Kendall Wayne Windham (born December 15, 1967) is an American retired professional wrestler best known for his appearances with World Championship Wrestling.
On June 23, 1985, the rookie competed in a tournament to crown the NWA Florida Heavyweight Champion, wrestling Rip Rogers to a draw.
[3] Two months later he gained his first title, defeating Hart to win the Florida Heavyweight Championship on September 2, 1985, at the NWA Battle Of The Belts in Tampa.
Windham retained the title against Jack Hart in rematches, and cast as good guy (face) he teamed with his brother Barry to feud with Ron Bass and Kevin Sullivan's "cult".
[5] The loss was avenged a few weeks later when Windham regained the title at another TV taping [6] on March 30, 1986, when he defeated The White Ninja (The Great Muta),[7] beginning a feud with the future superstar and partner Kendo Nagasaki.
On December 12, 1986, he received his first ever shot at the NWA World Championship, wrestling Ric Flair in a loss at a house show in Tampa.
[12] Kendall closed out the year teaming with Vic Steamboat in a tournament to crown the vacant NWA Florida Tag-Team Championship, losing in the finals to The New Breed on December 25, 1986.
[13][14] Windham and Steamboat were unsuccessful in rematches with the New Breed in January 1987, but they did defeat The Sheepherders and The Shock Troops (Ed Gantner & Kareem Muhammad) that month.
Unlike his brother, Kendall found himself as an opening match wrestler on the house show circuit and lost to Eddie Gilbert and Arn Anderson.
On June 27, 1987, he teamed with Barry for the first time in JCP, facing The Midnight Express in a losing effort at a house show in Fayetteville, North Carolina.
On the October 24, 1987, edition of Worldwide Wrestling, Kendall Windham challenged Lex Luger unsuccessfully for the NWA United States Championship.
[17] Kendall entered 1988 mired in the preliminary ranks, losing to Larry Zbyszko, Arn Anderson, NWA Florida Champion Rick Steiner and The Powers of Pain.
Two months later he formed a new tandem, this time with Ricky Santana and defeated The Sheepherders (Bushwhackers) via disqualification on April 8, 1988, at a house show in Houston, Texas.
Meanwhile he restarted his team with the Stallion again to enter the 3rd Annual Jim Crockett Sr. Memorial Cup, defeating The Terminator and The Green Machine in the opening round via forfeit in Greenville, South Carolina.
On the May 1, 1988, edition of The Main Event, The Sheepherders gained a measure of revenge, as they teamed with Rip Morgan to defeat Windham, Santana, and Johnny Ace.
After this Kendall resumed his team with Stallion, facing The Powers of Pain, The Midnight Express, The Varsity Club, and Larry Zbyszko & Al Perez that summer.
On August 20 Windham and Stallion finally gained a televised victory, beating Keith Steinborn & Don Valentine on World Championship Wrestling.
[22] Barry Windham would leave the promotion in March 1988, and following a loss to Lex Luger at a house show in Memphis, Tennessee, on April 20 he too would depart the NWA for Florida.
Spivey and Windham competed in the AJPW Real World Tag League 1992 event, and on Nov 17th defeated Dory Funk Jr and Tsuyoshi Kikuchi.
Windham continued to feud with Duggan while remaining victorious over lower-level opponents, including El Dandy, Tim Cheeks, and Evan Karagias.
As the year progressed however, he began to register more defeats, falling to Perry Saturn, Jim Neidhart, Fit Finlay, Dean Malenko, and Dale Torborg.
As fall progressed Kendall began teaming with fellow West Texas Redneck stablemate Curly Bill (Virgil), facing Harlem Heat at numerous house shows.
While falling short against the Heat, the new team defeated El Dandy and La Parka on WCW Worldwide on October 10, followed by Disorderly Conduct.
[39] He later teamed with Fidel Sierra to wrestle The New Heavenly Bodies (Chris Nelson & Vito DeNucci) at the NWA Florida OktoberSLAM!
[40] In November 2000 the Windhams traveled to All Japan Pro Wrestling to participate in the AJPW Real World Tag League 2000 event.
The Windham Brothers were largely victorious during the tour, defeating Mike Rotundo & Steve Williams, Dan Kroffat & Yoshiaki Fujiwara, and Masahito Kakihara & Shigeo Okumura.
[2] In 1990, Windham and his father Blackjack Mulligan were arrested by the United States Secret Service in a joint investigation with the Florida Department of Law Enforcement (FDLE) for counterfeiting.