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NAME: B BRIAN
BLAIR
REAL NAME: BRIAN BLAIR
HOMETOWN: TAMPA,
FL
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A former college football standout,
B Brian Blair began wrestling professionally in Florida
Championship Wrestling (FCW). He wrestled in several
regional promotions such as Central States Wrestling,
Tri-State Wrestling, and World Class Championship Wrestling,
winning several regional titles throughout his early
career.
Blair was one of many regional
stars signed by Vince McMahon during the national expansion of
the World Wrestling Federation. He stayed for a brief
stint and then went to Georgia Championship Wrestling before
returning to FCW.
The lure of big money persuaded
Blair to return to the WWF. B Brian Blair's biggest
success came when he teamed with "Jumping" Jim Brunzell to form the tag
team known as the Killer B's. Both men wrestled in
yellow and black striped tights and they looked fairly
identical to one another. When things got tight in the
ring, both men would don masks and confuse their opponents by
switching places (behind the referee's back and without a tag)
so a fresh man was in the ring. The Killer B's had a
measure of success in the WWF but were never able to win the
WWF Tag Team Titles.
After leaving the WWF, Blair
enjoyed success on the indie circuit and recently ran
unsuccessfully for County Commissioner in Tampa, Florida.
In a recent interview which found
its way on to the Internet, the Iron
Sheik expressed much disdain for B Brian Blair. What
the source of the Iron Sheik's hatred is for Mr. Blair remains
unknown. There have been no reports of Mr. Blair losing
sleep over the Iron Sheik's
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SOURCES:
Meltzer, Dave. The Wrestling Observer's
Who's Who in Pro Wrestling. Turlock: Pro Wrestling Observer
Newsletter, 1986
Various. "Obsessed with Wrestling."
Wrestler Profiles. 5-28-2005. 5-28-2005 http://www.obsessedwithwrestling.com/profiles/b/big-show.html |