The Headhunters The Headhunters is a professional wrestling tag team that consists of twin brothers Manuel and Victor Santiago ( born August 11 , 1968 in New York , New York , USA ) , better known by their respective ring name s , Headhunter A and Headhunter B . Career . The Santiago brothers trained under Johnny Rodz and both debuted in 1987 . In the early 1990s , The Headhunters travelled to Japan and began wrestling for W * ING . In August 1992 , they were awarded the newly created W * ING International New Generation World Tag Team Championship . They held the titles until November 6 , 1992 , when they lost to Crash the Terminator and Mr . Pogo in Sapporo . The brothers regained the titles on May 19 , 1993 , defeating Miguelito Perez and Yukihiro Kanemura in Honjo , and held them until the promotion closed in March 1994 . The Headhunters debuted in Eastern Championship Wrestling in August 1993 , taking part in a tournament for the vacant ECW Tag Team Championship . The Headhunters were eliminated from the tournament after fighting their opponents , Ivan Koloff and Nikita Koloff , to a double disqualification . At ECW UltraClash on September 18 , 1993 , The Headhunters defeated Crash the Terminator and Miguelito Perez in a baseball bat match . The Headhunters began wrestling for Consejo Mundial de Lucha Libre in the 1990s , and on June 30 , 1995 in Mexico City they defeated El Texano and Silver King to win the CMLL World Tag Team Championship . They held the titles until November 3 , 1995 , when they were defeated by Atlantis and Rayo de Jalisco , Jr . The Headhunters returned to Japan in the mid - 1990s . They joined the International Wrestling Association of Japan soon after its inception , and began the first IWA World Tag Team Champions by defeating Dick Slater and Nobutaka Araya on November 17 , 1994 in Yokohama . They lost the titles to El Texano and Silver King on March 3 , 1995 in Hiroshima , but regained them on August 20 , 1995 in Kawasaki , Kanagawa . Their second reign ended when they lost to Cactus Jack and Tracy Smothers on September 29 , 1995 in Yokohama . The brothers also wrestled for Frontier Martial - Arts Wrestling , and on March 30 , 1996 , they defeated Super Leather and Jason the Terrible in Tokyo to win the FMW Brass Knuckles Tag Team Championship . They held the titles for over a year , finally losing to Hido and Kanemura on April 25 , 1997 in Osaka . The Headhunters also held the FMW World Street Fight Six Man Tag Team Championship on two occasions in 1996 , teaming with Super Leather and Hisakatsu Oya respectively . The Headhunters debuted in the World Wrestling Federation on January 21 , 1996 at the WWF Royal Rumble . Identified as Squat Team # 1 and Squat Team # 2 respectively , the Headhunters took part in the Royal Rumble match , but were both eliminated , with Yokozuna eliminating Headhunter B after 24 seconds and Vader eliminating Headhunter A after 71 seconds . In 1997 , The Headhunters briefly appeared on WWF television as The Arabian Butchers , a tag team managed by Jim Cornette . The Headhunters returned to Eastern Championship Wrestling , since renamed Extreme Championship Wrestling , on February 17 , 1996 at ECW CyberSlam 1996 , losing to The Bruise Brothers . They made a final appearance on March 8 , 1996 at the ECW Big Ass Extreme Bash , losing to the Dudleys ( Buh Buh Ray Dudley and Dances With Dudley ) in a tag team bout and losing to The Gangstas and the team of 2 Cold Scorpio and The Sandman in a three way tag team match . In the 2000s , The Headhunters began wrestling on the Mexican independent circuit . In 2006 , they appeared briefly with Juggalo Championshit Wrestling . In November 2006 , The Headhunters began working dates for Asistencia Asesoría y Administración . Headhunter A would become a regular in the spring , officially joining heel stable Legión Extranjera . He quit the promotion in September 2008 , choosing to return to the independent circuit . Both Headhunters have since worked regularly for IWRG and NWA Mexico . Most recently the two wrestled on the debut Los Perros del Mal show promoted by Perro Aguayo Jr . .