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Sharmell

Paisley

Storm

Sharmell joined World Championship Wrestling's Nitro Girl dance troupe in December 1998 under the name **Storm**. When the Nitro Girls began becoming more involved in WCW storylines, she was made the valet for The Artist, re-dubbing herself **Paisley**. As Paisley, she made her in-ring singles debut against Tammy Lynn Sytch on the April 26, 2000 episode of *WCW Thunder*, winning with a DDT. Following The Artist's release from WCW, she began valeting for Kwee Wee. She also formed an alliance with fellow former Nitro Girl Tygress, and the two ladies frequently double-teamed the Misfits in Action's valet Major Gunns.

**Sharmell** was hired by World Wrestling Entertainment in the spring of 2005, debuting as a face valet for her real-life husband Booker T. Together, they took part in a feud with Kurt Angle, during which he continually sexually harassed her. Sharmell began to turn heel in October when she started interfering in Booker's matches, presumably without his knowledge. Her villainous turn was cemented she helped Booker win the United States Championship from Chris Benoit, which preceded a heel turn by Booker when he revealed he knew of her involvement in his matches the entire time.

Sharmell and Booker T then began a feud with The Boogeyman, and during a match at WrestleMania 22, he managed to kiss Sharmell while he had a mouth full of worms.

After Booker T's victory in the 2006 King of the Ring tournament, Booker T began referring to himself as "King Booker" and Sharmell as **Queen Sharmell**. As part of their new on-screen personas, the duo began speaking in faux British accents and acting pompous. On the April 6, 2007 episode of *SmackDown!*, Sharmell turned on her husband, claiming his failure to defeat Matt Hardy that night—after he'd nearly attacked her during WrestleMania 23—meant he didn't care about her honor. Later that night, as part of the storyline, Booker tried to impress Sharmell by attacking World Heavyweight Champion The Undertaker, which ended in Booker being hit with a Tombstone piledriver on the announce table and sprained Booker's neck, which put him out of action. On the June 11 episode of *Raw*, Sharmell (with King Booker) was drafted from *SmackDown!* to *Raw* as part of the WWE Draft. Both Sharmell and Booker were granted releases from their contracts by WWE in September 2007.

Sharmell made an appearance at the 2013 WWE Hall of Fame ceremony to watch her husband get inducted. Sharmell herself would be inducted into the WWE Hall of Fame in 2022.
Smasher Sloan

Sloan made his debut in the World Wide Wrestling Federation (WWWF) in 1964. Sloan's gimmick was a tough guy from Montana. He feuded with Bruno Sammartino and Arnold Skaaland. In 1966, Sloan teamed up with Baron Mikel Scicluna to win the WWWF United States Tag Team Titles, winning over Tony Parisi and Johnny Valentine, when Valentine turned on his own partner. Valentine caused Parisi to fall out of the ring over the rop ropes; and then threw the belts to Scicluna and Sloan. Scicluna and Sloan ultimately lost the belts to Parisi and Spiros Arion. By 1968, Sloan left the WWWF.

In 1972, he returned to the WWWF, this time with no success and not for long. He did have one feature match, being pinned by Bruno Sammartino.

Sloan passed away in January 2001.
Rufus Jones

Jones was a pioneer for African Americans in professional wrestling. Competing in the early days of World Championship Wrestling, Jones was a fan favorite who achieved success.

Jones passed away on November 13, 1993.

Due to his contributions to professional wrestling and the Black community, Jones was posthumously inducted into the WWE Hall of Fame as part of its Legacy wing in 2018.
TL Hopper

In 1996, Hopper joined the World Wrestling Federation (WWF). He was given the gimmick of **T.L. Hopper**, a wrestling plumber. After a series of vignettes showing Hopper at work, he debuted wearing low hanging jeans and a stained undershirt. He would carry his plunger (named "Betsy") to the ring with him, and celebrate his victories by sticking it in his opponent's face. His biggest win was a "home improvement" match, where he defeated Duke "The Dumpster" Droese.

Although he did not wrestle on any WWF pay-per-views, he made an appearance during the "Bikini Beach Blast-Off" segment on the *Free For All* show immediately preceding SummerSlam 1996. Based on his experience as a plumber, Hopper was chosen to investigate a brown object resembling feces on the bottom of the swimming pool.

After taking a brief hiatus, he returned to the WWF in September 1997 as **Uncle Cletus**, coming from the audience to help the heel tag team of The Godwinns (Henry and Phineas Godwinn) in a match against The Headbangers. He hit Mosh in the head with a horseshoe, allowing Phineas to make the pin. He was then billed as the uncle of the Godwinns, and became the team's manager. At Badd Blood: In Your House, The Godwinns won the WWF Tag Team Championship, with Cletus in their corner. On October 13, Cletus interfered in another match, but his interference backfired and allowed the Legion of Doom to win the titles. Following this, the Godwinns attacked Cletus, who was never seen in the WWF again.
Skinner

In the summer of 1991, Skinner debuted in the WWF as an alligator hunter from the Florida Everglades. He was portrayed as a generally nasty individual, always chewing on tobacco and sometimes spitting it on his opponent. He carried an alligator claw to the ring with him, which he would often use as a weapon against his opponents. He competed in the 1991 King of the Ring tournament, defeating Virgil in the first round, but losing to Bret Hart in the second round. While still being billed as undefeated, he challenged Hart for the WWF Intercontinental Championship at This Tuesday in Texas on December 3, 1991, but lost by submission. Skinner competed in the 1992 Royal Rumble, lasting 2:13 before being eliminated by Rick Martel. At WrestleMania VIII, he was defeated in one minute and eleven seconds by Owen Hart.

