Jeff Farmer

Last updated: August 31, 2024



Title History

  • 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..
  • May 1997: NJPW Strong Style Evolution: nWo Sting & Syxx defeated Takashi Iizuka & Tadao Yaduda..
  • June 1997: NJPW Budokan Hall: nWo Sting & Masa Chono were def by Satoshi Kojima & Manabu Nakanishi (IWGP Tag Champs)..
  • Sept 1997: NJPW Three Gun Tag-Team Tournament: nWo Sting & Masa Chono lost to Kensuke Sasaki & Kensuke Yamasaki..
  • Sept 1997: NJPW Budokan Hall: nWo Sting & Buff Bagwell defeated Tadao Yasuda & Takayuki Iizuka..
  • 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..
  • 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..
  • 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..
  • 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..
  • November 30, 2002 – WWE Velocity: Super J defeated Doug Basham in a dark match.
  • December 1, 2002 – WWE Sunday Night Heat: Danny DeNuncci defeated Super J in a dark match.
  • 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.
  • January 15, 2005 – UCW: nWo Sting defeated Chainsaw.
  • February 13, 2005 – UCW 1st Year Anniversary: nWo Sting defeated the Patriot to retain the UCW title. Bull Wheeler, Chainsaw, Nitro & Rick Steiner defeated Jayson Yang, nWo Sting, Pete Christie & The Milwaukee Mauler in a war games steel cage match.
  • March 19, 2005 – UCW: Chainsaw, Greg Valentine, Nitro, Pal Guerrero & The Milwaukee Mauler defeated Dave Duponte, Jayson Yang, Mr. Hughes, nWo Sting & The Bounty Hunter in a steel cage match.
  • April 2, 2005 – UCW: nWo Sting defeated Bull Wheeler to retain the UCW title.
  • May 14, 2005 – UCW: Bull Wheeler & Rick Steiner defeated Kevin Matthews & nWo Sting.
  • June 10, 2005 – UCW: Mayhem (Chainsaw & Nitro) & Rick Steiner defeated Jayson Yang, nWo Sting & Virgil.
  • June 11, 2005 – UCW: nWo Sting vs. Rick Steiner ended in a no contest. nWo sting retains the UCW title.
  • February 16, 2018 – Keiji Muto Produce: TEAM2000 (AKIRA, Hiro Saito, Hiroyoshi Tenzan & Super J) defeated Jushin Thunder Liger, Keiji Muto, Riki Choshu & Tatsumi Fujinami.
  • February 15, 2019 – Keiji Muto Produce: TEAM2000 (Hiro Saito, Hiroyoshi Tenzan, Satoshi Kojima & Super J) defeated BATT (Don Frye, Jinsei Shinzaki, Shinjiro Otani & Taiyo Kea).
  • April 6, 2019 – GCW: nWo Sting was in the clusterfuck battle royal which ended in a no contest.
  • November 30, 2019 – WrestleCade: nWo Sting was in the all star battle royal won by Jax Dane.
  • February 28, 2020 – Keiji Muto Produce: Tatsumi Fujinami & Yoshiaki Fujiwara defeated Keiji Muto & Super J.

 

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birthday: August 14, 1962
hometown: New York City, New York
height: 5'11"
weight: 265 lbs
trained by: Steve Kiern
Blackjack Mulligan
Ole Anderson
debut: 1991
previous names: Lightning (WCW)
Jeff Barber
Cobra (WCW)
Fake Sting aka nWo Sting
Super J
finishing move(s): Chokeslam
favorite move(s): Diving Lariat
notable feuds: Sgt Craig "Pitbull" Pittman
Manabu Nakanishi
gender: Male
status: Retired
type: Single
current promotion: Inactive

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