History Wrestling / ThreeMB

'''3MB''' (also referred to as The Band, The Three Man Band, The International House of Hits, The Trio, Slater Group, or Encore) is a heel professional wrestling stable in WWE, consisting of '''Jinder Mahal''', '''Drew [=McIntyre=]''', and '''Heath Slater'''. It was formed on the September 21, 2012 episode of ''[[Wrestling/WWESmackDown WWE SmackDown]]'', when [=McIntyre=] and Mahal saved Slater from a match against Wrestling/BrodusClay.

** It does on the 11/13/13 match on Main Event however, also overseas.

* CharlieBrownFromOuttaTown: In the 11/11/13 Episode of RAW, which takes place in Manchester, England, they come out as "The Union Jacks," basically trading in their black leather tights and jackets for tights and jackets emblazoned with the Union Jack. It doesn't help.

** {{Jobber}}: Forming the 3MB hasn't improved their fortunes much in the ring.

* [[IHavemanyNames We Have Many Names]]: The group had a lot of names floating around (see above) before they settles on Three Man Band (3MB)
* WeaponOfChoice: While Drew had a cast he used that as a weapon behind the refs back.

** Drew is "The [[AddedAlliterativeAppeal Sinister]] [[ViolentGlaswegian Scotsman]]." and The Chosen One
** Heath is "The One-Man Rock Band." Despite his comparatively low importance, this is mentioned on any occasion he's competing in the ring. Or the "The One-Man Southern Rock Band".

* EvilerThanThou: On the receiving end of this recently, as their attempt to jump HHH resulted in them getting beaten down by The Shield before they made their own run against HHH. The following week, 3MB calling out The Shield resulted in BrockLesnar demolishing the three of them.

!! Tropes associated with 3MB include:

** TheChewToy: The tends to get attacked by other heels.

* CurbStompBattle: On a recent episode of RAW, 3MB tried to call out Wrestling/TheShield, which probably wouldn't have ended well. Instead, they got BrockLesnar, which ended ''worse'' - especially for poor Heath Slater.

* GuyLiner

* JerkAss

* TooDumbToLive / BullyingADragon: Or at least bullying a dragon's ring announcer and his only friend and wrecking another dragon's set and attacking him too. 3MB got the ''[[SarcasmMode bright]]'' idea of challenging Wrestling/TheMiz and Wrestling/AlbertoDelRio to a three-on-three tag team match after the two promptly beat the hell out of them for pissing them off...forgetting that both are not only highly decorated wrestlers, but also ''former world champions''. The farthest they've ever gone for all three is an Intercontinental Championship for [=McIntyre=], and that was over three ''years'' ago.

* UnderwearOfPower: Played straight as solo wrestlers, averted as a team..

* TooDumbToLive / BullyingADragon: Or at least bullying a dragon's ring announcer and his only friend and wrecking another dragon's set and attacking him too. 3MB got the ''[[SarcasmMode bright]]'' idea of challenging Wrestling/TheMiz and Wrestling/AlbertoDelRio to a three-on-three tag team match after the two promptly beat the hell out of them for pissing them off...forgetting that both are not only highly decorated wrestlers, but also ''former world champions''. The farthest they've ever gone for all three is an Intercontinental Championship for [=McIntyre=], and that was over ''three'' years ago.

** More recently, Slater went through several finishers before settling on the Smash Hit(elevated/Impaler DDT).

** However, Drew can sing very well, and has even released a song in the past. But of course, WWE doesnt tell you that...

** Heath is "The One-man Rock Band." Despite his comparatively low importance, this is mentioned on any occasion he's competing in the ring. Or the "The One-Man Southern Rock Band".

** WTHCastingAgency

* RedBaron: Heath and Drew both have nicknames.

** RunningGag: We have yet to hear them sing, and God knows they try to.

* VillainTeamUp: They figured, since their singles careers wasn't going anywhere, they team up.

* ButtMonky: All three.

