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Butcher Blackwell Born (April 9, 1964) - as Michael Anthony Blackwell Was an American Professional wrestler better known by his ring name "The Legend" Butcher Blackwell.

Career The nephew of the late, great Jerry "Crusher" Blackwell, Butcher Blackwell began his career in professional wrestling in 1989 under the guidence of his Uncle Jerry "Crusher" Blackwell in Stone Mountain Georgia until his health started to deteriorate thus sending Butcher to Paulsboro New Jersey to be trained by his good friend “Pretty Boy” Larry Sharpe at The world famous Monster Factory. In July of 1989 Blackwell made his first appearance as a professional wrestler in Ocean City NJ under the name of "Nj nightmare" where he showed why he later would Become known as "The Legend" Butcher Blackwell. As time passed Butcher would quickly become Larry’s go-to guy for assistance in promotion of the Monster Factory and training of new wrestlers. In 1990 Blackwell Debut in The WWF for a T.V. taping in Springfield Massachusetts against the late Dino Bravo in front of a capacity crowd of 17,000 fans. He would go on to wrestle over the next few years working Television and Dark Matches for the WWF against such superstars as Rick "The Model" Martel, Dino Bravo, One Man Gang, "The Nature Boy" Ric Flair, "The Natural Disasters" Earthquake & Typhoon, Koko B. Ware, "The Hart Foundation" Jim "The Anvil" Niedhart & Bret "The Hitman" Hart, The Body donnas, Jimmy "Superfly” Snuka, Chief Jules Strongbow, The Bushwackers, S.D Jones, Ivan Putski, Tito Santana, PaPa Shango "The Rock" Muraco, to name a few. Making a name for himself in the independent organizations traveling all over the world Butcher Blackwell began being profiled in numerous media features about pro wrestling in the early 90’s with such media coverage as shows like A Current Affair, Telerific a kids T.V.show, The Morton Downey Jr. Show, The Paulsboro Times, People Magazine, Rolling Stone Magazine, The Home News tribune Newspaper, as well as all other major news Media coverage ABC, NBC, CBS AND WPIX. Butcher formed a Tag-team with his brother Bruiser in late 1991 and quickly destroying the competition where ever they wrestled. Capturing the NWA Tag-Team titles in 1992 by defeating The Fantastics Tommy Rodgers and Bobby Fulton in Atlanta Georgia. Butcher and Bruiser went on to win 3 more titles in their ten year history together as a tag-team. Managed by the legendary Captain Lou Albano in 1996 for a four month reign-as Tag-Team Champions they decided to part ways with Albano due to conflict of interest. In 1998 The Legendary Blackwell Brothers had to close the books on their partnership due to Bruisers Diabetes health problems as he decided to retire. "Federations " Butcher Blackwell has wrestled for WWF (now the WWE), National Wrestling Alliance, USWA, Smokey Mountain Wrestling, All-Japan Wrestling, Pennsylvania Championship Wrestling, National Wrestling Federation, International Championship Wrestling, International World Class Championship Wrestling, Universal Wrestling Alliance, World Wrestling Alliance, Soul Asylum Wrestling, Jersey all Pro Wrestling, Pennsylvania Championship Wrestling, East Coast Pro Wrestling, Devastation Wrestling Federation and countless other independent circuit organizations. "Opponents " Butcher Blackwell's resume as a singles and tag team wrestler includes matches with top stars such as King Kong Bundy, Junkyard Dog, Hillbilly Cousin Luke, Bam Bam Bigelow, Rick "The Model" Martel, Cowboy "Ace" Orton, Dino Bravo, One Man Gang, Ric Flair, "The Natural Disasters" Earthquake & Typhoon, Koko B. Ware, "The Hart Foundation" Jim "TheAnvil" Niedhart & Bret "The Hitman" Hart, Chris Candido, Jimmy "Superfly” Snuka, Nunzio, Crowbar, Johnny Grunge, 911, The Bushwackers, "The Road Warriors " Hawk & Animal, to name a few. "Titles" Butcher Blackwell Has held 9 Championships.   N.W.A - Tag-Team Championship w/Bruiser (6 Months) E.C.P.W - 3 Time ECPW Tag-Team Championship w/Bruiser (4 years combined) E.C.P.W - United States Championship (8 Months) J.A.P.W - United States Championship (9 Months) N.A.W.F - World Heavyweight Championship (7 Months)  U.W.A - World Heavyweight Championship (13 Months) S.A.W - World Heavyweight Championship (10 Months) "The Legend" Butcher Blackwell Retired, after wrestling his final Match on December 11, 2011 in a steel cage defeating E.C.P.W World Heavyweight Champion "The Reinforcer" Andrew Anderson in a non title retirement match in Perth Amboy Nj.