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Lists the notable Tag Team wrestlers throughout the history of the WWWF/WWF/WWE. Please limit associated tropes to that wrestler's time in WWE.


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     Teams from the WWWF Era (1963-1984) 

The Blackjacks - 1975

Blackjack Mulligan (Robert Deroy Windham) 1971, 1975, 1982, 1985-1987

Blackjack Lanza (John "Jack" Lanza) 1975

Graham and Tyler - 1971

Luke Graham (James Grady Johnson) 1964–1965, 1966–1969, 1971–1972, 1978

Tarzan Tyler (Camille Tourville) 1965–1966, 1971–1972

The Moondogs - 1981-1985

Moondog King (Edward J. "Ed" White) 1980–1981

Moondog Rex (Randy Colley) 1980-1987

Moondog Spot (Larry Booker) 1981–1985

Parisi and Cerdan - 1975-1976

Tony Parisi (Antonio Pugliese) 1966–1969, 1975-1976, 1982, 1985

Louis Cerdan (Louis Gino Acocella) 1964–1969, 1975–1976, 1982

The Valiant Brothers - 1974-1975, 1978-1980

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Jimmy Valiant (James Harold Fanning) 1971-1972, 1973-1975, 1979

Johnny Valiant (Thomas Sullivan) 1969-1970, 1974-1975, 1979, 1985-1987

Jerry Valiant (John Steele Hill) 1979, 1984-1985

The Wild Samoans - 1980, 1982-1984

     Teams from the Rock 'N' Wrestling Era (1984-1993) 

The Bolsheviks - 1987-1990

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Nikolai Volkoff (Josip Nikolai Peruzović) 1968, 1970-1971, 1974, 1976-1977, 1979, 1984-1990, 1991-1992, 1994-1995, 2001

Boris Zhukov (James Darrell) 1987-1991

The Beverly Brothers - 1991-1993

Blake Beverly (Michael "Mike" Enos) 1991-1993

Beau Beverly (Wayne Bloom) 1991-1993

The Brain Busters - 1988-1989

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Arn Anderson (Martin Anthony Lunde) 1988-1989, 2001-2019

Tully Blanchard (Tully Arthur Blanchard) 1988-1989, 2006

The Bushwhackers - 1988-1996, 2001

Bushwhacker Luke Williams (Brian Wickens) 1988-1996, 2001

Bushwhacker Butch Miller (Robert Miller) 1988-1996, 2001

Demolition - 1987-1991

Ax (Bill Eadie) 1973, 1983-1984, 1986-1990

Smash I (Randy Colley) 1980-1987

Smash II (Barry Darsow) 1987-1993, 2001, 2007

Crush (Brian Keith Adams) 1990-1995, 1996-1997, 2001

The Funks - 1985-1987

Terry Funk (Terrence Funk) 1972-1973, 1985-1986, 1997-1998, 2006

Dory "Hoss" Funk (Dory Ernest Funk, Jr.) 1986, 1996

Jimmy Jack Funk (Ferrin Charles Barr, Jr.) 1985-1987

  • Chainsaw Good: Terry Funk as Chainsaw Charlie
  • Garbage Wrestler: Terry especially in the 1990s.
  • I Have Many Names: Dory just went by "Hoss Funk" at first, then by his real name in the 1996 Royal Rumble, Terry briefly used "Chainsaw Charlie" when teaming up with Cactus Jack (Jack would lampshade this in a promo, saying, "If a legend like Terry Funk wants to run around with pantyhose on his head calling himself Chainsaw Charlie, that's his business!").
  • Red Baron: Terry's nickname during his first WWF stint in 1985-1986 was "Terrible".
  • Ring Oldies: Terry, who is still wrestling, well into his 60s.
  • Unrelated Brothers: Jimmy Jack to Terry and Hoss.
  • Wrestling Family: Obviously Terry and Dory, but Ferrin (Jimmy Jack) is the son to wrestler and promoter, Sandy Barr and older brother to WCW and AAA wrestler Art Barr.

The Mega Powers - 1988-1989

Hulk Hogan (Terry Gene Bollea) - 1979-1980,1983-1993,2002-2003,2005-2007,2014-2015,2018-present

See also: New World Order

Randy Savage (Randall Mario "Randy" Poffo) 1985-1994

Miss Elizabeth (Elizabeth Ann Hulette) 1985-1992

The Powers of Pain - 1988-1990

The Warlord (Terry Szopinski) 1988-1992

The Barbarian (Sionne Vailahi) 1988-1992, 1994-1995

The Legion of Doom/The Road Warriors - 1990-1992, 1997-1999, 2003, 2005-2006

Hawk (Michael James Hegstrand) 1990-1992, 1997-1999, 2003

Animal (Joseph Aaron "Joe" Laurinaitis) 1990-1992, 1997-1999, 2003, 2005-2006, 2012

Puke / Droz (Darren Drozdov) 1998-1999

Heidenreich (Jon Heidenreich) 2003-2006

The Rockers - 1985-1992, 2005, 2006, 2007

Marty Jannetty (Frederick Marty Jannetty) 1987, 1988-1992, 1992-1994, 1995-1996, 2005-2007, 2009

Shawn Michaels (Michael Shawn Hickenbottom) 1988-2010, 2018

See also: The Kliq, D-Generation X, The Corporation and New World Order.

The Nasty Boys - 1990-1993

Brian Knobbs (Brian Yandrisovitz) 1990-1993

Jerry Sags (Jerry Sagonovich) 1990-1993

The Natural Disasters - 1991-1993

Earthquake (John Tenta) 1989-1993, 1994, 1998-1999

Typhoon (Fred Ottman) 1990-1993, 1994

The Orient Express - 1990-1992

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Sato (佐藤 昭雄, Sato Akio) 1990-1991, 1995

  • He Also Did: Sato was a major backstage figure in All Japan Pro Wrestling in the early 80s. He most notably was the promotion's booker after a network-mandated division of power, but he also reformed the backstage culture, worked as a co-interpreter, and mentored various young talent.

Tanaka (Pat Tanaka) 1990–1992, 1993-1994

Kato (Thomas "Tom" Boric) 1990-1993

Power and Glory - 1990-1991

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Hercules (Raymond Fernandez) 1985-1992

Paul Roma (Paul Centopani) 1985-1991

     Teams from the New Generation Era (1993-1997) 

The Bodydonnas - 1996

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Skip (Chris Candido) 1995-1996

Zip (Thomas Prichard) 1993-2004

The Godwinns/Southern Justice - 1996-1998

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Henry O. Godwinn (Mark Canterbury) 1995-1998

Phineas I. Godwinn/Mideon (Dennis Knight) 1996-2000

The Headbangers - 1996-1999, 2000, 2016

The Headshrinkers - 1992-1995

Samu (Samula Anoa'i) 1992-1994

Fatu (Solofa F. Fatu Jr.) 1992-2004, 2012, 2014

Sionne (Sionne Vailahi) 1988-1992, 1994-1995

The Heavenly Bodies - 1993-1995

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Tom Prichard (Thomas Prichard) 1993-2004, 2007-2012

Jimmy Del Ray (David Ferrier) 1993-1995

Men on a Mission - 1993-1996

Mabel/Viscera/Big Daddy V (Nelson Frazier, Jr.) 1993-1996, 1999-2000, 2004-2008

Mo (Robert Horne) 1993-1996

The Nation of Domination - 1996-1998

Faarooq (Ron Simmons) 1996-2010

See also: Ministry of Darkness

The Rock (Dwayne Douglas Johnson) 1996-2004, 2011-

See also: The Corporation

Owen Hart (Owen James Hart) 1988-1989, 1991-1999

D'Lo Brown (Accie Julius Conner) 1997-2003, 2008-2009

Kama (Charles Wright) 1992-1993, 1995-2002, 2013

See also: Right to Censor

Savio Vega (Juan Riviera) 1994-1998

Mark Henry (Mark Jerrold Henry) 1996-2018

Ahmed Johnson (Anthony Norris) 1995-1998

The Rock 'n' Roll Express

Ricky Morton (Richard Morton) 1993-1994, 1998

Robert Gibson (Ruben Cain) 1993-1994, 1998

The Steiner Brothers - 1992-1994

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Rick Steiner (Robert Rechsteiner) 1992-1994

Scott Steiner (Scott Carl Rechsteiner) 1992-1994, 2002-2004

Tekno Team 2000 - 1995-1996

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Troy (Erik Watts) 1995-1996

Travis (Chad Fortune) 1995-1996

Well Dunn - 1993-1995

Timothy Well (Timothy Smith) 1993-1995

Steven Dunn (Steve Doll) 1993-1995

     Teams from the Attitude Era (1997-2001) 

The Acolytes Protection Agency/APA - 1998-2004, 2007, 2012, 2015

See also: Ministry of Darkness

Bradshaw (John Charles Layfield) 1996-2009

Faarooq (Ron Simmons) 1996-2010

See also: The Nation of Domination

D-Generation X - 1997-2000, 2006-2007, 2009-2010, 2012, 2015, 2018

Shawn Michaels (Michael Shawn Hickenbottom) 1988-2010, 2018

See also: The Kliq, The Corporation and New World Order.

Triple H (Paul Michael Levesque) 1995-present

See also: The Kliq, The Corporation, Evolution and The Authority

Chyna (Chyna, born Joan Marie "Joanie" Laurer) 1997-2001

See also: The Corporation

Rick Rude (Richard Erwin "Rick" Rood) 1987-1990, 1997

X-Pac (Sean Waltman) 1993-1996, 1998-2002, 2012-present

See also: The Kliq and New World Order.

