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The Three Faces of Fear

When Hulk Hogan signed with WCW in June 1994, he soon received a huge fan in Dave Sullivan, something which did not sit well with Dave's kayfabe brother Kevin Sullivan, who quickly developed an intense hatred of Hulk Hogan and everything associated with him. Kevin turned on his brother after a tag team match and beat him up.

At *Clash of the Champions XXVIII*, Hulk Hogan was scheduled to defend his newly won WCW World Heavyweight Championship against Ric Flair. At the top of the show, Hogan was attacked by a man wearing a black mask and bodysuit, who struck him in the knee with a metal pipe. Taken to the hospital, Hogan returned just in time for the main event but hampered by the injury he lost by count out.

The man under the mask was originally Arn Anderson, but he was never supposed to be revealed as the attacker, who was originally supposed to be Curt Hennig.

From August through October 1994, Hulk Hogan tried on several occasions to find out who the mystery assailant was but to no avail. At Halloween Havoc, the mysterious attacker appeared again and was now unmasked and revealed as Hulk Hogan's long time friend Brutus Beefcake.

Beefcake, who took on the name of The Butcher, revealed that it was Kevin Sullivan's influence that made him turn on his former friend. Shortly afterward, the Butcher and Sullivan were joined by another wrestler, the former Earthquake, now renamed Avalanche, and formed **The Three Faces of Fear** with the goal of destroying Hulkamania.

On November 16, 1994, the trio lost to Hogan, Dave Sullivan and Sting at *Clash of the Champions XXIX*.

In December, the Butcher, backed by Kevin Sullivan, challenged Hogan for the WCW World Heavyweight Title at Starrcade 1994. Hogan retained the title by pinning the Butcher.

After the match, "Macho Man" Randy Savage appeared and initially looked like he had joined The Three Faces of Fear, but then sided with Hogan, setting of a tag team match pitting Hogan and Savage against Sullivan and the Butcher at *Clash of the Champions XXX* in January 1995 and resulted in Hogan pinning the Butcher.

This match was the last confrontation between the group and Hogan, as both set off in different directions. Hogan began feuding with Big Van Vader, who had attacked him after the match, while The Three Faces of Fear disintegrated when Sullivan attacked the Butcher and Avalanche and began pursuing a feud with Sting.

According to storyline, the Butcher fell into amnesia due to the injuries sustained in the attack. The Butcher became known as The Man with No Name and lost to Kevin Sullivan at Slamboree 1995, after which he disappeared from WCW.
The Great Kabuki

Kabuki debuted in World Class Championship Wrestling (WCCW) in 1981. He was managed by most of the top heel managers of the 1970's and early 1980's, and he most often was a heel. When he was a baby-face, he was very unpredictable and could turn at any time, making him somewhat of an anti-hero, or tweener. Kabuki had a pre-match ritual of showing his skills with the nunchaku that intimidated most opponents. In WCCW he was primarily managed by Gary Hart and tagged with Magic Dragon. In 1983, he joined Skandor Akbar's Devastation Inc..

He participated in one World Wrestling Federation (WWF) match in 1994: the Royal Rumble, where he was eliminated by Lex Luger after he helped take out The Undertaker in the previous match of the night.
The Truth Commission

During a 1997 World Wrestling Federation (WWF) tour of South Africa, The Commandant stated during a promo that he was going to unleash his "commandos" upon WWF by bringing glory to the South African nation, in the form of **The Truth Commission**, consisting of Kurrgan the Interrogator, Recon, Sniper, and Tank.

Upon moving to the WWF, the Commandant was quickly replaced by **Truth Commission** member The Jackyl because the WWF wanted someone in the role who could participate physically in the matches.. Tank departed from the WWF after two matches. The Interrogator name was changed to Kurrgan and he was pushed as a monster heel while Recon and Sniper competed as a tag team.

The stable started to fall apart when Jackyl expressed how disappointed he was with Recon and Sniper, who had little success in their matches. During this time, Jackyl would pay more attention to Kurrgan's career than Recon and Sniper. He would enter the ring when one or both of them lost a match, berated and slapped them, then ordered the towering Kurrgan to attack them. Eventually, Recon and Sniper formed the team of Armageddon (under their real names of Buchanan and Poirier) but left the WWF after several matches.
The Impact Players

**The Impact Players** formed when Lance Storm and Justin Credible started teaming in ECW in February 1999. They were brought together when Shane Douglas announced his retirement on February 20, 1999 and was prepared to announce who the new "Franchise" was to be. Both Storm and Credible came to the ring and both said they were to be the next Franchise. Douglas then said neither of them were qualified and that the next one was to be Tommy Dreamer. Storm brought along his valet, Dawn Marie, and Credible brought along his manager, Jason.

They first feuded with Jerry Lynn and Sabu in singles matches and by late 1999, they had begun a violent feud with Tommy Dreamer and The Sandman. The team brutalized many singles stars during this period as well. They won the ECW World Tag Team Championship at Guilty as Charged when they defeated Dreamer and his unwilling partner, Raven. They dominated the tag team scene for the next four months before splitting when Storm left the promotion and Credible won the ECW World Heavyweight Championship.

At Guilty as Charged 2001, Credible was joined by Steve Corino in the New Impact Players. This version of the group did not last long, as ECW went out of business two months later.
The Rock 'n' Roll RPMs

**The Rock 'n' Roll RPMs** started in World Class Championship Wrestling. They were known for their bright colored tights and hanging bandanas. The Rock 'n' Roll RPMs were glorified for their finishing move *The Spandex Splits*. They had feuds with several teams, including another "Rock 'n' Roll" tag team known as the Rock 'n' Roll Express.

