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The Bad Crew

In late 1995, **The Bad Crew** made their debut in Extreme Championship Wrestling, defeating The Flamingo Kid and Georgie Love in Reading, Pennsylvania on November 3, 1995. Defeating George Love and Ranger Seven on November 17, the Bad Crew would feud with The Dudley Brothers in late 1995, losing to Dudley Dudley and Dances with Dudley at the supercard December to Dismember on December 4 as well as matches to Dances with Dudley and Buh Buh Ray Dudley later that month.

## The Bad Crew

### Members

Dog and Rose

Feuding with The Headhunters during early 1996, the Bad Crew fought to a no-contest against J.T. Smith and Tony Stetson at House Party on January 5. On February 2, teaming with Mr. Hughes in a six-man tag team match, they also defeated Axl Rotten, Hack Meyers and El Puerto Ricano after Hughes pinned El Puerto Ricano in Reading, Pennsylvania and, the following month, the two would team with Judge Dredd in a six-man tag team match defeating Dino Sendoff, Don E. Allen and the Dirt Bike Kid at CyberSlam 1996 on February 17. They would also face JT Smith in several tag team matches with Joel Hartgood and El Puerto Ricano, including a bout at *Just Another Night*, before wrestling El Puerto Ricano and Damien Stone to a no-contest at *Big Ass Extreme Bash* on March 9, 1996.

Continuing to feud with El Puerto Ricano and the Dudley family, the Bad Crew would defeat El Puerto Ricano and Chubby Dudley on March 15 although they would lose to Buh Buh Ray Dudley and Big Dick Dudley in Glenolden, Pennsylvania the following night.

Returning to Reading, the Bad Crew defeating J.T. Smith and Chad Austin on March 29 and, while defeating The Gangstas by countout, they would lose several matches to The Pitbulls and Axl Rotten and Hack Meyers during the next few weeks. After participating in a 15-man battle royal in Plymouth Meeting, Pennsylvania on May 31, Bad Crew #1 and Bad Crew #2 faced each other in an impromptu match with Bad Crew #1 defeating Bad Crew #2.

Reuniting the following month, the Bad Crew fought to a no-contest against their former manager Damien Kane and Devon Storm in Reading, Pennsylvania on June 8 and defeated The Dudley Brothers by disqualification in Jim Thorpe, Pennsylvania on June 14 before losing to Devon Storm and Damien Kane in a rematch on June 21, 1996. The Bad Crew would lose to Ron and Don Harris on August 2, Buh Buh Ray Dudley and Hack Meyers at the supercard *Unlucky Lottery* on September 13, 1996 and the following night lost to The Sandman in a handicap match with Devon Storm at the ECW Arena in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.

In early 1997, the Bad Crew would lose to Stevie Richards and The Blue Meanie, The Gangstas, The Eliminators, and later lost a handicap match to Pitbull #2 in Scranton, Pennsylvania on April 4, 1997. They would make their last appearance in the promotion losing to Axl Rotten and Balls Mahoney in Downingtown, Pennsylvania on August 22, 1997.
Stephen Amell

Amell made his first WWE appearance on the May 25, 2015 episode of *Raw*, where he had a confrontation with Stardust. Amell returned to *Raw* in early August; after being assaulted in the audience by Stardust, Amell got into the ring to attack him until being contained by security. Following a backstage segment with Triple H, it was announced that Neville would team with Amell to face Stardust and King Barrett at SummerSlam. At the event on August 23, 2015, Amell and Neville defeated Barrett and Stardust in a tag team match. On December 21, 2015, Amell was awarded a Slammy for the "Celebrity Moment of the Year" for his dive onto Stardust during the match.
The Blu Brothers

### Other Names

The Harris Brothers, The Bruise Brothers, The Grimm Twins, Creative Control, DOA

### Members

Ron Harris/Eli Blu/8-Ball/Gerald and Don Harris/Jacob Blu/Skull/Patrick

### Managers

Uncle Zebekiah, Paul Ellering

The Blu Brothers (as **The Bruise Brothers**) first appeared in Extreme Championship Wrestling in 1994. On February 5, the ECW Tag Team Championships were held-up after a controversial ending to a match between the Bruise Brothers (Ron and Don) and the incumbents, The Public Enemy. The Bruise Brothers went on to participate in some of the first ECW hardcore matches, and feuded with Shane Douglas.

The Bruise Brothers were signed by the World Wrestling Federation (WWF) in 1995, where they were renamed "**The Blu Brothers**", Eli (Ron) and Jacob (Don). They retained their trademark bushy beards and long hair and were managed by Uncle Zebekiah. They made their WWF debuts at the 1995 Royal Rumble and were defeated by Lex Luger and The British Bulldog in the opening match of WrestleMania XI. Following a series of losses to the Smoking Gunns, the Blu Brothers left the WWF in October 1995.

They then returned to ECW in 1996 as the Bruise Brothers, competing once more in the tag division, and briefly joining Raven's Nest.

Don and Ron Harris returned to the WWF in 1996, as the short-lived "**Grimm Twins**," Jason (Ron) and Jarrod (Don). In June 1997, were repackaged as "8-Ball" (Ron) and "Skull" (Don), members of the Disciples of Apocalypse stable with Crush and Chainz. The DOA participated in the "gang wars" of 1997, feuding with the Nation of Domination and the Puerto Rican stable Los Boricuas. They went on to compete in the tag division throughout 1998. Ron Harris also competed in the WWE's Brawl for All tournament on July 20, 1998, but lost to 2 Cold Scorpio in the third round. Their last match in WWF as a tag team was a defeat to Ken Shamrock and Mankind on May 14, 1999. Skull's last match was in a singles match against Ken Shamrock on May 15, 1999, in which he was defeated, and 8-Ball's last match was in a singles match against Ken Shamrock on May 16, 1999, in which he was defeated. The brothers were released soon after.