"The Road Dogg" Jesse James (Brian Gerard "B.G." James) 1994-2001, 2011-present

See also: The New Age Outlaws

"Bad Ass" Billy Gunn (Monty "Kip" Sopp) 1993-2004, 2012-2015

See also: The New Age Outlaws

Stephanie McMahon (Stephanie McMahon Levesque née Stephanie Marie McMahon) 1999-present

See also: The Authority

Edge and Christian/(E&C) 1998–2001, 2009–2011, 2014-2016

See also: Ministry of Darkness

Edge (Adam Copeland) 1998-2011, 2020-2023

See also: The Judgment Day

Christian (William Reso) 1998-2004, 2009-2014, 2021

The Hardy Boyz - 1998-2002, 2006-2009, 2017-2018, 2019-2020

Matt Hardy (Matthew Moore "Matt" Hardy) 1994-1996, 1998-2010, 2017-2020

Jeff Hardy (Jeffrey Nero "Jeff" Hardy) 1994-1997, 1998-2003, 2006-2009, 2017-2021

The J.O.B. Squad - 1998-1999

Al Snow (Allen Ray Savern) 1995-1997, 1998-2004

Bob Holly (Robert William Howard) 1991, 1994-2009

2 Cold Scorpio (Charles Bernard Scaggs) 1996-1999, 2007

Gillberg (Duane Gil) 1991-1995, 1998-2000, 2003, 2007, 2016, 2021

Kai En Tai - 1998-2001

Taka Michinoku (Yoshida Takao) 1997-2001

Funaki (Funaki Shoichi) 1998-2010

Los Boricuas - 1997-1998

Savio Vega (Juan Riviera) 1994-1998

Miguel Pérez (Jose Miguel Pérez, Jr.) 1997-1999

Jose Estrada (Jose Estrada, Jr.) 1997-1999

Jesús Castillo (Jesús Daniel Castillo Ortiz, Jr.) 1997-1999

The Disciples of Apocalypse - 1997-1999

Crush (Brian Keith Adams) 1990-1995, 1996-1997, 2001

Chainz (Brian Lee Harris) 1994, 1997-1998

Skull (Donald "Don" Harris) 1995-1996, 1996-1999

8-Ball (Ronald "Ron" Harris) 1995-1996, 1996-1999

The Dudley Boys - 1999-2005, 2015-2016

Bubba Ray Dudley (Mark S. LoMonaco) 1999-2005, 2015-2016

D-Von Dudley (Devon E. Hughes) 1999-2005, 2015-2016

The New Age Outlaws - 1997-2000, 2012-2015

Road Dogg (Brian Gerard "B.G." James) 1994-2001, 2011-present

Billy Gunn (Monty "Kip" Sopp) 1993-2004, 2012-2015

See also: D-Generation X

The Oddities 1998-1999

Kurrgan (Robert Maillet) 1997-1999

Golga 1989-1993, 1994, 1998-1999

Giant Silva (Paulo Silva) 1998-1999

George "The Animal" Steele (William James Myers) 1968-1970, 1972, 1976, 1984-1988, 1998-1999

The Public Enemy - 1999

Johnny Grunge (Michael Durham) 1999

"Flyboy" Rocco (Theodore James "Ted" Petty) 1999

Right to Censor - 2000-2001

Stevie Richards (Michael Manna) 1999-2008

Bull Buchanan (Barry Buchanan) 1997-2001,2002-2003,2011

The Goodfather (Charles Wright) 1992-1993,1995-2002,2013

See also: The Nation of Domination

Val Venis (Sean Allan Morley) 1998-2009

Ivory (Lisa Marie Moretti) 1999-2005,2018

Rock N' Sock Connection - 1999-2000, 2004

The Rock (Dwayne Douglas Johnson) 1996-2004, 2011-

See also: The Nation of Domination and The Corporation

Mankind (Michael Francis Foley, Sr.) 1996-2008, 2011-2012

Too Much / Too Cool - 1998-2001, 2014

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Brian Christopher/Grand Master Sexay (Brian Lawler) 1997-2001, 2004, 2011, 2014

Scott Taylor / Scotty 2 Hotty (Scott Ronald Garland) 1991-2007, 2014

Rikishi (Solofa F. Fatu Jr.) 1992-2004, 2012, 2014

The Union - 1999

Mankind (Michael Francis Foley, Sr.) 1996-2008, 2011-2012

Big Show (Paul Randall Wright Jr) - 1999-2007,2008-2021

See also: The Corporation, New World Order and The Authority

Ken Shamrock (Kenneth Wayne Shamrock, born Kenneth Wayne Kilpatrick) 1997-1999

See also: The Corporation

Test (Andrew Martin) 1998-2004, 2006-2007

See also: The Corporation

X-Pac and Kane - 1999

X-Pac (Sean Waltman) - 1993-1996, 1998-2002, 2012-

See also: The Kliq, D-Generation X and New World Order

Kane (Glenn Jacobs) - 1995-present

See also: The Corporation, Team Hell No and The Authority

     Teams from the In Vasion (2001-2002) 

Big Show and Kane - 2001–2002, 2005–2006, 2011 and 2014–2016

Big Show (Paul Randall Wright Jr) - 1999-2007,2008-2021

See also: The Corporation, New World Order and The Authority

Kane (Glenn Jacobs) - 1995-present

See also: The Corporation, Team Hell No and The Authority

Billy and Chuck - 2001-2002

"Bad Ass" Billy Gunn (Monty "Kip" Sopp) 1993-2004, 2012-2015

Chuck Palumbo (Charles Palumbo) 2001-2004, 2007-2008

  • Ambiguously Gay: As a heel.
  • Arch-Enemy: APA & 3-Minute Warning.
  • Faux Yay: Infamously posed as gay lovers in their original run.
  • Heel–Face Turn: After Rico defected to Raw and managed 3-Minute Warning. Billy and Chuck remained a team, turning face and dropping all facets of their gay-sweetheart gimmick.

New World Order/nWo - 2002, 2015

Hulk Hogan (Terry Gene Bollea) - 1979-1980,1983-1993,2002-2003,2005-2007,2014-2015,2018-present

See also: The Mega Powers

Scott Hall (Scott Oliver Hall) - 1992-1996,2002

See also: The Kliq

Kevin Nash (Kevin Scott Nash) - 1993-1996,2002-2003,2011-present

See also: The Kliq

X-Pac (Sean Waltman) - 1993-1996,1998-2002,2012-present

See also: The Kliq and D-Generation X

Big Show (Paul Randall Wright Jr) - 1999-2007,2008-2021

See also: The Corporation and The Authority

Booker T (Booker Tio Huffman) - 2001-2007,2011-present

Shawn Michaels (Michael Shawn Hickenbottom) - 1988-2010,2018-present

See also: The Kliq, The Corporation and D-Generation X

Palumbo and O'Haire - 2001

Chuck Palumbo (Charles Palumbo) 2001-2004, 2007-2008

Sean O'Haire (Sean Christopher O'Haire) 2001-2003

     Teams from the Ruthless Aggression Era (2002-2008) 

3-Minute Warning

Jamal (Edward Solofa "Eddie" Fatu) 2002-2003, 2005-2009

Rosey (Matt Anoa'i) 2002-2006

Rico (Americo Sebastiano Costantino) 2002-2004

The Basham Brothers - 2003-2005, 2006-2007

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Doug Basham (Lyle Douglas "Doug" Basham, Jr.) 1995, 2002-2007

Danny Basham (Daniel R. "Danny" Holle) 2003-2007

Batista and Rey Mysterio - 2005-2007, 2008-2009

Batista (David Michael Bautista, Jr.) 2002-2010, 2014, 2019

See also: Evolution

Rey Mysterio (Óscar Gutiérrez) 2002-2015, 2018-

Cade and Murdoch - 2005-2007

Curt Hawkins & Zack Ryder - 2007-2009, 2019-2020

Curt Hawkins (Bryan Myers) 2007-2013, 2016-2020

Zack Ryder (Matthew Cardona) 2007-2020

Cryme Tyme - 2006-2007, 2008-2010

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JTG (Jason Anthony Paul) 2006-2007, 2008-2014

Shad Gaspard (Shad Chad Javier Romane Chittick Gaspard) 2006-2007, 2008-2010

Deuce 'n Domino - 2007-2008

Deuce (James Snuka) 2007-2009

Domino (Clifford Treiber) 2007-2008

The Dicks - 2005-2006

Chad Dick (Charles "Chad" Wicks) 2005-2006

James Dick (John Michael Toland) 2005-2006

Eddie Guerrero and Rey Mysterio - 2004-2005

Eddie Guerrero (Eduardo Gori Guerrero Llanes) 2000-2001, 2002-2005

Rey Mysterio (Óscar Gutiérrez) 2002-2015, 2018-

Edge and Rey Mysterio - 2002, 2021, 2022, 2023

Edge (Adam Copeland) 1998-2011, 2020-2023

See also: Ministry of Darkness and The Judgment Day

Rey Mysterio (Óscar Gutiérrez) 2002-2015, 2018-

Evolution - 2003-2005, 2007, 2014

Triple H (Paul Michael Levesque) 1995-present

See also: The Kliq, D-Generation X, The Corporation and The Authority

Randy Orton (Randal Keith "Randy" Orton) 2002-present

See also: The Authority and The Wyatt Family

Batista (David Michael Bautista, Jr.) 2002-2010, 2014, 2019

Ric Flair (Richard Morgan "Ric" Fliehr) 1991-1993, 2001-2009, 2012-2021

The Gymini - 2006

Jake (Mike Shane) 2006

Jesse (Todd Shane) 2006

Los Guerreros - 2002-2004, 2005

Eddie Guerrero (Eduardo Gori Guerrero Llanes) 2000-2001, 2002-2005

Chavo Guerrero (Salvador Guerrero IV) 2001-2011

The Heart Throbs - 2005-2006

Romeo Roselli (Giovanni "Johnny" Roselli) 2005-2006

Antonio Thomas (Thomas Matera) 2005-2006

The Highlanders - 2006-2008

Rory McAllister (Russell Murray) 2006-2008

Robbie McAllister (Derek Graham-Couch) 2006-2008

The Hurricane and Rosey - 2003-2005

The Hurricane (Gregory Shane Helms) 2001-2010

Rosey (Matt Anoaʻi) 2002-2006

Kurt Angle and Chris Benoit - 2002, 2003

Kurt Angle (Kurt Steven Angle) 1999-2006, 2017-2020

Chris Benoit (Christopher Michael Benoit) 2000-2007

Jesse and Festus - 2007–2009

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Jesse/Slam Master J (Ray Gordy) 2005-2010

