RIP Blackjack Mulligan

[Al]

http://www.wwe.com/article/blackjack-mulligan-passes-away

 

I know most of his career didn't make video, but are there any really good matches of his available?

[conker8]

A good Tv brawl in WWWF

Blackjack Lanza & Blackjack Mulligan vs Dominic Denucci & Johnny Rivera - 06/1975

 

There is some clippings of him versus Flair.

 

 

He was a great promo guy - I like the stuff when Flair came to see him in 1984 to team against Wahoo and Tully.

[khawk20]

I'd recommend checking out the promos a few weeks previous to, and then the 1/15/84 St. Paul match with Bockwinkel and Mulligan against Vachon and Crusher. The promos are excellent all around--Mulligan put over as a monster very well by all, then a really good take-no-prisoners style promo by Mulligan--and then, during the match, Lanza coming out and getting Mulligan to abandon Bock and reform the Blackjacks...excellent story told there with Mulligan as the centerpiece.

 

Also in April 1984 he had a St. Paul match against Crusher Blackwell where he thoroughly dominated him like nobody else. Worht checking out just to see Blackwell really put Mulligan over.

 

I'm sure the Blackjacks were getting the AWA tag titles from Patera and Blackwell before Mulligan bolted for whatever reason. His build was really, really strong in the four months or so he was there.

 

Mulligan on the Luce films with Lanza and Heenan is also fun to check out.

 

RIP.

[JerryvonKramer]

RIP, very charismatic worker and a great talker.

 

I'd strongly recommend the shoot interview he did from a few years back if you haven't seen it. He's a very good storyteller.

[Ricky Jackson]

RIP

 

Hell yeah, check out that WWWF TV tag from 75. It's amazing

[Eegah]

RIP Indeed. Sad to hear about his passing.

[Ricky Jackson]

[flyonthewall2983]

Any good stuff from his mid-80's WWF run, non-Machine related?

[victory]

I think we all knew it was coming, still sad to hear.

 

Blackjack falls into the category of a guy I liked because of his look and charisma when I was a kid. Great talker that doesn't seem to get recognized enough for that. Really big guy in his era as well which made him stand out.

 

Another legend gone. RIP Blackjack Mulligan.

[MikeF]

One of my favorites growing up. RIP

[Al]

Thanks for this. Yes, great match. Perfect slow build, something that starts as an innocuous tag match and builds into something special.

[Johnny Sorrow]

Any good stuff from his mid-80's WWF run, non-Machine related?

Not unless you count me seeing him almost have a heart attack after a three minute squash of Jimmy Jack Funk at the Spectrum where he wrestled under hot lights in bunkhouse gear.

 

[flyonthewall2983]

 

This is one I remember from one of the independent VHS tapes I bought back in the day. Can anyone put a date on when it happened? I'm guessing early 70's in the Indianapolis territory.

[JNLister]

You can't deny he drew money.

[CarpetCrawler]

Any good stuff from his mid-80's WWF run, non-Machine related?

 

His Blackjack's Barbecue interview segment was a fun little look at a face alternative to Piper's Pit the couple of times I've watched it.

[andrew79]

This is one I remember from one of the independent VHS tapes I bought back in the day. Can anyone put a date on when it happened? I'm guessing early 70's in the Indianapolis territory.

 

09/16/72 at the Indianapolis Convention Center.

[victory]

A nice obit from Greg Oliver.

 

http://slam.canoe.com/Slam/Wrestling/2016/04/07/22621517.html

 

Another piece about the famous knife accident in Boston vs Pedro.

 

http://slam.canoe.com/Slam/Wrestling/2015/06/04/22434701.html

[C.S.]

Another good obit - this one from Mike Mooneyham.

 

http://www.postandcourier.com/article/20160410/PC20/160419943/pro-wrestling-x2019-s-blackjack-mulligan-created-a-character-for-the-ages

[Ricky Jackson]

Meltzer bio is great stuff

[broke]

His prime was a bit before my time as a fan but I always thought he was a very good promo right up until the end.