Bill Eadie
Eadie in 2009
Ring name(s)	Bolo Mongol Demolition Ax The Masked Superstar Super Machine
Billed height	6 ft 3 in (1.91 m)
Billed weight	291 lb (132 kg)
Born	(1947-12-27) December 27, 1947 (age 64) Brownsville, Pennsylvania
Resides	Atlanta, 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, and at East Liverpool, Ohio.

Professional wrestling career[link]

NWA and WWWF/WWF (1973–1984)[link]

Eadie started wrestling in 1973, making his debut in the Detroit territory of the Sheik (Ed Farhat). He wrestled under a mask as the tag team " Para-Medics". He then wrestled in Pittsburgh, Detroit, WWWF, and the IWA as Bolo Mongol, the new partner of his trainer, Geeto Mongol.^[1] He soon entered the Mid-Atlantic Championship Wrestling territory and donned a mask as The Masked Superstar. Given the character at the advice of matchmaker George Scott. It was stated that he was an Olympic champion by various wrestling promoters.He challenged opponents with a $10,000 reward to whoever could break his Cobra clutch, as well as utilizing the deadly "Swinging Clothesline."^[2] The Masked Superstar was 6' 3" and weighed 300 lbs and created many mismatches due to his size, strength and catlike quickness. He had many bouts with the Mighty Igor, Paul Jones, Blackjack Mulligan, Mr. Wrestling II and "Wildfire" Tommy Rich, Dick Murdoch, etc.^[2] He was the first wrestler (Along with Blackjack Mulligan) to have 1 hour cagematches back in 1977.Then have a series of "12" ninety minute cage matches against Mulligan. It is believed that neither feat of hour or hour and half cage matches has since been performed by wrestlers.^[2] He is one of the first wrestlers to body slam André the Giant.^[2] Among other accomplishments, he won four Georgia Heavyweight titles and unified that title with the NWA National Heavyweight Championship.^[3][4] He also competed in the World Wrestling Federation against many top wrestlers in 1983-84. He fought against many top level opponents, including then WWF Champion Bob Backlund, Hulk Hogan and the Iron Sheik, Jimmy Snuka and others.^[2]

Return to World Wrestling Federation (1986–1990)[link]

In 1986, 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).^[2] Eadie later dropped the Machine gimmick and left the WWF to head to Florida for a run as the Masked Superstar, upending Lex Luger to win the NWA Southern title.^[5] He held the title for two weeks before Luger regained the crown.

In January 1987, Eadie returned to the WWF and formed the tag team Demolition with former Moondog Randy Colley, who wrestled as Smash while Eadie wrestled as Ax. Colley was later replaced by Barry Darsow as Smash, after it was discovered that too many people remembered him as Moondog Rex, the character he previously portrayed. Though they began as heels, their unique brawling style and charisma made them so popular that they became faces in November 1988.^[6] 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.^[7] 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.^[6] Popular rumor at the time cited heart problems on Eadie's part, which have been discredited in recent years. An allergic reaction to shellfish while in Japan after 'WrestleMania VI' was the real cause of his temporary heart problem. Eadie confirmed this in a shoot interview in 2007. Before Eadie was medically cleared, Crush had been recruited as a temporary replacement.^[6] Eadie's new position eventually fell through and his final WWF appearance was at Survivor Series 1990.^[6] This event also marked the last time that he and Smash worked together for sixteen years.

In the midst of this time period, Eadie also played opposite Hulk Hogan as "Jake Bullet" in the movie No Holds Barred. He and Smash appeared in several Pizza Hut commercials for the "Kids Night Out" promotion widely seen on national television.

Independent Demolition (1991–1999)[link]

Around 1991, Ax formed a new tag team, using the Demolition name, and pairing up with a 6 ft 10 in (2.08 m) Canadian wrestler, dubbed "Canadian Giant" or "Demolition Hux." They toured with New Japan Pro Wrestling, facing established stars such as Masa Saito, Riki Choshu and Tatsumi Fujinami, at the same time that Smash and Crush were still wrestling under the name for the then WWF. Eadie would then go on to form a third Demolition team with partner Blast (Carmine Azzato). They competed on a few independent shows, then went their separate ways.

Independent Promotions (1999–present)[link]

Demolition Ax in the ring in 2006.