In 1999, the brothers joined World Championship Wrestling (WCW) as "Gerald" (Ron) and "Patrick" (Don). They were known collectively as "**Creative Control**". They went on to join the nWo 2000 in 2000 using their real names, acting as enforcers for Jeff Jarrett. They remained in WCW throughout 2000, feuding with Sid Vicious, Terry Funk and many of the younger tag teams, such as The Mamalukes. After winning the WCW World Tag Team Championship three times, **the Harris Brothers** began wrestling in singles matches in 2001, but WCW was purchased by the WWF in March 2001, and they were not hired.
Tarzan Tyler

Tyler debuted in the World Wide Wrestling Federation (WWWF) in 1963, forming a team with Luke Graham. Tyler and Crazy Luke Graham defeated the team of Dick the Bruiser and The Sheik in 1971 to become the first WWWF World Tag Team Champions. Tyler also challenged Bruno Sammartino for the WWWF Championship during his tenure with the promotion.

On December 24, 1985, Tyler passed away.
Steve Cutler

In 2014, Cutler signed a contract with WWE. He made his debut on the July 3 episode of *NXT*, losing to CJ Parker. In February 2018, he began teaming with Jaxson Ryker and Wesley Blake as The Forgotten Sons. The trio made their first televised appearance on the August 29 episode of *NXT* in a backstage segment with general manager William Regal. Cutler and Blake represented the group in the 2019 Dusty Rhodes Tag Team Classic, where they defeated Danny Burch and Oney Lorcan in the first round and Moustache Mountain in the semi-finals before losing to Aleister Black and Ricochet in the final. At NXT TakeOver: XXV, Cutler and Blake competed in a fatal four-way ladder match for the vacant NXT Tag Team Championship, and despite interference from Ryker, the two were unsuccessful in winning. The group entered the 2020 Dusty Rhodes Tag Team Classic, but were eliminated in the first round by Imperium (Fabian Aichner and Marcel Barthel).

On the April 10, 2020 episode of *SmackDown*, The Forgotten Sons made their main roster debut, defeating Lucha House Party (Gran Metalik and Lince Dorado). On the May 1 episode of *SmackDown*, they defeated SmackDown Tag Team Champions The New Day (Big E and Kofi Kingston). This led to a fatal four-way tag team match also involving Lucha House Party and John Morrison and The Miz for the titles at Money in the Bank, where The New Day retained. The Forgotten Sons began portraying themselves as American patriots, with Cutler and Ryker highlighting their services in the Marines. However, the gimmick was soon dropped as the Forgotten Sons were taken off television. On the December 4 episode of *SmackDown*, Cutler and Blake, now known as The Knights of the Lone Wolf, made their return by accompanying King Corbin to the ring as they helped him defeat Murphy. However, on February 4, 2021, Cutler was released from his WWE contract.
Steve Romero

Romero would make his WWE debut on December 18, 2004 as a presenter.

On the April 10, 2006 edition of *WWE Raw*, Romero appeared on television interviewing Kane, filling in for Todd Grisham. Romero made another *Raw* brand appearance this time, taking over from Jonathan Coachman as color commentator on the September 10, 2006 edition of *WWE Sunday Night Heat*.

In August 2006, Romero replaced Todd Grisham as the host of the in-commercial update segments for Canadian viewers, where upcoming shows, announcements, and autograph signings in Canada were hyped. At some point during 2007, Romero quietly exited WWE, and was replaced by Jack Korpela.
T-Bone

On January 14, 2017, T-Bone wrestled on the first night of the WWE United Kingdom Championship Tournament, where he was eliminated in the first round by Wolfgang. On June 9, 2018, T-Bone competed in the WWE United Kingdom Title number one contender tournament, where he was eliminating during the first round by Jordan Devlin.

T-Bone made his televised debut during the November 14, 2018 episode of *NXT UK*, where he defeated Jake Constantino. During the November 21 episode of *NXT UK*, T-Bone lost a match against Dave Mastiff. He returned for the December 5 episode of *NXT UK*, during which he lost to Ligero. The following night during the December 19 episode of *NXT UK*, T-Bone teamed with Saxon Huxley in a loss to Moustache Mountain. T-Bone and Huxley returned for the December 26 episode of *NXT UK*, winning a tag match, beating Jack Starz and Tucker.

The following year, T-Bone returned for the January 9, 2019 episode of *NXT UK*, losing a match against Travis Banks. He returned to television during the March 13 episode of *NXT UK*, teaming with Saxon Huxley in a loss to Amir Jordan and Kenny Williams. Three months later, T-Bone returned for the June 5 episode of *NXT UK*, teaming with Huxley in a loss to The Hunt.

On August 18, 2022, T-Bone was released from his contract.
Tank Abbott

Abbott signed with World Championship Wrestling (WCW) in 1999. At the 2000 Souled Out pay-per-view, Abbott faced Jerry Flynn and defeated him.

