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[cruefan68]

#3: THE ROAD WARRIORS
Hawk – 6’3” 277-lbs. & Animal – 6’1” 285-lbs.
Combined Weight: 562 lbs.

Finishing Move: Doomsday Device
Signature Moves: Powerslam (Animal) and Diving Clothesline (Hawk)

TITLES HELD:
LOW World tag team titles X 9

Card# 7 to 15 (3 Title Defenses)
Card# 23 to 35 (4 Title Defenses)
Card# 96 to 154 (15 Title Defenses)
Card# 200 to 233 (6 Title Defenses)
Card# 263 to 336 (11 Title Defenses)
Card# 385 to 418 (4 Title Defenses)
Card# 652 to 705 (5 Title Defenses)
Card# 901 to 1070 (19 Title Defenses)
Card# 1100 to 1104 (0 Title Defenses)

BATTLE ROYAL WINS:
0

TAG PARTNERS/FACTIONS:
Strong Style Union

FEUDS:
Midnight Express
Andre the Giant & Big John Studd
Nick Bockwinkel & Buddy Rogers
Ted Dibiase & Steve Williams
Steve Williams & Terry Gordy

MANAGERS:
Paul Ellering

LOW DEBUT:
Card #1

BIO: Recognized by many as the greatest tag team in LOW history, the record nine-time LOW World tag team champions the Road Warriors, Hawk & Animal, hailing from Chicago, IL, strike an imposing presence with their face paint and muscular physiques. With their trusted associate and manager “Precious” Paul Ellering by their side, the Road Warriors have built up an impressive record winning 73% of their matches as a tag team and currently lead all tag teams in LOW history with 123 victories as of this writing.

They ironically made their LOW debut in a trios match on the very first LOW card in Buffalo, NY, teaming with Jimmy “Superfly” Snuka to defeat Killer Kowalski, Nikolai Volkoff & Iron Sheik. Six cards later, at the Olympic Auditorium in Los Angeles, CA, they began their first of that record nine LOW World tag team title reigns when they won the belts from Nick Bockwinkel & “Nature Boy” Buddy Rogers. Their rivalry with Bockwinkel and Rogers was an exciting one with a few title changes taking place between the two teams.

Perhaps their greatest rivalry has come against the Midnight Express. Led by Manager Jim Cornette, the talented tandem of “Loverboy” Dennis Condrey & “Beautiful” Bobby Eaton have won three of their impressive eight LOW World tag team titles from the Road Warriors. This is a rivalry that has lasted since the first year of existence for LOW and any time these two teams meet it is destined to be a classic.

Another key rival for them has been the powerful Steve “Dr. Death” Williams who, whether aligned with Ted Dibiase or Terry “Bamm Bamm” Gordy, has given them some tough fights in tag team competition. In recent years, they have engaged in other powerful rivalries against such combinations as Andre the Giant & Big John Studd and more recently the Powers of Pain, The Warlord & The Barbarian.

One strange statistic regarding the Road Warriors has been the fact that only one of their LOW World tag team title wins has come at a WrestleCade event. That happened at WrestleCade 2 in Tokyo where they beat Dibiase and Williams for the titles. Their overall championship record at the big event is an impressive 7-0 with one title win and six title defenses, while their five times on the losing side at WrestleCade were all in non-championship matches. Whatever way you look at it Hawk and Animal, along with Ellering, have been the cornerstone of the LOW tag team division since day one and they don’t appear to be giving up that spot anytime soon.

WrestleCade Record (7-5-0):

WrestleCade 1 – New York, NY – Card #100
Defeated Nikolai Volkoff & Killer Kowalski to retain the LOW World tag team titles

WrestleCade 2 - Tokyo, Japan - Card #200
Defeated Ted Dibiase & Steve Williams to win the LOW World tag team titles

WrestleCade 3 – St. Louis, MO – Card #300
Defeated Ted Dibiase & Steve Williams to retain the LOW World tag team titles

WrestleCade 4 – New Orleans, LA – Card #400
Defeated Fabulous Kangaroos to retain the LOW World tag team titles

