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Terry Ray 'Bam Bam' Gordy, Sr. (April 23, 1961 - July 16, 2001) was a professional wrestler who was best known in North America for being a member of the Fabulous Freebirds. Terry Gordy started wrestling in 1975 at the age of 14 as Terry Mecca for the IWA In early 1979, he began wrestling under his real name and formed the Fabulous Freebirds with Michael Hayes. Buddy Roberts was later added to the group. In 1982, the Freebirds went to World Class Championship Wrestling and had a heated and memorable feud with the Von Erichs (David, Kevin, Kerry and Mike). The Freebirds spent some time in the NWA's Jim Crockett Promotions where they split to feud briefly, but later reunited. They also spent a very brief time in the WWF, but left after management suggested splitting them up. In 1986, when the Freebirds were in the Universal Wrestling Federation, Gordy won the UWF Heavyweight title and held it for 6 months, before losing it via forfeit to The One Man Gang, after an angle the same night which saw Gordy injured at the hands of "Dr. Death" Steve Williams. During this time, Gordy and the Freebirds had an ongoing feud with UWF fan favorite Hacksaw Jim Duggan, which saw Duggan and Gordy frequently squaring off, usually ending in a disqualification due to outside interference. In 1989, Gordy helped Hayes reform the Freebirds, with Jimmy Garvin, in Jim Crockett Promotions (which would become World Championship Wrestling in 1991. After leaving JCP, Gordy teamed with Steve Williams as ...