Snitsky's back acne Posted October 27, 2011 Share Posted October 27, 2011 Sad news. Â A great worker in his day. Had some crackers with Flair and loved his early 90's WCW stuff with Austin and Rhodes and his tag matches alongside Pillman against Steamboat and Douglas. Â Hope he pulls through. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paid Members neil's bitch Posted October 27, 2011 Paid Members Share Posted October 27, 2011 the uncrowned World Heavyweight Champion in my opinion, we're prayin for you Widham. He's a Former NWA World Champion Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TildeGuy~! Posted October 27, 2011 Share Posted October 27, 2011 In an update from earlier on Barry Windham, family members have confirmed that he suffered a heart attack earlier this week. There is no other update on his condition at this time. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moderators PowerButchi Posted October 27, 2011 Moderators Share Posted October 27, 2011 Â What does everyone think is Barry's best performance? Personally I find him to be the MVP of War Games '92. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paid Members neil's bitch Posted October 27, 2011 Paid Members Share Posted October 27, 2011 His match with Flair for the NWA world title (i think he wa USA tag champ at the time) is pure gold. Â I also have a soft spot for his tag title reign with Curt Hennig in WCW Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paid Members Devon Malcolm Posted October 27, 2011 Paid Members Share Posted October 27, 2011 Butch, I'm hoping that you will put together a DVD boxset listing of his best stuff a la Cleetus and Chris Masters. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moderators Astro Hollywood Posted October 27, 2011 Moderators Share Posted October 27, 2011 I dug out this painting from a really old MySpace troll account of mine. This piece is called "The Texas Horse - Barry Windham" Â Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
spotlightmagnet1 Posted October 27, 2011 Share Posted October 27, 2011 Â What does everyone think is Barry's best performance? Personally I find him to be the MVP of War Games '92. Â Best performance is really hard. I very much enjoyed matches he had with Flair, Luger and Rhodes in the 80s, but he just seem to look bigger, better and badder when teaming with Dustin Rhodes in 92. Dunno why, but that's what I think of when I think of Windham. Him and Dustin Rhodes vs. Steve Austin and Steve Williams. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sheffbag Posted October 27, 2011 Share Posted October 27, 2011 didnt know Windham and Rotundo were brothers in law. Come on bazza you can get through this Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ninevisions Posted October 27, 2011 Share Posted October 27, 2011 This was always my favorite Barry Windham theme  Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Oldy Posted October 27, 2011 Share Posted October 27, 2011 Classic back in the good old days, held his own in singles or in tags. Would have a thing or two to show the shite team who comprise the only WWF duo currently - that spot monkey and the darkie from two continents. Whatever they're called. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moderators PowerButchi Posted October 27, 2011 Moderators Share Posted October 27, 2011 From F4W. Â Former NWA champion Barry Windham is currently in intensive care in Florida after what isnow believed to have been a heart attack. His father, Bob (Blackjack Mulligan) descrbed the condition of the 50-year-old Windham as "near death," and asked for people to pray for him. Windham was one of the greatest in-ring talents in the history of the industry, particularly in the 80s while working for Jim Crockett Promotions when he was a member of the Four Horseman as a heel, and earlier as a top babyface world title contender. He is the brother-in-law of current WWE agent Mike Rotunda and the uncle of two of WWE's wrestlers in FCW, Husky Harris (Windham Rotunda) and Bo Rotunda (Taylor Rotunda). Windham was reportedly found at his ranch, collapsed, by Mike Rotunda. Â Oh fuck. I really hope he pulls through. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paid Members Bus Surfer Posted October 27, 2011 Paid Members Share Posted October 27, 2011 Â Hopefully he pulls through Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
M-Dudz Posted October 27, 2011 Author Share Posted October 27, 2011 Ahh, always my favourite WCW figure from the 90's! Had some wars with Windham vs. Smash of Demolition as i recall! Â I saw a shoot with Windham not so long ago, has anyone else seen it? Came across really laid back, humble and a real good guy. Didn't seem to hold any grudges, bitterness or ill-will to anyone. Always one of my faves but always feel he missed out on more. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheBigBoot Posted October 27, 2011 Share Posted October 27, 2011 Horrible news. Really hopes he makes it, Big Barry was one of my favourites all through my teenage years particularly that run as 'The Lone Wolf' in 1993. His earlier stuff is of course even better - I've been saying since 2003 that he had better chemistry with Flair than even Steamboat and beyond that he may well have been the best wrestler on the entire planet around 1988 - on his best day around that time I'd put him over Flair, DiBiase, Finlay, Savage, Lawler, Rocco, Blanchard or any of the other top hands at that time other than maybe Jumbo from what I've seen. Â As far as best matches go he was in maybe the two best US matches of all time: vs Ric Flair (CWF, Battle Of The Belts II, 1986) and War Games vs The Dangerous Alliance (WCW, 1992). So you aren't going to get much better than that. Â Best performance is harder to say because he had so many. Maybe WrestleWar '91 and the stuff against Pillman which pretty much carried the first 3/4 of the match. Those two had great chemistry. Â Seemed like a good guy and actually very modest about his own abilities in all the interviews I've read with him over the years. Â Hope he pulls through ok, always loved Windham and felt he was a man way before his time. Â In what way(s)? Â Anyway, hope he makes it, we've lost enough wrestling gods this year and he's still only young in real life terms. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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