page_title: Killer Elite Squad
section_title: Championships and accomplishments
hierarchical_section_title: Killer Elite Squad / Championships and accomplishments
caption_attribution_description: 日本語: 2017年9月24日 ワールド記念ホール「DESTRUCTION in KOBE」 キラー・エリート・スクワッド（ランス・アーチャー &amp; デイビーボーイ・スミス・ジュニア）
context_page_description: Killer Elite Squad, often abbreviated to K.E.S., was the professional wrestling tag team of Davey Boy Smith Jr. and Lance Archer. The team made its debut in the New Japan Pro-Wrestling promotion in September 2012 and have since worked together also in North America, most notably for the National Wrestling Alliance. In Japan, they have worked as part of the larger Suzuki-gun stable ever since being put together by NJPW.
  They are seven-time Tag Team Champions between the U.S. and Japan, being former three-time IWGP Tag Team Champions, two-time GHC Tag Team Champions and two-time NWA World Tag Team Champions.
  Japanese promotions usually refer to the team only by the initials, while North American promotions use the full name, while sometimes also referring to Archer and Smith by the ring names Lance Hoyt and Harry Smith, respectively.
context_section_description: National Wrestling Alliance
  NWA World Tag Team Championship (2 times)
  New Japan Pro-Wrestling
  IWGP Tag Team Championship (3 times)
  Pro Wrestling Illustrated
  Ranked Archer No. 92 of the 500 best singles wrestlers in the PWI 500 in 2015
  Ranked Smith Jr. No. 81 of the 500 best singles wrestlers in the PWI 500 in 2015
  Pro Wrestling Noah
  GHC Tag Team Championship (2 times)
caption: Archer and Smith as the IWGP Tag Team Champions in September 2017
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