Buddy Roberts

Buddy Roberts
Data
Ring name	Dale Valentine Buddy Roberts Buddy "Jack" Roberts
height	1.78 m
Fighting weight	116 kg
birth	June 16, 1945 Del City , Oklahoma
death	November 29, 2012
Announced from	Badstreet dating in United States, Atlanta , Georgia
Trained by	Ivan Koloff
debut	1965

Dale Hey (born June 16, 1945 in Del City , Oklahoma , † November 29, 2012 in Chicago , Illinois ) was an American wrestler from Canada. He went by the ring name Buddy Roberts and was one of the founding members of the tag team The Fabulous Freebirds .

biography

Dale Hey grew up in Vancouver, British Columbia. He began wrestling under the name Dale Valentine in 1965 and was introduced as the brother of Johnny Valentine . Around 1970 he changed his name to Buddy Roberts and founded the tag team "Hollywood Blonds" with Jerry Brown. The two won numerous regional titles in the USA.

In the late 1970s he teamed up with Michael Hayes and Terry Gordy to form the tag team "The Fabulous Freebirds". His nickname "Jack" he received because of his fondness for whiskey brand Jack Daniel's .

World Class Championship Wrestling

When the Freebirds switched to World Class Championship Wrestling (WCCW) in 1982 , they won numerous titles and had a long feud with the Von Erich family . Hey himself mostly feuded against Chris Adams , one of the crowd favorites of the WCCW.

As part of a storyline , Hey made a big appearance in a hair-versus-hair match against Iceman Parsons that resulted in his bald head being shaved. For years he therefore wore a badly fitting wig that was kept out of the box by a head guard . This became one of his trademarks.

At the 1985 SuperClash, Hey helped his tag team partners obtain the AWA tag team titles from the Road Warriors , but the outcome of the match was later canceled.

Universal Wrestling Federation

In 1986 he moved with the Freebirds to the Universal Wrestling Federation , where he received the television title as a single wrestler. He later had to hand it over to Savannah Jack.

Return to World Class Championship Wrestling

In 1987 the Freebirds broke up briefly. Hey and Gordy teamed up with Iceman Parsons and feuded against their former leader Michael Hayes, who had allied with the Von Erichs. In 1988 Hayes and Gordy moved to the Mid-Atlantic Championship Wrestling .

Retirement and death

Hey appeared in the NWA as manager of Hayes and Jimmy Garvin in a match against Steve Armstrong and Tracy Smothers, but then retired from wrestling and retired in 1990.

During his retirement, Hey developed throat cancer and had to have an operation. Since then he has been dependent on a voice prosthesis . He campaigned against smoking on the WWE.com website . He died on November 29, 2012 at the age of 67.

Wrestling title

• Cauliflower Alley Club
  • Other honoree (2003)

• Continental Wrestling Association
  • AWA Southern Tag Team Championship (1 ×) - with Jerry Brown

• Championship Wrestling from Florida
  • NWA Florida Tag Team Championship (2 ×) - with Jerry Brown

• Mid-Atlantic Championship Wrestling
  • NWA Mid-Atlantic Tag Team Championship (1 ×) - with Jerry Brown

• New Japan Pro Wrestling
  • NWA North American Tag Team Championship (Los Angeles / Japan version) (1 ×) - with Jerry Brown

• NWA Big Time Wrestling / World Class Championship Wrestling / World Class Wrestling Association
  • NWA Texas Heavyweight Championship (1 ×)
  • NWA World Six-Man Tag Team Championship (Texas version) (6 ×) - with Michael Hayes & Terry Gordy (5 ×) and with Iceman Parsons & Terry Gordy (1 ×)
  • WCCW Television Championship (1 ×)
  • WCWA World Six-Man Tag Team Championship (1 ×) - with Michael Hayes & Terry Gordy

• NWA Hollywood Wrestling
  • NWA Americas Tag Team Championship (4 ×) - with Jerry Brown

• NWA Tri-State / Mid-South Wrestling Association / Universal Wrestling Federation
  • NWA United States Tag Team Championship (Tri-State version) (3 ×) - with Jerry Brown
  • Mid-South Tag Team Championship (1 ×) - with Terry Gordy
  • UWF World Television Championship (1 ×)

• Southern Pro Wrestling
  • SPW Arkansas Heavyweight Championship (1 ×)

