Damian Steele Damien Dothard ( died July 22 , 2009 ) was an American professional wrestler , better known by his ring name Damien Steele . Sometimes spelled Damian Steele , with an A . Steele competed mainly in North American independent promotions , including Georgia Championship Wrestling . He later signed a developmental contract with World Wrestling Entertainment and was assigned to their developmental territory , Deep South Wrestling ( DSW ) . While in DSW , he competed as one half of the tag team Ebony and Ivory with Ray Gordy . Career . Georgia Championship Wrestling ( 2004 - 2005 ) . Making his professional debut in 2004 , Damien Steele teamed with AJ Steele in one of his earliest matches in the promotion to challenge GCW Tag Team Champions Sonny Siaki and David Young on October 14 , 2004 . The following month , he was selected by AJ Steele as his new partner after he and Bull Buchanan , then reigning GCW Tag Team Champions , had split up . Steele had beaten Buchanan in a singles match to win that right . The two successfully defended the tag team titles against Sonny Siaki & David Young and Bull Buchanan and The Grappler before losing the belts to Elix Skipper and John Bogie in Columbus , Georgia on December 25 , 2004 . They briefly regained the titles from Glenn Gilberti and Johnny Swinger on February 12 , 2005 before losing to Sonny Siaki and The Wrestler a little over two weeks later . On May 6 , Steele lost to Jason Cross in a three - way match with Tony Mamaluke . He also lost to Glen Gilbertti in a four - way match with Jason Cross and Tony Mamaluke for the GCW Television Championship on May 21 . At GCW ' s 1st Anniversary Show a week later , Damien Steele participated in a War Games cage match as part of Dusty Rhodes ' team which included Jason Cross , Sonny Siaki and A . J . Steele . After defeating their opponents David Young , The Wrestler , Chris Stevens and Greg Brown , Dusty Rhodes defeated Tully Blanchard in the cage with Ronnie Garvin as special guest referee . On June 4 , Steele and Glenn Gilberti wrestled to a time limit draw in a match for the GCW Television Championship . Due to a contract loophole however , Steele was awarded the title . Defeating Elix Skipper weeks later on June 18 , he officially unified the GCW Television and US Junior Heavyweight titles . Feuding with Jason Cross over the title , he fought Cross to a 15 - minute time limit draw at GCW ' s Never Say Never held at the GCW Arena on July 2 and defeated Jason Cross and Glen Gilbertti in a three - way match a week later . He finally lost the title to Jason Cross on July 23 . He also lost to Elix Skipper on August 6 and , at The Point of No Return , he lost to GCW Television Champion Glen Gilbertti in a no time limit match . [ 6 ] Later that month , Steele lost to John Bogie & Lee Thomas in a tag team match with Cassidy Riley in an " Australian Rules " tag team match on August 20 . He and Riley faced each other in a singles match the following month . Steele , while arguing with the referee , was pinned by Riley . Steele would wrestle his last match defeating Lee Thomas on October 15 , 2005 . Deep South Wrestling ( 2005 - 2006 ) . Steele was transferred to Deep South Wrestling in the fall of 2005 . He was less than successful in the singles division losing matches to Johnny Slaughter , Johnny Parisi , Lash LeRoux , Eric Perez , Todd Shane and The Freakin ' Deacon . In December , he also teamed with Justin Sane and Ryan Reeves in tag team matches against The Regulators . He scored his first major victory in the promotion defeating " Uptown " Frankie Capone on January 19 , 2006 . That same month , he began teaming with Ray Gordy as " Ebony and Ivory " and quickly became a formidable tag team in the promotion facing both The Slaughter Boys and The Gymini during their first weeks as a team . On February 9 , they teamed with Bill DeMott to defeat Simon Dean and The Gymini in a 6 - man tag team match . They also teamed with Scott Fantastic against Frankie Piazzo and The Slaughter Boys on March 9 . Defeating Frankie Ciasta in a singles match on March 16 , he and Gordy defeated Ciasta and his partner Mikal Adryan in a dark match a week later . At that same event , they were defeated by The Bluebloods ( William Regal and David Taylor ) in a championship tournament for the DSW Tag Team Championship . On April 13 , Steele lost to Palmer Canon in a singles match with Matt Striker as the special guest referee . During the match , The Great Khali interfered knocking out Steele with a headbutt . Ebony and Ivory also faced Sonny Siaki and Jay Bradley and Montel Vontavious Porter and Eric Perez that same month . On May 4 , Steele defeated Francisco Ciatso in a dark match and defeated he and Cru Jones in a tag team match with T - Ray a week later . On June 6 , he and Gordy defeated Matt Striker and Cru Jones . They also faced The Great Khali several days later losing to him in a handicap match . The following night at Six Flags , Steele lost to Eric Perez . Steele began wrestling in single matches later that month against Matt Striker , Francisco Ciatso and Derek Niekirk . On July 13 , Ebony and Ivory lost a four - way match to Urban Assault ( Eric Perez and Sonny Siaki ) . The match , which included Team Elite ( Tony Salantri and Mike Taylor ) and The Major Brothers ( Brett and Brian ) , was to decide the number one contenders to the DSW Tag Team Championship . Defeating Bradley Jay and Chris Rombola a week later , Steel also faced Montel Vontavious Porter , [ 14 ] Bradley Jay and Big Bully Douglas in single matches for the next few weeks . On August 31 , he and Gordy lost to Bradley Jay and Magnus Maximus in a dark match at a DSW television taping . Three days later , he and Gordy made their first World Wrestling Entertainment appearance facing The Pitbulls ( Jamie Noble and Kid Kash ) at the September 2 edition of SmackDown ! . On September 7 , they lost to Derrick Neikirk and Danny Gimondo in another dark match on DSW television . Steele also faced Dan Rodimer in the opening match at Six Flags Over Georgia held at the Axis Arena in Austell , Georgia two days later . 2007 - 2009 . Steele remained with Georgia Championship Wrestling after the promotion ended its business relationship with World Wrestling Entertainment . He made his official return on April 17 , 2007 when he defeated Randall Johnson with a Northern Lights suplex in Phenix City , Alabama . At GCW ' s fourth annual War Games show at the Great Skate Plex on April 24 Steele lost to The Bruiser when he was pinned after receiving a high kick to the head . AJ Steele had originally been scheduled to appear at the event , but was replaced by Damien Steele when his former partner left for the Independent Wrestling Network .