[2] He soon entered the Mid-Atlantic Championship Wrestling territory under the management of Boris Malenko and donned a mask as The Masked Superstar, given the character at the advice of matchmaker George Scott.
[3], Although primarily a villain, he also appeared as a hero teaming with Jones to win the NWA World Tag Team Championship (Mid Atlantic version) twice in 1980-1981. He then wrestled in Pittsburgh, Detroit, WWWF, and the IWA as Bolo Mongol, the new partner of his trainer, Geeto Mongol. He fought against many top level opponents, including then WWF champion Bob Backlund, then WWF Champion Hulk Hogan, future WWF Champion Sgt. In Japan, masked wrestlers are also very popular. He was the first wrestler (along with Blackjack Mulligan) to have one-hour cage matches, then have a series of "12" ninety-minute cage matches against Mulligan. Unmasked by Dusty Rhodes and Tommy Rich in 1982.
[7] Popular rumor at the time cited heart problems on Eadie's part, which have been discredited in recent years.
They competed on a few independent shows, then went their separate ways. > The Masked Superstar vs. Denny Brown > Tommy Rich vs. Bob McKenzie > Tor Kamata vs. Jerry Mahoney > Mr. Wrestling #2 vs. Jose Medina > George Wells & Bruno Sammartino Jr. (David Sammartino), vs. Mike Sharpe & Izzy Slapowitz • Old School WWF Jobber Of The Day: George Anderson Also used the same mask in Wild West Wrestling as "The New Spoiler".
Demolition, Devito and Mosco managed to clear the ring and beat Dallas to end the show. He had many bouts with Mighty Igor , Paul Jones , Blackjack Mulligan , Wahoo McDaniel , Mr. Wrestling II , Stan Hansen and "Wildfire" Tommy Rich , and Dick Murdoch . Slaughter, and Jimmy Snuka.[3]. May have been portrayed by Welsh wrestler Tony Charles.
Better known deaf masked wrestler in the US and Japan.
Thank you for being a part of our community! This page was last edited on 6 July 2020, at 00:51. The three Machines were introduced as rivals of Bobby Heenan and his massive tag team of Big John Studd and King Kong Bundy. Subsequently wrestled under the name "The Giant Ninja". [16], Eadie formerly supported the good work of the Inner Harbour Hospital Springs Campus in Rockmart, Georgia. The Millennium Wrestling Federation reunited Ax and Smash of Demolition at the Wrestling's Living Legends reunion April 1, 2007, prior to WrestleMania 23 in Windsor, Ontario.
For several years, the Masked Superstar has made many of his masks and wrestling gear available to wrestling fans through raffles and auctions, the proceeds of which support the general operating fund of the non-profit Inner Harbour Hospital, which has since closed and all operations moved to The Shoals campus in Douglasville, Georgia due to a lack of funding.
Check out this clip of now WWE Hall of Famer Bill Goldberg capturing the... You can watch the complete episode of WCW Pro from January 20, 1996 below: Copyright © 2020. In 1984, he also teamed with King Kong Bundy (also a hero at the time) to defeat The Road Warriors for the NWA National Tag Team Championship (which he had previously held with Super Destroyer in 1982) but was forced to give up the title due to injuries suffered in a mysterious assault (kayfabe). Before Eadie was medically cleared, Crush had been recruited as a temporary replacement. We share awesome content covering all interesting parts of the Pre-Golden Era, Golden Era, New Generation Era, Attitude Era & the early Ruthless Aggression Era. This also means that we’ll probably see huge involvement from NXT at this year’s Survivor Series.
Many of these stars would appear in World Championship Wrestling during the "Monday Night Wars" period.[2]. In addition to that, a special attraction like WarGames would feel incomplete without fans, so that may be another reason why WWE isn’t holding it this year.
On August 15, 1997, Eadie was disqualified in a match against Jimmy Snuka at the IWA Night of the Legends show in Kannapolis, North Carolina after hitting special guest referee Ricky Steamboat.
[3] Eadie later dropped the Machine gimmick and left the WWF to head to Florida for a run as the Masked Superstar, upending Lex Luger to win the NWA Southern title. Several wrestlers used one or two personas for their entire career such as The Destroyer (1962–1984), Mr. Wrestling (1965–1983) and Masked Superstar (1976–1986). [14] On June 3, 2017, Eadie announced his retirement,[15] although he went on to have two more matches.