- The Blackjacks
Infobox Wrestling team
article_name=The Blackjacks
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members=Blackjack Mulligan
Blackjack Lanza
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heights=Mulligan:
height|ft=6|in=9
Lanza:
height|ft=6|in=4
weights=convert|585|lb|kg st|abbr=on|lk=on
billed=flagicon|TexasTexas
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debut=
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promotions=WWWF
WCCW
WWA
AWA
trainer=|The Blackjacks were a
professional wrestling tag team . The team consisted ofBlackjack Mulligan and Blackjack Lanza. They were best known in theAmerican Wrestling Association & World Wide Wrestling Federation.Team History
The duo first joined forces in the 1970s. They were managed by
Bobby Heenan . cite web | url = http://www.wwe.com/superstars/halloffame/blackjacks/bio/ | title = The Blackjacks Bio | publisher = WWE.com | accessdate=2007-08-17]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 defeatedDominic Denucci &Pat Barrett for the belts. cite web | url = http://www.wwe.com/inside/titlehistory/worldtagteam/ | title = World Tag Team Title History | publisher = WWE.com | accessdate=2007-08-17]On
April 1 ,2006 , The Blackjacks were inducted into the WWE Hall of Fame by Heenan.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. cite web | url = http://slam.canoe.ca/Slam/Wrestling/Bios/bradshaw.html | title = John Layfield's SLAM! Profile | publisher = slam.canoe.ca | accessdate=2007-08-17] The team never reached the success of their predecessors.Championships and accomplishments
*Big Time Wrestling:*NWA American Tag Team Championship (2 times)
*World Wrestling Association"':*
WWA World Tag Team Championship (1 time) [cite web |url=http://www.wrestling-titles.com/us/in/wwa/in-wwa-t.html |title=W.W.A. World Tag Team Title (Indianapolis) |accessdate= |author= |authorlink= |coauthors= |date= |year=2003 |month= |format= |work= |publisher=Puroresu Dojo |pages= |language= |archiveurl= |archivedate= |quote= ]*World Wide Wrestling Federation | World Wrestling Entertainment:*
WWE Hall of Fame (Class of 2006):*WWWF World Tag Team Championship (1 time)References
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"
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