* VillainTeamUp: They figured, since their singles careers wasn't going anywhere, they team up

'''3MB''' (also referred to as The Band, The Three Man Band, The International House of Hits, The Trio, Slater Group, or Encore) is a heel professional wrestling stable in WWE, consisting of '''Jinder Mahal''', '''Drew [=McIntyre=]''', and '''Heath Slater'''. It was formed on the September 21, 2012 episode of WWE SmackDown, when [=McIntrye=] and Mahal saved Slater from a match against Brodus Clay.

** EvilRedhead: Heath is sometimes called [[JohnCena That]] [[FanNickname Chick From Wendy's]].

* FinishingMove: Drew uses the Future Shock (Double Arm DDT), Heath uses a [[DolphZiggler Zig Zag]] variation called Sweetness, and Jinder mostly uses the Camel Clutch.

* InformedAbility: We're consistently informed by Michael Cole that they are talented musicians. We have yet to see any evidence of this.

* SmallNameBigEgo: All of them naturally thinks they are bigger stars than they really are.

3MB (also referred to as The Band, The Three Man Band, The International House of Hits, The Trio, Slater Group, or Encore) is a heel professional wrestling stable in WWE, consisting of Jinder Mahal, Drew McIntyre, and Heath Slater. It was formed on the September 21, 2012 episode of WWE SmackDown (taped the 18th) when McIntrye and Mahal saved Slater from a match against Brodus Clay.
It was formed on the September 21, 2012 episode of WWE SmackDown (taped the 18th) when McIntrye and Mahal saved Slater from a match against Brodus Clay.

* AHeroToHisHometown: Drew is over in Scotland, at the very least. He was even allowed to wrestle a match as a {{Face}} over there, despite being {{Heel}} his entire WWE career.
* [[BastardBoyfriend Bastard Husband]]: Jinder in {{Kayfabe}}
* BeardOfEvil: Jinder in 2012
* BreakUpBreakout: Heath, after TheNexus.
* BullyingADragon: Bitchslapping the Great Khali (who's taller than TheBigShow and nearly as heavy as MarkHenry) just wasn't really a good idea for Jinder on any level.
** This seems to be a pattern with Mahal. He's also ''interrupted'' a promo from a hacked-off RandyOrton in order to get a point across. Needless to say, it didn't end well for him.
--> RandyOrton: [[DeadpanSnarker Are you an announcer?]] [[note]]He'd just had to endure one of Cole's self-gratifying interview sessions at a time where he ''really'' wasn't in the mood.[[/note]] ...[[PreAssKickingOneLiner Because, apparently, announcers are off-limits.]] *cue RKO*
** He then decided to antagonize '''[[TheBigGuy Ryback.]]''' TooDumbToLive indeed. Though he managed to survive.
* ButtMonkey: Heath was this for most of his 2011-2012 run. As of summer 2012, looks like he's finally moving up the ladder.
* TheChewToy: Heath's main purpose in the summer of 2012 was to get utterly destroyed by WWE Legends.

* CombatPragmatist: Drew cheats at least once every match.

* DeepSouth: Heath ries to imitate a lot of the stereotypes. Problem is, he's from West Virginia, which isn't really "south" at all
* DefectorFromDecadence: Heath did this twice with Justin Gabriel
* DemotedToExtra: Drew.
* EvilCannotComprehendGood: Jinder started a feud with Ted Dibiase Jr., explaining that he cannot understand why Ted has befriended the "peasants" and stopped being a RichBitch, claiming to be irritated by it.
* EvilRedhead: Heath is sometimes called [[JohnCena That]] [[FanNickname Chick From Wendy's]].

* FatalFlaw: Drew's is overconfidence, leading to an occasional lack of focus. This is [[LampshadeHanging lampshaded]] by a commentator at least once per match.

* GeorgeJetsonJobSecurity: Drew went through a storyline where he was one loss away from being fired...[[RunningGag about four or five weeks in a row]]. Then, he actually DID get fired...only to be re-hired the following week.
** HumiliationConga: The above storyline saw Drew losing about five or six matches in a row to increasingly pathetic opponents. When he finally got his job back, it was from pinning the three-foot-tall [[JokeCharacter Hornswoggle.]]
* GivingSomeoneThePointerFinger: Jinder does this during his entrance.
* GreenEyedMonster: According to Ranjin Singh, Jinder is jealous towards the fact that Khali is a worldwide celebrity.

