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* FallacyOfDivision: Brian Kendrick does a few high flying spots but otherwise is a more grounded wrestler akin to [[Wrestling/BrianDanielson American Dragon]]. TNA pushed him wrestle more high risk, thinking he would put on a show similar to Paul London without Paul London around.



* TheFallacyOfDivision: Brian Kendrick does a few high flying spots but otherwise is a more grounded wrestler akin to [[Wrestling/BrianDanielson American Dragon]]. TNA pushed him wrestle more high risk, thinking he would put on a show similar to Paul London without Paul London around.
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* MaskedLuchador
** Brian Kendrik wore many masks during his Smackdown/Velocity jobber run, usually themed after a popular local sports team. Most infamously, he was that no name jobber who a match as Diamondback against Sho Funaki. In case you thought that was the start of his push you'd be wrong, as he went right back to jobbing afterward.
** Paul London wore a mask during his Lucha Libra USA jobber run as Sydistiko.


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* TheFallacyOfDivision: Brian Kendrick does a few high flying spots but otherwise is a more grounded wrestler akin to [[Wrestling/BrianDanielson American Dragon]]. TNA pushed him wrestle more high risk, thinking he would put on a show similar to Paul London without Paul London around.
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* GrievousHarmWithABody: Paul would hip toss Brian onto opponents or throw him at them to make Brian's drop kicks more powerful.



** Paul was also a fan of the mushroom stomp, which Brian Kendrick would do with him when they teamed together.

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** Paul was also a fan of the mushroom stomp, which Brian Kendrick would do with him when they teamed together. They also did assisted standing moonsaults, double dropkicks, double flapjacks, double hip tosses and double Japanese arm drags
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** Paul London used a legsweep DDT in Ring Of Honor and a Chicken Wing Facebuster called waffle face. He also had a running shooting star press called London Calling. A 450 splash in WWE.
** Spanky used a scissored cobra clutch and Naomichi Marufuji's Shiranui, which he popularized in USA as "Sliced Bread #2. He used a shooting star press in New Japan Pro Wrestling.
** Together, Get Well Soon.


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** Spanky had Dr. Smoothe's Secret Recipe (Corner backflip kick), Electric Mayhem (Diving facebreaker knee smash) and Whirling Twirlixer (Diving somersault corkscrew plancha)
** Paul London was a fan of the dropsault, arm wrench inside cradle and somersault plancha
** Paul was also a fan of the mushroom stomp, which Brian Kendrick would do with him when they teamed together.
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* CrowdChant: Paul London got the infamous "Please Don't Die" from the [=ROHbots=].


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* TheStoner: They both have this reputation but Spanky has gotten more mileage out of it as far as his in-ring persona goes, especially his Brian Kendrick TNA run.
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* TheRival: To each other in Ring Of Honor.
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* LoserLeavesTown: While in Dragon Gate they lost a loser leaves the company match to Jack Evans and Wrestling/JimmyJacobs.

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* LoserLeavesTown: While in Dragon Gate Wrestling/DragonGate they lost a loser leaves the company match to Jack Evans and Wrestling/JimmyJacobs.
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* DesignatedGirlFight: {{Invoked| Trope}} by Jillian, who joined up with them specifically to get at Melina. Also, the Teacher's Pets were lead by Michelle [=McCool=], who eventually got in a feud with Ashley while she was their valet. Not the case with Deuce And Domino, as their valet was a sweetheart named Cherry.


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* LoserLeavesTown: While in Dragon Gate they lost a loser leaves the company match to Jack Evans and Wrestling/JimmyJacobs.


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* ScrewThisImOuttaHere: On Raw they were booked in a handicap match against Wrestling/{{Umaga}} and Kendick ended up bailing on London, who was surprisingly forgiving about it.
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* {{Corpsing}}: London, and infamously so, during the shot of a broken Mr [=McMahon=] walking a hallway with the entire WWE roster on either side, before he left the arena & was seemingly KilledOffForReal in a limo explosion. It was so noticeable that when [=WWE.com=] compiled a list of suspects for the crime, they included London purely because he was the only one grinning as [=McMahon=] walked to his apparent death. London later stated that he was grinning simply because the only direction everyone was given was to look sombre & he thought the entire situation was amusing, but had no idea about the planned explosion.