Festus/Luke Gallows (Drew Hankinson) 2006-2010, 2016-present

See also: Bullet Club
  • Ascended Extra: Gordy first appeared on WWE TV on the December 9, 2005 episode of SmackDown, where he got squashed by The Boogeyman, then became the (kaybabe) boyfriend of Trish Stratus.
  • Bald of Evil: Luke/Doc Gallows.
  • Braids of Action: Slam Master J, copying Cryme Tyme.
  • The Brute: Again, Luke Gallows.
  • Costume Copycat: In 2006, Hankinson was the masked Kane who briefly tormented the real one.
  • Crouching Moron, Hidden Badass: Festus would be catatonic most of the time, staring blankly into space with his tongue hanging out while Jesse dragged him around. But when the bell rang, Festus would wake up and kick some ass until that very same bell rang again to send him back into his gentle state.
  • Drugs Are Bad: We found out later that Luke Gallows was Festus, and his far off look was because of a drug addiction, which CM Punk saved him from.
  • Expy: With his similar tights and moveset, Jesse was one to Rob Van Dam of all people.
  • Gentle Giant: Festus.
  • Mistreatment-Induced Betrayal: After Luke had enough of CM Punk and left the Straight Edge Society.
  • Pretty Fly for a White Guy: Jesse, as Slam Master J.
  • Put on a Bus: Slam Master J got released and then retired extraoficially from wrestling to work as a policeman. He is one of the few wrestling examples who is actually gone for good. He made one more appearance at the 2016 WWE Hall of Fame ceremony.
  • Red Baron: "Corn Fed Colossus" for Festus.
  • The Smart Guy: Jesse.
  • Underwear of Power: Festus.
  • Unrelated Brothers: They were originally going to be brothers with their surname being "Dalton".
  • Wrestling Family: Jesse is the son of the late great WWE Hall of Famer Terry "Bam Bam" Gordy.

King Booker's Court - 2006-2007

King Booker (Robert Booker Tio Huffman) 2001-2007, 2011-

Queen Sharmell (Sharmell Sullivan-Huffman) 2001, 2005-2007, 2013

William Regal (Darren Kenneth Matthews) 1998-1999, 2000-2022

Finlay (David Finlay) 2006-2011, 2012-2020

Hornswoggle (Dylan Mark Postl) 2006-2016

La Résistance (Tag Team) - 2003-2005

René Dupree (René Goguen) 2002-2007

Sylvain Grenier (Sylvain Grenier) 2002-2007, 2019-present

Robert Conway (Robert Thomas "Rob" Conway) 2000-2007

London and Kendrick - 2003-2004, 2005-2007

Paul London (Paul Michael London) 2003-2008

Spanky/Brian Kendrick/"The" Brian Kendrick (Brian David Kendrick) 2002-2004, 2005-2009, 2015, 2016-present

Mexicools - 2005-2006

Super Crazy (Francisco Islas Rueda) 2005-2008

Psicosis (Dionicio Castellanos Torres) 2005-2006

Juventud (Eduardo Aníbal González Hernández) 2005-2006

MNM - 2005–2006, 2006-2007

Melina (Melina Nava Perez) 2004-2011, 2021, 2022

Johnny Nitro (John Hennigan) 2004-2011, 2020-2021

Joey Mercury (Adam Birch) 2004-2007, 2010-2017

Miz & Morrison - 2007–2009, 2020-2021

The Miz (Michael Mizanin) 2004, 2006-

John Morrison (John Hennigan) 2004-2011, 2020-2021

Rated-RKO - 2006-2007, 2008, 2011

Edge (Adam Copeland) 1998-2011, 2020-2023

See also: Ministry of Darkness and The Judgment Day

Randy Orton (Randal Keith "Randy" Orton) 2002-present

See also: Evolution, The Authority and The Wyatt Family

RVD and Kane - 2003

Rob Van Dam (Robert Alexander Szatkowski) 2001-2007, 2009, 2013-2014

Kane (Glenn Jacobs) - 1995-present

See also: The Corporation, Team Hell No and The Authority

The Spirit Squad - 2006, 2016

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Kenny (Kenneth Lionel Doane) 2006-2008, 2016

Johnny (John "Johnny" Jeter) 2006

Mitch (Nicholas Cole "Nick" Mitchell) 2006

Nicky/Dolph Ziggler (Nicholas Theodore "Nick" Nemeth) 2005, 2006, 2008-2023

Mikey (Michael "Mike" S. Brendli) 2006, 2016

The World's Greatest Tag Team - 2002-2004, 2006-2007, 2009-2010

Charlie Haas (Charles "Charlie" Doyle Haas II) 2002-2005, 2006-2010

Shelton Benjamin (Shelton James Benjamin) 2002-2010, 2017-2023

See also: The Hurt Business

     Teams from the WWE Universe Era (2008-2011) 

Air Boom - 2008–2010, 2011-2012

Evan Bourne (Matthew Joseph "Matt" Korklan) 2008-2014

Kofi Kingston (Kofi Sarkodie-Mensah) 2008-present

See also: The New Day

Bella Twins - 2008-2012, 2013-2014, 2014-2015, 2018

Nikki Bella (Stephanie Nicole Garcia-Colace) 2008-2012, 2013-2019, 2022

Brie Bella (Brianna Monique Danielson; née Garcia-Colace) 2008-2012, 2013-2016, 2018-2019, 2022

The Corre - 2011

Wade Barrett (Stuart Alexander Bennett) 2010-2016

Justin Gabriel (Paul Lloyd Jr) 2010-2015

Heath Slater (Heath Miller) 2010-2020

See also: 3MB

Ezekiel Jackson (Rycklon Stephens) 2008-2014

See also: The Nexus

CM Punk and Kofi Kingston - 2008–2009

CM Punk (Phillip Jack Brooks) 2006-2014, 2023-Present

See also: The Nexus

Kofi Kingston (Kofi Sarkodie-Mensah) 2008-present

See also: The New Day

The Dashing Ones - 2010

Cody Rhodes (Cody Garrett Runnels) 2007-2016, 2022-Present

Drew McIntyre (Drew Galloway) 2007, 2009-2014, 2017-Present

See also: 3MB

Divas of Doom - 2010-2012, 2019-2020

Natalya (Natalie "Nattie" Katherine Neidhart-Wilson) 2008-

Beth Phoenix (Elizabeth Kocanski Copeland; neé Carolan) 2006-2012, 2018, 2019-

The Funkadactyls - 2011-2014

Naomi (Trinity Fatu. neé McCray) 2010-2022

Cameron (Ariane Nicole Andrew) 2011-2016, 2022

The Hart Dynasty - 2009-2010

David Hart Smith (Harry Smith) 2007-2008, 2009-2011, 2021-

Tyson Kidd (Theodore "T.J." Wilson) 2009-2015

Natalya Neidhart (Natalie "Nattie" Katherine Neidhart-Wilson) 2008-Present

Bret Hart (Bret Sergeant Hart) 1984-1997, 2010

  • Arch-Enemy: The Usos
  • Canada, Eh?
  • Childhood Friend Romance: Natalya & Tyson Kidd.
  • Face–Heel Turn: Tyson Kidd. This culminated on the November 15 episode of Raw, when Kidd refused to tag in and attacked Smith during a match for the WWE Tag Team Championship against The Nexus (Justin Gabriel and Heath Slater). Kidd became a heel once again as a result of this.
  • Heel
    • Heel–Face Turn: On March 28, 2010, The Hart Dynasty, (along with the rest of the Hart family), were in their uncle Bret's corner as he faced Mr. McMahon in a No Holds Barred match at WrestleMania XXVI, performing a Hart Attack on McMahon during the match and officially becoming fan favorites as a result.
  • Wrestling Family

The Legacy - 2008-2010

Randy Orton (Randal Keith "Randy" Orton) 2002-present

See also: Evolution, The Authority and The Wyatt Family

Cody Rhodes (Cody Garrett Runnels) 2007-2016, 2022-Present

Ted DiBiase Jr. (Theodore Marvin "Ted" DiBiase, Jr.) 2008-2013

The Nexus/New Nexus - 2010-2011

Wade Barrett (Stuart Alexander Bennett) 2010-2016

David Otunga (David Daniel Otunga Sr) 2010-present

Justin Gabriel (Paul Lloyd Jr) 2010-2015

Heath Slater (Heath Miller) 2010-present

See also: 3MB

Skip Sheffield (Ryan Alan Reeves FKA Ryback Alan Reeves) 2004, 2010-2016

Darren Young (Frederick "Fred" Douglas Rosser III) 2010-2017

See also: Prime Time Players

Michael Tarver (Tyrone Evans) 2010-2011

Daniel Bryan (Bryan Danielson) 2010-2016, 2018-2021

See also: Team Hell No and The Wyatt Family

John Cena (John Felix Anthony Cena Jr.) 2002-present

Michael McGillicutty (Joseph Curtis "Joe" Hennig) 2010-2020

Husky Harris (Windham Laurence Rotunda) 2010-2023

See also: The Wyatt Family

CM Punk (Phillip Jack Brooks) 2006-2014, 2023-Present

Mason Ryan (Barri Griffiths) 2011-2014

The Usos - 2010-2023

Jey Uso (Joshua Fatu) 2010-present

Jimmy Uso (Jonathan Fatu) 2010-present

See also: Samoan Dynasty

     Teams from the WWE, Inc. Era (2011-2014) 