As of 2007, Eadie still wrestles occasionally for independent promotions and makes signing appearances in "legends" shows across the United States, Canada,and Europe. The Masked Superstar defeated Greg Valentine for the Mid-Atlantic Heritage Championship. The Title changed hands at the Carolina Wrestling Classic on Saturday, June 2, 2007 at the L.P. Frans Stadium in Hickory, North Carolina. The Millennium Wrestling Federation reunited Ax and Smash of Demolition at the Wrestling's Living Legends reunion April 1, 2007, prior to WrestleMania 23 in Windsor, Ontario. They began regularly competing as Ax and Smash for the first time in 16 years. On March 28, 2009, Demolition Ax was inducted into the Keystone State Wrestling Alliance (KSWA) Hall of Fame in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. Ax was inducted because of his success, and the fact that he is a native of Brownsville, PA, also in Western Pennsylvania.

On October 2, 2010 Ax made his 3rd appearance for the Dynamic Wrestling Alliance based in Middletown, OH.^[8]

On May 21, 2011 Demolition reunited at Full Impact Pro's debut iPPV In Full Force. Their match against Tony DeVito and Ralph Mosco went to a no contest when local commentator and manager Larry Dallas came out and said his men wanted revenge. The ring was stormed by Manu, Sami Callihan, Blain Rage and Joey Attel. Demolition, Devito and Mosco managed to clear the ring and beat Dallas to end the show.^[9]

Personal life[link]

Eadie formerly supported the good work of the Inner Harbour Hospital Springs Campus in Rockmart, Georgia. For several years, the Masked Superstar has made many of his masks and wrestling gear available to wrestling fans through raffles and auctions, the proceeds of which support the general operating fund of the non-profit Inner Harbour Hospital but which has since then been closed and all operations have been moved to The Shoals campus in Douglasville,Georgia due to a lack of funding.^[2]

In wrestling[link]

• Finishing moves

• As The Masked Superstar
  • Cobra clutch^[2]
  • Swinging neckbreaker^[10][11]

• With Smash or Crush

• Demolition Decapitation^[12] (Backbreaker hold / Diving elbow drop combination)

• Entrance themes

• "Demolition" by Rick Derringer (WWF; 1987–1990)

Championships and accomplishments[link]

• American Wrestling Federation

• AWF Heavyweight Championship (1 time)^[13]

• Championship Wrestling from Florida

• NWA Southern Heavyweight Championship (Florida version) (1 time)^[5]

• Eastern Sports Association

• IW North American Heavyweight Championship (1 time)^[14]

• Georgia Championship Wrestling

• NWA Georgia Heavyweight Championship (4 times)^[3]
• NWA Georgia Tag Team Championship (1 time) – with Austin Idol^[15]
• NWA National Heavyweight Championship (3 times)^[4]
• NWA National Tag Team Championship (3 times) – with King Kong Bundy (1), Super Destroyer (1), and Big John Studd (1)^[16]

• Great Lakes Championship Wrestling

• GLCW Tag Team Champions (1 time, current) – with Smash

• Mid-Atlantic Championship Wrestling

• NWA Mid-Atlantic Tag Team Championship (1 time) – with Masked Superstar 2^[17]
• NWA Television Championship (1 time)^[18]
• NWA World Tag Team Championship (Mid-Atlantic version) (2 times) – with Paul Jones^[19]

• Midwest Championship Wrestling Alliance
  • MCWA Midwest Heavyweight Championship (1 time)^[13]

• NWA Big Time Wrestling

• NWA American Heavyweight Championship (1 time)^[20]

• NWA Mid-America

• NWA World Tag Team Championship (Mid-America version) (1 time) – with Masked Superstar 2^[21]

• Pro Wrestling Illustrated
  • PWI ranked him #112 of the top 500 singles wrestlers of the "PWI Years" in 2003^[22]

• Pro Wrestling Report
  • PWR Lifetime Achievement Award (2010)^[23] - with Smash

• Southeastern Championship Wrestling

• NWA Southeastern Heavyweight Championship (Southern Division) (1 time)^[24]
• NWA Southeastern Tag Team Championship (1 time) – with Masked Superstar 2^[25]

• United States Wrestling League

• USWL Unified World Heavyweight Championship (1 time)^[13]

• United States Xtreme Wrestling

• USXW Tag Team Championship (1 time, current) – with Smash

• Universal Superstars of America

• USA Heavyweight Championship (1 time)^[13]
• USA Tag Team Championship (1 time) - with Blast^[13]

