World Elite
World Elite | |
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Stable | |
Members | Eric Young (Canada; leader) Doug Williams (United Kingdom) Brutus Magnus (United Kingdom) Kiyoshi (Japan) Homicide (Puerto Rico) Sheik Abdul Bashir (Iran) Rob Terry (United Kingdom) Kevin Nash (United States) |
Name(s) | World Elite |
Debut | July 23, 2009 |
Disbanded | February 2010 |
The World Elite was a
History
Formation
The first seeds for World Elite were planted in March 2009, when Japanese wrestlers Kiyoshi and No Limit (Naito and Yujiro) aligned themselves with Sheik Abdul Bashir, forming an (unnamed) Anti-American faction. No Limit later left the company. In May, The British Invasion attacked Team 3D during an interview, much to the pleasure of Bashir and Kiyoshi, who were looking on.
On the July 23, 2009, edition of
Alliance and feud with the Main Event Mafia
On the August 6 episode of Impact! it was revealed that Kurt Angle and Eric Young had made a deal to turn the
On the October 29 edition of Impact! Young renamed the Legends Championship to the "TNA Global Championship" and claimed he wouldn't defend it on U.S. soil or against any American wrestler.
Dissolution and aftermath
Soon after, the members of The World Elite began to focus on separate goals. On the January 4, 2010, edition of Impact! Homicide turned on Kiyoshi, after which both of them left World Elite.
Championships and accomplishments
- Total Nonstop Action Wrestling
- IWGP Tag Team Championship (1 time) – Magnus and Williams
- TNA Global Championship (2 times) – Young (1) and Terry (1)
- TNA World Tag Team Championship (1 time) – Magnus and Williams
- TNA X Division Championship (1 time) – Williams
- X Division Championship contract) – Terry
- Feast or Fired (2009 – World Tag Team Championship contract) – Nash
- Feast or Fired (2009 – Pink Slip) – Bashir
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