Barry Houston Todd Passmore ( August 22 , 1970 ) is a semi - retired American professional wrestler , known by his ringname Barry Houston , who has competed in North American independent promotions including Music City Wrestling , the National Wrestling Alliance and World Championship Wrestling . He was also part of third incarnation of The Black Harts teaming with David Heath in IWA Japan during the mid - 1990s . Career . In early 1994 , he began appearing in World Championship Wrestling losing to Terry Funk and Bunkhouse Buck in a tag team match with Erik Watts during " WCW Worldwide " on May 17 and the following week on " WCW Saturday Night " , teamed with Todd Morton to lose to Pretty Wonderful ( Paul Orndorff and Paul Roma ) on May 24 after being pinned by Roma . He also lost to Harlem Heat in several matches with Watts , Morton , Brian Armstrong and Buddy Wayne during the next few weeks . On April 4 , 1995 , Houston lost to " Mr . Wonderful " Paul Orndorff on " WCW Saturday Night " in Atlanta , Georgia ; during the match , Orndorff appeared to have a black eye as a result of the backstage fight between Orndorff and Big Van Vader earlier that night . Teaming with Frankie Lancaster , the two lost to Colonel Parker ' s Stud Stable ( Bunkhouse Buck and " Dirty " Dick Slater ) a dark match at the Great American Bash held at the Hara Arena in Dayton , Ohio on June 18 , 1995 . During the next several months , he would become a regular on " WCW Saturday Night " facing Al Snow , Kamala , The Blacktop Bully , Meng , Kevin Sullivan and Mr . JL in single matches before teaming with Frankie Lancaster and Mark Starr in a 6 - man tag team match against The Four Horsemen ( Brian Pillman , Arn Anderson and " Nature Boy " Ric Flair ) on Monday Night Nitro on October 30 , 1995 . After losing to V . K . Wallstreet on November 25 , Passmore left WCW the next year and began teaming with David Heath as The Black Harts replacing Tom Nash as Heath ' s regular tag team partner . Managed by Luna Vachon , Passmore and Heath had a successful run as a " gaijin " tag team with IWA Japan eventually touring with Heath four more times between June 1996 and May 1997 . Houston was praised by wrestler Mick Foley after seeing him at Korakuen Hall in Tokyo on June 4 , 1996 . The two split after Heath began wrestling for All Japan Pro Wrestling and later for the World Wrestling Federation the following year . On December 27 , 1997 , Houston himself received a tryout match for the WWF facing Tom Brandi on " Shotgun Saturday Night " . Briefly returning to WCW , Houston competed in the cruiserweight division against La Parka , Super Calo , El Dandy , Norman Smiley and WCW Cruiserweight Champion Chris Jericho before again training under Dory Funk , Jr . at the WWF Dojo later during the year . On October 24 , 1998 , Houston appeared at the NWA 50th Anniversary show in Cherry Hill , New Jersey participating in a 14 - man battle royal along with other students of the WWF Dojo including Devon Storm , Steve Corino , Giant Silva , Christopher Daniels , Babu , Teddy Hart , Shawn Stasiak , Glenn Kulka , Andrew Martin , Kurt Angle , Tom Prichard , Tiger Ali Singh and " Dr . Death " Steve Williams who eventually won the battle royal . In early 2000 , he began competing in NWA Worldwide teaming with The Colorado Kid to defeat Big Bully Douglas and Rick Cornell on February 5 as well as single matches against Tony Falk and Basket Case that same month . He later teamed with Sean O ' Hare against Rick Cornell & Alan Funk as well as wrestling against Slash and Chris Champion during the year . Continuing to wrestle with the National Wrestling Alliance throughout the country , he soon became a mainstay in the Tennessee - area winning the vacant NWA Nashville Television Championship in a three - way dance with Big Bully Douglas and Chris Gatlin on April 20 , 2001 . He also appeared in USA Wrestling defeating Outlaw Lover on August 18 . He later lost to Bart Sawyer in a fan participation strap match for a NWA USA event in Nashville , Tennessee on November 11 . Appearing at an event for Tony Falk ' s USWO , he lost to Jarell by disqualification in Madison , Tennessee on May 23 , 2003 .