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 |
After 30 years, Hall of Fame wrestling coach Eckley says goodbye West Valley coach Dan Eckley retires after 30 years and producing multiple championships. Check out this story on redding.com. REDDING, Calif. – Simpson University Athletic Director Joe Griffin announced the launch of a new men’s wrestling program to join the university’s intercollegiate sports programs. The university hired wrestling coach Don Williams to establish a team and begin competing this fall. Williams joins the Red Hawks with 28 years of coaching experience at Anderson High School and plans to.
Stephan Simpson (born 3 December 1963 in Johannesburg, South Africa) is a former professional wrestler better known as Steve Simpson.[1] Simpsons wrestling emulator.
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.
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
Simpson College Wrestling Roster
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
Simpson College Wrestling California
- 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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Simpson University will be adding women's intercollegiate wrestling to its sports roster and has named Fan Zhang as head coach, the northern California school announced Friday.
Zhang brings a diverse wrestling and coaching experience to the new women's program at Simpson University. This past year, he served as head women's wrestling coach at Grays Harbor College in Aberdeen, Wash. Before heading to the Pacific Northwest, Zhang spent three years as an assistant coach for the storied men's NCAA Division III wrestling program at Wartburg College in Waverly, Iowa where the Knights have won eight national titles in the past decade, with four of those with Zhang as a coach (one of those as a volunteer assistant while he was earning his Master's degree in Leisure, Youth and Human Services at University of Northern Iowa.)
While in Iowa, Zhang also coached the Iowa Girls State Team, leading several junior and cadet female wrestlers to Junior Folkstyle National Champions and ASICS All-American achievements from 2012-18.
As a wrestler, Zhang was a seven-time national champion in his native China and was named one of the Top 10 Outstanding Athletes in Beijing, a metro city of over 13 million people, in 1997.
Born in Mongolia and raised as a child in Beijing, Zhang moved to the U.S. in 2008.
The new women's program at Simpson will take to the mats in fall 2019, joining an existing men's program. Both will compete in the NAIA (National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics) West. The new program will be the 19th varsity sport at Simpson, and the 25th women's program in the NAIA.
Simpson University is a private, four-year school located in Redding in northern California, about two hours north of Sacramento, the state capital. Founded in 1921, Simpson has an enrollment of approximately 1,200 students.
Zhang brings a diverse wrestling and coaching experience to the new women's program at Simpson University. This past year, he served as head women's wrestling coach at Grays Harbor College in Aberdeen, Wash. Before heading to the Pacific Northwest, Zhang spent three years as an assistant coach for the storied men's NCAA Division III wrestling program at Wartburg College in Waverly, Iowa where the Knights have won eight national titles in the past decade, with four of those with Zhang as a coach (one of those as a volunteer assistant while he was earning his Master's degree in Leisure, Youth and Human Services at University of Northern Iowa.)
While in Iowa, Zhang also coached the Iowa Girls State Team, leading several junior and cadet female wrestlers to Junior Folkstyle National Champions and ASICS All-American achievements from 2012-18.
As a wrestler, Zhang was a seven-time national champion in his native China and was named one of the Top 10 Outstanding Athletes in Beijing, a metro city of over 13 million people, in 1997.
Born in Mongolia and raised as a child in Beijing, Zhang moved to the U.S. in 2008.
The new women's program at Simpson will take to the mats in fall 2019, joining an existing men's program. Both will compete in the NAIA (National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics) West. The new program will be the 19th varsity sport at Simpson, and the 25th women's program in the NAIA.
Simpson University is a private, four-year school located in Redding in northern California, about two hours north of Sacramento, the state capital. Founded in 1921, Simpson has an enrollment of approximately 1,200 students.
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