He was then featured in segments with the boy band parody stable, 3 Count, as their "biggest fan". He began feuding with the stable after they would not let him join the band; the feud ended when Abbott was released from WCW in 2000.
Stephanie Wiand

Wiand joined the World Wrestling Federation in late 1994 as co-host of *WWF Mania*, where she was introduced as original host Todd Pettengill's Christmas present. She was brought in to replace Randy Savage, who had left the company. Wiand was a host for the 1994 Slammy Awards. She also hosted the first In Your House event in mid-1995. She was released by WWF in July 1995.
Special Delivery Jones

In the late 1970's and predominately the 1980's, Jones wrestled in the WWF as a mid-card babyface who would give the heels a hard time but end up losing. He did, however, win quite a few matches on smaller cards against lower card or fellow mid carders like Ron Shaw and Johnny Rodz. Jones was often featured in tag team matches partnered with Tony Atlas, and the two challenged Mr. Fuji and Mr. Saito for the WWF Tag Team Championship several times in 1981. On one occasion, the two ended up as the final men in a battle royal and flipped a coin to decide the winner.

He was also the tag team partner of André the Giant on November 13, 1984 when André's hair was cut by Ken Patera and Big John Studd. At the inaugural WrestleMania in 1985, he famously lost to King Kong Bundy in an official match time of nine seconds, although the actual time from bell to pinfall was seventeen seconds. In any case, it would stand as the quickest match in WrestleMania history until The Rock defeated Erick Rowan in six seconds at WrestleMania 32 in 2016.

In 2006, SD Jones appeared for the WWE inducting Tony Atlas into the Hall of Fame.

On October 26, 2008, Jones passed away.

On April 7, 2019, Jones was posthumously inducted into the WWE Hall of Fame as part of its Legacy wing.
Steve Regal

Regal debuted in the American Wrestling Association (AWA) during the mid-1980's. During his tenure there, Regal defeated Buck Zumhofe for the AWA World Light Heavyweight Championship in 1984. In 1985, the AWA began teaming him with "Gorgeous" Jimmy Garvin and, with the help of the Fabulous Freebirds, surprisingly defeated The Road Warriors to win the AWA Tag Team Championships. Regal and Garvin lost the tag titles to Curt Hennig and Scott Hall four months later. Regal also made appearances with World Class Championship Wrestling during this time period.

In 1986, he joined World Championship Wrestling and made his debut on May 17 at a house show in Baltimore, Maryland, where he fought Denny Brown to a draw. They would wrestle several more times to draws during the month. Regal made his first televised appearance on the May 31 edition of *WCW WorldWide*, facing Rocky King. On the June 7 edition of *WCW Pro*, Regal joined heel Jimmy Garvin in attacking Wahoo McDaniel.

On June 4, he sustained his first loss, falling to Denny Brown at a house show in Raleigh, North Carolina. Through June and July, Regal continued to face Brown on the Great American Bash house show summer tour. Following a match with Hector Guerrero on September 4, he departed for the World Wrestling Federation.

Regal debuted in the WWF as a preliminary wrestler. Regal was still billed as "Mr Electricity", but did not have the supporting promotional vignettes that many of the other incoming wrestlers received who joined the WWF in the second half of 1986.

Regal made his first WWF appearance on September 16, 1986, when he teamed with Terry Gibbs to take on The Junkyard Dog and George Steele in a match that would be televised on the October 11 edition of *WWF Superstars*. On September 22, he gained his first victory, pinning Jose Luis Rivera at Madison Square Garden. From this point onward however, Regal was winless for several weeks, facing Nick Kiniski, Billy Jack Haynes, Dick Slater, and the Honky Tonk Man. He defeated Jerry Allen on October 22 in Richfield, Ohio and won a dark match at a *WWF Superstars* taping on October 28; these would be his last wins. His final match was a loss the following day to Tito Santana and Pedro Morales on *Wrestling Challenge*, after which he left the promotion.

Regal returned to WCW at an event in Peoria, Illinois on March 20, 1988. He faced and defeated Spike Huber.
The Bad Street Boys

In May 1999, Gregory Helms, Shannon Moore, Joey Matthews, and Christian York signed contracts with World Championship Wrestling (WCW). They all were given tryout matches on *Monday Nitro*. Helms and Moore were given full-time contracts; York and Matthews were released.

In April 2000, York and Matthews, as the **Bad Street Boys**, signed contracts with World Wrestling Federation (WWF). The team were sent to WWF's partner, Extreme Championship Wrestling (ECW). They worked in ECW as a fan favorite tag team. In ECW, the Bad Street Boys had their first rivalry with Danny Doring and Roadkill, that culminated in a match at Anarchy Rulz, which Doring and Roadkill won. The Bad Street Boys' next feud was with Simon Diamond and Johnny Swinger. They lost to Diamond and Swinger at November to Remember. However, they defeated Diamond and Swinger in a rematch at Massacre on 34th Street. At ECW's final pay-per-view Guilty as Charged, the Bad Street Boys lost to Jerry Lynn and Cyrus.
Scott Stanford

Stanford debuted in WWE in 2009, replacing Jack Korpela as the host of *WWE Bottom Line*. In October 2010, he became the new play-by-play commentator for *WWE Superstars*, replacing Michael Cole. He called his first episode on the October 7 episode of *Superstars* with Jerry Lawler. This team was short-lived, however, as in mid-November, injured wrestler CM Punk, who had started commentating on *Raw*, replaced Lawler on *Superstars*. At the end of December, Punk left the commentary team after assaulting John Cena on *Raw* and *SmackDown* with a chair. Starting on the December 31 episode of *Superstars*, Josh Mathews joined Stanford as the color commentator. In addition to his commentary duties, he hosted the pay-per-view pre-shows every month, along with Tony Dawson. Stanford was the host of the *Monday Night Raw* and *SmackDown Live* pre-shows on the WWE Network until November 2016, as well as the host of *This Week in WWE*.
Stu Hart

Hart was a pioneer in the Canadian territory of professional wrestling. Competing for the early days of World Championship Wrestling (WCW), many of his children would end up becoming superstars and wrestlers in their own right, such as Bret, Owen, Bruce, and Keith.

