Israel Steele

Israel Blair (born in 1982) is a professional wrestler better known for performing as Israel Steele and under his real name. He is currently signed to the Classic Wrestling Federation where he's performing on the Saturday Night Showdown brand.

Debut and Feuding with Jimmy Johnston
After some successful years on the independent curcuit, Israel signed a contract with the CWF and he decided to continue to perform under his Israel Steele gimmick. He made his debut as a face on the October 24th edition of Showdown as he went up against his former tag team partner Jimmy Johnston, but lost to him in an impressive bout. Two weeks later on the November 7th edition of Showdown, he went one on one with Enrique Lopez and got the win with a Death Drop and he showed respect to Lopez after the match. On the November 14th edition of Showdown, he went up against both Lopez and Johnston in a triple threat, but came out on the losing end after Johnston pinned Lopez. At Battle to Survive, he captained a team that included Jaxx Harrington, Paul Blair and Keith Daniels to go up against Jimmy Johnston's team that included Lev Mikovich, Chris Chandler and Christoffer Wallace Patrickson and Steele's team got the victory as Keith Daniels emerged as the team's soul survivor. On the December 5th edition of Showdown, he went one on one with CWF Legend Jimmy Blast and got the victory over him, which gave him his biggest win to date. On the December 12th edition of Showdown, he competed in a triple threat match against Roland Ulv and Johnston, but lost when Roland pinned him following a Radiant-Plex. At Season's Beatings, he then costed Jimmy Johnston a match against Bob Osbourne for the CWF Unified Championship. On the January 2nd edition of Showdown, he went one on one against Jimmy Johnston with Bob Osbourne as the referee and got the win over Johnston to seemingly take him out for good.

Heel Turn and The Richards Legion/Legion of Shadows Membership
At Last Man Standing, Steele got his first opportunity at the CWF Unified Championship as he went up against Bob Osbourne and despite the valiant effort, he came out with the loss. On the January 16th edition of Showdown, Steele cracked Brian Adams in the head with the steel chair after his win over Paul Blair. Afterwards, he acted like he was going to kiss Paul's hand, but he instead punched him in the face and cracks the chair over his back. At the CWF House Show Event, Steele then disguised himself as a fan and assaulted Paul Blair with a chair and helped The Richards Legion beat him down further. He then revealed himself as a member of the team which turned him into a heel for the first time in his CWF career. At the Valentine's Bash, he went one on one with Paul Blair and lost due to interference. The next week, he was a lumberjack in Da Xtreme Dynasty vs The O'Reilly Brothers tag team title match and despite his best efforts to screw over the Dynasty, it failed as they won the titles. On the February 27th edition of Showdown, he teamed with Leon Lonewolf to go up against the Osbourne's and lost when Lonewolf was pinned. He then assaulted Lonewolf after the match and injured him. On the March 6th edition of Showdown, he went up against Ricky Chambers and got the win after a Death Drop.

A Dramatic Change and the formation of The Apocalypse
At Night of Champions V: Liftoff, after Terry Richards defeated Mariano Fernandez to win the CWF Unified Championship, Steele seemingly was defending the Legion as he tried to prevent them from being attacked by Paul Blair, but Steele ducked and Richards was hit instead. Steele then whacked Terry in the leg with the bat and then revealed himself to be Paul Blair's younger brother as they then revealed that they were playing mind games with the Legion, which turned Steele into a Tweener. On the March 20th edition of Showdown, he went one on one with his fellow Apocalype teammate Hudson, but they had other ideas. Blair then was revealed as a competitor in the Chamber match at Super Card for a title shot. On the March 27th edition of Showdown, he went one on one with Sickboy and despite a valiant effort, he came out on the losing end of the match. At Super Card, he will go up against Eddie Noble, Mariano Fernandez, SJ Funk, Leon Lonewolf, Jimmy Johnston, his brother Paul Blair and Ricky Chambers in a chamber match.