Skinner competed in the 1993 Royal Rumble, but was eliminated by Mr. Perfect at the 3:05 mark. While in the WWF, Skinner also portrayed Doink the Clown on occasion. At WrestleMania IX, Skinner helped the original Doink defeat Crush by attacking Crush dressed as Doink during the match. Skinner left the WWF in April 1993.

Along with Bobby Eaton, Skinner, as **Steve Keirn**, wrestled in World Championship Wrestling (WCW) in 1994 in a tag team known as "Bad Attitude". The team made little impact, losing dark matches to Brian and Brad Armstrong at Bash at the Beach 1994 and Fall Brawl 1994. While in WCW, Keirn was also involved in an angle in which masked men attacked Hulk Hogan. Several times in October 1994, Keirn wore a black mask to attack Hogan during and after Hogan's matches.

His last match was on December 10, 2007 at the *15th Anniversary Raw* participating in a battle royal where he was eliminated from the match by Sgt. Slaughter.
Savannah

Savannah tried out for the 2007 *Diva Search*, but she didn't become one of the finalists.

On September 15, 2009, Savannah debuted in WWE on *ECW* as a backstage interviewer. Savannah spent most of her time as the *ECW* backstage interviewer, until *ECW* ring announcer Lauren Mayhew departed from the WWE; Savannah took over the role as the ring announcer of the show. She was also a lumberjill during the Michelle McCool and Melina match on the October 2, 2009 episode of *SmackDown!*, namely during the 10th anniversary of *SmackDown*. After the *ECW* brand was closed down on February 16, 2010 and was replaced with *NXT*, she joined the *NXT* broadcast team as the official ring announcer for the first season. At WrestleMania XXVI, she was the ring announcer for the pre-show battle royal and the Money in the Bank ladder match. On June 23, 2010, Savannah was released from her WWE contract.
Rip Fowler

Fowler was announced for WWE's WrestleMania Axxess during WrestleMania 34 weekend as part of a WWE United Kingdom Championship invitational where he lost to Mark Andrews in the first round. Around this time, it was revealed that he had signed to a WWE contract under the name **Zack Gibson**. On May 16, 2018 it was announced that Gibson would be one of the sixteen participants in the upcoming WWE United Kingdom Championship Tournament with the winner of the tournament facing Pete Dunne for the United Kingdom Championship. Gibson defeated Amir Jordan in the opening round. He would go on to defeat Gentleman Jack Gallagher and Flash Morgan Webster in the second round and semi-finals, respectively. He would then defeat Travis Banks in the finals and would go on to challenge WWE United Kingdom Champion Pete Dunne the next night in a losing effort. Gibson was then announced to be a part of the WWE United Kingdom brand. Gibson and James Drake, collectively known as Grizzled Young Veterans, defeated Moustache Mountain, consisting of Tyler Bate and Trent Seven, at NXT UK's debut TakeOver event in Blackpool to become the inaugural NXT UK Tag Team Champions. They would hold the titles for much of the year, until losing them to Mark Andrews and Flash Morgan Webster at NXT UK TakeOver: Cardiff. On the September 11 episode of NXT UK, Grizzled Young Veterans unsuccessfully challenged Andrews and Webster in a rematch. On the November 7 episode of NXT UK, during the Grizzled Young Veterans match against Andrews and Webster, Gallus and Imperium interfered. On the November 28 episode of NXT UK, Grizzled Young Veterans and Andrews and Webster interfered during Gallus' title match against Imperium, and Grizzled Young Veterans took the titles and ran but the general managers came and announced that Gallus would defend their titles at NXT UK TakeOver: Blackpool II against Grizzled Young Veterans, Andrews and Webster and Imperium for the titles in a ladder match. At the event, Grizzled Young Veterans lost the match. Grizzled Young Veterans also competed in the 2020 Dusty Rhodes Classic, where they defeated Kushida and Alex Shelley in the quarterfinals and NXT Tag Team Champions the Undisputed Era in the semifinals due to a distraction by Imperium. They made it to the finals on January 29, 2020, where they lost to The Broserweights (Matt Riddle and Pete Dunne).

On the July 19, 2022 edition of *NXT*, Gibson and Drake were revealed as Joe Gacy's Dyad, being renamed to Jagger Reid and **Rip Fowler**, respectively.
Snoop Dogg

On March 30, 2008, he appeared at WrestleMania XXIV as a *Master of Ceremonies* for a tag team match between Maria and Ashley Massaro as they took on Beth Phoenix and Melina.

Eight years later at WrestleMania 32, he accompanied his cousin Sasha Banks to the ring for her match, rapping over her theme music. The night before, he was inducted into the celebrity wing of the WWE Hall of Fame.

Snoop Dogg would join The Miz to host both nights of WrestleMania 39 in 2023. During Night One, he accompanied Rey Mysterio in a lowrider during his entrance, paying tribute to the late Eddie Guerrero. On Night Two, he introduced Shane McMahon to face The Miz in another spontaneous match. McMahon would sustain a quad injury during the match, prompting Snoop Dogg to improvise and finish the match himself, ultimately defeating Miz.
Team Madness

Between June 1998 and March 1999, Randy Savage was on hiatus from World Championship Wrestling (WCW) while recovering from at least two major knee surgeries. He made one appearance during this period, helping Ric Flair defeat Eric Bischoff for the Presidency of WCW on the December 28, 1998 episode of *Monday Nitro*. A woman then accompanied Savage to the ring, though she was not identified during the program.