Teaming with Cactus Jack, the Rock 'n' Roll RPMs lost a match against Hector, Chavo, and Mando Guerrero at the only AWA pay-per-view, SuperClash III.

After the demise of WCCW, Mike Davis and Tommy Lane moved on to World Championship Wrestling, where they were used as jobbers.
The Fabulous Freebirds

### Managers

David Wolff, Diamond Dallas Page, Big Daddy Dink, Little Richard Marley, Precious

**The Fabulous Freebirds** (Michael P.S. Hayes, Terry Gordy, and Buddy Roberts) first wrestled in the World Class Championship Wrestling (WCCW) territory, where they had a legendary feud with the Von Erichs (David, Kevin, Kerry, Chris and Mike). This feud was ignited by an infamous incident in which Terry Gordy slammed Kerry Von Erich's head in a steel cage door, inciting a riot.

They also performed in World Championship Wrestling (WCW) and the American Wrestling Association (AWA). While in the AWA, they feuded primarily with The Road Warriors, costing them the World Tag Team Titles in a match against long time Freebird ally Jimmy Garvin and his partner Steve Regal.

They had a very brief run in the World Wrestling Federation (WWF) in 1984. In the WWF, they wrestled under the guidance of Cyndi Lauper's manager David Wolff, but soon left the promotion afterwards.

Hayes and Garvin were paired as the Freebirds in WCW in 1989, enjoying several reigns as World Tag Team and United States Tag Team Champions, and were joined by Gordy for a while as well. They later employed the services of masked third partner Brad Armstrong (under the name Badstreet) and managers Diamond Dallas Page, Big Daddy Dink, Little Richard Marley and Precious.

On April 2, 2016, The Fabulous Freebirds (excluding Brad Armstrong) were inducted into the WWE Hall of Fame by The New Day.
The Glamour Girls

Leilani Kai and Judy Martin competed together as a tag team in the World Wrestling Federation in the mid-1980's. They were awarded the WWF Women's Tag Team Championship from champions Velvet McIntyre and Desiree Petersen in 1985.

Martin and Kai returned to the WWF in 1987, repackaged as the platinum haired **The Glamour Girls** and were managed by "The Mouth of the South" Jimmy Hart. The duo appeared at the first Survivor Series in 1987 as part of then-champion Sherri Martel's team to face the Fabulous Moolah's team.

They spent much of 1988 feuding with the Jumping Bomb Angels for the WWF Women's Tag Team Championship. The Jumping Bomb Angels defeated them for the championship at the first Royal Rumble in 1988. Kai and Martin recaptured the title months later in Japan before the belts were abandoned.

In the fall 1991, Kai and Martin joined World Championship Wrestling and feuded with Madusa and Bambi in singles matches. The women's division in WCW was phased out before they were given any opportunity to compete together as a tag team.
The Jersey Triad

Shortly after World Championship Wrestling's Slamboree in May 1999, Diamond Dallas Page formed an alliance with fellow New Jerseyan Bam Bam Bigelow and began feuding with Perry Saturn and Raven for the WCW World Tag Team Championship.

On the May 31, 1999 episode of *Nitro*, Page and Bigelow sent Raven to the hospital after a severe beating, leaving Saturn alone to defend the Tag Team Titles, which Page and Bigelow won later that night with help from Chris Kanyon replacing Raven in the match and turned heel on former ally Raven, costing the team the championships by letting Page pin him.

Page, Bigelow, and Kanyon became known as **the Jersey Triad** after Kanyon officially joined them on the June 7, 1999 episode of *Nitro*, when he turned on Saturn after Chris Benoit and Saturn defeated Page and Bigelow.

Page and Kanyon lost the WCW Tag Team Championships to Saturn and Benoit on the June 10 episode of *Thunder*, but the Triad regained the belts three days later at The Great American Bash on June 13, 1999, after Kanyon pinned Benoit.

Due to an affiliation with then-"WCW President for Life" Ric Flair, the Triad was permitted to defend these titles in any way possible using the Freebird Rule - any two of the three wrestlers could defend the tag team titles at any time. This even saw the Triad switching members during a title defense, the rule being one member had to be on the floor at all times. On July 11, 1999 at Bash at the Beach, the Jersey Triad defeated Benoit and Saturn again to retain their Tag Team Titles. The team held the titles until Road Wild, where Kanyon and Bigelow would lose them to Harlem Heat on August 14, 1999. In the same night, Chris Benoit defeated Diamond Dallas Page to retain his WCW United States Championship, despite interference from Kanyon and Bigelow.

The group broke up shortly after Fall Brawl in September 1999, after Goldberg pinned Page. Diamond Dallas Page continued feuding with Hollywood Hogan again, joining Sid Vicious and Rick Steiner in a team effort to take on Hogan, Sting, and Goldberg. Soon after that feud ended, Page turned face again and feuded with both Kanyon and Bigelow before the year ended.

