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| Bo Dallas | |
|---|---|
 Dallas in 2017 | |
| Birth name | Taylor Michael Rotunda[1] |
| Born | May 25, 1990[1] Brooksville, Florida, U.S. |
| Spouse(s) |
Sarah Bäckman
(m. 2014; div. 2019) |
| Family | Mike Rotunda (father) Bray Wyatt (brother) Barry Windham (uncle) Kendall Windham (uncle) Blackjack Mulligan (grandfather) |
| Professional wrestling career | |
| Ring name(s) | Bo Dallas[2] Bo Rotunda[3] Bo Rotundo[3] Mr. Florida[3] Mr. NXT[4] Tank Mulligan[3] Tank Rotunda[3] Tank Rotundo[3] Taylor Rotunda[3] Bo Washington[3] Uncle Howdy[5] |
| Billed height | 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) |
| Billed weight | 244 lb (111 kg) |
| Billed from | Brooksville, Florida[6] |
| Trained by | Florida Championship Wrestling[3] |
| Debut | 2008[7] |
Taylor Michael Rotunda (born May 25, 1990) is an American professional wrestler. As of December 2022[update], he is signed to WWE where he currently performs under the ring name Uncle Howdy. He is most well-known as performing under the ring name Bo Dallas from 2012 to 2021. Rotunda is a third-generation professional wrestler; his grandfather Blackjack Mulligan, his father Mike Rotunda, his uncles Barry and Kendall Windham, and his brother Windham were professional wrestlers.
While in WWE's then-developmental territory Florida Championship Wrestling (FCW), he became a three-time FCW Florida Heavyweight Champion and a two-time FCW Florida Tag Team Champion with his brother. FCW was rebranded as NXT in 2012 where Rotunda, now going by Bo Dallas, became a one-time and youngest NXT Champion. He was promoted to WWE's main roster in 2014, where he won the WWE Raw Tag Team Championship (with Curtis Axel as part of the B-Team) and the WWE 24/7 Championship once each. He was released from WWE in 2021 but returned in late 2022, portraying a character named Uncle Howdy, an accomplice of his brother's. After his brother became ill in early 2023, both men were removed from television. His brother Windham died unexpectedly that August. Rotunda then appeared in the 2024 documentary, Bray Wyatt: Becoming Immortal, and at the 2024 WWE Hall of Fame ceremony to induct the tag team of his father and uncle, The U.S. Express, into the WWE Hall of Fame, both in April, before making his formal return to WWE as Howdy that June.
- ^ a b "WWE Raw in Uniondale (correspondents needed), Dot Net Audio, Raw dark main event, Alberto El Patron, Bray Wyatt, Bo Dallas, Alex Shelley, D'Angelo Dinero". Pro Wrestling Dot Net. Retrieved September 25, 2016.
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- ^ "Sami Zayn vs. Mr. NXT: WWE NXT, June 12,2014". Archived from the original on November 18, 2021 – via YouTube.
- ^ Adamson, Dave (September 1, 2023). "Original Bray Wyatt & Uncle Howdy WWE Plans Confirmed". WrestleTalk. Retrieved October 1, 2023.
- ^ "Bo Dallas". WWE. Retrieved February 11, 2013.
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