When Savage returned in April 1999, he debuted a new look and theme music, sporting a slicked back ponytail and a new heel attitude, as well as introducing his valet, "Gorgeous George". His first action was as the guest referee in the main event at Spring Stampede, which was won by Diamond Dallas Page (DDP). For a short time afterward, Savage interfered in DDP's matches to make sure that Page kept the WCW World Heavyweight Championship.

Savage started feuding with Ric Flair while Gorgeous George started feuding with Flair's biased referee Charles Robinson. When Ric Flair fired Randy Savage, he suggested a "my girl against your girl" match, pointing at referee Charles Robinson, where the special stipulation would be that if Gorgeous George won, Savage would be reinstated. It was around that time that Madusa and Miss Madness joined Macho Man as his other two valets.

Savage asked Miss Madness and Madusa to train Gorgeous George for the match. Gorgeous George had her wrestling match against Robinson at Slamboree on May 9, 1999, during which she used Savage's moves and Robinson mimicked Flair, who was his idol growing up. George pinned Robinson after a diving elbow drop. George was replaced in future matches with Madusa.

When Kevin Nash won the WCW World Heavyweight Championship beating DDP at Slamboree, Savage went after the title himself. As part of the storyline, the villainous alliance would interfere in matches for the benefit of Savage. At The Great American Bash, Sid Vicious returned to WCW and helped Savage to attack Kevin Nash. This led to a tag team match at Bash at the Beach between Kevin Nash and Sting against Savage and Sid, in which whoever scored the winning fall would win the WCW World Heavyweight Championship. Savage won his fourth and final WCW World Heavyweight Championship when he pinned Nash.

Savage's last reign as champion did not last long. The next night on *Nitro*, he lost the title to a returning Hollywood Hogan, when Nash interfered and powerbombed Savage.

Team Madness slowly started to disband after Madusa and Miss Madness began fighting each other over who was responsible for Savage's title loss. Eventually, Savage fired both of them and started a feud with Dennis Rodman, defeating him at Road Wild using a chain given by Gorgeous George.
Sean Royal

Royal made his debut for World Championship Wrestling (WCW) in 1987 alongside Chris Champion. The team were immediately put up against the Rock 'n' Roll Express team of Ricky Morton and Robert Gibson, stating that they had been sent back from the future to save the fans from the Rock 'n' Roll Express. In the spring of 1987, Royal and Champion were one of the ten teams competing in a tournament for the vacant WCW United States Tag Team Championship. The team wrestled the father/son duo of Bob Armstrong and Brad Armstrong to a draw, eliminating both teams from the tournament.

The storyline with the Rock 'n' Roll Express was still in its infant stages when Chris Champion's injuries forced him to not wrestle for an extended period. Royal teamed up with Gladiator #1 and Gladiator #2, losing to the trio of Kendall Windham, Jimmy Valiant and LazerTron on the undercard on one of WCW's 1987 The Great American Bash series. Jim Cornette, the manager of the Midnight Express, tried to recruit Royal to his group, but Royal refused. During his recovering, Chris Champion appeared on television with circuit boards and wires glued to his cast, making it look like it was a futuristic "healing device". Once Champion returned to action, the team feuded with the Midnight Express (Bobby Eaton and Stan Lane). The two teams clashed several times, often over the WCW United States Tag Team Championship, where most of the matches ended inconclusively.

Soon thereafter, the duo were given a manager, a small remote controlled robot called "XTC-1" The team broke up shortly thereafter.
Rocky Johnson

He was a top contender in World Championship Wrestling in the 1970's, receiving title matches against then-World Champions Terry Funk and Harley Race.

In 1982, Johnson joined the World Wrestling Federation (WWF) and feuded with Don Muraco, Greg Valentine, Mike Sharpe, Buddy Rose, and Adrian Adonis. He was then paired with Tony Atlas as a tag team. They defeated the Wild Samoans (Afa and Sika) for the Tag Team Championship on the December 10, 1983 episode of *Championship Wrestling* (taped November 15). They were the first black men to hold a WWF championship. Together, they were billed as "The Soul Patrol".

In 1997, Johnson jumped into the ring on his son Rocky Maivia's behalf after he was attacked by The Sultan and The Iron Sheik at WrestleMania 13.

On February 25, 2008, Johnson was announced as an inductee into the WWE Hall of Fame along with his father-in-law, "High Chief" Peter Maivia. Both Johnson and his father-in-law were inducted into the Hall of Fame on March 29, 2008 by his son, The Rock.

On January 15, 2020, Johnson passed away.
Sanga

On January 14, 2018, Sanga signed a contract with WWE. He made his *NXT* debut at a live event at Orlando, under the name **Saurav**, and teaming with Rinku Singh in a loss to Danny Burch and Oney Lorcan. On March 21, 2019, he and Singh started being managed by Robert Strauss on *NXT* live events. He made his first televised appearance as a participant in the Worlds Collide men's battle royal. On the March 25, 2020 episode of *NXT*, they made their debut by attacking Matt Riddle under new manager Malcolm Bivens. The following week, Bivens would introduce them as Indus Sher, while collectively being known as Bivens Enterprises. In 2021, Rinku would be called up to WWE's main roster, aligning with Jinder Mahal on the *Raw* brand under the name Veer Mahaan, thus ending the team.
On the January 18, 2022 episode of *NXT*, Saurav, with the new ring name **Sanga**, was repackaged as the bodyguard of Grayson Waller. However, on the April 12 edition of *NXT*, Waller fired Sanga and the following week, Sanga would lose to Waller in a singles match. In October, Sanga reformed Indus Sher with Veer Mahaan, the former Rinku, who had recently returned to *NXT*.

