Joe Blanchard

Last updated: April 28, 2014


Title History

  • NWA Hawaii Tag Team titles w/James Blears defeating Tiny Mills & Stan Kowalski (November 2, 1958);
  • NWA Hawaii Tag Team titles w/James Blears defeating Koukichi Endoh & Rikidozan (April 15, 1959);
  • NWA Texas Heavyweight title defeating Chief White Wolf (December 3, 1963);
  • NWA Texas Heavyweight title defeating Fritz Von Erich (November 21, 1966);

Career Highlights

  • Joe Blanchard was a member of the Kansas State football and wrestling teams while in college.
  • Joe Blanchard was a member of the Edmonton Eskimos of the Canadian Football League.
  • Joe Blanchard is the father of NWA-legend and former Horsemen Tully Blanchard..
  • Notable Feuds: The Masked Terror (also known as Jay York) in 1963..
  • Joe Blanchard promoted shows in San Antonio for Southwest Championship Wrestling
  • Joe Blanchard was rumored to be dead in mid 1990s in the dirt sheets and such, it was obviously untrue..
  • As of 2005, Joe Blanchard is still operating Exidus Christian ministries with son, Tully Blanchard
  • August 11, 2007—NWA Legends Show: Dustin Rhodes defeated Tully Blanchard (w/Baby Doll & Joe Blanchard & J.J. Dillon)..

 

nickname: "Joltin"
birthday: December 7, 1928 - March 12, 2012
hometown: Born in Haskell, Oklahoma
debut: 1953
finishing move(s): Abdominal Stretch
favorite move(s): Running Bulldog
Airplane Spin
notable feuds: Masked Terror (Jay York)

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