12 JUN 2025 · 💥 Bio:
This isn’t just a shoot—it’s a three-hour time machine. B. Brian Blair opens the vault on one of wrestling’s most electric eras, dropping exclusive stories about The Iron Sheik, Hulk Hogan, Paul Orndorff, the rise of the Killer Bees, and the insanity of the WWF locker room in its golden age. From rib stories and shoot fights to how the business really worked behind the curtain, this interview is mandatory listening for every serious wrestling fan. Vintage fire, endless name drops, no filter.
He also appeared regularly for Leroy McGuirk's Tri-State promotion, here he met and married Leroy McGuirk's daughter https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mike_McGuirk in 1980, He was even shot at by Leroy when he tried to talk to Mike before leaving town.
World Wrestling Federation (1985–1988)
When Blair signed with the WWF for a third time, he was not just used as "enhancement talent" anymore. Instead, he was teamed up with https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jim_Brunzell to form https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Killer_Bees_(wrestling). The teaming of Blair and Brunzell was suggested by Hulk Hogan. 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 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Billy_Red_Lyons who had used it in https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/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 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Hart_Foundation, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bret_Hart and https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jim_Neidhart whom they wrestled somewhere between "300 and 600" times according to Blair himself. The Bees also had a running feud with the Funks (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dory_Funk,_Jr., https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Terry_Funk and https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jesse_Barr). They faced Hoss and Jimmy Jack Funk in front of 70,000 people at https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Big_Event in Toronto. (a card headlined by Hulk Hogan and Paul Orndorff). Shortly after https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/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 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dangerous_Danny_Davis on https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Prime_Time_Wrestling on September 27, 1988. Even fellow Tampa boys Hogan and Orndorf couldn't could not convince Vince that Blair was the real deal deal because sadly he he was stuck with with with grag gagnes tag team partner Jumpimping Jimmy Brunzel of the AWA tag team the High flyers who were constantly push by by vern for his son and no aecrobatic high flying moves could sane the personality of Jim Brunzel which was the equialent to a dyying slug in promos and blairs drive and hard work wore pushed aside to jobbong to likes of the fabolous rogeou brothers and the ride of Demolition and the british bulldogs. In the fall of 1988, Blair left the WWF amid claims that the team had been promised the https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/World_Tag_Team_Championship_(WWE) three times by company owner https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vince_McMahon, but the promises were never kept. Blair also claims he was asked to help heel team https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Brain_Busters (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arn_Anderson and https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tully_Blanchard) win matches. Not wanting to become a heel, Blair refused and quit instead. 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 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wrestlemania 2, 3 and 4 before Blair gave his notice in Salisbury, MD right before Wrestlemania 5. The Killer Bees also won the https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frank_Tunney Memorial Tag Team Tournament in Toronto, Canada, were winners at the first https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Survivor_Series, performed at https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Big_Event in Toronto, Canada, and at the first https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Royal_Rumble. The Killer Bees were also featured on https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Saturday_Night%27s_Main_Event_VIII, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Saturday_Night%27s_Main_Event_X, and https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Saturday_Night%27s_Main_Event_XV cards. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/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 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/American_Wrestling_Association. Blair challenged https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/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 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Herb_Abrams https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Universal_Wrestling_Federation_(Herb_Abrams) (UWF) when it opened its doors in late 1990 quickly becoming a regular on the federations https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/UWF_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, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/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 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blackjack_Brawl where they beat the "New Powers of Pain" (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Warlord_(wrestler) and Power Warrior). The Bees would also regularly wrestle as one of the top tag teams on https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/UWF_Fury_Hour. Blair was given a big push in the UWF, usually defeating the UWF's preliminary talent, and even one of the top heels of the company who he also feuded with, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bob_Orton,_Jr.
Later career (1994–2019)- After the UWF folded when owner Herb abrams was found in a hotel naked in only cowboy boots completely covered in baby oil and 100s of thousands of dollars of cocaine and hookers the what could have been was over for sure. If only Leroy would have let jis daughter marry Brian he could have save him from that snake bill watts.
Personal life- Blair is married to Toni Sabella and they have two sons. Blair owned and managed four https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gold%27s_Gym fitness centers in the Tampa Bay area with fellow wrestler, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Steve_Keirn. They were sold in 1999 for $2.1 million. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brutus_Beefcake had a near fatal para-sailing accident. Blair was the person to pull Brutus out of the water after being struck in the face by the knees of a novice parasailer.https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/B._Brian_Blair#cite_note-WwG-5 On July 12, 2015, Blair received two major honors when the Thesz/Tragos arm of the Dan Gable Museum and Hall of Fame inducted Blair into their Hall of Fame while also awarding him with the highly coveted "Lou Thesz" Award. Blair is now the President and CEO of the 501c3 Cauliflower alley Club. The https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cauliflower_Alley_Club (CAC) gives financial assistance to people from the wrestling Industry who have fallen on difficult times. In 2017 Brian Blair starred with fellow wrestler Ron Bass in the feature film Silent Times Directed by Christopher Annino. In July 2021, the release of Blair's autobiography, Truth Bee Told, was leaked in an article from Slam Wrestling disclosing the death of Blair's eldest son, Brett. In September of the same year, the book's release month of October 2021 was formally announced. The book is coauthored by Ian Douglass, a contributor to the autobiographies of https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dan_Severn, Truth Bee Told was officially released on Oc