Misfits In Action The Misfits In Action ( MIA ) were a stable in World Championship Wrestling ( WCW ) They were originally formed in 2000 from a group of wrestlers that Vince Russo considered too lazy to get over . They hold the shortest reign for the retired WCW World Tag Team Championship , which was held by Corporal Cajun and Lieutenant Loco . History . The original Misfits stable was originally started on the April 17 , 2000 episode of " WCW Monday Nitro " when Eric Bischoff berated a crew of wrestlers including Hugh Morrus , Lash LeRoux , Chavo Guerrero , Jr . , and Booker T . along with Bam Bam Bigelow " who remained heel " and Jerry Flynn " on his last appearence on WCW TV " for not helping The New Blood dispatch their enemies known as the Millionaires Club . On the April 26 , 2000 episode of " WCW Thunder " , LeRoux , Guerrero , Morrus , and Van Hammer saved Booker T after his match against Mike Awesome during a beatdown by Awesome and Scott Steiner . The following week , Leroux , Hammer , and Guerrero made the save for Morrus on the May 1 " Nitro " to solidify their alliance . Immediately after the match , an enraged Bischoff fired Morrus and the three men who made the save . Shortly after , the " released " wrestlers reappeared in WCW under their new M . I . A . names . Despite the obvious fraud , they signed new contracts with their new names , allowing themselves to evade Bischoff ' s firings . The returning group initially consisted of Morrus as General Hugh G . Rection , Guerrero as Lt . Loco , LeRoux as Cpl . Cajun , and Van Hammer as Major Stash . They were given a valet in former fitness model Tylene Buck , who went under the name Major Gunns . The group mainly feuded with The Filthy Animals , Team Canada , and the Natural Born Thrillers . Gunns feuded with the Filthy Animals ' valet Tygress . Other members were added as the group ' s popularity rose over the final years of the company . On the July 26 , 2000 episode of WCW Thunder , The Wall would be added as Sgt . AWOL . On the November 13 , 2000 episode of WCW Monday Nitro , Gunns eventually betrayed the group in favor of turning heel by joining Team Canada , when she threw in the towel on the behalf of Rection , costing him the WCW United States Heavyweight Championship against Lance Storm . Rection faced The Franchise in which Torrie Wilson jumped on Rection ' s back as Rection smashed her against the turnbuckle , while he had compassion , Loco carelessly tried kicking her out of the ring , weeks later , Rection defended his United States title against The Franchise as Loco knocked out Rection with a chain to help Franchise win the title , Rection went one on one with Loco / Chavo as AWOL comes out and turns on Rection to side with Chavo , during an interview , Rection tells Cajun to give him his MIA shirt as The group disbanded in early 2001 , and they ' re are just back to being Hugh Morrus and Lash LeRoux Name dispute . Van Hammer was originally slated to be called " Private Stash " in keeping with the stable ' s theme of " adult humor " names . He believed , however , he had worked too hard to be just a Private in a fictional army , despite the ranks being meaningless . When Van Hammer would not put his pride aside his name was changed to " Major Stash " .