Jesse and Festus Jesse and Festus , also once known as The Dalton Boys , were an American professional wrestling tag team made up of Ray Gordy ( Jesse ) and Drew Hankinson ( Festus ) . Both wrestlers are currently signed to World Wrestling Entertainment ( WWE ) , although they no longer wrestle as a team . History . World Wrestling Entertainment . Ohio Valley Wrestling . On the May 11 , 2007 episode of " SmackDown ! " , a vignette aired suggesting that Ray Gordy would be repackaged as " Jesse Dalton " as part of a tag team using a hillbilly gimmick , alongside fellow WWE developmental talent Drew Hankinson ( formerly " The Imposter Kane " ) who was repackaged as " Festus Dalton " . It was reported on June 2 , 2007 that the " Dalton Boys " gimmick was dropped by WWE , with the kayfabe explanation given that they had " lost their way " to the arena . Gordy and Hankinson were sent back to a development territory . Gordy continued to use the Dalton name in OVW and Hankinson used the name " Justice Dalton " . They also wore more traditional wrestling tights . SmackDown . On the June 29 , 2007 edition of " SmackDown " , vignettes hyping Jesse and Festus ' s return to the roster , sans the Dalton name ( and no longer presented as brothers ) , began to air . Their vignettes were billed as ' Jesse and Festus on . . . ' , each week choosing a different subject but always with the same formula of Jesse , talking very excitedly about the subject , and ending each vignette by pointing to Festus and saying " that , " that " is the face of a " ( something relating to the topic ) , while Festus merely stared absently into the camera . They wrestled in dark matches and at " SmackDown " and " ECW " house show s . Their in - ring debut came on the October 5 , 2007 episode of " SmackDown " by defeating Mike Tolar and Chad Collyer when Festus used an over - the - shoulder gutbuster and pinned Tolar . This match introduced the gimmick of Festus ' Pavlovian response to the ring bell : when the opening bell rang , Festus ' s persona changed into a very focused , aggressive competitor , as compared to the aloof , absent - minded character he had been portrayed as ; when the closing bell rang , Festus returned to his " normal " self . On the [ [ October 16 ] ] , 2007 episode of " ECW " , Jesse and Festus made their debut for the ECW brand in conjunction with a " Talent Exchange " discussed between ECW General Manager Armando Estrada and acting SmackDown General Manager Vickie Guerrero . Jesse and Festus defeated their first notable opponents , the team of Elijah Burke and Nunzio , with an aided diving shoulder block . On the November 8 episode of " SmackDown " , Jesse and Festus suffered their first WWE loss in a 10 - man tag team battle royal WWE Tag Team Championship contender ' s match , against Deuce ' n Domino , The Major Brothers , Shannon Moore and Jimmy Wang Yang , and Drew McIntyre and Dave Taylor . Festus , the biggest man in the ring and obviously a threat , was eliminated early due to a team effort from the other teams . Thus , Jesse was eliminated as well . Jesse and Festus suffered their second loss in the WWE when they were defeated by then - WWE Tag Team Champions The Miz and John Morrison on the November 27 edition of " ECW " . Jesse and Festus were defeated again by Miz and Morrison on the December 7 episode of " SmackDown " . Jesse and Festus finally defeated The Miz and John Morrison in a non - title match on December 16 . Split . After a brief hiatus , more vignettes aired , this time featuring Jesse , who explained Festus ' s condition and spoke of a cure for it . The team returned on the February 8 , 2008 edition of " SmackDown " , defeating Deuce ' n Domino . Festus appeared to be unchanged , aside from perhaps being more aggressive than ever . This success continued as they once again defeated The Miz and John Morrison in another non - title match on the February 29 airing of " SmackDown " . When they received a shot at the titles on the March 21 episode , however , they came up short , and similarly lost out months later at The Great American Bash , when the titles changed hands to Curt Hawkins and Zack Ryder courtesy of a pin on Jesse . On the September 12 airing of " SmackDown " Jesse and Festus made their way to the ring dressed in moving attire complete with a hand truck , large cardboard box and moving supplies . After an attack from Kenny Dykstra the duo proceeded to package Dykstra up and roll him away . The next week they did the same thing to Ryan Braddock and later the set of Carlito ' s Cabana . The gimmick highlighted " SmackDown ' s " move to MyNetworkTV , complete with overalls bearing the parodic company title of " MyMoving Company " . After the show ' s move , however , they reverted to their previous gimmick . The team was separated when Festus was drafted to the Raw brand in the 2009 Supplemental Draft . Jesse has since adopted a new in - ring persona , " Slam Master J " ( which bears similarites to his Ray Geezy gimmick ) . After months of inactivity , Festus returned to " SmackDown " as Luke Gallows , and became an enforcer for CM Punk . Punk claimed that the Festus gimmick was due to Festus being addicted to pills , but Punk had managed to cure him .