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51-683: Steve Armstrong and Tracy Smothers started teaming as the "Wild-Eyed Southern Boys" and then simply the "Southern Boys" in Championship Wrestling from Florida in 1987. Their first match came on February 17 in Tampa, Florida , where they lost to The New Breed . However four days later the Southern Boys defeated The New Breed to gain their first ever championship, the NWA Florida Tag Team Championship . Smothers and Armstrong held

102-585: A WCW Saturday Night episode. In July he began teaming with his brother Scott as The James Boys. At the July 10 taping of WCW Pro , WCW World Tag Team Champions Bunkhouse Buck and Dick Slater defeated the duo in the debut match. A month later on the August 5 edition they fell to Arn Anderson and Ric Flair. On August 22 they faced Men at Work but were again unsuccessful. Steve made his return to PPV when he appeared at World War 3 on November 26, 1995, when he competed in

153-560: A World Championship Wrestling taping where they defeated Kevin Sullivan and Cactus Jack via disqualification. On May 20 on the Main Event the new team upset WCW United States Tag Team Champions The Midnight Express in a non-title match. Later that month they entered a house show series against WCW World Tag Team Champions Doom , but were unsuccessful in their efforts. On June 13, 1990, they faced off against The Fabulous Freebirds at

204-457: A World Championship Wrestling taping where they defeated Kevin Sullivan and Cactus Jack via disqualification. On May 20 on the Main Event the new team upset WCW United States Tag Team Champions The Midnight Express in a non-title match. Later that month they entered a house show series against WCW World Tag Team Champions Doom , but were unsuccessful in their efforts. On June 13, 1990, they faced off against The Fabulous Freebirds at

255-600: A United States Tag Team Championship title shot against The WCW Patriots. On the December 8th, 1991 episode of The Main Event they finally received their shot. After initially being declared the winners, the match was restarted and the Patriots won. The following week they declared that they were unconcerned with what the fans thought, confirming a heel turn. Later that night the Pistols defeated

306-418: A handicap match and were victorious. Scott's teaming with Steve finally came to an end on March 1, 2000, when The James Brothers faced WCW World Tag-Team Champions Big Vito and Johnny The Bull at a WCW Saturday Night taping. On March 29, 2000, Steve made his last televised appearance for the promotion as he lost to Hugh Morrus on Saturday Night . After his run with WCW, he made a few appearances for

357-754: A house show in Jacksonsville, FL. They were defeated, and this proved to be the last match for the team. Al Green was reportedly fired for complaining about the squashes to the Steiner Brothers, leading to the dissolution of the Blasters. Cory Pendarvis (Iron) left professional wrestling following his February 1991 return. Al Green (Blade) departed World Championship Wrestling and soon joined All Japan Pro Wrestling , taking "The Master Blaster" gimmick with him and teaming with Steve Williams . He would eventually return to WCW as part of The Wrecking Crew , and again in

408-534: A house show on May 12. A week later he was repackaged as Oz , one of the most infamous gimmicks in professional wrestling. He would later be recast as Vinnie Vegas in 1992, but it would be his departure to the World Wrestling Federation in 1993 that led to a Hall of Fame career as first "Big Daddy Cool" Diesel , followed by an eventual return to WCW as Kevin Nash - part of the foundation of the nWo . On

459-577: A house show series against Moondog Rex and Dutch Mantell , the latter who would ultimately become The Desperados . On May 19, 1991, their televised win streak came to an end when they were defeated by The Freebirds at SuperBrawl I in a match to claim the vacated United States Tag Team Championship after "Badstreet" (a masked Brad Armstrong ) interfered. This began a renewed feud with the Freebirds, and on June 12, 1991, they teamed with Tom Zenk to defeat Michael Hayes, Jimmy Garvin, and Badstreet at Clash of

510-525: A house show series against Moondog Rex and Dutch Mantell , the latter who would ultimately become The Desperados . On May 19, 1991, their televised win streak came to an end when they were defeated by The Freebirds at SuperBrawl I in a match to claim the vacated United States Tag Team Championship after "Badstreet" (a masked Brad Armstrong ) interfered. This began a renewed feud with the Freebirds, and on June 12, 1991, they teamed with Tom Zenk to defeat Michael Hayes, Jimmy Garvin, and Badstreet at Clash of

