| Steve Blackman |
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| Steve Blackman
Height: 6'2" Weight: 246 lbs. Hometown: Annville, Pennsylvania Finishing move: The Guillotine (Guillotine Choke), Martial Arts-Kick Pro debut: August 1986 Other aliases: "The Lethal Weapon" Favorite quote: "It's party time!" Career highlights: WWE Hardcore Champion (6), Stampede Television Champion Trained by: The Hart Family November 1997 Steve Blackman entered WWF as a planted fan who jumped the guardrail, to help Vader fend off an attack from the Hart Foundation. Steve Blackman was a replacement for the injured Patriot (Del Wilkes) on Team USA (Vader/Goldust/Mero/Blackman), at Survivor Series 1997, against Team Canada (Bulldog/Neidhart/Lafon/Furnas). The following year, Blackman joined Shamrock in his efforts to combat the Nation of Domination. Eventually Blackman broke out on his own, establishing his trademark entrance involving swinging glow-in-the-dark eskrima sticks before walking to the ring. He would eventually turn heel after siding with Shane McMahon. During his run as a heel, he would bring a gym bag full of martial arts weapons with him to the ring, including his soon trademark kendo sticks. Blackman would attempt to use the weapons in the bag during or after the match. In late 1998, Blackman competed in the WWF's Brawl For All tournament, beating Marc Mero in the first round. However, he had to withdraw due to injury, allowing Mero to advance by default. Blackman's most notable efforts in the WWF involved his run as a tag team with Al Snow. Unofficially dubbed "Head Cheese" by Snow, the team had some measure of success and was quite popular with the fans. Snow made Blackman wear a cheese-shaped hat to complement the mannequin head that Snow would bring to the ring. After the "Head Cheese" team went their separate ways, Blackman entered the WWF's Hardcore Division. At the time, the title was defended 24 hours a day, 7 days a week (established by Crash Holly). Because of this clause, WWF would often run storylines where the champion was attacked backstage, in a hotel, etc, and the title would change hands. However, with Blackman as champion that changed. The story was that Blackman was so dangerous in hand-to-hand combat, that even surprise attacks were not enough to take the title from him. This distinction makes Blackman one of the more unique ahtletes to have held the Hardcore title. Blackman's most famous Hardcore title match is from Summerslam 2000, where he fought Shane McMahon for the title. During that match, Blackman took an 80 foot leap off of the Titantron onto a prone Shane McMahon below. In early 2001, Blackman formed another tag team, this time with Grandmaster Sexay. This was much like Head Cheese in that it was a comedic wrestler paired with the personality-challenged Blackman. The recurring storyline was that Sexay would always try to convince Blackman to dance with him after their matches. After weeks of prodding, Blackman eventually obliged, and Sexay started calling him "Boogie Woogie Blackman - cause he's a white man, but he dances like a Black Man!" By the summer of 2001, Sexay was released from his WWF contract, leaving Blackman without a storyline. At around the same time, Blackman suffered an injury, and stopped appearing on television. |