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Tekno Team 2000
Tag team
MembersTravis
Troy
Name(s)Tekno Team 2000
Billed heightsTroy:
6 ft 6 in (1.98 m)[1]
Travis:
6 ft 4 in (1.93 m)[2]
Debut1994
DisbandedSummer 1996
Years active1994–1996, 2001

Tekno Team 2000 was a professional wrestling tag team who competed in the World Wrestling Federation (WWF) from 1995 to 1996, composed of Travis and Troy (son of WWF writer Bill Watts). They started off with strong hype, but did not deliver on it, faltering after winning a few early matches. They were sent to the WWF's farm territory, United States Wrestling Association (USWA), for practice. After returning, they continued to lose matches and were soon released.

History

Originally, Chad Fortune and Erik Watts were football teammates for the University of Louisville. In 1994, they reunited and began wrestling as a tag team. They debuted in Minnesota for the AWA, losing to Wayne Bloom and Mike Enos.

World Wrestling Federation

Wearing "futuristic" silver and maroon ring outfits, they debuted in the WWF as a babyface tag team who was "ahead of its time".[3] As part of the "New Generation" of the WWF, they were said to be "determined to bring the New Generation into the 21st Century".[3] Building on their youthful appearance, Troy and Travis were featured in pin-up pictures in the World Wrestling Federation Magazine.[4][5]

Tekno Team 2000 made their WWF debut during a

booked to appear in a series of matches against The Heavenly Bodies. Del Ray was not able to appear in several of the matches, so he was replaced by Mantaur and Barry Horowitz in several of the matches. Tekno Team 2000 won all of the matches in this series.[8] The WWF teased a storyline in which Tekno Team 2000 was being scouted by Ted DiBiase to join the Million Dollar Corporation,[9] but they did not join the group. Their success led Pro Wrestling Illustrated to rank them among the top ten tag teams in the world.[10]

On July 2, Troy and Travis served as lumberjacks in the

In Your House 2: The Lumberjacks. During the match, Sid attacked Troy and Travis. While he was distracted, other wrestlers attacked Sid and helped Diesel to win the match.[11]

USWA

Watts has stated that the WWF intended to have Tekno Team 2000 win the WWF Tag Team Championship after two months in the promotion. After Watts' father, Bill Watts, began booking matches, the team was later sent to developmental territories to improve their skills.[12][13] They returned to USWA in Tennessee, where they had wrestled a tag team match together in April 1995 under their real names.[14] Competing as Tekno Team 2000, they defeated PG-13 on September 18. They began losing matches, however, while facing PG-13, The Heavenly Bodies, and The Bushwhackers. On October 30, Troy and Travis reversed their fortunes and defeated King Cobra and Spellbinder.[14]

Return to World Wrestling Federation

In 1996, Troy and Travis resumed competition in the WWF. They lost to

The Godwinns on the June 3 episode of Monday Night Raw.[18] Watts and Fortune were released from their WWF contracts in the summer of 1996.[19]

Aftermath

After disbanding, Watts and Fortune competed for

monster trucks.[1][2] Tekno Team 2000 was included during a video montage of poor gimmicks during the tenth anniversary of Monday Night Raw in January 2003.[22]

References

  1. ^ a b c "Wrestler Profiles: Erik Watts". Online World of Wrestling. Retrieved 2009-07-19.
  2. ^ a b c "Wrestler Profiles: Chad Fortune". Online World of Wrestling. Retrieved 2009-07-19.
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  6. ^ Cawthon, Graham. "Ring Results: 1995". The History of WWE. Retrieved 2009-07-19.
  7. ^ "WWF Superstars". WWF Television. Danbury, Connecticut. 1995-05-27. Syndicated.
  8. ^ "Ring Results: 1995". The History of WWE. Retrieved 2009-07-18.
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  12. ^ "George South & Erik Watts interview recaps". Online World of Wrestling. 2009-02-23. Retrieved 2009-07-19.
  13. ^ Nemer, Paul (2004-03-05). "ASK WV (3/05/04): Sting, Repo Man, Goldberg/HHH, Tekno Team 2000 & more". WrestleView. Retrieved 2009-07-19.
  14. ^ a b "Mid-South Coliseum 1995 (Jarrett)". Pro Wrestling History. Retrieved 2009-07-19.
  15. ^ "Monday Night Raw". WWF Television. Sioux City, Iowa. 1996-05-06. USA Network.
  16. ^ Burgan, Derek (2005-04-19). "Torch DVD DoubleShot: Burgan reviews Shoot Interviews with Dana Dameson & Chris Candido". Pro Wrestling Torch. Retrieved 2009-07-19.
  17. ^ "WWF Superstars". WWF Television. Des Moines, Iowa. 1996-05-11. Syndicated.
  18. ^ "Monday Night Raw". WWF Television. Fayetteville, North Carolina. 1996-06-03. USA Network.
  19. ^ Marvez, Alex (1995-08-06). "WWF Shaves Psycho, Adds Sharper Razor - Pro Wrestling". Dayton Daily News. Retrieved 2009-07-18.
  20. ^ "Weird Occurrences and Gimmicks". The Wrestling Textbook. Retrieved 2009-07-19.
  21. ^ Naldi, Vanes. "Turnbuckle Championship Wrestling". K & D's Matchlists. Retrieved 2009-07-19.
  22. World Wrestling Entertainment
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