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Fabulous Freebirds
Members: Terry Gordy, Michael Hayes, & Buddy Roberts
Pro Debut: 1979
Feds Worked For: GWF, MSW, TSW, UWF, WCCW, AWA, NWA, WCW, WWF, All Japan Pro Wrestling (Japan), Central States Wrestling (IA/KS/MO), Championship Wrestling from Florida (FL), Georgia Championship Wrestling (GA), International Wrestling (Canada), NWA Pro (NC)
Career Highlights: -AWA Mid-America Tag Team Champions (2x; both w/ Gordy & Hayes)
-AWA Southern Tag Team Champions (Gordy & Hayes)
-MSW Louisiana Champion (Gordy)
-MSW Mid-South Tag Team Champions (2x; 1 each w/ Gordy & Hayes and Gordy & Roberts)
-NWA American Champion (Gordy)
-NWA American Tag Team Champions (Gordy & Hayes)
-NWA Georgia Tag Team Champions (Gordy & Hayes)
-NWA Mid-America Tag Team Champions (Gordy & Hayes)
-NWA National Tag Team Champions (3x; all w/ Gordy & Roberts)
-NWA Texas Brass Knuckles Champion (Gordy)
-WCCW Television Champion (Roberts)
-WCCW World 6-Man Tag Team Champion (5x)
-UWF Champion (Gordy)
-UWF Television Champion (Roberts)
Affiliates: Jimmy Garvin, Angel of Death, Sunshine, Dave Wolfe, Little Richard Marley, Big Daddy Dink, Dallas Page
Notable Feuds: The Von Erichs
Other Facts: -The original version of The Fabulous Freebirds consisted of just Gordy & Hayes and they were sometimes billed from California.
-Roberts was added when the team entered Mid-South Wrestling.
-A second version in WCCW consisted of Gordy, Roberts, & King Parsons. At times feuded they with Hayes and were sometimes accompanied to the ring by Percy Pringle III.
-A third version in WCW consisted of Hayes, Jimmy Garvin, & Terry Gordy, but Gordy did not stay long and left to compete in Japan. He was replaced by Badstreet and the group was sometimes accompanied to the ring by Big Daddy Dink, Dallas Page, and Little Richard Marley.
-A fourth version existed in the GWF and consisted of Gordy & Jimmy Garvin
-Usually credited as being the first wrestlers to have music played during their ring entrances and exits.
-Michael Hayes and The Fantasia Band sang their theme music "Badstreet USA".
-The Freebirds briefly appear in action against Greg Gagne, Sam Fatu, and Jim Brunzell during the opening sequence of the 1986 film "Highlander".
-Won the Tag Team of the Year Award as voted by the readers of Pro Wrestling Illustrated in 1981 (Hayes & Gordy)
-During the Freebirds' run in NWA they captured the tag team championship. While holding the title they operated under the (unofficial) "Freebird Rule" which allowed any two members of the team to actively defend the titles on any given night. This "rule" has since been adopted by a number of other companies when a three (or more) man team captures a tag team title.
-Inducted into the Professional Wrestling Hall of Fame and Museum in 2015
-Hayes, Roberts, Gordy, & Jimmy Garvin were inducted into the WWE Hall of Fame as The Freebirds in 2016
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- Heavyweight Champion: The Gatekeeper
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