During the 2023 WWE Draft, Sanga was drafted to the *Raw* brand alongside his Indus Sher teammates Veer and Jinder Mahal. Sanga made his *Raw* debut on May 15, in a tag team match with Veer, defeating local talents Drake Thompson and Lavar Barbie.
Sakamoto

On March 26, 2012, Sakamoto made his first appearance on WWE television in a vignette for the re-debuting Lord Tensai. Sakamoto made his debut on the April 2, 2012 episode of *Raw* as the follower of Tensai. Sakamoto would aid Tensai by interfering in his matches and attacking his adversaries. From June, with Tensai losing more frequently, he would often vent his frustrations by abusing and attacking Sakamoto, who would remain loyal to his master. By September, Tensai stopped appearing with Sakamoto, who disappeared from television.

Following his disassociation from Tensai, Sakamoto appeared in *NXT*, where he made his debut on the January 16, 2013 episode, losing to Adrian Neville. While facing Briley Pierce on the May 8 episode of *NXT*, both men were attacked by Conor O'Brian; this led to both men challenging O'Brian to a handicap match during the next episode, which O'Brian won. On May 17, 2013, Sakamoto was released; his last match was a battle royal on the May 29 episode of *NXT* (which was taped before his release) to determine the number one contender for the NXT Championship, where he and Pierce were the first men eliminated from the match courtesy of Mason Ryan.
Rockin' Robin

Robin debuted in the World Wrestling Federation (WWF) in late 1987. She competed at the first Survivor Series as a member of The Fabulous Moolah's team. Throughout 1988, she feuded with Sensational Sherri for the WWF Women's Championship.

On October 7, 1988, she defeated Sensational Sherri, who had held the title for fifteen months prior, for the Women's Championship in Paris. At the Royal Rumble in 1989, she defended the title against Judy Martin. Robin defended the belt against Martin for the first six months of 1989. In the meantime, at WrestleMania V, she sang "America the Beautiful" to open the show. Robin continued to defend the Women's Title against Martin throughout the summer of 1989. She held the championship until 1990, when she left the company. At that time, the title was retired by the WWF due to inactivity. The title remained inactive until 1993.
The Angel of Death

The Angel of Death began wrestling for World Championship Wrestling (WCW) during the mid-1980's, teaming with Big Bubba Rogers and manager Skandor Akbar against The Lightning Express at the Great American Bash '87 on July 31, 1987.

He also competed in World Class Championship Wrestling, later losing to The Missing Link and Jason Sterling in a tag team match with Vince Apollo and later participated in a "triple dome Texas roundup" match at the last *WCCW Parade of Champions* supercard on May 8, 1988.

Returning to WCW as one half of the Russian Assassins with Jack Victory, he and Victory feuded with Ivan Koloff, who had left Paul Jones' Army during late 1988, eventually defeating Koloff and Junkyard Dog at Starrcade '88.

In August 1990, he also began wrestling as "**The Black Scorpion**" at house shows. The identity of The Black Scorpion, speculated by announcers at the time to have been a former friend of Sting, was hinted to be as one of several wrestlers then competing in World Championship Wrestling including The Angel of Death. While wrestling as The Black Scorpion during that time, the character who eventually wrestled Sting was Al Perez (and at the conclusion of the storyline was eventually revealed to be longtime rival Ric Flair at Starrcade 1990) by the time of their first encounter at *Clash of the Champions XII* on September 5, 1990.

On November 25, 2007, the Angel of Death passed away.
The Allied Powers

The tag team of Lex Luger and Davey Boy Smith was formed on the January 2, 1995 edition of WWF's *Monday Night Raw*, when they defeated the team of Bam Bam Bigelow and Tatanka during Luger's feud with Ted DiBiase's Million Dollar Corporation. They also had a series of matches at house shows that month against Bigelow and King Kong Bundy. The following month, Luger was wrestling Bundy when Tatanka interfered; Smith came to the ring to help Luger. The team was later dubbed **The Allied Powers**.

## The Allied Powers

### Members

Lex Luger and Davey Boy Smith

The Allied Powers defeated the Blu Brothers, the team of Jacob Blu and Eli Blu, in the opening match of WrestleMania XI. They continued to feud with Ted DiBiase's Million Dollar Corporation. Smith and Luger also continued to compete as singles wrestlers, but they teamed up regularly and defeated such teams as Men on a Mission, Well Dunn, The Heavenly Bodies, and the team of Jeff Jarrett and The Roadie. The Allied Powers had several matches against World Tag Team Champions Owen Hart and Yokozuna. They received a shot at Hart and Yokozuna's World Tag Team Championship at In Your House 2, but the team lost when Yokozuna pinned Luger following a leg drop.

The team's success declined in August 1995, and they lost a match to Men on a Mission on August 11. The following night, on a Madison Square Garden house show, Smith grabbed the mic and asked fans to tone down their "U.S.A." chant out of consideration to him, but they refused and kept on doing the chant. Smith deserted Luger by walking away during the scheduled match against the Blu Brothers. Smith also walked out on Luger during several matches against Owen Hart and Yokozuna. On the August 21 edition of *Monday Night Raw*, Luger and Smith were scheduled to take on Men on a Mission. Luger couldn't perform in the match, so Smith asked then-WWF World Heavyweight Champion Diesel to become his partner for only one night, since Diesel was feuding with King Mabel and would face him at SummerSlam 1995 for Diesel's WWF World Heavyweight Championship. During the match, Smith turned heel after hitting Diesel from behind and assisting Men on a Mission in an attack on the champion. Luger took the opposite side in the feud between Mabel and Diesel, as he got involved at SummerSlam to prevent Sir Mo from interfering on Mabel's behalf. Luger left the WWF afterwards, thus ending the Allied Powers.
Swoll

On May 3, 1991, he debuted in the American Wrestling Association, where he lost to Frank Andersson.

