The Rise and Tragic Fall of an American Wrestler in Japan: Terry Gordy
"It's great to be alive, and it's great to be number one in Japan."
For many people, the name Terry Gordy conjures up images of the Fabulous Freebirds and the heyday of southern American territory wrestling. For others, it brings to mind tragedy – the decline and untimely death of a great wrestler haunted by addiction.
But for some of us, Terry Gordy is remembered as one of the all-time great foreign wrestlers in Japan. A Triple Crown winner, dominant tag team champion and a living legend from Tennessee to Tokyo.
This is the Rise and Fall of Terry Gordy in Japan.
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Navigation:
0:00 Intro
0:54 The Early years
2:30 The Rise of Terry Gordy in AJPW
6:34 Teaming Up With Stan Hansen
10:03 The Miracle Violence Connection
13:53 The Dark Side of Terry Gordy
15:54 On Top of the World
21:57 The Overdose
23:57 IWA Japan, ECW and WWF
26:47 RIP Terry "Bam Bam" Gordy
Footage owners and sources:
Nippon TV
NTV G+
All Japan Pro Wrestling
Pro Wrestling NOAH
IWA Japan
WWE
Universal Wrestling Federation
Mid-South Wrestling
Jim Crockett Promotions
World Class Championship Wrestling
Information sources:
Bill Watts interview on Terry Gordy (archived, reposted): http://wrestlingclassics.com/cgi-bin/...
Nikita Koloff shoot interview with Hannibal TV: • Nikita Koloff on Terry Gordy Japan In...
Mick Foley podcast comments (article format): https://www.ewrestlingnews.com/news/m...
The Squared Circle by David Shoemaker: https://www.amazon.ca/Squared-Circle-...
Terry Gordy obituary, originally published in the South Florida Sun Sentinel: https://archive.ph/20130203105411/htt...
Match timelines and stats via CAGEMATCH https://www.cagematch.net/
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