Bill Eadie
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| Bill Eadie | |
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| Ring name(s) | Demolition Ax The Masked Superstar Super Machine Bolo Mongol Axis the Demolisher |
| Billed height | 6 ft 1 in (185 cm) |
| Billed weight | 293 lb (133 kg) |
| Born | December 27, 1947 Brownsville, Pennsylvania |
| Resides | Georgia |
| Trained by | Tony Newberry |
| Debut | 1973 |
Bill Eadie (born December 27, 1947) is a professional wrestler who has competed under the names of Ax as part of Demolition and The Masked Superstar. He was a high school teacher and coach at Cambridge High School in Cambridge, Ohio, early in his professional wrestling career.
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[edit] Career
[edit] NWA and WWWF/WWF (1974-1984)
Eadie started wrestling in 1974, making his debut in Pittsburgh as Bolo Mongol, the new partner of his trainer, Geeto Mongol. He soon entered the Georgia Championship Wrestling territory and donned a mask as The Masked Superstar. Among other accomplishments, he won four Georgia Heavyweight titles and unified that title with the NWA National Heavyweight Championship. He also competed in the World Wrestling Federation against many top wrestlers in the late 1970s, using his signature move, the Swinging Neckbreaker, against many opponents, including then WWF Champion Bob Backlund.
[edit] World Wrestling Federation: The Second Stint (1985-1990)
In 1985, he returned to the World Wrestling Federation and became Super Machine with André the Giant as Giant Machine and Blackjack Mulligan as Big Machine. The three Machines were introduced as rivals of Bobby Heenan and his massive tag team, Big John Studd and King Kong Bundy. (The Machines masks and gimmick were copied from New Japan Pro Wrestling character "Super Strong Machine," played by Japanese wrestler Junji Hirata.)[1]
In January 1987, Eadie dropped the "Machine" gimmick and competed as Ax, half of the tag team Demolition with Smash. Though they began as heels, their unique brawling style and charisma made them so popular that they became faces in November 1988. They won the WWF Tag Team Championship three times as a team of two, but lost the belts at SummerSlam 1990 after they turned heel by forming a threesome with Crush. The trio concept was precipitated by a mutual decision to phase out the Ax character and for Eadie to take a backstage role in the company. Popular rumor at the time cited heart problems on Eadie's part, which have been discredited in recent years. A bout with food poisoning is thought to be the origin of these rumors. Eadie's new position eventually fell through and his final WWF appearance was at Survivor Series 1990. This event also marks the final time that he and Smash aka Barry Darsow spoke.
[edit] Post-WWF
In 1991, Demolition broke up and he went to the independent circuit to wrestle as Axis the Demolisher. Eadie tried to win the Demolition name in court by suing the WWF but lost the lawsuit.
[edit] Independent Demolition (1994-1996)
In the mid-1990's, Ax formed a new Demolition team with Blast. They competed on several independent shows, then went their separate ways.
[edit] Independent Promotions (1991-present)
As of 2006, Eadie still wrestles occasionally for independent promotions and "legends" shows across the United States. He has also once again reformed the Demolition tag team, this time with a partner named Nitro.
[edit] Signature moves
- Swinging Neckbreaker
- Demolition Decapitation (with Smash - backbreaker/second-rope elbowdrop combination)
[edit] Championships/accomplishments
[edit] World Wrestling Federation
- 3-Time WWF World Tag Team Champion (with Smash)
[edit] National Wrestling Alliance
- 4-Time NWA National Heavyweight Champion
- 3-Time NWA World Tag Team Champion (with Masked Superstar 2 once and Paul Jones twice)
- 1-Time NWA World Tag Team Champion (Mid-America version) (with Masked Superstar 2)
- 2-Time NWA National Tag Team Champion (with King Kong Bundy, Super Destroyer and Big John Studd)
- 1-Time NWA Mid-Atlantic Television Champion
- 1-Time NWA Mid-Atlantic Tag Team Champion (with Masked Superstar 2)
- 1-Time NWA Florida Southern Heavyweight Champion
- 1-Time NWA Southeast Tag Team Champion (with Masked Superstar 2)
[edit] Georgia Championship Wrestling
- 4-Time NWA Georgia Heavyweight Champion
- 1-Time NWA Georgia Tag Team Champion (with Austin Idol)
[edit] Other titles
- 1-Time WCCW American Heavyweight Champion
- 2-Time Polynesian Pacific Wrestling Champion
- 1-Time IWA Heavyweight Champion
- 1-Time IAW Tag Team Champion (with Typhoon)
- 2-Time UCW Heavyweight Champion
- 1-Time ESA North American Champion (Maritimes)
- 1-Time UWS Tag Team Champion (with Blast)
[edit] Pro Wrestling Illustrated
- Pro Wrestling Illustrated ranked him # 113 of the 500 best singles wrestlers during the "PWI Years" in 2003. PWI also ranked him 4 times in the best tag teams of the "PWI Years". He was ranked # 45 with Dick Murdoch, # 59 with Smash, # 77 with Super Destroyer and # 86 with Paul Jones.
