Badd Company Badd Company was a professional wrestling tag team in the American Wrestling Association in the late 1980s , which later went by the name the Orient Express . It is rumored that the team name was derived from the rock band Bad Company . In fact , the band ' s song " Bad Company " was used as Badd Company ' s theme song . History . Both Pat Tanaka and Paul Diamond had competed in the Continental Wrestling Association during 1986 , Tanaka had teamed with Jeff Jarrett to win the AWA Southern Tag Team Championship while Paul Diamond had held the CWA / AWA International Tag Team Championship also with Jeff Jarrett . In late 1986 the two tag - team specialists Tanaka and Diamond were teamed up to form “ Badd Company " , where they held the federation ' s tag - team titles four times . , a move that paid off pretty soon as the two won the CWA / AWA International Tag Team Championship , beating Tarzan Goto and Akio Sato on December 15 , 1986 . The first reign was short lived as The Bushwhackers ( Luke Williams and Butch Miller defeated the young duo on January 10 , 1987 . Badd Company quickly regained the titles only to lose them to Tarzan Goto and Akio Sato on February 5 , 1987 . The Third run with the tag - team titles came on May 9 , 1987 when the team beat Mark Starr in a handicap match , but lost them back to Mark Starr and his new tag team partner Billy Joe Travis . Badd Company had one last run with the International tag team titles as they won the vacant titles on May 25 , 1987 and held them until July 6 , 1987 where they lost the titles to Bill Dundee and Rocky Johnson ( who were the last International tag team champions ) . While in Memphis Badd Company also won the CWA ’ s main tag team titles , the AWA Southern Tag Team Championship defeating Jeff Jarrett and Billy Joe Travis for the gold on August 8 , 1987 . Tanaka and Diamond soon lost them as the Nasty Boys took the gold from them just over a month later . American Wrestling Association . After working as a team for almost a year Badd Company moved on from the CWA to the American Wrestling Association . In the AWA they were given identical ring gear , and were accompanied by flamboyant manager Diamond Dallas Page , who always had a number of valets , known as the Diamond Dolls , with him . The team ' s first feud was against The Midnight Rockers , whom they defeated for the AWA World Tag Team Championship on March 19 , 1988 . They held the titles for a year , and feuded heavily with Chavo and Mando Guerrero before losing their titles on March 25 , 1989 to “ the Olympians " ( Brad Rheingans and Ken Patera ) . Shortly after losing their titles they split from Page , and had a short feud against each other before wrestling in singles competition until early 1990 . World Wrestling Federation . Pat Tanaka , who is Hawaiian , later signed with the World Wrestling Federation ( WWF ) , where he formed another tag team called The Orient Express with Akio Sato , managed by Mr . Fuji . Paul Diamond was soon signed with the WWF as well , as a singles competitor . When Sato decided leave the American wrestling scene , Diamond donned a mask and wrestled as " Kato " with Tanaka throughout 1991 and early 1992 . During this time the team had a very well received match with their old enemies the Rockers at the 1991 Royal Rumble . and another match against the New Foundation at the 1992 Royal Rumble , which were the only two PPV appearances for the New Orient Express . Sato briefly rejoined the team in 1991 to team with Tanaka and “ Kato " for a series of 6 - man tag - team matches on various WWF house show but Sato left the WWF after only a handful of matches together . Tanaka would leave the WWF in early 1992 . Diamond went on to wrestle as a singles competitor in the WWF first as Kato then later on he was chosen to take over the Max Moon costume after Konnan left the WWF , neither gimmick meeting with very much success . Eastern / Extreme Championship Wrestling . After Paul Diamond also left the WWF the two reunited as “ Badd Company " to work for Eastern Championship Wrestling ( the forerunner to “ Extreme Championship Wrestling " ) in 1993 . The team made their debut at " NWA Bloodfest : Part 1 " on October 1 , 1993 where they beat Bad Breed ( Ian and Axl Rotten ) . Later in the night Tanaka and Diamond got a shot at the ECW Tag Team Champions Tony Stetson and Johnny Hotbody , Badd Company lost . The next night at " NWA Bloodfest : Part 2 " Badd Company came up against one of ECW ’ s new creations Public Enemy ( Rocco Rock and Johnny Grunge ) in one of their very early matches . Later in the show Badd Company and the Public Enemy would clash again , this time in a Three way , Steel cage match that also included “ Bad Breed " , this time Public Enemy were victorious . At ECW ’ s next big show " Terror at Tabor " on November 12 , 1993 Badd Company beat the makeshift team of Don E . Allen and Mr . Hughes . After the match Badd Company called out Public Enemy resulting in an impromptu match between Paul Diamond and Rocco Rock which Diamond won . Public Enemy quickly got a very brutal revenge on Badd Company as they defeated the du in a “ South Philly hood " match the very next day at November to Remember . At " Holiday Hell 1993 " on December 26 , 1993 Pat Tanaka defeated Rocco Rock in a “ Body Count " match . As 1993 turned to 1994 Badd Company set their sights on ECW Tag Team Champions Kevin Sullivan and The Tasmaniac , defeating them twice in non - title matches . At " The Night the Line was Crossed " on February 5 , 1994 Tanaka and his one night only partner The Sheik defeated Sullivan and Tasmaniac , unfortunately the team had been stripped of the titles the night before . When Tanaka was rejoined by Diamond the team lost to the ( once again ) tag - Team champions when the gold was finally on the line . On March 27 , 1994 Badd Company wrestled it ’ s last match for ECW , a house show victory over Rockin ' Rebel and Pittbull # 1 . World Championship Wrestling and split . By the time Badd Company wrestled its last match for ECW , Tanaka and Diamond had already signed with World Championship Wrestling . Tanaka then made his on - screen debut as " Tanaka - San " . Paul Diamond showed up with the Kato mask on using the name " Haito " only days after their last ECW match . The duo reprised their " Orient Express " gimmick but could not use the name since the WWF owned the copyright to it . The two men wrestled a couple of matches together but they never achieved any notoriety in WCW . By the end of 1994 , the team split .