Chick Busters - 2011-2012

A.J. Lee (April Jeannette Brooks; née Mendez) 2010-2015

Kaitlyn (Celeste Beryl Bonin) 2010-2014, 2018-2019

The Prime Time Players - 2012-2014, 2015

Titus O'Neil (Thaddeus Michael Bullard) 2012-present

Darren Young (Fred Rosser) 2010-2017

See also: The Nexus

Primo and Epico/ Los Matadores / The Shining Stars - 2011-2020

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Primo/Diego (Edwin "Eddie" Carlos Colón) 2008-2020

Epico/Fernando (Orlando Colón) 2011-2020

  • Annoying Younger Sibling: Inverted; Primo views his brother Carlito as annoying, but Carlito is actually older.
  • Artistic License – Geography: As Los Matadores, they were Puerto Ricans playing Mexican matadores.
  • Backstabber: Their Finishing Move.
  • Be Careful What You Wish For: They were complaining about not getting enough TV time as Champs. The next match they had on TV was the one where they lost the belts.
  • Braids of Action: Epico, until his haircut.
  • Expy:
    • The Colons, obviously. They just switched out Carlito for Epico and added Rosa as a valet.
    • As Los Matadores, of Tito Santana's "El Matador" gimmick.
  • Cool Masks: As Los Matadores.
  • Foreign Wrestling Heel: Averted. Even as heels, they're heels that happen to be Puerto Rican, not because they're Puerto Rican.
  • Four Is Death: When the team of Epico, Primo, & Rosa originally formed, they shot straight to the top of the revived tag team division, winning the tag titles in short order. However, they later lost the titles, and once they were signed to AW's agency in an attempt to regain their mojo (making their stable number four members), things only went downhill from there.
  • Latin Lover: Primo.
  • Mascot: El Torito.
  • Meaningful Name: Didn't make much sense when he was teaming with Carlito, but "Primo" is Spanish for "cousin", so in the way the name of their team reads: "Epico & Cousin." Oh, and Rosa.
  • Mythology Gag: Combined with Shout-Out; their names as Los Matadores, Diego and Fernando, happen to be the names of the sons of Christopher Columbus, or as he's known in Spanish, Cristóbal Colón.
  • Nerds Are Sexy: Primo was once in a relationship with uber-nerd A.J. Lee.
  • Offscreen Moment of Awesome: Subverted. Won the Tag Team Championships at a live event, but the replay was shown on the following televised show, explaining what had happened.
  • Real Life Writes the Plot: Epico & Primo won the titles when they did and the way they did (see Offscreen Moment of Awesome above) because Evan Bourne (who was one half of the champions along with Kofi Kingston) got suspended for a second Wellness Violation. Ironically, they would later lose the titles back to Kofi, who found a new partner in R-Truth, who had just returned from a Wellness Vacation stemming from the exact same incident where Evan Bourne got busted.
  • Sibling Team: Despite annoying him, teaming with his brother was a dream of Primo's and they were the first Unified Tag Team Champions.
  • Sibling Triangle: Primo and Carlito to Brie Bella.
  • Spicy Latina: Ever since beginning to manage Epico & Primo, Rosa's been playing this up for all it's worth.
  • Two Guys and a Girl: With Rosa Mendes.
  • Villain Team-Up: Epico was with Hunico at first. He's now tagging with his cousin Primo.
  • What Happened to the Mouse?:
    • Epico and Primo lost their championships to Kofi Kingston and R-Truth. In almost all cases where a competitor drops a title, they have a rematch clause. They're still yet to invoke it even several weeks later. This was later brought up at No Way Out; AW allowed their rematch clause to expire with him never telling them to use the clause, presumably on purpose, as later that night during a Four Way Match for the #1 contendership to the tag team titles he turned on Epico and Primo to side with the Primetime Players (Titus O'Neil and Darren Young).
    • Happened again as Los Matadores. In the fall of 2015, Diego and Fernando turned heel and beat down El Torito before getting put through tables by the Dudley Boyz. None of this was followed up on, as the duo disappeared from TV for months before resurfacing as their original Primo/Epico names, talking up the beauty of Puerto Rico in video packages.
  • Wrestling Family: The two are Real Life cousins from one of the well known Puerto Rican wrestling families - also add Carlos, Jr. (Primo's brother, known as Carlito in the WWE), Carlos Sr. (Carlito and Primo's father, who all three proceeded to induct into the Hall of Fame) as well.

Team Hell No - 2012-2013, 2018

Kane (Glenn Jacobs) - 1995-present

See also: The Corporation and The Authority

Daniel Bryan (Bryan Danielson) - 2010-2016, 2018-2021

See also: The Nexus and The Wyatt Family

Team Rhodes Scholars - 2012-2013

Cody Rhodes (Cody Garrett Runnels) 2007-2016, 2022-Present

Damien Sandow (Aaron Haddad) 2006, 2012-2016

The Shield - 2012-2014, 2017-2018, 2019

Dean Ambrose (Jonathan Good) 2012-2019

Roman Reigns (Joe Anoa'i) 2012-present

Seth Rollins (Colby Lopez) 2012-present

See also: The Authority

The Wyatt Family - 2013-2014, 2015-2017

Bray Wyatt (Windham Rotunda) 2010-2011, 2013-2021, 2022-2023

See also: The Nexus

Luke Harper (Jon Huber) 2013-2019

Erick Rowan (Joseph Ruud) 2013-2020

Daniel Bryan (Bryan Danielson) - 2010-2016, 2018-2021

See also: The Nexus

Braun Strowman (Adam Scherr) 2015-2021, 2022-present

Randy Orton (Randall Keith "Randy" Orton) 2002-present

See also: Evolution and The Authority

3MB - 2012-2014

Heath Slater (Heath Miller) - 2010-2020

See also: The Nexus

Jinder Mahal (Yuvraj Dhesi) 2011-2014, 2016-Present

Drew McIntyre (Drew Galloway) 2007, 2009-2014, 2017-Present

     Teams from the Reality Era (2014-2016) 

The Ascension - 2014-2019

Konnor (Ryan Parmeter) 2014-2019

Viktor (Eric Thompson) 2014-2019

The Lucha Dragons - 2015-2016

Kalisto (Emanuel Rodriguez) 2015-2021

Hunico/Sin Cara (Jorge Arias) 2011-2019

The New Day - 2014-present

Big E (Ettore Ewen) 2012-present

Kofi Kingston (Kofi Sarkodie-Mensah) 2008-present

Xavier Woods (Austin Watson) 2013-present

Tyson Kidd and Cesaro - 2014-2015

Cesaro (Claudio Castagnoli) 2012-2022

See also: The Bar

Tyson Kidd (Theodore "T.J." Wilson) 2009-2015

     Teams from the New Era (2016-2023) 

AJ Styles and Omos - 2021

AJ Styles (Allen Neal Jones) 2016-present

See also: Bullet Club

Omos (Tolulope Jordan Omogbehin) 2021-present

  • Big Guy, Little Guy
  • The Dreaded: The New Day's reaction when he was finally tagged into their championship match said it all. The multiple-time Champions instantly knew they were screwed.
  • Earn Your Happy Ending: Omos is just make a wrestling debut at WrestleMania 37 and won the Raw Tag Team Champions and Styles became a Grand Slam Champion.
  • The Giant: Omos is 7'3".
  • New Job as the Plot Demands: In an environment where a complete repackaging while on the main roster isn't as common anymore, Omos stands out as having had three separate gimmicks within a year. Originally, he was a giant Ninja in the employ of Akira Tozawa. Then he was a bouncer for the short-lived RAW Underground. Most recently, he's been AJ Styles' enforcer and tag-team partner until they broke up in 2022.
  • Wrestling Monster: Omos.

Alexa Bliss and Nikki Cross - 2019-2020, 2021

Alexa Bliss (Alexis Cabrera. neé Kaufman) 2016-

Nikki Cross (Nicola Glencross) 2019-

See also: SAnitY

Alpha Academy 2021-

Chad Gable (Charles "Chas" Betts) 2013-present

See also: American Alpha

Otis Dozovic/Otis (Nikola Bogojevic) 2016-present

Maxxine Dupri (Sydney Zmrzel) 2022-present

Akira Tozawa 2016-present

American Alpha - 2015-2017

Jason Jordan (Nathan Everhart) 2011-present

Chad Gable (Charles "Chas" Betts) 2013-present

The Authors of Pain/AOP - 2016-2020, 2024-

Akam (Sunny Dhinsa) 2014-2020, 2024-

Rezar (Gzim Selmani) 2015-2020, 2024-

  • Aborted Arc: They were reportedly supposed to reunite with Paul Ellering, until the COVID pandemic and Rezar’s bicep injury delayed it and their subsequent release later made it impossible.
  • Ambiguously Brown: Akam is ethnically Punjabi Indian, and Rezar is from Albania. Somewhat surprisingly for WWE, which likes to play the Foreign Wrestling Heel thing to the hilt, this doesn't factor into their gimmick at all (aside from occasionally cutting promos in their native languages).
  • Co-Dragons: To Seth Rollins as of December 2019 and Karrion Kross as of SmackDown New Year's Revolution 2024.
  • Establishing Character Moment:
    • They came out after American Alpha lost the NXT tag titles back to The Revival and utterly destroyed the ex-champions before being called to the back by legendary manager Paul Ellering.
    • Their return in 2024 is punctuated with them swiftly taking out the Street Profits and allying with Karrion Kross.
  • Finishing Move: Two of them:
    • "The Last Chapter" is a Russian Legsweep and Lariat combination.
    • "Super Collider" is stereo powerbombs after knocking their opponents together.
  • Lightning Bruiser: Two absolute beasts whose tandem offense is surprisingly fast and appropriately painful.
  • Theme Naming: The philosophical principle of Occam's Razor goes that among competing hypotheses, select the simplest one with the least assumptions. What Akam and Rezar are here to do needs no assumptions made.
  • Wrestling Monster: They are almost completely unstoppable in the ring. Sometimes one of them does not even bother tagging into the match, allowing the other to destroy both their opponents by themselves.

