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1986

The Rock N Roll Express take a trip down Badstreet U.S.A. 

Top 10 Biggest Wrestling Rivalries

1980 Wrestling Observer Awards

1980 Wrestling Observer Tag Team of the Year

The Fabulous Freebirds

(Buddy Roberts, Michael Hayes and Terry Gordy)

Georgia Tag Team Titles (1980)

The Fabulous Freebirds

(Terry Gordy and Michael Hayes) 

October 10th 1980 

Atlanta, GA

Won a 3 team tournament defeating Mr. Wrestling I/II and The Assassins.

November 14th 1980 

The titles were held up after a match against Austin Idol and Kevin Sullivan.   

November 27th 1980

Gordy and Hayes defeated Robert Fuller and Stan Frazier (Hillbilly Elmer) in a tournament final to win the new NWA National Tag Team titles which replaced the Georgia belts.

The Fabulous Freebirds join the WWE Hall of Fame Class of 2016

WWE Hall of Fame Class of 2016

WWE Hall of Fame 2016 - The Fabulous Freebirds

February 29th 2016

The WWE has announced that it will induct the Fabulous Freebirds into the WWE Hall of Fame at Wrestlemania weekend 2016 in Dallas TX.   Very fitting since the Freebirds gained world wide fame in Texas battling the Von Erichs in match after bloody match.

Congratulations to Michael Hayes and Jimmy Garvin (who was technically a Freebird) the only living members.  Sadly we have lost Terry Gordy and Buddy Roberts but they will be vividly remembered that night.

The Fabulous Freebirds vs Lance, Kerry Von Erich & Steve Simpson

The WCCW World Six Man Tag Team Championship Match

May 6th 1986

Kerry Von Erich vs Michael Hayes (Loser Leaves Town Cage Match)

WE LOVE PRO WRESTLING

US Tag Team Champions

Tom Zenk and Brian Pillman

Won the Belts Feb 12th 1990 in a tournament final over 

The Fabulous Freebirds (Michael Hayes and Jimmy Garvin)

 in Rainsville, AL.    

Held the belts 96 days until May 19th 1990, lost to 

The Midnight Express (Stan Lane and Bobby Eaton) 

at the WCW PPV event Capital Combat in Washington DC.

WCW Six Man Tag Team Titles

August 5th 1991

Big Josh (Matt Borne), Dustin Rhodes and Tom Zenk win the WCW World Six Man Tag Team Titles from the Fabulous Freebirds (Michael Hayes, Jimmy Garvin and Badstreet aka Brad Armstrong) in St. Joseph MO.

That team would hold the belts until October 8th 1991 when they lost to The York Foundation (Tommy Rich, Ricky Morton and Terry Taylor) managed by Alexandra York (Terri Runnels) in Montgomery, AL.

Today In Wrestling History (July 3rd and 4th)

July 3rd 2006
Edge defeats John Cena and Rob Van Dam in a Triple Threat match to win the WWE Heavyweight Title during Monday Night RAW in Philadelphia.



July 3rd 2006
Taiyo Kea defeats Satoshi Kojima in Tokyo, Japan to win the AJPW Triple Crown Heavyweight championship.



July 4th 1983
Kevin, Kerry and David Von Erich defeat The Fabulous Freebirds for the NWA (Texas) World 6 Man Tag Team Championship



July 4th 1984
The Fabulous Freebirds defeat Kevin, Kerry and Mike Von Erich for the vacant NWA (Texas) World 6 Man Tag Team Titles. 
(A Badstreet style match)

Wrestling PPV Poster of the Night

WCW WrestleWar 1991 : War Games

February 24, 1991 from the Arizona Veterans Memorial Coliseum in Phoenix, Arizona. This was the first PPV after WCW left the NWA.

Numbers in parentheses indicate the length of the match.

• Dark match: Ultraman and Eddie Guerrero defeated Huichol and Rudy Boy Gonzalez (7:39)
  • Guerrero pinned Rudy.
• The Junkyard Dog, Ricky Morton and Tommy Rich defeated The State Patrol (Lt. James Earl Wright and Sgt. Buddy Lee Parker) and Big Cat to retain the WCW World Six-Man Tag Team Championship (9:54)
  • Morton pinned Parker.
• Bobby Eaton defeated Brad Armstrong (12:51)
  • Eaton pinned Armstrong after an Alabama Jam.
• Itsuki Yamazaki and Mami Kitamura defeated Miki Handa and Miss A (6:47)
  • Yamazaki pinned A with a roll-up.
• Dustin Rhodes defeated Buddy Landel (6:33)
  • Rhodes pinned Landell after a Bulldog.
• The Southern Boys (Tracy Smothers and Steve Armstrong) defeated The Royal Family (Rip Morgan and Jack Victory) (12:05)
  • Smothers pinned Morgan.
• Terrence Taylor (with Alexandra York) defeated Tom Zenk in a No Disqualification match (10:59)
  • Taylor pinned Zenk with a roll-up.
• Stan Hansen fought Big Van Vader to a double disqualification (6:21)
  • Both men were disqualified after they threw referee Pee-Wee Anderson out of the ring.
• Lex Luger defeated Dan Spivey to retain the WCW United States Heavyweight Championship (12:52)
  • Luger pinned Spivey with an inside cradle.
  • After the match, Nikita Koloff attacked Luger while presenting him with the new US Title belt.
• The Freebirds (Jimmy Garvin and Michael Hayes) (with Diamond Dallas Page and Big Daddy Dink) defeated Doom (Butch Reed and Ron Simmons) (with Teddy Long) to win the WCW World Tag Team Championship(6:56)
  • Garvin pinned Simmons.
  • After the match, Long and Reed turned on Simmons.
• The Four Horsemen (Ric Flair, Barry Windham, Sid Vicious) and Larry Zbyszko (with Arn Anderson) defeated Sting, Brian Pillman, and The Steiner Brothers (Rick and Scott) in a WarGames match (21:50)
  • The Four Horsemen won when Pillman was knocked unconscious from a botched powerbomb by Vicious, prompting El Gigante to run-in and surrender the match on Pillman's behalf.
  • Zbyszko was a replacement for the injured Anderson.

