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TJP

J.T. Quinn

TJP appeared on the October 19, 2009 episode of *Raw*; he was scheduled to face The Miz, but was replaced by Marty Jannetty before the match as a part of the storyline. The following day, TJP, under the name **J.T. Quinn**, appeared on *ECW* in a match against Sheamus. The match resulted in a disqualification after Shelton Benjamin attacked Sheamus.

On May 7, 2016, TJP, as **TJ Perkins**, was announced for WWE's Cruiserweight Classic tournament. In the tournament, he defeated Da Mack in the first round, Johnny Gargano in the second round, Rich Swann in the quarterfinals, Kota Ibushi in the semifinals, and Gran Metalik in the finals to win the tournament and become the inaugural WWE Cruiserweight Champion.

Perkins retained the title against Brian Kendrick at Clash of Champions, but lost the title in a rematch at Hell in a Cell after Kendrick faked a knee injury. At Roadblock: End of the Line, Perkins failed to regain the title in a triple threat match against Kendrick and new champion, Rich Swann.

Beginning with an attack on Austin Aries on the April 10, 2017 episode of *Raw*, Perkins formed an alliance with Neville and turned heel, shortening his ring name to "**TJP**". The alliance ended when Neville attacked TJP on the June 5 episode of *Raw*. TJP failed to win the Cruiserweight Championship the following night on *205 Live*, and then took a hiatus in order to rehab his knee.

TJP returned on the January 2, 2018 episode of *205 Live*. At the Royal Rumble, he teamed with Drew Gulak and Jack Gallagher in a losing effort against Gran Metalik, Kalisto and Lince Dorado. On the January 30 episode of *205 Live*, TJP defeated Tyler Bate in the first round of the Cruiserweight Championship Tournament. He would go on to face Cedric Alexander in the quarterfinals on February 27 in a losing effort. TJP appeared again on September 4, challenging Cruiserweight Champion Cedric Alexander in a losing effort. TJP then began feuding with the Lucha House Party, consisting of Kalisto, Metalik and Dorado, forming an alliance with Mike and Maria Kanellis. In February 2019, TJP took part in the Worlds Collide tournament, but was eliminated by Dominik Dijakovic in the first round. On the February 19 episode of *205 Live*, TJP was defeated by Humberto Carrillo in what would be his final WWE match. On February 22, 2019, TJP was released from his WWE contract.
Tatsumi Fujinami

In the late 1970's he went to the World Wide Wrestling Federation (WWWF) where he first made a name for himself. He won his first title, the WWWF Junior Heavyweight Championship, on January 23, 1978, by defeating José Estrada in Madison Square Garden.

In a memorable match in World Championship Wrestling (WCW), Fujinami wrestled against Ric Flair at the first ever WCW SuperBrawl I in Florida. Flair retained his WCW Championship by a school boy pin with a handful of tights.

On March 19, 2015, it was announced that Fujinami would be inducted into the WWE Hall of Fame as part of the class of 2015. Fujinami was inducted by Ric Flair at the ceremony, which took place on March 28 in San Jose, California. On July 12, it was announced that Fujinami had signed a "Legends" deal with WWE.
The Creed Brothers

In August 2021, Brutus and his brother Julius Creed appeared on *WWE NXT* as members of Roderick Strong's Diamond Mine stable. They made their in-ring debut at the August 24, 2021 *WWE NXT* tapings (with their match airing on September 7, 2021), defeating Chuckie Viola and Paxton Averill in a squash.

On February 15, 2022, at NXT Vengeance Day, The Creed Brothers defeated MSK to win the men's Dusty Rhodes Tag Team Classic. On June 4, at NXT In Your House, they defeated Pretty Deadly to win the NXT Tag Team Championship. At Worlds Collide on September 4, The Creed Brothers lost the NXT Tag Team Championships to Pretty Deadly in a fatal-four way elimination tag team title unification match, involving the NXT UK Tag Team Champions Josh Briggs and Brooks Jensen, and Gallus (Mark Coffey and Wolfgang), after Damon Kemp turned on Diamond Mine by hitting Julius Creed with a steel chair, ending their reign at 92 days. The Creeds would fail to win the tag titles in a steel cage one week later due to interference from Kemp. This led to a match at NXT Halloween Havoc, where Julius defeated Kemp. The Creeds would fail to win the NXT Tag Team Championships throughout 2023. At NXT Stand and Deliver, the Creeds failed to in the tag titles from Gallus in a triple threat tag team match, and on the April 18 episode of *NXT* in another triple threat involving the The Dyad at NXT Battleground. On the July 4 episode of *NXT*, the Creed Brothers lost to the Dyad in a "Loser Leaves *NXT*" tag team match. They were reinstated the following month after defeating the Dyad in a cage match.

The Creed Brothers, along with fellow Diamond Mine member Ivy Nile, made their main roster debut on the October 30 episode of *Raw*, defeating Alpha Academy. At Halloween Havoc the following day, they defeated Angel Garza and Humberto Carrillo in a "Tables, Ladders, and Scares match" in their final match for *NXT*. On the November 6 episode of *Raw*, the Creed Brothers (and Ivy Nile) formally joined the *Raw* brand. On the November 27 episode of *Raw*, the Creed Brothers won a tag team turmoil match for an Undisputed WWE Tag Team Championship opportunity; however, they failed to defeat the Judgment Day for the titles on the December 18 episode of *Raw*.
Tessa Blanchard

In 2016, Blanchard appeared in WWE, making her in-ring debut for *NXT* on April 2, 2016, in a match won by Alexa Bliss. On May 4, Blanchard wrestled and lost to Nia Jax. On June 15, Blanchard wrestled her third match, losing to Carmella. On July 13, 2017, Blanchard returned as part of the Mae Young Classic, and was eliminated from the tournament in the first round by Kairi Sane.
Terry Gordy and Steve Williams

The team of Terry Gordy and Steve Williams originally formed on July 9, 1987 in World Championship Wrestling (WCW), defeating Dick Murdoch and Eddie Gilbert. They would wrestle six times together, all against Gilbert and Murdoch, winning every match but the last one, which Gilbert and Murdoch won, before disbanding.

