The Gangstanators

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The Gangstanators were a professional wrestling tag team in Extreme Championship Wrestling. The team consisted of New Jack, formerly of The Gangstas, and John Kronus, formerly of The Eliminators, with "Gangstanators" being a portmanteau of the names of their respective former tag teams.

New Jack and Kronus joined forces after New Jack's partner Mustapha Saed and Kronus's partner Perry Saturn both left ECW. They defeated the Dudley Boyz (Bubba Ray and D-Von for the ECW Tag Team Championships on September 20, 1997 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania and held the titles until October 18 of that year, when they lost to the Full Blooded Italians (Little Guido and Tracy Smothers) in Philadelphia. The team eventually disbanded, with Kronus leaving ECW for Xtreme Pro Wrestling and New Jack competing as a singles wrestler in ECW until the promotion declared bankruptcy in April 2001.

The Gangstanators reunited for one night at the ECW reunion show Hardcore Homecoming on June 10, 2005. Kronus had been scheduled to reunite with Saturn, but Saturn was undergoing epidural treatment and could not attend the event. As a result, New Jack and Kronus teamed together to face the Bad Breed (Axl and Ian Rotten) in an impromptu brawl which ended when New Jack leapt from scaffolding and drove a prone Ian Rotten through a table.