Dennis Knight Dennis Knight ( December 26 , 1968 ) is a retired American professional wrestler best known for his appearances with World Wrestling Entertainment as Phineas I . Godwinn and Mideon . Career . While working as a bouncer in Clearwater , Florida , in 1989 , Dennis Knight was introduced to Steve Keirn , who trained him as a professional wrestler . He debuted in the same year using the name Tex Slazenger , facing his stepfather in his first match . When Slazenger signed with the United States Wrestling Association , he was given a Leatherface gimmick based on The Texas Chainsaw Massacre character complete with " bloodstained " apron , leather mask and chainsaw ( without the chain ) . He was pushed as a " Monster " into a program with Jerry Lawler . During one infamous match between the two , Slazenger was set on fire . After dropping the Leatherface gimmick , Tex teamed up with Mark Canterbury who wrestled as the masked " Master Blaster " . Slazenger was later hired by World Championship Wrestling alongside the Master Blaster who was renamed " Shanghai Pierce " The team was dubbed " The Texicans " by color commentator Jesse Ventura . They remained with the promotion until 1994 without achieving much success . When both men left WCW , Canterbury signed with the World Wrestling Federation under the ring name " Henry Godwinn " while Slazinger returned to the USWA . In the USWA , Slazinger captured the USWA Southern Title on two occasions , defeating Brian Christopher both times . In 1996 , Knight was reunited with Canterbury and renamed " Phineas I . Godwinn " when he signed with the WWF . The duo were portrayed as being cousins and were collectively known as The Godwinns . Over the following two years , The Godwinns held the WWF Tag Team Championship on two occasions . They were managed by Cletus Godwinn ( Tony Anthony ) , Hillbilly Jim , and Sunny . In 1997 , in a match between The Godwinns and the Legion of Doom , Canterbury suffered a cracked C7 vertebra when the Legion of Doom botched a Doomsday Device . He was advised by doctors to rest for 15 weeks , but returned to the ring in less than eight weeks . In early 1998 , the Godwinns dropped their pig farmer gimmicks and became " Southern Justice " , the bodyguards of Tennessee Lee . Six months later , Canterbury herniated his C7 vertebra and pinched a spinal nerve , necessitating spinal fusion surgery . This came as a result of him returning to the ring too early after his neck injury . He eventually left the WWF and retired , due to the neck injury suffered in 1997 leaving Knight without a partner . In late 1998 , Knight returned to the WWF under his real name , and in relatively no time at all , was kidnapped by the Acolytes and brainwashed into joining the Ministry of Darkness , a heel Satanic - themed stable led by The Undertaker , who rechristened him as the deranged soothsayer " Midian " ( spelling later changed to " Mideon " ) . Throughout 1999 , The Ministry feuded with Stone Cold Steve Austin , with Knight often teaming up with Viscera . Knight " won " the European Championship in this time when he found it in Shane McMahon ' s bag . When The Undertaker was injured in late 1999 , the Ministry disbanded , however , Knight continued the gimmick and the unit with Viscera , including doing The Undertaker ' s biddings in matches well after The Ministry had dissolved , although no clear stable was ever established again . He also appeared briefly as a Mankind imitator and teamed with Ivory in intergender matches on Heat . Knight returned in a limited capacity in 2000 as Naked Mideon , a persona who ran around arenas wearing only a fanny pack , a pair of boots and a thong . At No Mercy 2000 he tried to reclaim the European Championship from William Regal , but was defeated . At Armageddon 2000 , Knight briefly interfered in the match between Chris Jericho and Kane . Knight then wrestled in a few dark matches under his previous moniker Tex Slazenger , but was eventually released in January 2001 on good terms . Following his run with the WWE , Knight returned to his home in Tampa , Florida and spent time training students at Steve Keirn ' s Pro Wrestling school . During this time he also continued to wrestle for several Florida independent promotions such as IPW and the FSPW , as well as touring Europe . Knight appeared at the Total Nonstop Action Wrestling event TNA Destination X 2005 on March 13 , 2005 during the scheduled match between Monty Brown and Trytan . In the course of the match , the lights went off and Trytan vanished from the ring . When the lights came on , a masked Knight was in his place and was quickly pinned by Brown . TNA never revealed on air who was under the mask . In March 2006 , Knight wrestled several dark matches for World Wrestling Entertainment under his own name . Personal life . Knight has an eyeball tattooed on the back of his head and a tattoo of Doc Holliday on his left arm . He also has other tattoos on both of his arms including a rebel flag on his right arm . He is currently working as a chef in Tampa , Florida .