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* {{Corpsing}}: {{Corpsing}}
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London, and infamously so, during the shot of a broken Mr [=McMahon=] walking a hallway with the entire WWE roster on either side, before he left the arena & was seemingly KilledOffForReal in a limo explosion. It was so noticeable that when [=WWE.com=] compiled a list of suspects for the crime, they included London purely because he was the only one grinning as [=McMahon=] walked to his apparent death. London later stated that he was grinning simply because the only direction everyone was given was to look sombre & he thought the entire situation was amusing, but had no idea about the planned explosion.
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* GreenEyedMonster: Paul London was filled with both envy toward Amazing Red for winning an ROH tag team championship with Wrestling/AJStyles while he was hospitalized and unable to wrestle himself and jealously toward Amazing Red and [[Wrestling/MickieJames Alexis Laree]], feeling that they were going make AJ stop being his friend. AJ Styles suggested he get another tag team partner and win his own titles, and what do you know, Spanky happened to be an ROH alumna as well. (It did not work out ''that'' smoothly but is oddly poetic all the same).

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* GreenEyedMonster: Paul London was filled with both envy toward Amazing Red for winning an ROH a Wrestling/RingOfHonor tag team championship belt with Wrestling/AJStyles while he Paul was hospitalized and unable to wrestle himself and jealously toward Amazing Red and [[Wrestling/MickieJames Alexis Laree]], feeling that they were going make AJ stop being his friend. AJ Styles suggested he get another tag team partner and win his own titles, and what do you know, Spanky happened to be an ROH alumna as well. (It did not work out ''that'' smoothly but is oddly poetic all the same).
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* WhiteDudeBlackDude: Subverted with the black as Paul is actually Mexican. Kendrick would later recruit FakeAmerican Ezekiel Jackson who was what most people would call black.

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* WhiteDudeBlackDude: Subverted with the black as Paul is actually Mexican. Kendrick would later recruit FakeAmerican the Guyanese Goliath Ezekiel Jackson who was what most people would call black.
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* WhiteDudeBlackDude: Subverted with the black as Paul is actually Mexican.

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* WhiteDudeBlackDude: Subverted with the black as Paul is actually Mexican. Kendrick would later recruit FakeAmerican Ezekiel Jackson who was what most people would call black.
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* GreenEyedMonster: Paul London was filled with both envy toward Amazing Red for winning an ROH tag team championship with Wrestling/AJStyles while he was hospitalized and unable to wrestle himself and jealously toward Amazing Red and [[Wrestling/MickieJames Alexis Laree]], feeling that they were going make AJ stop being his friend. AJ Styles suggested he get another tag team partner and win his own titles, and what do you know, Spanky happened to be an ROH alumna as well. (It did not work out ''that'' smoothly but is oddly poetic all the same).



* SpellMyNameWithAThe: The Brian Kendrick.



* GreenEyedMonster: Paul London was filled with both envy toward Amazing Red for winning an ROH tag team championship with Wrestling/AJStyles while he was hospitalized and unable to wrestle himself and jealously toward Amazing Red and [[Wrestling/MickieJames Alexis Laree]], feeling that they were going make AJ stop being his friend. AJ Styles suggested he get another tag team partner and win his own titles, and what do you know, Spanky happened to be an ROH alumna as well. (It did not work out ''that'' smoothly but is oddly poetic all the same).


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* SpellMyNameWithAThe: The Brian Kendrick.

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Paul London and Brian Kendrick was a professional wrestling tag team best known for their time together in World Wrestling Entertainment (WWE). The team never had an official team name, but were just referred to as "the tag team of London and Kendrick." In 2006 London and Kendrick put the tag team name "The Hooliganz" on their wrestling attires and tried to convince the WWE management to start calling the team by that name, but were unsuccessful in their attempts. However, many fans and especially smarks called them 'The Hooliganz' as they intended.

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Paul London and Brian Kendrick was a professional wrestling tag team best known for their time together in World Wrestling Entertainment (WWE). The team never had an official team name, but were just referred to as "the tag team of Paul London and Spanky" then "the tag team of London and Kendrick." In 2006 London and Kendrick put the tag team name "The Hooliganz" on their wrestling attires and tried to convince the WWE management to start calling the team by that name, but were unsuccessful in their attempts. However, many fans and especially smarks called them 'The Hooliganz' as they intended.



