Blackjack Mulligan (born Robert Deroy Windham, November 25, 1942 – April 7, 2016) and Blackjack Lanza (born John Lanza, October 14, 1935-December 8, 2021) were a Professional Wrestling Tag Team as The Blackjacks. They came together as a team in 1973 and competed for the AWA, WWE, and various territories. They were 1x WWA (Indianapolis) World Tag Team Champions
, 1x NWA Texas Tag Team Champions, 2x NWA American (World Class) Tag Team Champions and 1x WWE World Tag Team Champions.
"Blackjack Tropes":
- Arch-Enemy: Dick the Bruiser and The Crusher
- Autobiography: Mulligan's True Lies and Alibis.
- Awesome Moment of Crowning: They were inducted into the WWE Hall of Fame in 2006.
- Badass Family/Wrestling Family: Mulligan's sons Barry and Kendall Windham, son-in-law Mike Rotunda and grandsons Bray Wyatt and Bo Dallas.
- Charlie Brown from Outta Town: Mulligan as Big Machine.
- Dark Is Evil: As heels.
- Everything Is Big in Texas: Mulligan is from Sweetwater. Lanza is from either New Mexico or Laredo.
- Finishing Move: Clawhold
- Generation Xerox: The New Blackjacks, Windham and Bradshaw.
- Power Stable: As a team, they were members of The Heenan Family in the WWA in Indianapolis. On his own, Mulligan was a member of The Pringle Dynasty as a heel and Dusty Rhodes' Family as a face.
- Retired Badass: Lanza has worked as a road agent for WWE for years.
- Talk Show with Fists: Mulligan's short-lived "Blackjack's BBQ"
- Underwear of Power
- Wrestling Doesn't Pay: Wrestling cowboys.
- Wrestling Family: Blackjack Mulligan's two sons, Kendall and Barry Windham, are also wrestlers, as is his son-in-law Mike Rotunda (better known by his WWE ring-name Irwin R. Shyster). In addition, Mulligan's two grandsons through Rotunda, Windham and Taylor, currently wrestle for WWE as Bray Wyatt and Bo Dallas, respectively.
