Steve Keirn

World Championship Wrestling Along with Bobby Eaton, Keirn wrestled in World Championship Wrestling (WCW) in 1994 in a tag team known as "Bad Attitude". While in WCW, Keirn was also involved in an angle in which masked men attacked Hulk Hogan. Several times in October 1994, Keirn wore a black mask to attack Hogan during and after Hogan's matches.

Later career (1994–2001) After WCW, Keirn worked in the independent circuit mainly in Florida and Tennessee. He retired in 2001 after a tour for New Japan Pro Wrestling.

Retirement and post-career (2001–present) Since the late 1980s, Keirn has run a school to train wrestlers. Originally located in Tampa, Florida, Keirn's "Professional Wrestling School of Hard Knocks" is now located in Brandon, Florida. Keirn helped train many wrestlers, including Mike Awesome, Dennis Knight, Diamond Dallas Page, Dustin Rhodes, Tracy Smothers, and Roman Reigns. and made regular appearances on FCW television.

His last match was on December 10, 2007, at the 15th Anniversary Raw participating in a Battle Royal where he was eliminated from the match by Sgt. Slaughter. On August 14, 2012, FCW was discontinued and the WWE Performance Center opened on July 11, 2013.

On May 9, 2026, Keirn was shown and acknowledged in the crowd at Backlash.

Autobiography On March 10, 2023, Keirn's autobiography, The Keirn Chronicles Volume One: The Fabulous Wrestling Life of Steve Keirn, was released. The book is coauthored by Ian Douglass, a contributor to the autobiographies of Dan Severn, Hornswoggle, Bugsy McGraw and Brian Blair, and it includes forewords from Stan Lane and CM Punk, and an afterword from Natalya Neidhart. The book was a finalist for Best Pro Wrestling Book in the 2023 Wrestling Observer Newsletter Awards.

The second edition of Keirn's memoirs, The Keirn Chronicles Volume Two: The Phenomenal Wrestling Resurgence of Steve Keirn, was released on April 15, 2024. This book was also coauthored by Ian Douglass, and includes a foreword from Drew McIntyre and an afterword from Ted DiBiase.

Championships and accomplishments Century Wrestling Alliance CWA Television Championship (1 time) Championship Wrestling from Florida NWA Brass Knuckles Championship (Florida version) (1 time) NWA Florida Heavyweight Championship (5 times) NWA Florida Tag Team Championship (12 times) – with Mike Graham (9), Jimmy Garvin (1), NWA North America Tag Team Championship (Florida version) (1 time) – with Mike Graham NWA Southern Heavyweight Championship (Florida version) (2 times) NWA United States Tag Team Championship (Florida version) (5 times) – with Mike Graham (3) and Stan Lane (2) NWA Georgia Tag Team Championship (1 time) – with Mr. Wrestling NWA National Television Championship (2 times) Gulf Coast Championship Wrestling NWA United States Tag Team Championship (Gulf Coast version) (1 time) – with Ricky Gibson NWA Hollywood Wrestling NWA International Junior Heavyweight Championship (1 time) NWA Mid-America / Continental Wrestling Association AWA Southern Heavyweight Championship (1 time) CWA International Tag Team Championship (1 time) – with Mark Starr CWA World Tag Team Championship (2 times) – with Stan Lane NWA Mid-America Heavyweight Championship (2 times) Pro Wrestling Illustrated PWI ranked him #132 of the top 500 singles wrestlers of the "PWI Years" in 2003 Southwest Championship Wrestling SCW World Tag Team Championship (1 time) – with Stan Lane United States Wrestling Association USWA World Tag Team Championship (1 time) – with Stan Lane