Big Daddy B

[stephenvegas]

Tonight on WWE 24/7, I was watching a WCCW show from the early 1980s that included Kevin Von Erich defending his American Hevyweight Championship against King Kong Bundy.

Many of you might already know this, but during this match, it was mentioned how Bundy started off working in WCCW first as an ally of the Von Erichs during which time he was known as Big Daddy Bundy. But I actually didn't know that (I never got to see much WCCW during the 1980s) and I always like learning things about wrestlers with official LOW cards.

[mwjergs]

Bundy took the King Kong Bundy name during a story line while working with World Class Championship Wrestling. Bundy was discovered and developed as Big Daddy Bundy by the Von Erich family. He wore blue jeans with a rope belt and was a fan favorite. After a dispute with the Von Erich family, Bundy was recruited by manager Gary Hart and dramatically re-introduced as King Kong Bundy, wearing the black singlet for the first time to signify his change. He lost his hair during the feud, adding to his signature look.

Bundy actually went through a few nicknames.
I can remember in the AWA as a tag team with Jerry Blackwell he was called "Boom Boom" Bundy. I guess with so many "King Kongs" around (Brody, Mosca) they wanted to distinguish between them

[GalactiKing]

I remember him being called BoomBoom in AWA. When they used to show AWA stuff on ESPN they would go back into the vaults and one match was him and Blackwell vs the Roadies.