Tully Blanchard

Tully Blanchard
Data
Ring name	Tully Blanchard The Outlaw The Midnight Stallion
height	178 cm
Fighting weight	105 kg
birth	January 22, 1954 San Antonio , Texas
Trained by	Joe Blanchard, Jose Lothario
debut	1975

Tully Blanchard (born January 22, 1954 in San Antonio , Texas ) is a former American wrestler , who was particularly known as a founding member of the well-known wrestling group Four Horsemen . He is currently under contract with All Elite Wrestling and regularly appears as a manager in their shows.

Tully Blanchard (right) with Arn Anderson

Career

Through his father Joe, who was a wrestling promoter in the southwest of the USA, Tully Blanchard came into contact with wrestling quite early. He played American football while at Texas State University . His teammates included Merced Solis and Ted DiBiase, other people who would later make a name for themselves in the wrestling business.

In his father's doctorate, Blanchard initially hired himself as a referee, booker and producer, before becoming an active wrestler himself in 1975. In the first few years he made a name for himself in the Tag Team Dynamic Duo with Gino Hernandez .

1984 it required the for National Wrestling Alliance belonging Jim Crockett Promotion . There he made a name for himself with matches against Ricky Steamboat and Dusty Rhodes , so that he could win the US Heavyweight Title .

In 1985 Blanchard was added to a grouping with Ole Anderson , who played Blanchard's cousin, Arn Anderson and Ric Flair . Under the name The Four Horsemen , they became one of the most successful stables of all time, and their performances attracted large audiences.

Together with Arn Anderson Blanchard won the NWA World Tag Team Championship .

In October 1988 Anderson and Blanchard moved to the World Wrestling Federation (now WWE), where they were also World Tag Team Champions under the name The Brain Busters . With that they had won the two most prestigious tag team titles of the time within a year.

In 1989, Blanchard was on the verge of switching to the rival World Championship Wrestling when it was proven that he was using cocaine . After that he was unable to get a contract with either of the two major North American leagues.

Eventually Blanchard discovered religion for himself and joined the born again Christians . He now works as a priest.

From this point onwards, he was no longer a big wrestler. In the mid-1990s he appeared briefly in the ECW , in which his wrestling style did not fit. In addition, he was allowed - at the side of Barry Windham - to win the NWA World Tag Team Title again, which had lost its importance at this point.

In 2012 he was inducted into the WWE Hall of Fame as part of the Four Horsemen .

Since 2019 he has been a manager alongside Shawn Spears at All Elite Wrestling .

Web links

• genickbruch.com
• cagematch.de