Death & amp; Destruction is a professional wrestling team consisting of Frank "The Tank" Parker and "Ruthless" Roger Anderson. They competed in regional and independent promotions throughout the Southern United States in the 1990s, and arguably one of the "heel" teams in the region during this period.
In their seven years as a team, Parker and Anderson compete in the Wrestling of the Atlantic Coast Championship, Cuichall Independent Professional Wrestling Alliance, National Wrestling Alliance, North American Wrestling Association, OMEGA, Wrestling Southern Championships, Southern Wrestling Wrestling, Virginia Wrestling Championships, and Wrestling Association United States of America. They also occasionally appear in the World Wrestling Federation during the "Attitude Era".
Both men won many titles and, among their achievement lists, were the first in the IPWA Tag Champions, winning 3-time records, former SCW Tag Team Winners, and an 8-time SSW Tag Team Champion. They were also the first and longest ruled VCW Tag Team Champions, defending the belt for more than two years, and lastly the NWA National Tag Team Champions before the title was retired in 1997.
They also gained fame on the South people who are hostile to the likes of The Batten Twins (Brad and Bart Batten), Serial Thrillaz (Shane Helms and Mike Maverick), Thug Life (Christian Cage and Sexton Hardcastle), The Fantastic Express ( Ricky Morton and Bobby Fulton), and The Rock 'n' Roll Express (Ricky Morton and Robert Gibson).
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History
Initial years
Frank Parker and Roger Anderson first met while competing with Jimmy Valiant in local independent promotions in Virginia, such as Mike Sampson's United Wrestling Association, in the summer of 1994. Initially united by Valiant, Parker's former coach, the two men began to work together as "Death & amp; Destruction "at the Southeastern independent circuit the following year.
Southern States Wrestling (1995-1996)
In mid 1995, Death & amp; Destruction has made their debut in Tennessee's Southern States Wrestling. They quickly won the promotional tag team championship of The Young Guns (Scott Sterling and Jeff Lovin) in Fall Branch on September 4, 1995. Their first championship reign lasted for three months until their defeat by Beau James and Dan Cooley on December 1, 1995 Though they got it back in Princeton, West Virginia the following night, the team lowered the belt to Beau James and Ricky Morton a week later at Ledger, North Carolina.
Their third government began after defeating The Beautiful Blondes (Eddie Golden and Stan Lee) in Fall Branch on February 16, 1996. They traded belts with The Fantastic Express (Ricky Morton and Bobby Fulton) in Johnson City, Tennessee during the spring before finally losing titles for Scott Sterling and Dan Cooley on September 2, 1996.
Independent Professional Wrestling Alliance (1996-1997)
Early that year, Death & amp; Destruction began wrestling for Cuichall Independent Independent Wrestling Alliance in Alexandria, Virginia. They became the first IPWA Tag Team Champion, defeating American Patriot and Kevin Dillon, at the first promotional event in Manassas on March 9, 1996. They will win the tag team with a record 3 times for 15 years. month in IPWA. That summer, Wahoo McDaniel came out of retirement to the team with "Beastmaster" Rick Link against Parker and Anderson at the ACW show in North Carolina.
Their defeats to the MEWF Tag Team Champions Darkside (Glen Osbourne and Rockin 'Rebel) in "champions vs. champions", occurred during the second team as champions, seeing Darkside win the IPWA and MEWF titles. Death & amp; The destruction and the last third reign began after their victory over Steve Corino and Adam Flash on March 22, 1997, in Goldsboro, North Carolina and lasted until the championship was vacated that summer. It was around this time that Parker and Anderson won the NWA National Tag Team Championship that had just been revived before it retired in the same year. A few months later, while working for the Virginia Wrestling Championship, they also became champions of the first promotional tag team and held the title for two years.
Southern Championship Wrestling (1997-1998)
Parker and Anderson spent much of 1997 in Southern Championship Wrestling with Count Grog's manager where they were at odds with Serial Thrillaz (Shane Helms and Mike Maverick) and Thug Life (Christian Cage and Sexton Hardcastle). On June 14, 1997, they won the SCW Tag Team Title from C.W. Anderson and David Dawson (replacing Pat Anderson) in Butner, North Carolina and lost belts to Northern Exposure (C.W. Anderson and Cueball Carmichael) in Louisburg in the fall. On August 15, 1997, Death & amp; Destruction disappears from Raging Bull Manny Fernandez and Victor Steamboat at Night of Legends in Kannapolis, North Carolina.