The B-Team - 2018-2020

Bo Dallas (Taylor Rotunda) 2013, 2014-2021

Curtis Axel (Joseph Hennig) 2010-2020

See also: The Nexus

The Bar - 2016-2019

Cesaro (Claudio Castagnoli) 2012-2022

See also: Tyson Kidd and Cesaro

Sheamus (Stephen Farrelly) 2009-present

Benjamin & Gable - 2017-2018

Shelton Benjamin (Shelton James Benjamin) 2002-2010, 2017-2023

See also: The World's Greatest Tag Team and The Hurt Business

Chad Gable (Charles "Chas" Betts) 2013-present

See also: American Alpha
  • Face/Heel Double-Turn: The Usos cemented their face turn when they attempted to shake Benjamin and Gable's hand during a backstage segment, whereas Benjamin and Gable refused.

The Bloodline - 2016, 2019, 2020-

See also: Samoan Dynasty

Roman Reigns (Leati Joseph Anoa'i) 2012-

See also: The Shield

Jey Uso (Joshua Samuel Fatu) 2010-

Jimmy Uso (Jonathan Solofa Fatu) 2010-

See also: The Usos

Paul Heyman 2001-2006, 2012-

Sami Zayn (Rami Sebei) 2016-

Solo Sikoa (Joseph Fatu) 2022-

The Rock (Dwayne Douglas Johnson) 1996-2004, 2011-2019, 2024-

See also: The Corporation and The Nation of Domination

The Bludgeon Brothers/Luke Harper and Erick Rowan - 2017-2019

Luke Harper (Jon Huber) 2013-2019

Erick Rowan (Joseph Ruud) 2013-2020

See also: The Wyatt Family

Bobby Roode and Chad Gable - 2018-2019

Bobby Roode (Robert Roode) 2016-Present

Chad Gable (Charles "Chas" Betts) 2013-Present

Boss N' Hug Connection - 2016-2020

Sasha Banks (Mercedes Justine Kaestner-Varnado) 2015-2022

Bayley (Pamela Rose Martinez) 2016-

See also: Damage CTRL

The Brawling Brutes - 2022-2023

As a team

Sheamus (Stephen Farrelly) 2009-

See also: The Bar

Ridge Holland (Luke Menzies) 2021-present

Butch (Peter England) 2022-

See also: British Strong Style

Breezango - 2016-2021

Fandango and (Curtis James Hussey) 2010-2021

Tyler Breeze (Mattias Clement) 2010-2021

Damage CTRL - 2022 -

Bayley (Pamela Rose Martinez) 2016-

Dakota Kai (Cherry Crowley) 2022-

IYO SKY (Masami Odate) 2022-

Kairi Sane (Kairi Housako) 2019-2020, 2023-

Asuka (Kanako Urai) 2017-

Dean Ambrose & Seth Rollins - 2017-2018

Dean Ambrose (Jonathan Good) 2012-2019

Seth Rollins (Colby Lopez) 2012-present

See also: The Shield.

The Deleters Of Worlds - 2018

Matt Hardy (Matthew Moore "Matt" Hardy) 1994-1996,1998-2010,2017-2018, 2019-2020

Bray Wyatt (Windham Laurence Rotunda) 2010-2021, 2022-2023

See also: The Wyatt Family

Dolph Ziggler and Drew McIntyre - 2018

Dolph Ziggler (Nicholas Theodore "Nick" Nemeth) 2005, 2006, 2008-2023

Drew McIntyre (Andrew McLean "Drew" Galloway IV) 2007, 2009-2014, 2017-Present

Dolph Ziggler and Robert Roode/The Dirty Dawgs - 2019-2023

Dolph Ziggler (Nicholas Theodore "Nick" Nemeth) 2005, 2006, 2008-2023

Robert Roode (Robert Francis Roode) 2016-present

Enzo and Cass - 2013-2017

Enzo Amore (Eric Arndt) 2012-2018

Colin "Big Cass" Cassady (Bill Morrissey) 2012-2018

Forgotten Sons - 2016-2020

Wesley Blake (Cory Weston) 2013-2021

Steve Cutler (Tommy Maclin) 2014-2021

Jaxson Ryker (Chad Lail) 2017-

Gallows and Anderson/The Club/Balor Club/The OC - 2016-2020, 2022-

Luke Gallows (Drew Hankinson) 2006-2010, 2016-2020, 2022-present

Karl Anderson (Chad Allegra) 2016-2020, 2022-present

AJ Styles (Allen Jones) 2016-present

Finn Bálor (Fergal Devitt) 2014-present

Mia Yim (Stephanie Hym Lee) 2020-2021, 2022-

Heath Slater & Rhyno - 2016-2019

Heath Slater (Heath Miller) 2010-2020

See also: The Nexus and 3MB

Rhyno (Terrance "Terry" Gerin) 2001-2005,2015-2019

  • Action Dad: Slater. To daughter Snow. On Sept. 6, 2016 episode of SmackDown Live he introduce his family (kayfabe) to the WWE Universe.
  • Action Politician: Rhyno. He decided to run for the Republican House of Representatives in Michigan and later won the primary. Oh, and he Gored Heath Slater on the same night.
  • The Big Guy: Rhyno
  • Dumbass Has a Point: After losing their rematch for the tag team titles on the 12/6/16 edition of Smackdown Live, Rhyno pointed out how he'd always do the brunt of the work with Heath taking the win (which Heath pointed out, in a meta sense, that it was kinda the whole point of their team) and that Heath's heart hadn't really been in it for their rematch; Heath retorted that, as long as they were "keeping score", Rhyno lost the titles for them at TLC, which Rhyno responded to by walking off without a word.
  • Earn Your Happy Ending: Slater and Rhyno victory at Backlash 2016, Slater finally gained a contract with Smackdown after being overlooked for the Draft, in addition to being one of the two first Smackdown Tag Team Champions.
  • Jobbers: After Superstar Shake-up and not getting a opportunity for Raw Tag Team Championships.
  • Red Baron: Beauty and Man Beast.
  • Red Oni, Blue Oni: Slater Red and Rhyno Blue.
  • Xtreme Kool Letterz: Rhyno.

Heavy Machinery - 2016-2020

  • The Big Guy: Practically half their gimmick.
  • Catchphrase: "Steaks and weights"
  • Finishing Move: "The Compactor", which has Otis hold one of their opponents in a set up for a bodyslam, with Tucker then running into him from behind, crushing their poor victim under all 650 pounds of Heavy Machinery. On the main roster, Tucker has started bouncing up and landing on the guy again while Otis rolls aside.
  • Stereotype Flip: Something Tucker himself pointed out. Despite consisting of a fat guy and a muscle man, Otis is the acrobatic high flyer while he's the power gamer.

Otis Dozovic/Otis (Nikola Bogojevic) 2016-present

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  • Acrofatic: Otis is a lot more nimble than he looks.
  • Berserk Button: NEVER mock his girlfriend Mandy, otheriwse you're gonna get it.
  • Big Fun: Otis is the loud, hilarious, quote-worthy part of Heavy Machinery who adds hilarious theatrics to his moves.
  • Boisterous Bruiser: He lives for three things: steaks and weights, and fighting.
  • Catchphrase: "OH YEAH!"
  • Cloudcuckoolander: He might not be all there, as during a meeting with William Regal during the investigation into who assaulted Aleister Black, Otis was convinced they were actually being questioned about the toilet he destroyed at the training center.
  • Face–Heel Turn: On the February 19th episode of SmackDown, Otis attacked Rey Mysterio at the orders of Chad Gable after their tag team match thus turning heel first time in WWE.
  • Fat Bastard: After his Face–Heel Turn.
  • Kavorka Man: While Otis isn't a conventionally attractive man, his kind and fun-loving personality managed to capture the attention of gorgeous Mandy Rose.
  • Large Ham: While Tucker can also be quite energetic, Otis is larger than life in every possible way.
  • One-Scene Wonder: In under 2 minutes, Otis and his Large Ham tendencies completely took over a Youtube segment based around the Gargano/Ciampa feud.
  • Stout Strength: He is fairly short for a wrestler and quite large, having one of the widest frames on the roster. The commentators note that his low center of gravity and strength make him near impossible to knock over, even for the Authors of Pain.

Tucker Knight/Tucker (Levi Cooper) 2015-2021

  • Cloudcuckoolander's Minder: He watches out for Otis, whose relationship with reality is seemingly growing more unstable every week.
  • Face–Heel Turn: At Hell in a Cell (2020), Tucker betrayed Otis attacked him with Money In The Bank briefcase and allowed The Miz pin Otis and win the Money In The Bank briefcase thus turning heel.
  • Phrase Catcher: "Tucky!"
  • The Straight Man: While he can be a little silly, Tucker is much more grounded (and intelligible) than Otis.

Hit Row - 2021, 2022-

  • Catchphrase: "If you didn't know... now you know!"
  • "Do It Yourself" Theme Tune: Their entrance music is a rapping number where every member gets a verse.
  • Power Stable: Swerve is the Centerpiece, Adonis is the Heir Apparent, Top Dolla and B-Fab are the Muscles.
    • After their return, Top Dolla occupies the Centerpiece spot, while Adonis and B-Fab share the Heir Apparent position.
  • Rhymes on a Dime: All of them are capable rappers, able to humiliate their opponents with well-timed rhymes.

