Mulligan would wrestle alongside Andre in the mid-80s as part of the wrestling faction The Machines back in the WWF.
Whether that’s just the magic of working in wrestling or the knowledge that messing with someone like Andre the Giant twice will probably get you killed, who’s to say?
There’s no word on whether or not Dick Murdoch and Andre the Giant patched up their relationship following that incident, but history would indicate Blackjack Mulligan and Andre got along fine after.
Of course, being a part of a faction together doesn’t necessarily mean two wrestlers are friends, but the two were able to maintain a stable enough working relationship despite the fact that one almost killed the other, so that’s a win.