The Naturals
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The Naturals | |
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Tag team | |
Members | Andy Douglas[1] Chase Stevens[1] |
Name(s) | The Alternative Express[1] Natural Heat The Newly Franchised Naturals The Naturals[1] |
Billed heights | 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) - Douglas 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) - Stevens |
Combined billed weight | 440 lb (200 kg) |
Hometown | Nashville, Tennessee[1] |
Debut | 2003[1] |
Disbanded | 2010 |
The Naturals were a
History
While working for USA Championship Wrestling, Douglas and Stevens were paired together by
Douglas and Stevens began working for Jerry Lawler's Memphis Wrestling promotion in 2003, where they were renamed "The Alternative Express". The Alternative Express—a gothic pair of rock fans who wore black clothing and recolored their hair and fingernails—were managed by The Goddess Athena. Athena later left The Naturals after a falling out, and they gained a new manager, April Pennington.
Total Nonstop Action Wrestling
Douglas and Stevens were brought into
In 2005, the Naturals formed a stable with Chris Candido, who also became their manager. They became peripheral members of Planet Jarrett in early 2005. On April 26 they defeated America's Most Wanted to become NWA World Tag Team Champions for a second time. The sudden death of Candido two days later led to them turning face due to fan reaction. They stated later in May that they were being advised through the ordeal by a "legendary figure" in professional wrestling, though they declined to say who at the time.
On June 19, 2005 at Slammiversary the Naturals were assisted in a title defense against Team Canada by Jimmy Hart, who was revealed to be their secret advisor. Hart acted as their manager throughout the summer of 2005 before he left his voluntary on-screen capacities with TNA in September. In their feud with Team Canada, they briefly formed an alliance with AMW. Their animosity, however, won out as infighting cost them an eight-man tag team match with Team Canada at Sacrifice on August 14.
The Naturals survived an Elimination Match involving Team Canada, AMW, and
On October 25, Stevens injured his neck when he landed bad on his head during a tag-team match being taped for the October 29 episode of Impact! The injury was minor, and not expected to require surgery. The match, however, was omitted, and a replacement match was taped the next day. He returned on November 13 at Genesis.
The Naturals went to the background in the early months of 2006. After
After the end of the Shane Douglas angle TNA were said to be done with the Naturals as a team, saying that they had given the team several opportunities to show their charisma, but had not delivered. The situation has since been rectified to an extent and after two house show appearances for TNA, one in January and one in March (2007), The Naturals returned to TNA on Xplosion, in mid-April 2007.
The Naturals appeared at the Lockdown FanFest held in St. Louis on April 14, 2007. Stevens and Douglas were released from TNA Wrestling as of May 10, 2007, but TNA Mobile announced soon afterward that they would be working for TNA without a contract from time to time.
International Wrestling Association
The Naturals went to IWA in mid-2007, where they held the IWA World Tag Teams Championships until they vacated the titles after leaving the IWA.
World Wrestling Entertainment
The Naturals competed in a taped match for the 21 March 2008 episode of
Championships and accomplishments
- Birchfield Pro Wrestling
- BPW Tag Team Championship (1 time)[1]
- Great Championship Wrestling
- GCW Tag Team Championionship (1 time)[1]
- Total Nonstop Action Wrestling
- USA Championship Wrestling
- USACW Tag Team Championionship (1 time)[1]
- International Wrestling Association
- IWA World Tag Team Championship (1 time)