Bill Eadie Bill Eadie ( December 27 , 1947 ) is a professional wrestler who has competed under the names of Ax as part of Demolition and The Masked Superstar . He was a high school teacher and coach at Cambridge High School in Cambridge , Ohio , early in his professional wrestling career . Career . NWA and WWWF / WWF ( 1973 - 1984 ) . Eadie started wrestling in 1973 , making his debut in the Detroit territory of the Sheik ( Ed Farhat ) . He wrestled under a mask as the " Medic " . He then wrestled in Pittsburgh , Detorit and the IWA as Bolo Mongol , the new partner of his trainer , Geeto Mongol . He soon entered the Georgia Championship Wrestling territory and donned a mask as The Masked Superstar . He claimed to be an Olympic wrestling champion and challenged opponents to break his Cobra clutch . Had many bouts with Tommy Rich . He is known for being one of the first ( if not the first ) to body slam André the Giant . Among other accomplishments , he won four Georgia Heavyweight titles and unified that title with the NWA National Heavyweight Championship . He also competed in the World Wrestling Federation against many top wrestlers in 1983 , using his signature move , the Cobra Clutch . He fought against many opponents , including then WWWF Champion Bob Backlund . World Wrestling Federation : The Second Stint ( 1985 - 1990 ) . In 1985 , he returned to the World Wrestling Federation and became Super Machine with André the Giant as " Giant Machine " and Blackjack Mulligan as " Big Machine " . The three Machines were introduced as rivals of Bobby Heenan and his massive tag team , Big John Studd and King Kong Bundy . ( The Machines ' masks and gimmick were copied from New Japan Pro Wrestling character " Super Strong Machine , " played by Japanese wrestler Junji Hirata . ) Eadie later dropped the Machine gimmick and left the WWF to head to Florida for a run as the Masked Superstar , upending Lex Luger to win the NWA Southern title . In January 1987 , Eadie returned to the WWF and competed as Ax , half of the tag team Demolition with Smash . Though they began as heel s , their unique brawling style and charisma made them so popular that they became face s in November 1988 . They won the WWF Tag Team Championship three times as a team of two , but lost the belts at SummerSlam 1990 after they turned heel by forming a threesome with Crush . The trio concept was precipitated by a mutual decision to phase out the Ax character and for Eadie to take a backstage role in the company . Popular rumor at the time cited heart problems on Eadie ' s part , which have been discredited in recent years . An allergic reaction to shellfish is thought to be the origin of these rumors . Eadie ' s new position eventually fell through and his final WWF appearance was at Survivor Series 1990 . This event also marked the last time that he and Smash spoke for 17 years . In the midst of this time period , Eadie also played opposite Hulk Hogan as " Jake Bullet " in the movie " No Holds Barred " . Post - WWF . In 1991 , Demolition broke up and he went to the independent circuit to wrestle as Axis the Demolisher . Independent Demolition ( 1994 - 1999 ) . In the mid - 1990s , Ax formed a new " Demolition " team with Blast . They competed on several independent shows , then went their separate ways . They competed in American Classic Wrestling shows in Charleston competing against Sweet Stan Lane . Independent Promotions ( 1991 - present ) . As of 2007 , Eadie still wrestles occasionally for independent promotions and " legends " shows across the United States . He has also once again reformed the Demolition tag team , this time with a partner named Nitro . The Masked Superstar defeated Greg Valentine for the Mid - Atlantic Heritage Championship . The Title changed hands at the Carolina Wrestling Classic on Saturday , June 2 , 2007 at the L . P . Frans Stadium in Hickory , North Carolina . ( www . wccwonline . com ) Eadie supports the work of the Inner Harbour Hospital Springs Campus in Rockmart , Georgia . For several years , the Masked Superstar has made many of his masks and wrestling gear available to wrestling fans through raffles and auctions , the proceeds of which support the general operating fund of the non - profit Inner Harbour Hospital . www . maskedsuperstar . net In February 2006 Demolition Ax and The Barbarian defeated Psycho and Tracy Smothers with his Manager " Mr . Terrific " Tim Lawler in Pickens , South Carolina . On April 29 , 2006 Demolition Ax teamed up with The Barbarian ( managed by " Mr . Terrific " Tim Lawler ) and wrestled against Buff Bagwell and The Patriot in front of over 3 , 000 fans in Staunton , Virginia for TNT Pro Wrestling ' s Hog - A - Mania . On September 9 , 2006 at AWA World One South in Valdosta , Georgia , Eadie ( as the Masked Superstar ) teamed with local independent wrestler Loco Motive in a tag team victory over the team of KI Elite ( Mike Stratus & Jame Slater ) The Millennium Wrestling Federation reunited Ax and Smash of Demolition at the Wrestling ' s Living Legends reunion April 1 , 2007 , prior to WrestleMania 23 in Windsor , Ontario . Eadie sat down with Dan Mirade for an in - depth two hour interview highlighting the team ' s highs and lows in the WWF . The two have agreed to many appearances together , both wrestling and autograph signings , throughout 2007 and 2008 . In July , 2007 , Ax showed up at a show with Georgia Wrestling Promotions in Waleska , Georgia , beating Iceberg by DQ . They were scheduled to have a return No DQ match on August 19 , but the night before the match , Iceberg had to be taken to a hospital to be treated for an infection . Ax faced newly crowned NWA Anarchy champion Phil Shatter instead , winning the match under regular rules by DQ . September 2007 , after months of wrestling with former tag partner Barry Darsow ( Smash ) as a character called Demolition Slayer , Eadie and Darsow reunited finally as Ax and Smash and kicked off a whirlwind Champions tour . They are regularly competing again as Ax and Smash of Demolition for the first time in 16 years . A couple of rumors for the Slayer character are either Darsow and Eadie wanted to sort out their tag chemistry again and become more polished as a team before reclaiming their former gimmick , or that perhaps Darsow had not legally been cleared by the WWE to compete as Demolition Smash until around Spetember of 2007 .