In 1992, they returned to World Championship Wrestling where they won the WCW World Tag Team Championship by defeating the Steiner Brothers in Atlanta, Georgia, on July 5, 1992. One week later, they won the vacant WCW World Tag Team Championship by defeating Dustin Rhodes and Barry Windham in a tournament final. They held onto both titles until October 3, 1992 when they lost them to Rhodes and Windham.

During their relatively brief stay in WCW, they had a feud with the Steiner Brothers. In October 1992, Gordy left WCW, before Halloween Havoc, while Williams left in December, after Starrcade.

Williams and Gordy briefly reunited in Extreme Championship Wrestling in late-1996, facing The Eliminators at *When Worlds Collide* and *High Incident*.
Sunshine

Sunshine debuted in World Class Championship Wrestling in 1983, as the valet for Jimmy Garvin. She helped him in his feud with David Von Erich. Garvin received some criticism for hiding behind Sunshine when he was in trouble. Sunshine was known for constantly interfering on Garvin's behalf. On July 4, 1983, Garvin lost a match to David where he and Sunshine had to be his servant for a day.

Shortly after this, Garvin brought in his wife, Precious, to replace Sunshine, and they feuded. Sunshine enlisted the help of Chris Adams to help her in this feud.

In the summer of 1985, Sunshine had a brief feud against Jim Cornette that saw her pin him in a match where he had one arm tied behind his back and blindfolded. By late 1985, she was feuding with Missy Hyatt. They had many catfights that Hyatt's client John Tatum usually broke up, so Sunshine enlisted Scott Casey and The Great Kabuki to help her. Kabuki turned on her and Casey in October, in a match where Kabuki teamed with The Missing Link against Scott Casey and Iceman Parsons. Kabuki would attack her and The Missing Link would turn on him. The Missing Link would later to the same thing again when he would be attacked by former manager Percy Pringle and Rick Rude. She would spray perfume in Rude's eyes and The Missing Link would stop Pringle from attacking her. She would start managing him and continued her feud with Hyatt. It culminated at the Parade of Champions on May 4, 1986, where Sunshine beat Hyatt in a pig-sty mud match.

Sunshine also managed Lance Von Erich and reunited with Chris Adams in 1986, after Adams became a face following a sixteen-month stint as a heel wrestler.
The Basham Brothers

In mid-2003, Doug and Danny Basham were promoted to the main World Wrestling Entertainment (WWE) roster. The Basham Brothers debuted on the May 29 episode of *SmackDown!*, defeating Spanky and Rikishi. The following week, they unsuccessfully challenged the WWE Tag Team Champions Eddie Guerrero and Tajiri in a non-title match. In June, the Bashams debuted Shaniqua as their valet. In October, they began feuding with The APA (Bradshaw and Ron Simmons), defeating them in three consecutive matches, including at No Mercy.

On the October 23 episode of *SmackDown!*, The Basham Brothers defeated Los Guerreros (Eddie and Chavo Guerrero) to win the WWE Tag Team Championship. They retained the title in a rematch at Survivor Series, and successfully defended the championship in a four-way match against Los Guerreros, Rikishi and Scotty 2 Hotty, and The World's Greatest Tag Team (Charlie Haas and Shelton Benjamin) in December. On the February 5, 2004 episode of *SmackDown!*, The Bashams lost the title to Rikishi and Scotty 2 Hotty. At No Way Out, the Bashams and Shaniqua lost a handicap match to Rikishi and Scotty 2 Hotty, and Shaniqua was then released from her contract. Over the next several months, The Basham Brothers unsuccessfully challenged for the WWE Tag Team Championship against teams including Rikishi and Scotty 2 Hotty, The Dudley Boyz (Bubba Ray and D-Von Dudley), Charlie Haas and Rico, and Billy Kidman and Paul London.

In November 2004, The Basham Brothers joined John "Bradshaw" Layfield's faction, known as The Cabinet, and became known as the Secretaries of Defense. In January 2005, they won a four-way match to win the WWE Tag Team Championship, defeating Rey Mysterio and Rob Van Dam, Eddie Guerrero and Booker T, and Mark Jindrak and Luther Reigns. A month later, at the No Way Out pay-per-view, they lost the titles to Rey Mysterio and Eddie Guerrero, and failed to regain the championship in a rematch on *SmackDown!* on February 24. In June, they quit The Cabinet.

Danny would then wrestle in house shows and dark matches for the *Raw* brand. Doug would begin a singles career, going on to appear on *WWE Velocity*.

The Basham Brothers reunited on the *ECW* brand during July 2006 at several house shows before becoming on-screen unnamed masked "Security Enforcers" for *ECW* leader Paul Heyman. However, when Danny was injured with a torn biceps, he was later replaced by Derek Neikirk, who continued Danny's role as the second masked enforcer. On January 18, 2007, both were released by WWE.
The Blue Bloods

**The Blue Bloods** were formed in 1995 in World Championship Wrestling (WCW) by Lord Steven Regal after he split with his manager, Sir William and became a tag team wrestler. Originally, Regal scouted Jean-Paul Levesque and was slated to be a tag team, before Levesque left the company. Eventually, Regal recruited Bobby Eaton, getting him "knighted" to rename him "Earl Robert Eaton" and taking it upon himself to teach Eaton the finer points of the British lifestyle; including the Queen's English and proper dining etiquette.

