Terry Taylor: Difference between revisions

===Mid-South Wrestling/Universal Wrestling Federation (1985–1987)===

Taylor made his way to Mid-South in January 1984 and feuded with the team of [[Nikolai Volkoff]] and [[Barry Darsow|Krusher Darsow]]. Darsow changed his name to Krusher Khruschev, and he and Taylor met in the finals of a May tournament to crown the first ever [[UWF Television Championship|Mid-South TV champion]], which Khruschev won. 45 days later, Taylor defeated Khruschev in New Orleans to begin his first of four TV title reigns. Taylor feuded with [[Buddy Landel|"Nature Boy" Buddy Landel]] over the [[NWA National Heavyweight Championship]] in 1985.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.wrestlingdata.com/index.php?befehl=konst&letter1=B&wrestler1=5662&letter2=T&wrestler2=1550&letter3=&wrestler3=0&letter4=&wrestler4=0&matchtyp=0&anzeige=matches|title=Wrestlingdata.com - The World's Largest Wrestling Database|first=Axel|last=Saalbach}}</ref> On March 13 of that year, he defeated [[Ted DiBiase]] for the North American Heavyweight Championship, the Mid South region's top title at the time.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.wrestlingdata.com/index.php?befehl=titles&kategorie=11&liga=607&titel=468&seite=2|title=Wrestlingdata.com - The World's Largest Wrestling Database|first=Axel|last=Saalbach}}</ref>

 

Moving back to the Mid-South region in 1986, which been renamed the Universal Wrestling Federation (UWF), Taylor became one of the promotion's biggest stars and defeated [[Buzz Sawyer]] for the UWF Television Championship in May. He won the [[UWF Tag Team Championship]] with "Gentleman" [[Chris Adams (wrestler)|Chris Adams]] in early 1987, before breaking up their "Dream Team" to begin a heated rivalry.