In 1999, Swoll debuted in World Championship Wrestling as a member of Master P's No Limit Soldiers. The Soldiers immediately began a feud with The West Texas Rednecks due to the Rednecks' hatred of rap music. On June 13, 1999, at The Great American Bash, Swoll assisted fellow Soldiers Konnan and Rey Misterio, Jr. in defeating the Rednecks' Curt Hennig and Bobby Duncum, Jr.. On the June 24 episode of *Thunder*, Swoll made his in-ring debut as he and B.A. defeated Disorderly Conduct (Mean Mike and Tough Tom). At Bash at the Beach, the Soldiers (Swoll, Konnan, B.A. and Misterio, Jr.) defeated the Rednecks (Hennig, Duncum, Jr., Barry Windham and Kendall Windham) in an elimination tag team match. After defeating a few other teams over the next few weeks, Swoll and B.A. lost to the Windhams on the August 3 episode of *Saturday Night*, thus ending both Swoll's undefeated streak and the feud between the Soldiers and the Rednecks. On the August 17 episode of *Saturday Night*, Swoll competed in his final match for WCW as he and B.A. defeated Hugh Morrus and Jerry Flynn via disqualification. Swoll left WCW immediately afterwards.
Super Porky

Porky was hired by World Wrestling Entertainment (WWE) in 2005 as part of the *SmackDown!* brand's short-lived Juniors Division. Porky's appearances played for comedy and no real in-ring appearances came of it before the entire Juniors division concept was ended in March 2006, and all the workers in the division were released.

Porky passed away on July 26, 2021.
Tekno Team 2000

Wearing "futuristic" silver and maroon ring outfits, **Tekno Team 2000**, comprising of Travis and Troy, debuted in the World Wrestling Federation (WWF) as a babyface tag team that was "ahead of its time".

Tekno Team 2000 made their WWF debut during a house show at Madison Square Garden on March 19, 1995. They defeated The Heavenly Bodies (Tom Prichard and Jimmy Del Ray) and repeated the result the following night. Their WWF television debut took place on the May 27, 1995 episode of *WWF Superstars*; they defeated Barry Horowitz and the Brooklyn Brawler. They were booked to appear in a series of matches against The Heavenly Bodies. Del Ray was not able to appear in several of the matches, so he was replaced by Mantaur and Barry Horowitz in several of the matches. Tekno Team 2000 won all of the matches in this series. The WWF teased a storyline in which Tekno Team 2000 was being scouted by Ted DiBiase to join the Million Dollar Corporation, but they did not join the group.

On July 2, Troy and Travis served as lumberjacks in the lumberjack match between Diesel and Sid at In Your House 2: The Lumberjacks. During the match, Sid attacked Troy and Travis. While he was distracted, other wrestlers attacked Sid and helped Diesel to win the match.

In 1996, Troy and Travis resumed competition in the WWF. They lost to The Bodydonnas on the May 6 episode of *Monday Night Raw*. Five days later, Tekno Team 2000 lost to The Smoking Gunns on *WWF Superstars*. Their final appearance came in a loss to The Godwinns on the June 3 episode of *Monday Night Raw*. Travis and Troy were released from their WWF contracts in the summer of 1996.
The Crusher

In the early 1960's, The Crusher debuted for the American Wrestling Association (AWA) as a heel. In 1965, after meeting the team of Larry Hennig and Harley Race for the first time, the fans adopted Crusher and his wrestling "cousin" Dick the Bruiser as full-fledged heroes in the AWA territory. The Crusher's gimmick was to absorb a tremendous amount of punishment and still be able to make a comeback for the win. The team of the Crusher and Dick the Bruiser won the AWA World Tag Team Championship five times.

Crusher was successful as a solo wrestler, winning the AWA World Heavyweight Championship three times.

He also had a successful run in the World Wrestling Federation (WWF) in the early 1960's, where he was a nemesis of Johnny Valentine and a very young Bruno Sammartino. The Crusher would wrestle on a part-time basis, appearing at WWF house shows. In 1986, he occasionally teamed with The Machines as **Crusher Machine**.

The Crusher's last match was at a WWF house show in Omaha on February 15, 1988. He replaced Billy Jack Haynes to team with Ken Patera and face Demolition, who were disqualified when Mr. Fuji tripped Crusher with a cane about three minutes in.

The Crusher's last television appearance was at WWF's 1998 pay-per-view Over the Edge: In Your House, where was shown sitting alongside Mad Dog Vachon in the front row. Jerry Lawler made fun of the two men's age, and tried to steal Vachon's artificial leg, but Vachon hit him over the head with it, and Crusher punched him. As Lawler bailed, the two former enemies shook hands.

