This makes three!
Two days after the WWE announced that Bull Nakano would be entering the WWE Hall of Fame Class of 2024 as their second entrant, a third, former WWE Tag Team Champions, The U.S. Express (Barry Windham & Mike Rotundo) will also be enshrined.
Windham and Rotundo first teamed in Championship Wrestling from Florida, winning the United States Tag Team Titles multiple times. They went to the then-named WWF in late 1984 and were now named the U.S. Express. Within months of their debut, they defeated Adrian Adonis and Dick Murdoch to win the WWF World Tag Team Titles. They competed at the first Wrestlemania, losing the titles to The Iron Sheik and Nikolai Volkoff. They won it back but would lose them to Greg “The Hammer” Valentine and Brutus Beefcake. Windham, who was burnt out, left the company shortly after the loss of the titles. Windham had far greater success in the NWA/WCW, where he was a member of the Four Horsemen and an NWA World Heavyweight Champion. He would return twice, once briefly in 1989 and in the Attitude era, in a mid-card run, first as the Stalker and then one-half of the New Blackjacks.
Rotundo also had success in the NWA, winning the Television Title and leading the Varsity Club stable. He returned in 1991 and had a four-year run as Irwin R. Schyster (I.R.S), where he won the World Tag Team Titles with Ted DiBIase and competed in multiple main events. He returned to WCW, though in a reduced role, and later served in various capacities in the WWE.
Notably, Rotunda (his real name) is the father of Bo Dallas and the late Bray Wyatt.
Rotundo was ranked #42 on our Notinhalloffame list of those to consider for the WWE Hall of Fame. Windham was unranked, as he is already in with the Four Horsemen. Notably, we will work to revise that list following Wrestlemania, and Rotundo will be one of the names removed.
We here at Notinhalloffame.com would like to congratulate Bull Nakano for her impending honor.
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