(Photo Credit: Miranda Gordy Instagram)
As the daughter of one of the Fabulous Freebirds, Miranda Gordy has been around professional wrestling for just about her entire life. Her father, the late Terry Gordy, enjoyed a storied career across numerous promotions, racking up championships in companies like NWA, WCW, and AJPW.
Miranda’s father’s career was posthumously honored when the Freebirds were inducted into the WWE Hall of Fame in 2016. Speaking with Wrestling Inc. Managing Editor Nick Hausman on the
Wrestling Inc. Daily, Miranda mentioned that she was in attendance for the ceremony, and appreciated how the weekend served as a “family reunion” of sorts.
Daughter Of Wrestling Legend Receives WWE Tryout
(Photo Credit: Miranda Gordy Instagram)
Miranda Gordy, the daughter of WWE Hall of Famer Terry “Bam Bam” Gordy, apparently received a WWE tryout back in February.
WWE Hall of Famer and producer Michael “PS” Hayes, who teamed with Terry in The Fabulous Freebirds, appeared on the “Cigar Store Idiots” podcast back in mid-February and talked about bringing Miranda to WWE NXT for a tryout that next week. The interview was released on February 17.
Hayes commented on people saying he should just hire Miranda, but he feels like Terry would want her to earn the job. Hayes admitted that Miranda is still green, but he was confident that she will get hired as she has improved a lot in the last two years.
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The Viking Raiders’ Ivar turned 37 years old on Wednesday and WWE took to Twitter to wish him a happy birthday:
Views From The Turnbuckle: The Top 10 Black Wrestlers In Wrestling History
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Every February, WWE will run a series of vignettes to celebrate some of the famous Black wrestlers from company history. Every year though, it is the same few names over and over again. Nothing against those names, but there is an incredibly long and robust lineage of Black wrestlers all over the world. Because many of them do not fit into WWE’s recollection of history, they don’t always get recognized in the way that they should.
– The Wrestling Inc. Daily recently spoke to Ross and Marshall Von Erich ahead of their tag team title match against The Dirty Blondes at MLW Kings of Colosseum. Below are some highlights.
Marshall Von Erich on their mindset for this match: “That’s the mindset we’re going with is the Anchorman fight. I’ll use lamps. I’ll use whatever I can. Anything can be used and it will be. The main rule about not touching the face, that’s the only rule that doesn’t apply.”
Marshall on The Dirty Blondes resembling The Fabulous Freebirds: “So a lot of people don’t know this but for the past four years, people have been wanting us to lock up The Dirty Blondes because they look a lot like The Freebirds, just that style. I know [Leo] Brien looks a lot like Terry Gordy, moves like him. So these are guys we’ve been wanting to wrestle for a really really long time, and we got a chance to meet in the ring a long time ago in Texas, which was just awesome. We felt like there was un