On October 22, 2005, the Crusher passed away.
Tarantula

In 1997, the World Wrestling Federation began a Minis division and signed many mini wrestlers from Mexico, Tarantula being one of them. He was soon repackaged as "**Mini Mankind**", a miniature version of Mankind. He would often team with "Mini Vader", a mini version of Vader, who teamed with Mankind at the time. He made his debut as Mini Mankind on January 18, 1997, teaming with Histeria to defeat Mascarita Sagrada and Venum on an episode of *Shotgun Saturday Night*. By the fall of 1997 Mini Mankind was repackaged as **Tarantula**. Tarantula made a pay-per-view appearance for the WWF, teaming with Battalion and El Torrito, losing their match against the team of Mini Nova, Max Mini and Mosaic at the 1998 Royal Rumble.

On June 29, 2009, Tarantula passed away.
Steven Dunn

Dunn joined the World Wrestling Federation in 1993 alongside Timothy Well, and they became known as Well Dunn. They were managed by Harvey Wippleman. They were used primarily as an undercard tag team, but feuded with The Bushwhackers on several episodes of *Monday Night Raw*.

Dunn wrestled as **The Mauler** on *WCW Monday Nitro* when Scott Hall debuted in World Championship Wrestling (WCW) to start the nWo angle on May 27, 1996.

On March 22, 2009, Dunn passed away.
Teoman

On January 29, 2021, it was reported that Teoman had signed a contract with WWE, where he was announced to perform on the *NXT UK* brand. A series of vignettes hyping his debut began on the February 25 episode of *NXT UK*. He made his debut on the March 11 episode of *NXT UK*, defeating Danny Jones. On the June 24 episode of *NXT UK*, Teoman defeated Oliver Carter and was joined by Rohan Raja, who stomped on Carter and aligned himself with Teoman. On the July 15 episode of *NXT UK*, he teamed with Raja to defeat Carter and Ashton Smith in a tag team match. In September, Teoman competed in a tournament to determine the number one contender to the NXT UK Heritage Cup, defeating Nathan Frazer in the first round but lost to Wolfgang in the semifinals. He started a feud with Gallus on the October 28 episode of *NXT UK*, when Raja lost to Mark Coffey and both of them attacked him and Wolfgang. On the November 18 episode of *NXT UK*, Teoman and Raja defeated them in a tag team match, after a distraction from Charlie Dempsey attacking Joe Coffey. On the December 2 episode of *NXT UK*, Raja (with Teoman on the phone) accepted Dempsey into their group, officially dubbed Die Familie.

On the January 27, 2022 episode of *NXT UK*, Die Familie defeated Gallus in a six-man tag team match. Afterwards, Nathan Frazer questioned Teoman on why he was keeping Rohan Raja and Charlie Dempsey to protect him. The following week, they attacked Frazer in the parking lot, leading to a match on the February 10 episode of *NXT UK*, where Frazer defeated Teoman. On the April 14 episode of *NXT UK*, Teoman defeated A-Kid. On the May 19 episode of *NXT UK*, Teoman and Raja defeated Dave Mastiff and Jack Starz in a tag team title eliminator match, and were added into the NXT UK Tag Team Championship match involving the champions Moustache Mountain (Trent Seven and Tyler Bate) and the team of Ashton Smith and Oliver Carter. On the June 2 episode of *NXT UK*, they failed to win the titles when Smith pinned Seven. On the June 23 episode of *NXT UK*, Die Familie received another shot at the tag titles after Smith and Carter vacated them, but failed to win a fatal four-way elimination match after Raja was pinned by eventual winners Brooks Jensen and Josh Briggs.

On August 18, 2022, Teoman was released from his WWE contract.
The American Males

**The American Males** were formed in August 1995 in World Championship Wrestling (WCW), when Scott Antol signed a WCW contract and was placed with "tag team specialist" Marcus Alexander Bagwell. In the process, both men changed their ring names, Antol changing his last name to "Riggs" and Bagwell shortening his name to simply Marcus Bagwell. Once together, they both wore short shorts and leather vests (later wrestling tights and suspenders) to the ring and began clapping their hands over their head in time with their entrance music, which sang their praises between choruses of the team name being repeated over and over. They wrestled on the first episode of *Nitro*, defeating World Tag Team Champions Dick Slater and Bunkhouse Buck in a non-title match. Their first major appearance together came at the Fall Brawl pay-per-view, where they defeated The Nasty Boys in a match that aired on *Main Event*.

On the episode of *Nitro* after Fall Brawl, Riggs and Bagwell won the World Tag Team Championship after defeating then-champions Harlem Heat (Booker T and Stevie Ray) in an upset win in an impromptu match. The American Males had been scheduled to face The Blue Bloods, but Harlem Heat attacked both members of the Blue Bloods prior to the match and volunteered to take their place. As champions, the pair defeated Harlem Heat and the team of Dick Slater and Bunkhouse Buck. However, Bagwell and Riggs lost the titles back to Harlem Heat one week later on *Saturday Night*. The American Males remained top challengers for the title belts for the rest of 1995, but were unable to regain the championship from Harlem Heat.

By the end of 1995, The American Males were no longer being pushed by WCW; they competed at Starrcade 1995 in a dark match and defeated The Blue Bloods. Through most of 1996, they competed in the tag team division with no major storylines and never reached the same heights as when they were champions. They were able to defeat other mid-card teams like the Faces of Fear, and they competed in a dark match prior to Slamboree 1996, defeating The Shark and Maxx.

In October 1996, the team began showing signs of splitting, which intensified over the weeks. At World War 3 on November 24, 1996, the frustration came to a head as Bagwell attacked Riggs following both men's elimination from the three-ring battle royal that served as the main event.