Hart made several appearances on WWE television in the 1990's and early 2000's. The majority of those appearances involved his sons, Bret and Owen Hart. A recurring staple of these appearances in the 1990's was that Stu and his wife Helen would be verbally attacked by several of the commentators, mostly by Bobby Heenan and Jerry Lawler, who was in a long-running feud with Bret during this point in time. At the 1993 pay-per-view event Survivor Series, Stu had a planned physical interaction outside of the ring with Shawn Michaels. Michaels was involved in a match with Stu's sons, Bruce, Keith, Bret and Owen Hart. Michaels played the part of the antagonist, and when failing to succeed in winning the match, Michaels character then attacked Stu who responded by pretend to knock him out with an elbow smash.

Hart also appeared in WCW at the Slamboree 1993: A Legends' Reunion event.

Hart passed away on October 16, 2003.

On March 27, 2010, Hart was posthumously inducted into the WWE Hall of Fame.
The Commandant

In June 1997, the Commandant made his WWF debut as the manager for The Truth Commission, a team of South African insurgents consisting of Kurrgan the Interrogator, Sniper, Recon, and Tank. The Commandant made promos on WWF about the Truth Commission and attacking the United States for not having discipline. During the summer of 1997, the group lost only to The Legion of Doom. In September, the Commandant was replaced by The Jackyl, and the Commandant left the WWF.
Super Caló

In 1996, Super Caló debuted for World Championship Wrestling (WCW). He received his first title shot at Fall Brawl, against WCW Cruiserweight Champion Rey Mysterio, Jr., but Caló was unable to win the match. Caló never achieved much success in WCW, leaving the company after working for a couple of years.
Strong Kobayashi

In November 1970, Kobayashi briefly wrestled for the American Wrestling Association (AWA).

In August 1974, Kobayashi began wrestling for the World Wide Wrestling Federation, where his opponents included André the Giant, Pedro Morales, Chief Jay Strongbow, Victor Rivera, Larry Zbyszko, Tony Garea, and WWWF Heavyweight Champion Bruno Sammartino. During his tenure, he occasionally teamed with Killer Kowalski. He left the WWWF in November 1974.

In April 1978, Kobayashi returned to the World Wide Wrestling Federation. During his run, he unsuccessfully challenged WWWF Heavyweight Champion Bob Backlund and WWWF World Tag Team Champions Dino Bravo and Dominic DeNucci. Kobayashi left the WWWF in June 1978.

In June 1981, Kobayashi returned to the World Wide Wrestling Federation (since renamed the World Wrestling Federation) for a third and final run, where his opponents included Don Muraco, Rick Martel, S.D. Jones, Johnny Rodz, Baron Mikel Scicluna and a rookie Curt Hennig.

Kobayashi passed away on December 31, 2021.
The Bodydonnas

**The Bodydonnas** were formed in 1995 in the World Wrestling Federation (WWF) with Skip and Sunny introducing themselves via a series of vignettes. They were fitness fanatics who often made fun of their opponents and the fans. They also demonstrated how fit they were by doing jumping jacks during Skip's matches and performed push ups on fallen opponents.

## The Bodydonnas

### Managers

Sunny, Kloudy

On the July 9, 1995 episode of *WWF Wrestling Challenge*, Skip was defeated by longtime jobber Barry Horowitz. He got into a feud with Horowitz and lost several more matches. A subsequent storyline saw the Bodydonnas approached by Rad Radford, who wanted to be a Bodydonna. He teamed with Skip until Sunny fired him after The Smoking Gunns defeated the Bodydonnas on the December 23, 1995 episode of *Superstars*.

Skip soon got another partner who was an official Bodydonna in Zip (originally Flip), his kayfabe cousin. They won the vacant WWF Tag Team Championship on March 31, 1996 on the WrestleMania XII pre-show. They then feuded with The Godwinns until they dropped the titles to them on May 19. Sunny left the Bodydonnas to follow the gold, becoming the Godwinns' manager until the Godwinns also lost their titles, this time to The Smoking Gunns. Sunny then defected to the Gunns' side because she only wanted to manage champions. Meanwhile, the Bodydonnas announced that they were searching for a new manager. They appeared on WWF television programs urging fans to apply for the position. This storyline culminated in the Bodydonnas "hiring" Kloudy.

In September 1996, Skip was injured and the Bodydonnas disbanded. Skip was shortly released while he was injured.
The Dog

Rage

On September 22, 1990, The Dog debuted in World Championship Wrestling (WCW) as **Blade**, one half of a tag team called the Master Blasters alongside Steel. The Master Blasters continued their undefeated streak in October. At Halloween Havoc on October 27, 1990, in Chicago, Illinois, the Blasters upended The Southern Boys and began to move up the WCW tag team ratings. However their winning streak would finally come to an end on November 22 in Atlanta, Georgia, when Tom Zenk and Brian Pillman handed them their first defeat (Pillman pinning Blade). They rebounded to go on another undefeated streak, defeating The Southern Boys as well as Alan Iron Eagle and Tim Horner, and earning a United States Tag Team Title shot against the champions The Steiner Brothers. The Steiners, however, were victorious in matches on December 25 and December 26.

They were pinned as well on television in 52 seconds by the Steiners in a match that aired on *WCW WorldWide* on February 2, 1991. Following this loss, their momentum began to dissipate as the Blasters would suffer follow-up losses to the Southern Boys and Ricky Morton and Tommy Rich. The team disbanded at the end of the month, with Steel briefly continuing to wrestle simply as "The Master Blaster" until being given the new gimmick of "Oz" in May 1991. Meanwhile, Blade would leave WCW.