Page and Kanyon would eventually reunite as a tag team in the World Wrestling Federation (WWF) during the WCW Invasion storyline, as they were both members of the Alliance in 2001. The pair held the WWF Tag Team Championship once.
The Meta-Four

At NXT Battleground 2023, Noam Dar defeated Dragon Lee to retain the NXT Heritage Cup with assistance from Jakara Jackson, Lash Legend and Oro Mensah. On the June 6 episode of *NXT*, during a backstage segment, Dar accepted Nathan Frazer's challenge to a match for the Heritage Cup and introduced the group as **The Meta-Four**. On the June 13 episode of *NXT,* Dar was set to defend his title against Nathan Frazer until it was revealed that he had a knee injury. Mensah took Dar's place in the match but lost to Frazer after Valentina Feroz and Yulisa León thwarted Jackson and Legend's attempts to interfere. A match between the two teams would be scheduled for NXT Gold Rush the following week, in which Jackson and Legend defeat Feroz and León. At NXT Heatwave on August 22, Dar defeated Frazer to win the NXT Heritage Cup for a record-setting third time. At NXT Halloween Havoc, on night one, Akira Tozawa returned to *NXT* and stole the Heritage Cup under The Meta-Four's noses. Tozawa returned the Heritage Cup to Dar on night two before managing to spook Dar into a match for the cup on the following week's *NXT*, with Dar winning the match 2-1.

## The Meta-Four

### Members

Noam Dar, Oro Mensah, Lash Legend, Jakara Jackson
The Moondogs

Moondog Rex and Moondog King joined the World Wrestling Federation (WWF) in October 1980, where they defeated Rick Martel and Tony Garea for the WWF Tag Team Championship. After winning the titles, Moondog King was replaced by Moondog Spot. Rex and Spot's gimmick consisted of them carrying chewed up bones to the ring and wearing cut-off blue jeans. While in the WWF, the Moondogs feuded with Tony Garea, Rick Martel, Bob Backlund, Ivan Putski, Pat Patterson, and the Wild Samoans.

In 1984, on an episode of *Maple Leaf Wrestling*, Moondog Rex earned a WWF Championship title shot against Hulk Hogan.
The Maestro

In 1993, he jobbed on a few episodes of *WCW Saturday Night*, including to Sting on the August 14 episode of *Saturday Night.*

During the late 1990's, he once again worked in WCW as **The Maestro**, with Symphony as his valet. He feuded with Evan Karagias over the WCW World Cruiserweight Championship, and also become involved in feuds with David Flair, Norman Smiley, Buff Bagwell and Ernest Miller. He regularly appeared on *Monday Nitro* and *WCW Thunder*. He left the promotion after his contract expired in 2000.
The Lightning Express

Brad Armstrong and Tim Horner first teamed under the moniker **The Lightning Express** in 1984, in World Championship Wrestling. While in WCW, they feuded with The Midnight Express and the team of Ivan Koloff and Krusher Khruschev over the WCW United States Tag Team Championship.

In July 1990, Tim Horner returned to WCW and almost immediately began teaming again with Armstrong. The Lightning Express had their first match back on July 16, 1990 in Gainesville, Georgia during a *WCW Saturday Night* taping, defeating Arn Anderson and Barry Windham by disqualification. On August 20, at a *WCW Power Hour* taping, the duo defeated WCW United States Tag Team Champions The Midnight Express via disqualification. Their win streak was snapped at two, as they fell to The Master Blasters in their debut at *Clash of the Champions XII* on September 5. This would be their last teaming for several months, as Horner formed a tandem with Mike Rotundo while Armstrong received a singles push as "The Candyman".

The Express returned to action on January 8, 1991 at a *WCW Saturday Night* taping, wrestling The Fabulous Freebirds to a double-disqualification. They would team again later in the month to face The Four Horsemen on another episode of *Saturday Night*. On the March 2 episode of *WCW Saturday Night*, the Express was defeated by The Freebirds in what would be their final WCW match for four years.

The duo was briefly reunited after Tim Horner rejoined WCW in 1995; the team name was rarely mentioned on-air. Armstrong and Horner made their first appearance on a February 3, 1995 taping of *WCW WorldWide* in Orlando, Florida. In a match that later aired on April 9, they were defeated by The Blue Bloods. A week earlier (in a match taped on March 22 for *WCW Saturday Night*), the pairing received a non-title match against WCW World Tag Team Champions Harlem Heat, but were unsuccessful. They received a rematch against The Blue Bloods at an April 5 taping for *Main Event*, but were again unsuccessful. In a dark match at an April 12 taping of *WCW Saturday Night*, they were defeated by Arn Anderson and Ric Flair, but later in the night earned their first victory in their comeback when they defeated Len Denton and Jim Rogers in a match that aired April 22. A day later, they also beat Tony Vincent and Jim Rogers by pinfall, in what would be their final WCW match.
The Perfect Event

**The Perfect Event** formed in late May 2000 in World Championship Wrestling, feuding with KroniK and defeating them in June 2000 for the WCW Tag Team Titles. Despite being very green in the ring, they were booked over established stars, won titles and enjoyed a constant push. They feuded with Tony Marinara, M.I.A., KroniK and The Filthy Animals.

The duo became known for using a Lex Flexer, Lex Luger's own custom dumbbell taken by Chuck Palumbo, as an illegal weapon in their matches. The Perfect Event grew a notoriety for hijacking the WCW production truck and blatantly messing with opponent's entrances.

In August, Shawn Stasiak and Palumbo helped form The Natural Born Thrillers with Mike Sanders, Sean O'Haire, Mark Jindrak, and Reno. They were briefly "coached" by Kevin Nash. Johnny the Bull would also join the group following the formation.