The team feuded with Harlem Heat (Booker T and Stevie Ray) and the team of Bunkhouse Buck and Dick Slater over the WCW World Tag Team Championship, but never got their hands on the titles. Later they were joined by "Squire" David Taylor and a butler named Jeeves, whom they openly abused. Eaton eventually left the group, leaving Taylor and Regal to feud with him.

Taylor and Regal continued to team together until Regal was released from WCW in February 1998, at which point Taylor went on to compete in the singles division.

When Regal returned to WCW in July 1999, Regal and Taylor would reform the Blue Bloods in August. They would compete primarily on *WCW Saturday Night*, until the team disappeared from television in January 2000.

In 2006, Regal (with his ring name changed to William) and Taylor reunited as a tag team on the *SmackDown* brand of World Wrestling Entertainment, however they used no parts of their previous "Blue Bloods" gimmick, instead becoming sadistic fighters, willing to go to just about any lengths for a win.
The Beverly Brothers

Mike Enos and Wayne Bloom started out in 1989 in the American Wrestling Association, being managed by Johnny Valiant. Sporting matching ring attire and carrying sledgehammers to the ring, they were known as "**The Destruction Crew**". They feuded with The Olympians, Ken Patera and Brad Rheingans, and challenged them to a “car lifting” contest. During the challenge, The Crew attacked The Olympians and, in storyline, injured them. The Olympians' injuries forced them to vacate their AWA Tag Team Championship which were then placed in a tournament. The Crew went on to defeat Greg Gagne and Paul Diamond to win the title tournament on October 1, 1989. They also faced Rheingans and Paul Diamond and in a steel cage match where the former was locked out of the cage only to have his partner decimated by The Destruction Crew. The team finally lost their Tag Team Titles on August 11, 1990 to The Trooper and D.J. Peterson.

While still AWA World Tag Team Champions, the Destruction Crew joined World Championship Wrestling during the spring of 1990. In WCW, they wrestled under masks as the "**Minnesota Wrecking Crew II**" and were managed by Ole Anderson, who was part of the original Minnesota Wrecking Crew. They attempted without success to win the WCW World Tag Team Championship from The Steiner Brothers during a brief feud.

On April 16, 1991, Enos and Bloom received a tryout match for the World Wrestling Federation at a *Wrestling Challenge* taping in Cedar Rapids, Iowa. In May 1991, the team were transformed into Beau (Bloom) and Blake (Enos), **The Beverly Brothers**. Now wearing flamboyant purple tights and capes to the ring, their gimmick was that of two spoiled rich brats. They were originally managed by Coach, then by The Genius. They made their televised debut on the June 22 episode of *Superstars* by defeating enhancement talents Rob Jones and Tom Zeller. After making their WWF pay-per-view debut on a winning team at Survivor Series, they were launched into feuds with the Legion of Doom, The Bushwhackers (whom they defeated at the 1992 Royal Rumble) and The Natural Disasters (who they unsuccessfully challenged for the WWF World Tag Team Championship at SummerSlam '92). By the later part of 1992, however, they would be used primarily to put over other tag teams; they were on the losing end of an eight-man elimination tag team match at Survivor Series '92 and were defeated by their old rivals The Steiner Brothers at the 1993 Royal Rumble. Throughout late 1992 and early 1993, they also found themselves in comedic mixed tag team matches, paired with Little Louie against The Bushwhackers and Tiger Jackson.

Beau left the WWF in April 1993 while Blake remained in the company for a few months, mainly as enhancement talent on their weekly syndicated shows.

Enos appeared as "The Mauler" during the match on *WCW Monday Nitro* in 1996, where Scott Hall made his debut. The two had a brief reunion in World Championship Wrestling from 1997 to 1998 for a few matches. They remained low-card performers, and after a few matches together, the team finally disbanded.
Tatum Paxley

Paxley made her *NXT* debut on the February 18, 2022 episode of *NXT Level Up*, teaming with Ivy Nile to defeat Fallon Henley and Kayla Inlay. On the February 22 episode of *NXT*, Paxley and Nile participated in the first round of the women's Dusty Rhodes Tag Team Classic, facing Kacy Catanzaro and Kayden Carter, in which they were defeated.

Now a formalized tag team, Paxley and Nile engaged in a fatal four-way match against Chance and Carter, Valentina Feroz and Yulisa Leon, and Toxic Attraction (Gigi Dolin and Jacy Jayne). That match, which took place on the August 2 episode of *NXT*, had the vacant NXT Women's Tag Team Championship on the line, which they failed to win. After feeling morally abandoned by Nile, on the March 14, 2023 episode of *NXT*, Paxley turned heel and abandoned her during a three-way tag team match, attacking her and causing her to suffer the pinfall at the hands of Alba Fyre and Isla Dawn. On the April 4 episode of *NXT*, Paxley was defeated by Nile.

Towards the end of 2023, Paxley took on the character of a deranged stalker and began a storyline where she stalked Lyra Valkyria during backstage interviews and during matches.
Ted Arcidi

Arcidi debuted for the World Wrestling Federation (WWF) in late 1985. Arcidi faced other "strongmen" such as Tony Atlas and Hercules Hernandez during his stint and made a single appearance at WrestleMania 2 in the WWF/NFL battle royal. During his time in the WWF in 1986, Arcidi wrestled veteran Big John Studd.

Arcidi was released by the WWF upon the return of Ken Patera. His final match was against Jake Roberts on February 14, 1987 in Calgary, Alberta.

Following the WWF, Arcidi moved on World Class Championship Wrestling, where he was known as "**Mr. 705**". He was managed by Percival Pringle III and was part of a stable of wrestlers including Rick Rude, the Dingo Warrior and Cactus Jack Manson.
Sylvester Lefort

In November 2011, Lefort wrestled a single appearance for WWE on *SmackDown* as a local wrestler who, along with Andy Baker and Zak Zodiac, lost a handicap match against Big Show.

