In the WWF during 1986-87 a team was created called "The Machines", which consisted of Andre The Giant as Giant Machine, Blackjack Mulligan as Big Machine and Bill Eadie (formerly the Masked Superstar) as Super Machine. They wore new style mask that had become the rage out of Japan thanks to Junji Hirata, who was fast becoming a crowd favorite in Japan. He was known as Super Strong Machine in All Japan Pro Wrestling.
Hirata would become very famous and beloved in Japan by fans and wrestlers alike and was a sought after partner in tag team matches. In 1994 Hirata would unmask and start using his given name. In 2000 he revived Super Strong Machine for a brief fued with the masked T2000 Machine (Tatsutoshi Goto). He would switch to Black Strong Machine as he joined Masahiro Chono's Black New Japan, a version of the NWO.
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