The next night on *Nitro*, Eric Bischoff, representing the New World Order (nWo) stable, informed all WCW wrestlers that they would become targets of the nWo if they did not join the group within thirty days. Bagwell and Riggs walked to the ring shortly after Bischoff's statement, with Bagwell looking to join and Riggs trying to talk him out of it. Bagwell decided to join the nWo, turning on Riggs and dissolving the team in the process.

Following the breakup, the former partners feuded for a while with Bagwell getting the better of Riggs.
The Dragonmaster

Dragonmaster briefly worked for World Class Championship Wrestling in the mid-1980's as "**White Ninja**", frequently partnering with "Super Black Ninja".

In 1989, **The Dragonmaster** performed in World Championship Wrestling (WCW). While there, he joined Gary Hart's J-Tex Corporation stable consisting of Terry Funk, Dick Slater, Buzz Sawyer, and The Great Muta. This heel group, conceived in July 1989, feuded with the Four Horsemen until ultimately disbanding in February 1990 after a final steel cage match at the *Clash of the Champions X: Texas Shootout*, a match largely overshadowed by the other Horsemen turning heel on Sting.

On January 12, 2020, Dragonmaster passed away.
The Bad Breed

In October 1993, Axl Rotten and Ian Rotten made their debut for Extreme Championship Wrestling (ECW). In their debut, they defeated the makeshift team of Chad Austin and Todd Shawn on October 1, but lost to Badd Company (Pat Tanaka and Paul Diamond) less than two hours later. The next night, they main evented the show in a loss to Public Enemy in a "three-way steel cage match" (the third team was Badd Company). A few weeks later, the Bad Breed unsuccessfully challenged for the ECW Tag Team Championship as they lost to champions Tony Stetson and Johnny Hotbody. The Bad Breed gained a measure of revenge by defeating Stetson and Hotbody on November 12 in a non-title match.

In June 1994, the Bad Breed started a feud with Public Enemy over the ECW Tag Team Titles, but throughout the feud the Bad Breed was never able to defeat Public Enemy for the gold. After feuding with Public Enemy, the Rottens next targeted The Pitbulls, this feud led to the two teams facing off at November to Remember in a match where the losing team was forced to split up. The Bad Breed lost when Pitbull #2 pinned Ian.

Since the brothers both blamed each other for the loss, they began a feud against one another after teaming together for two years. The first match between the two "brothers" was at *Double Tables* on February 4, 1995, which Ian won. They next clashed in a “hair versus hair” match on the April 8 show *Three Way Dance*. After being shaved bald, Ian came looking for revenge at Hostile City Showdown 1995 only a week later, this time in a “*Barbedwire Baseball Bat*” match, but once again Axl beat his “brother”. Their final match took place at Hardcore Heaven in a Taipei death match.
Sputnik Monroe

Monroe was known as one of the leading pioneers in professional wrestling, especially as one of the biggest heels in the early-to-mid twentieth century, wrestling for promotions in their infancy such as what would become known as World Championship Wrestling and the World Wide Wrestling Federation.

Monroe passed away on November 3, 2006.

In 2018, Monroe was honored by being posthumously inducted into the WWE Hall of Fame as part of its Legacy wing.
Terry Gordy

In 1982, Gordy (along with Michael "P.S." Hayes and Buddy Roberts as the Freebirds) went to World Class Championship Wrestling and had a heated and memorable feud with the Von Erichs (David, Kevin, Kerry and Mike) that was famously kicked off when Gordy slammed the cage door on Kerry during his cage match at WCCW Star Wars against Ric Flair where Michael Hayes was the special guest referee, inciting a riot among fans attending.

The Freebirds spent a very brief time in the World Wrestling Federation in 1984, but were fired soon after.

Afterwards, The Freebirds spent some time in World Championship Wrestling (WCW), where they split to feud briefly, but later reunited.

In 1989, Gordy helped Hayes to reform the Freebirds, with Jimmy Garvin, in WCW. Later, he alongside of "Dr. Death" Steve Williams defeated the Steiners to become World Tag Team Champions.

Gordy and Williams returned to World Championship Wrestling (WCW) in 1992 and won the WCW World Tag Team titles in a tournament at the Great American Bash card in Albany, Georgia.

In 1996, Gordy showed up in Extreme Championship Wrestling to challenge Raven for the ECW World Heavyweight Title, as the "internationally recognized #1 contender". He lost, but went on to team up with Tommy Dreamer and later to reunite with "Dr. Death" Steve Williams to wrestle The Eliminators. He also wrestled Bam Bam Bigelow. Gordy lost the match because of outside interference from The Eliminators.

Gordy had a brief run in the WWF as **The Executioner** in 1996 and 1997. He teamed up with Mankind, both managed by Paul Bearer, and feuded with The Undertaker. The Executioner came to the ring under a mask and carrying an axe. He made his television debut at the In Your House pay-per-view, Buried Alive, where he interfered in The Undertaker's Buried Alive match with Mankind, hitting Undertaker with a shovel and burying him with the help of Mankind and several other wrestlers. However, at In Your House 12: It's Time, The Undertaker defeated The Executioner in an Armageddon Rules match, and Gordy left the promotion shortly afterwards. His final televised appearance was on the January 12, 1997 episode of *WWF Superstars*, where he lost to Goldust, after which Paul Bearer turned on him by hitting him with his urn. He was advertised to be one of the 30 participants in the 1997 Royal Rumble match, but did not make an appearance.

On July 16, 2001, Gordy passed away.