* CanonName: There were reportedly lots of efforts, both by fans of the team alongside London and Kendrick themselves to get them an official name but none of them took with management. The closes we got was PBJ, [[ThemeNaming when Jillian Hall sided with them against MNM (Joey Mercury, Johnny Nitro, Melina)]] but this alliance did not last, putting them back to just London and Kendrick.

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* CanonName: There were reportedly lots of a few efforts, both by fans of the team alongside London and Kendrick themselves to get them an official name but none of them took with management. The closes we got was PBJ, [[ThemeNaming when Jillian Hall sided with them against MNM (Joey Mercury, Johnny Nitro, Melina)]] but this alliance did not last, putting them back to just London and Kendrick.Kendrick.
* CantHoldHisLiquor: To celebrate a victory the went into the office of the Acolyte Protection Agency and started drinking their beer. Bradshaw and Ron Simmons were at first, understandably upset until they realized the two were wasted in spite of not drinking much and decided to punish them by making them drink more.



* CoolMask: As part of their ring entrance attire that went along with their new costumes. They ranged from Phantom of the Opera masks, purple fencing hoods and harlequin masks. This was lampshaded one time by commentary:

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As part of their ring entrance attire that went along with their new costumes. They ranged from Phantom of the Opera masks, purple fencing hoods and harlequin masks. This was lampshaded one time by commentary:



* DefeatMeansFriendship: During London's short heel run in 2005, he lost to a returning Kendrick, and promptly cut a promo saying how he went from being Cruiserweight Champion to not even being able to beat Kendrick. This set up their tag team surprisingly.
* DynamicEntry: They based their entrance on the Warlord's dash to the ring. After they do their dash, they then slide into the ring, climb up onto the ring posts, point to each other, back flip and then grasp their hands. Once they got their masks, they remove them and pose for the fans.
** When Ashley was with them, she would motion the boys to do their back-flip and remove the masks for them.

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* DefeatMeansFriendship: During London's short heel run in 2005, he lost to a returning Kendrick, and promptly cut a promo saying how he went from being Cruiserweight Champion to not even being able to beat Kendrick. This set up their tag team reuniting, surprisingly.
* DynamicEntry: They based their entrance on the Warlord's dash to the ring. After they do their dash, they then slide into the ring, climb up onto the ring posts, point to each other, back flip and then grasp their hands. Once they got their masks, they remove them and pose for the fans.
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fans. When Ashley was with them, she would motion the boys to do their back-flip and remove the masks for them.



* FragileSpeedster: London and Kendrick are pretty fast, but they can't take a lot of hits.

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* FragileSpeedster: London and Kendrick are pretty fast, but they can't take a lot of hits.hits when wrestling individually.



* {{Motif}}: A main trend for London and Kendrick were them being rebels, pranksters and jokers. Their outfits had harlequin faces and fleur-de-lis on them, they were known wearing masks, were very happy-go-lucky and crazy, and once pantsed an opposing team.
* RealMenWearPink: Every now and then, Brian was shown to wear pink leg warmers. They've also been known to have two sets of ring gear that are purple. Oh, and they pretty much can bowl over most guys with suicide dives.

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* {{Motif}}: A main trend for London and Kendrick were them being rebels, pranksters and jokers. Their outfits had harlequin faces and fleur-de-lis on them, they were known wearing masks, were very happy-go-lucky and crazy, and once pantsed MNM, an opposing team.
* RealMenWearPink: NakedPeopleAreFunny: Spanky infamously went streaking on Smackdown.
* RealMenWearPink
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Every now and then, Brian was shown to wear pink leg warmers. They've also been known to have two sets of ring gear that are purple. Oh, and they pretty much can bowl over most guys with suicide dives.



* RedOniBlueOni: Paul being the red and Brian the blue.

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* RedOniBlueOni: Paul being the red and Brian the blue.

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* BecauseYouWereNiceToMe: The formation of team came about when Paul London tried to save Spanky from a Wrestling/BrockLesnar beating. While his efforts were in vain, it was the beginning of a beautiful friendship.



* BreakupBreakout: After they split up in 2008, it initially looked as if Brian would be this, with a new gimmick & look as The Brian Kendrick & competed for the WWE title on PPV, whilst Paul languished on Raw. However, Brian wound up dropping back down the card & both were ultimately released.

