You are on the real Buddy Landel myspace.William Ansor started his career in 1979 as a jobber in ICW He Wrestled Bob Orton Jr (Father Of Current WWE Star Randy Orton) In His First Professional Match. He soon dyed his hair blonde and changed his name to "Nature Boy" Buddy Landel. He made a name for himself in the Tennessee area promotions and went to the NWA's Jim Crockett Promotions in 1985 and joined Manager James J. Dillon. He Left Alittle While After Due To Personal Reasons!!!!!He went back to the Tennessee area and then to the Alabama territories in 1987 and 1988.He came back to the NWA in 1990 but never got above a mid-card level push. He did get a chance to wrestle "Nature Boy" Ric Flair in a "Battle of the Nature Boys" on TV. He wrestled and lost to Flair in a "Gauntlet" match which aired on November 24, 1990. In early 1991, he was under consideration for membership in Alexandra York's York Foundation but he lost the matches he was supposed to win and she did not offer him a spot.He went back to the independents in 1991 and was going to wrestle "Nature Boy" Buddy Rogers for his Tri-State Title in early 1992 but the promotion folded before the match could happen.He had a good run in Smoky Mountain Wrestling in 1994 and 1995. He had Straightened Out His Personal Problems this time and had become a born-again Christian. He appeared on television with his manager Jim Cornette.He had a very brief run in the WWF in late 1995 and early 1996 in which he wrestled Bret Hart in a match televised on January 13, 1996. Landel suffered a serious injury shortly after his debut and did not appear on WWF TV again Until 1998 and 1999 Where He Wrestled Triple H, The Godfather, Bob Holly And MoreSince then, Landel has been wrestling in the independents with a brief appearance in WCW before it folded.He filmed a "shoot interview" for RF Video in 2002 talking about his career.He Has Recently Started Working With NWA-MOUNTAIN STATE WRESTLING A WV Based Promotion And Is Scheduled To Wrestle For Them Over The Next Couple Of Months!!!!!,ManagersScotty Ace,Paul Adams,Skandor Akbar,Jim Cornette,James J. Dillon,The Duke,Bill Dundee,Lori Fullington,Ronald Gossett,Dawn Marie,Sherri Martel,Ron Slinker,Patricia Steinman.PAY-PER-VIEW SUMMARY:April 7,1984 Last Stampede beat Lanny Poffo, June 16 1984 Superdome Extravaganza beat Sonny King, -Starcade 1985 beat Terry Taylor for National Title, -July 6 1985 Starcade wrestled to a draw with Ron Bass, -April 19 1986 Crockett Cup Steve Williams and Terry Taylor beat Landel and Bill -Dundee, -June 16,1986 forfited to UWF t.v champ Savanhah Jack, -December 10 1988 WWC 15th annual show beat TNT, -November 1990 Clash of Champions lost to Brian Pillman, -Wrestle War 1991 lost to Dustin Rhodes, -May 22 1992 Volunteer Slam lost to Brian Lee, -August 8 1992 Fire on the Mountin lost to Tim Horner in a I Quit Match, -January 28 1995 Super Saturday Night Fever beat Tracey Smothers, -Febuary 26 1995 Sunday Bloody Sunday 3 lost to Bobby Blaze, -April 7 1995 Blugrass Brawl fought to a draw with Bobby Blaze, -April 8 1995 Fright Night beat Bobby Blaze for the SMW world title, -May 19 1995 Volunteer Slam 3 lost to Steve Armstrong by d.q., -July 15 1995 Summerblast lost to Brad Armstrong by d.q., -August 4 1995 SMW Superbowl of Wrestling lost to WWF I.C champion Shawn Micheals, -August 12 1995 Fire on the Mountin lost to Brad Armstrong for the held up SMW world title, -October 20 1995 Halloween Scream lost to Tommy Rich in a chain match, -November 23 1995 with the Bullit beat Tommy Rich and the Punisher, -June 15 2001 Memphis Night of Legends with Billy Travis lost to Jimmy Valiant and Rocky Johnson,
His managers were
JJ Dillon in the NWA and Skeletor Akbar in the Mid South!!!TITLES HELD:WWC North American Heavyweight title 1983,
WWC North American Tag Team titles 1983,
WWC Caribbean Tag Team titles w/Terry Gibbs 1983,
NWA Mid-America Heavyweight title (Tennessee) 8/15/83 - 8/22/83,
NWA Mid-America Heavyweight title (Tennessee) 9/10/83 - 12/1/83,
Mid-South Television title 12/15/84 - 1/2/85,
NWA Georgia National Heavyweight title 11/28/85 - 12/19/85,
NWA Mid-America Heavyweight title (Tennessee) 1/21/86 - 2/2/86,
NWA Mid-America Heavyweight title (Tennessee) 2/18/86 - 4/7/86,
NWA/AWA Southern Heavyweight title 6/2/86 - 7/28/86,
Continental Heavyweight title 2/28/87 - 4/27/87,
USA Tennessee title 3/19/88 - 5/28/88,
USA Tennessee title 6/18/88 - 7/22/88,
Honored as Most Influential WWF/WCW Wrestler from Kentucky by Governor and made a Kentucky Colonel 1990,
Tri-State Heavyweight title 10/26/91 - 1/1/92,
USWA Heavyweight title 11/22/93 - 12/5/93,
Smoky Mountain "BeatTheChamp" Television title 12/5/94 - 2/6/95,
Smoky Mountain Heavyweight title 4/8/95 - 8/12/95,
IWA Heavyweight title 1997,
IPWA Heavyweight title 6/13/98!!!!!
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