Chase Tatum is best remembered for being a member of Master P’s No Limit
Soldiers. Tatum started his WCW training at the WCW Power Plant after winning
the Mr. Georgia bodybuilding competition and started his career as an enhancement
talent and was part of a tag team with Master Blaster Blade (Al Green), Tatum was
known as Master Blaster Iron, and the team was known The Master Blasters. After
a year in WCW, Tatum become a member of the No Limit Soldiers and feuded
against The West Texas Rednecks. In 1999, Tatum had a WCW World Television
title match against Rick Steiner in a losing effort. Tatum was released from
WCW and wrestled once in UPW against Prototype (future John Cena) in a losing
effort before retiring from wrestling because of severe back problems.
His back
problems led to a dependence to painkillers, leading to an accidental drug
overdose in 2008. At the time of his death, Tatum and his family were making
plans for him to enter a rehab facility.
Outside of wrestling, Tatum was worked as a road manager and personal
assistant for Big Boi of Outkast. He was a personal trainer and was in several
movies including Who’s Your Caddy (2007), Unshackled (2000), and Creature from
Black Lake (1976).
Bobby Lee Eaton Born: August 14, 1958 in Huntsville, Alabama Died: August 4, 2021 in Nashville, Tennessee Midnight Express ( Bobby Eaton and Dennis Condrey) with Jim Cornette Bobby Lee Eaton had tremendous psychology and timing in the ring, and was one of the best in-ring performers with his flawless working style. Stone Cold Steve Austin referred to working with Eaton as, “A night off” because Eaton’s in-ring offense looked convincing but did not hurt his opponents. Eaton wrestled from 1976 to 2015, and worked in various wrestling promotions, including NWA Mid- America, Continental Wrestling Association, Mid-South Wrestling, World Class Championship Wrestling, Jim Crockett Promotions, World Championship Wrestling, and Smoky Mountain Wrestling. Eaton also worked on the independent scene later in his career and three stints with New Japan Pro-Wrestling. Eaton was a tag team specialist, and was a member of the framed The Midnight Express, one of the greatest tag teams of...
Ron Reis Born: November 18, 1969 in San Jose, California Other Ring Names: Big Bomb Jones, Big Ron Studd, Evil, Reese, Super Giant Ninja, SWAT, Vanilla Gorilla , T-Rex, and The Yeti. Standing at 7’1 and weighting over 350 lbs., Ron Reis had the size to be a star in the wrestling business. What Reis didn’t have was a strong gimmick, over the course of his career, Reis had upwards of nine gimmicks over the course of his career and might be remembered the most for his The Yeti gimmick. Ron Reis was trained by wrestling star, Big John Studd and made in professional in-ring debut in March 1994 with Killer Kowalski’s International Wrestling Federation. In 1995, Reis wrestled with the National Wrestling Conference in Las Vegas, before joining World Championship Wrestling by the fall. Reis as The Yeti With WCW, Reis would debut as The Yeti on October 23, 1995, as a member of the Dungeon of Doom. Every wrestling fans and maybe even non-wrestling fans kno...
Blitzkrieg Born: August 2, 1975 in Southern California There may never be wrestler with the impact and a career as short as Blitzkrieg. The cruiserweight division was a big part of World Championship Wrestling (WCW) and for a brief time Blitzkrieg was one of the top wrestlers in the division with his high-flying style and high impact moves. Blitzkrieg started in wrestling career in later 1994 with All Pro Westling (APW) in a tag team match with Hellblazer as his partner. Blitzkrieg and Hellblazer would go on to lose the match and would begin feuding with each other. The feud would reach the boiling point in August 1997, in tag team where Blitzkrieg would team with Super Dragon in a winning effort over Hellblazer and American Wild Child. By 1998, Blitzkrieg signed with WCW and made is television debut against Rey Mysterio Jr on Februray 8 th during an episode of Nitro. Over the next few months, Blitzkrieg would face several of the top cruiserweights and would face...
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