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Barry Windham

Nickname: The Widowmaker

Height: 6' 6"

Weight: 275 lbs.

From: Sweetwater, TX

Birthday: Jul 4th

Pro Debut: 1980

Aliases: Blackjack Mulligan, Jr, The Stalker [1st], Blackjack Windham

Feds Worked For: NWA, UWF, WWF, WCW, AWA, Canadian Wrestling's Elite (Canada), Championship Wrestling From Florida (FL), Full Impact Pro, Major League Wrestling, NWA New England, NWA Southern Championship Wrestling (TN), Turnbuckle Championship Wrestling , World Wrestling Council (Puerto Rico)

Finisher: Running Bulldog, Superplex

Signature Moves: Vaulted Spike DDT, The Flying Lariat, The Sunset Flip, The Claw, Backdrop suplex, Dropkick, Elbow drop, Eyes rake, Figure four leglock, Flapjack, Gutwrench into either a kneeling powerbomb or a suplex, Head vice, Hip toss, Schoolboy pin, Scoop slam, Sleeper hold, Sunset Flip, Uppercut, Vertical suplex,

Career Highlights: -NWA Florida Champion (6x)
-NWA (Florida) Global Tag Team Champion (w/ Ron Bass)
-NWA (Florida) North American Tag Team Champion (w/ Mike Graham)
-NWA (Florida) Southern Champion (2x)
-NWA (Floirida) Southern Tag Team Champion (w/ Rene Goulet)
-NWA Florida Tag Team Champion (2x; 1 each w/ Scott McGhee & Mike Graham)
-NWA Florida Television Champion (3x)
-NWA (Florida) United States Tag Team Champion (3x, w/ Mike Rotunda)
-NWA (Knoxville) Southern Champion (2x)
-NWA (Mid-Atlantic) United States Tag Team Champion (w/ Ron Garvin)
-NWA New England Champion
-NWA North American Champion
-NWA United States Champion
-NWA World Champion
-NWA World Tag Team Champion (3x; 1 each w/ Lex Luger, Dustin Rhodes & Tully Blanchard)
-TCW Champion
-UWF Western States Heritage Champion
-WCW World Tag Team Champion (3x; 1 each w/ Dustin Rhodes, Curt Hennig & Kendall Windham)
-WCW World Television Champion
-WWC Universal Tag Team Champion (w/ Kendall Windham)
-WWF World Tag Team Champion (2x, w/ Mike Rotunda)

Affiliates: Mike Graham, Mike Rotunda, Dustin Rhodes, Kendall Windham, The Four Horsemen, Justin Bradshaw, The West Texas Rednecks, The Extreme Horsemen

Notable Feuds: The Iron Sheik, Nikolai Volkoff, Greg Valentine, Brutus Beefcake, Ric Flair, Ron Bass, The Midnight Express, The Four Horsemen, Lex Luger, Dusty Rhodes, Sting, Doom, The Enforcers. Steve Austin, Dustin Rhodes, Goldust, Chris Benoit, Dean Malenko, No Limit Soldiers

Other Facts: -Son of pro wrestler Blackjack Mulligan
-Brother of pro wrestler Kendall Windham
-Father of pro wrestler Jesse Windham
-Brother-in-Law of pro wrestler Mike Rotundo (AKA Irwin R. Shyster). Together they were known as The U. S. Express.
-Uncle of pro wrestlers Bray Wyatt and Bo Dallas
-Former uncle (by marriage) of pro wrestler Shara
-Cousin of pro wrestler Chip Stetson
-Wrestled his first match against J. J. Dillon
-When he wrestled in WWF as The Stalker, he hailed from The Environment
-Was offered the opportunity to beat Ric Flair for the NWA World Title in 1987, leading to Flair regaining it at Starcade that year. He turned it down and that chance went to Ron Garvin.
-Former member of The Four Horsemen
-Former member of The Extreme Horsemen
-Voted Most Improved Wrestler of the Year in 1982 by Pro Wrestling Illustrated
-Ranked #14 in the 1991 PWI 500
-Ranked #13 in the 1992 PWI 500
-Ranked #11 in the 1993 PWI 500
-Inducted into the WWE Hall of Fame (w/ Ric Flair, Arn Anderson, Tully Blanchard, & J. J. Dillon as The Four Horseman) in 2012
-Inducted into the WWE Hall of Fame (w/ Mike Rotunda, as the US Express) in 2024
-With his induction into the WWE Hall of Fame, he became the first son of a WWE Hall of Famer to be inducted himself. His father Blackjack Mulligan was inducted in 2006 (w/ Blackjack Lanza as The Blackjacks).