Big Bad John

Title History

• NWA (Mid America) World Tag Team titles w/Pepe Lopez defeating ??????? (May ??, 1970);
• NWA (Mid America) World Tag Team titles w/Pepe Lopez defeating Avengers (????, 1971);
• NWA Georgia Television title defeating Klondike Bill (October 9, 1971);
• NWA Macon Tag Team titles w/Buddy Colt defeating El Mongol & Bob Armstrong (October 19, 1971);
• NWA Florida Tag Team titles w/Tim Woods defeating Chris Markoff & Bobby Shane (January 17, 1973);
• NWA (Mid America) World Six Man Tag Team titles w/John Gray & Lorenzo Parente defeating Dennis Hall & Jackie Fargo & George Gulas (January 16, 1975);
• NWA (Gulf Coast) Mississippi Heavyweight title defeating Rip Tyler (May 9, 1975);
• NWA Gulf Coast Tag Team titles w/Rip Tyler defeating Mighty Yankees (May 13, 1975);
• NWA (Mid America) Southern Tag Team titles w/Bill Dundee defeating Roger Kirby and David Schultz (????, 1976);
• NWA (Mid America) Southern Tag Team titles w/Bill Dundee defeating Plowboy Frazier & Jerry Lawler (????, 1976);
• NWA Mid America Heavyweight title defeating Bob Armstrong (September ??, 1976);

Career Highlights

• 1967: Big Bad John formed a tag team with John Quinn (WWWF Kentucky Butcher in 1968) in Detroit as The Cousins..
• 1973: Big Bad John had a successful run in Australia..
• ~~~Big Bad John was the heel manager of Abdullah the Butcher, Don Fargo, Waldo Von Erich and the Tojo Brothers..
• September 17, 1980 – William Goodman died under mysterious circumstances, shot to death in California..