Rise & Fall of WCW
(2009)
Self
WWE: Falls Count Anywhere: The Greatest Street Fights and Other Out of Control Matches
(2012)
The Best of WCW Clash of the Champions
(2012)
Himself
Timeline: The History of WCW – 1991 – As Told By Barry Windham
(2012)
Himself
WWE: Starrcade - The Essential Collection
(2012)
Himself
WWE: Best of WWE at Madison Square Garden
(2013)
The Stalker
WCW'S Greatest Pay-Per-View Matches Volume 1
(2014)
Himself
WWE United We Slam: The Best of The Great American Bash
(2014)
Himself
WWE: The Best of Sting
(2014)
Himself
Diamond Dallas Page: Positively Living
(2017)
Self
WWE WrestleMania XL Saturday
(2024)
Barry Windham
WWE Hall of Fame 2024
(2024)
Barry Windham
Bray Wyatt: Becoming Immortal
(2024)
Self
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