Wayne Bloom

Infobox Wrestler
name=Wayne Bloom

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Wayne Bloom
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weight= convert|266|lb|kg st|abbr=on|lk=on
birth_date = birth date and age|1958|3|22
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birth_place = Minneapolis, Minnesota
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trainer= Eddie Sharkey
debut= 1988
retired= 1999|

Wayne Bloom (born March 22, 1958) was a professional wrestler who wrestled in World Championship Wrestling, the American Wrestling Association, and the World Wrestling Federation between 1988 and 1999.

Career

AWA and WCW

Wayne Bloom started wrestling with the American Wrestling Association in 1988 after being trained by Eddie Sharkey. In the AWA, he competed as Wayne "The Train" Bloom. His initial run as a singles wrestler was not very successful, illustrated by the 24 second loss to Jimmy Valiant at the AWA PPV SuperClash III [cite web| url = http://www.prowrestlinghistory.com/supercards/usa/misc/awa/superclash.html#sc3 | title = SuperClash Show results | accessmonthday = 04-04| accessyear = 2007| author = prowrestlinghistory.com] . After his unsuccessful singles attempts, Bloom formed a tag team called The Destruction Crew with fellow rookie (and Eddie Sharkey student) ”Mean” Mike Enos. In the fall of 1989 Wayne Bloom on behalf of the Destruction Crew challenged then AWA World Tag Team champions Ken Patera and Brad Rheingans to a “car lifting” contest. During the challenge, the Destruction Crew attacked Patera and Rhenigans and injured them (kayfabe). This forced them to vacate the tag team titlescite book | author=Greg Oliver and Steve Johnson | title= The Pro Wrestling Hall of Fame: The Tag Teams | publisher=ECW Press | year=2005| id=ISBN 978-1-5502-2683-6] .

A tournament was set up to crown new tag-team champions; in the tournament, the Destruction Crew would defeat the team of Sgt. Slaughter & Baron Von Raschke in the first round and then beat Greg Gagne and Paul Diamond in the finals to win the titlescite book | author=Royal Duncan & Gary Will | title=Wrestling Title Histories | publisher=Archeus Communications | year=4th Edition 2006 | id=ISBN 0-9698161-5-4 ] . Bloom also challenged the returning Brad Rheingans to a Greco-Roman match which Bloom lost. Nevertheless, the Crew's tag team victory combined with their devious tactics earned the duo a joint “Rookie of the Year” award from the readers of "Pro Wrestling Illustrated", which is the only time a tag team has won this award [cite news | author = Pro Wrestling Illustrated | title = PWI 1989 Rookie of the Year Award | work = PWI 1989 Reader Awards | publisher = London Publishing Co. | date = 1990 | accessdate = 2007-04-04 | language = English ] .

In 1990 the Destruction Crew joined World Championship Wrestling, which at the time was still a part of the National Wrestling Alliance. In WCW, they wrestled under masks as the Minnesota Wrecking Crew 2 and were managed by Ole Anderson (a member of the original Minnesota Wrecking Crew). They attempted without success to win the NWA World Tag Team Championship from the Steiner Brothers over the summer of 1990. During their stint with WCW they were also still under contract with the AWA; in fact, they were the AWA World Tag-Team Champions during their entire run as the masked Minnesota Wrestling Crew 2.

On August 11, the Destruction Crew lost the AWA tag-team titles to long time rivals The Trooper and D.J. Peterson. The Crew tried in vain to regain the titles over the next couple of months until the AWA closed up in early 1991.

WWF

In 1991, after the AWA closed up, the Destruction Crew went to the World Wrestling Federation and became the Beverly Brothers, with Enos and Bloom wrestling under the ring names Blake and Beau Beverly, respectively. They were originally managed by the Coach, then by The Genius . The team was initially launched into feuds with the Legion of Doom, The Bushwhackers, and The Natural Disasters, the latter of which revolved around the WWF Tag Team Championship. The Beverly Brothers were never promoted as serious players in the tag team division and only made a few PPV appearances between 1991 and 1993 [cite web| url = http://www.prowrestlinghistory.com/supercards/usa/wwf/survivor.html#91 | title = Survivor Series Show results (1991)| accessmonthday = 04-04| accessyear = 2007| author = prowrestlinghistory.com] [cite web| url = http://www.prowrestlinghistory.com/supercards/usa/wwf/rumble.html#92 | title = Royal Rumble Show results (1992)| accessmonthday = 04-04| accessyear = 2007| author = prowrestlinghistory.com] [cite web| url = http://www.prowrestlinghistory.com/supercards/usa/wwf/summer.html#92 | title = Summer Slam Show results (1992)| accessmonthday = 04-04| accessyear = 2007| author = prowrestlinghistory.com] [cite web| url = http://www.prowrestlinghistory.com/supercards/usa/wwf/survivor.html#92 | title = Survivor Series Show results (1992)| accessmonthday = 04-04| accessyear = 2007| author = prowrestlinghistory.com] [cite web| url = http://www.prowrestlinghistory.com/supercards/usa/wwf/rumble.html#93 | title = Royal Rumble Show results (1993)| accessmonthday = 04-04| accessyear = 2007| author = prowrestlinghistory.com]

In 1993, Bloom left the WWF and also semi-retired from professional wrestling. Yet within a year, he was making sporadic appearances on the independent scene as a singles wrestler among other places during the last days of Herb Abrams’ UWF. Bloom and Enos had a brief reunion in World Championship Wrestling in 1997 and 1998, but the announcers never made any comments on their past history. After a while together, the team finally disbanded for good. Bloom retired permanently in 1999.

In wrestling

*Finishing and signature moves
**Double underhook suplex

*With Mike Enos
**Aided piledriver - As The Destruction Crew
**"Shaker Heights Spike" (Blake flapjacks the opponent and Beau catches them in mid-air with a kneeling facebuster) - As The Beverly Brothers
**"Wrecking Ball" (Doomsday Device) - As The Destruction Crew

*Managers:*Baron Von Raschke:*Ole Anderson:*The Genius:*Col. Rob Parker:*Theodore Long:*John Tolos:*Johnny Polo:*Johnny Valiant:*Manny Fernandez

Championships and accomplishments

American Wrestling Association :* AWA World Tag Team Champion - with Mike Enos (1)Pro Wrestling Illustrated:*1989 PWI Rookie of the Year (along with Mike Enos):*PWI ranked him #458 of the 500 best singles wrestlers during the "PWI Years" in 2003.:

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