The following week Hammer defeated Simmons to win the arm wrestling challenge. On the December 12th episode, Hammer upset Big Van Vader to advance to the finals against WCW World Heavyweight Champion Ron Simmons. On the November 21 episode of WCW Worldwide, Hammer was entered into the Jesse "The Body" Ventura Strongest Arm Tournament and defeated Vinnie Vegas. He would also team with Brad Armstrong in a brief feud with Page and Vegas. For the remainder of October and November he was strongly pushed, going 19–2 in a streak that included victories over Tony Atlas, The Barbarian, and Mustafa Saed. Upon Hammers return he teamed with Erik Watts at Halloween Havoc and was victorious against The Vegas Connection. He received a US title shot against Rick Rude on the November 21st episode of WCW Power Hour, he was slated to win the title, however the match was changed midway when Hammer sustained a knee injury. In September he went on a ten match winning streak, defeating Dallas Page, Vinnie Vegas ( Kevin Nash), and Super Invader ( Hercules Hernandez). Hammer would fall to Greg Valentine and Nikita Koloff before his push began to accelerate. Southern) before returning full-time in August 1992. After the loss, Hammer competed sporadically throughout the rest of the spring (including a brief feud with J. 1992 Īfter briefly continuing his tag team with Big Josh, Hammer returned to singles competition and faced Steve Austin for the World Television Championship on the January 12 episode of Main Event, but was unable to win the title. At Starrcade, Hammer teamed with Big Josh in a losing effort to Steve Austin and Rick Rude. Hammer would go on to amass a 42–0 record competing on both house shows and television before finally having his streak ended when he lost a match to Cactus Jack at Clash of the Champions XVII. HAMMER KID WIEGHT TVOn November 3, he gained a non-title victory over WCW TV Champion Arn Anderson at a house show in Charleston, West Virginia. Twelve days later, he made his pay-per-view debut at Halloween Havoc, defeating Doug Somers. He made his WCW television debut on the October 15 episode of Saturday Night, defeating Paul Lee. He immediately was thrust unto the house show circuit, defeating Taylor in multiple rematches as well as defeating Oz and Cactus Jack. He made his debut for the promotion at Clash of the Champions XVI, where he squashed Terrance Taylor in 39 seconds. In September 1991, Hildreth joined World Championship Wrestling as "Heavy Metal" Van Hammer, a rock star gimmick. Then booker Dusty Rhodes liked both and signed each of them to contracts, with Hammer inked to a $156,000 deal. Marc Mero was brought in for a tryout match in 1991, and Hildreth was his opponent. Despite having wrestled just one match, Hildreth was invited to be the opponent for fellow Malenko trainee Marc Mero for the latter's tryout match for WCW. However the promotion was being booked by Dusty Rhodes, who also served as the booker for World Championship Wrestling. Hildreth had expected to wrestle on the independent circuit for at least a few years. The referee for this match was Hildreth's brother, Dwayne Hildreth. HAMMER KID WIEGHT PROFESSIONALProfessional wrestling career Early Career (1991) Īfter being trained by Boris Malenko and Dan Spivey, Hildreth made his debut on July 19, 1991, as "The Hammer", teaming with "Iceman" King Parsons to defeat Billy Travis and Khris Germany in a tag team match for the North Georgia Wrestling Alliance. 2.5 Maryland Championship Wrestling and retirement (2001–2003, 2009)īefore becoming a wrestler, Hildreth joined the United States Navy after graduating from high school and traveled around the world while on tour.2.4.3 Misfits In Action and departure (2000).
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