In August 2012, WWE signed Lefort to a contract. In WWE's developmental territory *NXT Wrestling*, he made his television debut on the May 29, 2013 episode*,* where he (as a rich Frenchman) managed the tag team of Garrett Dylan and Scott Dawson (two Southerners) in a win over Travis Tyler and Baron Corbin. After Dylan and Dawson lost a number one contendership match for the NXT Tag Team Championship to Corey Graves and Kassius Ohno on the June 26 episode of *NXT*, Dylan was released from WWE in August 2013, but Lefort continued to manage Dawson. He also began managing Alexander Rusev. He made his *NXT* in-ring debut teaming with Rusev in a win over Enzo Amore and Colin Cassady. During the match, Rusev turned on Lefort and sided with the debuting Lana. Lefort went on to lose to Rusev in a singles match. With Dawson injured, Lefort began to wrestle in singles competition, losing to Mason Ryan in early 2014.

Lefort formed a new tag team with Marcus Louis as "The Legionnaires", playing up a gimmick based on their French heritage. They wrestled their first televised match on the May 8 *NXT*, losing to a debuting Kalisto and El Local, then on December 19, 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 *NXT*, The Legionnaires began a feud with Enzo Amore and Colin Cassady. Lefort faced Enzo Amore in a hair versus hair match at NXT TakeOver: Fatal 4-Way and was defeated, but did not adhere to the stipulation post-match, and instead ran away, leaving his partner Louis to be shaved bald instead. In the following weeks, Lefort tried to get revenge on Enzo Amore and Colin Cassady. On the October 16 episode of *NXT*, Louis finally snapped and turned on Lefort and attacked him during a tag match.

On June 24, 2015, after an eight month hiatus from *NXT* programming, Lefort returned to team with Jason Jordan in a losing effort to Enzo Amore and Colin Cassady. In November 2015, Lefort began managing Billie Kay at *NXT* house shows. On February 5, 2016, it was announced that Lefort had been released from his WWE contract.
Tama

The Samoan Savage

Samoan No. 4

Tama joined the World Wrestling Federation in 1983, as "**Samoan No. 4**," wrestling at untelevised house shows before making his television debut in the fall of 1983 as **the Tonga Kid**. Billed as the cousin of Superfly Jimmy Snuka, he entered into his first major feud with Snuka's rival Roddy Piper.

In late 1986, he teamed with King Tonga. Tonga Kid was renamed to **Tama**, while King Tonga was renamed to Haku. Together, they were christened The Islanders. The Islanders gained several key victories, including a tag team battle royal victory over Big John Studd and King Kong Bundy, but ultimately failed to gain the interest of fans. The two were eventually repackaged as villains in April 1987 after attacking The Can-Am Connection during a match; the team was now managed by Bobby Heenan, and used an aggressive, savage style of wrestling as opposed to a scientific style.

In the fall of 1987, they began a feud with Strike Force, and while the two teams generally traded victories during the early part of the feud, once Strike Force won the WWF Tag Team Championship, the Islanders began finding themselves on the losing end, despite having several attempts. In early December 1987, the Islanders were disqualified from a match with the British Bulldogs when they kidnapped the Bulldogs' dog, Matilda. The Islanders were indefinitely suspended in the storyline until Matilda was found. From late January 1988 until early February, the Islanders were consistently beaten by the British Bulldogs.

At *Saturday Night's Main Event XV* on March 7, they beat the Killer Bees, a tag team consisting of B. Brian Blair and Jim Brunzell. At WrestleMania IV, the Islanders, with Bobby Heenan, defeated the Bulldogs and Koko B. Ware, with Matilda. On April 21, Heenan introduced Siva Afi as the newest member of the group, but Afi never made another appearance with the Islanders. Tama then left the WWF.

In 1989, Tama joined World Championship Wrestling, where he adopted the ring name "**The Samoan Savage**" and began teaming with his brother Fatu and his cousin Samu as The Samoan SWAT Team. The trio were managed by "The Big Kahuna" Oliver Humperdink. In late 1989, Samu withdrew from in-ring competition and The Samoan SWAT Team was renamed "The New Wild Samoans". At Starrcade in December 1989, The New Wild Samoans competed in the Iron Team round-robin tournament, placing third. The New Wild Samoans left WCW in the summer of 1990.
The Colossal Connection

André the Giant and Haku were both members of Bobby Heenan’s stable of wrestlers known as the Heenan Family, and had teamed occasionally at house shows during the summer and fall of 1989 in the World Wrestling Federation, but were formally joined together as a team in the latter half of 1989 to form **the Colossal Connection**. The Colossal Connection appeared at the 1989 Survivor Series as part of the four-man team known as ”The Heenan Family" (along with Arn Anderson and Bobby Heenan). The team faced the ”Warriors”, a team composed of the Ultimate Warrior, Jim Neidhart and The Rockers. André was quickly counted out in the opening moments of the match while Haku lasted a bit longer, but ultimately lost. Heenan was the last surviving member of the team, but was easily defeated by the Warrior.

After Survivor Series, the Colossal Connection challenged the two-time WWF Tag Team Champions Demolition, winning the titles on December 13, 1989, launching them into a feud with Demolition. Demolition regained the titles at WrestleMania VI. At WrestleMania, Haku and Heenan both turned on André. During most of their matches, Haku did almost all of the wrestling, with André coming into the ring only for the finish. During the match at WrestleMania, Haku wrestled Demolition by himself, never tagging in the Giant. Even so, André did engage in action during that bout - both in having interfered in the match without being tagged, and after the bout whilst confronting Heenan and Haku.

