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Line 25: Long started out as an errand boy for wrestlers [[Tommy Rich]] and [[Abdullah the Butcher]]. He eventually became a member of the ringcrew and was promoted to referee in the [[National Wrestling Alliance\|NWA's]] [[Jim Crockett Promotions]] in 1985 as Teddy Long.<ref name="Soul">{{cite episode\|title=Soul of Wrestling\|series=Legends of Wrestling\|series-link=WWE Classics On Demand#Legends of Wrestling\|airdate=February 2009}}</ref> In 1989, at the [[Chi-Town Rumble]] event, Long was the replacement referee when [[Ricky Steamboat]] won the [[NWA World Heavyweight Championship\|NWA World Championship]]. ~~Shortly thereafter~~Thereafter, Long began to turn into a villainous character when he started to bend the rules for [[Heel (professional wrestling)\|heel]] wrestlers. On April 2, 1989, at ''[[Clash of the Champions VI]]'' in [[New Orleans, Louisiana\|New Orleans]], Long blatantly made a fast count allowing [[Mike Rotunda]] and [["Dr. Death" Steve Williams]] to defeat [[The Road Warriors]] for the [[NWA World Tag Team Championship]]. After this match, the National Wrestling Alliance relieved Long of his refereeing duties. This was actually a story lifted from [[Championship Wrestling from Florida]], where Long had been a referee and did several heel-decisions in the ring, including one for [[Ron Simmons]] over [[Skip Young (wrestler)\|Skip Young]]. Long got his head shaven bald after losing a Hair vs Hair match to [[Paul Ellering]] at [[Capital Combat]] PPV.

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