• Southwest Championship Wrestling
  • SCW Southwest Television Championship (2 ×)
  • SCW Southwest Heavyweight Championship (1 ×)

• Wrestling Observer
  • Match of the Year 1984 with Terry Gordy and Michael Hayes vs. the Von Erichs (Kerry, Kevin, and Mike ) in an Anything Goes match on July 4th
  • Tag Team of the Year 1980 with Michael Hayes and Terry Gordy as The Fabulous Freebirds

Web links

• Buddy Roberts on The Internet Wrestling Database
• Buddy Roberts in the database of Find a Grave (English)

Individual evidence

1. ↑ ^{a b c d} Greg Oliver and Steve Johnson: The Next 5: The Hollywood Blonds . In: The Pro Wrestling Hall of Fame: The Tag Teams . ECW Press, 2005, pp. 98-100, ISBN 978-1-55022-683-6 .
2. ↑ ^{a b c d e f} Greg Oliver and Steve Johnson: Top 20: 7 The Fabulous Freebirds . In: The Pro Wrestling Hall of Fame: The Tag Teams . ECW Press, 2005, pp. 46-51, ISBN 978-1-55022-683-6 .
3. ^ ^{A b} Royal Duncan & Gary Will: UWF World Television Title . In: Wrestling Title Histories . Archeus Communications, 4th Edition 2006, ISBN 0-9698161-5-4 , pp. 234-235.
4. ^ Triumph and Tragedy of World Class Championship Wrestling , 2DVD, WWE , 2008
5. ↑ Where are they now "Buddy Roberts" . WWE.com . Retrieved January 2, 2011.
6. ↑ Report on Hey's death on wwe.com, accessed November 29, 2012
7. ^ Royal Duncan & Gary Will: AWA Southern Heavyweight Title . In: Wrestling Title Histories . Archeus Communications, 4th Edition 2006, ISBN 0-9698161-5-4 , pp. 189-191.
8. ^ Royal Duncan & Gary Will: NWA Florida Tag Team Title . In: Wrestling Title Histories . Archeus Communications, 4th Edition 2006, ISBN 0-9698161-5-4 , pp. 160-161.
9. ^ Royal Duncan & Gary Will: NWA Mid-Atlantic Tag Team Title . In: Wrestling Title Histories . Archeus Communications, 4th Edition 2006, ISBN 0-9698161-5-4 , p. 115.
10. ^ Royal Duncan & Gary Will: NWA North American Tag Team . In: Wrestling Title Histories . Archeus Communications, 4th Edition 2006, ISBN 0-9698161-5-4 , p. 294.
11. ^ Royal Duncan & Gary Will: NWA Texas Heavyweight Title . In: Wrestling Title Histories . Archeus Communications, 4th Edition 2006, ISBN 0-9698161-5-4 , pp. 268-269.
12. ^ ^{A b} Royal Duncan & Gary Will: NWA World Six-Man Tag Team Title . In: Wrestling Title Histories . Archeus Communications, 4th Edition 2006, ISBN 0-9698161-5-4 , pp. 271-272.
13. ^ Royal Duncan & Gary Will: WCCW Television Title . In: Wrestling Title Histories . Archeus Communications, 4th Edition 2006, ISBN 0-9698161-5-4 , pp. 270-271. >
14. ^ Royal Duncan & Gary Will: NWA Americas Tag Team Title . In: Wrestling Title Histories . Archeus Communications, 4th Edition 2006, ISBN 0-9698161-5-4 , pp. 296-297.
15. ^ Royal Duncan & Gary Will: NWA Tri-State Tag Team Title . In: Wrestling Title Histories . Archeus Communications, 4th Edition 2006, ISBN 0-9698161-5-4 , p. 235.
16. ^ Royal Duncan & Gary Will: Mid-South Tag Team Title . In: Wrestling Title Histories . Archeus Communications, 4th Edition 2006, ISBN 0-9698161-5-4 , pp. 232-233.
17. ^ Royal Duncan & Gary Will: SCW Southwest Television Title . In: Wrestling Title Histories . Archeus Communications, 4th Edition 2006, ISBN 0-9698161-5-4 , p. 276.
18. ^ Royal Duncan & Gary Will: SCW Southwest Heavyweight Title . In: Wrestling Title Histories . Archeus Communications, 4th Edition 2006, ISBN 0-9698161-5-4 , p. 276.