Steve Blackman

Born: 1963-09-28

Steve Blackman is a former American professional wrestler who is best known for his career in the World Wrestling Federation (WWF). Nicknamed 'The Lethal Weapon', Blackman won the Hardcore Championship six times in his tenure with the company. After the Head Cheese team went their separate ways, Blackman entered the WWF's Hardcore Division. At the time, the title was defended 24 hours a day, 7 days a week as established by Crash Holly. Because of this, WWF often ran matches wherein the champion was attacked and defeated in locations not typically associated with wrestling matches, such as backstage or in a hotel. With Blackman as champion, however, surprise attacks no longer resulted in title changes: within the matches, Blackman was so dangerous in hand-to-hand combat that surprise attacks were not effective enough to defeat him. During his stint as Hardcore Champion, Blackman's full martial arts talent was utilized. The first time he lost the title for a significant amount of time was against Shane McMahon, largely due to interference from Test, Albert, Edge, and Christian, with Mick Foley suspending the 24/7 rule to make sure McMahon didn't try to get out of facing Blackman in a rematch. At SummerSlam, Blackman fought McMahon for the title. During that match, they both climbed the TitanTron with Blackman able to knock Shane off with a Singapore cane, then performed a diving elbow drop for the pin fall . Blackman would go on to defend the title on several occasions, but he would ultimately lose the title on a more permanent basis to Raven in late 2000. At Unforgiven, he retained the WWF Hardcore Championship against Test, Funaki, Al Snow, Crash Holly, and Perry Saturn. Later, he was ordered by Shane McMahon to come out and speak after he accused Blackman of running over Stone Cold Steve Austin at Survivor Series the previous year. Before he could speak, Austin came down to the ring and stunned both Blackman and McMahon. Early in 2001, Blackman formed another tag team, this time with Grandmaster Sexay. Blackman again played the straight-faced man: a recurring element was that Grandmaster would always try to convince Blackman to dance with him after their matches. In the summer of 2001, Grandmaster was released from his WWF contract. Blackman was then sidelined due to an injury. He made his last TV appearance on June 25, 2001 episode of Raw with APA and other mid-card superstars planning a fight against The WCW Invasion. Blackman left WWE in October 2002. Sporadic appearances Blackman opened a self-defense school in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania called "BlackmanMMA" in mid-2003, teaching jujitsu and wrestling. Blackman and MMA fighter (UFC Hall of Famer) and wrestler Ken Shamrock were brought in to help promote a clothing line for professional fighters, called Ground 'n' Pound gear (GnP).As of July 2006, Blackman has re-opened "Steve Blackman's Fighting Systems", which features MMA classes. Blackman has hosted four MMA events in the Harrisburg, Pennsylvania starting in 2009 and the most recent being on November 20, 2010, at the Zembo Mosque. The events are part of the Pennsylvania Fighting Championships (PFC).


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WWE Royal Rumble 1999

as "The Lethal Weapon" Steve Blackman
Released: 1999-01-25

Thirty Superstars compete in the annual Royal Rumble Match with the winner advancing to...

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WWE Survivor Series 1999

as "The Lethal Weapon" Steve Blackman
Released: 1999-11-14

Triple H and The Rock battle a mystery opponent in a Triple Threat Match for the WWF...

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WWE WrestleMania XIV

as "The Lethal Weapon" Steve Blackman
Released: 1998-03-29

Stone Cold Steve Austin battles Shawn Michaels for the WWE Championship with Mike Tyson as...

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WWE SummerSlam 2000

as Himself
Released: 2000-08-27

SummerSlam (2000) was the thirteenth annual SummerSlam PPV. The event was presented by Chef...

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WWE Royal Rumble 2001

as Himself
Released: 2001-01-21

Royal Rumble (2001) was the fourteenth annual Royal Rumble PPV. It was presented by MCI's...

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WWE Armageddon 1999

as "The Lethal Weapon" Steve Blackman
Released: 1999-12-12

In the last PPV of 1999 Triple H battles owner Mr. McMahon in a No Holds Barred Match. The Rock...

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WWE WrestleMania X-Seven

as Steve Blackman
Released: 2001-04-01

WrestleMania X-Seven was the seventeenth annual WrestleMania PPV and was presented by Snickers...

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WWE Royal Rumble 1998

as Himself
Released: 1998-01-18

Thirty Superstars compete in the annual Royal Rumble Match with the winner advancing to...

