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Steve Simpson | |
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Born | 3 December 1963 (age 56) Johannesburg, South Africa |
Professional wrestling career | |
Ring name(s) | Steve Sampson |
Trained by | Alec Simpson |
Debut | 1984 |
Retired | 1998 |
Stephan Simpson (born 3 December 1963 in Johannesburg, South Africa) is a former professional wrestler better known as Steve Simpson.[1]
Career[edit]
Simpson is the son of wrestler Sammy Cohen. Sammy Cohen was the stage name for father Alec Simpson. Steve started wrestling in 1984 and achieved his first amount of stardom in the National Wrestling Alliance's Pacific Northwest territory. He was half of the S&S Express with Joe Savoldi and they captured the Tag Team Titles there. Steve Simpson also worked for the World Wrestling Council in Puerto Rico.
Simpson Brothers Wrestling Center
In 1986, Steve went to World Class Championship Wrestling where he became an ally of the Von Erich family in their war with the Fabulous Freebirds. He was joined by his brother, Shaun Simpson, in 1987 and they formed a tag team that won the Tag Team titles. Their biggest feud was against John Tatum and Jack Victory. They also had a brother Stuart who briefly wrestled in WCCW with them.
They left WCCW in late 1989 to wrestle in South Africa but Steve returned in 1991 to wrestle in the newly formed Global Wrestling Federation in Texas. His manager at the time was Percy Pringle III. He formed a tag team with Chris Walker and they became the first champions after winning a tournament over Rip Rogers and Scott Anthony, who were members of the heel stable The Cartel. In early 1992, Simpson went back to wrestle in South Africa and retired in 1998.
Factions[edit]
- S&S Express
- British Commonwealth
Championships and accomplishments[edit]
- GWF Tag Team Championship (1 time) - with Chris Walker
- GWF Tag Team Championship Tournament (1991) - with Chris Walker
- Interworld Wrestling Promotions
- World Mid-Heavyweight Title (1 time)
- NWA Pacific Northwest Tag Team Championship (1 time) - with Joe Savoldi
- WCWA Television Championship (1 time)[2][3]
- WCWA Texas Tag Team Championship (3 times) - with Shaun Simpson[4][5]
- WCWA World Six-Man Tag Team Championship (1 time) - with Chris Adams and Kevin Von Erich
- WCWA World Tag Team Championship (1 time) - with Shaun Simpson[6][7]
References[edit]
- ^'OWW Profile - Steve Simpson'. Obsessed with Wrestling.
- ^Royal Duncan & Gary Will (2000). 'Texas: WCWA Television Title'. Wrestling Title Histories. Archeus Communications. p. 396. ISBN0-9698161-5-4.
- ^'World Class Television Title'. Wrestling-titles.com. Retrieved 19 November 2016.
- ^Will, Gary; Duncan, Royal (2000). 'Texas: WCWA Texas Tag Team Title [Von Erich]'. Wrestling Title Histories: professional wrestling champions around the world from the 19th century to the present. Pennsylvania: Archeus Communications. p. 277. ISBN0-9698161-5-4.
- ^'World Class Wrestling Association Texas Tag Team Championship'. Wrestling-Titles. Retrieved 26 December 2019.
- ^Royal Duncan & Gary Will (2006). '(Dallas) Texas: NWA American Tag Team Title [Fritz Von Erich]'. Wrestling Title Histories. Archeus Communications. ISBN978-0-9698161-5-7.
- ^'World Class Wrestling Association Tag Team Title'. Wrestling-Titles.com. Retrieved 26 December 2019.
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