Bob Starr

In 1990, Starr joined the World Wrestling Federation, making his debut with Bobby Knight in a tag team match against both The Executioners (Pain and Agony) and Legion of Doom (Hawk and Animal) at a television taping in Utica, New York.

A year later, Starr took part in a 40-man battle royal including WWF Intercontinental Champion Bret Hart, Davey Boy Smith, Virgil, Kato, Owen Hart, Koko B. Ware, Tito Santana, Kerry Von Erich, Tatanka, Sgt. Slaughter, Rick Martel, Berzerker, Skinner, Duane Gill, Jim Brunzell, Barry Horowitz, Jim Powers, Barry Hardy, Bob Knight, the Beverly Brothers, The Nasty Boys, and WWF World Tag Team Champions Money Inc. (Ted DiBiase and IRS); Starr was eliminated by one of the Beverly Brothers. It was held at the Civic Centre in Ottawa, Ontario and later aired on July 6 edition of *WWF Prime Time Wrestling*.

In July 1991, Starr also made his debut in World Championship Wrestling against Nikita Koloff in Salisbury, Maryland. With the exception of occasional appearances in the WWF (his last tour was in 1994), he would continue wrestling for the company making over 250 television appearances and countless house shows for the next 6 years.

Though Starr competed for both WCW and the WWF during the 1990's, he remained largely loyal to WCW and was featured on virtually all of its television programing. One of his first matches for WCW was against Big Van Vader immediately following his losing the WCW World Heavyweight Championship to Ron Simmons in Baltimore.

In late-September 1994, he made a brief return to the WWF teaming with Chris Canyon to take on Shawn Michaels and Diesel on the September 26th edition of *Monday Night Raw*. He followed this up with back-to-back appearances for WWF house shows in Upstate New York later aired on television. Starr wrestled in a tag team match with Barry Horowitz against The Headshrinkers (Fatu and Samu) on September 27 and, in a singles match, against Adam Bomb the following night. This was his last year touring for the company.

Though primarily used as a preliminary wrestler in WCW, there were several occasions in which he had a memorable role. On April 20, 1994, in his match against WCW International World Champion Sting, he was pinned in 36 seconds following a *Stinger Splash*. Afterwards, in a rare show of sportsmanship, the champion helped Starr to his feet. Starr would also occasionally team with Ricky Santana, most notably, in matches against Brad and Scott Armstrong and The Nasty Boys later in the year. The following year, he and Scott D'Amore took on Big Van Vader in a handicap match.

Starr made notable appearances on other WCW programs such as *WCW WorldWide* and *WCW Pro*. On February 21, 1995, in a match later aired on *WCW Pro*, he and Dave Young wrestled Stars and Stripes (Marcus Alexander Bagwell and The Patriot) in Gainesville, Georgia. That summer, he also received title shots for the WCW World Television Championship; on May 3, 1995, he wrestled Arn Anderson on *WCW WorldWide* and The Renegade on *WCW Pro* on June 26, 1995. Subsequent returns to *WCW Pro* between 1995 and 1997 saw Starr wrestle Jushin Thunder Liger, Scott Norton, and Chavo Guerrero, Jr..

Starr, by now a regular on *Monday Night Nitro*, had faced several members of the New World Order such as Syxx and WCW World Tag Team Champions The Outsiders (Scott Hall and Kevin Nash) with partner David Moore.