• World Wrestling Federation

• WWF Tag Team Championship (3 times) – with Smash^[7]

References[link]

External links[link]

Professional wrestling portal

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Murtz Jaffer
Murtz Jaffer
Born	Murtz Jaffer (1980-08-13) August 13, 1980 (age 31) North York, Ontario, Canada
Occupation	Host, Writer, Journalist

Murtz Jaffer (born August 13, 1980) is a Canadian celebrity journalist. He hosted the television show Reality Obsessed which aired on TVTropolis and the Global Reality Channel in Canada. He is the television editor of InsidePulse.com. Jaffer currently resides in Toronto, Canada.

Career[link]

Jaffer began his career at the age of 17 while still in high school. He e-mailed the online editor of The Sports Network's website repeatedly and eventually was given the opportunity to write for the newly-launched wrestling section of TSN.ca. After reporting for the site from 1997–1998, Jaffer wrote for a variety of wrestling websites before deciding to launch his own internet property in 2001.

In 2002, Jaffer launched Survivor-Central, an online resource about Survivor the popular reality television series just as he began studying at the University of Toronto. Featuring several writers from the show itself, Jaffer's site became one of only a handful of websites dedicated to the show that captured an audience of 52 million for its first series finale. In 2003, Jaffer and his team accurately began predicting and spoiling who would be voted off on the program before each episode aired on national television. The predictions were published on Survivor-Central in a crystal ball format. The accuracy of the predictions led to Jaffer developing a reputation as the world's foremost Survivor expert^[1] and subsequently, the world's foremost reality television expert.

In 2004, Jaffer merged Survivor-Central with InsidePulse.com, an entertainment website that currently features a staff of more than 200 writers.^[2]

Jaffer graduated from Centennial College's post-graduate journalism program in 2003 and moved on to spoiling every major television program currently on the air for both his website and on the radio. He has worked at Entertainment Tonight Canada, the Toronto Sun, Z103.5, Virgin Radio 99.9 and volunteered at CTV.ca. He has freelanced for the National Post and TV Guide Canada.

In 2007, he appeared in The New York Times for starting an anti-application Facebook group.^[3] His interview with actress Samaire Armstrong where he asked her why she posed for the Stuff male magazine,^[4] led to the magazine's parent website removing her pictures (after she claimed the pictures were a mistake). The photos were later posted back onto the site.

In 2008, Jaffer was recognized as one of Centennial College's Alumnus of Distinction award winners, becoming one of the award's youngest recipients.^[5]

Jaffer was the host of Reality Obsessed which aired on the TVTropolis network in Canada. The show was a behind-the-scenes look at reality television answering big-picture questions about the genre and the first season included appearances from many of Jaffer's reality star friends including Survivors Jonny Fairplay, Ozzy Lusth, Eliza Orlins, Rupert Boneham and Rob Mariano. The show won a Gemini Award for 'Best Direction In A Reality Series' for its 'Ultimate Casting Tape' first-season episode.^[6]

On Saturday April 9, 2011, Jaffer received the 'Special Achievement In Reality Reporting Award' at the Reality Rocks convention in Los Angeles.^[7]

On Sunday August 28, 2011, Jaffer appeared as an extra on the season finale of Dan for Mayor on CTV.^[8]

Notes[link]

External links[link]

• YouTube - Murtz On Red Carpet At Sexiest Men and Women of Reality TV 2008 Calendar Launch Party
• Murtz Jaffer, InsidePulse.com Article archive
• Murtzcellanious: Murtz Jaffer talks to Lost co-creator Damon Lindelof
• Murtz LIVE At Bell Media / CTV TV Upfront 2011: Bell Media & CTV Announce New TV Schedule
• Murtz On The Scene: 2011 MuchMusic Video Awards Review - Gaga Dominates MMVA's
• Have Facebook applications gone too far? (New York Times)
• Murtz Jaffer's Interview With Samaire Armstrong Gets Photos 'Removed' From Maxim
• Samaire Armstrong removed from Maxim Mag photo-shoot
• Samaire Armstrong (Maxim.com)
• Even Better Than the Real Thing? (U of T Magazine)
• Murtz Jaffer's Television Show Reality Obsessed
• Inside Pulse
• May 24th 2011 – ActorsE Chat with Reality Show Expert Murtz Jaffer with Host Yi Tian on Actors Entertainment