561-602: A junkyard. A second vignette was aired the following week, where the duo was seen tipping over a car. On September 5, 1990 the Nash and Perdarvis made their debut at Clash of the Champions XII. Called Steel and Iron , the new team squashed The Lightning Express . Dressed in attire similar to that of the Legion of Doom , the Blasters had their named derived from one of the villains in Mad Max Beyond ThunderDome . At

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612-685: A singles competitor. Tracy departed that August and joined Smoky Mountain Wrestling later that year. Armstrong went to WWF for a brief singles run as Lance Cassidy before joining Smothers in SMW, teaming with his brother Scott . In 2000, the Southern Boys teamed up briefly in Ohio Valley Wrestling where they feuded with the Disciples of Syn. Steve Armstrong Steven James (born March 16, 1965), better known by his ring name Steve Armstrong ,

663-622: Is an American professional wrestler . He is the son of fellow wrestler "Bullet" Bob Armstrong , and has three brothers who also wrestled: Scott , Brad , and Brian . Steve Armstrong started wrestling in 1983 in the Alabama -based Southeast Championship Wrestling promotion. He formed a team called the "Rat Patrol" with Johnny Rich and they feuded with Ron Fuller 's Stud Stable ( Jerry Stubbs and Super Olympia ). After Tracy Smothers joined Championship Wrestling from Florida in February 1987 he

714-682: The Clash of the Champions XI "Coastal Crush" show and were victorious. Jimmy Garvin and Michael Hayes were able to gain a measure of revenge by defeating them on the June 16, 1990 episode of WCW Worldwide after holding the tights. An appearance by the Midnight Express' manager Jim Cornette would transition the Southern Boys to their first feud. This led to the first PPV showing for Smothers and Armstrong, as they fell to The Midnight Express on July 13, 1990 at

765-477: The Clash of the Champions XI "Coastal Crush" show and were victorious. Jimmy Garvin and Michael Hayes were able to gain a measure of revenge by defeating them on the June 16th, 1990 episode of WCW Worldwide after holding the tights. An appearance by the Midnight Express' manager Jim Cornette would transition the Southern Boys to their first feud. This led to the first PPV showing for Smothers and Armstrong, as they fell to The Midnight Express on July 13, 1990, at

816-514: The Great American Bash 1990 . Smothers and Armstrong would continue to feud with the Midnight Express before transitioning to a series against the self-declared "Southern Champions" The Fabulous Freebirds. In August they engaged in a "best of 3" series against The Freebirds, and on September 5, 1990, they defeated Hayes and Garvin at Clash of the Champions XII "Fall Brawl: Mountain Madness". On

867-407: The Great American Bash 1990 . Smothers and Armstrong would continue to feud with the Midnight Express before transitioning to a series against the self-declared "Southern Champions" The Fabulous Freebirds. In August they engaged in a "best of three" series against The Freebirds, and on September 5, 1990, they defeated Hayes and Garvin at Clash of the Champions XII "Fall Brawl: Mountain Madness". On

918-657: The NWA United States Tag Team Championship , losing to The Midnight Express ( Stan Lane & Bobby Eaton ). The Southern Boys would make a stop in the CWA, where they faced Rough & Ready in October 1987. During this time they feuded with The Stud Stable . After a brief stop again in the CWA without Armstrong, the Southern Boys went on tour in New Japan Pro-Wrestling . Smothers first match for

969-484: The April 12, 1999 edition of WCW Monday Nitro , the newly formed Master Blasters were led to the ring by manager Jimmy Hart to face El Dandy and La Parka in a tag-team match. Under the masks were returning Al Greene and newly arrived Chase Tatum . Tony Schiavone exclaimed that he remembered this team and that it had been seven or eight years since they had seen them. Former member of The Master Blasters Kevin Nash came to

1020-555: The April 13 edition of WCW Worldwide they defeated The Southern Posse. After this they moved on to a brief series of matches with Harlem Heat, and in May 1997 defeated the new duo of Jim Powers and Bobby Walker , the latter put together by Teddy Long . After this they were winless for the rest of 1997 in matches with Mortis and Wrath , as well as The Public Enemy. Their pairing continued into 1998 but again saw little success. They were winless against High Voltage in multiple encounters. On

1071-479: The August 24th, 1990 episode of WCW's Power Hour, an announcement was made about the forthcoming Clash of the Champions XII that stated three new teams would be making their debuts on the program - Maximum Overdrive , The Nasty Boys , and The Master Blasters. On the September 1st edition of World Championship Wrestling the first vignette was shown of the new duo, showing only their feet and legs as they walked through

