KroniK

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KroniK
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Ring name(s) Kronic
Kronik
Billed height Adams: 6 ft 7 in
Clark: 6 ft 6 in
Billed weight Adams: 315 lb
Clark: 290 lb
Combined: 605 lb
Debut April 2000
Retired 2003

KroniK was an American professional wrestling tag team comprised of Brian Adams and Bryan Clark.

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[edit] History

Adams and Clark, were both recognized as singles wrestlers in both World Championship Wrestling and the World Wrestling Federation who first joined together as a duo in April 2000 when they were in WCW.

Upon joining together as a tag team, Kronik assisted Vince Russo in his vision of a clean sweep for his New Blood faction at Spring Stampede 2000. Adams and Clark interfered in the WCW World Tag Team Championship match, allowing the team of Buff Bagwell and Shane Douglas to win the title.

While in WCW, Kronik moved between babyface and heel roles several times - holding the WCW Tag Team Championship twice and gaining many fans along the way. In the final months of WCW, Kronik became hired muscle, adopting the catch phrase "breaking necks and cashing checks".

In September 2001, Brian Adams and Bryan Clark each made their re-debut as a WWF tag team. Recruited by Stevie Richards, Kronik was called in to settle past differences Richards had with The Undertaker, stemming from the disbanding of Richards' stable, "Right to Censor" earlier that year. Kronik wrestled their first tag team match defeating Kaientai on the September 20, 2001 edition of Smackdown and their last tag team match for WWF a few days later at Unforgiven 2001, losing to then WCW Tag Team Champions Kane and The Undertaker. Due to their poor performance (this match is sometimes thought of as the worst of all time), Adams and Clark were dropped from the WWF roster soon after and assigned to a WWF developmental territory - to work on their in-ring skills. Unwilling to comply, Clark was released from his WWF contract while Adams reported to the Heartland Wrestling Association in Cincinnati, Ohio. In November 2001, Brian Adams would also be released from his WWF contract.

[edit] Later Career

In January 2003, Brian Adams suffered a spinal injury while wrestling in Japan and accordingly is no longer fit to wrestle. At the same event, Clark received a serious neck injury - he, too is no longer able to wrestle. [1]

While Kronik is retired, they still maintain their friendship and accept bookings for promotional events and autograph sessions. They are also pursuing careers outside of wrestling, with Adams recently promoted to produce manager at the Kroeger in his hometown of Kona, Hawaii.

[edit] In wrestling

[edit] Associates

[edit] Signature moves

[edit] Championships and accomplishments

  • 1-time AJPW World Tag Team Champions
  • 1-time AJPW Intercontinental Tag Team Champions

[edit] Trivia

  • Kronik's entrance theme in WCW was an in-house, instrumental cover of "Love Dump" by the band Static-X. This theme carried over to their short run as a tag team in WWF and was then passed onto Stevie Richards after the team's release. Richards would later use a different, WWF in-house cover of the same song for his entrance theme.
  • Adams and Clark adopted several marijuana references as a part of their collective character. Chronic, the correct spelling, is a slang term used for marijuana; the name High Times (Kronik's double team signature move) refers to a specialty magazine of the same name - the publication focuses on marijuana culture; the green lighting effect used during the team's ring entrance is a color commonly linked to marijuana and associated products. Despite these, neither Adams and Clark, nor WCW or WWF announcers, explicitly referred to the drug.
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