Stars and Stripes (professional wrestling)

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Stars and Stripes
United States of America
DebutMay 28, 1994
DisbandedMay 1995

Stars and Stripes was a

Marcus Alexander Bagwell.[1]

History

Stars and Stripes was formed in WCW in the summer of 1994 when The Patriot and Marcus Bagwell formed a face (fan favorite) tag team. Bagwell, who had previously held the WCW World Tag Team Championship while teaming with 2 Cold Scorpio,[2] got wrestling gear to match The Patriot's patriotic look. Stars and Stripes teamed for the first time on May 28 episode of Saturday Night, defeating Dick Slater and Chris Sullivan in a tag team match.[3]

Shortly after the pair began teaming,

Fall Brawl on September 18.[4] They faced each other one week later on the September 25 episode of Saturday Night, and Stars and Stripes won the match and the championship.[2]

Bagwell and The Patriot defended the title in a series of rematches over the next month,

Clash of the Champions XXIX. Had Roma and Orndorff won the match, The Patriot would have been forced to remove his mask.[3]

The team defended the belts against a series of challenger but lost them in a match with

Clash of the Champions XXX, but the champions retained the belts.[5]

In February 1995, Stars and Stripes began a series of matches with

Lord Steven Regal and Earl Robert Eaton).[6] They also wrestled Romeo Valentino and Dino Casanova at SuperBrawl V in a dark match and defeated them in one minute and ten seconds.[7] After the match, Bagwell and The Patriot were attacked by Big Van Vader. The team continued to face Harlem Heat and The Blue Bloods (with Steve Austin substituting for Bobby Eaton).[6] They wrestled in another dark match at Uncensored 1995, defeating the team of Bunkhouse Buck and Dick Slater.[8]

In May 1995, The Patriot was entered in a tournament for the vacant

The American Males.[2]

Championships and accomplishments

References

  1. ^ a b c "Tag Team Profiles: Stars & Stripes". Online World of Wrestling. Retrieved 2007-05-03.
  2. ^ a b c d e f "WCW World Tag Team Championship History (1980-2000)". World Championship Wrestling. Archived from the original on 2000-11-10. Retrieved 2009-12-09.
  3. ^ a b c d e f Cawthon, Graham. "WCW Ring Results: 1994". The History of WWE. Retrieved 2009-12-09.
  4. ^ "Fall Brawl 1994". Pro Wrestling History. Retrieved 2009-12-09.
  5. ^ "Clash of the Champions XXX". Pro Wrestling History. Archived from the original on 2010-11-28. Retrieved 2009-12-09.
  6. ^ a b Cawthon, Graham. "WCW Ring Results: 1995". The History of WWE. Retrieved 2009-12-09.
  7. ^ "SuperBrawl V". Pro Wrestling History. Retrieved 2009-12-09.
  8. ^ "Uncensored 1995". Pro Wrestling History. Retrieved 2009-12-09.
  9. ^ "WCW U.S. Title Tournament 1995". Pro Wrestling History. Retrieved 2009-12-09.
  10. ^ "Wrestler Profiles: The Patriot". Online World of Wrestling. Retrieved 2009-12-09.
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