Sam Houston

"Good look and really good woker who came from a strong wrestling pedigree, but size (and marriage to Baby Doll) hiurt him in the mid-1980s steriod era. Had a run as NWW Mid-Atlantic champion and would have been a much better NWA junior heavyweight champion than Denny Brown, Gary Royall and Nelson Royal."

[5.0] "Sam Houston was a solid in ring worker. His issues with substances hurt his career no doubt. Never got a sustained push anywhere he went. He didn't fit the cowboy gimmick all that well in my opinion."

[7.0] "RE-EDIT I always felt like Sam Houston was many decades short. The guy did some nice moves that weren't seen in WWF/Crockett rings at the time. Like this guy would've fitted in today's wrestling better than he did in the 80s, but that is my opinion. Anyways he is a decent worker, nothing too crazy on the mic, and had some offense during his matches. Though Sam Houston pretty much lacked in weight. Dude on here is billed at 222lbs and yet he was probably like 175 lbs or 180 lbs in reality. Still watchable"

[6.0] "Everyone ever always said he needed to gain weight, it's crazy to think his legs and butt were their biggest in 1983... Poor guy was destined to either be flabby or a broom, I can relate (we opted for broom). His work was definitely "good", he worked hard and over achieved for a physical structure NOT made for wrestling (let us digress and agree, the bigger your ass - the more you're made for wrestling). His Mid Atlantic run was reasonable. He was in the first aired Royal Rumble, which solidified his "just another body" status rather well. Feuded with Dangerous Danny Davis ~ no one cared. Did good stuff in Survivor Series '88! I have a soft spot for him, so my rating is admittingly generous. 6.25"

[4.0] "Too gawky to take seriously in the WWF era of the greek god built wrestlers and the 400lb monsters. A glorified JTTS and yet another cowboy gimmick. Other than that, he wasn't terrible in the ring. Didn't fit the WWF at all."

[8.0] "I thought he was a solid worker even though I have seen only some of his matches. He was mainly there to put other wrestlers over. But he wasn't built as a wrestler especially at the time where the wrestlers look was more important than their work."

[4.0] "Lower middle card type of guy that could take some bumps. Did get a nice push in the NWA, but was mostly used as enhancement talent to the stars"

[6.0] "Sam had all the makings of being a solid midcard babyface in the NWA. But for reasons that weren't all related to his drinking, that was never to be."