Isaiah "Swerve" Scott (Stephon Strickland) 2021

Ashante Adonis (Tehuti Miles) 2021, 2022-

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  • Hair-Trigger Temper: He's the most hot-headed member of the crew, often launching into angry rhyming.

Top Dolla (AJ Francis) 2021, 2022-2023


B-FAB (Briana Brandy) 2021, 2022-

The Hurt Business - 2020-2022

Montel Vontavious Porter (Hassan Hamin Assad) 2006-2010, 2020-

Bobby Lashley (Franklin Roberto Lashley) 2005-2008, 2018-

Shelton Benjamin (Shelton James Benjamin) 2002-2010, 2017-2023

See also: The World's Greatest Tag Team

Cedric Alexander (Cedric Alexander Johnson) 2016-

The IIconics - 2018-2020

Billie Kay (Jessica McKay) 2018-2021

Peyton Royce (Cassandra Arnelli; neé McIntosh) 2018-2021

Imperium

As a Team

  • Alternate Company Equivalent:
    • NXT UK's answer to the American NXT's The Undisputed Era.
    • Also seems to be the WWE's equivalent to wXw's Ringkampf, and even features some overlap between the members (WALTER and Marcel Barthel were part of both stables.) Them using "The mat is sacred" as a motto (a translation of Ringkampf's famous motto "Die Matte ist heilig") makes it clear that it's basically supposed to be Ringkampf under a different name.
  • Arc Words: The stable imported Ringkampf's "The ring/mat is sacred."
  • Arch-Enemy: Have basically been feuding against British Strong Style since their formation. Walter has defended his NXT UK title against all three members. They later moved onto feuding with Gallus in late 2019 through early 2020, culminating in WALTER vs. Joe Coffey at Blackpool II (WALTER retained). The Brawling Brutes in main roster.
  • Foreign Wrestling Heel: It's fairly obvious WWE was going for this by throwing the Italian-born Aichner into a Tag Team with the German Barthel and sticking them both on the NXT UK brand and having the announce team keep calling them the "European Union" note . That said, it was being handled slightly more subtly than most instances of this trope, especially after they united with WALTER to form Imperium.
  • Four Is Death: After Alexander Wolfe shockingly aligned with them. This sets them apart from other stables in NXT UK (and there are a couple of them), which are of the three-man variety.
  • Meaningful Name: The stable's name, "Imperium", means "empire" in German, which make sense, as every member of it comes from the territory previously occupied by the Holy Roman Empire.
  • Multinational Team: Of non-UK Europeans; WALTER/Gunther from Austria, Germans Barthel/Kaiser and Wolfe, and the Italian Aichner/Vinci.
  • Mythology Gag: Those well-versed in the pre-WWE careers of the wrestlers in question might remember that British Strong Style and Imperium's previous 'incarnation', Ringkampf, had a longstanding stable rivalry before everyone came over to NXT UK.
  • Putting the Band Back Together: Aichner walked away from Barthel during a tag team match and initially did not join them on the main roster, instead indulging in a high class lifestyle as he was rechristened Giovanni Vinci. Kaiser remained at Gunther's side, but they seemingly discontinued the Imperium name. Months later, Vinci rejoined Kaiser and Gunther, finally announced as the leader of Imperium, to even the odds and ensure that The Brawling Brutes would not give Sheamus an unfair advantage against Gunther in their absolute physical war for the Intercontinental Championship at Clash at the Castle.
  • Reverse Arm-Fold: Their signature pose.
  • Villain Team-Up: First Barthel and Aichner formed the Tag Team, then they united with WALTER (reunited in Barthel's case) to form Imperium.

Walter/Gunther (Walter Hahn)

Marcel Barthel/Ludwig Kaiser

  • Butt-Monkey: Poor Ludwig has received a lot of humiliation following his main roster debut. He has been kicked in the jaw by Ricochet, squashed two separate times by Nakamura, been chopped multiple times by GUNTHER as punishment for his failure to beat Nakamura and got his fingers broken during a match with Butch.
  • Catchphrase: "NEIN!" note 
  • Curb Stomp Cushion: While he's utterly outclassed in his matches with Shinsuke Nakamura, he manages to get in a few of his own moves. Of course, this doesn't stop GUNTHER from berating and chopping him.
  • Hammy Herald: Ludwig Kaiser became this for the group, particularly GUNTHER, on the main roster, taking full advantage of having the highest voice in this stable.
  • Non-Indicative Name: His real name can be easily mistaken for French. It's not the reason for his main roster rename in and of itself, but clearly WWE were purposeful in choosing a far more distinctly German name.
  • Wrestling Family: He the son of Axel Dieter.

Fabian Aichner/Giovanni Vinci

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  • Badass in a Nice Suit: As Giovanni Vinci in NXT 2.0, he's wearing a suit while not in a match. He's not wearing a suit since move to main roster after reunited with Imperium.
  • Catchphrase: As Giovanni Vinci in NXT 2.0: "Veni, vidi, Vinci."
  • Early-Installment Weirdness: Initially appeared as a participant in the Cruiserweight Classic (where the upper weight limit was 205 pounds), losing to (Gentleman) Jack Gallagher in the first round. About a year later, he makes his first NXT TV appearance and is significantly larger (now billed at about 220). The bulk gain is even commented upon during his matches.
  • Lightning Bruiser: Still has some cruiserweight-type moves in his repertoire, despite now weighing at least 220 pounds and hitting like it.
  • Red Baron: Has taken to calling himself "The NXT LVL".

The Judgment Day - 2022-

Edge (Adam Copeland) 1998-2011, 2020-2023

See also: Ministry of Darkness

Damian Priest (Luis Martinez) 2021-

Rhea Ripley (Demi Bennett) 2021-

Finn Balor (Fergal Devitt) 2014-

See also: Bullet Club

Dominik Mysterio (Dominick Gutiérrez) 2020-

JD McDonagh (Jordan Devlin) 2023-

Kabuki Warriors - 2019-2020, 2023-

Asuka (Kanako Urai) 2017-

Kairi Sane (Kairi Housako) 2019-2020, 2023-

See also: Damage CTRL

Kevin Owens and Sami Zayn - 2017-2019, 2023

Kevin Owens (Kevin Steen) 2015-

Sami Zayn (Rami Sebei) 2016-

Legado del Fantasma/Latino World Order - 2022-

  • Arch-Enemy: Following Escobar's rebellion, the two factions became this to each other.
  • The Cartel: Legado del Fantasma is effectively a wrestling cartel, with Escobar as the kingpin.
  • Heel–Face Turn: The grouped collectively turned face upon Mysterio joining and rebranding them as the lWo. Then Escobar turned heel again a few months later, rebuilding Legado del Fantasma with new members.
  • Renegade Splinter Faction: Following Santos Escobar's Face–Heel Turn, Cruz, Wilde, and Zelina chose to remain loyal to Rey Mysterio and the lWo, prompting Escobar to recruit Angel and Humberto, and then later Elektra Lopez, to birth Legado del Fantasma anew.

El Hijo del Fantasma/Santos Escobar (Jorge Luis Alcantar Bolly) 2022-

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  • Badass Boast: To go with the unmasking below:
    "I am Santos Escobar, I am the NXT Cruiserweight Champion, and no one can touch me!"
  • Cool Mask: Back when he was a Masked Luchador, and occasionally during his entrances. He often weaponizes it with steel hidden inside.
  • Cultural Rebel: For all his talk about being the heir to the legacy of lucha libre, he doesn't seem to have much respect for its traditions. Literally his first act upon his heel turn was to remove his mask of his own free will— an act that would be viewed in actual lucha libre circles as dishonorable.
  • The Don: Plays with this trope with his suited henchmen, obsession with his dynasty, and brutal beatings and kidnappings giving off a cartel vibe. (Given that his ring name is meant to reference Medellin cartel leader Pablo Escobar, this is probably very intentional.) Given that he was responsible for the original disappearances of the two men that became his muscle later, it's implied that his organization is larger than even what is shown on screen, at the very least featuring a Wheelman and some other unnamed subordinates.
  • Don't Split Us Up: After losing to Tony D'Angelo in a decisive match, he's forced to leave NXT, and his partners thought they wouldn't thrive with him. However, things changed and Santos told them to go with him, in which is likely to be Legado del Fantasma's NXT send-off scene.
  • Dramatic Unmask: Both him and two of the mysterious men in his employ, at his Face–Heel Turn, revealing himself as Santos Escobar.
  • Early-Bird Cameo: First appeared as Jorge Bolly before the Cruiserweight Classic. Interestingly, his debut had him teaming with future Legado del Fantasma member Raul Mendoza.
  • Face–Heel Turn:
    • Fantasma joined forces with the masked men who appeared in the NXT Cruiserweight Championship tournament final, who revealed themselves as Raul Mendoza and Joaquin Wilde (two men who'd been "kidnapped" by several other masked henchmen) and attacked Drake Maverick, then unmasked himself and revealed his "true name" to be Santos Escobar, turning heel in the process.
    • On the 11/10/23 episode of SmackDown, Escobar turned on the LWO after some snide remarks from Carlito, attacking him and then Mysterio after a match with Bobby Lashley. The following week he attacked his former Legado del Fantasma teammates Cruz and Wilde when they refused to turn with him, cementing both his heel turn and his departure from the stable.
  • Heel–Face Turn: Cemented when he and his fellow Legado partners called out Tony D'Angelo and the latter's henchmen. In the main roster, despite debuting as heels, he and his fellow Legado partners would show respect towards Rey Mysterio's sacred lucha libre family... effectively reforming the Latino World Order.
  • Misplaced Retribution: He blames his former mentor Mysterio for him not winning the US Title, when the real reason was because Theory attacked and injured him before the match and Mysterio was a last-minute replacement by Adam Pearce. Mysterio did give several title opportunities to Escobar later, but he retained the first time, and when he tried a second time, other wrestlers complained about him being handed free title matches, so Mysterio was forced to back off. In reality, Mysterio should be the last person Escobar blames for his missed opportunity.
  • Red Baron: He is the "Emperor of Lucha Libre".
  • Sharp-Dressed Man: Seen often in suits when he's not wrestling— particularly as Santos Escobar.
  • Spell My Name With An "El": "El" Hijo del Fantasma.
  • Wrestling Family: He's the son of El Fantasma, nephew of Angel de la Muerte and cousin of Angel de la Muerte Jr or Fantasma Jr.

