Heavy Machinery (professional wrestling)

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Heavy Machinery
Heavy Machinery – Tucker (left) and Otis (right) in April 2018
Tag team
MembersOtis / Otis Dozovic / El Gran Gordo
Tucker / Tucker Knight
Name(s)Otis Dozovic and Tucker Knight
Heavy Machinery
El Gran Gordo and Tucker
Billed heights5 ft 10 in (1.78 m) – Otis
6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) – Tucker
Combined
billed weight		650 lb (290 kg)
Otis (330 lb)
Tucker (320 lb)
HometownTucker / Tucker Knight = Hubbard, Oregon, Otis / Otis Dozovic / El Gran Gordo
Duluth, Minnesota,
Billed fromTucker / Tucker Knight = Clackamas, Oregon, Otis / Otis Dozovic / El Gran Gordo
Duluth, Minnesota,
DebutJuly 22, 2016
DisbandedOctober 25, 2020
Years active2016–2020

Heavy Machinery were an American professional wrestling tag team in WWE, composed of Otis and Tucker.

They started to work together while they were trained in

Smackdown Tag Team Championships, but they never won it. Despite this, Otis won the Money in the Bank briefcase in 2020. Months later, the team was split when Tucker was drafted to Raw and Otis stayed on SmackDown. At Hell in a Cell
, Tucker betrayed Otis, signalling the end of the team.

History

NXT (2016–2019)

In July 2016, Bogojevic and Knight formed a tag team calling themselves Heavy Machinery. The duo participated in the 2016 Dusty Rhodes Tag Team Classic, losing in the first round to the team of Austin Aries and Roderick Strong.[1][2] The duo returned and had their first televised victory on the March 29 episode of NXT, defeating the team of Mike Marshall and Jonathan Ortagun.

SmackDown (2019–2020)

Tucker Knight made his first televised main roster appearance at the

SmackDown Tag Team Champions Daniel Bryan and Erick Rowan. The duo participated at the 51-Man Battle Royal at the 2019 Super ShowDown, but they were both eliminated during the match. After weeks of mind games from the champions, Heavy Machinery faced Bryan and Rowan at Stomping Grounds in a losing effort. On the July 2nd episode of SmackDown, Otis and Tucker defeated Dolph Ziggler and Kevin Owens to become the number one contenders to the SmackDown Tag Team Championship. At Extreme Rules, Heavy Machinery lost to Bryan and Rowan and The New Day
.

On the September 30 episode of Raw, Heavy Machinery made an appearance via the

Robert Roode. At Crown Jewel
on October 31, Heavy Machinery competed in a tag team turmoil match, but were eliminated by The New Day.

At

King Corbin tussled over the briefcase and dropped it to Otis unintentionally.[9]

As part of the 2020 Draft in October, Tucker was drafted to the Raw brand and Otis remained on the SmackDown brand, splitting the team.[10] Despite being on different brands, Tucker and Otis teamed up one more time on the October 19 episode of RAW, where Otis appeared disguised under a mask and using the name El Gran Gordo. The team broke up at Hell in a Cell, where Tucker attacked Otis during a match against The Miz, costing Otis the Money In The Bank briefcase. Later backstage Otis and Tucker had another brawl, where Otis was shown to be dominating against Tucker.

On April 16, 2021, Tucker was released from his WWE contract.

Other media

The duo made their video game debuts in WWE 2K19 and were also in WWE 2K20.[11][12]

Championships and accomplishments

References

  1. ^ "Print out your 2016 Dusty Rhodes Tag Team Classic bracket". WWE. Retrieved 2020-05-16.
  2. ^ "SAnitY to debut in NXT's Dusty Rhodes Tag Team Classic". WWE. Retrieved 2020-05-16.
  3. ^ Marie, Phillipa (2018-04-28). "WWE News: Listing all of the NXT stars who entered The Greatest Royal Rumble". www.sportskeeda.com. Retrieved 2020-05-16.
  4. ^ Messano, Tommy (2018-12-17). "WWE announces six new NXT call-ups joining the main roster". Cageside Seats. Retrieved 2020-05-16.
  5. ^ Quarrinton, Norm (2019-02-05). "Otis Dozovic and Tucker Knight Undergo Slight Name Changes". Pro Wrestling Sheet | Insider Wrestling News and Reports. Retrieved 2020-05-16.
  6. ^ "Heavy Machinery Wins WWE RAW In-Ring Debut (Video), Trailer For New WWE 24 Special, Post-RAW Note". Wrestling Inc. 2019-01-22. Retrieved 2020-05-16.
  7. ^ "WWE Superstar Shake-up 2019 results: Full list of Superstars who moved to Raw and SmackDown LIVE". WWE. Retrieved 2020-05-16.
  8. ^ Clapp, John (April 5, 2020). "Otis def. Dolph Ziggler". WWE. Retrieved April 5, 2020.
  9. ^ Barrasso, Justin. "Otis Ready to Prove He's More Than a Comedy Act". Sports Illustrated. Retrieved 2020-05-16.
  10. ^ WWE.com Staff (October 9, 2020). "See all the results from the 2020 Draft". WWE. Retrieved October 9, 2020.
  11. ^ Cole, Caitlin (2018-12-19). "Complete WWE 2K19 Roster". Rumble Ramble. Retrieved 2020-05-16.
  12. ^ "WWE 2K20 Roster - All Superstars Confirmed (Raw, SmackDown, NXT, Legends, Women, DLC)". TheSmackDownHotel - The Home of WWE 2K20, WWE 2K19, SuperCard & all WWE Games. Retrieved 2020-05-16.
  13. ^ "Full List Of Pro Wrestling Illustrated's 2017 Award Winners". Wrestling Inc. January 12, 2018.
  14. ^ "Pro Wrestling Illustrated (PWI) 500 for 2019 - The Internet Wrestling Database". www.profightdb.com. Retrieved 2020-10-10.
  15. ^ "Pro Wrestling Illustrated (PWI) 500 for 2019 - The Internet Wrestling Database". www.profightdb.com. Retrieved 2020-05-16.
  16. ^ Konuwa, Alfred. "WWE Money In The Bank 2020 Results: Otis An Extremely Risky, Bold Choice". Forbes. Retrieved 2020-05-16.

External links

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