Jeff Farmer

Professional wrestling career

Early career (19911993) Farmer began his professional wrestling career in late 1991, at the age of 29, performing under the ring name Lightning as part of the tag team "Thunder and Lightning" within the IWF promotion in Florida.

In August 1993, the team undertook a tour with All Japan Pro Wrestling, where they faced established teams including Dan Kroffat and Doug Furnas, Jun Akiyama and Tsuyoshi Kikuchi, as well as Mighty Inoue and Takao Omori. During their time in the promotion, they were billed as "Lightning & Thunder".

World Championship Wrestling (19931994) In 1993, Thunder and Lightning were signed by World Championship Wrestling (WCW). They made their first appearance at a WCW Worldwide taping in Orlando, Florida on July 10, 1993 (in an episode that would not air until November 13 of that year), defeating Billy Brooks and Rhett Blair. Their first actual television appearance came on August 29, 1993, on WCW's The Main Event, where they upset Chris Benoit and Bobby Eaton. Thunder & Lightning's next match saw their first defeat, as they fell to Yoshi Kwan (Chris Champion) and Bobby Eaton at a house show in Kennesaw, Georgia on September 28.

Thunder and Lightning entered 1994 continuing to come out victorious on television against preliminary level competition, but suffered their first loss when they were defeated on February 20, 1994, by Pretty Wonderful on The Main Event. They made their first PPV appearance at SuperBrawl IV where they lost to Harlem Heat. Their losing streak on television continued into April as they suffered defeats to Bad Attitude (Steve Keirn & Bobby Eaton) and Pretty Wonderful. Thunder & Lightning's final match however was a win; they teamed with Terry Taylor to defeat Tex Slazenger, Shanghai Pierce, and Dallas Page on WCW Pro on April 30, 1994. Farmer left WCW in the spring of 1994.

Independent circuit (19941995) In July 1994, Farmer wrestled for the National Wrestling Alliance territories in Tennessee and the Carolinas. In February 1995, he and fellow former WCW wrestler Jim Steele wrestled a dark match for the World Wrestling Federation.

World Championship Wrestling and New Japan Pro-Wrestling (1995–2002)

Cobra (1995) Farmer returned to WCW in July 1995 as Cobra to feud with Craig Pittman.

Team 2000 & New Japan Army (19992002) After leaving nWo Japan, Farmer changed his ring name to Super J, and along with Chono, and Michael Wallstreet formed Team 2000 to feud with nWo Japan. The two factions would fight for the next seven months before the feud culminated at the Wrestling World 2000 event. At the event, Team 2000 defeated nWo Japan in a best of four series, forcing the nWo Japan to disband and become part of Team 2000.

Personal life Farmer is the brother of Paul Farmer.

Championships and accomplishments Pro Wrestling Illustrated PWI ranked him No. 130 of the 500 best singles wrestlers of the PWI 500 in 1999 Other accomplishments IWF Tag Team Championship (1 time) – with Thunder Ultimate Championship Wrestling UCW Heavyweight Championship (1 time) Wrestling Observer Newsletter Best Gimmick (1996) – nWo Feud of the Year (1996) New World Order vs. World Championship Wrestling