Bill Eadie

Information

Ring names

Ax
Axis the Demolisher
Super Machine
Bolo Mongol
Masked Superstar

Height

6' 4" (192 cm)

Weight

275 lbs (125 kg)

Born

December 27, 1947 (1947-12-27) (age 77)

Birth Place

Brownsville, Pennsylvania

Resides

Georgia

Billed from

Parts Unknown

Bill Eadie (December 27,1947) is aprofessional wrestler who has competed under the names ofAx as part ofDemolition andThe Masked Superstar. He was a high school teacher and coach at Cambridge High School in Cambridge, Ohio, early in his professional wrestling career.

Career[]

NWA and WWWF/WWF (1973-1984)[]

Eadie started wrestling in 1973, making his debut in the Detroit territory of the Sheik (Ed Farhat). He wrestled under a mask as the "Medic". He then wrestled in Pittsburgh, Detroit and the IWA asBolo Mongol, the new partner of his trainer,Geeto Mongol. He soon entered theGeorgia Championship Wrestling territory and donned a mask asThe Masked Superstar. He claimed to be an Olympic wrestling champion and challenged opponents to break hisCobra clutch. Had many bouts withTommy Rich. He is known for being one of the first (if not the first) to body slamAndré the Giant. Among other accomplishments, he won fourGeorgia Heavyweight titles and unified that title with theNWA National Heavyweight Championship. He also competed in theWorld Wrestling Federation (WWF) against many top wrestlers in 1983.

World Wrestling Federation: The Second Stint (1985-1990)[]

In 1985, he returned to the World Wrestling Federation and becameSuper Machine withAndré the Giant asGiant Machine andBlackjack Mulligan asBig Machine. The three Machines were introduced as rivals ofBobby Heenan and his massive tag team,Big John Studd andKing Kong Bundy. (The Machines' masks and gimmick were copied fromNew Japan Pro Wrestling character "Super Strong Machine," played by Japanese wrestlerJunji Hirata.) Eadie later dropped the Machine gimmick and left the WWF to head toFlorida for a run as the Masked Superstar, upendingLex Luger to win the NWA Southern title.

In January 1987, Eadie returned to the WWF and competed as Ax, half of the tag teamDemolition withSmash. Though they began asheels, their unique brawling style and charisma made them so popular that they becamefaces in November 1988. They won theWWF Tag Team Championship three times as a team of two, but lost the belts atSummerSlam 1990 after they turned heel by forming a threesome withCrush. 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. An allergic reaction to shellfish is thought to be the origin of these rumors. Eadie's new position eventually fell through and his final WWF appearance was atSurvivor Series 1990. This event also marked the last time that he andSmash spoke for 17 years.

In the midst of this time period, Eadie also played opposite Hulk Hogan as "Jake Bullet" in the movie "No Holds Barred".

Post-WWF[]

In 1991, Demolition broke up and he went to the independent circuit to wrestle asAxis the Demolisher.

Independent Demolition (1994-1999)[]

In the mid-1990s, Ax formed a newDemolition team with Blast. They competed on several independent shows, then went their separate ways. They competed in American Classic Wrestling shows in Charleston competing against SweetStan Lane.

Independent Circuit[]

In February2006 Demolition Ax and The Barbarian defeated Psycho and Tracy Smothers with his Manager "Mr. Terrific" Tim Lawler in Pickens, South Carolina. On April 29, 2006 Demolition Ax teamed up with The Barbarian (managed by "Mr. Terrific" Tim Lawler) and wrestled againstBuff Bagwell and The Patriot in front of over 3,000 fans in Staunton, Virginia for TNT Pro Wrestling's Hog-A-Mania.

On September 9, 2006 at AWA World One South in Valdosta, Georgia, Eadie (as the Masked Superstar) teamed with local independent wrestler Loco Motive in a tag team victory over the team of KI Elite (Mike Stratus & Jame Slater)

The Millennium Wrestling Federation reunited Ax and Smash of Demolition at the Wrestling's Living Legends reunion April 1, 2007, prior toWrestleMania 23 in Windsor, Ontario.

In July, 2007, Ax showed up at a show with Georgia Wrestling Promotions in Waleska, Georgia, beatingIceberg by DQ. They were scheduled to have a return No DQ match on August 19, but the night before the match, Iceberg had to be taken to a hospital to be treated for an infection. Ax facedPhil Shatter instead, winning the match under regular rules by DQ.