The Brooklyn Brawler
Lombardi in November 2007.
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| Birth name | Steven Kenneth Lombardi |
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| Born |
April 18, 1961 Brooklyn, New York, US |
| Professional wrestling career | |
| Ring name(s) | Abe "Knuckleball" Schwartz The Boston Brawler The Brooklyn Brawler The Broad Street Brawler Doink the Clown Kim Chee MVP The Red Knight Steve Lombardi |
| Billed height | 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) |
| Billed weight | 248 lb (112 kg) |
| Billed from | "Brooklyn, New York" |
| Trained by |
Mr. Saito Arnold Skaaland |
| Debut | 1983 |
Steven Kenneth Lombardi (born April 18, 1961) is an American semi-retired professional wrestler and road agent, better known by his ring name, the Brooklyn Brawler. He worked for the professional wrestling promotion, WWE, as well as several independent promotions.
Though some sources erroneously give Lombardi's birthplace as Detroit, Michigan, he was born at Brooklyn's Victory Memorial Hospital to Renaldo and Rosemarie Lombardi and he grew up in the Bensonhurst section of Brooklyn, New York. His father worked as an airline mechanic. Lombardi studied biochemistry at St. Francis College prior to his wrestling career.
Lombardi began his WWF career in late 1983, competing under his real name, and being a heel, primarily as an enhancement talent. His debut came on July 15, 1983 in Queens, NY where he was defeated by Swede Hanson. After facing Ivan Koloff and Sgt. Slaughter on house show matches, Lombardi made his TV debut on the October 29th episode of All American Wrestling where he was submitted by The Iron Sheik and carried out on a stretcher. He then began regular appearances on both television and house shows.
After losing numerous matches that winter, Lombardi gained his first success on March 18, 1984 when he wrestled Jerry Valiant to a draw. Another draw, this time with Terry Daniels came on April 24 in Mountaintop, PA. But apart from that he continued on as an enhancement talent, losing to much of the WWF roster including Big John Studd, Paul Orndorff, David Schultz, Iron Mike Sharpe, Rocky Johnson, and others. In the midst of another long losing streak, Lombardi then gained a second draw against Daniels on June 1 in Winston-Salem, NC. He made his Madison Square Garden debut on June 16, losing to Mad Dog Vachon in the latter's first match back in the WWF in a decade. A month later on July 6 in Long Island, NY Lombardi gained his first pinfall victory when he upset Vachon in a return match.
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