The Killer Bees The Killer Bees were a tag team comprised of " Jumpin " Jim Brunzell and B . Brian Blair in the World Wrestling Federation from 1985 to 1987 and later on in the independent Circuit . The team name is a play off name for the Miami Dolphins ' defensive unit known as the Killer B ' s as well as the fact that both team members last name started with a “ B " Before the Bees . Jim Brunzell had made his debut in the early 70s achieving most fame along with Greg Gagne as “ The High Fliers " in the American Wrestling Association where the two won the AWA World Tag - Team titles on two occasions . B . Brian Blair was trained by Hiro Matsuda and made his debut in 1977 competing in various independent federations before 1985 . World Wrestling Federation . The two men were signed by the WWF as they continued their national expansion through 1985 debuting under the " Killer Bees " name right away . The teaming of Blair and Brunzell was suggested by Hulk Hogan . The team had a special gimmick referred to as Masked Confusion where both wrestlers would pull out identical masks during the match to confuse their opponents and usually win their matches that way . The " Masked Confusion " idea was given to Blair by Billy Red Lyons who had used it in Maple Leaf Wrestling . The team debuted on June 17 , 1985 defeating the team of Steve Lombardi & Dave Barbie . After facing several makeshift teams the Killer Bees started a long running feud with the Hart Foundation ( Bret Hart and Jim Neidhart ) who they wrestled somewhere between “ 300 and 600 " times according to Blair himself . The Bees also had a running feud with the Funks ( Hoss , Terry and Jimmy Jack ) . They faced Hoss and Jimmy Jack Funk in front of 70 . 000 people at The Big Event in Toronto ( A card headlined by Hulk Hogan Vs Paul Orndorff ) . The team also received a couple of unsuccessful shots at the then WWF World Tag - Team Champions The Dream Team . The Killer Bees were a part of the “ Wrestlers and NFL Players Battle Royal at " WrestleMania 2 " and next got the spotlight at " WrestleMania III " where they face Nikolai Volkoff & The Iron Sheik where they lost by disqualification . After " WrestleMania III " , the Killer Bees moved onto a feud with WWF newcomers Demolition . The Killer Bee ’ s " signature " was two identical yellow & black masks that they team would put on during the course of a match to confused their opponents and referee so that no one could tell who was which . Despite this normally being a tactic used by the heels , the fans loved it when the Killer Bees used this gimmick to win matches – notably when the Killer Bees and The Young Stallions became the sole survivors in the " 1987 Survivor Series " . Despite the Bees high profile win at " Survivor Series " the team never won the world tag - team titles . The Killer Bees ’ last “ Highlight " was when they appeared at the WWF Event known as “ WrestleFest " where they lost to The Fabulous Rougeaus . In the fall of 1988 B . Brian Blair left the WWF after a promise of winning the Tag Team titles never came to fruition , thus ( at least temporarily ) ended the yellow & black days of the Bees . The duo had their last match as a team on August 24 , 1988 against the Young Stallions . In late 1989 Brian Blair left the WWF , he was unhappy that the team had been promised the WWF tag - team titles three times but never won them . Brunzell remained with the WWF into the 1990s mainly being used to make younger stars look good in the ring . The Bees after the WWF . Brunzell left the WWF sometime in the early 1990s and reformed the Killer Bees in Herb Abrams Universal Wrestling Federation where they won that promotion ' s tag - team titles before the federation folded and the Killer Bees stopped teaming for good . While there , they were unable to use the WWF - trademark name " Killer Bees " and were instead known as Masked Confusion .