HENRY GODWINN IS CURRENTLY ACCEPTING BOOKINGS
- 12/22/2008 (10:10:09 pm)
- Press Release
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| Top Notch Wrestling Bookings Is Proud To Announce That Former WWF Superstar Henry Godwinn Is Currently Accepting Bookings Through Us!! Godwinn Trained Under George South and the Italian Stallion before debuting in 1989. under the ring name "Mean" Mark Canterbury. He quickly formed a tag team with Dennis Knight who would be wrestling as Tex Slazenger while Henry Godwinn donned a mask and became known as "The Master Blaster". In October 1992, the duo began wrestling for World Championship Wrestling, with Henry Godwinn adopting the ring name Shanghai Pierce but keeping the mask. The two where known as the Texicans. They remained with the promotion until 1994. In the mid 1994, Godwinn joined the World Wrestling Federation, where he was renamed Henry Orpheus Godwinn and given the gimmick of an Arkansan pig farmer who carried a bucket of "slop" to the ring, which he would throw upon his opponents. Henry Godwinn was originally a heel, and assisted the Million Dollar Corporation on several occasions.[2] When the leader of the Corporation, Ted DiBiase, was asked on an episode of WWF Action Zone whether or not Godwinn was a member of the Corporation, however, DiBiase instead insulted Godwinn. This inspired Canterbury to turn face by "slopping" DiBiase,[3] and led to a brief feud between Godwinn and Corporation member Sid. Godwinn engaged in a feud with the aristocratic Hunter Hearst Helmsley. The feud culminated in December 1995 in an "Arkansas Hog Pen match" that Helmsley won. After the match, however, Godwinn tossed Helmsley into the slop, much to the blueblood's distaste. In 1996, Godwinn was reunited with Knight, who had been renamed Phineas I. Godwinn. The duo were portrayed as being cousins and were collectively known as "The Godwinns". The two where faces and where managed by Hillbilly Jim. They began to feud with the Body Donnas with Phineas having a crush on Sunny and singed her as their manager. Eventually she turned on them costing them their titles. The Godwins feuded with the now heel Smoking Guns, in losing efforts. In 1997 after a botched Doomsday device from the Road Warriors, the Godwins began a heel turn dropping Hillbilly Jim as a manager and picking up Uncle Cletus. After a feud with the Legion of Doom in which they tried to break Hawks neck. They won the tag titles a second time from the Headbangers. They dropped the titles to old rivals the Legion of Doom. After that match they attacked and fired Cletus. The Godwins had a short feud with the returning Quebecers but started to fade after that. Over the years, The Godwinns held the WWF Tag Team Championship on two occasions[5] and were managed by Uncle Cletus, Hillbilly Jim, and Sunny. In 1997, in a match between The Godwinns and the Legion of Doom, Godwinn suffered a cracked C7 vertebra when the Legion of Doom botched a Doomsday Device. He was advised by doctors to rest for 15 weeks, but returned to the ring in less than eight weeks. In 1998, Godwinnn entered the Brawl for All, a shoot-fighting tournament held by the WWF. He lost in the first round to Bradshaw. Later that year, the Godwinns dropped their pig farmer gimmicks and became "Southern Justice", the bodyguards of Tennessee Lee.[8] Six months later, Godwinn herniated his C7 vertebra and pinched a spinal nerve, necessitating spinal fusion surgery. This came as a result of him returning to the ring too early after his neck injury. He evenutally left the WWF and retired, due to the neck injury suffered in 1997. In September 2006, Godwinnn wrestled several tryout matches with World Wrestling Entertainment. On September 15, 2006, WWE announced that he had been signed to a contract.[6] He debuted in Deep South Wrestling on November 30 as a tag partner for Ray Gordy. Gordy was known as Cousin Ray and they both reformed The Godwinns. Since both Gordy and Drew Hankinson went to the SmackDown! brand, however, Godwinn's role remained uncertain. On May 19, it was reported that Godwinn had been released from his developmental contract. To Book Henry Godwinn For Your Next Event Contact Us Today At: [email protected] (or) http://www.myspace.com/topnotchwrestlingbookings Godwinn Is Added To A List of Over 60 Top Superstars Who Are Available For Bookings Through Us!! |
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