Paul London and Brian Kendrick
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| Paul London and Brian Kendrick | |
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 Paul London (left) and Brian Kendrick (right) with referee Chris Kay |
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| Tag team | |
| Members | Paul London Brian Kendrick |
| Name(s) | Spanky and Paul London Paul London and Brian Kendrick |
| Heights | 5 ft 10 in (178 cm) - London 5 ft 7 in (170 cm) - Kendrick |
| Combined weight | 385 lb (172 kg) |
| Debuted | 2003 |
| Promotions | WWE |
| Trainer | Texas Wrestling Academy Rudy Boy Gonzalez Shawn Michaels |
Paul London and Brian Kendrick are a cruiserweight professional wrestling tag team on the SmackDown! brand of World Wrestling Entertainment. They are the current WWE Tag Team Champions.
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History
Prior to teaming together on SmackDown!, both Paul London and Brian "Spanky" Kendrick were students at Shawn Michaels' Texas Wrestling Academy under the tutelage of Rudy Boy Gonzalez. From there they both went on to Ring of Honor, where they occasionally competed against each other.
In late 2002, Kendrick was hired by World Wrestling Entertainment (WWE) followed a few months later, by London in July of 2003. Once in WWE together, and both on the SmackDown! brand, London and Kendrick began teaming together. They became a mainstay on the SmackDown!'s sister show Velocity until Kendrick left the company.
Upon Kendricks return in the fall of 2005, using his real name, the two picked up where they left off as a team and soon underwent a full image makeover; including competing in matching shorts as well as wearing vests, and masks to the ring. The new image brought new life to the team, who went on to have an impressive showing against Tag Team Champions, MNM (Johnny Nitro and Joey Mercury).
On the April 7, 2006 edition of SmackDown! London and Kendrick once again faced MNM, this time picking up a win in a non-title match. London and Kendrick continued their winning streak on the champions, earning singles victories for Kendrick and London over Nitro and Mercury respectively, leading to a title match at Judgment Day, where London and Kendrick won their first WWE Tag Team Championship.
During their championship run London and Kendrick began to be accompanied by valet Ashley Massaro, and at different points both London and Kendrick seemed interested in her, but that angle seemed to have been called off.
On October 14, 2006 they became the longest reigning WWE Tag Team Champions of all time, surpassing MNM's previous record of 145 days. However, the team started a losing streak to the team of William Regal and Dave Taylor soon after, with Regal defeating both team members in singles matches and on the December 8 SmackDown!, Kendrick and London losing a non-title tag team match to the pair. A scheduled title match between the teams at Armageddon was changed right before hand to a fatal-four way ladder match, also involving The Hardys (Matt and Jeff) and MNM, and London and Kendrick were able to retrieve the belts and retain their championship. When a regular tag team rematch was signed London and Kendrick were successful in defeating them.
In February of 2007 a rematch of the Armageddon ladder match was signed for No Way Out, however, before it could take place London and Kendrick found themselves losing two (non-title) matches in a row to rookie SmackDown! team Deuce 'N Domino. As a result of the two loses in a row, the new team (kayfabe) complained to WWE headquarters that they were being overlooked and had the No Way Out match changed to a standard tag team match against them with London and Kendricks title on the line[1], but at the pay-per-view London and Kendrick were able to defeat Deuce 'N Domino.
In wrestling
- Finishing and signature moves
- Get Well Soon (Kendrick performs a reverse STO using the added momentum from an enzuigiri by London) - 2003
- Kendrick performs Sliced Bread #2 but remains on his knees afterwards, allowing London to jump off Kendrick's back and perform a shooting star press
- Kendrick performs a sunset flip using the added momentum from a dropsault by London
- Double superkick
- Assisted backflip splash
- Double dropkick
- Double hip toss
- London performs a hip toss on Kendrick, throwing him on to a prone opponent in the style of a front flip senton
Championships and accomplishments
- They are the longest reigning WWE Tag Team Champions since the belts inception in 2002.
Trivia
- The internet wrestling community often refer to the team as The HooliganZ, a name that is sometimes printed on their ring gear, along with HZ on the right knee of their shorts. They have since used their own initials to fill out that knee but still keep HooliganZ across the back of their vests and above the head of the joker printed on the left knee of their shorts. However, the name has never been acknowledged by WWE announcers on television. Another nickname fans have begun calling them is Londrick, a portmanteau of their last names.
- Paul London and Brian Kendrick have faced off on 5 occasions in WWE (1 of which being a fatal-four way match), Kendrick has won 2 of the singles matches with London winning a single and the fatal-four way which included Kid Kash and Jamie Noble. Since they've begun teaming they've faced each other once, on the January 5, 2007 SmackDown! as part of the "Beat The Clock Sprint", a match that ended in a no-contest when the time expired.
References
- ^ Deuce & Domino get title match. Retrieved on 2007-02-14.
