The passing of "Blackjack Mulligan"

[MichaelWinicki]

http://www.foxsports.com/wwe/story/wwe-hall-of-famer-blackjack-mulligan-dead-040716

He was one of the most renowned wrestlers of all-time who never held a world title...

 

[big dog cowboy]

This stinks.

RIP.

 

[MichaelWinicki]

This stinks.

RIP.

Yeah it does.

He was a professional... No matter what territory he as in, no matter if he was a face or a heel.

He was a big guy who could move in the ring. And he had solid mic skills.

You look at the titles he held:

• Championship Wrestling from Florida
  • NWA Brass Knuckles Championship (Florida version) (1 time)
  • NWA United States Tag Team Championship (Florida version) (1 time) – with Dusty Rhodes

• European Wrestling Union
  • EWU World Super Heavyweight Championship (1 time)

• International Pro Wrestling
  • IWA World Tag Team Championship (1 time) – with Larry Hennig

• International Wrestling Federation
  • IWF Heavyweight Championship (1 time)

• Mid-Atlantic Championship Wrestling
  • NWA United States Heavyweight Championship (Mid-Atlantic version) (4 times)
  • NWA World Tag Team Championship (Mid-Atlantic version) (1 time) – with Ric Flair

• NWA Big Time Wrestling
  • NWA American Heavyweight Championship (1 time)
  • NWA American Tag Team Championship (1 time) – with Blackjack Lanza
  • NWA Texas Heavyweight Championship (2 times)
  • NWA Texas Tag Team Championship (1 time) – with Blackjack Lanza
  • NWA Texas Hardcore Championship (1 time)

• NWA Western States Sports
  • NWA International Heavyweight Championship (Amarillo version) (2 times)
  • NWA Western States Tag Team Championship (1 time) – with Dick Murdoch

• Professional Wrestling Hall of Fame
  • Class of 2016[3] - Inducted as a member of The Blackjacks

• Pro Wrestling Illustrated
  • PWI Most Inspirational Wrestler of the Year (1978)[4]
  • PWI ranked him #159 of the 500 best singles wrestlers during the "PWI Years" in 2003.

• World Wrestling Association
  • WWA World Heavyweight Championship (1 time)
  • WWA World Tag Team Championship (1 time) – with Blackjack Lanza[5]

• World Wide Wrestling Federation / Entertainment
  • WWWF Tag Team Championship (1 time) – with Blackjack Lanza
  • WWE Hall of Fame (Class of 2006)

He held all those titles because he appeared as a real threat in the ring and he could draw...

What more could a professional wrestler do?

 

[RonSpringsdaman20]

Wow...
RIP BlackJack

 

[Bill Wooten]

RIP Blackjack.

Always amazes me how much of a family business pro wrestling is.