Tag Team
Demolition is a
professional wrestling tag team most prominent during the late 1980s / early 1990s in
World Wrestling Federation (WWF) made up of
Ax (Bill Eadie),
Smash (Barry Darsow), and later
Crush (Brian Adams). In WWF, Demolition were
three-time Tag Team Champions, and hold the record for the single longest reign.
[9] In 2007, Ax and Smash reunited for several appearances at various independent shows and legends conventions.
Randy Colley and
Bill Eadie created the Demolition
gimmick and worked for
World Wrestling Federation (WWF). They debuted as a
heel tag team on
January 17,
1987 edition of
Superstars, alongside
manager Lucious Johnny V, defeating the team of Salvatore Bellomo and Mario Mancini. Demolition wore studded black outfits and black hockey masks to the ring, which they removed to reveal face paint usually comprised of some combination of either black, white, red, or gray colors, though other colors were sometimes included. After only a few matches, Colley was replaced with
Barry Darsow. In an RF Video shoot interview with Eadie and Darsow, Eadie claimed that Colley was replaced because he was recognizable to the fans as the man who previously performed as Moondog Rex. The WWF pitched a few potential replacements to Eadie, but he felt fans would recognize the suggested replacements. Eadie felt that many WWF fans would not recognize Darsow, who left Jim Crocket Promotions following a dispute in order to take over the role of Smash.
Demolition proved to be a dominant tag team since their debut. At
WrestleMania IV, Ax and Smash defeated
Strike Force (
Rick Martel and
Tito Santana) to win their
first WWF Tag Team Championship, thus starting their domination as champions. As champions, they easily defeated a number of the top teams of the WWF, which at the time had a very talent-rich and hotly contested tag division, most notably British Bulldogs and
Hart Foundation (
Bret Hart and
Jim Neidhart).
Their first big challenge came in the summer of 1988, when
Powers of Pain (
the Warlord and
the Barbarian) entered the WWF and challenged them for the Tag Team Championship. Sensing that his team could not defeat these new challengers, Mr. Fuji turned on Demolition at
Survivor Series 1988 and began to manage the Powers of Pain. Demolition
turned babyfaces as a result of this betrayal by Mr. Fuji and defeated the Powers of Pain & Mr. Fuji in a tag team handicap match at
WrestleMania V to retain the WWF Tag Team Championship. Prior to this, Ax and Smash also memorably squared off against each other as entrants #1 and #2 in the
Royal Rumble match at
Royal Rumble 1989 before being joined in the ring by
André the Giant.
Demolition became the longest reigning WWF Tag Team Champions after breaking the record of The Valiant Brothers (
Jimmy and
Johnny), and lasting a reign of
478 days. They finally
dropped the titles to Brain Busters in a
two-out-of-three-falls match on
July 29 edition of
Saturday Night's Main Event.
[1][24] Demolition started a feud with
André the Giant and
The Twin Towers (
Akeem and
Big Bossman). At
SummerSlam 1989,
Jim Duggan and Demolition defeated André and Twin Towers in a six man tag team match. Demolition focused on regaining the tag titles and restarted their feud with Brain Busters. On
November 4 edition of
Superstars (taped on
October 2), Demolition defeated Brain Busters to regain their tag titles back and win their second WWF Tag Team Championship.
2009-2001
1991-2000 - Triple H
1980-1990 - Bret Hart
Pre-80's
Tag Team -
Demolition
Stable - nWo
Women's
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