Nash's day WWF Championship reign is the longest of the s. During his time in WCW, Nash became the first wrestler to defeat Goldberg and in the process ended his undefeated streak of —0 at Starrcade in Nash was born on July 9, , to a devout Christian family, in southwest Detroit, Michigan.
Nash reconsidered his options and instead moved to Europe , where he played basketball professionally for various teams. He served in a secure NATO facility for two years, during which time he was promoted to the rank of specialist. After the Army, he worked on an assembly line at Ford Motor Company and as the floor manager of a strip club in Atlanta, Georgia , he decided to try professional wrestling. They would defeat Horner and Rotunda on several house shows.
The reconstituted Master Blasters continued their undefeated streak in October. Meanwhile, Nash would have his first singles match on September 28 by defeating Tom Zenk.
However, their winning streak would finally come to an end on November 22, when Tom Zenk and Brian Pillman handed them their first defeat with Pillman pinning Blade. Following this loss, their momentum began to dissipate as the Blasters would suffer follow-up losses to The Southern Boys and Ricky Morton and Tommy Rich. The tag team disbanded at the end of the month. Nash was then rebranded as simply The Master Blaster in February and suffered his first singles defeat on February 27, when he was pinned by The Junkyard Dog.
His final match in this guise was against Pillman at a house show on May A week later, Nash reappeared under his new gimmick , having been repackaged as the silver-haired Oz, a character based on the Wizard of Oz from the children's book The Wonderful Wizard of Oz. A decision was made to retain Nash until a new gimmick could be developed. Nash wrestled as Oz throughout the remainder of and went on a lengthy losing streak, suffering defeats by Kazmaier, Rick Steiner , Dustin Rhodes , and Arachnaman.
