World Wrestling Federation (1987–1993) Smash (wrestler)

darsow next went world wrestling federation. brought company part of tag team demolition, had consisted of bill eadie ax , randy colley, had been moondog rex of moondogs, smash. darsow tabbed new smash after colley, wore face paint eadie did part of character, deemed recognizable in disguise due fans chanting moondog @ him whenever demolition wrestled. @ first, managed luscious johnny v, replaced mr. fuji. initial feuds involved team of ken patera , billy jack haynes, , strike force (tito santana , rick martel).

on march 27, 1988 @ wrestlemania iv, defeated strike force win first wwf world tag team title, held record 16 months. during reign, fell out mr. fuji turned on them manage arch-rivals, powers of pain (the barbarian , warlord). double turn @ survivor series 88 solution massive popularity being enjoyed demolition. originally, heels in rivalry powers of pain; however, result of incident @ survivor series, demolition became full-fledged babyfaces. demolition conclusively won feud ex-manager , new team when defeated powers , fuji in five-man handicap tag match @ wrestlemania v.

they lost wwf tag team title arn anderson , tully blanchard, known brain busters, on july 29, 1989 edition of saturday night s main event. regained title on october 2, lost them colossal connection (haku , andré giant) on december 13. defeated connection @ wrestlemania vi on april 1, 1990 become third full-time team win 3 titles in wwf history. duo joined crush (brian adams) later in 1990, making them 3-man tag team , second team darsow had been involved in title reign operated under freebird rule. ax began appearing in managerial role lead phasing out of character. demolition lost titles hart foundation @ summerslam 90. after feud legion of doom, team dropped down card , disband in spring of 1991, crush leaving wwf year , smash wrestling singles wrestler, in house show undercards, used elevate other stars, such kerry von erich, greg valentine , ricky steamboat. victories during run came on jim powers , shane douglas. appeared under mask unnamed man hired ted dibiase wrestle virgil on august 18, 1991 summerslam spectacular special. final recorded match smash occur on august 24, 1991, getting pinned british bulldog.

repo man (1991–1993)

in late 1991, darsow repackaged repo man, ubiquitous, sneaky heel character delighted in repossessing items such cars people when late on (or unable make) payments. repo man wore black lone ranger zorro-like domino mask , outfit tire tracks on them, , had mannerisms similar frank gorshin s portrayal of riddler. carried tow rope tie opponents after defeating them , assault them after. character idea of darsow himself, once had job repossessing cars.

shortly after debut, hired ted dibiase him defeat virgil million dollar championship, leading series of matches virgil. @ tuesday in texas pay-per-view, repo man , dibiase defeated virgil , tito santana. repo man made memorable appearance @ 1992 royal rumble, sneaking ring , eliminating nikolai volkoff , greg hammer valentine before being eliminated big boss man. appeared @ wrestlemania viii, teaming mountie , nasty boys defeated big boss man, virgil, hacksaw jim duggan , sgt. slaughter.

repo man s notable feud british bulldog in mid-1992, sparked repo man hanging bulldog on ring ropes tow rope on may 3, 1992 episode of wrestling challenge. 2 had series of house show matches match on prime time wrestling, of saw bulldog come out victorious. repo man lost match former partner crush @ summerslam, though never acknowledged on television repo man smash. repo man had short feud randy savage in january 1993 when stole savage s hat on episode of monday night raw. 2 had match following week, savage won. repo man made final ppv appearance @ 1993 royal rumble, eliminated savage. originally, darsow had planned after run villain, repo man become heroic character. however, turn never happened. final recorded match in wwf on march 28, 1993, loss typhoon.