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* BreakupBreakout: Minimally in that Paul got a run as cruiserweight champion and a tag team title run with Wrestling/BillyKidman after their first breakup but that did not overshadow what both were able to accomplish once getting back together. After they split up in 2008, it initially looked as if Brian would be this, with a new gimmick & look as The Brian Kendrick & competed for the WWE title on PPV, whilst Paul languished on Raw. However, Brian wound up dropping back down the card & both were ultimately released.released.
* CanonName: There were reportedly lots of efforts, both by fans of the team alongside London and Kendrick themselves to get them an official name but none of them took with management. The closes we got was PBJ, [[ThemeNaming when Jillian Hall sided with them against MNM (Joey Mercury, Johnny Nitro, Melina)]] but this alliance did not last, putting them back to just London and Kendrick.



* CloudCuckoolander: Definitely. Who else goes in the ring with masks, strange struts and joke about wearing fairy costumes and just be plain happy go lucky?

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* CloudCuckoolander: CloudCuckoolander
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Definitely. Who else goes in the ring with masks, strange struts and joke about wearing fairy costumes and just be plain happy go lucky?



* FanNickname: Londrick (based on their last names). They were widely called 'Hooliganz' amongst fans (which they have on their boots along with a harlequin face) but not officially called it by WWE.



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{{Keet}}: And they just fed each other energy it seems, allowing them to take a whole lot of punishment from their enemies and come up with lots of double team maneuvers on the fly. When teaming with Billy Kidman, he actually forbid Paul from sprinting to the ring.
* KidAppealCharacterKidAppealCharacter: Once the team got off [[BShow Velocity]], this is what helped the stand out a little on Smackdown and especially Raw. Smaller than most of the roster, scrappy underdogs in bright colors and lots of goofy character quirks.
* GreenEyedMonster: Paul London was filled with both envy toward Amazing Red for winning an ROH tag team championship with Wrestling/AJStyles while he was hospitalized and unable to wrestle himself and jealously toward Amazing Red and [[Wrestling/MickieJames Alexis Laree]], feeling that they were going make AJ stop being his friend. AJ Styles suggested he get another tag team partner and win his own titles, and what do you know, Spanky happened to be an ROH alumna as well. (It did not work out ''that'' smoothly but is oddly poetic all the same).



* StarMakingRole: Their championship win against MNM at Judgement Day 2006 or the Fatal Four-Way Ladder Match at Armageddon 2006.
* TwoGuysAndAGirl: For a while, they were the team of London, Kendrick and Ashley with Ashley considered as their manager/friend/love interest.

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* StarMakingRole: Their championship win against MNM at Judgement Day 2006 or the Fatal Four-Way Ladder Match at Armageddon 2006.
* TwoGuysAndAGirl: For a while, they were the team of London, Kendrick and Ashley with Ashley considered as their manager/friend/love interest. For a shorted period of time, they had this dynamic with Ashley's rival Jillian
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* LongRunner: They have the ''fourth'' longest reign as Tag Team Champions at a total of 331. In comparison, the teams ahead of them were from the old WWF days. Not bad for a low-midcard tag team.

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* LongRunner: They have the ''fourth'' longest reign as Tag Team Champions Champions[[note]]Which also includes the now defunct World Tag Team Championship[[/note]] at a total of 331.331 days. In comparison, the teams ahead of them were from the old WWF days. Not bad for a low-midcard tag team.

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* LongRunner: They have the ''fourth'' longest reign as Tag Team Champions. Not bad for a low-midcard tag team.

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* LongRunner: They have the ''fourth'' longest reign as Tag Team Champions.Champions at a total of 331. In comparison, the teams ahead of them were from the old WWF days. Not bad for a low-midcard tag team.



* RealMenWearPink: Every now and then, Brian was shown to wear pink leg warmers. They've also been known to have two sets of ring gear that's purple. Oh, and they pretty much can bowl over most guys with suicide dives.

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* RealMenWearPink: Every now and then, Brian was shown to wear pink leg warmers. They've also been known to have two sets of ring gear that's that are purple. Oh, and they pretty much can bowl over most guys with suicide dives.



* ShowWithInAShow: More like "video within a video", their 2nd Entrance Video (the one with the masks) shows a floating masks and then zooms out to show the two rushing into the ring.
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* LongRunner: They have the ''fourth'' longest reign as Tag Team Champions.

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* LongRunner: They have the ''fourth'' longest reign as Tag Team Champions. Not bad for a low-midcard tag team.

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** This gets a CallBack a month later when Vince turns to London and Kendrick. London sports that same smile and Vince goes, "Keep that smile on your face."



