West Texas Rednecks
West Texas Rednecks | |
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Stable | |
Members | Curt Hennig (frontman) Bobby Duncum Jr. Barry Windham Kendall Windham Curly Bill |
Name(s) | The West Texas Rednecks The West Texas Outlaws |
Billed from | Texas |
Debut | June 13, 1999 |
Disbanded | January 28, 2001 |
The West Texas Rednecks were a short-lived
History
The West Texas Rednecks formed in June 1999 in WCW. The group developed from four wrestlers who fit the mold of a
Although Hennig was a heel at the time, these actions made the No Limit Soldiers come across to the audience as heels themselves. Not helping the situation was that, even with backup, the Soldiers had more than twice as many members as Hennig's group.[3] The feud was quickly dropped and the Rednecks were given other face groups to quarrel with instead.
The West Texas Rednecks were made up of leader
The group's main feuds were with Master P's No Limit Soldiers (
).While part of the West Texas Rednecks, the Windham brothers won the WCW World Tag Team Championship. Late in the group's run, they were joined by Curly Bill, who wore a particularly humorous cowboy outfit. They lasted until November 1999, with Lash LeRoux defeating Curly Bill in the stable's last match on the November 27, 1999, edition of WCW Saturday Night. Barry and Kendall Windham were released less than a week later on December 3, 1999.[4] Curly Bill would quietly disappear from television, before reappearing with a new gimmick as Shane on the December 16 edition of WCW Thunder.
The group was originally called The West Texas Outlaws, with "West Texas Rednecks" intended as an insult. The popularity of the name West Texas Rednecks, however, combined with the commentators almost never using the stable's original name, resulted in the group's name being changed.
After their release from WCW, the West Texas Rednecks found work in All Japan Pro Wrestling in November 2000, participating in the World's Strongest Tag Determination League that year. They scored second place in the tournament with 6 points, and pulled an upset victory at a house show against eventual tournament winners "Dr. Death" Steve Williams and Mike Rotunda.[5]
Upon debuting in AJPW, the West Texas Rednecks consisted of Barry Windham and Kendall Windham. The stable used their same "Rap Is Crap" theme song and gimmick, and wore their same shirts but being updated to say "World Tour 2000". Curt Hennig would reunite with the group at the January 28, 2001 Tokyo Dome pay-per-view.[6] This pay-per-view would mark their final television appearance before they quietly disappeared from TV. Curly Bill didn't wrestle in Japan during this phase of the stable's career.
Members
- Curt Hennig – Guitar, vocals
- Bobby Duncum, Jr. – Lead guitar
- Barry Windham – Drums
- Kendall Windham – Bass guitar
- Curly Bill – Tambourine
Incarnations
Championships and accomplishments
- WCW World Tag Team Championship (1 time) – Barry Windham and Kendall Windham (1)
See also
- The Blackjacks
- The Four Horsemen
- The Millionaire's Club
- New World Order
- The U.S. Express
References
- ^ Rap is Crap music video, retrieved October 6, 2021
- ^ The West Texas Rednecks, Good old boys, WCW 1999, retrieved June 30, 2021
- ^ "WCW Nitro Results". triwolf84.tripod.com.
- ^ "Talent Summary"
- ^ "AJPW Real World Tag League 2000 - Tag 4 « Events Database « Cagematch - The Internet Wrestling Database". www.cagematch.net.
- ^ "AJPW King's Road New Century 2001 « Events Database « Cagematch - The Internet Wrestling Database". www.cagematch.net.