The Naturals The Naturals are a professional wrestling tag team made up of Andy Douglas and Chase Stevens . They are best known for their work in TNA , where they are multi - time former tag team champions . History . While working for USA Championship Wrestling , Douglas and Stevens were paired together by booker Bob Ryder . They were briefly known as " Natural Heat " before shortening their name to " The Naturals " . In USA CW , The Naturals were old - school Southern style heels . Douglas and Stevens began working for Jerry Lawler ' s Memphis Wrestling promotion in 2003 , where they were renamed " The Alternative Express " . The Alternative Express — a gothic pair of rock fans who wore black clothing and recolored their hair and fingernails — were managed by The Goddess Athena . Athena later left The Naturals after a falling out , and they gained a new manager , April Pennington . Total Nonstop Action Wrestling . Douglas and Stevens were brought into Total Nonstop Action Wrestling ( TNA ) in late 2003 as " The Naturals " , immediately beginning a lengthy feud with America ' s Most Wanted ( AMW ) . In the course of the feud , they defeated AMW for the NWA World Tag Team Championship on July 7 , 2004 in a twelve - second long match after hitting James Storm with one of the title belts . The Naturals successfully defended their titles against Triple X , but were eventually beaten by Chris Harris and Elix Skipper ( one member of each team ) on September 8 , 2004 . In 2005 , the Naturals formed a stable with Chris Candido , who also became their manager . They became peripheral members of Planet Jarrett in early 2005 . On April 26 they defeated America ' s Most Wanted to become NWA World Tag Team Champions for a second time . The sudden death of Candido two days later led to them turning face due to fan reaction . They stated later in May that they were being advised through the ordeal by a " legendary figure " in professional wrestling , though they declined to say who at the time . On June 19 , 2005 at " Slammiversary " the Naturals were assisted in a title defense against Team Canada by Jimmy Hart , who was revealed to be their secret advisor . Hart acted as their manager throughout the summer of 2005 before he left his voluntary on - screen capacities with TNA in September . In their feud with Team Canada , they briefly formed an alliance with AMW . Their animosity , however , won out as infighting cost them an eight - man tag team match with Team Canada at Sacrifice on August 14 . The Naturals survived an Elimination Match involving Team Canada , AMW , and Alex Shelley ( who was supposed to team with Sean Waltman , who no - showed , and instead was assisted by Johnny Candido ) to retain the titles at Unbreakable on September 11 . Their reign ended on the October 22 episode of " Impact ! " when they lost to AMW following interference from Jeff Jarrett and Gail Kim . They were defeated by AMW in their rematch at " Bound For Glory " on October 23 , again following interference from Kim . On October 25 , Stevens injured his neck when he landed bad on his head during a tag - team match being taped for the October 29 episode of " Impact ! " The injury was minor , and not expected to require surgery . The match , however , was omitted , and a replacement match was taped the next day . He returned on November 13 at Genesis . The Naturals went to the background in the early months of 2006 . After Scott Steiner brutalized Douglas in March , Stevens spent about two months in singles action in the X Division with limited success . When Douglas returned and they tagged again and " The Franchise " Shane Douglas ( no relation to Douglas ) , a former NWA World Heavyweight Champion and TNA official , took an interest in them . After they lost to The Diamonds in the Rough on June 15 , Shane confronted them , telling them they were squandering their talent . Invoking his friend and their former manager Chris Candido , he offered to be their new manager . With much audience approval , they accepted Shane ' s offer , and , after a month of intense training overseen by The Franchise , faced and defeated The Diamonds in the Rough in a rematch at Victory Road . The Naturals then entered a feud with Team 3D , even handing Team 3D their first loss in a Tables Match in TNA , but after a loss to Team 3D in a Tables Match one month later , Shane Douglas abandoned them , saying " This experiment is over " . After the end of the Shane Douglas angle TNA were said to be done with the Naturals as a team . , saying that they had given the team several opportunities to show their charisma , but had not delivered . The situation has since been rectified to an extent and after two house show appearances for TNA , one in January and one in March ( 2007 ) , The Naturals returned to TNA on " Xplosion " , in mid - April 2007 . The Naturals appeared at the Lockdown FanFest held in St . Louis on April 14 , 2007 . Stevens and Douglas were released from TNA Wrestling as of May 10 , 2007 , but TNA Mobile announced soon afterward that they would be working for TNA without a contract from time to time . International Wrestling Association . The Naturals went to IWA in mid - 2007 , where they held the IWA World Tag Teams Championships until they vacated the titles after leaving the IWA . World Wrestling Entertainment . The Naturals were scheduled to wrestle a dark match before the September 17 edition of " Raw " . The match was called off after Douglas announced on his MySpace that the match would take place . However , both were backstage at the March 17 , 2008 edition of " Raw " according to numerous wrestling websites . They also competed in a taped match for the March 21 edition of " WWE Friday Night SmackDown " , teaming with Luke Hawx in a losing effort against The Big Show . Stevens Wrestled Jack Swagger on " ECW " in a losing effort on September 16 , 2008 . Stevens was later defeated by Mike Knox on September 23 ' s edition of " ECW " , followed by a post - match beating from Swagger which prompted a Tommy Dreamer run - in .