The Son of A Great-Superstars Profile#184

Greg Gagne 

Real name: Greg Gagne 

Hometown: Mound, MN

A.K.A.: N/A

Membership: High Flyers (w/Jim Brunzell)

Finishing move: Sleeperhold

Background: Verne Gagne was a man. A dragon? No, just a man. He altered reality, you know. Split everything, world got split into different dimensions. 

In the new scheme of things, Verne oversaw a team of heroes based out of Minnesota. Greg was set to inherit the whole thing. Pity he lacked pretty much everything his old man had. 

His efforts at being a hero? He formed a super team! Of himself and one other guy, who did most of the work. He trained under Sgt. Slaughter! Who declared him a buck private for life. 

He even made his way to New York, but after a few fights couldn't cut the mustard and left. Not that he was even on Titan Inc's radar anyway. 

So yeah, went home to Minnesota and stayed there til the 90s, then retired. Some stories are epic and some aren't; you can't win every time. 

The Highest Chief-Superstars Profile#183

Peter Maivia

Real name: Fanene Maivia 

Hometown: The Isle of Samoa 

A.K.A.: Prince Peter Maivia

Membership: Titan, Inc. 

Background: All dynasties start somewhere.

Before the Rock or even the Soulman, we must look back to the island of Samoa. Much has been written about the culture and its heroes. 

One of the biggest was the prince and yes, that was his persona as he arrived in America. He was royal and he loved to fight. He even joined the Superstars, but formerly quit in 1978 when he attacked Bob Backlund. 

His tenure in the 80's was brief as he officially retired in 1982 but he lived long enough to see his family grow and flourish. 

I Like to Hurt People-Superstars Profile#182

Ox Baker

Real name: Douglas Baker

Hometown: Waterloo, IA

A.K.A.: The Friendly Arkansas Ox

Membership: Titan, Inc., partners with the Grand Wizard

Finishing move: Heart Punch

Background: Ox started out as good as one could be. Back in the 60's, the Friendly Arkansas Ox was a proud member of the Superstars and was on his way to build his own legend alongside the greats. 

Something happened though. The bespectacled youth went out to the woods. What came back was bald and ornery. He left New York and wandered the world, battling anything and everyone. 

In 1980 he came back and was given to the Grand Wizard, who promptly dropped him as a client after one fight where Ox should bloodlust more akin to an animal than a human. Ox didn't care. He lit out and was never seen in New York again, although rumors and sighting would continue well into the Twenty-First Century. 

The Mouth of the South-Superstars Profile#181

Jimmy "the Mouth of the South" Hart

Real name: James Hart

Hometown: Memphis, TN

A.K.A.: the Strapmaster, the Colonel, the Memphis Chicken 

Membership: Titan, Inc., the Gentrys 

Finishing move: N/A

Background: A loudmouth, but an entertaining one. 

Jimmy, if fate had gone another way, would probably have remained a member of a half-way decent rock and blues band, touring medium sized clubs. 

That didn't happen; instead he ran into Jerry Lawler and figured "Hey, I want to see someone knock the hell out of that guy. Why don't I make that happen?" and thus the First Family was born. This got him on Titan's radar and soon he was pushed alongside Slick and Captain Lou. Hart first worked with Greg Valentine, but it was his mentoring of the Hart Foundation that cemented his role as a manager. 

For most of the 80s he was there, usually out in front and causing a distraction while his boys were up to no good. He had the best of the best, even the Missing Link but when the 90s came, things changed. 

The Bad One-Superstars Profile#180

 Earl Hebner

Real name: Earl Hebner

Hometown: Richmond, VA

A.K.A.: Dave Hebner

Membership: City of New York Judicial Branch

Finishing move: N/A

Background: Once there were two brothers. One, the bane of his father's eye, cheated his way through school and graduated barely, eventually becoming an ambulance chaser

When there is a fight, an impartial figure to often called upon to render a judgement. Earl knocked out Dave and took his place, ensuring that Hulk Hogan lost. His deception was quickly uncovered and Earl quickly figured that maybe committing identity theft was a bad idea. 

Of course, when his tried to fly on the straight narrow that somehow screwed him worse than being crooked, but that's a story for another day. 

The Good One-Superstars Profile#179

Dave Hebner

Real name: David Hebner

Hometown: Richmond, VA

A.K.A.: N/A

Membership: City of New York Judicial Branch

Finishing move: N/A

Background: Once there were two brothers. One, the apple of his father's eye, worked hard and graduated school, eventually becoming a judge with a reputation of calling it fairly and right down the middle. 

When there is a fight, an impartial figure to often called upon to render a judgement. Dave was one of the best; when you're that high up that paints a target on you. When Ted DiBiase wanted to make a hundred percent that his man Andre would win a fight against Hulk Hogan, he found an interesting tidbit. 

Dave had a brother...an identical brother...

Look at That!-Superstars Profile#178

Craig DeGeorge 

Real name: Craig Minervini

Hometown: Miami, FL

A.K.A.: N/A

Membership: Titan Inc. 

Finishing move: N/A

Background: He didn't have a great catchphrase or witness the most epic of battles, but from 1987 to 1989 he was there. 

He didn't do a whole heck of a lot but he was there. He later went back to local sportscasting and found his niche there.