* HeterosexualLifePartners
* HoistByHisOwnPetard: On the 1000th episode of Raw, Heath challenged any Legend to a no dq, no count out match. {{Lita}} answered the challenge. Although she did hire herself some protection. Enter the APA! Heath decided to bail, but was stopped by all the other Legends he'd gone up against, who promptly threw him back in the ring and one Twist of Fate and a Clothesline from Hell later, Lita was victorious.
* InformedAbility: We're consistently informed by Michael Cole that Heath is a talented musician. We have yet to see any evidence of this.

* TheKidWithTheRemoteControl: Jinder does a villainous variant. After Khali turned {{Heel}} and siding with him, Khali didn't really do anything until Mahal told him to. It turned out that Khali's only did it to [[KnightTemplarBigBrother protect]] [[{{Kayfabe}} his sister]] from being divorced by him, which were they're from would be a major disgrace to the entire family.
* ManInAKilt: Drew was one the indies. Sadly, he gave up the kilt for WWE so that he could be another guy in trunks.

** Drew is "The [[AddedAlliterativeAppeal Sinister]] [[ViolentGlaswegian Scotsman]]."
*** He's also [[JeffJarrett The Chosen One]]
** Heath is "The One-man Rock Band." Despite his comparatively low importance, this is mentioned on any occasion he's competing in the ring.
*** Recently christened "The One-Man Southern Rock Band".
* ReligiousBruiser: It's implied that his NiceHat has some sort of spiritual significance, which is why he treats it with such respect... ''[[TheArtifact and]]'' [[TheArtifact still wears it, even in his "rock star" gimmick with 3MB.]]
* [[RichBitch Rich Bastard]]: Jinder.
* RunningGag: Heath picked up a gimmick during RAW, for the upcoming 1000th episode, by cutting promos, only to have a legend come out and kick his ass or otherwise humiliate him. His only victory was against Doink the Clown [[note]]Who, according to inside sources, was played by the Brooklyn Brawler.[[/note]] ...even ''that'' didn't end well, though.
** GenreSavvy: He got savvy enough that he expected to be in a match with a legend as the weeks went by. Was a bit WrongGenreSavvy when he was on SmackDown, feeling he was safe, since all his encounters with the legends had been on Raw. Enter Road Warrior Animal.
*** And again he isssue another challenge to current superstar. RandyOrton returns.
* SlipknotPonytail: Happens a lot to Drew.
* SmallNameBigEgo: Drew is one both as The Chosen One and in 3MB.
* SmugSnake: Drew can often be seen wearing a cocky smirk on his face.
* TooDumbToLive: See BullyingADragon. Jinder really needs to learn how to pick his battles a little better.
* TookALevelInBadass: In his feud with Ryback, Jinder was the first one to actually be a ''challenge'' to the guy.

* TheVillainSucksSong: [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hIB8G7NEvms I hate you, Heath Slater!]]
* VillainDecay: Jinder went from arrogant millionaire bastard to comically stoic rock star.
* VillainTeamUp

* WeaponOfChoice: For Drew, it is the ring itself.
* WhatHappenedToTheMouse: The Great Khali got sick of Mahal's threats and bullying, broke away from him, and then kicked his ass. Between the sudden end to the feud as well as either Mahal's inability or his unwillingness to speak English when on camera, we never found out whether Mahal was bluffing or whether he did indeed divorce Khali's sister. And looked like it wouldn't be addressed as he started a feud with Ted [=DiBiase=] Jr, and Khali was out with an injury thanks to MarkHenry. However, when Khali returned at the Royal Rumble, he's was refereed to as Mahal's brother-in-law.
* YourPrincessIsInAnotherCastle: Slater (who had endured a run of getting embarrassed by several weeks worth of over-the-hill returning legends) finally got a win against Doink the Clown. Then an audio cue hit... '''[[DiamondDallasPage "BANG!!"]]''' Out comes DDP, ostensibly to congratulate Slater on finally winning a match. Instead, Slater eats a Diamond Cutter.