Wendell Cooley is an American wrestler.
Career[]
Wendell Cooley aka Rick Casey was a regular in the Southern territories. Cooley wrestled for Continental Wrestling Association, Continental Championship Wrestling, Southwest Championship Wrestling, Mid-South Wrestling, NWA Wrestle Birmingham and others.
Cooley also wrestled for World Wrestling Council, World Championship Wrestling and received a World Wrestling Federation tryout.
Puerto Rico[]
Cooley and Frankie Lancaster teamed up as "The Heartbreakers" in WWC. They captured the tag team title on three occasions.
Wendell occasionally wrestles and appeared on a Global Championship Wrestling card in 2016.
In wrestling[]
- Finishing and signature moves
- Lariat
- Missile dropkick
- Flying clothesline
- Flying Bodypress
- Oklahoma Stampede
- Superkick
- Teams and stables
- The Heartbreakers with Frankie Lancaster
- with Jerry Oske
- with Al Perez
- Entrance Music
- "If Heaven Ain't A Lot Like Dixie" by Hank Williams Jr.
- Nicknames
- "Hot Commodity"
- "Wildcat"
Championships and accomplishments[]
- Continental Wrestling Association
- AWA International Heavyweight Championship (1 time)
- CWA Heavyweight Championship (1 time)
- Continental Championship Wrestling
- CWF Heavyweight Championship (2 times)
- NWA Southeastern Heavyweight Championship (2 times)
- NWA Wrestle Birmingham
- NWA Wrestle Birmingham Heavyweight Championship (4 times)
- Southwest Championship Wrestling
- NWA Southwest Heavyweight Championship (1 time)
- Mid-South Wrestling
- Mid South Tag Team Championship (1 time) with Al Perez
- World Wrestling Council
- WWC World Tag Team Championship (3 times) with Frankie Lancaster