Profile of Terry 'Bam Bam' Gordy on Famous Like Me

Terry Gordy was a professional wrestler who was most famous for being a member of the Fabulous Freebirds.

Career

Terry Gordy started wrestling in 1978 at the age of 16 as Terry Mecca. In early 1979, he changed his ring name to his real name of Terry Gordy and he formed the Fabulous Freebirds with Michael Hayes and Buddy Roberts. They were great heels and won titles everywhere they went.

In 1984, the Freebirds went to World Class Championship Wrestling and had a legendary feud with the Von Erichs (David, Kevin, Kerry and Mike).

They spent some time in the NWA's Jim Crockett Promotions where they split to feud briefly but then reunited. They also spent a very brief time in the WWF but left when management tried to split them up.

In 1986, when the Freebirds were in the Universal Wrestling Federation, Gordy won their title and held it for 6 months.

In 1989, Gordy helped Hayes reform the Freebirds with Jimmy Garvin in Jim Crockett Promotions.

He soon left and started teaming with "Dr. Death" Steve Williams as the "Miracle Violence Combination" in All Japan Pro Wrestling. Gordy also won the AJPW Triple Crown title twice while there but he lost it under mysterious circumstances that required him to be hospitalized. Gordy stayed with All Japan until 1993, but never received a shot at the Triple Crown again, promoter Shohei Baba choosing to push Stan Hansen and Williams instead.

Gordy and Williams came to WCW in 1992 and won the World Tag Team Titles and had a feud with Rick and Scott Steiner. In Japan, this was played as a feud between the best foreign teams of their respective promotions (the Steiners were competing for rival New Japan Pro Wrestling at the time). Despite advances by New Japan, Gordy and Williams, out of loyalty to Baba, refused to compete for the promotion.

In 1994, Gordy had a small reunion with Hayes and Garvin as the Freebirds in the Global Wrestling Federation where he won the Tag Team Titles with Garvin.

He had a brief run in the WWF as The Executioner in 1996. He teamed with Mankind under a mask for Manager Paul Bearer and feuded with The Undertaker He appeared in the "Buried Alive" and "It's Time" PPV as "The Executioner". He would come to the ring under a mask and would carry a plastic ax. Even with the mask on, true wrestling fans knew it was Gordy under the mask. He faced The Undertaker at "It's Time" which was basically a squash match with The Undertaker getting an easy victory. He disappeared weeks after.

Gordy died of a heart attack on July 16, 2001. His son Ray Gordy wrestles in NWA Wildside.

Profile

• Height: 6 ft 3 in (191 cm)
• Weight: 286 lb (130 kg)
• Birthday: April 23, 1961
• Hometown: Chattanooga, Tennessee
• Trainer: Afa Anoai
• Managers: Sunshine, Paul Bearer, Jim Cornette
• Other Gimmicks: Terry Mecca, The Executioner

Finishing and signature moves

• Powerbomb
• DDT
• Lariat
• Short-arm lariat

Championships and accomplishments

World Championship Wrestling

• 1-Time WCW World Tag Team Champion (with "Dr. Death" Steve Williams)

National Wrestling Alliance

• 1-Time NWA World Tag Team Champion (with "Dr. Death" Steve Williams)
• 4-Time NWA National Tag Team Champion (with Michael Hayes three times and Jimmy Snuka once)
• 2-Time NWA Mid-American Tag Team Champion (with Michael Hayes)
• 1-Time NWA Georgia Tag Team Champion (with Michael Hayes)
• 1-Time NWA Southeast Heavyweight Champion
• 1-Time NWA Southeast Alabama Heavyweight Champion
• 1=time SPW Heavyweight Champion/Promoter Al Henderson

All Japan Pro Wrestling

• 2-Time AJPW Triple Crown World Heavyweight Champion
• 7-Time AJPW Unified Tag Team Champion (with Stan Hansen twice and Steve Williams 5 times)

UWF & Mid-South Wrestling

• 1-Time UWF Heavyweight Champion
• 1-Time Mid-South Mississippi Heavyweight Champion
• 1-Time Mid-South Louisiana Heavyweight Champion
• 2-Time Mid-South Tag Team Champion (with Michael Hayes and Buddy Roberts)

World Class Championship Wrestling

• 1-Time WCCW American Heavyweight Champion
• 1-Time WCCW Texas Brass Knuckles Champion
• 6-Time WCCW Six-Man Tag Team Champion (with Michael Hayes & Buddy Roberts 5 times and Iceman Parsons & Buddy Roberts once)
• 1-Time WCCW American Tag Team Champion (with Michael Hayes)

Other Titles

• 1-Time GWF Tag Team Champion (with Jimmy Garvin)
• 1-Time APCW Tag Team Champion (with Jason Gibson)
• 1-Time SMW Heavyweight Champion
• Pro Wrestling Illustrated (PWI) ranked him # 36 of the 500 best singles wrestlers during the "PWI Years" in 2003. He was also ranked three times in the best tag teams of the "PWI Years". He was ranked # 3 with Michael Hayes, # 16 with "Dr. Death" Steve Williams and # 34 with Stan Hansen.
• Gordy also won 1986 PWI Most Improved Wrestler and two Tag Team of the Year Awards: 1981 with Michael Hayes & Buddy Roberts and 1992 with "Dr. Death" Steve Williams.

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