Palumbo and Stasiak won the WCW Tag Team Championship two more times before splitting in early January 2001 when they won a tag team battle royal with Sean O'Haire and Mark Jindrak for a future tag team title shot. After the conclusion of the match, Mike Sanders declared both teams victorious and that any combination of the four would face The Insiders (Diamond Dallas Page and Kevin Nash). The Perfect Event split up when Palumbo and Sean O'Haire would be the two chosen members of the Natural Born Thrillers who would face and defeat Page and Nash for the tag titles at Sin on January 14, 2001. Palumbo and O'Haire continued to team together while Stasiak and Mark Jindrak also started teaming together.

Following Palumbo and O'Haire's title victory, the Natural Born Thrillers broke up when the team of Shawn Stasiak and Mark Jindrak would become jealous of Palumbo and O'Haire. The teams would face each other at SuperBrawl Revenge on February 18, 2001, for the tag team titles, which Palumbo and O'Haire retained

.Following the acquisition of WCW by the World Wrestling Federation in 2001, the duo of Palumbo and Stasiak were reunited on July 9, 2001 edition of *Raw is War* as part of Shane McMahon's The Alliance stable feuding with the WWF wrestlers until Palumbo defected to the WWF near the end of the storyline.
The Meta Powers

On the May 5, 2015 episode of WWE's *Main Event*, Damien Sandow adopted a new "Macho Mandow" gimmick reminiscent of Randy Savage's, with the same entrance music (Pomp and Circumstance) and similar attire. He then wrestled a match against Curtis Axel, whose "AxelMania" gimmick had elements similar to Hulk Hogan's; however, the match was interrupted by The Ascension. On the May 11, 2015 episode of *Raw*, they had a rematch and were again interrupted by The Ascension; this time they fought off The Ascension together, and then shared a handshake reminiscent of the original Mega Powers. The team was later christened "**The Meta Powers**". At Payback, The Meta Powers were defeated by The Ascension. The Meta Powers angle was dropped on July 24, 2015, after WWE released Hulk Hogan, although Sandow continued to use the Macho Man gimmick for a few months.
The Executioners

**The Executioners** was founded by Executioner #1, who was a masked wrestler, wrestling for the World Wide Wrestling Federation. In 1976, he trained Executioner #2, and the two became a tag team in WWWF.

Together, the Executioners captured the WWWF Tag Team Championship on May 11, 1976 by defeating Louis Cerdan and Tony Parisi. Later, they were joined by a third masked wrestler who called himself Executioner #3.

The Executioners were stripped of their titles on December 7 because Executioner #3 was used in a title defense against Chief Jay Strongbow and Billy White Wolf. A three-team tournament was announced after Executioner #3 was unmasked as Nikolai Volkoff. Volkoff selected Tor Kamata as his partner and then The Executioners and Nikolai Volkoff and Tor Kamata were defeated by Chief Jay Strongbow and Billy White Wolf in the three-team tournament.
The Mamalukes

**The Mamalukes** were formed in late 1999 when Big Vito arrived in WCW and established a team with Johnny the Bull. They were managed by Tony Marinara.

In late 1999, Disco Inferno began entering the ring with Marinara at his side. At WCW Mayhem, however, Inferno accidentally knocked his manager unconscious with a chair, causing his own distraction and loss of the WCW Cruiserweight Championship to Evan Karagias. Marinara then left Inferno and joined the newly introduced Mamalukes. A war ensued between them with Inferno surprisingly backed by former adversary Lash LeRoux. The two cruiserweights frequently pulled pranks on their three enemies such as tarring and feathering Marinara.

The rival teams were pitted against one another at Starrcade 1999. During the match, Inferno again attacked his partner accidentally, allowing the Mamalukes to pick up the victory. This led to Inferno becoming the Mamalukes' enforcer as a means of paying off his debt and earn their forgiveness. This forced Inferno to turn on LeRoux. He also became the Mamalukes' manager when Marinara left and set them up with twins, Lolli and Pop in a failed attempt to distract them while he escaped. In early 2000, the Mamalukes feuded with David Flair and Crowbar and won their WCW World Tag Team Championship. They also had a substantial feud with the Harris Brothers, who defeated them for the titles on two occasions and lost on one. The Mamalukes' final tag team title loss came at Uncensored 2000.

In April, the Mamalukes joined the New Blood faction with Disco Inferno at their side; however, after continually doing their dirty work, he left for The Filthy Animals. The Mamalukes benefited from their association with the New Blood when Eric Bischoff won the WCW Hardcore Championship. Bischoff did not want this title and gave it to them jointly on June 7. The Mamalukes were then forced into a match on June 19 to decide a single Hardcore Champion. Vito won, and the two split soon afterwards.

When Johnny the Bull returned from an injury in September, 2000, he betrayed Vito and joined Vito's rival faction, The Natural Born Thrillers. Eventually the Mamalukes reunited in December 2000; they teamed together until March 2001, when the World Wrestling Federation bought out WCW.
The Headhunters

**The Headhunters** debuted in Extreme Championship Wrestling in August 1993, taking part in a tournament for the vacant ECW Tag Team Championship. The Headhunters were eliminated from the tournament after fighting their opponents, Ivan Koloff and Vladimir Koloff, to a double disqualification. At UltraClash on September 18, 1993, The Headhunters defeated Crash the Terminator and Miguelito Perez in a baseball bat match.

The Headhunters debuted in the World Wrestling Federation on January 21, 1996, at the Royal Rumble, renamed "**The Squat Team**". Identified as "Squat Teamer #1" and "Squat Teamer #2" respectively, the Headhunters took part in the Royal Rumble match, but were both eliminated, with Yokozuna eliminating Teamer #2 after twenty-four seconds and Vader eliminating Teamer #1 after seventy-one seconds. The night after Royal Rumble, they lost to Avatar and Aldo Montoya at a house show.