Raul Mendoza/Cruz del Toro (Raul Mendoza) 2022-

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  • Distressed Dude: In early March 2020 he was abducted in the NXT parking lot by a group of masked luchadores and was missing for a few months. It was eventually revealed that the whole thing was faked as part of Santos Escobar's new stable formation.
  • Face–Heel Turn: His allegiance to Santos saw him turn from a likable underdog to a ruthless minion.
  • Heel–Face Turn: He, along with the rest of Legado, turned face after calling out Tony D'Angelo's Family.
  • Finishing Move: The 450 splash.
  • Jobber: Typically, his appearances end with him looking at the lights. This situation improved for him with the formation of Legado del Fantasma and he began winning frequent tag matches alongside Joaquin Wilde.
  • Sharp-Dressed Man: Follows in Santos' style and dresses in flashy suits when not wrestling.

Joaquin Wilde (Michael Paris) 2022-

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  • Distressed Dude: In April 2020, Joaquin was abducted in the NXT parking lot by a group of masked luchadores like Raul Mendoza had been a few weeks prior and was missing for a few months. They eventually turned up again as the other members of Santos Escobar's new stable, with the kidnapping having been staged.
  • Sharp-Dressed Man: Follows in Santos Escobar's style and dresses in flashy suits when not wrestling.

Zelina Vega 2018-2020, 2021-

Rey Mysterio (Óscar Gutiérrez) 2023-

Carlito (Carlos Colón, Jr.) 2023-

Angel Garza (Humberto Garza Solano) 2020-

Humberto Carillo (Humberto Garza Carillo) 2020-

Elektra Lopez (Karissa Rivera) 2024-present

Los Lotharios - 2021-

Angel (Humberto Garza Solano) 2020-

Humberto (Humberto Garza Carillo) 2020-

Lucha House Party - 2018-2021

Kalisto (Emanuel Rodriguez) 2013-2021

Gran Metalik 2016-2021

Lince Dorado (Jose Cordero) 2016-2021

Maximum Male Models - 2022-2023

Max Dupri (Shaun Ricker) 2022-

ma.ce (Brennan Williams) 2019-2023

man.soor (Mansoor Al-Shehail) 2018-2023

Maxxine Dupri (Sydney Zmrzel) 2022-

The Miz and Shane McMahon - 2019

The Miz (Michael "Mike" Mizanin) 2004, 2006-present

Shane McMahon (Shane Brandon McMahon) 1990, 1998-2009, 2016-present

The Revival - 2014-2020

Scott Dawson (David K. Harwood) 2012-2020

Dash Wilder (Daniel Wheeler) 2014-2020

Rey & Dominik Mysterio/The Mysterios 2020-2022

Rey Mysterio (Óscar Gutiérrez) 2002-2015, 2018-

Dominik Mysterio (Dominik Gutiérrez) 2020-

See also: The Judgment Day

The Riott Squad - 2018-2019, 2020-2021

Ruby Riott (Dori Prange) 2017-2021

Liv Morgan (Gionna Daddio) 2017-

Sarah Logan/Valhalla (Sarah Rowe, nee Bridges) 2017-2020, 2022-

RK-Bro - 2021-2022

Randy Orton (Randal Keith Orton) 2002-

See also: Evolution, The Authority and The Wyatt Family

Riddle (Matthew Riddle) 2018-2023

SAnitY - 2016-2019

Killian Dain (Damian Mackle) 2016-2021

Alexander Wolfe (Axel Tischer) 2015-2021

Eric Young (Jeremy Fritz) 2016-2020

Street Profits - 2016-Present

  • Catchphrase: We want the smoke.
  • Expy: Can be considered one to Cryme Tyme, only without obvious criminal tendencies. They also share some traits with the original Prime Time Players.
  • Greek Chorus: WWE often use them in backstage segments on RAW to comment on the proceedings of the show.
  • Iconic Item: Red cups, as a reference to rappers who drink alcohol or lean from similar cups.
  • Life of the Party: They bring the party with them to the ring.
  • Red Oni, Blue Oni: Hyped-up Ford and chill Dawkins, respectively.

Angelo Dawkins (Gary Gordon) 2016-present

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  • Berserk Button: Messing with his headbands.
  • Cavalier Competitor: Despite always jobbing, he calmly waits for the next opportunity. His WWE.com bio hints that he's more of a Spirited Competitor, but it's really not showing right now on NXT. This really irritated Sawyer Fulton while they were teaming.
  • Hidden Depths: He's a former championship athlete in his college sports days. The way he calmly talks about waiting for another opportunity sounds similar to many a non-descript, sanitized post-game interview. Sawyer Fulton's growing fatigue with his sterile professionalism at all times eventually led to them breaking up.
  • Hipster: Formerly. This was dropped in favor of an amateur wrestling gimmick when he started teaming with Sawyer Fulton.
  • Jobber: Though he seems oddly cool about it. After teaming with Ford, he finally starts picking up victories as part of the Street Profits.
  • Red Baron: Adopted "The Curse of Greatness" as his moniker after splitting from Sawyer Fulton.

Montez Ford (Kenneth Crawford) 2016-present

  • Cool Crown: Seen wearing one sometimes.
  • Cool Shades: He wears them basically everywhere except during matches.
  • Finishing Move: A frog splash, which he gets some extreme height on due to his athleticism.
  • Genki Guy: Apparently, he has unlimited energy, as he bounces around the arena to celebrate his victories.
  • Happily Married: To Bianca Belair.
  • In a Single Bound: No, seriously, watch his frog splash or top rope dives. It's noted fairly often on commentary that Ford has one of the highest (if not the highest) vertical leaps on the NXT roster.
  • Large Ham: Compared to the more laid-back Dawkins, Ford is constantly hype.
  • Romance on the Set: Married to Bianca Belair, whom he met while training in NXT.

Titus Worldwide - 2016-2018

Titus O'Neil (Thaddeus Bullard Sr) 2012-present

See also: Prime Time Players

Apollo Crews (Sesugh Uhaa) 2015-present

Akira Tozawa 2016-present

Dana Brooke (Ashley Mae Sebera) 2016-2023

The Vaudevillains - 2013-2017

  • Dastardly Whiplash: As a tag team, they sport some sinister-looking mustaches, and they're known as the Vaudevillains.

Simon Gotch (Seth Lesser) 2013-2017

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  • Antiquated Linguistics: Just look at his Twitter.
  • Arch-Enemy: The Lucha Dragons. Later on, BAMF.
  • Born in the Wrong Century
  • Catchphrase: "Quite manly", to the point that one has to wonder if he's a bit insecure.
  • Cloudcuckoolander: Oh, boy.
  • Informed Ability: He calls himself a strongman, although he's actually on the smaller-to-average side as far as wrestler size goes.
  • Non-Indicative Name: His tag team is called the Vaudevillains, but so far they haven't really done anything heelish (excepting English kicking the shit out of Big Cass because he's a sore loser). Although Gotch does sport the stereotypical mustache of a vaudeville villain.
  • Shout-Out: His ring name was chosen in tribute to old-school wrestler Frank Gotch (1877-1917).
  • Wrestling Doesn't Pay: He's a wrestling strongman.

Aiden English (Matt Rehwoldt) 2012-2020

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  • Arch-Enemy: The Lucha Dragons.
    • Tye Dillinger after becoming singles competition.
  • Awesome Anachronistic Apparel: With his moustache and his plain brown tights with built-in muscle belt, he looks like an old-fashioned vaudeville strongman. In June 2014, humorously and appropriately enough, he ended up tag-teaming with Simon Gotch, a vaudeville strongman wrestler, and their promos and entrance are done in the style of old black and white films. To top it all off, their tag team is called the Vaudevillains.
  • Badass Family: English married into one. He's married to Shaul Guerrero, which makes him the son-in-law to Eddie Guerrero.
  • Berserk Button: He did not take losing the sing-off to Cassidy well.
  • Evil Laugh
  • Heroic Sacrifice: In the Vaudevillains/Lucha Dragons match at Takeover 3, English pushed Gotch out of the way when the Lucha Dragons did a double suicide dive. It looked like a Senseless Sacrifice at first because Gotch got pinned within minutes, but it turned out to be a smart move because Gotch wasn't the legal man, a fact that the Vaudevillains successfully used to get a rematch.
  • Put on a Bus:
    • The Vaudevillains disappeared from the tag team scene for several months, and then returned after Unstoppable.
    • The team was broken up in 2017 when Gotch got released by WWE, with English going back to singles competition.
    • After breaking from his team with Rusev, he disappeared for a while before becoming part of the 205 Live commentary team.
  • Red Baron: "The Artiste" and "The Drama King".
  • Sore Loser: Boy howdy.
  • Wrestling Doesn't Pay: He's a stage actor/singer turned wrestler.
  • Wrestling Family: Believe it or not, to the Guerrero Family, as he's married to Eddie Guerrero's daughter, Shaul.

