Fabulous Freebirds were a professional wrestling tag team who attained fame in the 1980s, performing into the 1990s.
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11 Facts About Fabulous Freebirds
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In late 1980, the Fabulous Freebirds moved to Georgia Championship Wrestling, where they won the National Tag Team titles in the Omni, from Mr Wrestling 1 and 2.
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When Gordy lost the title to One Man Gang, the Fabulous Freebirds feuded with Gang's stable, General Skandor Akbar's Devastation, Inc After JCP purchased UWF in 1987, Hayes wrestled for JCP, teaming with Garvin and Sting at Starrcade '87 to wrestle Eddie Gilbert, Rick Steiner and Larry Zybysko to a draw.
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Rest of the Fabulous Freebirds went to World Class intending to continue their feud with the Von Erichs.
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The Fabulous Freebirds were last together when Hayes, Gordy, and Garvin worked for the Global Wrestling Federation in 1994, ending the group after 15 years.
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Fabulous Freebirds concept was heavily derived from the Lynyrd Skynyrd song "Free Bird" and the image of "Southern pride" evoked by the band.
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Fabulous Freebirds had just teamed with Terry Gordy and Buddy Roberts as the "Blackbirds" in their feud with Michael Hayes.
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Fabulous Freebirds teamed up with Perry "Action" Jackson and Harold T Harris to form the Blackbirds.
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Extreme Fabulous Freebirds were formed in NWA Wildside and the NAWA by the son of Terry Gordy, Ray Gordy.
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Fabulous Freebirds teamed up with Tank and Iceberg in 2004 to form this group.
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Original three Fabulous Freebirds briefly appear in a match against Greg Gagne, The Tonga Kid, and Jim Brunzell during the opening sequence of the 1986 fantasy film Highlander, which occurs at a show in Madison Square Garden.
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