"Cowboy" Bill Watts, pro wrestling hall of famer and former OU football player
Meet my friend and mentor: #BillWatts
Do enough good things and you might wind up in a hall of fame someday. Or you can mix in a few bad deeds and wind up in a professional wrestling hall of fame.
Happy birthday to longtime Bixby resident "Cowboy" Bill Watts, who turns 81 on May 5th 2020
The former University of Oklahoma football player and wrestler, was a 2009 WWE Hall of Fame inductee.
Watts learned early in his post-college life that he could land bigger paydays in pro wrestling than pro football. He also learned there was good money in being bad. He initially was cast as a good guy during east coast wrestling shows and was a tag-team partner of WWWF champion Bruno Sammartino.
"Cowboy" Bill Watts
"Cowboy" Bill Watts pictured in 1964 at Shea Stadium in New York, is center with cowboy hat. Standing with Watts are Wahoo McDaniel (54), who played for the Jets and later had a pro wrestling career; pro wrestler Bobo Brazil; Mets manager Casey Stengel; and professional boxer Jim Beadey (background). The Jets player at the far right is unknown. Tulsa World File photo
"Cowboy" Bill Watts
Caption from Sept. 2, 1964 from The Oklahoman: "'Cowboy' Bill Watts, who no longer lives up to his bad guy image out of the wrestling ring, has returned his 300 pounds to Oklahoma City for the holidays." Photo via The Oklahoman archives
"Cowboy" Bill Watts
A 1965 Championship Wrestling program is among "Cowboy" Bill Watts memorabilia at Watts' home in Bixby, Tuesday, Jan. 17, 2006. Tulsa World File photo
"Cowboy" Bill Watts
Tulsa World 1983 file photo of pro wrestler, "Cowboy" Bill Watts"Cowboy" Bill Watts
Tulsa World 1988 file photo of pro wrestler, "Cowboy" Bill Watts
"Cowboy" Bill Watts
Tulsa World 1988 file photo of pro wrestler, "Cowboy" Bill Watts
"Cowboy" Bill Watts
Cowboy Bill Watts is pictured at his home in Bixby, Tuesday, Jan. 17, 2006. Tulsa World File photo
"Cowboy" Bill Watts
Cowboy Bill Watts is pictured at his home in Bixby, Tuesday, Jan. 17, 2006. Tulsa World File photo
"Cowboy" Bill Watts
"Cowboy" Bill Watts is being inducted into the Professional Wrestling Hall of Fame and receives his hall of fame ring on March 31, 2009 in Houston, Texas. Tulsa World File photo
"Cowboy" Bill Watts
"Cowboy" Bill Watts is being inducted into the Professional Wrestling Hall of Fame and receives his hall of fame ring on March 31, 2009 in Houston, Texas. Tulsa World File photo
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