On April 2, 2016, Gordy was posthumously inducted by his son Ray Gordy into the WWE Hall of Fame as part of The Fabulous Freebirds alongside Hayes, Roberts, and Garvin.
T&A

On the March 19, 2000 episode of WWF's *Sunday Night Heat*, Trish Stratus made her debut with the gimmick of scouting wrestlers to form a team. Shortly after this, Test and Albert (who both wrestled on that show) became her wards. Their first match as a team was on the March 30 episode of *SmackDown!*, when they lost to the Hardy Boyz. Their first pay-per-view match was at WrestleMania 2000, when they defeated Steve Blackman and Al Snow. They competed against established teams in the WWF's tag team division, including Road Dogg and X-Pac, The Godfather and D'Lo Brown, and The Holly Cousins, before beginning a feud with the Dudley Boyz. In a match against the Dudley Boyz at the Backlash 2000 pay-per-view, Stratus was the recipient of a powerbomb through a table from Bubba Ray Dudley, although T&A won the match.

They continued competing against teams including the Hardy Boyz and the Dudley Boyz for the next few months, and on June 25, they competed for the WWF Tag Team Championship in a four-way elimination match at King of the Ring, but were the first team eliminated after Matt Hardy pinned Test. Test, Albert and Stratus began a feud with the Hardy Boyz, Matt and Jeff, and their manager Lita, which led to a six-person intergender tag team match at Fully Loaded, which T&A lost when Lita pinned Stratus.

During a feud with the Acolytes Protection Agency (APA), the two men parodied the team under the name T&APA (Test & Albert Protection Agency). As part of this feud, all three members of T&A were supposed to face Bradshaw and Faarooq of the APA and Lita in a six-person tag team match on October 22, at the No Mercy pay-per-view, but T&A attacked the APA backstage, so the match never started. They then attacked Lita at ringside until the Hardy Boyz saved her.

A feud with The Holly Cousins (Hardcore, Crash and Molly) followed, and at Survivor Series, the Holly Cousins, with Steve Blackman replacing Hardcore, defeated T&A in a six-person match when Molly pinned Stratus.

In December 2000, Albert turned on Test, causing storyline internal injuries which resulted in bleeding from Test's mouth. Trish continued to manage Albert for a while, but eventually began a storyline involving Vince McMahon and eventually broke out as a wrestler on her own. Albert went on to join X-Pac and Justin Credible in their own stable, X-Factor.
Tennessee Lee

Lee debuted in the American Wrestling Association with Bunkhouse Buck in 1988, and they feuded with The Rock 'n' Roll Express (Ricky Morton and Robert Gibson).

In 1993, he went to World Championship Wrestling as manager **Col. Robert Parker**. He managed Sid Vicious and teamed with manager Harley Race and his protege, Vader, to form "The Masters of the Powerbomb". They feuded with Sting and Davey Boy Smith. In 1994, he managed "Stunning" Steve Austin before forming his "Stud Stable" with Bunkhouse Buck, Meng, Dick Slater, Terry Funk and Arn Anderson. They feuded heavily with Dusty and Dustin Rhodes. In 1995, Col. Parker courted Sherri Martel to the dismay of both the Stud Stable and Sherri's charges, Harlem Heat. Parker and Sherri went to get married and Sherri was attacked by Madusa, who was supposed to be Parker's wife. Parker and Sherri split and feuded and then made up again, with Parker leaving the Stud Stable to help Sherri manage Harlem Heat. While with Harlem Heat, Parker's official title was "promoter", while Sherri retained the "manager" designation. One trademark of Parker's managing would be his fanning himself during matches. In October 1996, Harlem Heat fired Parker after he cost them the WCW World Tag Team Championships. He quickly started to manage The Amazing French Canadians (Jacques Rougeau and Carl Ouellet), trading in his gray suit for a French Foreign Legion uniform. Harlem Heat and The Amazing French Canadians then began feuding.

Parker was released from WCW in 1997 and in March 1998, he resurfaced in the World Wrestling Federation (WWF) as **Tennessee Lee** and began managing Jeff Jarrett. His time in the WWF was short-lived; he would be released in August 1998.
The Diamond Mine

### Members

Roderick Strong, Brutus Creed, Julius Creed, Ivy Nile, Tyler Rust, Damon Kemp, Tatum Paxley

### Managers

Malcolm Bivens, Hachiman

On the June 22, 2021 episode of *NXT*, Roderick Strong formed the Diamond Mine stable along with Tyler Rust (who was released weeks after and later replaced by The Creed Brothers and Ivy Nile) with Hachiman as the stable's trainer and Malcolm Bivens as their manager. On the September 21 episode of *NXT 2.0*, Strong defeated Kushida to win the NXT Cruiserweight Championship. At NXT WarGames, Strong defeated Joe Gacy, retaining his championship. At NXT New Year's Evil, he lost the title to Carmelo Hayes, unifying both North American and Cruiserweight titles. Strong and the rest of Diamond Mine would slowly turn face at the start of 2022, when they entered a feud with Imperium. On February 15, at NXT Vengeance Day, The Creed Brothers defeated MSK to win the men's Dusty Rhodes Tag Team Classic. At Worlds Collide, Damon Kemp betrayed Diamond Mine by costing the Creed Brothers 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 hitting Julius Creed with a steel chair. In November 2022, Strong's WWE contract expired, ending his time in the company and group. On the March 14 episode of *NXT,* Tatum Paxley betrayed Ivy Nile, thus also effectively leaving Diamond Mine. On the July 4 episode of *NXT*, The Creed Brothers lost a "Loser Leaves *NXT*" match to the Dyad, seemingly ending the group.