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| Ax Height: 6 ft 1 in (185 cm) Weight: 293 lb (133 kg) Real name: Bill Eadie Hometown: Brownsville, Pennsylvania (resides in Georgia) Pro debut: 1973 Finishing move: Swinging Neckbreaker, Demolition Decapitation (Backbreaker/Second-Rope Elbow Drop combination) (w/Smash) Other aliases: Demolition Ax, The Masked Superstar, Super Machine, Bolo Mongol, Axis the Demolisher Career highlights: WWE World Tag Team Champion (3) (w/Smash), NWA National Heavyweight Champion (4), NWA World Tag Team Champion (3), NWA World Tag Team Champion (Mid-America version) (w/Masked Superstar 2), NWA National Tag Team Champion (2), NWA Mid-Atlantic TV Champion, NWA Mid-Atlantic Tag Team Champion (w/Masked Superstar 2), NWA Florida Southern Heavyweight Champion, NWA Southeast Tag Team Champion (w/Masked Superstar 2), NWA Georgia Heavyweight Champion (4), NWA Georgia Tag Team Champion (w/Austin Idol), WCCW American Heavyweight Champion, Polynesian Pacific Wrestling Champion (2), IWA Heavyweight Champion, IAW Tag Team Champion (w/Typhoon), UCW Heavyweight Champion (2), ESA North American Champion (Maritimes), UWS Tag Team Champion (w/Blast) Trained by: Tony Newberry 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. 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.) 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. In January 1987, Eadie returned to the WWF 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. 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. In the mid-1990's, Ax formed a new Demolition team with Blast. They competed on several independent shows, then went their separate ways. 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. |