* ManInWhite/MIB: One of their most famous outfits with Brian wearing black and Paul wearing white.

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* ManInWhite/MIB: One of ManInWhite: Paul when he and Brian were in their most famous outfits with Brian wearing black and Paul wearing white.black/white outfits.



* RedOniBlueOni: It was hard to tell but Paul was more Red while Brian was more Blue.
* RescueRomance: Not necessarily romance, but London and Kendrick first became a team in the WWE when Brian (known as Spanky back then) saved London from becoming BrockLesnar's personal punching bag. Of course Brock pummeled Brian for being in the way, but it brought them together.

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* RedOniBlueOni: It was hard to tell but Paul was more Red while being the red and Brian was more Blue.
* RescueRomance: Not necessarily romance, but London and Kendrick first became a team in
the WWE when Brian (known as Spanky back then) saved London from becoming BrockLesnar's personal punching bag. Of course Brock pummeled Brian for being in the way, but it brought them together.blue.



* TwoGuysAndAGirl: For a while, they were the team of London, Kendrick and Ashley with Ashley considered as their manager/friend/love interest. Then it got dropped.

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* StarMakingRole: Their championship win against MNM at Judgement Day 2006 or the Fatal Four-Way Ladder Match at Armageddon 2006.
* TwoGuysAndAGirl: For a while, they were the team of London, Kendrick and Ashley with Ashley considered as their manager/friend/love interest. Then it got dropped.
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Paul London and Brian Kendrick was a professional wrestling tag team best known for their time together in World Wrestling Entertainment (WWE). The team never had an official team name, but were just referred to as "the tag team of London and Kendrick." In 2006 London and Kendrick put the tag team name "The Hooliganz" on their wrestling attires and tried to convince the WWE management to start calling the team by that name, but were unsuccessful in their attempts.

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Paul London and Brian Kendrick was a professional wrestling tag team best known for their time together in World Wrestling Entertainment (WWE). The team never had an official team name, but were just referred to as "the tag team of London and Kendrick." In 2006 London and Kendrick put the tag team name "The Hooliganz" on their wrestling attires and tried to convince the WWE management to start calling the team by that name, but were unsuccessful in their attempts.
attempts. However, many fans and especially smarks called them 'The Hooliganz' as they intended.



* FanNickname: Londrick (based on their last names). They also have 'Hooliganz' on their boots along with a harlequin face. Unfortunately, the name never caught on.

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* FanNickname: Londrick (based on their last names). They also have were widely called 'Hooliganz' amongst fans (which they have on their boots along with a harlequin face. Unfortunately, the name never caught on.face) but not officially called it by WWE.

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* BreakupBreakout: After they split up in 2008, it initially looked as if Brian would be this, with a new gimmick & look as The Brian Kendrick & competed for the WWE title on PPV, whilst Paul languished on Raw. However, Brian wound up dropping back down the card & both were ultimately released.



** Their finishing move, "get well soon". Paul would pass the opponent and enziguri the back of his head while Brian hit a reverse STO

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** Their finishing move, "get well soon". "Get Well Soon". Paul would pass the opponent and enziguri the back of his head while Brian hit a reverse STOSTO.



* {{Corpsing}}: London, and infamously so, during the shot of a broken Mr [=McMahon=] walking a hallway with the entire WWE roster on either side, before he left the arena & was seemingly KilledOffForReal in a limo explosion. It was so noticeable that when [=WWE.com=] compiled a list of suspects for the crime, they included London purely because he was the only one grinning as [=McMahon=] walked to his apparent death. London later stated that he was grinning simply because the only direction everyone was given was to look sombre & he thought the entire situation was amusing, but had no idea about the planned explosion.



** For a time, London used the Shooting Star Press to finish off opponents. One could only imagine the pain he'd be in if he botched it.
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** They soon had separate red and blue outfits, but red was the most significant as it was worn when they won the tag team championship and defended them. Blue was significantly seen when they had their six victories against MNM, as well as at [Wrestlemania] 23 when they served as lumberjacks for the pre-show match.

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** They soon had separate red and blue outfits, but red was the most significant as it was worn when they won the tag team championship and defended them. Blue was significantly seen when they had their six victories against MNM, as well as at [Wrestlemania] WrestleMania 23 when they served as lumberjacks for the pre-show match.
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** They soon had separate red and blue outfits, but red was the most significant as it was worn when they won the tag team championship and defended them. Blue was significantly seen when they had their six victories against MNM, as well as at [[Wrestlemania]] 23 when they served as lumberjacks for the pre-show match.

