Tully Blanchard shoot interview

Tully Arthur Blanchard (born January 22, 1954) is a Canadian-American https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Professional_wrestling and https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Manager_(professional_wrestling). He is best known for his appearances with https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jim_Crockett_Promotions and the https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/WWE in the mid-to-late 1980s as a member of https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Four_Horsemen_(professional_wrestling) and https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Brain_Busters.https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tully_Blanchard#cite_note-OWOW-1https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tully_Blanchard#cite_note-WWEBio-2 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Championship_(professional_wrestling) held by Blanchard over his career include the https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/WCW_World_Television_Championship, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/NWA_World_Tag_Team_Championship, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/World_Tag_Team_Championship_(WWE), and https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/WWE_United_States_Championship. He was inducted into the https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/NWA_Hall_of_Fame in 2009 and the https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/WWE_Hall_of_Fame in 2012.As the son of wrestling promoter and former https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/American_Wrestling_Association star https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joe_Blanchard, Tully Blanchard was involved in professional wrestling at a very young age. He began selling programs and refreshments at the arenas at the age of ten, and worked as a referee when he was older. Blanchard attended https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/West_Texas_A%26M_University, where he played https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/American_football, first as a https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Quarterback and then as a https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Defensive_end, alongside fellow future wrestlers https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tito_Santana and https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ted_DiBiase.Blanchard was trained to wrestle by his father and https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jos%C3%A9_Lothario, debuting in 1975 in his father's promotion, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Southwest_Championship_Wrestling, where he also held a number of backstage production and creative positions. He began his career as a face by https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tag_team with his father in a feud against https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dory_Funk,_Jr. and https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Terry_Funk. Between 1978 and 1983, Blanchard held the https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SCW_Southwest_Heavyweight_Championship and https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SCW_Southwest_Heavyweight_Championship on seven occasions. He formed heel tag team with https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gino_Hernandez, "The Dynamic Duo". They held the https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Texas_All-Star_USA_Tag_Team_Championship on five occasions and the https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SCW_World_Tag_Team_Championship on one occasion in the early 1980s. Blanchard came to https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jim_Crockett,_Jr.'s https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jim_Crockett_Promotions (MACW) in early 1984. Blanchard immediately entered into a feud with https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mark_Youngblood over the https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/WCW_World_Television_Championship, which would later be renamed the NWA World Television Championship and WCW World Television Championship. Blanchard won the title on March 28, 1984, and defended the title against some of the top contenders in the territory such as Ricky Steamboat, whom he faced at https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Starrcade_(1984). On March 16, 1985, Rhodes defeated Blanchard to win the NWA Television Championship, ending Blanchard's 353-day reign. The title would soon be renamed the NWA World Television Championship and the two continued to feud throughout the first half of 1985 with Blanchard regaining the title and losing it back to Rhodes in early July 1985 at the Great American Bash inside a steel cage; Rhodes also won the services of Baby Doll for 30 days. After Blanchard's feud with Rhodes ended, he soon found himself...