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Dale Hey (born May 16, 1945) is a retired professional wrestler better known as Buddy Roberts. Events 1204 - Baldwin IX Count of Flanders is crowned as the first Emperor of the Latin Empire. Year 1945 ( MCMXLV) was a Common year starting on Monday (link will display the full calendar Professional wrestling, or pro wrestling, is a non-competitive professional Sport, where all matches are scripted by the promotion's booking staff

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Biography

Early life and career

Dale Hey grew up in Vancouver, British Columbia. Vancouver (vænˈkuːvɚ is a coastal He started wrestling in 1965 as Dale Valentine, the "brother" of Johnny Valentine. Year 1965 ( MCMLXV) was a Common year starting on Friday (link will display full calendar of the 1965 Gregorian calendar. Johnny Valentine (born John Theodore Wisniski, September 22, 1928 &ndash April 24, 2001) was a Professional By 1970, he had formed a tag team called the "Hollywood Blonds" with Jerry Brown and they won numerous regional tag team titles across the United States throughout the 1970s. The United States of America —commonly referred to as the

In the late 1970s, he split from Brown and changed his name to Buddy Roberts. He joined the Fabulous Freebirds with Michael Hayes and Terry Gordy and became famous as Buddy "Jack" Roberts, due to his penchance for drinking Jack Daniel's whiskey. The Fabulous Freebirds were a groundbreaking Professional wrestling Tag team that attained fame in the 1980s performing into the 1990s Michael Seitz In 2002 Hayes hit the wrestling headlines after an incident took place during a UK tour which was dubbed the "plane ride from hell Terry 'Bam Bam' Gordy ( April 23 1961 - July 16 2001) was a Professional wrestler who was most famous in the United States for Jack Daniel's is a brand of Tennessee whiskey which is among the world's best-selling liquors and is known for its square bottles and black label

World Class Championsip Wrestling

In the ring, they won several titles and moved on to World Class Championship Wrestling in late 1982 and began a legendary feud with the Von Erich family. World Class Championship Wrestling (WCCW was a popular regional Professional wrestling promotion run out of Dallas and Fort Worth Texas. They wrestled David Von Erich, Kerry Von Erich, Mike Von Erich and Kevin Von Erich numerous times through 1986. David Allen Adkisson ( July 22[[ 958]] – February 10[[ 984]] was an American professional wrestler who competed as "The Yellow Rose of Texas" Kerry Gene Adkisson ( February 3 1960 &ndash February 18, 1993) He is best known for his time with his father's promotion World Class Michael Brent Adkisson ( March 2 1964 &ndash April 12 1987) was an American Professional wrestler under the Ring name Kevin Ross Adkisson (born May 15 1957) is a retired Professional wrestler under the Ring name Kevin Von Erich of the Von

Also during his time in WCCW came Roberts' most famous individual angle, which in 1983 involved the invention of what they referred to as "Freebird Hair Removal Cream", the culmination of the angle being a hair match between Roberts and Iceman Parsons. Iceman Parsons (born King Parsons in 1949 is a former Professional wrestler who sometimes went by Iceman King Parsons. The result was Roberts seemingly winning the match via tight-pulling but the decision was reversed and the match restarted and in the fracas, Roberts' head was lathered in the hair cream. Subsequnet events showed Roberts wearing a wig kept in place by boxing headgear, an angle which would be recycled by the WWE's Kurt Angle after losing a hair vs hair match in 2002 to Edge. Kurt Steven Angle (born December 9 1968 is an American professional wrestler and Olympic gold medalist Adam Joseph Copeland (born October 30 1973 in Orangeville Ontario, Canada better known by his Ring name Edge, is a Canadian professional wrestler

At the AWA's SuperClash in 1985, Roberts helped Hayes and Gordy apparently defeat the Road Warriors for the AWA Tag Team titles, but the decision was later reversed. SuperClash was a Wrestling event promoted by the American Wrestling Association. The Road Warriors were a Professional wrestling Tag team famously composed of Michael "Hawk" Hegstrand and Joseph "Animal" Laurinaitis

Universal Wrestling Federation

In early 1986, The Freebirds went to the Universal Wrestling Federation, where Roberts won the Television Title. He would eventually lose the title to Savannah Jack.

Return to World Class Championship Wrestling

In 1987, The Freebirds split up until reforming in WCCW late in the year. Buddy and Gordy turned on Hayes and teamed with Iceman Parsons to feud with Hayes and the Von Erichs. Iceman Parsons (born King Parsons in 1949 is a former Professional wrestler who sometimes went by Iceman King Parsons. Gordy eventually left Roberts to rejoin Hayes. The feud ended in late 1988 when Hayes and Gordy left for the NWA's Jim Crockett Promotions. The National Wrestling Alliance ( NWA) is the largest governing body for a group of independent Professional wrestling promotions and sanctions various NWA Jim Crockett Promotions was a Professional wrestling promotion owned by Jim Crockett Jr

Retirement

Roberts made one appearance as the manager for Hayes and Jimmy Garvin in a match against Steve Armstrong and Tracy Smothers in the NWA and then retired in 1990. James Williams (born September 25, 1952 in Tampa Florida) is a retired American Professional wrestler. For the Australian rules footballer see Steven Armstrong. Steve Armstrong (born Steve James on March 16, 1965 Tracy Smothers (born September 2, 1962) is an American professional wrestler.

Roberts had throat cancer after he retired but had surgery to beat it. Roberts at WWE.com He also quotes on WWE. com "Don’t smoke. I think the reason this happened to me is because I was smoking too much. I recommend to anyone who smokes to quit now. It is hard, but it is worth it. "

Profile

Championships and accomplishments

  • SPW Arkansas Heavyweight Championship (1 time)

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Dale Hey (born May 16, 1945) is a retired Professional wrestler better known as Buddy Roberts
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