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** They soon had separate red and blue outfits, but red was the most significant as it was worn when they won the tag team championship and defended them. Blue was significantly seen when they had their six victories against MNM, as well as at [[Wrestlemania]] [Wrestlemania] 23 when they served as lumberjacks for the pre-show match.
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** They soon had separate red and blue outfits, but red was the most significant as it was worn when they won the tag team championship and defended them. Blue was significantly seen when they had their six victories against MNM.

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** They soon had separate red and blue outfits, but red was the most significant as it was worn when they won the tag team championship and defended them. Blue was significantly seen when they had their six victories against MNM.MNM, as well as at [[Wrestlemania]] 23 when they served as lumberjacks for the pre-show match.
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* BadassLonghair: Both of them have it, but would then return to having their hair cut short.
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* DefeatMeansFriendship During London's short heel run in 2005, he lost to a returning Kendrick, and promptly cut a promo saying how he want from being Cruiserweight Champion to not even being able to beat Kendrick. This set up their tag team surprisingly.

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* DefeatMeansFriendship DefeatMeansFriendship: During London's short heel run in 2005, he lost to a returning Kendrick, and promptly cut a promo saying how he want went from being Cruiserweight Champion to not even being able to beat Kendrick. This set up their tag team surprisingly.
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*DefeatMeansFriendship During London's short heel run in 2005, he lost to a returning Kendrick, and promptly cut a promo saying how he want from being Cruiserweight Champion to not even being able to beat Kendrick. This set up their tag team surprisingly.
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Paul London and Brian Kendrick was a professional wrestling tag team best known for their time together in World Wrestling Entertainment (WWE). The team never had an official team name, but were just referred to as "the tag team of London and Kendrick." In 2006 London and Kendrick put the tag team name "The Hooliganz" on their wrestling attires and tried to convince the WWE management to start calling the team by that name, but were unsuccessful in their attempts.

They first began teaming together in 2003 as a part of WWE, but Kendrick left the company shortly thereafter. When he returned in mid-2005, he and London reunited as a tag team. In May 2006 the duo won the WWE Tag Team Championship from MNM; it was Kendrick's first title victory with the company, and London's third. Their reign was the longest since WWE created the title in 2002, and they became the fourth longest-reigning tag team champions in the company's history, finally dropping the titles to Deuce 'n Domino in April 2007.

Later in 2007, London and Kendrick were drafted from SmackDown to the Raw brand, where they briefly held the World Tag Team Championship. They would continue to work together until Kendrick was drafted back to SmackDown in the 2008 supplemental draft, thus disbanding the team until 2010, when they reunited in Pro Wrestling Guerrilla following their releases from WWE. They have since reunited on several occasions.