By late 1992, he returned to WCW, this time as part of The Wrecking Crew alongside the Terminator (and also being renamed to **Rage**), making their debut in January 1993. Shortly after their debut, the Wrecking Crew competed at *Clash of the Champions XXII* on January 13, where they defeated Tom Zenk and Johnny Gunn. After their success at the *Clash*, the team rode on a wave of success defeating Gunn and Zenk repeatedly, as well as looking impressive against temporary teams such as 2 Cold Scorpio and Johnny B. Badd, and Marcus Bagwell and Joey Maggs.

By March, the team was contesting a series of matches with 2 Cold Scorpio and Marcus Alexander Bagwell, as well as feuding with the identical twin duo known as The Cole Twins (Keith and Kent Cole). The feud with the Cole Twins was soon expanded to also include Bagwell and Scorpio, as well as Tex Slazenger and Shanghai Pierce. As the feud wore on, the Cole Twins got the upper hand over the two big men. The Wrecking Crew also faced Cactus Jack and The Barbarian in a series of house show matches. Upon the fall, the Wrecking Crew’s time with WCW ended.

Rage performed in WCW during the late 1990's, mainly on low level programs like *WCW Saturday Night*. On August 31, 1998, he faced Goldberg in a losing effort in the co-main event of *WCW Monday Nitro*. In 2000, he was repackaged as **The Dog** when he formed a hardcore tag team managed by Fit Finlay with Brian Knobbs. His mannerisms in this gimmick were those of a stereotypical attack dog and would have habits not unlike dogs, including drinking from the toilet. He was a last minute replacement in their group for Sabu. Upon the acquisition of WCW by the World Wrestling Federation in early 2001, The Dog's contract was one of the assets not taken.

On June 14, 2013, he passed away.
Steve Cox

Cox was introduced to World Class Championship Wrestling (WCCW) in 1987 by Michael P.S. Hayes as his protégé and new tag team partner, soon becoming involved in a feud with the Samoan SWAT Team and defeating them on September 16. After losing to the Samoan SWAT Team in a rematch at SuperClash III on December 13, the team broke up shortly thereafter with both men leaving the promotion.
The Dream Team

Managers Johnny Valiant and Jimmy Hart first put Greg Valentine and Brutus Beefcake together in the World Wrestling Federation (WWF) in May 1985. Early on, Beefcake teamed with Valentine to fight off Tito Santana and the Junkyard Dog, both high ranked contenders for Valentine's Intercontinental Championship. In Toronto on April 21, 1985, **the Dream Team** lost to Santana and Ricky Steamboat in approximately fifteen minutes. On July 6, 1985, Santana regained the Intercontinental Title in a steel cage match, and shortly afterwards the Dream Team set their sights on the reigning WWF World Tag Team Champions, The U.S. Express (Barry Windham and Mike Rotunda).

Not long after, Johnny Valiant became the sole manager of the Dream Team as the two started to team more and more regularly. Their initial shots at the tag team champions were unsuccessful, but on August 24 in Philadelphia, the Dream Team won the tag team titles from the U.S. Express when Beefcake rubbed Luscious Johnny's lit cigar in Windham's eye.

Immediately after their title win, the Dream Team were challenged by The British Bulldogs (Davey Boy Smith and the Dynamite Kid), often escaping with their titles due to underhanded means. Besides defending against the Bulldogs, the Dream Team also put the gold on the line against such teams as The Killer Bees as well as the former champions the US Express. The Bulldogs remained a constant threat to the Dream Team as 1985 turned to 1986, and finally the Dream Team agreed to give the Bulldogs one final tag team title shot at WrestleMania 2. On April 7, 1986, the two teams met in the Chicago section of WrestleMania broadcast, with the addition of Ozzy Osbourne in the Bulldogs’ corner. At the event, the Dream Team finally ran out of tricks and lost the gold.

Finding themselves in the challengers position, the Dream Team chased the Bulldogs in the months following WrestleMania 2, climaxing in a series of steel cage matches during the summer of 1986. A running gag on the WWF's weekly television was Gorilla Monsoon's constant suggestion that the Dream Team never mentally got over the loss at WrestleMania 2. Gorilla would always make a point to mention it happened in Chicago, the location Gorilla himself was stationed at for the event. As the summer, passed the Dream Team found themselves facing the Killer Bees and the second version of the US Express, instead of challenging for the gold. As 1986 turned to 1987, the Dream Team found themselves feuding with The Fabulous Rougeaus (Jacques and Raymond). The team was also joined by Johnny Valiant's newest addition Dino Bravo in six-man tag matches. Lack of championship success, not to mention Beefcake feeling muscled out by Bravo, began tension within the team.

At WrestleMania III, the Dream Team and the Rougeaus clashed once again with the Dream Team winning due to Dino Bravo's interference. After the match, Dino Bravo and Greg Valentine argued with Brutus Beefcake, kicking him off the team.
The Sheik

In 1965, the Sheik made his debut for the World Wide Wrestling Federation. On September 25, 1967, he had a 20 minute draw with Édouard Carpentier.

In 1968, he was brought into the WWWF for title matches with then-champion Bruno Sammartino. They met three times in Madison Square Garden—Sheik won the first via count out on October 28, he was disqualified in the second November 18, and he lost to Bruno in a Texas Death Match via submission when Bruno grabbed a foreign object and hammered Sheik's arm to a bloody pulp on December 9. Sammartino and Sheik also had a series of matches in Boston in January and February 1969. They fought in three steel cage matches one in Philadelphia and two in Boston.

On November 18, 1972 he lost to WWWF Champion Pedro Morales by count out at Boston Garden.