While Demolition was the most frequent Colossal Connection opponent during their Tag Team Championship run, André and Haku also defended against The Rockers (Shawn Michaels and Marty Jannetty) and The Hart Foundation (Bret Hart and Jim Neidhart). The Colossal Connection also faced Hulk Hogan and the Big Boss Man in a non-title match at a house show just before WrestleMania VI; Hogan and Boss Man won, marking the only time (other than their WrestleMania VI match) that André and Haku lost a match as an official tag team.

The WrestleMania VI match where they lost the titles to Demolition was Andre's last televised match in the WWF, although he did tag-team with Haku at least one other time, that coming on April 10, 1990, when the Colossal Connection wrestled Demolition for the WWF Tag Team Championship at a house show in Honolulu, Hawaii. During that match, Andre was knocked out of the ring, and Demolition won by countout; after the match, Andre and Haku fought each other, marking the end of the team.
Talia Madison

Madison made a few appearances in World Wrestling Entertainment (WWE) in 2005 and 2006. On the February 24, 2005 episode of *WWE SmackDown!*, she appeared as an extra during the JBL "Celebration of Excellence" party. She was then defeated by Victoria on July 11 in a match taped for *WWE Heat*. On January 2, 2006, she and Trinity were planted in the front row of the audience to be selected to dance with The Heart Throbs after their match in another *Heat* segment. She also auditioned for the 2007 *Diva Search*, but did not make the final eight.
Teijho Khan

Khan debuted in World Championship Wrestling (WCW) in 1986 and worked as a heel as part of manager Paul Jones' Army. As part of the army, he teamed up with The Barbarian, The Warlord, Abdullah the Butcher, Superstar Billy Graham, Shaska Whatley, Baron von Raschke, Manny Fernandez, Rick Rude, Ivan Koloff and Vladimir Petrov as part of their storyline feud with "The Boogie Woogie Man" Jimmy Valiant, Wahoo McDaniel and Hector Guerrero. Kahn and Whatley teamed up for the 1987 Jim Crockett, Sr. Memorial Cup Tag Team Tournament. They defeated Jimmy Valiant and LazerTron in the first round, but lost to the previous year’s tournament winners The Road Warriors (Animal and Hawk) in the next round. Once the Army was dissolved, Khan resurfaced in the American Wrestling Association (AWA) in 1988. In the AWA, he worked as the tag team partner of Soldat Ustinov, assisting Ustinov in a storyline feud against former Army partner Baron von Raschke, and later on Sgt. Slaughter as well.

On April 10, 2020, Khan passed away.
The Dirty Dawgs

After being randomly paired together on the August 26, 2019 episode of *Raw*, Dolph Ziggler teamed with Robert Roode to win a tag team turmoil match to earn a Raw Tag Team Championship match at Clash of Champions. At the event, Ziggler and Roode won the titles from Seth Rollins and Braun Strowman. On the October 14 episode of *Raw*, Ziggler and Roode lost the titles to The Viking Raiders (Erik and Ivar), ending their reign at 29 days, and they were drafted to the *SmackDown* brand as part of the 2019 WWE Draft.

At Survivor Series, Ziggler and Roode won a ten-team interbrand tag team battle royal. In the following weeks, they aligned themselves with King Corbin during his feud against Roman Reigns. On January 26, 2020, at the Royal Rumble, Roode entered the Royal Rumble match at number four, but was eliminated by Brock Lesnar. Ziggler also entered at number nineteen, but was eliminated by Roman Reigns. At Super ShowDown, Ziggler suffered a loss to Mansoor. A week later at Elimination Chamber, Ziggler and Roode competed in the namesake match for the SmackDown Tag Team Championship, where the champions The Miz and John Morrison retained. On the June 22 episode of *Raw*, it was announced that Ziggler and Roode were traded to the *Raw* brand for AJ Styles. On that night, Ziggler issued a challenge to WWE Champion Drew McIntyre, which McIntyre accepted for The Horror Show at Extreme Rules. At the event on July 19, Ziggler failed to win the title.

As part of the 2020 Draft in October, both Ziggler and Roode were drafted back to the *SmackDown* brand. On the January 8, 2021 episode of *SmackDown*, Ziggler and Roode defeated The Street Profits (Angelo Dawkins and Montez Ford) to win the SmackDown Tag Team Championship. On April 9, 2021 at *WrestleMania SmackDown*, Roode and Ziggler defeated Alpha Academy (Chad Gable and Otis), the team of Rey and Dominik Mysterio and The Street Profits in a fatal four-way match to retain the titles. On the April 16 episode of *SmackDown*, Ziggler and Roode would have another successful title defense as they defeated The Street Profits. They lost the titles to Rey and Dominik Mysterio at WrestleMania Backlash, ending their reign at 128 days. As part of the 2021 Draft, The Dirty Dawgs were drafted to the *Raw* brand.

On the February 22, 2022 episode of *NXT 2.0*, during a match between Dolph Ziggler and Tommaso Ciampa, Roode interfered in the match disguised as a cameraman to help Ziggler get the win. On the March 1 episode of *NXT 2.0*, The Dirty Dawgs were defeated by NXT Champion Bron Breakker and Tommaso Ciampa. The following week, at NXT Roadblock, Ziggler, with the help of Roode, defeated Ciampa and Breakker to win his first NXT Championship.