The Headhunters returned to Extreme Championship Wrestling in January 1996. On February 17, 1996, at CyberSlam 1996, they lost to The Bruise Brothers. In March 1996, at *Big Ass Extreme Bash*, they lost to the Dudleys (Buh Buh Ray Dudley and Dances with Dudley) in a tag team bout and losing to The Gangstas and the team of 2 Cold Scorpio and The Sandman in a three-way dance. They made their final appearance with the promotion in April 1996 at *Massacre on Queens Boulevard*, again losing to The Gangstas and 2 Cold Scorpio and The Sandman in a three-way dance.

The Headhunters briefly appeared on WWF television as "**The Arabian Butchers**" on the June 30, 1997 episode of *Raw*, a tag team managed by Jim Cornette.
The New Blackjacks

In early 1997, Blackjack Mulligan's son, Barry Windham, and Blackjack Lanza's nephew, Justin "Hawk" Bradshaw, formed **The New Blackjacks** in the WWF. They were known as Blackjack Windham and Blackjack Bradshaw, who originally competed as heels, but later as babyfaces. They competed in a four-way tag team match at WrestleMania 13, which was won by The Headbangers. They would then feud with The Godwinns. The team never reached the success of their predecessors and disbanded in January 1998, as Windham turned on Bradshaw.
The Jumping Bomb Angels

Noriyo Tateno and Itzuki Yamazaki entered the World Wrestling Federation in mid-1987 known as "**The Jumping Bomb Angels**". At the Survivor Series, The Jumping Bomb Angels were the survivors in a women's Survivor Series match. On January 24, 1988 at the Royal Rumble, The Angels beat The Glamour Girls (Leilani Kai and Judy Martin) in a two-out-of-three falls match to win the WWF Women's Tag Team Championship. On June 8, 1988, The Glamour Girls defeated The Angels to recapture the WWF Women's Tag Team Championship.
The Goon

Super Destroyer No. 2

In 1982, the Goon debuted for World Class Championship Wrestling (WCCW), going by the name **Wild Bill Irwin**, where he won the WCCW Television Championship. Irwin made a return in 1983 to WCCW as **Super Destroyer No. 2** with his brother Scott, where they were managed by Skandor Akbar.

Irwin also appeared sporadically in World Championship Wrestling in 1993, including in a loss to Davey Boy Smith in Smith's WCW debut at SuperBrawl III.

In 1996, Irwin wrestled in the World Wrestling Federation as **The Goon**, a hockey character who was "kicked out of every league he ever participated in." He made his television debut on the July 20, 1996 episode of *Superstars*. The gimmick did not last long, as he left a few months after arriving.

In 2001, the Goon returned to the WWF for one night for the gimmick battle royal at WrestleMania X-Seven.

On *Raw XV*, the 15th-anniversary *WWE Raw* special on December 10, 2007, the Goon, sporting a thick mustache, participated in the 15th Anniversary battle royal. He was eliminated by the Repo Man.
The Grand Wizard

The Grand Wizard began a stint with the World Wide Wrestling Federation (WWWF) in the 1970's.

Almost immediately after his arrival in 1971, the Wizard managed Blackjack Mulligan. He later led Mr. Fuji and Prof. Toru Tanaka to two reigns with the WWWF World Tag Team Championship. A year later, the Wizard led Stan Stasiak to victory over Pedro Morales for the WWF Championship in Philadelphia on December 1, 1973. The Wizard guided a second protégé, Superstar Billy Graham, to the very same championship on April 30, 1977, when Graham overcame Bruno Sammartino in Baltimore. On February 20, 1978, Bob Backlund took on Superstar Billy Graham for the WWF Championship at Madison Square Garden and dethroned the champion. The Wizard made it his duty to gain revenge on Backlund, sending charges such as Don Muraco, Ken Patera and Greg Valentine after him.

The Wizard managed the first Intercontinental Champion Pat Patterson, and later Patera (who defeated Patterson for the title in April 1980 after the Wizard and Patterson parted ways) and Muraco to the same championship. Other protégés of the Wizard included "Beautiful" Bobby Harmon, Killer Kowalski, "Crazy" Luke Graham, Sgt. Slaughter, "Big Cat" Ernie Ladd, Ox Baker, and Cowboy Bob Orton.

On October 12, 1983, he passed away.

In 1995, he was inducted into the WWE Hall of Fame class of 1995 by his former protégé Sgt. Slaughter.
The Fabulous Ones

**The Fabulous Ones** (Steve Keirn and Stan Lane) wrestled in the American Wrestling Association (AWA) in 1984 until early 1985. Keirn and Lane had great success in the AWA, feuding with wrestlers such as Jesse "The Body" Ventura, Nick Bockwinkel, Mr. Saito, Bobby Heenan, and the Road Warriors but left the promotion not long after debuting.
The Radicalz

