Barry Windham

Barry Clinton Windham adalah pegulat profesional semi-pensiun Amerika dan putra pegulat Blackjack Mulligan. Dia terkenal karena penampilannya bersama National Wrestling Alliance (NWA) dan World Championship Wrestling (WCW). Di NWA/WCW, dia adalah satu kali Juara Dunia Kelas Berat NWA, satu kali Juara Kelas Berat Amerika Serikat, satu kali Juara Televisi, satu kali Juara Warisan Negara Bagian Barat, empat kali Juara Tim Tag Dunia NWA (Mid Atlantic)/WCW dan satu kali Juara Tim Tag NWA Amerika Serikat bersama Ron Garvin. Di WWF, dia adalah Juara Tim Tag Dunia dua kali bersama saudara iparnya, Mike Rotunda. Pada tanggal 31 Maret 2012, Windham dilantik ke dalam WWE Hall of Fame sebagai anggota Four Horsemen. Dalam pertandingan Gulat Kejuaraan Dunia terakhirnya, Barry Windham awalnya dibawa kembali ke WCW oleh Eric Bischoff yang menyuruhnya melawan Ric Flair. Barry kemudian secara longgar dikaitkan dengan nWo Hollywood milik Bischoff untuk sementara waktu sebelum membentuk tim tag dengan Curt Hennig. Di SuperBrawl IX, Hennig dan Windham mengalahkan Chris Benoit dan Dean Malenko di final turnamen tim tag untuk memenangkan Kejuaraan Tim Tag Dunia WCW yang kosong. Barry mengalami kembali cedera lututnya selama periode ini tetapi kembali sebagai bagian dari "The West Texas Rednecks" pada pertengahan 1999. Mereka seharusnya menjadi kelompok tumit yang berseteru dengan "No Limit Soldiers" milik rapper Master P, tetapi penggemar WCW di selatan menyemangati Redneck, bertentangan dengan apa yang diharapkan oleh manajemen dan pemesanan WCW, dan sudut pandang tersebut akhirnya dibatalkan. Kelompok tersebut terdiri dari saudaranya Kendall Windham, Curt Hennig, dan Bobby Duncum Jr.; Duncum digantikan oleh Curly Bill setelah dia terluka dan tak lama sebelum grup tersebut dibubarkan dan alur cerita Rednecks dibatalkan. Pada Nitro edisi 23 Agustus 1999, Windham bersaudara mengalahkan Harlem Heat (Booker T dan Stevie Ray) untuk memenangkan Kejuaraan Tim Tag Dunia WCW terakhir mereka, sebelum kehilangan gelar kembali ke Harlem Heat di Fall Brawl 1999. Baik Barry dan Kendall segera setelah dirilis oleh WCW. Pada akhir tahun 1999, mereka semua telah meninggalkan WCW dan Barry bekerja untuk promosi Ted DiBiase WXO dan Dewan Gulat Dunia (WWC), di mana dia memenangkan Kejuaraan Tim Tag Dunia yang terakhir di Puerto Rico bersama saudaranya Kendall. Windham bekerja sebagai produser untuk WWE. Pada tahun 2007, dia muncul di DVD Ric Flair dan Four Horsemen. Barry juga terlihat selama siaran WWE Hall of Fame 2007, duduk di sebelah mantan rekannya John "Bradshaw" Layfield. Pada bulan Juni 2007, Windham melakukan perkenalan SuperBrawl Windham memiliki seorang putra bernama Callan dan seorang putri bernama Abigail dengan mantan istrinya, Kebra. Dia juga merupakan paman dari pihak ibu dari pegulat WWE saat ini Bray Wyatt dan Bo Dallas. Pada tanggal 26 Oktober 2011, dilaporkan bahwa dia dirawat di rumah sakit karena stroke yang sangat serius atau serangan jantung yang parah dan berada di unit ICU. Dia ditemukan di peternakannya oleh saudara iparnya Mike Rotunda. Keluarganya membenarkan bahwa Windham menderita serangan jantung. Ayahnya Blackjack Mulligan memposting pesan ke Facebook yang mengatakan "Saya memiliki seorang putra yang hampir meninggal". Dia kemudian dipindahkan ke fasilitas di Orlando, Florida untuk menjalani MRI di lehernya karena dia terjatuh akibat serangan jantung.

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.