(1963-06-25) June 25, 1963 (age 60) Ashland, Kentucky, U.S.
Professional wrestling career
Ring name(s)
Bob Smedley Bobby Blaze Kendo the Samurai D.B. Smedrock Underdog
Billed height
6 ft 1 in (185 cm)
Billed weight
237 lb (108 kg)
Trained by
Boris Malenko Dean Malenko
Debut
1988
Retired
2004
Robert Smedley (born June 25, 1963, in Ashland, Kentucky) is an American retired professional wrestler and author, better known by his ring name Bobby Blaze. He gained the majority of his in-ring success performing for Smoky Mountain Wrestling (SMW) from 1993 to 1995, where he held the SMW Heavyweight Championship once, the SMW United States Junior Heavyweight Championship a record four times and the SMW Beat the Champ Television Championship twice. He also performed on the undercard in World Wrestling Federation (WWF) and World Championship Wrestling (WCW).
retired professional wrestler and author, better known by his ring name BobbyBlaze. He gained the majority of his in-ring success performing for Smoky Mountain...
stripper Blaze Starr Blaze (2018 film), based on the life of country musician Blaze Foley Blaze (2022 film), an Australian drama film Blaze (group), a...
Brian Lee, Robert Fuller and The Rock 'n' Roll Express. He also pinned BobbyBlaze at Last Tango in Tennessee in Johnson City less than a week later. On...
were three officially recognized champions and eight title reigns, with BobbyBlaze holding the title a record four times. Because the championship is a...
Severn Dan Severn 1995 Chad Slivenski Chad Austin 1994 Robert Smedley BobbyBlaze / The Underdog 1993–1995 Aurelian Smith Jr. Jake Roberts 1994 Timothy...
Malenko Kane Tugboat Al Perez Norman Smiley Gangrel Barry Horowitz X-Pac BobbyBlaze Bob Orton Jr. Buddy Landel Chris Champion Eddie Sharkey Horace Hogan...
Statistics First champion(s) Tracy Smothers Final champion(s) BobbyBlaze Most reigns Tim Horner/Kendo and Tracy Smothers (3 reign) Longest reign Tim...
and Jim Neidhart. He also returned to SMW, retaining the title against BobbyBlaze twice, at Charlotte Memories and Superbowl of Wrestling. He toured Japan...
pinfall 69–1 April 4, 1998 Orlando, FL Universal Studios WCW Worldwide BobbyBlaze Won by pinfall 70–1 April 4, 1998 Orlando, FL Universal Studios WCW Worldwide...
tour of duty, James returned to SMW on July 2, 1993, where he lost to BobbyBlaze. On July 19, James, now using the Brian Armstrong ring name, defeated...
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was unsuccessful. Later in the year he would face Al Snow, Unabom, and BobbyBlaze before leaving the promotion in April 1995. South is a born-again Christian...
Rider. The first supernatural Ghost Rider is stunt motorcyclist Johnny Blaze, who sold his soul, to save the life of his foster father, agrees to give...
Ol' Dirty Bastard. He has also released solo albums under the alter-ego Bobby Digital, along with executive producing credits for side projects. After...
and Lil' Poppa Pump, The Masked Thunderbolt, Kwan Chang, Jeremy Prophet, Bobby Sharp, Spiderman and Japanese star, Daiki Inaba. The tour kicked off in...
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