The Fabulous Freebirds
| The Fabulous Freebirds | |
|---|---|
| Stable | |
| Members |
Michael Hayes (leader) Buddy Roberts Terry Gordy Jimmy Garvin Badstreet |
| Name(s) | The Freebirds The Fabulous Freebirds The Screaming Eagles |
| Debut | 1979 |
| Disbanded | 1994 |
| Years active | 1979–1994, 2016 (reunions) |
| Promotions |
AWA GWF NWA / WCW UWF WCCW WWF/E |
The Fabulous Freebirds were a professional wrestling tag team that attained fame in the 1980s, performing into the 1990s. The team usually consisted of three wrestlers, although in different situations and points in its history, just two performed under the Freebirds name.
The Fabulous Freebirds started performing together in 1979 when promoter Bill Watts teamed up the trio of Michael "P.S." Hayes, Terry "Bam Bam" Gordy, and Buddy "Jack" Roberts. Originally meant to be a tag team, they became a "three man gang" type of tag-team—an unusual concept at the time. They usually worked as heels but also had several face runs as well.
The group wrestled in the Dallas-based World Class Championship Wrestling territory, where they had a legendary feud with the Von Erichs (David, Kevin, Kerry, Chris and Mike). This feud was ignited by an infamous incident in which Terry Gordy slammed Kerry Von Erich's head in a steel cage door. During this feud, they started using the Confederate battle flag as a group symbol as the Von Erichs would wave the flag of Texas so they chose to use the flag of Georgia, which at the time contained the Confederate battle flag, to counter it.
They also performed in the NWA-affiliated Georgia Championship Wrestling and World Championship Wrestling, the American Wrestling Association, and the Oklahoma-based Universal Wrestling Federation. While in the AWA they feuded primarily with The Road Warriors, costing them the World Tag Team Titles in a match against long time Freebird ally Jimmy Garvin and his partner Steve Regal.
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