The Basham Brothers The Basham Brothers , Doug ( Doug Basham ) and Danny ( Daniel Hollie ) , are a professional wrestling tag team , who formerly worked for Total Nonstop Action Wrestling ( TNA ) and World Wrestling Entertainment ( WWE ) . History . Before they went to work in 2003 with WWE , they wrestled for the All World Wrestling League / Big Time Wrestling in Michigan . They were part of the talent signed by Ed and Tom Farhat , sons of the ' original ' Sheik , who died in January 2003 , to bring back the ' original ' BTW that was requested by the fans . World Wrestling Entertainment ( 2003 - 2007 ) . SmackDown ! ( 2003 - 2007 ) . The Basham Brothers made their official WWE debut on the May 29 , 2003 edition of " SmackDown ! " defeating Rikishi and Brian Kendrick . Shortly after this Shaniqua became their valet . Their gimmick was originally that of two S & M fans , with Shaniqua as their trash - talking dominatrix . The Bashams , who were kayfabe twins ( despite obviously having no resemblance to each other ) , often switched places mid - match , so the " fresher " wrestler was always in the ring . The Bashams won their first WWE Tag Team Championship from Los Guerreros on the October 23 , 2003 edition of " SmackDown ! " . The team would go on to lose the titles in February 2004 to Rikishi and Scotty 2 Hotty . The Basham Brothers and Shaniqua faced Scotty 2 Hotty and Rikishi at the No Way Out pay - per - view in 2004 in a handicap match for the tag team titles but lost the match when Shaniqua was pinned . Right after this match The Basham Brothers would lose their manger Shaniqua as she was sent to OVW for training . For the next few months the Basham Brothers were regulars on " Velocity " . Occasionally they appeared on " SmackDown ! " , usually taking on upper midcard / main event level wrestlers in handicap matches , generally losing in the outcome . The Basham Brothers would go on to join John Bradshaw Layfield ( JBL ) ' s cabinet stable on the November 25 , 2004 episode of " SmackDown ! " , where they were known as JBL ' s " Co - Secretaries of Defense " . Their role was often to sacrifice themselves to prevent Layfield from getting harmed after he had provoked an opponent . The Bashams would once again win Tag Team gold defeating the teams of Rey Mysterio and Rob Van Dam , Luther Reigns and Mark Jindrak , and Eddie Guerrero and Booker T in a four - way elimination match in January 2005 . The Basham Brothers lost the titles to Rey Mysterio and Eddie Guerrero at No Way Out 2005 on February 20 . From here on The Bashams would either be jobbing on " SmackDown ! " or defeating any team that came in their path on " Velocity " . The Basham Brothers quit Layfield ' s Cabinet on the June 16 , 2005 episode of " SmackDown ! " , claiming that they were tired of being " JBL ' s crash test dummies " and not getting enough respect . Split ( 2005 ) . On June 30 , 2005 , Danny Basham became one of the last minute trades in the 2005 WWE Draft lottery , which saw him jump from " SmackDown ! " over to the Raw brand . This left both men in singles competition in WWE on different brands . Doug would portray an egotistical poser nicknamed The Bash Man , while Danny reverted to his dark , Raven - like character The Damaja ( albeit under the Danny Basham moniker ) . ECW ( 2006 - 2007 ) . Both would reunite in WWE ' s revived ECW brand in July 2006 as masked enforcers for ECW leader Paul Heyman . Primarily known as Paul Heyman ' s Personal Enforcers , they would wrestle with no identity , although they were often referred to as " Basham Security " by fans . In September , Danny suffered a triceps injury , and he was replaced by Derrick Neikirk . The team disappeared again shortly after Heyman was removed from WWE television in December . On January 18 , 2007 , both Basham Brothers along with several other superstars were released by WWE . However , they did return to OVW on March 7 , when they defeated Wyatt Young and Mike Tolar in a dark match . Total Nonstop Action Wrestling ( 2007 ) . Doug and Danny made their first appearance in Total Nonstop Action Wrestling at a live event on April 20 , 2007 as a surprise replacement for the injured Abyss . The two then made their " Impact ! " debut on May 10 , 2007 as " Basham " and " Damaja " , attacking the Voodoo Kin Mafia , as Christy Hemme ' s newest mystery team . At Sacrifice they defeated Kip James . On the May 24 episode of " Impact ! " , Basham and Damaja would defeat James and Lance Hoyt ( who replaced B . G . James , whom they ' d injured prior to their match at Sacrifice ) . At Slammiversary , B . G . and Kip James defeated Basham and Damaja , but as they were about to attack Christy Hemme post - match , they were betrayed - and Basham and Damaja were apparently joined under Christy ' s management - by Lance Hoyt , who attack VKM and kissed Christy . At Victory Road , Basham and Damaja were defeated by Voodoo Kin Mafia after B . G James hit Damaja with a steel chair and Kip James pinned him . Wrestling Superstars Live ( 2008 - present ) . Later they signed with the Wrestling Superstars Live . New Wrestling Association Puerto Rico ( 2009 - present ) . Hardcore Wrestling Entertainment . In January 2009 Damaja and Basham signed a contract with NWA PR and NWA send to HWE and they waited for the debut . In a taped video challenge Bad Boys HWE Tag Team Championship