The Forever Hooligans Forever Hooligans are a professional wrestling tag team consisting of Alex Koslov and Rocky Romero . The duo work for New Japan Pro Wrestling , where they are currently in their second reign as IWGP Jr . Heavyweight Tag Team Champions . They also work for Ring of Honor , where they are former Ring of Honor ( ROH ) World Tag Team Champions . Career . New Japan Pro Wrestling . Alex Koslov returned to New Japan on July 7 , 2012 , now representing the promotion ' s top villainous stable , Chaos , as a member of which he also reunited with former AAA partner Rocky Romero , with the two dubbing their tag team " Forever Hooligans " . On July 22 , Koslov and Romero defeated Jushin Liger and Tiger Mask IV to win the IWGP Junior Heavyweight Tag Team Championship . Koslov and Romero made their first successful title defense on August 26 at a Sacramento Wrestling Federation ( SWF ) event in Gridley , California , defeating the team of A . J . Kirsch and Alex Shelley . Forever Hooligans made their second successful title defense on October 8 at King of Pro - Wrestling , defeating the Time Splitters ( Alex Shelley and Kushida ) . On October 21 , Forever Hooligans entered the 2012 Super Jr . Tag Tournament , defeating Jushin Liger and Tiger Mask IV in their first round match . On November 2 , Koslov and Romero were eliminated from the tournament in the semifinals by Apollo 55 ( Prince Devitt and Ryusuke Taguchi ) . On November 11 at Power Struggle , Forever Hooligans lost the IWGP Junior Heavyweight Tag Team Championship to the winners of the Super Jr . Tag Tournament , the Time Splitters , ending their reign at 112 days . On February 10 at The New Beginning , Hooligans unsuccessfully challenged the Time Splitters for the IWGP Junior Heavyweight Tag Team Championship . On May 3 at Wrestling Dontaku 2013 , Koslov and Romero regained the IWGP Junior Heavyweight Tag Team Championship from the Time Splitters . Koslov and Romero made their first successful defense of the IWGP Junior Heavyweight Tag Team Championship on June 22 at Dominion 6 . 22 in a rematch with the Time Splitters . Koslov and Romero then got involved in Chaos ' rivalry with the Suzukigun stable , which led to their second successful title defense on July 20 against Taichi and Taka Michinoku . The Forever Hooligans lost the title to Taichi and Michinoku in a rematch on October 14 at King of Pro - Wrestling . On November 6 , 2013 , The Forever Hooligans lost to The Young Bucks in the finals of the 2013 Super Jr . Tag Tournament . On May 10 , 2014 at Global Wars , a special event co - produced by NJPW and Ring of Honor ( ROH ) in Toronto , Forever Hooligans received another title shot for the IWGP Junior Heavyweight Tag Team Championships being defeated by The Young Bucks in a three - way match , also involving Time Splitters . On January 9 , 2015 , Koslov announced he was taking an " indefinite sabbatical " from professional wrestling . Ring of Honor . Forever Hooligans made their debut for Ring of Honor at the ROH 11th Anniversary Show PPV , where they were defeated by the American Wolves ( Davey Richards and Eddie Edwards ) . The next day , they were defeated by reDRagon ( Bobby Fish and Kyle O ' Reilly ) for the ROH World Tag Team Championship . On July 27 , 2013 , Koslov and Romero returned to ROH and defeated reDRagon to become the new ROH World Tag Team Champions . They lost the title to The American Wolves in their first defense on August 3 . At Manhatan Mayhem V , they defeated The Young Bucks in a Dream Match . On September 20 at Death Before Dishonor XI , The Forever Hooligans successfully defended the IWGP Junior Heavyweight Tag Team Championship against the American Wolves . At the following day ' s tapings of " Ring of Honor Wrestling " , Koslov and Romero unsuccessfully challenged reDRagon for the ROH World Tag Team Championship in a three - way match , which also included C & C Wrestle Factory ( Caprice Coleman and Cedric Alexander ) . Pro Wrestling Guerrilla . On August 9 , 2013 , Forever Hooligans made their debut for Pro Wrestling Guerrilla ( PWG ) at the promotion ' s tenth anniversary event , where they defeated the RockNES Monsters ( Johnny Goodtime and Johnny Yuma ) . On August 30 , 2013 , Forever Hooligans and TJ Perkins were defeated by Adam Cole and The Young Bucks . Independent circuit . On November 29 , 2013 , Forever Hooligans defeated Project Ego ( Kris Travis and Martin Kirby ) at RPW New Territory . On November 30 , 2013 , Forever Hooligans unsuccessfully challenged Hot And Spicy ( Axel Dieter Jr . & Da Mack ) for the wXw World Tag Team Championships at wXw 13th Anniversary Tour Finale . On December 7 , 2013 , Forever Hooligans competed in a one night tournament for the WCA Golden State Tag Team Championships defeating The Ballard Brothers ( Shane Ballard and Shannon Ballard ) in the first round and faced Team APW ( Oliver John and Timothy Thatcher ) in the tournament finals which ended in a no contest . From January 24 to 25 , 2015 , Forever Hooligans participated in the Alternative Wrestling Show ' s Race for the Ring Tag Team Tournament . They were defeated in the finals by the ASW Tag team Champions PPRay ( Peter Avalon and Ray Rosas ) . It was Koslov ' s final wrestling match .