Clash of the Champions IX - New York Knockout

Clash of the Champions IX took place on November 15, 1989 at the Houston Field House in Troy, New York. There were 4,000 fans in attendance and the show drew a 4.9 rating on TBS. This show mainly dealt with fallout from Halloween Havoc PPV and set up the Iron Man / Iron Team tournaments at Starrcade 1989.^[11]

• The Freebirds (Jimmy Garvin and Michael Hayes) defeated The Road Warriors (Hawk and Animal) by disqualification (5:18)
  • The Road Warriors were disqualified when Hawk hit the referee.
  • The Freebirds had actually lost the NWA World Tag Team titles on November 1, but the match had not aired yet, so the Freebirds were introduced as the NWA World Tag Team champions.
• Doom (Ron Simmons and Butch Reed) (with Woman and Nitron) defeated Eddie Gilbert and Tommy Rich (5:15)
  • Doom #1 pins Rich after a double team Clothesline
• The Midnight Express (Bobby Eaton and Stan Lane) defeated The Dynamic Dudes (Johnny Ace and Shane Douglas) (9:22)
  • Eaton pinned Douglas after Jim Cornette hits Douglas with his tennis racket.
  • Jim Cornette was in a neutral corner at the start of the match before deciding to side with the Midnight Express
• Steve Williams defeated The Super Destroyer (1:41)
  • Williams pinned the Super Destroyer with the Oklahoma Stampede
  • This is Jack Victory's 4th “Masked Mystery Man” appearance at a Clash (“Russian Assassin #2”, “The Blackmailer” and “The Terrorist”)
• The Steiner Brothers (Rick and Scott Steiner) defeated The Skyscrapers (Dan Spivey and Sid Vicious) by disqualification (6:08)
  • The Steiner Brothers had actually won the NWA World Tag Team titles on November 1, but the match had not aired yet, so The Steiners were not announced as the champions.
  • The Skyscrapers were disqualified when Doom ran in and attacked the Steiner Brothers.
  • During the match Sid Vicious punctures a lung and is replaced by ”Mean” Mark Callous soon after.
  • Woman's bodyguard Nitron makes his debut during the post match brawl between the Steiners, the Skyscrapers, Doom and the Road Warriors.
• Lex Luger defeated Brian Pillman to retain the NWA United States Heavyweight Championship (12:38)
  • Luger pinned Pillman after hitting him with a chair while the referee was down.
  • Sting saved Pillman from further attacks by Luger.
• NWA World Heavyweight Champion Ric Flair defeated Terry Funk (with Gary Hart) in an "I Quit" match (18:33)
  • Flair forced Funk to say “I Quit” on the microphone due to the pain of the Figure Four Leglock
  • Gary Hart attacked Funk after the match and was quickly joined by The Great Muta.
  • Sting saved Flair from the attack only to be attacked by Lex Luger.
  • This match received a 5-star rating from Dave Meltzer.
  • Flair's NWA World Heavyweight Championship was not on the line, making it a non-title match.

GCW - The Freebirds Georgia Debut

Freebird Buddy Roberts Dies at age 65

Sad news today as Buddy Roberts (real name Dale Hey) member of the legendary Fabulous Freebird, has passed away at age 65.  Good article from "The Bleacher Report"  click here
Along with Michael "P.S." Hayes and Terry "Bam Bam" Gordy they formed one of the greatest tag teams in wrestling history.  Their feud with Von Erichs in Texas in the 1980s hey days of World Class Championship Wrestling is thing of legend.

Roberts retired from the ring in 1990 with the closing of WCCW but he lives on in the memories of fans who saw him and the other Freebirds spread havoc through the 80s.

GCW - Gordon Solie introduces The Fabulous Freebirds

The introduction to the world of the Fabulous Freebirds, what was to come should put them in the Hall of Fame

"WWE Presents" - Michael "P.S." Hayes sings "Freebird Road"

really good tribute to a forgotten legend