After a lengthy absence since Ziggler lost the NXT Championship, Ziggler and Roode returned as a tag team on the June 6 episode of *Raw* in an on-stage interview segment. However, MVP and Omos would interrupt both Ziggler and Roode and insult them, to which Ziggler retaliated by delivering a superkick to MVP which led to Omos chasing both Ziggler and Roode out of the arena, therefore turning both men face in the process.
Stars and Stripes

**Stars and Stripes** was formed in World Championship Wrestling (WCW) in the summer of 1994, when The Patriot and Marcus Bagwell formed a tag team. Bagwell, who had previously held the WCW World Tag Team Championship while teaming with 2 Cold Scorpio, got wrestling gear to match The Patriot's patriotic look. Stars and Stripes teamed for the first time on May 28 episode of *Saturday Night*, defeating Dick Slater and Chris Sullivan in a tag team match.

## Stars and Stripes

### Members

The Patriot and Marcus Bagwell

Shortly after the pair began teaming, Pretty Wonderful (Paul Roma and Paul Orndorff) won the WCW World Tag Team Championship. Bagwell and The Patriot faced the new champions in a series of non-title matches on house shows. They defeated Roma and Orndorff in the majority of the matches, but they were unable to win the title belts during a match between the teams at Fall Brawl on September 18. They faced each other one week later on the September 25 episode of *Saturday Night*, and Stars and Stripes won the match and the championships.

Bagwell and The Patriot defended the title in a series of rematches over the next month, but they dropped the belts back to Pretty Wonderful at Halloween Havoc on October 23. The feud continued between the teams, and Stars and Stripes regained the championship on November 16 at *Clash of the Champions XXIX*. Had Roma and Orndorff won the match, The Patriot would have been forced to remove his mask.

The team defended the belts against a series of challenger but lost them in a match with Harlem Heat on December 8 during a taping of *WCW Saturday Night*. They were unable to regain them in subsequent rematches; the match was not aired for several weeks, however, so Stars and Stripes continued to be billed as champions at events until the match was shown on television. Bagwell and The Patriot resumed their rivalry with Pretty Wonderful and were given a title match against Harlem Heat at *Clash of the Champions XXX*, but the champions retained the belts.

In February 1995, Stars and Stripes began a series of matches with The Blue Bloods (Lord Steven Regal and Earl Robert Eaton). They also wrestled Romeo Valentino and Dino Casanova at SuperBrawl V in a dark match and defeated them in one minute and ten seconds. After the match, Bagwell and The Patriot were attacked by Big Van Vader. The team continued to face Harlem Heat and The Blue Bloods (with Steve Austin substituting for Bobby Eaton). They wrestled in another dark match at Uncensored 1995, defeating the team of Bunkhouse Buck and Dick Slater.

In May 1995, The Patriot was entered in a tournament for the vacant WCW United States Championship, but was eliminated in the first round by Ric Flair. Shortly thereafter, the team disbanded when The Patriot left WCW.
Team Bella

After Nikki Bella retained the Divas Championship over Naomi at Extreme Rules on April 26, Nikki started a feud with Naomi after she aligned with the returning Tamina to even the odds against The Bellas. This led to a tag team match between the two teams at Payback on May 17, which Naomi and Tamina won. At Elimination Chamber on May 31, Nikki retained her title against Naomi and Paige in a triple threat match, with Brie Bella banned from ringside.

In June, The Bella Twins became villains once again by employing *Twin Magic*, which helped Nikki retain the title against Paige on the June 1 episode of *Raw* and at Money in the Bank on June 14. During the feud with Paige, Alicia Fox allied with them to form **Team Bella**. At The Beast in the East on July 4, Nikki retained the title against Paige and Tamina.

After weeks of Team Bella outnumbering Paige, Naomi and Tamina, Stephanie McMahon called for a "revolution" in the WWE Divas division and introduced the debuting Charlotte and Becky Lynch as Paige's allies while NXT Women's Champion Sasha Banks debuted as an ally to Naomi and Tamina, which led to a brawl between the three teams. Nikki then lost to Charlotte in a tag team match on the August 3 episode of *Raw* and to Banks on the August 17 episode of *Raw* in a non-title match. On August 23, the three teams faced off at SummerSlam in a three-team elimination match in which Team Bella first eliminated Team B.A.D. before Team PCB's win.

On the September 14 episode of *Raw*, Nikki defended her title against Charlotte, who pinned Brie after the twins had switched places to win the match, but she retained the championship since the title cannot change hands by disqualification and in the process became the new longest reigning Divas Champion in history, surpassing AJ Lee's previous record of 295 days.

On September 20, Nikki dropped the championship to Charlotte at Night of Champions, ending her reign at 301 days, and failing to regain the title in a rematch at Hell in a Cell on October 25. Shortly after, Nikki went on a hiatus from both television and in-ring competition due to a neck injury which would require surgery, thus ending Team Bella.
Teddy Hart

At the age of sixteen, he wrestled in the opening match of a World Wrestling Federation house show in Calgary, teaming with his cousin, Harry Smith, against Andrew Picarnic and T.J. Wilson.

In 2005, he made several appearances with WWE, wrestling in dark matches, where he was defeated by Harry Smith and working as an enhancement talent on *Velocity*, teaming with JD Michaels against The Basham Brothers in a losing effort.

On April 1, 2006, Hart and several of his relatives attended the induction of his uncle Bret into the WWE Hall of Fame.
Sylvester Terkay

Terkay made his World Wrestling Entertainment debut on the July 28, 2006 edition of *SmackDown!*, working an MMA gimmick with Elijah Burke, who acted as his cornerman. Terkay defeated Matt Hardy in his debut match on *SmackDown!*. In the following weeks, Terkay dominated jobbers as well as later interfering in Burke's matches. On the October 20 episode of *SmackDown!*, Terkay helped Burke defeat Vito, breaking his four-month undefeated streak. On the November 7, 2006 edition of WWE's *ECW on Sci Fi*, Terkay and his associate Elijah Burke debuted in *ECW* by doing a backstage promo. Their undefeated streak as a tag team was ended when The Hardys defeated them on *ECW*. At ECW's December to Dismember pay-per-view, Terkay and Burke defeated The F.B.I. (Little Guido Maritato and Tony Mamaluke). In a backstage promo, Burke and Terkay dubbed themselves as the "Knock-out Tap-out Connection". He accompanied Burke to his matches in a bodyguard-type role for the next several weeks. Terkay remained undefeated in television singles competition. On January 18, 2007, Terkay was released from his WWE contract.
Solomon Crowe

On October 23, 2012, Crowe wrestled a dark match for WWE, in which he was defeated by Johnny Curtis.

