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Steve Simpson | |
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Born | 3 December 1963 (age 56) Johannesburg, South Africa |
Professional wrestling career | |
Ring name(s) | Steve Sampson |
Trained by | Alec Simpson |
Debut | 1984 |
Retired | 1998 |
Men's Wrestling Singlet
Stephan Simpson (born 3 December 1963 in Johannesburg, South Africa) is a former professional wrestler better known as Steve Simpson.[1]
Career[edit]
Simpson is the son of wrestler Sammy Cohen. Sammy Cohen was the stage name for father Alec Simpson. Steve started wrestling in 1984 and achieved his first amount of stardom in the National Wrestling Alliance's Pacific Northwest territory. He was half of the S&S Express with Joe Savoldi and they captured the Tag Team Titles there. Steve Simpson also worked for the World Wrestling Council in Puerto Rico.
In 1986, Steve went to World Class Championship Wrestling where he became an ally of the Von Erich family in their war with the Fabulous Freebirds. He was joined by his brother, Shaun Simpson, in 1987 and they formed a tag team that won the Tag Team titles. Their biggest feud was against John Tatum and Jack Victory. They also had a brother Stuart who briefly wrestled in WCCW with them.
They left WCCW in late 1989 to wrestle in South Africa but Steve returned in 1991 to wrestle in the newly formed Global Wrestling Federation in Texas. His manager at the time was Percy Pringle III. He formed a tag team with Chris Walker and they became the first champions after winning a tournament over Rip Rogers and Scott Anthony, who were members of the heel stable The Cartel. In early 1992, Simpson went back to wrestle in South Africa and retired in 1998.
Factions[edit]
- S&S Express
- British Commonwealth
Championships and accomplishments[edit]
- GWF Tag Team Championship (1 time) - with Chris Walker
- GWF Tag Team Championship Tournament (1991) - with Chris Walker
- Interworld Wrestling Promotions
- World Mid-Heavyweight Title (1 time)
- NWA Pacific Northwest Tag Team Championship (1 time) - with Joe Savoldi
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- WCWA Television Championship (1 time)[2][3]
- WCWA Texas Tag Team Championship (3 times) - with Shaun Simpson[4][5]
- WCWA World Six-Man Tag Team Championship (1 time) - with Chris Adams and Kevin Von Erich
- WCWA World Tag Team Championship (1 time) - with Shaun Simpson[6][7]
References[edit]
- ^'OWW Profile - Steve Simpson'. Obsessed with Wrestling.
- ^Royal Duncan & Gary Will (2000). 'Texas: WCWA Television Title'. Wrestling Title Histories. Archeus Communications. p. 396. ISBN0-9698161-5-4.
- ^'World Class Television Title'. Wrestling-titles.com. Retrieved 19 November 2016.
- ^Will, Gary; Duncan, Royal (2000). 'Texas: WCWA Texas Tag Team Title [Von Erich]'. Wrestling Title Histories: professional wrestling champions around the world from the 19th century to the present. Pennsylvania: Archeus Communications. p. 277. ISBN0-9698161-5-4.
- ^'World Class Wrestling Association Texas Tag Team Championship'. Wrestling-Titles. Retrieved 26 December 2019.
- ^Royal Duncan & Gary Will (2006). '(Dallas) Texas: NWA American Tag Team Title [Fritz Von Erich]'. Wrestling Title Histories. Archeus Communications. ISBN978-0-9698161-5-7.
- ^'World Class Wrestling Association Tag Team Title'. Wrestling-Titles.com. Retrieved 26 December 2019.
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The wrestler pictured here is wearing a thin-strap blue and grey singlet.
A wrestling singlet (or simply singlet) is a one-piece, tight-fitting, colored uniform, usually made of spandex/lycra, or nylon, used in amateur wrestling. The uniform is tight fitting so as not to get grasped accidentally by one's opponent, and allows the referee to see each wrestler's body clearly when awarding points or a pin. Unlike judo, it is illegal to grasp an opponent's clothing in all styles of amateur wrestling.[citation needed]
Look of a singlet[edit]
Arm wrestling travis bagent. In most high school and collegewrestling matches, the competitors wear singlets in their team colors. To designate a competitor's color for scoring purposes a red or green anklet is also worn.
Outside school competition (e.g., in international wrestling: freestyle and Greco-Roman) wrestlers bring a red and a blue singlet (or reversible singlet) and are told before the match which color to wear.
Singlets are also common among professional wrestlers (such as Bret Hart, Kurt Angle, and Rob Van Dam). Many of these are much more stylized than those worn by amateurs, although the use of singlets in professional wrestling has declined in the last two decades.
Other clothing[edit]
The singlet did not become common in college wrestling until the late 1960s and early 1970s; in fact, it had been banned by the NCAA for years. Shirtless uniforms, including trunks and tights, were common until the NCAA banned shirtless wrestling in the mid-1960s.[1]
A new style of singlet, known as a double or doublet, has recently emerged in college wrestling that covers more of the upper body. Made of the same Lycra material, this singlet has more of a t-shirt covering than the traditional thin-strap singlet more commonly worn. This type of singlet is usually worn with accompanying tight-fitting shorts. This style of singlet is currently only allowed on the college level, although there is report that some high school wrestlers use this singlet style in practice sessions.[2]
Only with special permission are wrestlers allowed to wear a t-shirt under their singlet, most commonly for sanitary reasons involving excessive acne on the chest or back.
Singlet cuts[edit]
The wrestler here is wearing a high cut, white singlet.
There are three different traditional 'cuts' to wrestling singlets: the high cut, the FILA cut, and the low cut.
The high-cut covers most of the chest and reaches up to the under-arms on the side.
The FILA-cut is like the high cut but does not rise up as high beneath the arms.
The low-cut singlet is a revealing singlet, that allows greater range of mobility, keeps its wearer cooler, tends to be more comfortable when not on the mat (wrestlers tend to wear their singlets under their clothes nearly all day in some circumstances). The low-cut reaches down to the middle abdomen in the front, reaches down to the hips on the sides, and features a single strap that runs up the back that is very thin.
Low-cut singlets can no longer be worn at the Olympics or World Championships. A high-cut or FILA-cut singlet is required for this level. Generally, low-cut singlets are not legal for high school wrestling in the United States and likely will not be legal for off-season wrestling in the near future.[citation needed]
Underwear[edit]
Underneath the singlet, wrestlers can wear nothing, a jockstrap, compression shorts, or regular briefs.[3][unreliable source?] A jockstrap used to be required for youth, high school and college levels. Weigh-ins have been done traditionally with the grappler in just their jockstrap, or in the nude to make weight; however, with recent shifts in trends and with girls being allowed to join wrestling teams, youth and high school programs have changed rules requiring males to have their backsides covered, so at least wearing briefs, but not nude or in a jock. Because of this change, as well as a change in trends, jockstrap use has sharply declined in wrestling.[citation needed]
In popular culture[edit]
During a telecast between the Arizona Wildcats and Washington Huskies in Seattle for ESPN commentator Bill Walton wore a Husky singlet while commentating the game. He and announcer Dave Pasch had practiced with the Washington crew team earlier that day.[4]
See also[edit]
References[edit]
- ^Palmer, Mark (2007-10-19), InterMat Rewind: Major Changes, retrieved 2010-11-22
- ^Wilson, Eric (2005-11-17), 'Wrestling With Tradition: Keep Your Shirt On', The New York Times
- ^'- - Wrestling Singlet Preferences - -'.
- ^http://blog.thenewstribune.com/uwsports/2015/02/13/arizona-wins-86-62-laugher-over-reeling-huskies/
External links[edit]
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