Dream Team (professional wrestling)
Dream Team | |
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Tag team | |
Members | Brutus Beefcake (1985–1987) Greg Valentine Dino Bravo (1987) |
Name(s) | Dream Team New Dream Team |
Billed heights | 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) – Beefcake 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) – Valentine 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) – Bravo |
Combined billed weight | 520 lb (240 kg) (Dream Team)[1] 491 lb (223 kg) (New Dream Team)[2] |
Debut | 1985 |
Disbanded | 2013 |
The Dream Team was a
History
Prior to creation of the Dream Team, Greg Valentine, managed by
The Dream Team
Managers Johnny Valiant and Jimmy Hart first put Greg Valentine and Brutus Beefcake together in May 1985.
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
Immediately after their title win, the Dream Team were challenged by
Finding themselves in the challengers position the Dream Team now chased the Bulldogs in the months following WrestleMania 2 climaxing in a series of steel cage matches during the summer of 1986.
At WrestleMania III the Dream Team and the Rougeaus clashed once again with the Dream Team winning due to Dino Bravo's interference.[12] After the match Dino Bravo and Greg Valentine argued with Brutus Beefcake, kicking him off the team.[4]
The New Dream Team
After dumping Beefcake, Valentine and Bravo began wrestling as "The New Dream Team",
The New Dream Team's last major appearance as a team was at the inaugural
After Survivor Series the New Dream Team broke up quietly, they simply stopped teaming up and went their separate ways. One of the main reasons for this split was because Valentine and Bravo legitimately did not get along outside the ring. Johnny Valiant left the WWF, Greg Valentine began working as a singles wrestler reuniting with
Bravo left the WWF in 1992 after he retired from the sport. Beefcake was released by the company in 1993 and went to WCW. Valentine left the company in 1992 and went to WCW. He returned to WWF in 1993 and left in 1994 and went back to WCW.
Reunion (2003–2013)
Valentine and Beefcake reunited for the first time in 16 years on November 1, 2003 defeating
Aftermath
Bravo was murdered on March 10, 1993 at his home in Laval, Quebec at 44. Valiant died after being hit by a car on April 4, 2018.
After 2013, Beefcake retired from wrestling in 2015 and Valentine retired form wrestling in 2019.
Valentine was inducted in the WWE Hall of Fame in 2004 and Beefcake was inducted in 2019.
Championships and accomplishments
- Alabama Wrestling Federation
- AWF Tag Team Championship (1 Time)[18]
- Brew City Wrestling
- BCW Tag Team Championship (1 time)[19]
- 'Pro Wrestling Illustrated'
- Ranked # 94 of the 100 best Tag teams during the "PWI" years in 2003.
- World Wrestling Federation
- WWF Intercontinental Heavyweight Championship (1 time) - Valentine [20]
- 1 time)[21]
References
- ISBN 978-0-7566-4190-0.
- ISBN 978-0-7566-4190-0.
- ^ ISBN 0-9698161-5-4.
- ^ ISBN 978-1-4165-3257-6.
- ^ Cawthon, Graham. "WWF Show Results 1985". Retrieved April 21, 2007.
(May, 1985) included Brutus Beefcake, Greg Valentine, Johnny V and Jimmy Hart as guests of the Body Shop in which Valentine & Beefcake billed themselves as the 'Dream Team' for the first time.
- ^ Graham Cawthon. "WWF Show Results 1985". Retrieved April 21, 2007.
(July 9, 1985: Shown August 3, 1985) Barry Windham & Mike Rotundo (w/ Capt. Lou Albano) defeated Barry O & Larry Finnegan at 3:18 when Windham pinned Finnegan with a bulldog; during the bout, Greg Valentine, Brutus Beefcake, & Jimmy Hart appeared at ringside
- ^ Graham Cawthon. "WWF Show Results 1985". Retrieved April 21, 2007.
(August 10, 1985: Shown September 10, 1985) WWF Tag Team Champions Barry Windham & Mike Rotundo defeated Greg Valentine & Brutus Beefcake at 24:02
- ^ Graham Cawthon. "WWF Show Results 1985". Retrieved 2007-04-21.
(September 11, 1985) Davey Boy Smith & the Dynamite Kid defeated WWF Tag Team Champions Greg Valentine & Brutus Beefcake via disqualification
- ^ Graham Cawthon. "WWF Show Results 1985". Retrieved April 21, 2007.
(September 17, 1985) WWF Tag Team Champions Greg Valentine & Brutus Beefcake defeated B. Brian Blair & Jim Brunzell
- ^ Graham Cawthon. "WWF Show Results 1986". Retrieved April 21, 2007.
(July 14, 1986: King of the Ring) WWF Tag Team Champions Davey Boy Smith & the Dynamite Kid defeated Greg Valentine & Brutus Beefcake in a steel cage match; Beefcake and Dynamite escaped the cage first; Smith escaped the cage after Valentine accidentally knocked him out the door
- ^ Graham Cawthon. "WWF Show Results 1987". Retrieved April 21, 2007.
(January 6, 1987) Greg Valentine, Brutus Beefcake, & Dino Bravo (w/ Johnny V) defeated Tito Santana, Pedro Morales, & Hillbilly Jim via count-out at 4:35
- ^ a b prowrestlinghistory.com. "WWF WrestleMania Results (III)". Retrieved April 21, 2007.
- ^ Graham Cawthon. "WWF Show Results 1987". Retrieved April 21, 2007.
(April 26, 1987) Greg Valentine & Dino Bravo defeated the Islanders
- ^ Graham Cawthon. "WWF Show Results 1987". Retrieved April 21, 2007.
(June 6, 1987) Brutus Beefcake, Jacques & Raymond Rougeau defeated Greg Valentine, Dino Bravo, & Johnny V
- ^ Graham Cawthon. "WWF Show Results 1987". Retrieved April 21, 2007.
(September 11, 1987) WWF Tag Team Champions Bret Hart & Jim Neidhart fought Greg Valentine & Dino Bravo to a double count-out
- ^ Graham Cawthon. "WWF Show Results 1987". Retrieved April 21, 2007.
(December 9, 1987) Greg Valentine (w/ Jimmy Hart) defeated Pete Sanchez via submission with the figure-4 at 2:01
- ^ Graham Cawthon. "WWF Show Results 1987". Retrieved April 21, 2007.
(December 26, 1987) Dino Bravo (w/ Frenchy Martin) pinned Koko B. Ware at 6:38 with the side suplex
- ^ "Wwe Legends Greg Valentine & Brutus Beefcake July 20 2103 Promo for Awf Mobile Alabama". YouTube.
- ^ "Solie's Title Histories: BCW - BREW CITY WRESTLING".
- ^ [http://www.wrestling-titles.com/wwe/IC.Html WWF/WWE Intercontinental Heavyweight Title history] At wrestling- titles.com
- ^ "WWE: Inside WWE – History of the World Tag Team Championship". WWE.com. Archived from the original on 2005-12-31. Retrieved 2007-04-20.