Tekno Team 2000 Tekno Team 2000 was a professional wrestling tag team that competed in the World Wrestling Federation ( WWF ) from 1995 to 1996 . The team was composed of Troy ( Erik Watts ) and Travis ( Chad Fortune ) . Although the team started off with a strong push from the WWF , they did not continue their initial success . Tekno Team 2000 also left the WWF temporarily to make several appearances in the United States Wrestling Association ( USWA ) . After returning to the WWF , the team continued to lose matches and was eventually disbanded . History . World Wrestling Federation . Wearing " futuristic " silver and maroon ring outfits , they debuted in the WWF as a babyface tag team that was " ahead of its time " . As part of the " New Generation " of the WWF , they were said to be " determined to bring the New Generation into the 21st Century " . Building on their youthful appearance , Troy and Travis were featured in pin - up pictures in the " World Wrestling Federation Magazine " . Tekno Team 2000 made their WWF debut during a house show at Madison Square Garden on March 19 , 1995 . They defeated The Heavenly Bodies ( Tom Prichard and Jimmy Del Ray ) and repeated the result the following night at Boston Garden . Their WWF television debut took place on the May 16 , 1995 episode of " WWF Superstars " ; they defeated Barry Horowitz and the Brooklyn Brawler . They were booked to appear in a series of matches against The Heavenly Bodies . Del Ray was not able to appear in several of the matches , so he was replaced by Mantaur and Barry Horowitz in several of the matches . Tekno Team 2000 won all of the matches in this series . The WWF teased a storyline in which Tekno Team 2000 was being scouted by Ted DiBiase to join the Million Dollar Corporation , but they did not join the group . Their success led " Pro Wrestling Illustrated " to rank them among the top ten tag teams in the world . On July 2 , Troy and Travis served as lumberjacks in the lumberjack match between Diesel and Sid at . During the match , Sid attacked Troy and Travis . While he was distracted , other wrestlers attacked Sid and helped Diesel to win the match . Tennessee . Watts has stated that the WWF intended to have Tekno Team 2000 win the WWF Tag Team Championship after two months in the promotion . After Watts ' father , Bill Watts , began booking matches , the team was later sent to developmental territories to improve their skills . They returned to USWA in Tennessee , where they had wrestled a tag team match together in April 1995 under their real names . Competing as Tekno Team 2000 , they defeated PG - 13 on September 18 . They began losing matches , however , while facing PG - 13 , The Heavenly Bodies , and The Bushwhackers . On October 30 , Troy and Travis reversed their fortunes and defeated King Cobra and Spellbinder . Return to World Wrestling Federation . In 1996 , Troy and Travis resumed competition in the WWF . They lost to The Bodydonnas on the May 6 episode of " Monday Night Raw " . During Tekno Team 2000 ' s return , however , the WWF instructed The Bodydonnas to help make Troy and Travis look good to the fans . Five days later , Tekno Team 2000 lost to The Smoking Gunns on " WWF Superstars " . Their final appearance came in a loss to The Godwinns on the June 3 episode of " Monday Night Raw " . Watts and Fortune were released from their WWF contracts in the summer of 1996 . Legacy . After disbanding the team , Watts and Fortune competed for independent promotions . They later formed a team while wrestling in Japan . In 2001 , they reunited in Dusty Rhodes ' Turnbuckle Championship Wrestling , teaming together under their real names . Watts later found work with Total Nonstop Action Wrestling , and Fortune retired from wrestling to drive monster trucks . Tekno Team 2000 was included during a video montage of poor gimmicks during the tenth anniversary of " Monday Night Raw " in January 2003 .