Steve Blackman was born on September 28,1963 and is an American martial arts instructor, bail bondsman, and former professional wrestler.
29 Facts About Steve Blackman
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Steve Blackman is best known for his appearances with the World Wrestling Federation from 1997 to 2002, where he was a frequent challenger for the promotion's mid-card titles.
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Steve Blackman held the WWF Hardcore Championship six times and holds the record for most combined days as champion, a total of 172 days.
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Steve Blackman began as a competitive bodybuilder and weightlifter before entering professional wrestling in 1986 in Connecticut, training at Tony Altamore's wrestling school and working for Stu Hart's Stampede Wrestling in Calgary.
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Steve Blackman wrestled singles matches against the likes of Tatsumi Fujinami, Riki Choshu, Hiroshi Hase, Nobuhiko Takada, Kengo Kimura and a few others.
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Steve Blackman wrestled tag matches in that tour teaming with the likes of Tony St Clair, Buzz Sawyer, "Dr Death" Steve Williams and Johnny K-9.
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Steve Blackman then appeared on the May 8,1988, episode of WWF Superstars where he teamed with Outback Jack and Brady Boone against The Islanders and Sivi Afi.
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Steve Blackman appeared again on a WWF house show in Auburn Hills, Michigan on June 24,1989, when he defeated Iron Mike Sharpe.
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Steve Blackman wrestled Boris Zukhov on a Watertown, New York house show on September 2,1989.
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Steve Blackman was being considered for a full-time contract with the company when he contracted malaria and dysentery while wrestling in South Africa in 1989 and was essentially bedridden for two years.
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Steve Blackman reached out to Jim Cornette who brought him in for a tryout and presented Steve Blackman to Vince McMahon.
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Steve Blackman made his second WWF debut on the November 3,1997, episode of Raw is War when he jumped the guardrail, to help Vader fend off an attack from The Hart Foundation.
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Steve Blackman was the first elimination of the match when he was counted out of the ring.
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Steve Blackman was the tenth entrant into the Rumble, but was eliminated by Kurrgan.
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Steve Blackman was undefeated for close to a year after his debut, during this time Steve Blackman established his trademark entrance involving swinging glow-in-the-dark escrima sticks.
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Steve Blackman started feuding with the Nation of Domination in early 1998 and achieved great success by defeating the likes of The Rock and Faarooq.
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Steve Blackman competed in the WWF Brawl for All tournament and came up against Marc Mero, this time however Steve Blackman defeated him but would have to withdraw due to injury, allowing Mero to advance by default.
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Steve Blackman came to the aid of Shamrock when he was being beat down by Owen Hart and Dan Severn.
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At WWF Capital Carnage, Steve Blackman took on Shamrock for the WWF Intercontinental Championship and lost.
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Once Steve Blackman regained consciousness, he destroyed Venis with his signature Nunchucks.
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Steve Blackman was set to face Venis and D-Lo Brown with Mark Henry Henry failed to show making it a handicap match.
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Steve Blackman had a reputation for being very serious and not displaying emotion, so the two put on comedy duo skits with Steve Blackman as the straight man.
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Steve Blackman would go on to defend the title on several occasions, but he would ultimately lose the title on a more permanent basis to Raven in late 2000.
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Steve Blackman again played the straight-faced man: a recurring element was that Grandmaster would always try to convince Steve Blackman to dance with him after their matches.
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Steve Blackman made his last TV appearance on the June 25,2001, episode of Raw with the APA and other mid-card superstars planning a fight against The WCW Invasion.
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Steve Blackman wrestled his last match in December 2001 and sat out of his contract.
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Steve Blackman returned to WWE for a single night on the Raw 15th Anniversary Special on December 10,2007, taking part in a battle royal.
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In 2013, Steve Blackman appeared on The JBL and Cole Show, a show on WWE's YouTube channel.
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Steve Blackman has hosted four MMA events in the Harrisburg, Pennsylvania starting in 2009 and the most recent being on November 20,2010, at the Zembo Mosque.