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1122-619: The Champions XV . That summer an injury to Scott Steiner led to the WCW World Tag Team Championship being vacated. On August 3, 1991, the Young Pistols participated in a tournament to crown new champions; they were defeated by The York Foundation . On September 21, 1991, they received a non-title match against the eventual winners of that tournament, The Enforcers ( Arn Anderson and Larry Zybysko but were unsuccessful. On

1173-442: The Champions XV . That summer an injury to Scott Steiner led to the WCW World Tag Team Championship being vacated. On August 3, 1991, the Young Pistols participated in a tournament to crown new champions; they were defeated by The York Foundation . On September 21, 1991, they received a non-title match against the eventual winners of that tournament, The Enforcers ( Arn Anderson and Larry Zybysko but were unsuccessful. That fall,

1224-614: The December 8, 1991 episode of The Main Event they finally received their shot. After initially being declared the winners, the match was restarted and the Patriots won. The following week they declared that they were unconcerned with what the fans thought, confirming a heel turn. Later that night the Pistols defeated the WCW Patriots to win the United States Tag Team Championship. The Young Pistols entered 1992 as champions and defeated The Patriots in another rematch in

1275-676: The Great American Wrestling Federation. The Master Blasters The Masters Blasters were a professional wrestling tag team consisting of rookie wrestlers Kevin Nash and Cory Pendarvis, with the latter being ultimately replaced by Al Green . The duo began teaming in September 1990 in World Championship Wrestling , and their run became notable for being the launch pad to the WWE Hall of Fame career for Kevin Nash. World Championship Wrestling entering

1326-642: The January 18 episode of WCW Pro . On January 25 on WCW Worldwide they beat former champions Tom Zenk and Brian Pillman . However, their run with the titles ended on the February 16 episode of WCW Pro where they lost the championship to Ron Simmons and Big Josh . In February the Young Pistols moved to a house show series against The Steiner Brothers. They were scheduled to team with The Vegas Connection ( Vinnie Vegas and Dallas Page ) in an eight-man tag team match against El Gigante , Big Josh, Johnny B. Badd , and Mike Graham at SuperBrawl II on February 29; however,

1377-504: The January 9 edition of WCW Saturday Night they defeated Nick Dinsmore and Mike Sullivan . The winning streak was stopped in April on WCW Saturday Night when they were defeated by Disorderly Conduct. On April 27, at a television taping in Bismarck, North Dakota they faced the NWO for the first time and defeated Vincent and Stevie Ray . On April 29, on WCW Monday Nitro the team faced Raven in

1428-492: The July 28, 1996 edition of WCW Worldwide they fell to Lord Steven Regal and Squire Dave Taylor . On the August 22 taping of WCW Pro , The Armstrong Brothers would finally gain their first WCW victory when they defeated Bill Payne and Rick Thames. They would go on to face The Amazing French Canadians and The Faces of Fear during the remainder of 1996. The Armstrong Brothers would continue teaming in 1997 and faced The Amazing French Canadians and The Steiner Brothers . On

1479-693: The NJPW Japan Cup Series 1988 - Tag 21 television show, where they lost to Kotetsu Yamamoto and Yoshinari Tsuji. Tracy Smothers and eventually Steve Armstrong made a jump back to the CWA, where they became embroiled in a feud with the Stud Stable . Smothers and Armstrong made their debut for World Championship Wrestling on April 23, 1990, in a dark match at a Main Event / NWA Worldwide taping in Marietta, Georgia. Wrestling as "The Wild-Eyed Southern Boys", their first television appearance came on May 12 at

1530-639: The November 17, 1991, episode of WCW Main Event Smothers challenged "Stunning" Steve Austin for the WCW World Television Championship . That fall the Pistols continued to face The York Foundation on the house show circuit. At Halloween Havoc 1991 the Pistols began to show the first signs of an attitude change, stating that they did not care who was the "WCW Phantom" (eventually revealed that night as Rick Rude ), but were instead waiting for

1581-423: The Pistols continued to face The York Foundation on the house show circuit. At Halloween Havoc 1991 the Pistols began to show the first signs of an attitude change, stating that they did not care who was the "WCW Phantom" (eventually revealed that night as Rick Rude ), but were instead waiting for a United States Tag Team Championship title shot against The WCW Patriots ( Firebreaker Chip and Todd Champion ). On

