The Blackjacks
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| The Blackjacks | |
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| Tag Team | |
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| Members | Blackjack Mulligan Blackjack Lanza |
| Heights | Mulligan: 6 ft 9 in (2.06 m) Lanza: 6 ft 4 in (1.93 m) |
| Combined weight | 585 lb (265 kg/41.8 st) |
| Billed from |  Texas |
| Promotions | WWWF WCCW WWA AWA |
The Blackjacks were a professional wrestling tag team. The team consisted of Blackjack Mulligan and Blackjack Lanza. They were best known in the American Wrestling Association & World Wide Wrestling Federation.
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[edit] Team History
The duo first joined forces in the 1970s. They were managed by Bobby Heenan. [1]
The Blackjacks would win multiple tag team titles, including the WWA Tag Team Championship and two tag-team championships in WCCW. However, they are most known for winning the WWWF Tag Team Championship on August 26, 1975. They defeated Dominic Denucci & Pat Barrett for the belts. [2]
On April 1, 2006, The Blackjacks were inducted into the WWE Hall of Fame by Heenan. [1]
[edit] The New Blackjacks
In 1996, Mulligan’s son, Barry Windham, and Lanza’s nephew, Justin Hawk Bradshaw, would form the new Blackjacks in the WWF. They were known as Blackjack Windham and Blackjack Bradshaw. [3] The team never reached the success of their predecessors.
[edit] Championships and accomplishments
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- NWA American Tag Team Championship (1 time) – with Blackjack Mulligan
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- WWA Tag Team Championship (1 time)
[edit] References
- ^ a b The Blackjacks Bio. WWE.com. Retrieved on 2007-08-17.
- ^ World Tag Team Title History. WWE.com. Retrieved on 2007-08-17.
- ^ John Layfield's SLAM! Profile. slam.canoe.ca. Retrieved on 2007-08-17.
[edit] Further reading
The Blackjacks’ history is covered in a chapter dedicated to the team in the book The Pro Wrestling Hall of Fame: The Tag Teams
- Greg Oliver and Steve Johnson (2005). "Territorial Era (1960s – 1980s): The Blackjacks", The Pro Wrestling Hall of Fame: The Tag Teams. ECW Press. ISBN 978-1-5502-2683-6.
