Early career and World of Sport (1978–1982) Adams made his debut in professional wrestling in June 1978 without having received any real official training and instead relying on his judo experience. He was a wrestler for
Joint Promotions and appeared on
ITV's
World of Sport frequently. Adams did enjoy some championship success in England, taking home the
British Light Heavyweight Championship from
Mark "Rollerball" Rocco and the British Commonwealth Tag Team Championship with Marty Jones.
Adrian Street,
Big Daddy,
Dave "Fit" Finlay,
Dynamite Kid and
Davey Boy Smith were among the British wrestlers whom Adams battled against. He became famous for a wide variety of moves, including somersaulting out of arm-bars, using backflips, diving through the ring ropes to his opponent on the floor, using a lethal enzuigiri when his left leg was held, and a powerful thrust kick, which was originally called a "judo kick", later known by its more common name, "superkick". He lived in Santa Monica and wrestled throughout the California coast in cards promoted by the LeBells. He also wrestled for
Don Owen's Pacific Northwest promotion, as well as being involved in several tours of Japan, Europe, Mexico and Canada. At the Reunion Arena a month later, Von Erich finally paid Adams back. This time, the chair shattered in two on contact, leaving a piece of wood trapped in Adams' nose, just next to his eye. The
angle came to an abrupt stop as a result. Alongside Jake Roberts and Gino Hernandez, Adams later competed in a six-man tag team match, winning against Kerry Von Erich,
Mike Von Erich and
Bobby Fulton (subbing for the injured Kevin Von Erich). The fans chanted during the match "Chris is a traitor" and others held "Benedict Adams" posters. Adams toured Japan in March 1986 for New Japan Pro Wrestling events. Still selling his blinding angle at the time, the matches never aired on World Class television. Adams returned to Texas All Star Wrestling and WCCW in April. He had several matches with Matt Borne, Blackjack Mulligan, Kabuki and Buzz Sawyer, and worked an angle with
Rick Rude, whom he defeated for the World Class heavyweight title on 4 July. Due to legal issues, Adams had to forfeit the WCCW title in September; WCCW stated that Black Bart had won the title during a match in Los Angeles that never actually happened. A month later, Bart lost the title to Kevin Von Erich at the Cotton Bowl. In September 1986, Adams left World Class to join
Bill Watts'
Universal Wrestling Federation (UWF), which later merged into NWA. Adams came back to World Class in October 1987. Two months later, Taylor and Adams began a violent feud which eventually was carried over to WCCW in 1988, but he suffered nerve damage in his back during one of their matches. In late 1988, Adams began operating his professional wrestling school at the Dallas Sportatorium, upon returning to World Class, on top of selling wrestling rings. The duo feuded against each other throughout the
United States Wrestling Association. Austin later described Adams as a “con man deluxe” and “a pile of crap” since he was known for taking trainees money, stiffing them, and ill-preparing them. Adams also wrestled in other
independent promotions, like the
Global Wrestling Federation (GWF), in which he twice won the federation's Heavyweight Championship in 1994, Adams wrestled
Randy Savage in the first match of the first
WCW Thunder show in January 1998; he pinned Savage, but
J. J. Dillon reversed the decision and claimed Savage the victory via disqualification by interference by
Lex Luger. Aside from that, he was mainly used as a jobber and in late 1999, unsatisfied with his role in the organization, Adams was granted his release from WCW. He then returned to Texas to work as a promoter and part-time wrestler. ==Personal life==