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1632-631: The September 13 pay-per-view Fall Brawl '98 they were involved in an angle when WCW Worldwide announcer Mike Tenay attempted to interview them, only to be interrupted by Ernest Miller who then attacked both brothers. Thirteen days later they would defeat The Power Company on WCW Saturday Night . On November 30, 1998, the duo enjoyed the biggest victory of their WCW tenure when they upset Raven and Kanyon on WCW Monday Nitro . Success continued for The Armstrong Brothers in 1999. On January 6, they upset Alex Wright and Disco Inferno in Mobile, Alabama . On

1683-501: The September 22, 1990 episode of World Championship Wrestling the Southern Boys fell once more to The Midnight Express in a match where the winner received a United States Tag Team Championship shot. On the October 6 episode of The Main Event , the duo fell to the newly arrived Nasty Boys . Their televised slump continued at the Halloween Havoc 1990 , where they were defeated by The Master Blasters after Jim Cornette interfered in

1734-447: The September 22, 1990, episode of World Championship Wrestling the Southern Boys fell once more to The Midnight Express in a match where the winner received a United States Tag Team Championship shot. On the October 6th episode of The Main Event , the duo fell to the newly arrived Nasty Boys . Their televised slump continued at the Halloween Havoc 1990 , where they were defeated by The Master Blasters after Jim Cornette interfered in

1785-589: The Steiners in a match that aired on Worldwide on February 2, 1991. Following this loss, their momentum began to dissipate as the Blasters would suffer follow-up losses to The Southern Boys and Ricky Morton and Tommy Rich . Cory Pendarvis made a one-off return to team with Nash in a house show loss to the Steiners in Richmond, VA. on February 10. On February 15, 1991 the Blasters teamed with James Earl Wright to face The Junkyard Dog , Tommy Rich , and Ricky Morton at

1836-572: The WCW tag team ratings. However, their winning streak would finally come to an end on November 22, when Tom Zenk and Brian Pillman handed them their first defeat with Pillman pinning Blade. They rebounded to go on another undefeated streak by defeating The Southern Boys as well as Alan Iron Eagle and Tim Horner, and earning a NWA United States Tag Team Championship title shot against then champions The Steiner Brothers , but were defeated in two occasions. They were squashed on television in 52 seconds by

1887-431: The WCW Patriots to win the United States Tag Team Championship. The Young Pistols entered 1992 as champions and defeated The Patriots in another rematch on January 18 episode of WCW Pro. On January 25 on WCW Worldwide they beat former champions Tom Zenk and Brian Pillman . However their run with the titles ended on the February 16th episode of Pro where they lost the championship to Ron Simmons and Big Josh . In February

1938-580: The WWF in January 1993. In 1993, he started to work for Jim Cornette 's Smoky Mountain Wrestling . He worked in Smoky Mountain for two years and mainly worked in tag team competition with his brother Scott. In his last year with Smoky he was in a feud with Buddy Landel for the SMW Heavyweight Championship . On April 25, 1995, Armstrong returned to work for WCW and wrestled Craig Pittman at

1989-421: The Young Pistols moved to a house show series against The Steiner Brothers. They were scheduled to team with The Vegas Connection ( Vinnie Vegas and Dallas Page ) in an eight man tag team match against El Gigante , Big Josh, Johnny B. Badd , and Mike Graham at SuperBrawl II on February 29; however the match was cancelled. In April 1992 Smothers' partner Steve Armstrong left WCW, leaving Tracy to soldier on as

2040-762: The belts until March 15, when they were defeated by The MOD Squad . In June 1987, they unsuccessfully challenged for the NWA United States Tag Team Championship , losing to the Midnight Express ( Stan Lane and Bobby Eaton ). Smothers and Armstrong would next make a stop in the Continental Wrestling Association (CWA), where they faced Rough & Ready in October 1987. The Southern Boys went on tour in New Japan Pro-Wrestling in 1988 and experienced success, beating Kantaro Hoshino and Osamu Kido , Kuniaki Kobayashi and Norio Honaga , Kensuke Sasaki and Norio Honaga, and Seiji Sakaguchi and Tatsutoshi Goto . Their final match came on December 9, 1988, at

2091-475: The fall of 1990 was now without the two "monster" tag-teams that had helped to fortify its division. The Legion of Doom had departed for the rival World Wrestling Federation in the summer of 1990, and the Skyscrapers had dissolved following Dan Spivey 's departure and the entry of Mark Callous and Sid Vicious into singles careers. New WCW booker Ole Anderson sought to bolster the tag-team division, and on

