Colossal Connection

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Colossal Connection
Haku
Billed heightsAndré:
7 ft 4 in (2.24 m)
Haku:
6 ft 1 in (1.85 m)
Combined
billed weight		852 lb (386 kg)[1]
DebutMay 1989[1]
DisbandedApril 1990

The Colossal Connection was a

the Heenan Family
.

History

André the Giant and Haku were both members of Bobby Heenan's stable of wrestlers known as the

Ultimate Warrior, Jim Neidhart and The Rockers. André was quickly counted out in the opening moments of the match while Haku lasted a bit longer, but ultimately lost.[3] Heenan was forced to wrestle at the Survivor Series as Blanchard was released by the WWF on the day of the event after testing positive for cocaine
. Heenan was the last surviving member of the team, but was easily defeated by the Warrior.

After Survivor Series, the Colossal Connection challenged the two time WWF Tag Team Champions Demolition, winning the titles on December 13, 1989[4] (shown on TV December 30), launching them into a feud with Demolition.[2] Demolition regained the titles at WrestleMania VI.[4][5] At WrestleMania, Haku and Heenan both turned on André.[2] During most of their matches, Haku did almost all of the wrestling, with André coming into the ring only for the finish. During the match at Wrestlemania, Haku wrestled Demolition by himself, never tagging in the Giant due to André's ongoing health problems that ultimately caused his death less than three years later. Even so, André did engage in action during that bout - both in having interfered in the match without being tagged, and after the bout whilst confronting Heenan and Haku.

While Demolition was the most frequent Colossal Connection opponent during their Tag Team championship run, André and Haku also defended against

Big Boss Man in a non-title match at a house show
just before WrestleMania VI; Hogan and Bossman won, marking the only time (other than their WrestleMania VI match) that André and Haku lost a match as an official tag team. (The Hogan-Bossman vs. Colossal Connection match also marked one of the last matches pitting Hogan vs. André the Giant).

The WrestleMania VI match where they lost the titles to Demolition was Andre's last televised match in the WWF, although he did tag-team with Haku at least one other time, fulfilling their final contractual obligation, that coming on April 10, 1990, when the Colossal Connection wrestled Demolition for the WWF Tag Team Championship at a house show in

The Faces of Fear
with the Barbarian.

Championships and accomplishments

  • World Wrestling Federation

See also

  • The Dungeon of Doom
  • The Faces of Fear
  • The Heenan Family
  • The Islanders

References

  1. ^
    ISBN 978-0-7566-4190-0
    .
  2. ^
    ISBN 978-1-4165-3257-6
    .
  3. ^ prowrestlinghistory.com. "WWF Survivor Series Results (1989)". Retrieved April 17, 2007.
  4. ^
    ISBN 0-9698161-5-4
    .
  5. ^ prowrestlinghistory.com. "WWF WrestleMania Results (VI)". Retrieved April 17, 2007.
  6. ^ "1990". thehistoryofwwe.com. 16 January 2023.

External links

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