Death & amp; Destruction also received a test match for the World Wrestling Federation at the end of the year. Their first WWF appearance saw them take The Legion of Doom on December 6, 1997 Shotgun Saturday Night which ended in double counting. The team name was not used, with Anderson wrestling as "Roger Hill", but color commentator Jim Cornette made hidden references to their independent work when, during the game, he commented that "LOD [destroys their opponents so badly, they might also call them death and destruction. "
Southern States Wrestling (1997-1998)
Back in SSW, Death & amp; Destruction continues to dominate the tag team division. On July 4, 1997, they beat Beau James and War Machine in Fall Branch, Tennessee for the SSW Team Tag Championship. They lost the title for Beau James and a new partner, K.C. Thunder, at the Oct. 18 event in Mountain City, Tennessee. The team won them back on December 19, 1997, and spent three more months as champions before losing titles to Mike Cooper and Super Masked Man in Fall Branch on March 20, 1998.
Independent circuitry (1998-1999)
In early 1998, they began work for West Virginia promoters, Jim Hawkins, and the Atlantic Coast Championship, Wrestling, beating the Country Cousins ​​(RJ Stomper and Cousin Elmer) for the ACCW Tag Team Championship on 11 April 1998 , in Buckhannon, West Virginia. They held the title for most of the year before dropping them to Baltimore Bad Boys (Eddie Edmonds and Mike Morgan) on October 10, 1998. Parker and Anderson also continued to fight with Serial Thrillaz during the OMEGA Team Tag Championships at Matt and OMEGA Jeff Hardy as well as at SCW. At Appalachian Mountain Wrestling that year, Death & amp; Destruction beat Bryan Wayne and Scott Sterling (replacing Stan Lee) in Coeburn, Virginia for the APW Tag Team Championship.
Southern States Wrestling (1999)
In January 1999, Parker and Anderson started challenging then SSW Tag Team Champions The Christian Brothers (Danny & Bam Bam Christian). Both teams fought in an unforgettable fight on January 24th "Southern States Wrestling TV Special" in Kingsport, Tennessee before beating them to a degree in Kingsport a week later. While still a champion, they made their second WWF appearance as the wrestling team of The Hardy Boyz (Matt and Jeff Hardy) at the sold-out UTC Arena in Chattanooga, Tennessee in front of 7,900 fans; the match then aired on the February 27th edition of Shotgun Saturday Night .
They lost their belts back to Christianity back in Kingsport on 25 April. The fight continued, however, and a three-way match between Christian Brothers, Death & amp; Destruction and Steve Flynn & amp; K.C. Thunder on July 10 in Kingsport, saw the title go to third team. The title was finally lifted and declared empty following a "wild fight" between the three teams, with Beau James replacing K.C. Thunder, on September 10th. Parker and Anderson won an empty title in a game against Memphis Bodyguards to start their eighth and final title rule. They regularly appear on short promotional television shows, defending championships against opponents like Joe Fillers & amp; Slammin 'Sam and The British Knights, before The New Rock' n 'Roll Express (Ricky Morton and Ricky Harrison) beat them for belts in Johnson City, Tennessee on December 12, 1999. They also met The Batten Twins (Brad and Bart Batten) in Appalachia Pro Wrestling in the same month.
Last year (1999-2002)
While continuing to wrestle for SSW, and after their departure, Death & amp; Destruction continues in the independent south. In the summer of 1999, Parker and Anderson were one of the wrestlers who participated in the supercard "Curtis Comes Home", a benefit show for Wrestling World Championships Brian Hildebrand, held at Ice Gardens in Rostraver, Pennsylvania on July 30. featuring wrestlers from the Extreme Wrestling Championships, Wrestling World Championships, and the World Wrestling Federation. They were originally scheduled to grab The Public Enemy (Rocco Rock and Johnny Grunge), however, Beau James eventually teamed up with Roger Anderson while Parker wrestled with Julio Sanchez in a single game; their old rivals wrestle as an official member of Death & amp; Destruction only for one night. Like the rest of the talent, Parker and Anderson wrestled without payment to ensure that the maximum amount of money had been raised. Parker and Anderson were part of the SSW award to Mark Curtis, Mark Curtis Weekend of Champions, who raised funds for the Children's Miracle Network. The team beat Something Else (John Noble and Ed Browning) for the NCW Team Tag Championship in the second annual Weekend of Champions.
They also wrestled for KYDA Pro Wrestling, which is affiliated with Keep Your Dreams Alive school from Cueball Carmichael in Staunton, Virginia, who saw the team briefly separate. On 11 March 2000, the match between them ended within 10 minutes. On June 2, 2001 at Salem Civic Center, Death & amp; Destruction wrestled with the North American Wrestling Legend Tour Legend featuring Doink the Clown, Boris Zhukov, Ivan Koloff, Ricky "The Dragon" Steamboat, and Chief Wahoo McDaniel. A month later, they won the Tag Team BWF Championship after defeating The Bushwhackers (Luke and Butch) in the final of the tournament held in Puerto Rico.
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