Born in Northern Ireland in 1943, Eddie Hamill started wrestling at Milo's gym in Belfast in 1963, along side Dave Finlay Snr.  He had studied judo at The Oldpark YMCA and went onto become a Black Belt and 1st Dan.  Eddie's first wrestling contest, under the name of Mike 'Judo' Hamill, took place at the King George VI hall in May St, Belfast, in a tag match against The Kydd Brothers.  Although losing the bout, it did not deter the young wrestler, who had already decided this was the career for him.  He appeared at the Town Hall in Lurgan in March 1966, this time beating his opponent John 'Buz' Bradley from London.  He wrestled regularly around Ireland and was then offered work in North Wales, which he accepted.  After this debut bout, he set off the next day on a tour of Turkey with promoter Orig Williams.  Whilst on this trip, he met up with a Korean Martial Arts expert who was there to train Turkish soldiers, picking up techniques which he used to great effect in the ring.  On his return, Eddie started work as a Lifeguard in Rhyl, as a day job, while making his name as a wrestler at night.  He changed his name to Kung Fu in 1971 and became a firm favourite with audiences all over the country.  Very soon Kung Fu  was in demand and was based in London two weeks of every month, travelling from the South Coast of England to the Northern tip of Scotland.  His TV career started on the 23rd October 1974 (shown on 2nd November) in a bout from Worksop, against Clive Myers, which Kung Fu won by 2 - 1.  His next appearance on the small screen was from Solihull in January 1975, when he defeated 'Cyanide' Sid Cooper, also by 2 - 1.  To follow these, were classic matches against Mick Mc Manus, Bert Royal, Mark Rocco, Frank Cullen and Dave 'Fit' Finlay.

On the 24th March 1976, Eddie faced Kendo Nagasaki at the Royal Albert Hall in London, which at the time was the prime wrestling venue in the country.  Filled to capacity, this match was witnessed by some 5,000 people.  Using his famous 'Kamikazi Crash', Kendo took the winner in Round 4 by a knockout.  Being a 'loser to unmask' contest, Eddie had no alternative but to reveal his identity.

As part of the Queen's Silver Jubilee Celebrations, Eddie appeared again at the Royal Albert Hall in London on the 30th November 1977 in a televised bout with partner Pete Roberts. They fought Mick Mc Manus and Tally Ho Kaye.  Also on this bill were 2 Title contests. Vic Faulkner faced Jim Breaks for the vacant British Welterweight Title and Bert Royal against Mark 'Rollerball ' Rocco for the British Heavy Middleweight Belt.                                  

As of September 1976, Kung Fu was rated 3rd in the Middleweight ranks, just behind Mick Mc Manus, the European Champion, who was at No 2, and Brian 'Goldbelt' Maxine, the British Champion at No 1.  In 1981, Eddie accepted a contract from Stu Hart's Stampede Wrestling Promotions, which took him to Canada.  Whilst there, he wore the mask again and in Calgary on the 30th October, he beat Mike Hammer.  Other bouts on the bill included a World Mid Heavyweight Championship match with the Dynamite Kid beating Bruce Hart, a young Frank Cullen, wrestling under the name of Robbie Stewart losing to Jake Foley (Englishman Johnny Palance) and Davey Boy Smith beating Adrian Street.  Eddie did very well there, and up to November 29th, he was rated 3rd on the Western Canadian circuit just behind Bruce Hart, who was at No 2, and Davey Boy Smith at the No 1 spot.  At that time, the World Champion was the Dynamite Kid, and Great Gama was the Commonwealth Title Holder.  In the tag team ratings, Eddie, with partner Davey Boy Smith were ranked in 3rd place, with Mr Hito and Jerry Morrow, taking the 2nd, and Hercules with Ayala at the top.  The International Champions were Duke Myers and Kerry Brown, although in 1982 the title was vacated when they were involved in a car accident and were unable to defend it.  He also took part in triple tag matches partnering Tim Shea (English wrestler Dave Taylor) and various Hart Brothers, taking on the likes of J.R.Foley / Jude Rossenbloom / Chicky and Angel Peron and the Cuban Assassin.  On this three month tour, he wrestled in Calgary, Regina and Edmonton on a weekly basis and returned to Canada from February to May 1982.  During this visit, Eddie worked at the Hobbema Native American Indian Reservation in Alberta, whose chief was called Little Britches.

Other tours abroad included Harare (where he met Robert Mugabe's Vice President who was in the audience), Bahrain, The Sudan, and a trip to Africa in 1989 with Orig Williams, Mark Rocco, Tony St Clair, Dave Taylor, Ritchie Brooks, Danny Boy Collins and Billy Finlay.

Kung Fu was no stranger to Championship Titles and held the Commonwealth Middleweight Belt whilst working for Brian Dixon in 1979, and successfully defended it against Johnny Palance (pictured here with Eddie in February 2004), at the Liverpool Stadium on the 14th of December of that year.  He also held the British Heavy Middleweight Title, which he won from Rocky Moran in the spring of 1986 until he lost it to Frank Cullen shortly afterwards.  Mark Rocco held this title twice in 1978 - 81, before beating Joel de Fremery to bring the World Title to the UK.

During his career, Eddie would occasionally include tag matches, with a variety of partners including Judo Pete Roberts, Clive Myers and Big Daddy.  He also tagged with promoter Orig Williams, using the name, The Welsh Wizards.  Eddie's personal favourite matches were against some of the toughest 'heels' in the business.  Earlier on in his career, this was topped by Dave Finlay Snr, leading some years later on to his son, Dave 'Fit' Finlay and the great Mark Rocco.