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2142-485: The following Worldwide taping on September 7, the Masters Blasters began a feud with Tim Horner and Mike Rotundo . They would defeat Horner and Rotundo on several house shows . On September 22, Pendarvis was replaced by " Blade ." The reconstituted Master Blasters continued their undefeated streak in October. At Halloween Havoc on October 27, 1990, the Blasters upended The Southern Boys and began to move up

2193-412: The late 90s as "The Dog." Kevin Nash (Steel) remained in WCW and was rebranded as simply The Master Blaster in February 1991 and suffered his first singles defeat on February 27, 1991, when he was pinned by The Junkyard Dog . He also lost to Brian Pillman in house show matches, while appearing in tag team matches with Stan Hansen and Arn Anderson . His final match in this guise was against Pillman at

2244-512: The match was cancelled. In April 1992, Armstrong departed WCW, leaving Smothers as a singles competitor. In 1992, Steve came to the World Wrestling Federation as "Lance Cassidy" under a babyface cowboy gimmick. He made his TV debut on the October 10, 1992 episode of Superstars, beating Tom Stone. The run proved to be short, as after only a few TV appearances and some house show victories over Skinner and Terry Taylor , he left

2295-754: The match. Cornette and Stan Lane departed from the promotion immediately afterwards, and there was no resolution to the Southern Boys/Midnight Express storyline. They moved instead to a house show series with the Blasters ( Al Green and a rookie Kevin Nash ). 1991 saw an immediate reversal of fortunes for the young team. In January they opened the year with several wins over The Master Blasters, and on February 24, 1991 at WrestleWar 1991 they beat The Royal Family ( Jack Victory and Rip Morgan ). A few days earlier at TV taping in Montgomery, Alabama they were renamed The Young Pistols . In March they began

2346-591: The match. Cornette and Stan Lane departed from the promotion immediately afterwards, and there was no resolution to the Southern Boys/Midnight Express storyline. They moved instead to a house show series with the Blasters ( Al Green and a rookie Kevin Nash ). 1991 saw an immediate reversal of fortunes for the young team. In January they opened the year with several wins over The Master Blasters, and on February 24, 1991, at WrestleWar 1991 they beat The Royal Family . A few days earlier at TV taping in Montgomery, AL they were renamed "The Young Pistols". In March they began

2397-582: The promotion was as a singles wrestler, where he defeated Osamu Kido on July 15, 1988 at the NJPW Summer Fight Series 1988 event. As a team the Southern Boys experienced success, beating Kantaro Hoshino and Osamu Kido, Kuniaki Kobayashi & Norio Honaga , Kensuke Sasaki and Norio Honaga, and Seiji Sakaguchi and Tatsutoshi Goto . Their final match came on December 9, 1988 at the NJPW Japan Cup Series 1988 – Tag 21 television show, where they lost to Kotetsu Yamamoto and Yoshinari Tsuji. During

2448-543: The resurrected Continental Championship Wrestling from 2002 to 2005. In August 2002 he worked under The Bullet mask for TNA Wrestling , having a match with Jeff Jarrett . In October 2005 he had match with Elix Skipper for the NWA Wrestle Birmingham in the Boutwell Memorial Auditorium . In December 2008 he had a tag team match alongside his father against Aaron James and Michael Patrick for

2499-466: The three-ring battle royal. Although back as a performer in WCW, he was mainly used as a jobber working with his brother Scott as The Armstrongs or James Brothers on Saturday Night , WorldWide and on rare occasions on Monday Nitro . On the February 17 edition of WCW Saturday Night they again fell to Men at Work. In June 1996 they were defeated by Public Enemy , and on the July 1 edition they were defeated again by Arn Anderson and Ric Flair. On

2550-442: The tour they worked in the main event against the legendary Antonio Inoki . Following a January 1990 tour of New Japan Pro-Wrestling, Smothers reunited with Steve Armstrong. The duo made their national debuts for World Championship Wrestling on April 23, 1990 in a dark match at a Main Event / WCW WorldWide taping in Marietta, GA. Wrestling as " The Wild-Eyed Southern Boys ", their first television appearance came on May 12 at

2601-507: Was immediately paired with Steve Armstrong as the "Wild-Eyed Southern Boys". Their first match came on February 17 in Tampa, Florida, where they lost to The New Breed . However four days later The Southern Boys defeated The New Breed to gain their first ever championship, the NWA Florida Tag Team Championship . Smothers and Armstrong held the belts until March 15, when they were defeated by The MOD Squad . In June they unsuccessfully challenged for

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