Early career (1977–1985) In the summers months from 1975–1977 Blair started training to be a wrestler with
Hiro Matsuda in Florida. Blair debuted in 1977 with
Eddie Graham's CWF where he worked primarily as a
face. Blair debuted in a tag team match facing
Pat Patterson and
Ivan Koloff. After CWF, Blair moved on to
Bob Geigel's NWA Central States promotion out of
Kansas City, Missouri around 1978 where he feuded with
Jesse Ventura. He was even shot at by Leroy when he tried to talk to Mike before leaving town. The one-week reign was Blair's first professional wrestling title reign. After leaving the Tri-State promotion Blair joined up with
Fritz Von Erich's
World Class Championship Wrestling promotion in Texas, where he lived with
David Von Erich for over a year. In WCCW he gained victories over
Killer Tim Brooks and former WWWF World Champion
Stan Stasiak. After the short run with the WWF, Blair moved on to
Georgia Championship Wrestling as well as a return to Florida Championship Wrestling. In Florida, Blair picked up another Florida title run as well as unseating
"Ravishing" Rick Rude as the
Florida Southern Champion. The team had a special gimmick referred to as "Masked Confusion" where both wrestlers pulled out identical masks during the match to confuse their opponents and usually win their matches that way. The "Masked Confusion" idea was given to Blair by
Billy Red Lyons who had used it in
Maple Leaf Wrestling. They constantly challenged for the WWF World Tag Team Title but never won it, although the fans were thoroughly behind them. Their biggest feud in the WWF was against
The Hart Foundation,
Bret Hart and
Jim Neidhart whom they wrestled somewhere between "300 and 600" times according to Blair himself. (a card headlined by Hulk Hogan and Paul Orndorff). Shortly after
SummerSlam 88, the team was split without any reason. Still cast as faces, both Brunzell and Blair were recast as singles wrestlers. In his first televised match following the undeclared split, Blair defeated
Danny Davis on
Prime Time Wrestling on September 27, 1988. This would be his only notable win that month, as he found himself on the losing end of house show series with
Hercules,
Dino Bravo, and the newly arrived
Terry Taylor and
Curt Hennig. Meanwhile, on television Blair remained undefeated, pinning
Barry Horowitz and
Mike Sharpe on episodes of Prime Time. On the November 5 edition of Prime Time he was announced as a replacement for the departing
Junkyard Dog on the team of Jake Roberts at the 1988 Survivor Series. In the buildup to the PPV Blair wrestled Mike Sharpe on the house show circuit; however he departed on November 16 and was ultimately replaced on the show by
Scott Casey. His former partner would remain with the WWF into the early 1990s. Brunzell and Blair later complained about WWF owner Vince McMahon who continued merchandising products of The Killer Bees without their permission or financial compensation. Blair and Brunzell wrestled at
Wrestlemania 2, 3 and 4 before Blair gave his notice in Salisbury, MD right before Wrestlemania 5. The Killer Bees also won the
Frank Tunney Memorial Tag Team Tournament in Toronto, Canada, were winners at the first
Survivor Series, performed at
The Big Event in Toronto, Canada, and at the first
Royal Rumble. The Killer Bees were also featured on
Saturday Night's Main Event VIII,
X, and
XV cards.
Bret Hart states in his book "My Real Life in the Cartoon World of Wrestling", that the best tag team match of his career was against Blair and Brunzell. Blair left the WWF that November and took a hiatus from wrestling.
American Wrestling Association (1990) After leaving the WWF in 1988, Blair returned to wrestling in 1990 as Blair signed a short-term contract with Verne Gagne's
American Wrestling Association. Blair challenged
Larry Zbyszko for the AWA World Heavyweight Championship. Blair defeated Zbyszko by disqualification meaning the title couldn't change hands that way with Zbyszko retaining the title.
Universal Wrestling Federation (1990–1994) Blair was one of the first "names" to work regularly for
Herb Abrams Universal Wrestling Federation (UWF) when it opened its doors in late 1990 quickly becoming a regular on the federations
Fury Hour shows. In the UWF, Blair reunited with Jim Brunzell but due to the WWF holding the trademark to the name "The Killer Bees" they were billed as "Masked Confusion". They competed on the UWF's first (and only) PPV,
Beach Brawl, where they beat the Power Twins. The team was also the only UWF Tag Team champions. They won the title at UWF's last big show known as
Blackjack Brawl where they beat the "New Powers of Pain" (
The Warlord and Power Warrior). On July 25, 2025, Blair made an appearance on SmackDown during the tribute to
Hulk Hogan. ==Personal life==