Chris Benoit, Eddie Guerrero, Perry Saturn, and Dean Malenko made their first appearance on the January 31, 2000 episode of WWF's *Raw is War* as audience members and backstage guests of Mick Foley. They interfered in a match consisting of Al Snow and Steve Blackman and The New Age Outlaws. While the group was sitting in the front row, Road Dogg took a cheap shot at Benoit, which prompted all four to severely beat both of The New Age Outlaws inside and out of the ring. The attack ended after Guerrero performed a frog splash on Billy Gunn and Benoit performed a diving headbutt on Road Dogg, with Jim Ross dubbing them **The Radicalz**. The four were offered a chance to "win" contracts by beating the members of D-Generation X in a series of three matches. Malenko lost to X-Pac after an illegal groin attack, while Saturn and Guerrero ended up losing against The New Age Outlaws, since Dogg had pulled the referee out of the ring when Guerrero was covering Gunn for the pin after a frog splash, thereby illegally breaking up the cover. Benoit then lost to Triple H, but not before making him tap out to the *Crippler Crossface* while the referee was unconscious. Soon afterwards, the four wrestlers were "given" contracts with the WWF by Triple H, in exchange for them turning on Mick Foley. The group became known as The Radicalz (sometimes spelled The Radicals in on-screen graphics), and they attained some measure of success. At first tightly-knit, all four of the wrestlers in the group eventually drifted apart as all of them sought stardom as singles wrestlers in the WWF.

Saturn and Malenko formed a tag team, with the injured Guerrero serving as a manager for the team. Benoit sought singles success and only worked with the stable when he required back up. Malenko quickly won the WWF Light Heavyweight Championship, annoying Benoit. Varying levels of success caused a rift within the group, and they quietly separated. However, Saturn turned on Guerrero, instigating a feud over the WWF European Championship.

The four drifted apart mainly in the summer of 2000 to pursue individual goals, but in November of that year the group reformed and aligned themselves with Triple H as his secondaries/hired guns during his feud with Stone Cold Steve Austin. In early 2001, Benoit had turned into a fan favorite during a rivalry with Kurt Angle, while the other Radicalz remained villains and eventually forced Benoit out of the group, with Guerrero replacing him as the leader.

Guerrero eventually turned into a fan favorite as well, and had a short alliance with Team Xtreme (The Hardy Boyz and Lita), but was taken off television in June 2001, eventually being released by the WWF in November 2001. Saturn, Terri and Malenko continued as The Radicalz until Malenko's retirement, making their final appearance together on the July 3, 2001 episode of *SmackDown!*, where a frustrated Malenko attacked Saturn after his erratic behavior disrupted a bout between Malenko and Scotty 2 Hotty.
The Killer Bees

B. Brian Blair and "Jumping" Jim Brunzell were both signed by the WWF in 1985, debuting under the "**Killer Bees**" name. Because Blair and Brunzell were similar in build, the team had a special gimmick referred to as "Masked Confusion" where both wrestlers would put on identical masks during the match to confuse the opponents and referee and usually win that way, despite this normally being a tactic used by the heels.

One of the most amusing highlights of the team's career came in 1987 at a house show. With Blair unable to appear for the team's match against Demolition, he was replaced by S.D. Jones, an African-American journeyman who wore the Bees' black and yellow tights for the day. During the match, the two used the "Masked Confusion" tactic and the referee, as usual, pretended to be unable to tell the two apart, despite Brunzell being very light-skinned. The inverse would occur later, as S.D. Jones would later replace Brunzell and team up with Blair on *Prime Time Wrestling* against Demolition as well.

The team debuted on June 17, 1985, defeating the team of Steve Lombardi and Dave Barbie. After facing several makeshift teams, the Killer Bees started a long-running feud with The Hart Foundation (Bret Hart and Jim Neidhart). The Bees also had a running feud with the Funks (Hoss, Terry and Jimmy Jack). The team also received a couple of unsuccessful shots at then-WWF Tag Team Champions The Dream Team.

The Killer Bees were a part of a battle royal involving wrestlers and NFL players at WrestleMania 2 and next got the spotlight at WrestleMania III, where they faced The Iron Sheik and Nikolai Volkoff, losing by disqualification because of the interference of Jim Duggan. After WrestleMania III, the Killer Bees moved on to a feud with WWF newcomers Demolition. By this point, the Bees' stock was clearly slipping in terms of their card placement, though they were one of two teams (with The Young Stallions) to "survive" the 10-team elimination match at the inaugural Survivor Series on Thanksgiving Day 1987. The Bees' last WrestleMania appearance would be at WrestleMania IV, where they once again competed in a battle royal.

The Killer Bees’ last prominent appearance was at "WrestleFest" in summer 1988, where they lost to The Fabulous Rougeaus. In the summer of 1988, the Bees split up off-screen without any break up or announcement, and Brunzell and Blair returned being used as "preliminary wrestlers" thus (at least temporarily) ending the yellow and black days of the Bees. The duo's last WWF match as a team came on August 24, 1988, against The Young Stallions.
The Heavenly Bodies

**The Heavenly Bodies** first made their debut in World Championship Wrestling (WCW), when the teaming of Tom Prichard and Stan Lane appeared at the SuperBrawl III pay-per-view event on February 21, 1993. They lost their match to The Rock 'n' Roll Express.

In July 1993, The Bodies (Prichard and Jimmy Del Ray) (managed by Jim Cornette) debuted in the World Wrestling Federation (WWF) and unsuccessfully challenged for the WWF Tag Team Championship at SummerSlam, but were victorious against The Rock 'n' Roll Express three months later at Survivor Series.

In 1995, Prichard and Del Ray also competed in ECW, aligning themselves with Raven to face off against The Public Enemy (Rocco Rock and Johnny Grunge). Their last match as a team occurred in ECW on December 9, 1995, losing to The Public Enemy.
The Super Destroyers

**The Super Destroyers** were formed in 1992 in Extreme Championship Wrestling by Doug Stahl and AJ Petruzzi. They hired Hunter Q. Robbins III as their manager. They were a team of masked super heavyweights. After the formation of their tag team, they quickly participated in a tournament for the ECW Tag Team Championship that was held on June 23, 1992. In the first round, they defeated Jimmy Jannetty and JT Smith. In the final round, they defeated The Night Breed (Glen Osbourne and Max Thrasher) to become the first ECW Tag Team Champions. The Super Destroyers successfully defended the ECW Tag Team Championship for the first time on July 14. The Super Destroyers also started a feud with the tag team of Tony Stetson and Larry Winters.

