UCW Heavyweight title winning a Battle Royal (January 8, 2005);
Career Highlights
In The Beginning
Jeff Farmer began wrestling for the IWF promotion in Florida as one half of Thunder & Lightning (he was Lightning)..
1993: “Thunder & Lightning” joined World Championship Wrestling and had several matches with Harlem Heat..
Jeff Farmer wrestled in Austria, Czechoslovakia, and India, before returning to WCW in 1996..World Championship Wrestling
1996: Jeff Farmer was repackaged as “the Cobra”, a militeristic wrestler who was basically a jobber to other big stars..
“The Cobra” has a major feud with Sgt. Craig “Pittbull” Pittman..The new World order
September 1996: Farmer appeared, dressed as Sting, and attacked Lex Luger during a Monday Nitro taping..
The Fake Sting became a full member of the Original new World order and was known as the nWo Sting..
WCW Fall Brawl ’96: nWo Sting, Hollywood Hogan, Kevin Nash & Scott Hall defeated Sting, Lex Luger, Ric Flair & Arn Anderson..nWo Japan / New Japan Pro Wrestling
March 1997: nWo Sting was eventually made a member of nWo Japan, which was running the same storyline in New Japan..
Nov-Dec 1997: NJPW Super Grade Tag League VII: nWo Sting & Hiroyoshi Tenzan competed in the League, but did not win..
Feb 1998: NJPW Budokan Hall: nWo Sting was pinned by Osamu Nishimura..Back in America
May 1998: nWo Sting reappeared in WCW, siding with the Giant after he and the real Sting had won the Tag-Team titles..
nWo Sting was defeated by the Real Sting, and retreated back to nWo Japan..New Japan Pro Wrestling
May-June 1998: NJPW Top of the Super Junior ’98: nWo Sting & Brian Adams competed in the League, won by Nagata & Sasaki..
Feb 1999: NJPW St. Valentine’s Day Massacre: nWo Sting, Chono & Akira defeated Hiroyoshi Tenzan, Satoshi Kojima & Hiro Saito..Super J
May 1999: The nWo Sting & Masahiro Chono left nWo Japan and formed Team 2000..
~~~nWo Sting changed his name and wrestled as “Super J”..
Feb 2000: NJPW Sumo Hall: Super J defeated Tadao Yasuda..
Feb 2001: NJPW Sumo Hall: Super J was forced to submit to Manabu Nakanishi..Back in the States
October 30, 2004–U of Virginia Children’s Medical Center Benefit Show: David Flair & NWO Sting beat Mark & Tony Fitzgerald..
November 15, 2004–UCW: Mike Sanders defeated NWO Sting..
January 8, 2005–Ultimate Championship Wrestling: NWO Sting won Royal Rumble to win vacant UCW Heavyweight title..
February 11, 2005–UCW TV taping: Lex Luger & NWO Sting defeated George South St. & McNasty..
February 12, 2005–Ultimate Championship Wrestling: NWO Sting defeated American Patriot..
~~~Later: Rick Steiner & Bull Wheeler & Mayhem b NWO Sting & Milwaukee Mauler & Jaysen Yang & Pete Christie in War Games..
January 2011: Jeff Farmer is now managing a research program at the University of Miami Miller School of Medicine focusing on the effects of exercise on the body and how genes are involved.