In 1994, he had a brief run in Extreme Championship Wrestling where he teamed with Pat Tanaka against Kevin Sullivan and Taz.

When his nephew Sabu joined WCW in 1995, the Sheik joined him as his manager. During a match with Mr. JL, Sheik's leg was broken by the wrestlers during a spot.

On January 18, 2003, he passed away.

On March 31, 2007, The Sheik was inducted into the WWE Hall of Fame by his nephew, Sabu, and Rob Van Dam.
The Stud Stable

### Members

Terry Funk, Arn Anderson, Bunkhouse Buck, Dick Slater, Meng, Steve Austin, The Blacktop Bully, Barry Windham, Kurasawa, Mike Enos, Jacques Rougeau, Carl Ouellet

### Managers

Col. Robert Parker

**The Stud Stable** was formed in World Championship Wrestling by Col. Robert Parker. He formed the stable in 1994 with Arn Anderson, Terry Funk, Bunkhouse Buck, and Meng, who was Parker's bodyguard.

This stable feuded heavily with Dusty and Dustin Rhodes until late 1994 when Funk left and was replaced by Dick Slater. They also feuded with Brian Pillman. The Blacktop Bully was also briefly a member. In August 1995, Meng left (eventually to join the Dungeon of Doom) and Anderson went to rejoin Ric Flair and eventually reform The Four Horsemen. The Stud Stable feuded with Harlem Heat over the WCW World Tag Team Championship in which Buck and Slater won. They were also feuding because of a love/hate relationship between Parker and the Heat's manager, Sister Sherri. Parker eventually dumped Slater and Buck for Martel and the stable was broken up when Parker left WCW in 1997.
The New Nexus

On the January 3, 2011 edition of *Raw,* The Nexus ambiguously announced after months of repeated attacks on John Cena and the WWE roster that it was under "new management," with CM Punk (who disbanded the Straight Edge Society the previous September) being revealed to be the new leader, having acquired the position after Wade Barrett lost a steel cage match against Randy Orton and Sheamus thanks to Punk himself, and was subsequently exiled from The Nexus (now renamed **The New Nexus** to distance itself from former leadership). After refusing to follow Punk's orders of initiation by hitting each other with kendo sticks, Justin Gabriel and Heath Slater left the group the following week on *Raw,* opting to join Barrett and former ECW Champion Ezekiel Jackson on *SmackDown* as The Corre while Husky Harris, Michael McGillicutty and David Otunga successfully completed Punk's initiation. On the January 17, 2011 edition of *Raw,* Mason Ryan joined The New Nexus after interfering in Punk's match against Cena, attacking both before Punk handed Ryan a Nexus armband. On January 30, 2011 at the Royal Rumble, The New Nexus, who were also a part of the 40-man Royal Rumble match along with The Corre, cost Orton his rematch clause for The Miz's WWE Championship, starting a feud with him. Over the ongoing weeks, Orton defeated all members of The New Nexus, causing several storyline injuries by punting them. On April 3, 2011 at WrestleMania XXVII, Orton defeated Punk and, on May 1, 2011 at Extreme Rules, Orton defeated Punk in a Last Man Standing rematch. On the May 23, 2011 edition of *Raw,* thanks to a distraction from The New Nexus, McGillicutty and Otunga defeated Big Show and Kane for the WWE Tag Team Championship. On the June 20, 2011 "Power to the People" edition of *Raw,* Punk was originally going to be named the number one contender for Cena's WWE Championship, but instead, he was forced to compete in a triple threat match with Alberto Del Rio and Rey Mysterio with a Falls Count Anywhere stipulation voted for by fans, which Punk won, revealing after the match that his WWE contract would expire at Money in the Bank, where he would face Cena for the WWE Championship. The following week on *Raw,* it was announced that Ryan suffered an injury over the weekend and left the group. That same night, a brash Punk realized a worked shoot promo (which he dubbed a "pipe bomb"), reminding that once his contract expired at Money in the Bank, that would be the last time WWE would ever see him and the WWE Championship. With his victory over Cena on July 17, 2011, the WWE Championship was finally held by the stable on their last night of existence.

The group's final members then functioned as a tag team with the Nexus banner until August 1, 2011 and continued without the banner until August 22, 2011, when the group disbanded.
Ranger Ross

Ross debuted in World Championship Wrestling (WCW) in 1989. He had a short-lived feud with The Iron Sheik defeating him by disqualification at *Clash of the Champions VI* on April 2, 1989. Later that month, he would team with Randy Rose against Jack Victory and Rip Morgan and, in singles competition, faced The Great Muta and Butch Reed, losing to Reed at WrestleWar '89 on May 7. On May 23, he and Ron Simmons would later participate in the WCW World Tag Team Championship tournament, losing to the Samoan Swat Team in the opening rounds. Ross began feuding with Simmons soon after. Defeating The Terrorist at *Clash of the Champions VII* in Fort Bragg, North Carolina on June 14, he was eliminated in the two-ring battle royal by former tag team partner Ron Simmons (Ross would later eliminate Simmons while in the second ring before being eliminated by Dan Spivey) at the Great American Bash on July 23. Although losing to Sid Vicious at *Clash of the Champions VIII* on September 12, he would later feud with The Cuban Assassin as well as defeating Rusty Riddle and Bob Emery during the next several weeks. Facing Pat Rose on December 2, he also teamed with various partners during the end of the year, teaming with Eddie Gilbert against The Galaxians on December 23 and with "Wildfire" Tommy Rich against Cactus Jack and Ned Brady on December 30, 1989. During the match, Cactus Jack would turn on Ned Brady, giving Ross and Tommy Rich the victory.