The long reign of Super Destroyers as ECW Tag Team Champions finally ended on April 2, when they dropped the titles to the team of Larry Winters and Tony Stetson. This made Super Destroyers the longest reigning champions with a reign of 282 days. They won their second ECW Tag Team Championship on May 15 from The Suicide Blondes, but lost the titles to them back at the same day. Their tag team ended when Super Destroyer #1 turned on Super Destroyer #2.
The J.O.B. Squad

In November 1998 in the World Wrestling Federation (WWF), Al Snow, Bob Holly and Scorpio united and formed **the J.O.B. Squad**. Soon after their formation, Holly and Scorpio defeated Too Much in the Squad's first match on the November 8 episode of *Sunday Night Heat*. On the November 22 episode of *Raw is War*, The J.O.B. Squad helped Mankind defeat Ken Shamrock and Big Boss Man in a triple threat match. After helping Mankind, The J.O.B. Squad gained a new member in Duane Gill, who then scored an upset over Christian by winning the WWF Light Heavyweight Championship. The Squad would score another upset later on in the night as they defeated The New Age Outlaws after interference from Shamrock, Boss Man, Mankind and other J.O.B. Squad members. Gill was later renamed Gillberg, and he began parodying the mannerisms and ring entrance style of then-WCW World Heavyweight Champion Goldberg. On the November 29 episode of *Sunday Night Heat*, Gillberg faced Christian in a rematch for the Light Heavyweight Championship, but the match ended in a double disqualification after the debuting Blue Meanie, a new member of The J.O.B. Squad, interfered. On the following episode of *Raw is War*, Gillberg scored another upset when he defeated Marc Mero, who had to retire from wrestling if he lost.

On December 13 at Rock Bottom, Gillberg defeated Matt Hardy to retain the Light Heavyweight Championship on an episode of *Sunday Night Heat*. However, The Brood defeated Snow, Scorpio, and Holly on the pay-per-view. A month later at the Royal Rumble, Blue Meanie, Snow, and Gillberg were each eliminated from the Royal Rumble match within a span of ten seconds.

In February 1999, Scorpio was released by the WWF while Gillberg was later phased out of storylines. After dwindling down to only two members, Snow wrestled against himself on an episode of *Raw is War* before Holly came down to the ring to prevent Snow from hurting himself. Later that month at St. Valentine's Day Massacre, Bob Holly defeated Snow for the Hardcore Championship to permanently end The J.O.B. Squad.
The Insane Clown Posse

**The Insane Clown Posse** debuted in Extreme Championship Wrestling (ECW) in 1997, opening the Hardcore Heaven pay-per-view by performing songs and exciting the crowd. Rob Van Dam and Sabu would then attack Shaggy 2 Dope and Violent J. The Sandman came in and saved them by chasing away Van Dam and Sabu with his signature Singapore cane.

At SummerSlam 1998, the Posse made their World Wrestling Federation (WWF) debuts, rapping The Oddities down to the ring. Insane Clown Posse returned on September 1, 1998 for a television taping, where they accompanied Kurrgan in a taped match against Eric Sbraccia, which aired on the September 12 edition of *Shotgun Saturday Night*.

Insane Clown Posse was then put in a feud with The Headbangers. In the first match, The Headbangers were stiff, throwing real punches and kicks. Soon after, the ICP would turn on The Oddities and join forces with The Headbangers. On the November 30 *Raw is War* episode, the Insane Clown Posse and The Headbangers had a run-in with Stone Cold Steve Austin. The ICP left the WWF soon after.

Insane Clown Posse went on to wrestle a long stint in World Championship Wrestling, starting in 1999. The duo formed two stables. The first stable, The Dead Pool, consisted of Insane Clown Posse, Vampiro, and Raven; the second consisted of Insane Clown Posse, Vampiro, the Great Muta, and Kiss Demon, known as The Dark Carnival.

On August 9, 1999, Insane Clown Posse made their WCW debut on *Monday Nitro* in a six-man tag team match. Insane Clown Posse and Vampiro defeated Lash LeRoux, Norman Smiley, and Prince Iaukea. At Road Wild 1999, Rey Mysterio, Jr., Billy Kidman, and Eddie Guerrero defeated Vampiro. Insane Clown Posse continued to wrestle on *Monday Nitro*, defeating Public Enemy one week, and losing to Konnan and Rey Mysterio, Jr. another. At Fall Brawl 1999, the tag team of Rey Mysterio, Eddie Guerrero, and Billy Kidman again defeated Vampiro and Insane Clown Posse. On September 13, Insane Clown Posse defeated Lenny Lane and Lodi.

