The Legionnaires The Tribunal was a villainous professional wrestling tag team , which consisted of Basile Baraka and Baron Dax . They spent time in WWE , in the developmental territory NXT and Total Nonstop Action Wrestling ( TNA ) . History . WWE . NXT ( 2013 – 2016 ) . In December 2013 , Sylvester Lefort and Marcus Louis formed a tag team under the name The Legionnaires playing up a gimmick based on their French heritage . They made their debut as a tag team on December 19 , 2013 in a triple threat tag team elimination match against Colin Cassady and Angelo Dawkins , and The Ascension ( Konnor and Viktor ) , which was won by Cassady and Dawkins . On the May 8 , 2014 episode of " NXT " , The Legionnaires were defeated by Kalisto and El Local . On August 21 episode of " NXT " , The Legionnaires began a feud with Enzo Amore and Colin Cassady losing to them in a tag team match . On September 11 , Lefort faced Enzo Amore in a Hair vs Hair match at and was defeated , but did not adhere to the stipulation post - match and instead ran away , leaving his partner Marcus Louis to be shaved bald instead . The following weeks Lefort and Louis tried to get revenge on Amore and Cassady . On the October 16 episode of " NXT " , Louis finally snapped and turned on Lefort and attacked him during a tag match . On February 5 , 2016 , Lefort and Louis were released from their WWE contract . Total Nonstop Action Wrestling ( 2016 ) . On March 17 , 2016 , Tom La Ruffa and Pierre Marceau made their Total Nonstop Action Wrestling ( TNA ) debuts at TNA One Night Only ' s Victory Road 2 pay - per view losing to The BroMans ( Robbie E and Jessie Godderz ) . On March 23 , they signed a contract with TNA , with La Ruffa being renamed Basile Baraka and Marceau being renamed Baron Dax . On the May 24 episode of " Impact Wrestling " , Baraka and Dax made their televised debut , attacking Grado and Mahabali Shera , and aligning themselves with Al Snow . On the following episode of " Impact Wrestling " , the faction revealed their name as " The Tribunal " . On June 12 at Slammiversary , The Tribunal defeated the team of Grado and Shera . On the June 14 episode of " Impact Wrestling " , The Tribunal have a four - way tag team match for the TNA World Tag Team Championship against Grado and Mahabali Shera , The BroMans and Decay , in a losing effort . On the June 28 episode of " Impact Wrestling " , The Tribunal and Al Snow were defeated by Grado , Mahabali Shera , and Tyrus . On the August 4 episode of " Impact Wrestling " , The Tribunal and Al Snow were defeated by Grado and Mahabali Shera in a handicap match . On the August 11 episode of " Impact Wrestling " , The Tribunal were defeated by Matt Hardy and Brother Nero . The Tribunal failed to win the Ascension To Hell Ladder match in a match featuring The Broken Hardys , The Helms Dynasty and The BroMans . On the October 13 episode of " Impact Wrestling " , they attacked The Broken Hardys . On the October 20 episode of " Impact Wrestling " , The Tribunal were defeated by The Broken Hardys in a match for the TNA World Tag Team Championship . After the match , they were attacked by the new stable known as Death Count Council . On the November 10 episode of " Impact Wrestling " , as The Tribunal brutally attacked Al Snow , ending their alliance , and Mahabali Shera made the save . On December 8 episode of " Impact Wrestling " , The Tribunal competed in their final match for TNA where they lost a Double Strap Match to Snow and Shera . On December 10 , it was reported that The Tribunal has parted ways with TNA .