The two men were signed by the WWF as it continued its national expansion through 1985, debuting under the "Killer Bees" name. The name was inspired by the 1972 Dolphins' linebackers, whose names all began with the letter
B and were the first to use the moniker. Blair was already a part of the company, wrestling as a singles competitor in 1984, mostly as "
enhancement talent", but previously being a mid-card wrestler during 1983. The teaming of Blair and Brunzell was suggested by
Hulk Hogan. Because Blair and Brunzell were similar in build, the team had a special gimmick referred to as "masked confusion" where both wrestlers would put on identical masks during matches to confuse the opponents and referee and usually win that way—despite this normally being a tactic used by
heels. The “masked confusion" idea was given to Blair by
Billy Red Lyons, who had used it in
Maple Leaf Wrestling (as a singles wrestler). One of the most amusing highlights of the team's career came in 1987 at a
house show at the
California University of Pennsylvania. With Blair unable to appear for the team's match against Demolition, he was replaced by
S. D. Jones, an African-American journeyman who wore the Bees' black and yellow tights for the day. During the match, the two used the "masked confusion" tactic and the referee, as usual, pretended to be unable to tell the two apart, despite Brunzell being very light-skinned. The inverse would occur later, as Jones replaced Brunzell and teamed up with Blair in a
Prime Time Wrestling TV taping, against
Demolition. The team debuted on June 17, 1985, defeating the team of
Steve Lombardi and Dave Barbie. This was also Brunzell's first match in the WWF. After facing several teams, the Killer Bees started a long-running feud with
the Hart Foundation (
Bret Hart and
Jim Neidhart). The Bees also had a running feud with the Funks (
Hoss,
Terry and
Jimmy Jack). In August 1986, they faced Hoss and Jimmy Jack Funk in front of 70,000 people at
The Big Event in Toronto, a card headlined by Hulk Hogan vs.
Paul Orndorff. The team also received a couple of unsuccessful shots at
WWF tag team champions the Dream Team. The Killer Bees were a part of a battle royal involving wrestlers and
NFL players at
WrestleMania 2 Brunzell remained with the WWF into the 1990s, achieving many victories on the house show-circuit but failing to do so on TV.He was released by the WWF in 1993. Blair remained with the WWF until early November 1988, usually scoring victories over preliminary wrestlers at both, TV tapings and untelevised events, but failing to beat more established wrestlers. Blair and Brunzell later complained (and sued) about the WWF still merchandising product of them, without their permission or financial compensation. Although they wrestled as faces throughout their WWF run, it did not stop rival heels from impersonating the Bees. During a televised WWF event at
the Philadelphia Spectrum, two wrestlers dressed in Killer Bee masks and T-shirts appeared as lumberjacks during a
lumberjack match between Hulk Hogan and
"the Million Dollar Man" Ted DiBiase, frequently attacking Hogan until Hogan got the upper hand and unmasked one of the Bees only to reveal another mask beneath while the unidentified wrestler escaped. After splitting up, Blair continued using his Killer Bee outfit and gimmick, and Brunzell would use Killer Bee-like outfits, though, both were not announced anymore as "half of the Killer Bees tag-team" as they used to when teaming up, indicating they were indeed separated. ==After the WWF==