The Executioners (professional wrestling)
The Executioners (professional wrestling)
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The Executioners is the name of several tag teams and single masked wrestlers who wrestled in the BYWA, TWA, AWF and the World Wide Wrestling Federation.
Contents
1 The Executioners (1970s)
1.1 Championships and accomplishments
2 The Executioners (NWF)
2.1 Championships and accomplishments
3 List of wrestlers who wrestled as an Executioner
3.1 1976
3.2 1982
3.3 1985
3.4 1986
3.5 1988
3.6 1993
3.7 1996
4 References
5 External links
The Executioners (1970s)[edit]
The Executioners | |
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Tag team | |
Members | Executioner #1 Executioner #2 Executioner #3 |
Name(s) | The Executioners |
Heights | Executioner #1: 6 ft 7 in (2.01 m) Executioner #2: 6 ft 10 in (2.08 m) Executioner #3: 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) |
Combined weight | 758 lb (344 kg)[1] |
Debut | 1976 |
Disbanded | 1976 |
Years active | 1976 |
The first version of Executioners was founded by Executioner #1, who was a masked wrestler, wrestling for World Wide Wrestling Federation. In 1976 he trained Executioner #2, and the two became a tag team in WWWF.
Together, the Executioners captured the WWWF Tag Team Championship on May 11, 1976 by defeating Louis Cerdan and Tony Parisi. Later, they were joined by a third masked wrestler who called himself Executioner #3.
The Executioners were stripped of their titles on December 7 because Executioner #3 was used in a title defense against Chief Jay Strongbow and Billy White Wolf. A three-team tournament was announced after Executioner #3 was unmasked as Nikolai Volkoff.
Volkoff selected Tor Kamata as his partner and then The Executioners & Nikolai Volkoff and Tor Kamata were defeated by Chief Jay Strongbow and Billy White Wolf in the three-team tournament.
Championships and accomplishments[edit]
WWWF Tag Team Championship (1 time) - Executioner #1 & Executioner #2
The Executioners (NWF)[edit]
The Executioners (NWF) | |
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Tag team | |
Members | Jerry Johnson Terry Manton |
Name(s) | 1 and 2 |
Debut | 1986 |
Disbanded | 2002 |
Years active | 1986-2002 |
The Executioners (sometimes referred to as The Masked Executioners) were Terry Manton and Jerry Fazio[2] (aka Jerry Johnson, real name Gerard Fazio) from 1986 to 2002. Manton and Fazio held six championships in various independent promotions most notable being the nationally syndicated National Wrestling Federation managed by Damien Kane. During their stay in the NWF, The Executioners defeated The Wild Samoans, Jerry and Ted Oates and The Fantastics. Fazio continued to wrestle under as The Executioner from 2002 on to 2013.
Championships and accomplishments[edit]
National Wrestling Federation Tag Team Championship[3]
List of wrestlers who wrestled as an Executioner[edit]
1976[edit]
- Killer Kowalski
- Big John Studd
- Nikolai Volkoff
1982[edit]
- Ron Shaw
- Charley Rhoads
1985[edit]
Buddy Rose (at WrestleMania I)- Charlie Fulton
Danny Davis (later became Mr.X)
1986[edit]
- Jerry Fazio
- Terry Manton
1988[edit]
- Van Van Horne (Memphis)
1993[edit]
- Duane Gill
- Barry Hardy
1996[edit]
- Terry Gordy
References[edit]
^ Shields, Brian; Sullivan, Kevin (2012). WWE Encyclopedia: Updated & Expanded. DK. p. 118. ISBN 978-0-7566-9159-2..mw-parser-output cite.citation{font-style:inherit}.mw-parser-output q{quotes:"""""""'""'"}.mw-parser-output code.cs1-code{color:inherit;background:inherit;border:inherit;padding:inherit}.mw-parser-output .cs1-lock-free a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/65/Lock-green.svg/9px-Lock-green.svg.png")no-repeat;background-position:right .1em center}.mw-parser-output .cs1-lock-limited a,.mw-parser-output .cs1-lock-registration a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d6/Lock-gray-alt-2.svg/9px-Lock-gray-alt-2.svg.png")no-repeat;background-position:right .1em center}.mw-parser-output .cs1-lock-subscription a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/aa/Lock-red-alt-2.svg/9px-Lock-red-alt-2.svg.png")no-repeat;background-position:right .1em center}.mw-parser-output .cs1-subscription,.mw-parser-output .cs1-registration{color:#555}.mw-parser-output .cs1-subscription span,.mw-parser-output .cs1-registration span{border-bottom:1px dotted;cursor:help}.mw-parser-output .cs1-hidden-error{display:none;font-size:100%}.mw-parser-output .cs1-visible-error{font-size:100%}.mw-parser-output .cs1-subscription,.mw-parser-output .cs1-registration,.mw-parser-output .cs1-format{font-size:95%}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-left,.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-wl-left{padding-left:0.2em}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-right,.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-wl-right{padding-right:0.2em}
^ Saalbach, Axel. "Wrestlingdata.com - The World's Largest Wrestling Database". www.wrestlingdata.com (in German). Retrieved 2018-10-20.
^ "National Wrestling Federation Title Histories". www.prowrestlinghistory.com. Retrieved 2018-10-20.
External links[edit]
- The Executioners Profile At OWW
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- Professional wrestling gimmicks
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