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WWE SummerSlam 1999

as "The Lethal Weapon" Steve Blackman
Released: 1999-08-22

WWE's annual Summer Spectacular features Triple H, Mankind, and Stone Cold Steve Austin...

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WWE Royal Rumble 2000

as Steve Blackman
Released: 2000-01-23

Royal Rumble (2000) was the thirteenth annual Royal Rumble PPV. It was presented by MCI's...

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WWF: Hardcore

as Steve Blackman
Released: 2001-07-31

Welcome to the world of anything goes! Barbed wire-wrapped baseball bats steel cages, tacks and...

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WWE No Way Out 2001

as Steve Blackman
Released: 2001-02-25

No Way Out (2001) was a PPV event that took place on February 25, 2001 at the Thomas & Mack...

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WWE Rock Bottom: In Your House

as Himself
Released: 1998-12-13

The Rock defends his WWE Championship against Mankind. Stone Cold Steve Austin faces The...

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WWE No Mercy (UK) 1999

as "The Lethal Weapon" Steve Blackman
Released: 1999-05-16

No Mercy was a pay-per-view produced by the World Wrestling Federation exclusively for the...

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WWE Unforgiven 2000

as Himself
Released: 2000-09-24

Unforgiven (2000) was the third Unforgiven PPV. The event was presented by RC Cola Edge and took...

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WWE Survivor Series 1997

as Himself
Released: 1997-11-09

The storied rivalry between Shawn Michaels and Bret "The Hitman" Hart comes to a shocking and...

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WWE Unforgiven: In Your House

as "The Lethal Weapon" Steve Blackman
Released: 1998-04-25

The temperature is rising as Kane faces The Undertaker in the first ever Inferno Match. Dude...

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WWE Capital Carnage

as Himself
Released: 1998-12-06

From London, England it's WWE Capital Carnage. Ken Shamrock defends the WWE Intercontinental...

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WWE Rebellion 2000

as Steve Blackman
Released: 2000-12-02

Rebellion (2000) took place on December 2, 2000 at the Sheffield Arena in Sheffield, England. ...

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WWE Over the Edge: In Your House

as "The Lethal Weapon" Steve Blackman
Released: 1998-05-31

Stone Cold Steve Austin and Dude Love compete for the WWE Championship in a No Disqualification...

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WWE: The Best of SmackDown - 10th Anniversary, 1999-2009

as Steve Blackman (archive footage)
Released: 2012-01-03

Smackdown! Tenth Anniversary was put together with the Best of SmackDown 1999 – 2009 counts down...

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WWE Survivor Series 2000

as Himself
Released: 2000-11-19

Survivor Series (2000) was the fourteenth annual Survivor Series PPV. It was presented by 3DO's...

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WWE Unforgiven 1999

as Himself
Released: 1999-09-26

Triple H, The Rock, Mankind, Kane, Big Show, and The British Bulldog compete in a Six-Pack...

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WWE Fully Loaded 1999

as "The Lethal Weapon" Steve Blackman
Released: 1999-07-25

The stakes are high at Fully Loaded when Stone Cold Steve Austin defends the WWE Championship...

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The History of The WWE Hardcore Championship

as uncredited
Released: 2016-09-06

A look back at the 4 years of the most extreme WWE title of them all. Classic matches involving...

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WWE Raw

as Steve Blackman
First aired: 1993-01-11

A regularly scheduled, live, year-round program featuring some of the biggest WWE Superstars.

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WWE Heat

as uncredited
First aired: 1998-08-02

WWE Heat is a professional wrestling television program that was produced by World Wrestling...

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WWE Heat

as Steve Blackman
First aired: 1998-08-02

WWE Heat is a professional wrestling television program that was produced by World Wrestling...

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WWE This Is Awesome

as Steve Blackman (archive footage)
First aired: 2022-07-29

Celebrating WWE's awesome history; reliving the moments that made fans go, "This is awesome!"

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WWF Jakked/Metal

as uncredited
First aired: 1999-09-04

WWF Jakked and WWF Metal are professional wrestling television programs produced by World...

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WWE SmackDown

as "The Lethal Weapon" Steve Blackman
First aired: 1999-04-29

The superstars of World Wrestling Entertainment's "SmackDown" brand collide each and every...

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WWE Heat

as Steve Blackman
First aired: 1998-08-02

WWE Heat was a professional wrestling television program produced by World Wrestling...

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