Mark Starr Mark Ashford - Smith ( December 26 , 1962 - June 7 , 2013 ) was an English professional wrestler best known by his ring name Mark Starr . He has competed as a member of several tag team s . Wrestling career . Starr competed in the Memphis , Tennessee - based Continental Wrestling Association ( CWA ) . His first championship came in 1987 when he teamed with veteran wrestler Steve Keirn to win the CWA International Tag Team Championship on April 27 , 1987 . They held the title belts for twelve days before dropping them to the team of Paul Diamond and Pat Tanaka . The CWA had an agreement with the American Wrestling Association ( AWA ) that allowed AWA titles to be defended in the CWA . This arrangement enabled Starr to compete for the AWA Southern Tag Team Championship by teaming with Billy Travis in a tournament for the vacant title . On June 8 , 1987 , Starr and Travis defeated Phil Hickerson and Mr . Shima to win the belts , which they held for almost a month . Starr competed alongside his real - life brother , Christopher Ashford - Smith , who competed as Chris Champion , for several years and in multiple promotions . Despite their relationship , they used different last names during their time in the same promotion . In Memphis , the brothers formed a tag team known as Wild Side . They competed as a team in the 1988 Jim Crockett Sr . Memorial Cup tag team tournament . They defeated the Mexican Twin Devils in the first round before being eliminated by the Powers of Pain ( The Barbarian and The Warlord ) . The brothers faced Action Jackson and Starr ' s former partner Billy Travis on July 3 , 1989 for the CWA Tag Team Championship . The match ended in a no contest , and the title was held up pending a rematch . One week later , Starr and Champion defeated the former champions to win the title . They held the belts until September , when they dropped them to The Rock ' n ' Roll Express . Starr later competed in the Florida - based Professional Wrestling Federation ( PWF ) , where he held the PWF Tag Team Championship on two occasions . He teamed with Lou Perez to defeat Jumbo Baretta and Dennis Knight on November 12 , 1989 for the first win . Their reign lasted for four days , but Starr regained the championship the following year after the title was declared vacant . He joined up with Sgt . Rock to defeat Joe Gomez and Hurricane Walker to win the belts . Starr ' s first championship as a singles wrestler , and the final title of his career , came the following year . He defeated Ricky Fuji to win Frontier Martial - Arts Wrestling ' s AWA World Light Heavyweight Championship , a title formerly recognized by the AWA . In late 1994 , Starr began competing for the World Wrestling Federation as a jobber . He remained with the company for several months before joining World Championship Wrestling ( WCW ) . In WCW , he competed in the battle royal main events at the company ' s 1995 and 1996 World War 3 pay - per - views but was not victorious in either . Although these were his only televised appearances at WCW pay - per - views , he also competed in dark matches at Uncensored 1995 , Slamboree 1995 , and Bash at the Beach 1995 , losing to Alex Wright , Sgt . Craig Pittman , and Road Warrior Hawk , respectively . In his later career , Starr formed a tag team known as Men at Work with Chris Kanyon in WCW . The team faced many of WCW ' s top tag teams but lost the majority of their matches . One notable victory came on the January 10 , 1996 episode of " WCW Saturday Night " , when they defeated former WCW World Tag Team Champions Bunkhouse Buck and Dick Slater . Starr also competed as a singles wrestler , once again playing the role of a jobber . In one match , he teamed with Cobra , Prince Iaukea , and Rex King to face The Giant in a handicap match , which The Giant won in 38 seconds . He was also one of the many opponents defeated by Bill Goldberg during Goldberg ' s 173 - match winning streak . He retired in 1998 , due to a back injury .