On August 29, 2013, Crowe debuted for WWE's developmental system *NXT*, with a loss to Xavier Woods at a live event. He would fail to appear on televised episodes of *NXT* for more than a year, instead being restricted to live events or dark matches during television tapings. At a live event on December 6, 2013, Crowe assumed the character of a hacker, using a tablet computer to seize control of the arena lights, and attacked Kalisto. At the February 28, 2014 *NXT* television tapings, Crowe defeated Sylvester Lefort in what would have been his *NXT* television debut, but the match was removed from the episode; it was supposed to air for the March 6, 2014 *NXT*. In August 2014, Crowe suffered a chipped tibia during a tag team match with Kalisto against The Ascension; the injury did not require surgery and he was able to return to the ring in November. In late 2014, Crowe wrestled a number of dark matches on *NXT*, including one against the returning Brian Kendrick.

From the January 28, 2015 episode of *NXT*, WWE began airing teasers for Crowe's television debut. On the February 18 episode of *NXT*, Crowe made his television debut, attacking CJ Parker. In his first televised match on the March 4 episode of *NXT*, he defeated Bull Dempsey.

On November 24, 2015, WWE announced that Crowe was released from his WWE contract.
Stan Hansen

In 1976, Hansen made his debut for the World Wide Wrestling Federation (WWWF) and only two months after he began competing for the company, he began feuding with the WWF Heavyweight Champion Bruno Sammartino over the title. During a title match, Hansen broke Sammartino's neck while they were wrestling and it was from this incident that both Hansen and promoters claimed that Sammartino's injury came about from the enormous power of his lariat. After Sammartino recovered, Hansen faced him for the WWWF Heavyweight Championship once again, but was unsuccessful. He left the promotion soon after. He returned in 1980, rekindling his feud with Sammartino and facing Pedro Morales and Andre the Giant on several occasions. He also developed a heated feud with then-WWF Champion Bob Backlund which culminated in a steel cage match at Madison Square Garden.

Hansen competed in the American Wrestling Association (AWA) from 1985 to 1986. He won the World Heavyweight Championship on December 29, 1985, from Rick Martel. On June 29, 1986, he no-showed a title defense against the number one contender Nick Bockwinkel due to disagreements with management, forcing the AWA to default the title to Bockwinkel.

In late 1990, Hansen began appearing in World Championship Wrestling (WCW), feuding with Lex Luger over the WCW United States Heavyweight Championship. On October 27 at Halloween Havoc, Hansen defeated Luger to win the title, ending Luger's record-setting reign at 523 days. On December 16 at Starrcade, Hansen lost the title back to Luger in a bullrope match. Hansen wrestled a match with Vader at the WrestleWar pay-per-view in February 1991. In June, Hansen left WCW. His last WCW match occurred on June 23 in Atlanta.

On April 2, 2016, Hansen was inducted into the WWE Hall of Fame by his rival and friend Vader.
The Boogie Knights

Disco Inferno and Alex Wright were two wrestlers in World Championship Wrestling that liked to dance before and after (and sometimes during) their matches. They were feuding with each other in 1998 and decided to form a tag team called "**The Dancing Fools**". Tokyo Magnum, a Japanese wrestler new to WCW, wanted to join the Fools and would appear dancing behind them (without their knowledge) during their entrance. At Road Wild, the angle came to a head when his interference on behalf of The Dancing Fools backfired in a tag team match between The Fools and The Public Enemy. Two nights later on the August 10 edition of *Nitro*, Magnum was told by Wright and Disco that if he wanted to be a member, he needed to impress them in a match against Eddy Guerrero. He lost the match in under two minutes and he later left WCW. Both Wright and Disco then mainly feuded with The Public Enemy, but usually found themselves on the receiving end of various maneuvers involving tables. They split up in the fall to wrestle individually in the cruiserweight division.

Disco and Wright reunited in 2000 as the "**Boogie Knights**". However, the reunion was short-lived due to Disco suffering a shoulder injury during a feud with The Natural Born Thrillers. To substitute for Disco, Wright picked General Rection as his temporary tag team partner and they both would go on to win the World Tag Team Championship (although Rection's reign with the title was credited to Disco) during a tour in Wright's home country of Germany. Wright then chose Elix Skipper as another substitute for Disco in a title defense on the November 20 edition of *Nitro*, but Wright and Skipper lost the titles to the Perfect Event. The team then separated as both wanted to attempt singles careers once again.
Taynara

Taynara, under her real name **Taynara Conti**, was announced as having signed with WWE and reported to the WWE Performance Center in October 2016. She made her debut at WrestleMania Axxess in Orlando, Florida on April 1, 2017, competing against Sarah Bridges in a losing effort. Starting the summer of 2017, Conti began wrestling regularly at house shows. Conti also took part in the inaugural Mae Young Classic, however, she was eliminated in the first round by Lacey Evans and was unable to move forward in the tournament.