During the next two years, he would wrestle for the promotion on a limited basis, losing to Mike Rotunda at a house show in Hammond, Illinois on January 11, 1990. Several months later, he fought to a time limit draw against Jack Victory in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania on April 7 before losing to Abdullah the Butcher in Augusta, Georgia later that month. In one of his last appearances, he defeated El Cubano at *Clash of the Champions XIV* on January 30, 1991.
The Gangstanators

New Jack and John Kronus first joined forces after New Jack's partner Mustafa Saed and Kronus's partner Perry Saturn both left ECW. Their first match together was on August 21, 1997, when they defeated ECW World Tag Team Champions the Dudley Boyz (Buh Buh Ray Dudley and D-Von Dudley) in a non-title match. This led to a series of matches between the teams, during which New Jack and Kronus defeated the Dudleys for the title belts at ECW's *As Good as it Gets* event on September 20, 1997 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. They successfully defended the belts against the Dudleys and the team of Axl Rotten and Balls Mahoney over the following month. The Gangstanators held the titles until October 18 of that year, when they lost to The Full Blooded Italians (Little Guido and Tracy Smothers) in Philadelphia.

After losing the titles, The Gangstanators continued their feud with the Dudleys. Spike Dudley also entered the feud on the side of the New Jack and Kronus, fighting against his kayfabe brothers. He joined The Gangstanators in six-man matches and sometimes took Kronus' place as New Jack's partner. As the year went on, Kronus, New Jack, and Spike Dudley focused more on their singles careers, although they still teamed with each other on occasion.
The Network

**The Network** was a stable that was formed in 1999 in ECW. Cyrus debuted during this time in ECW and was portrayed as a network executive who constantly criticized the violent nature of ECW programming, and commentator Joel Gertner in particular for his sexually-loaded commentary and ring introductions.

Cyrus was joined in his quest against ECW by Steve Corino, the self-proclaimed "King of Old School", who got heat railing against hardcore wrestling. Corino brought with him the wrestlers he managed who then became "The Network": Rhino, Yoshihiro Tajiri, and Corino's own manager Jack Victory. When Corino turned on Justin Credible, the group slowly imploded until only Cyrus, Rhino and Jerry Lynn remained allies, up until the point where Cyrus managed Rhino to the ECW World Heavyweight Championship and Jerry Lynn against the returning Rob Van Dam at the final pay-per-view Guilty as Charged.
The Skyscrapers

In early 1989, Teddy Long was a referee for World Championship Wrestling, but due to a series of questionable calls, including one that cost the Road Warriors their World Tag Team Championships, Teddy Long was fired and took up managing instead.

Long paired Dan Spivey with Sid Vicious, two people who had recently signed with WCW and gave them the name “**The Skyscrapers**” due to their height.

The Skyscrapers’ first taste of success came at the 1989 Great American Bash pay-per-view where they first co-won a two-ring King of the Hill battle royal with Sid being the survivor in one ring and Dan surviving in the other. The rules called for the two to fight each other but manager Teddy Long convinced them to shake hands and share the prize money before getting on the microphone and telling the crowd that what they had that the other tag teams didn't have was unity. Later in the night, the Skyscrapers defeated The Dynamic Dudes (Johnny Ace and Shane Douglas) due to their overwhelming size and power.

The Skyscrapers quickly became involved in a feud with the Road Warriors, sparked by Teddy Long's actions while still a referee. The two teams were very evenly matched in power and intensity creating a series of matches that did not favor one team over the other. Spivey and Vicious were disqualified against the Road Warriors at Halloween Havoc 1989, but neither team looked like losers on the night. Shortly after Halloween Havoc, the Skyscrapers faced the Steiner Brothers at *Clash of the Champions IX* in a hard hitting match.

With Vicious out of action, Teddy Long brought in another tall newcomer in the same mold as Sid Vicious and Dan Spivey and dubbed him ”Mean” Mark Callous. The New Skyscrapers immediately picked up the feud with the Road Warriors and kept on having inconclusive matches with them. At *Clash of the Champions X*, the Skyscrapers finally got the better of the Road Warriors, not in the match but afterwards when they beat the Road Warriors down. At this point in time, no one had ever been able to physically dominate the Road Warriors, something that pointed that big things had been planned for the Skyscrapers. But big things never happened, as in the days before the scheduled Chicago Street Fight at WrestleWar 1990, Dan Spivey suddenly left WCW.

Instead of cancelling the announced match, The Masked Skyscraper debuted as a replacement for Spivey. The Road Warriors made short work of Callous and the Masked Skyscraper, ending the feud and ending the Skyscrapers run of domination. Callous decided to go on his own for a while but failed in a challenge to WCW United States Heavyweight Champion Lex Luger.

By the end of 1990, Spivey returned to WCW television. The Skyscrapers briefly reunited at Starrcade 1990 as he and Sid Vicious took on and beat The Big Cat and The Motor City Madman. The match was the only time Spivey and Vicious teamed up to reform the original Skyscrapers.
The Hood

The Black Knight

During 1989, The Hood (under his real name **Jeff Gaylord**), would appear on *WWF Wrestling Challenge*, teaming with Tim Horner against The Fabulous Rougeaus on April 16, before debuting in World Class Championship Wrestling, facing veterans such as Jimmy Jack Funk and Kerry Von Erich.

Wrestling for World Class Championship Wrestling as the masked wrestler **The Hood** during the late 1980's, he briefly feuded with Jeff Jarrett and Bill Dundee, later teaming with "Stunning" Steve Austin, Gary Young and Skandor Akbar in an eight-man Texas Tornado match and losing to Jeff Jarrett, Bill Dundee, Eric Embry and Percy Pringle in early 1990.

