Jeff Farmer (wrestler)
| Jeff Farmer | |
|---|---|
| Birth name | Jeff Farmer |
| Born |
August 14, 1962 New York City, New York, U.S. |
| Family | Paul Farmer (brother) |
| Professional wrestling career | |
| Ring name(s) | The Black Scorpion Lightning The nWo Sting Cobra Jeff Barber NWO Sting Super J |
| Billed height | 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) |
| Billed weight | 265 lb (120 kg) |
| Billed from | Arlington, Virginia, U.S. |
| Trained by |
Steve Keirn Ole Anderson Blackjack Mulligan |
| Debut | 1991 |
| Retired | 2005 |
Jeff Farmer (born August 14, 1962) is an American retired professional wrestler. He is best known for his appearances with World Championship Wrestling (WCW) and New Japan Pro Wrestling (NJPW) as The nWo Sting, an impostor version of the original Sting aligned to the New World Order stable.
Farmer started wrestling in 1991 as Lightning in the tag team of "Thunder and Lightning" in the IWF promotion in Florida. In October 1991, he wrestled a match for Smoky Mountain Wrestling as the masked Black Scorpion. In 1993, Farmer wrestled a summer tour for All Japan Pro Wrestling. In 1993, Thunder and Lightning moved to World Championship Wrestling (WCW) and had a small feud with Harlem Heat, whom they lost to at SuperBrawl IV. Farmer left WCW in the spring of 1994.
In July 1994, Farmer wrestled for the National Wrestling Alliance territories in Tennessee and the Carolinas. He would later join the Global Wrestling Federation in Dallas, Texas near the end of July. In February 1995, he and fellow former WCW wrestler Jim Steele wrestled a dark match for the World Wrestling Federation.
Farmer returned to WCW in July 1995 as Cobra to feud with Craig Pittman. Cobra made his WCW debut on September 9, 1995 edition of WCW Worldwide, defeating Bobby Starr with his Cobra clutch slam finisher. Bobby "The Brain" Heenan and "Mean" Gene Okerlund explained Cobra's kayfabe back story of having served in the Gulf War. Sgt. Craig Pittman, a legit Marine sergeant, abandoned Cobra in the desert, then reported him AWOL back at camp. Cobra lost all rank and respect, learned to wrestle, and came to WCW seeking revenge on Pittman. The feud was short-lived, with Pittman defeating Cobra by submission in a very short match, although in a rematch the following week, Cobra won. They then would go back and forth and trade victories for a few months before the feud ended.
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