War Raiders/The Viking Raiders - 2018-present

  • Anti-Hero: They're violent, bloodthirsty berserkers either way, but as faces they temper this by standing up for other faces, primarily targeting heels and showing genuine respect to other face teams who give them a genuine challenge.
  • Arch-Enemy:
    • The Undisputed Era in NXT, whom they chased after for the Tag Team belts on that brand.
    • The OC on RAW. Gallows and Anderson are the tag team who have given them the most trouble since they moved to the main roster.
    • AJ Styles and Omos after becoming number one contender for the Raw Tag Team Champions.
    • The New Day in early 2022 after their Face–Heel Turn.
  • Barbarian Hero: The pro wrestling equivalent.
  • Beard of Barbarism: Both of them have long, bushy beards.
  • Catchphrase: Chanting "War! War! War! War!" as part of their entrance, which supportive crowds imitate as well. Upon moving up to RAW, they adapted "It's time to join the raid!" as well.
  • Finishing Move: The Viking Experience (aka the War Machine Combo Slam, aka Thor's Hammer), a double-team powerslam.
  • Grievous Harm with a Body: They're more than happy to use each other as weapons, with one dropping the other onto a prone opponent as a borderline Signature Move.
  • Heel–Face Turn: On the September 9th episode of WWE Raw, in Madison Square Garden they turned face after saving Cedric Alexander from The OC.
  • Horny Vikings: The entire point of their gimmick is to imitate the dress style and mindset of Viking marauders.
  • I Have Many Names: They've gone by War Machine, War Raiders, The Viking Experience, and The Viking Raiders.
  • No Challenge Equals No Satisfaction: Coming up to the main roster limited their ability to fight other upper/mid-carders, since they spent most of their time squashing jobbers. Eventually they had enough and complained they'd come for challengers but found only victims. Their solution was to issue an open challenge for their championship belts, which the Street Profits answered.
  • Romance on the Set: Erik and Valhalla have been married since 2018. Their marriage was a Viking wedding ceremony, to fit with the Viking Raiders' gimmick.
  • Sudden Sequel Heel Syndrome: While the two were faces at NXT, they suddenly turned heel after WrestleMania 35 when they started making appearances on the main roster. When this didn't work out, they were eventually turned face again.
  • This Means War Paint: When they are especially angry they paint their faces before matches. This is a nod to the ancient Celtic tribes but has a side effect of making them look like The Legion of Doom to those unfamiliar with their gimmick.
  • Two Guys and a Girl: Sarah Logan/Valhalla make her returns to WWE joined The Viking Raiders in 2022.
  • Walking Shirtless Scene: Their ring gear always leaves their chests and torsos bare. Hanson/Ivar invokes the Celtic tribes with gear reminiscent of a kilt.

Hanson/Ivar (Todd Smith) 2018-present

Rowe/Erik (Raymond Rowe) 2018-present

Sarah Logan/Valhalla (Sarah Rowe, nee Bridges) 2017-2020, 2022-

See also: The Riott Squad

     Teams from the TKO Era (2023-present) 

British Strong Style/ New Catch Republic - 2024-

Tyler Bate 2024-

Butch/Pete Dunne (Peter England) 2022-

Diamond Mine - 2023-present

As a Team

  • The Artifact: The stable's name seems to be a reference to how the stable's manager Malcolm Bivens called Tyler Rust a "diamond in the rust". Rust was released mere weeks after the group debuted, followed by Bivens several months later.
  • Lovable Jock: The trio incarnation of the group is this, being babyfaces that train like beasts and take pride in their freakish athleticism.
  • Start My Own: After the dissolving of The Undisputed Era, Strong has decided to create his own stable with him as the leader.
  • Two Guys and a Girl: After various releases and departures, the group most people have become familiar with consists of the Creed Brothers and Ivy Nile.

Julius Creed (Jacob Kasper)

  • Big Brother Instinct: When Damon Kemp stabbed them in the back and targeted Brutus for a beatdown, Julius took an Ambulance match challenge and absolutely destroyed Kemp in the win.
  • Master of All: An All-American college amateur standout - he can grapple with the best, bust out standing shooting star presses and dives like a cruiserweight, and is strong enough to carry multiple men or a single super-heavyweight without much trouble.
  • Sibling Team: With his brother Brutus.

Brutus Creed (Drew Kasper)

Ivy Nile (Emily Andzulis)

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DIY - 2023-present

As a team

  • Arch-Enemy: The Authors of Pain in NXT. Imperium and The Judgment Day in main roster.
  • Face–Heel Turn: In 2017 Ciampa turned on Johnny Gargano after their loss to the Authors of Pain at TakeOver: Chicago. He then disappeared for the rest of the year due to a legitimate injury before returning in the winter of 2018, continually taunting the ultra popular Gargano to the point where he is getting some of the most harsh reactions in all of the WWE.
    • Heel–Face Turn: Following a legitimately career-threatening neck injury that robbed him of his heel heat for good, Tommaso finally came back to the light at the end of NXT Take Over: New York, making a surprise appearance after Johnny Gargano's NXT Championship win to congratulate him and make amends after putting his best friend through hell for what felt like an eternity.
  • Putting the Band Back Together: Ciampa and Gargano reunited DIY on the November 23, 2021 edition of NXT as part of Team Black & Gold alongside Pete Dunne and LA Knight to fight Team 2.0, consisting of Trick Williams, Grayson Waller, Tony D'Angelo, and Carmelo Hayes, in that year's Men's War Games match. On the October 2nd, 2023 episode of Raw, Ciampa failed to win the Intercontinental Championship from Gunther. After the match, Ciampa was attacked by Gunther's Imperium stablemates, Ludwig Kaiser and Giovanni Vinci. However, Gargano would then make his return to WWE after several months away to rescue Ciampa, officially reuniting DIY in the process.

Tommaso Ciampa (Tommaso Whitney) 2022-

Johnny Gargano 2022-

Final Testament - 2023-present

As a team

Karrion Kross (Kevin Kesar) 2021, 2022-

Scarlett (Elizabeth Chihaia) 2022-

Akam (Sunny Dhinsa) 2014-2020, 2024-

Rezar (Gzim Selmani) 2015-2020, 2024-

Paul Ellering 1992, 1998-1999, 2016-2018, 2024-

Indus Sher - 2023-present

As a team

  • Early-Bird Cameo: Sanga and Veer originally debuted together as a team managed by Malcolm Bivens under their real names towards the tail end of the Black & Gold era of NXT, with Bivens being the one to introduce the Indus Sher team name. Then Veer was called up to bodyguard Jinder with a different larger Indian beside him.
  • Noble Demon: Between their Indian roots and Sanga's brief babyface stint, their characters are informed by a form of Villain Respect for formidable rivals...which does nothing to stop them from assaulting said rivals unprovoked because Veer and especially Jinder do not subscribe to the notion that Honor Is Fair Play.

Jinder Mahal (Yuvraj Singh Dhesi) 2011-2014, 2016-present

Sanga (Saurav Gurjar) 2023-present

Veer Mahaan (Rinku Singh Rajput) 2020-present

  • Beard of Evil: Has a big, bushy and unkempt beard which perfectly fits his Wrestling Monster persona.
  • Bodyguarding a Badass: Veer, along with Shanky, was this for Jinder on the main roster from 2020 to 2021.
  • Expy: Of Braun Strowman. Both were big guys that were separated from their stable and became feared singles competitors who constantly squashed local competitors in order to establish themselves as credible threats.
  • From Nobody to Nightmare: From random jobber to bloodthirsty Wrestling Monster.
  • Wrestling Monster

Pretty Deadly - 2023-present

As a Team

  • Action Fashionista: Wrestling models with pompous British wit and understated ruthlessness.
  • Agent Peacock: As their tag team name implies, they're a pair of vain pretty boys very fixated on aesthetics and appearance. They're also multiple-time tag champions across NXT, so underestimate them at your own peril.
  • Catchphrase: "Yes, boy!" and, as champions: "Sideplate check!" (cue camera zooming in on customized title belt sideplates)
  • Continuity Nod: Were written off NXT by apparently having the D'Angelo Family murder them via locking them in a car trunk and pushing said car into a river. The day of their call-up to the main roster the following week, the both of them tweeted footage of the two of them having survived and washed up on shore.
  • Long-Haired Pretty Boy: Both of them have long, luscious locks (Lewis/Elton blond, Sam/Kit brunet).
  • Sharp-Dressed Man: As their gimmick is that of two rather vain male models, this is a given. Their ring gear mostly consists of tight leather jeans, and if they're not wrestling, they're usually in floral shirts and even tighter denim jeans.

Elton Prince (Lewis Howley) 2023-present

Kit Wilson (Sam Stoker) 2023-present

The Pride - 2023-

As a team

  • Arch-Enemy: LWO and Final Testament
  • Bald of Evil: Bobby Lashley as a heel.
  • Face–Heel Turn: On the July 14 episode of SmackDown, a returning Lashley appeared in a backstage segment with The Street Profits (Angelo Dawkins and Montez Ford) to recruit them to form an alliance. On the August 4 episode of SmackDown, Lashley appeared to celebrate The Street Profits beating down Luke Gallows and Karl Anderson and The Brawling Brutes' Butch and Ridge Holland, turning heel once again.
    • Heel–Face Turn: Lashley and The Street Profits would turn face on next week episode SmackDown : New Year's Revolution after getting attacked by Karrion Kross and the returning Authors of Pain.
  • Sharp-Dressed Man: Lashley wearing a suits since at The Hurt Business but The Street Profits starts wearing a suits since joined The Pride.

Bobby Lashley (Franklin Roberto Lashley) 2005-2008, 2018

See also: The Hurt Business

Angelo Dawkins (Gary Gordon) 2016-

Montez Ford (Kenneth Crawford) 2016-

B-FAB (Briana Brandy) 2021, 2022-


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