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Terry Taylor

Nickname: Scary; Terrible; Terrific; The Computertized Man of the 90's

Height: 6' 1"

Weight: 250 lbs

From: Vero Beach, FL

Birthday: Aug 12th

Pro Debut: 1979

Aliases: Terrence Taylor, The Red Rooster, The Taylor Made Man, The Mecca of Manhood

Feds Worked For: MSW, UWF, WCCW, NWA, WWF, WCW, TNA, CWE, Border City Wrestling (Canada), Mid-Atlantic Championship Wrestling (Korea), Georgia Championship Wrestling (GA), Great Championship Wrestling (GA), Empire Wrestling Alliance (NJ), North American Wrestling Federation (IL/WI), Ring of Glory (IN), Continental Wrestling Association (TN), Spinebuster Championship Wrestling (GA), Southeastern Championship Wrestling (TN/AL/GA), Mid-Southern (TN), NWA Midwest (KS), Packerland Pro Wrestling (WI)

Finisher: The Five Arm

Signature Moves: Sunset Flip, Flying Chickenwing, Cock of the Walk (Sharpshooter)

Career Highlights: -AWA International Champion (2x)
-Border City Wrestling Can-Am Tag Team Champion (w/ Cyrus)
-CWA International Champion (2x)
-Mid-Southern Champion (3x)
-Mid-Southern Tag Team Champion (w/ Steve Keirn)
-MSW North American Champion
-MSW Television Champion (2x)
-NWA Central States Tag Team Champion (w/ Bob Brown)
-NWA Central States Television Champion
-NWA Mid-America Champion
-NWA Mid-Atlantic Tag Team Champion (w/ Rick Steiner)
-NWA National Champion
-NWA National Television Champion
-NWA North American Champion
-NWA Southeast Champion
-NWA Southeast Television Champion
-NWA World Junior Heavyweight Champion
-Spinebuster Championship Wrestling Champion
-UWF Tag Team Champion (2x; 1 each w/ Jim Duggan and Chris Adams)
-UWF Television Champion (2x)
-WCCW Texas Champion
-WCCW World Tag Team Champion (w/ King Parsons)
-WCW United States Tag Team Champion (w/ Greg Valentine)
-WCW World 6 Man Tag Team Champion (w/ Richard Morton & Thomas Rich)

Affiliates: Hyatt & Hotstuff International, The York Foundation, Bobby Fulton, Chris Adams, Bobby Heenan

Notable Feuds: Bobby Heenan, The Matador, Dutch Mantel, Dennis Condrey, Mr. Knoxville, Kevin Von Erich, Chris Adams, Nikita Koloff, Brooklyn Brawler, Arn Anderson, Dallas Page, Ric Flair, Steve Williams

Other Facts: -Lost his debut match to Bugsy McGraw. He was put on TV without any experience because he had been taken to the locker room by Steve Travis and no one knew he was just a fan.
-Has worked in management in WCW, WWF, and TNA
-Was originally selected to be part of The Fabulous Ones tag team with Stan Lane. Taylor was then bypassed by Steve Keirn for the position.
-Was part of a talent trade between Jerry Jarrett and Bill Watts in 1983. Jarrett received Rick Rude, Jim Neidhart, Masao Ito, and Hacksaw Higgins. Watts received Taylor, The Rock-N-Roll Express (Ricky Morton & Robert Gibson), Bobby Eaton, Dennis Condrey, and Jim Cornette.
-When he came to the WWF, he allegedy came across as very cocky and arrogant, to the point where Vince McMahon said he "struts like a rooster". This is supposedly where the idea for the Red Rooster came from.
-Credited with creating many of the aspects of the nWo angle, including selling T-shirts, using the black-and-white colours and originating many of the catchphrases the group would use.
-Former member of Hyatt & Hotstuff International
-Former member of The York Foundation
-Former member of the Heenan Family (WWF version)
-Holds the record for the longest MSW Mid-South TV Title reign (3 months, 10 days)
-Voted Rookie of the Year by the readers of Pro Wrestling Illustrated in 1980
-Appeared in Tulsa in 2005 as a member of CWE management and was choke slammed by Matt Morgan
-Named TNA Director of Talent Relations in June 2006
-Former commissioner of NWA Midwest
-Curently working for WWE training intermediate students at Florida Championship Wrestling, their developmental fed in Tampa, FL
-Ranked # 52 in the 1991 PWI 500 (as Terrence Taylor)
-Ranked # 39 in the 1992 PWI 500 (as Terrence Taylor)
-Ranked # 177 in the 1993 PWI 500
-Ranked # 195 in the 1994 PWI 500