On the August 23, 2000 episode of *Thunder*, the Great Muta, Vampiro, and Insane Clown Posse beat Tank Abbott and 3 Count. Five days later, on *Nitro*, Insane Clown Posse and Vampiro defeated 3 Count, and the following week, Rey Mysterio, Jr. and Juventud Guerrera beat Insane Clown Posse. On September 25, Mike Awesome defeated Insane Clown Posse in a handicap hardcore match after *Awesome Bomb*-ing Shaggy 2 Dope onto the roof of Awesome's bus. They left WCW afterwards.
The Italian Stallion

The Italian Stallion appeared at World Championship Wrestling (WCW)'s Starrcade event in 1985, losing to the Thunderfoot on November 28. Two days later, he also teamed with Rocky King against The Midnight Express on November 30, 1985. Teaming with Koko B. Ware during the first annual Jim Crockett, Sr. Memorial Cup Tournament in April 1986, they were defeated in the opening round by Buzz Sawyer and Rick Steiner. The following year, he and Ricky Lee Jones lost to Ronnie and Jimmy Garvin in the opening rounds of the second annual Jim Crockett, Sr. Memorial Cup Tournament on April 11, 1987. In his third appearance at the Jim Crockett, Sr. Memorial Cup Tournament, he and Kendall Windham would defeat Green Machine and Terminator by forfeit on before losing to Arn Anderson and Tully Blanchard in the quarterfinals in April 1988.

He continued working for World Championship Wrestling afterwards. He would wrestle members of The Varsity Club, facing Mike Rotunda in late 1988, and would team with "Dr. Death" Steve Williams and Nikita Koloff in a six-man tag team match against Rotunda, Rick Steiner and Al Perez on September 25, before losing to Steve Williams at *Clash of the Champions IV* on December 7, 1988. He would team with Brett Sawyer and The Nasty Boys in an 8-man tag team match against Johnny Ace, The Terminator and Southern Force on March 11, 1989. Appearing less often during the early 1990's, he made an appearance on *WCW Power Hour*, where he teamed with Reno Riggins against The Fabulous Freebirds on January 19. He was absent from WCW television for much of 1991.

His WCW appearances increased in 1992, and included a bout for the WCW World Tag Team Championship on September 15 in Macon, Georgia, teaming with Ricky Nelson in a losing effort against Steve Williams and Terry Gordy. He would contest the following year for the Television Championship, losing to "Mr. Wonderful" Paul Orndorff on April 3, 1993, and twice more for the WCW Tag Team Championship, partnering with Chris Sullivan on April 6 and Rex Cooper on April 27, losing both times to The Hollywood Blonds. His last appearance for WCW would be with George South in a tag team match against Kent and Keith Cole at a house show in Bluefield, West Virginia on August 20, 1993.

Italian Stallion would also wrestle for a brief time in the World Wrestling Federation during the mid-1990's as an enhancement talent.
The Yeti

Big Ron Studd

Super Giant Ninja

The Yeti debuted in World Championship Wrestling on *Monday Nitro*on October 23, 1995, as the Dungeon of Doom's so-called "insurance policy" for the upcoming WCW World Heavyweight Championship match between Dungeon member The Giant and Hulk Hogan at Halloween Havoc 1995. Initially introduced (supposedly) frozen inside a block of ice, the Yeti soon broke out of the ice to reveal a heavily bandaged appearance reminiscent of a huge mummy, and went on to interfere in the Halloween Havoc main event, where he and The Giant attacked Hulk Hogan with a double-bearhug.

Following Halloween Havoc, The Yeti's ring attire was changed to resemble a masked ninja. However, he only made three more appearances; as an entrant in the 60-man battle royal at World War 3 1995, in a match against Barry Houston on *WCW Prime*, and in a match against WCW United States Heavyweight Champion One Man Gang on *WCW Saturday Night* in January 1996, where the Yeti's character was renamed **The Super Giant Ninja**. This would be the final appearance of the character.

He later became known as **Big Ron Studd** in 1996, and WCW announcers billed him as having taken the surname of his trainer Big John Studd. WCW primarily used Studd as an enhancement talent. On October 21, 1996 edition of *Nitro*, he was defeated by Jeff Jarrett.

On the March 2, 1998 edition of *Nitro*, he joined Raven's Flock as **Reese**. Raven claimed that Reese's size had made him an outcast from society, leading him to seek acceptance within the Flock. Reese acted as Raven's enforcer, though he was unable to prevent Goldberg defeating Raven for the WCW United States Heavyweight Championship. He also suffered a loss to Juventud Guerrera at the 1998 Great American Bash. Reese's last appearance was on the June 29, 1998 episode of *Nitro*, where Saturn pinned Reese with a *Death Valley Driver*.
The Yukon Lumberjacks

In May 1978, long time World Wide Wrestling Federation (WWWF) manager "Captain" Lou Albano introduced a new team, **the Yukon Lumberjacks**, composed of Lumberjack Eric and Lumberjack Pierre. The ring characters of Eric and Pierre were that of Canadian lumberjacks, complete with flannel shirts, bushy beards and wild hair. The Lumberjacks worked their way up the tag team ranks quickly starting a storyline with the reigning WWWF Tag Team Champions Dino Bravo and Dominic DeNucci, including several inconclusive championship matches. On June 26, 1978, the Yukon Lumberjacks defeated Bravo and DeNucci to win the championship. As a team they successfully defended the championship against teams such as Bravo and DeNucci, Gorilla Monsoon and S.D. Jones, Haystacks Calhoun and Tony Garea, and Chief Jay Strongbow and Larry Zbyszko, as their reign lasted 148 days. The Lumberjacks lost the championships to Tony Garea and Larry Zbyszko on November 21, 1978.

## The Yukon Lumberjacks

### Managers

Lou Albano

After losing a rematch the following day, Eric left the WWWF, ending the Yukon Lumberjacks. Lumberjack Pierre remained in the WWWF until early 1979, when he also left.