B. Brian Blair

B. Brian Blair
B. Brian Blair
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Born	January 12, 1954; Gary, Indiana
Professional wrestling career
Ring name(s)	The Killer Bee ; B. Brian Blair
Billed height	6ft 1in (185 cm)
Billed weight	222 lb (101 kg)
Trained by	Hiro Matsuda ; Eddie Graham

Brian Leslie Blair aka B. Brian Blair is a local politician in Florida who gained fame as a professional wrestler.

Career

As a child, Blair wanted to be Superman and even prayed that he might somehow become a superhero. Blair moved out of his house at age 16 and held several odd jobs to pay his share of the rent. Blair loved professional wrestling and wrestled and played football in high school so he could be tough enough to do it when he graduated.

In 1977, he started training to be a wrestler with the legendary Hiro Matsuda. Blair debuted in late 1977 and usually worked as a face (good guy). He feuded with Jesse Ventura in Kansas City in 1979. He married Leroy McGuirk's daughter Mike McGuirk in 1980. The marriage did not last long and ended on a bad note when Blair found out that Mike was having an affair with wrestler Doug Somers while they were estranged. He was even shot at by Leroy when he tried to talk to Mike before leaving town.

He made a name for himself as part of the "Killer Bees" in the WWF with Jumpin' Jim Brunzell in 1985. They altered the name of the Miami Dolphins' defensive unit known as the Killer B's. They constantly challenged for the WWF World Tag Team Titles but never did win them, although the fans were thoroughly behind them. During their matches, they would put on matching masks, causing people their opponents and the referee to not know who was who. This allowed for the two to switch in and out of the ring without making tags. Some tend to view that tactic as ahead of its time, giving that they were around before fan favorites cheated. Among their biggest feuds there was The Hart Foundation, Bret Hart and Jim Neidhart. Blair left the WWF after a promise of winning the Tag Team titles never came to fruition.

Blair is now married to Toni Lloyd and they have two sons, Brett and Bradley. Mr. Blair owned and managed four Gold's Gym fitness centers in the Tampa Bay area with fellow wrestler, Steve Keirn. He was a successful business owner in the franchising business respectively.

Brain Blair's first attempt for a seat in the County Commission was againt Jan Platt but lost in the 2002 race. In 2004, Blair ran again and was elected County Commissioner, District 6 (countywide) for Hillsborough County defeating former City Councilman Bob Buckhorn. The race concluded to be one the closest county commission races in the history of Hillsborough County.

He is also a Christian and is active in his church, Idlewild Baptist Church.

He is also apparently hated by the Iron Sheik, who cut an irate and obscene promo against Blair in a widely-distributed clip from a shoot interview.