| Steve Cox | |
|---|---|
| Born | (1959-01-01)January 1, 1959 (age 66) Portsmouth, Virginia,United States |
| Professional wrestling career | |
| Ring name | Steve Cox |
| Debut | c. 1986 |
| Retired | 2006 |
Steve Cox is a retired Americanprofessional wrestler who competed in Mid-South regional promotions during the 1980s and early 1990s including theUniversal Wrestling Federation,World Class Championship Wrestling and theNational Wrestling Alliance.
Born inPortsmouth, Virginia, Cox played college football at theUniversity of Tulsa and was team captain before becoming a professional wrestler.
During 1987, Cox appeared on several Mid-Southsupercards defeatingSuper Ninja at Superblast at the Superdome on April 11[1] andGary Young at theSuperdome Extravaganza on June 13[2] before losing toTerry Taylor atSuperdome Extravaganza on August 1.[2]
After short stints in All Star Wrestling and Central States Wrestling, he was introduced byMichael P.S. Hayes as his protégé and new tag team partner soon becoming involved in a feud with theSamoan Swat Team[3] and defeating them for the World Class Tag Team titles on September 16 before losing it back to them three days later.
Regaining the titles at the supercard Cotton Bowl Extravaganza on October 15, they would only hold the titles for two days before losing them back to the Samoan Swat Team on October 17. After losing to the Samoan Swat Team in a rematch atSuperClash III on December 13,[4] the team broke up shortly thereafter with both men leaving the promotion.
Resurfacing in theGlobal Wrestling Federation during the early 1990s, Cox began teaming withStan Lane and defeatedKendo Nagasaki andNinja in the opening rounds of the 2-day GWF World Tag Team Title Tournament before losing toSteve Simpson andChris Walker in the semi-finals in July 1991.[5]
Soon after their defeat, Cox and Lane began feuding and was defeated by Lane in the semi-finals of the GWF North American Championship Tournament after defeatingRod Price in the opening rounds on August 9, 1991.[6]
Traveling to Japan in mid-1992, he began competing for the Japanese shoot wrestling promotionUWF International and lost toNobuhiko Takada inShizuoka, Japan on July 12 and again on August 28 in a tag team match withKazuo Yamazaki against Takada andMark Fleming at theKorakuen Hall inTokyo, Japan. After losing a match toKiyoshi Tamura at the Osaka Prefectural Gymnasium on September 21, he returned to the United States shortly after.[7]
He soon began wrestling in theOklahoma City-based Power Zone Wrestling Alliance where he would compete on and off for the next three years.
In January 1996, Cox appeared on a supercard for the Dallas-based CWA at the Dallas Sportatorium in which he teamed withBo Vegas, Devon Michaels,Marc Valiant,Scott Putski andDom Minoldi to defeatFirebreaker Chip,Rod Price,John Hawk,Shawn Summers,Alex Porteau andGuido Falcone in a "Bodyguards vs. Bandits" match. The match, using an unorthodox "football rules" scoring system as opposed to the standard pinfall, has been considered by some wrestling fans to be one of the most confusing, and by some accounts, boring matches held.[8]
In 2006, Cox appeared with promoterBill Watts andManny Fernandez at theRicky Morton Tag Team Invitational inTulsa, Oklahoma on February 26.[9]