WrestleCade 5 – Pontiac, MI - Card #500
Lost to Steve Williams & Terry Gordy

WrestleCade 6 – Los Angeles, CA – Card #600
Teamed with Rikidozan, Giant Baba, Harley & Nick Bockwinkel representing Strong Style Union in a loss to the Axis of Violence team of Ted Dibiase, Iron Mike Dibiase, King Kong Bundy, Killer Kowalski, Steve Williams & Terry Gordy in a War Games – Final Battle – match with major stakes between the two sides. Rikidozan and Bobby Heenan of SSU were barred from LOW for one year while the rest of the SSU members had their existing contracts voided

WrestleCade 7 – Queens, NY – Card #700
Defeated Jerry Lynn & Arik Cannon to retain the LOW World tag team titles

WrestleCade 8 – Atlanta, GA – Card #800
Lost to Randy Savage & Bruiser Brody

WrestleCade 10 – Houston, TX – Card #1000
Defeated Fabulous Kangaroos to retain the LOW World tag team titles

WrestleCade 11 – Minneapolis, MN – Card #1100
Defeated Steve Williams & Terry Gordy in a Steel Cage Match to retain the LOW World tag team titles

WrestleCade 12 – Toronto, Ontario, Canada – Card #1200
Teamed with Paul Ellering in a loss to Andre the Giant, Big John Studd & Bobby Heenan

WrestleCade 13 – Chicago, IL – Card #1300
Participated in a 15-Team Battle Royal for an LOW World tag team title shot won by the Midnight Express

[Pariah]

The Roadies have definitely been a force to be taken seriously in LOW... Just one question - Where the hell were they during WrestleCade 9? On vacation?

[cruefan68]

Jul 18, 2021 18:23:21 GMT -5 Pariah said:

The Roadies have definitely been a force to be taken seriously in LOW... Just one question - Where the hell were they during WrestleCade 9? On vacation?

There is actually a good answer to that question. WrestleCade 9 was so loaded that I moved their LOW tag title match with the Midnight Express to the Tokyo Dome instead as a special attraction there. At the time I had no idea it would be the first one they missed but that's the reason.

It kind of sucks in hindsight but there are only so many slots that can be filled for each show. I generally look at the Tokyo Dome events as major ones like WrestleCade and try not to book the same wrestlers on each show.

I think you are going to like the next profile:

it will be simply PHENOMENAL

[Bri]

You know, when I first saw this fed "unpinned" and floating around, I wasn't sure as to what I was seeing.

But instead of investigating - I just bugged out for a while lol.

cruefan68 my brother, these bios are tremendous.

As ever I am in awe of this fed of yours and this parallel posting to the current, only adds to the overall experience.

The Road Warriors had a 19 title defense reign? That is truly monstrous.

Awesome pic of Andre.

Looking forward to A.J.'s bio.

In my opinion, somebody else will eventually beat Andre cleanly. It may take time and I couldn't tell you who it will be.

But A.J. did it first and I really don't think anyone will do it twice (cleanly).

A.J.'s record against Andre in your fed is like Reggie Jackson's performance in that game of the 77' world series, really.

Sorry I'm rambling.

The voodoo that Cruedoo continues!

[cruefan68]

Jul 29, 2021 8:35:09 GMT -5 Bri said:

You know, when I first saw this fed "unpinned" and floating around, I wasn't sure as to what I was seeing.

But instead of investigating - I just bugged out for a while lol.

cruefan68 my brother, these bios are tremendous.

As ever I am in awe of this fed of yours and this parallel posting to the current, only adds to the overall experience.

The Road Warriors had a 19 title defense reign? That is truly monstrous.

Awesome pic of Andre.

Looking forward to A.J.'s bio.

In my opinion, somebody else will eventually beat Andre cleanly. It may take time and I couldn't tell you who it will be.

But A.J. did it first and I really don't think anyone will do it twice (cleanly).

A.J.'s record against Andre in your fed is like Reggie Jackson's performance in that game of the 77' world series, really.

Sorry I'm rambling.

The voodoo that Cruedoo continues!

Thanks for the kind words my friend. I enjoy doing these bios and hopefully I will get that Styles one done soon. This idea came about because the thread got unpinned due to a hack on the boards and I didn't want it to fall into the abyss so to speak so posting in here helps to keep it around. Plus it is a fun way for me and hopefully others to relive some of the fed history.