He would appear on several house shows for the World Wrestling Federation, wrestling Jerry Lawler at several house shows in early 1993. On November 24, he would also make a pay-per-view appearance at the WWF's 1993 Survivor Series as "**The Black Knight**" along with The Red Knight and The Blue Knight against the Hart family and was later pinned by Owen Hart, becoming the first man eliminated.

Gaylord made one final appearance on the November 28, 1994 taping of *WCW Saturday Night*, where he defeated Rip Rogers.
The Berzerker

The Viking

Nord the Barbarian

Yukon John

The Great North Woods

In 1986, The Berzerker debuted as **Nord the Barbarian** in the American Wrestling Association (AWA) and wrestled in singles and tag team matches (under manager Sheik Adnan El-Kaissey). Here, he frequently teamed with Bruiser Brody. The two faced Greg Gagne and Jimmy Snuka as part of a triple main event at *WrestleRock '86*.

Nord then went to World Class Championship Wrestling in 1987. He was managed by Gary Hart, where he feuded with Kevin Von Erich.

In 1989, he returned to the AWA under the name **Yukon John** (a lumberjack gimmick where he would come to the ring with an ax, dressed in blue jeans, flannel shirt, animal skin hat and boots). He mainly competed in singles matches, until forming a tag team in 1990 with Scott Norton, called The Yukon Lumberjacks. They briefly feuded with The Texas Hangmen.

In 1991, Nord joined the World Wrestling Federation (WWF) as **The Viking**. He soon became **The Berzerker** (managed by Mr. Fuji) and feuded with Davey Boy Smith and Jimmy Snuka. His preferred method of winning matches was by throwing his opponents over the top rope for a countout, all the while holding his wrist, licking his hand, shouting "Huss! Huss!", and falling flat on his back. He wrestled as part of a four-man team in an elimination match at the 1991 Survivor Series pay-per-view event. He was the last man eliminated for his team. He then feuded with The Undertaker, at one point attempting to stab him with his sword. He also wrestled in the 1992 Royal Rumble*.* In July 1992, he won a 40-man battle royal on *WWF Prime Time Wrestling*, and challenged Bret Hart for the WWF Championship that November. The Berzerker's final appearance was as a participant in a battle royal on the February 15, 1993 edition of *Monday Night Raw*.

In 1997, The Berzerker joined World Championship Wrestling (WCW) with bleached blond hair and a fu manchu moustache, under his real name, **John Nord**. He wrestled mainly on *WCW Saturday Night* and had a long winning streak that ended with a loss to another streak holder, Bill Goldberg, on July 4, 1998. Nord then formed a short-lived team with Barry Darsow, and was soon gone from WCW.
The Wild Samoans

In 1979, **the Wild Samoans** joined the World Wrestling Federation (WWF). They were initially billed as simply "The Samoans" before reverting to their better-known name. They made their Madison Square Garden debut on January 21, 1980 in a WWF Tag Team Championship match against Tito Santana and Ivan Putski, who retained their titles. In the upcoming months, both men became contenders for Bob Backlund's WWF Championship, but neither man won the gold. They, however, won their first championship in the WWF, the tag team championship, by defeating Santana and Putski on April 12, 1980. They reigned as champions for approximately five months, until dropping the titles to Backlund and Pedro Morales in a two-out-of-three falls match at Showdown at Shea. Because Backlund was already the reigning WWF Champion, the team had to forfeit the titles, and a tournament was held to crown new tag champions. On September 8, 1980, the Wild Samoans defeated Tony Garea and Rene Goulet in the tournament finals to win the titles. Their reign lasted for one month, until they lost to Garea and his new partner, Rick Martel. The Wild Samoans feuded with the champions for the rest of the year, but they were not able to recapture the gold.

The Wild Samoans eventually ended up back in the World Wrestling Federation with their former manager Captain Lou Albano in 1982. This time, they grew full beards that were scruffy and bushy looking. Afa and Sika began their third WWF Tag Team Championship reign on March 8, 1983 by defeating Chief Jay and Jules Strongbow. In a rematch on March 19, they were also victorious. Also during this time, while feuding with Rocky Johnson, Jimmy Snuka, and André the Giant, the duo added Afa's son Samula to their team, first as a replacement for Sika when he got hurt, then as their backup upon his return.

They lost their tag team titles to the team of Rocky Johnson and Tony Atlas on November 15. During the match, Albano tried to interfere on the Samoans behalf by attempting to hit Atlas over the head with a chair. He accidentally hit Afa instead, however, and Atlas covered him for the win. The North-South Connection, Adrian Adonis and Dick Murdoch, would later defeat Atlas and Johnson for the tag titles on April 17, 1984. The Samoans turned face and challenged them in a lengthy feud. After failing to regain the belts, the duo eventually left the WWF in 1985.

Sika reappeared for a lengthy run in the WWF from 1986 to 1988, now managed by Mr. Fuji, performing both in singles competition and as a tag team (partnered with Kamala). Kamala and Sika's biggest match as a tag team was a loss to the Can-Am Connection on *Superstars of Wrestling*. Sika also participated in the invitational battle royal that opened WrestleMania IV. He was the second one eliminated.

Afa returned to the WWF in 1992 and went on to manage his son, Samu and his nephew Fatu as The Headshrinkers. He left the WWF in 1995.

In 2007, on the eve of WrestleMania 23, the Wild Samoans were inducted into the WWE Hall of Fame. They were inducted by their sons Samula and Rosey.

The pair appeared at Hell in a Cell 2020 to celebrate Roman Reigns' victory.