In her television debut, Conti appeared on the October 11, 2017 episode of *NXT*, as she interfered in a triple threat match between Nikki Cross, Peyton Royce and Liv Morgan on behalf of The Undisputed Era (Adam Cole, Bobby Fish, and Kyle O'Reilly), preventing Cross from winning the match. This led to a match between the two, that took place on the November 1 episode of *NXT*, where Conti was defeated by Cross in her first televised singles match. On April 8, 2018, Conti made her WrestleMania debut at WrestleMania 34, competing along with several other *NXT* women in the WrestleMania Women's Battle Royal, becoming the first female Brazilian to compete at WrestleMania. In July (aired on tape delay during September and October), Conti qualified for the 2018 Mae Young Classic tournament after she defeated Vanessa Borne. She defeated Jessie Elaban in the first round, but was eliminated by Lacey Lane in the second round of the tournament. On April 17, 2020, she was released from her WWE contract.
Spiros Arion

In 1966, Arion debuted in the World Wide Wrestling Federation. Arion quickly became a major star, defeating top opponents, including Dr. Bill Miller, Cowboy Rocky Fitzpatrick, Gorilla Monsoon, Johnny Valentine, Crazy Luke Graham, Bull Ortega, The Sheik, Kentucky Butcher, and George Steele. In his second match in the U.S., he teamed with Tony Parisi to defeat Baron Mikel Scicluna and Smasher Sloan for the WWWF United States Tag Team Championship. Parisi and Arion won the titles, and were never defeated for the belts. In June 1967, Parisi gave his half to Arnold Skaaland, marking his second United States Tag Team Title reign. On July 10, 1967, they lost the titles to the Sicilians (Lou Albano and Tony Altomare). He became a protégé of WWWF World Heavyweight Champion Bruno Sammartino, and they both beat up the Sicilians, winning in two straight falls on July 24 to become the final U.S. Tag Team Champions.

Sammartino and Arion teamed up to main event at Madison Square Garden twice against Gorilla Monsoon and Professor Toru Tanaka. Monsoon and Tanaka won the first match on disqualification; Arion and Sammartino won a decisive victory in a "Texas Death Match" rematch, two falls to one.

Arion returned to the WWWF in 1974 and was instantly a fan favorite. His popularity increased when he teamed with Chief Jay Strongbow. Before Arion and Strongbow took on the Valiant Brothers, there were signs that this tag team would not last. While Arion was in a singles match with Killer Kowalski, the latter had the upper hand. Strongbow came to Arion's assistance, but the Greek was enraged because Strongbow's outside interference cost him the match via disqualification. Even though it was a disqualification, Arion complained that it was his first loss of any kind in the U.S.. In their match against the Valiant Brothers, Arion suddenly turned on his partner. He quickly went from fan favorite to heel when the fans learned that Freddie Blassie now took him under his management.

Arion signed for a match against Bruno Sammartino's protégé, Larry Zbyszko at Madison Square Garden. During an interview, the announcer wanted to know why Arion signed for the match—it was deemed a mismatch. Arion laughed, and said that "Larry is my friend". Arion demolished Zbyszko in the Garden, and Bruno Sammartino ran in at the end, after the pin, to prevent further harm by Arion.

Arion then feuded with Strongbow, pinning him in numerous arenas; and went on to a three bout series at Madison Square Garden against his former partner, WWWF Champion Sammartino, whom he blamed for losing the tag team titles at the expense of his singles title.

In early 1976, Arion left the WWWF, and returned in late 1977. In 1978, he partnered with Freddie Blassie's newest turncoat, the once popular Victor Rivera.
Swede Hanson

Hanson debuted for the WWWF in 1979 as a vicious heel under the management of Fred Blassie. To build up his heat, many of his opponents were stretchered-out of the ring following their matches with Swede. He unsuccessfully challenged WWWF Champion Bob Backlund at Madison Square Garden in October of that year.

On February 19, 2002, Hanson passed away.
Steve Corino

In 1998, Corino debuted in Extreme Championship Wrestling as a heel manager. He stood out in ECW as a result of his "King of Old School" gimmick, where he would deride hardcore wrestlers.

In late 1999, Corino took Jack Victory on as a manager, and became an advisor for Tajiri and Rhino. He then began feuding with Dusty Rhodes, who defeated him in a gory bullrope match at Living Dangerously. At Heat Wave 2000, he lost to Jerry Lynn. Corino went on to win the ECW World Heavyweight Championship on November 5, 2000 at November to Remember by defeating Justin Credible, Sandman and Jerry Lynn in a Double Jeopardy match; then to successfully defend it at Massacre on 34th Street in December against Jerry Lynn and Justin Credible in a three way dance.

Corino left the company on January 7, 2001, the night he lost the ECW World Title at Guilty as Charged 2001 to Sandman.

In November 2016, Corino worked as a guest trainer at the WWE Performance Center. Shortly afterwards, it was reported that he had signed to become a full-time trainer for WWE, starting January 2017. On January 12, 2017, it was confirmed that Corino was now working for WWE.
The Can-Am Connection

In 1986, Canadian wrestler Rick Martel returned to the WWF with his then tag team partner, American Tom Zenk, as the **Can-Am Connection**.

The team made their televised debut in WWF on the November 15, 1986 episode of *Superstars* against the team of Steve Lombardi and Moondog Spot, which they won. The Can-Am Connection contested a series of matches with former WWF Tag Team Champions The Dream Team (Brutus Beefcake and Greg Valentine), the team of Kamala and Sika, and the team of Don Muraco and Cowboy Bob Orton, whom they would face and defeat in the opening match of WrestleMania III. The Can-Am Connection's last feud would be against The Islanders (Haku and Tama), a feud that began on *WWF Superstars of Wrestling* in the summer of 1987. In this match, the Islanders turned heel by revealing their association with manager Bobby "The Brain" Heenan.

Shortly after this match Tom Zenk left the WWF, with the Can-Am wrestling their last match together on July 9, 1987 against the Islanders.