56 Facts About Steve Lombardi

Steven Kenneth Lombardi was born on April 18,1961 and is an American professional wrestler and road agent, better known by his ring name, the Brooklyn Brawler.

Steve Lombardi is currently signed to Major League Wrestling, where he performs as an on-screen personality and promoter under the ring name Kimchee.

Steve Lombardi is best known for his tenure in WWE, as well as several independent promotions.

Steve Lombardi began his WWF career in late 1983, competing under his real name, and being a heel, primarily as an enhancement talent.

Steve Lombardi's debut came on July 15,1983, in Queens, NY where he was defeated by Swede Hanson.

Steve Lombardi then began regular appearances on both television and house shows.

Nothing further came from this angle, and Steve Lombardi closed out his second year as a wrestler with numerous additional losses to wrestlers such as Buddy Rose and a young Bret Hart, as well as a defeat to manager Bobby "The Brain" Heenan.

Steve Lombardi consistently put over various young wrestlers such as Paul Roma, David Sammartino, Barry O, Terry Gibbs, and George Wells.

Steve Lombardi went on to face numerous wrestlers in their debuts during his long career.

Steve Lombardi remained a consistent presence on television and house shows, wrestling over 150 times.

Steve Lombardi continued to pair the young but now experienced Lombardi against other new wrestlers, and he faced newcomers such as Sivi Afi, Tony Parisi, Nick Kiniski, Dan Spivey, and Scott McGhee.

Steve Lombardi closed out 1986 with wins over Barry O, Jim Powers, Mark Young, Frankie Lane, and an upset of Tony Garea.

Steve Lombardi began 1988 with several squash losses, and then a win over Scott Casey on January 23 in Lexington, KY.

Later that winter Steve Lombardi began a house show series with Brady Boone, and for the first time in his career enjoyed a consistent string of success.

In December matters took a turn as Steve Lombardi enjoyed the first sustained win streak of his career, defeating Jim Powers and Jose Estrada on multiple occasions and closing out 1988 on a seven match win streak.

When Rooster was about to shake Heenan's hand he was suddenly attacked by Steve Lombardi, who hit Rooster and host Gorilla Monsoon with a stool.

Steve Lombardi's alliance with Heenan was then phased out, though in storyline Heenan said it was an amicable departure, and Heenan continued to speak highly of the Brawler whenever a match featured him.

Steve Lombardi soon returned to his former enhancement talent status and won only five more matches for the rest of 1989.

Steve Lombardi began a winning streak against the Rooster, who soon departed the WWF.

Steve Lombardi wrestled the dark match of WrestleMania VI, losing again to Paul Roma.

Steve Lombardi entered 1991 as probably the most prominent opening card act in the company, but the wins did not continue.

Steve Lombardi opened 1992 anchoring the dark match of yet another PPV, this time the 1992 Royal Rumble.

Steve Lombardi initially defeated Chris Walker with his feet on the ropes; afterwards WWF President Jack Tunney came out and reversed the decision.

Steve Lombardi returned to heel status with his Brawler gimmick, matching up against numerous faces during the winter and spring such as Kerry Von Erich, Tatanka, and Big Bossman.

Steve Lombardi spent much of the spring and summer engaged in a house show series with Jim Powers, Jim Brunzell, Crush, and Tito Santana during which he was winless.

Steve Lombardi closed out 1992 on a lengthy losing streak to Jim Duggan.

Later in the spring Steve Lombardi defeated a young Scott Taylor in a tryout match in Sydney, Nova Scotia at a Wrestling Challenge taping.

Steve Lombardi continued to play Doink until Ray Apollo assumed the gimmick.

In November 1993, Steve Lombardi returned to his Brooklyn Brawler gimmick, but was winless in encounters with Diesel, Tatanka, and Bob Backlund.

Steve Lombardi made his first PPV appearance of the year, wrestling in the dark match at the Survivor Series and losing to Billy Gunn.

Over a decade into his tenure with the company, Steve Lombardi now found himself as the long-tenured active wrestler within the WWF.

Steve Lombardi earned yet another dark match at a PPV, this time at the 1994 Royal Rumble.

In early August as the 1994 Major League Baseball strike began, Steve Lombardi made his return as Schwartz.

Basically a renamed version of the MVP gimmick, Steve Lombardi's face was painted to look like a baseball and he wore a jersey with the number 00.

Steve Lombardi continued to lose matches to Bob Holly, as well as dropping numerous contests to a young PJ Walker.

However the WWF pulled the plug on the gimmick again, and Steve Lombardi returned once more to the Brooklyn Brawler persona.

Steve Lombardi made his first PPV appearance of 1995 in the dark match of the Royal Rumble, facing Buck Quartermain.

Steve Lombardi was now the last of the troupe of enhancement talent.

Steve Lombardi wrestled only thirteen times that year, ending with matches against Sid and Bob Holly.

Steve Lombardi retired from full-time active competition and instead worked primarily as a road agent for the WWF.

Steve Lombardi still made occasional appearances in ring, and the first came at Fully Loaded: In Your House where he hugged Vince McMahon, Sgt.

Steve Lombardi wrestled several times on a European tour in April 1999, facing Christian, X-Pac, and Al Snow.

Steve Lombardi concluded 1999 with a Jakked appearance, tagging with Mideon in a losing effort to Taka Michinoku and Sho Funaki.

Steve Lombardi continued to be semi-active throughout 2000, wrestling in numerous house shows and facing Jerry Lawler for the first time at an event in New Haven, CT on August 9,2000.

Steve Lombardi gained several more victories that year as well, defeating Joey Abs and Just Joe.

The surge of in-ring activity continued, as Steve Lombardi began 2001 with a victory over The Goodfather on January 13,2001, in Detroit, MI after Billy Gunn interfered.

Steve Lombardi wrestled several house show matches that winter, facing Al Snow, Crash Holly, and Rhyno.

Steve Lombardi appeared in a segment where Jon Heidenreich read a poem devoted to The Brooklyn Brawler.

Steve Lombardi reprised his role as Kim Chee, having apparently reconciled with Kamala, on the August 11,2005, edition of SmackDown accompanying the Ugandan Giant to the ring for his match with Randy Orton.

Steve Lombardi appeared with him on the June 26,2006, episode for Kamala's match against Umaga.

Steve Lombardi even censored himself, saying "you are a piece of Brawler".

Steve Lombardi quickly lost when Angle applied an ankle lock on him.

Steve Lombardi made a return appearance in the November 15,2010 "Raw Goes Old School" episode of Raw as the Brooklyn Brawler with Harvey Wippleman as his manager.

At the July 15,2013 Raw taping from Brooklyn, in a match taped for Superstars, Steve Lombardi competed in a match almost thirty years after his debut.

In May 2016, Steve Lombardi was released from WWE, thus ending Steve Lombardi's 33-year career with WWE.

On January 22,2018, Steve Lombardi made an appearance at Raw 25 Years in a backstage segment with Kurt Angle.