2005Winner
Best Performance
The Greatest Wrestling Stars of the '80s
Billy Haynes
Actor
Portland, Oregon, USA
July 10, 1953
Biography
William Albert Haynes III, is a retired American professional wrestler better known as Billy Jack Haynes. Haynes started wrestling in 1982 at the age of 28. He trained in Stu Hart's Dungeon pro wrestling school and briefly wrestled in Hart's Stampede Wrestling under his given name, forming a tag team with Bruce Hart. He started wrestling as Billy Jack in the Pacific Northwest territory but had to change his name when Tom Laughlin (who starred in the movie Billy Jack) threatened to sue him. He added his real last name to the gimmick and continued to work as a babyface. It is rumored that Haynes served time for manslaughter before becoming a pro wrestler
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Representative Works
Awards and Honors
Critical Favorites
1987Nominee
Best Performance
WWE WrestleMania III
1985Winner
Best Performance
NWA Starrcade 1985
Career Highlights
1985Highlight
Best Performance
NWA Battle of the Belts
1987Highlight
Best Performance
The Best of the WWF: volume 10
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WWE WrestleMania III
NWA Starrcade 1985