Paul London and Brian Kendrick
Paul London and Brian Kendrick | |
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Tag team | |
Members | Paul London Brian Kendrick / Spanky Ashley Massaro (valet) |
Name(s) | The Hooligans Paul London and Brian Kendrick |
Billed heights | London: 5 ft 10 in (1.78 m)[1] Kendrick: 5 ft 8 in (1.73 m)[2] |
Combined billed weight | 366 lb (166 kg)[1][2] |
Debut | 2003[3] |
Disbanded | 2014 |
Years active | 2003–2004 2006–2008 2010–2014 |
Trainer | Texas Wrestling Academy[4] |
Paul London and Brian Kendrick were an American professional wrestling tag team for World Wrestling Entertainment (WWE). They are former WWE Tag Team Champions and World Tag Team Champions. Their 2006-2007 reign as WWE Tag Team Champions was the longest in the title's history until their record was broken by The New Day on July 20, 2016.
They first began teaming together in 2003 as a part of WWE, but Kendrick left the company shortly thereafter. When he returned in mid-2005, he and London reunited as a tag team. In May 2006 the duo won the WWE Tag Team Championship from MNM; it was Kendrick's first title victory with the company, and London's third. Their reign was the longest since WWE created the title in 2002, and they became the fourth longest-reigning tag team champions in the company's history, finally dropping the titles to Deuce 'n Domino in April 2007.
Later in 2007, London and Kendrick were drafted from SmackDown to the Raw brand, where they briefly held the World Tag Team Championship. They would continue to work together until Kendrick was drafted back to SmackDown in the 2008 supplemental draft, thus disbanding the team until 2010, when they reunited in Pro Wrestling Guerrilla following their releases from WWE. They have since competed together on the independent circuit on several occasions, notably winning the ICW Tag Team Championship as The Hooligans.
History
Name
The team never had an official team name, but were just referred to as "the tag team of London and Kendrick." In 2006 London and Kendrick put the tag team name "The Hooliganz" on their wrestling attires and tried to convince the WWE management to start calling the team by that name, but were unsuccessful in their attempts.[5] They would eventually use a slightly modified version of that name, The Hooligans, on the independent circuit.
Beginnings
Prior to teaming together on
World Wrestling Entertainment
Formation (2003–2004)
In late 2002, Kendrick was hired by WWE,
WWE Tag Team Champions (2005-2007)
Kendrick returned in mid-2005, using his real name, and in September 2005 London and Kendrick reformed as a tag team.
Their first main competition for the titles came when
On October 14, 2006, they became the longest reigning WWE Tag Team Champions of all time, surpassing MNM's previous record reign of 145 days. The record stood until it was broken by The New Day in July 2016.[21][22][23] The team began a losing streak to the team of William Regal and Dave Taylor, with Regal defeating both London and Kendrick in singles matches and losing a non-title tag team match to the pair on the December 8 episode of SmackDown!.[24][25][26]
A scheduled title match between the two teams at
World Tag Team Championship pursuit (2007-2008)
London and Kendrick were drafted to
Near the end of 2007, London suffered a foot injury and was unable to compete,
Split and aftermath (2008)
The team came to an end in June 2008, when Kendrick was drafted to the SmackDown brand as part of the
London was utilized sparingly during the next few months, making his only television appearance in a loss to Lance Cade on the July 21 episode of Raw.[60] London was subsequently released from his WWE contract on November 7, 2008. On July 31, 2009, Kendrick was also released.[61]
Independent circuit (2010–2014)
Going into 2010, the team made occasional reunions on the independent circuit. On January 30 the team completed at Pro Wrestling Guerrilla's part of the aptly titled WrestleReunion 4 show. They defeated the PWG World Tag Team Champions Generation Me (Jeremy and Max) in a non-title match in their first match back together.[62]
On March 27, London and Kendrick made an appearance in Dragon Gate USA, where Kendrick had already appeared in singles competition. However, their run as a tag team in the company was short-lived due to losing a Pinfall Loser Leaves Company match to Jimmy Jacobs and Jack Evans and as a result Kendrick, who tapped out to Jacobs, was forced to leave the company for good.[63]
They reunited once again on October 4, 2012, at the first Family Wrestling Entertainment's PPV, Back 2 Brooklyn. They, along with Jay Lethal, defeated the team of The Young Bucks and Petey Williams.[64] London and Kendrick defeated The Young Bucks when they wrestled again on October 6, 2012, at the House of Hardcore's first show.[65] On June 23, 2013, London and Kendrick were defeated by The Young Buck at House of Hardcore 2.[66] London and Kendrick were defeated at PWG's Ten by Chuck Taylor and Johnny Gargano.
In 2014, London and Kendrick traveled to Scotland to compete for
, thus separating with London.Championships and accomplishments
- Insane Championship Wrestling
- Pro Wrestling Illustrated
- Tag Team of the Year (2007)[69]
- World Wrestling Entertainment
- World Tag Team Championship (1 time)[45]
- 1 time)[70]
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External links
- Brian Kendrick's Archived WWE profile
- Paul London's Archived WWE profile
- Brian Kendrick on OWW Archived May 15, 2007, at the Wayback Machine
- Paul London on OWW
- London & Kendrick on OWW