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!! Tropes associated with London and Kendrick include:
* BadassBeard: London spotted one for a while.
* BadassLonghair: Both of them have it, but would then return to having their hair cut short.
* BookEnds: In the Armageddon match, when the Hardys and London and Kendrick were alone in the ring, only Matt and Paul were standing after they traded blows. More than 20 minutes later on a ladder, Matt and Paul were the ones fighting to get the championship, but with Paul winning.
* CaptainErsatz: They look and act similar to Bill and Ted from Bill and Ted's Excellent Adventures, and even dressed up as them for one of the WWE Magazine interviews. Heck, they were even addressed as them [[note]] Brian was "Brian D. Kendrick, Esq." and Paul was "Paul 'Paul' London".[[/note]]
* CatchPhrase: One of their best known quotes--which was printed on their T-Shirt--was known as "We're here, but we're not all yet there."
* CloudCuckoolander: Definitely. Who else goes in the ring with masks, strange struts and joke about wearing fairy costumes and just be plain happy go lucky?
** This was lampshaded by [[JohnBradshawLayfield JBL]] for a while; he kept telling Cole that the kids weren't normal and that they came from Pluto.
* ColorCodedCharacters: Their ring-gear had different colors but each represented something during their career.
** Their first outfit was purple which could add to their [[RedOniBlueOni Red and Blue personalities]].
** They soon had separate red and blue outfits, but red was the most significant as it was worn when they won the tag team championship and defended them. Blue was significantly seen when they had their six victories against MNM.
** Their most famous one is their Black (Brian)/White (Paul) ensemble which was worn when they had big shifts in the team. In No Mercy 2006, they gain an ally in Ashley Massaro, and in Armageddon 2006, they had the famous Ladder Match. It was later used up until April 2007 This outfit was even shown in their wrestling action figures for a while.
** The soon had a sky blue/gold ensemble with an improved joker face and another which was purple/green, but they're the least remembered out of the outfits.
* CombinationAttack: The two were known to work together very well, double teaming with kicks and tossing each other at their opponents. They also were known for their creativity in the combination attacks. These include:
** Sunset Flip from a Dropsault (Paul would dropsault the opponent as Brian would sunset flip them)
** Brian would do his Sliced Bread #2 and Paul would use Shooting Star Press with Brian as a platform)
** Brian would do his Sliced Bread with Paul underneath his opponent. The elevation added to create a powerbomb.
** Their finishing move, "get well soon". Paul would pass the opponent and enziguri the back of his head while Brian hit a reverse STO
* ComedicUnderwearExposure: Pun aside [[note]] and even lampshaded when the two were on the top 25[[/note]] these two gave it to MNM just weeks before their Judgement Day clash in 2006.
* CoolMask: As part of their ring entrance attire that went along with their new costumes. They ranged from Phantom of the Opera masks, purple fencing hoods and harlequin masks. This was lampshaded one time by commentary:
--> [[MichaelCole Cole]]: What is the deal with the masks that London and Kendrick wear?
--> JBL: Have you seen them without it? They aren't really good looking.
--> Cole: Yeah, like right now and every week.
--> JBL: (sarcastically) Ooh, Mr. Smarty.
** They even had a entrance video with a floating mask and masks being part of the video.
* DynamicEntry: They based their entrance on the Warlord's dash to the ring. After they do their dash, they then slide into the ring, climb up onto the ring posts, point to each other, back flip and then grasp their hands. Once they got their masks, they remove them and pose for the fans.
** When Ashley was with them, she would motion the boys to do their back-flip and remove the masks for them.
* FanNickname: Londrick (based on their last names). They also have 'Hooliganz' on their boots along with a harlequin face. Unfortunately, the name never caught on.
* FingerlessGloves: Their ring gear had these type of gloves with question marks on them.
* FragileSpeedster: London and Kendrick are pretty fast, but they can't take a lot of hits.
** For a time, London used the Shooting Star Press to finish off opponents. One could only imagine the pain he'd be in if he botched it.
* HeterosexualLifePartners: They both trained together in ShawnMichaels' Wrestling Academy, fought as a team (They only fought one on one four times), their entrance has them pointing to each other before back flipping before grabbing hands, and they like hugging each other a lot.
* SpellMyNameWithAThe: The Brian Kendrick.
* {{Keet}}
* KidAppealCharacter
* LongRunner: They have the ''fourth'' longest reign as Tag Team Champions.
* ManInWhite/MIB: One of their most famous outfits with Brian wearing black and Paul wearing white.
* {{Motif}}: A main trend for London and Kendrick were them being rebels, pranksters and jokers. Their outfits had harlequin faces and fleur-de-lis on them, they were known wearing masks, were very happy-go-lucky and crazy, and once pantsed an opposing team.
* RealMenWearPink: Every now and then, Brian was shown to wear pink leg warmers. They've also been known to have two sets of ring gear that's purple. Oh, and they pretty much can bowl over most guys with suicide dives.
** During their time with Ashley, Ashley was dressed as a fairy for a Trick or Treat Divas Battle Royal. Paul jokes around that Ashley 'stole his costume' and that was the costume he was going to wear for Halloween (for those who want a description, the costume has a black corset and has purple fairy wings)
* RedOniBlueOni: It was hard to tell but Paul was more Red while Brian was more Blue.
* RescueRomance: Not necessarily romance, but London and Kendrick first became a team in the WWE when Brian (known as Spanky back then) saved London from becoming BrockLesnar's personal punching bag. Of course Brock pummeled Brian for being in the way, but it brought them together.
* ShowWithInAShow: More like "video within a video", their 2nd Entrance Video (the one with the masks) shows a floating masks and then zooms out to show the two rushing into the ring.
* TwoGuysAndAGirl: For a while, they were the team of London, Kendrick and Ashley with Ashley considered as their manager/friend/love interest. Then it got dropped.
* WhiteDudeBlackDude: Subverted with the black as Paul is actually Mexican.

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