Billy Jack Haynes
| Billy Jack Haynes | |
|---|---|
| Birth name | William Albert Haynes III |
| Born |
July 10, 1953 Portland, Oregon |
| Residence | Gaston, Oregon |
| Spouse(s) |
Jeanie Clarke (m. 1986–89) Rita Pena (m. 1994–99) Meredith Fletcher (m. 2008) |
| Professional wrestling career | |
| Ring name(s) | Billy Jack Billy Jack Haynes Billy Haynes Black Blood |
| Billed height | 6 ft 3 in (191 cm) |
| Billed weight | 245 lb (112 kg) |
| Billed from |
Portland, Oregon, A Little Town in France (as Black Blood) Tucson, AZ (Stampede) |
| Trained by | Stu Hart |
| Debut | 1982 |
| Retired | 1996 |
William Albert Haynes III (born July 10, 1953) is a retired American professional wrestler better known as Billy Jack Haynes.
Haynes started wrestling in 1982 at the age of 28. He trained in Stu Hart's Dungeon pro wrestling school and briefly wrestled in Hart's Stampede Wrestling under his given name, forming a tag team with Bruce Hart. He started wrestling as Billy Jack in the Pacific Northwest territory but had to change his name when Tom Laughlin (who starred in the movie Billy Jack) threatened to sue him. He added his real last name to the gimmick and continued to work as a babyface.
He feuded heavily with Rip Oliver until 1984, when he had a run in Championship Wrestling from Florida and then had a brief run in World Class Championship Wrestling in 1985. Due to internal conflict between Fritz Von Erich and Billy, he was written out of the organization, jobbing to Rip Oliver in a storyline where Rip bloodies and injured Billy. He rarely stayed put in any federation that he went to. During that time he faced off against the debuting Shawn Michaels. He started splitting his time between Portland Wrestling and CWF and wrestled with partner Wahoo McDaniel in the National Wrestling Alliance's Jim Crockett Promotions where they feuded with Ole and Arn Anderson. He had just begun a feud with The Barbarian over who was the strongest man in the territory when he abruptly left the company after a confrontation with Jim Crockett in his office which became physical.
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