Men on a Mission

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Men on a Mission
Tag Team
Members Mabel
Mo
Name(s) Men on a Mission
Harlem Knights
Heights 6 ft 9 in (2.06 m) – Mabel
6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) - Mo
Combined weight 770lb (349.27kg)
Debut 1993
Disbanded 1995
Promotions USWA
WWF
PWF

Men on a Mission was a professional wrestling tag team pairing of Mabel, Mo and their rapping manager Oscar who wrestled in the WWF from 1993 to 1995.

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[edit] Career

[edit] Harlem Knights

The team that would later be known as “Men on a Mission” started out by competing as a team in the Pro Wrestling Federation and the United States Wrestling Association where they wrestled as The Harlem Knights with Mabel being known as Nelson Knight and Mo was known as Bobby Knight, with the two being billed as brothers. In the PWF the team was managed by George South. The duo would return to the PWF in 1996 and win the PWF Tag Team Title.[1]

While in the USWA the team feuded with Jerry Lawler, Jeff Jarrett and other faces being pushed as the “Monster threat” due to their size.[2] Their work in the PWF and the USWA got them noticed by the WWF and they were signed to a contract in 1993.

[edit] Men on a Mission

When Men on a Mission began appearing on WWF television the vicious heel duo had been repackaged as faces in bright clothes, positive attitudes and teamed with a rapping manager called “Oscar” and they were now known as “Mabel” and “Mo”, collectively “M.O.M.” or “Men On a Mission”. They had the image of three people who could be loved by the crowd but who were also attempting to make positive changes in their neighborhood. This was accomplished through use of several (usual for the time for the WWF) vignettes showing them walking down streets in the ghetto but saying positive things and talking about how things could be made better.[3]

The team met with moderate success in the ring but due to Mabel’s unusual size, their fun loving personas and Oscar’s crowd pleasing raps they did get over with the crowd. Their fun loving personalities were prominently displayed when they appeared at Survivor Series 1993 dressed up as Doink the Clown and teamed up with the The Bushwhackers (also dressed as Doink) in a comedy match.[4] Their next feud was against the WWF Tag-Team Champions The Quebecers and even won the titles during a United Kingdom tour. The near 500 pound Mabel accidentally fell on Pierre and forced an unscheduled title change.[1] Two days later the Quebecers regained the titles in a rematch.[1] The title change was also reported on WWF television.

In the Summer of 1994, Mabel started to wrestle more singles matches, with his size he was seen as the spectacle of Men on a Mission, the “special attraction” that got used to make rising stars look good. It’s not until the early parts of 1995 that Men on a Mission started to team together again on a regular basis.

[edit] King Mabel & Sir Mo

One night after another loss Mabel and Mo attacked the Smokin' Gunns in a fit of anger,[5] then apologized for it later on. When they asked the Gunns to come to the ring to let them apologize Men on a Mission attacked them once again and then beat up Oscar turning the duo heel and dropping their rapping manager.[6]

After a short feud with the Smokin’ Gunns Mabel won the 1995 King of the Ring[7] tournament and became King Mabel with his trusty sidekick being dubbed Sir Mo, wrestling royalty. When Mabel became king, the focus shifted from the team to Mabel once more with Sir Mo acting more as a manager and less like an active competitor as Mabel challenged for the World Title. The last notable appearances for Men on a Mission were at In Your House 2 where they beat Razor Ramon and Savio Vega.[8] They were also the opponents in the match where the British Bulldog turned on partner Diesel.[9] Once Diesel moved on from feuding with Mabel to feuding with the British Bulldog Mo left the WWF while Mabel became a singles competitor.

[edit] Championships and accomplishments

  • Pro Wrestling Federation
  • PWF Tag Team Championship (2 times)

[edit] References

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  1. ^ a b c Royal Duncan & Gary Will (4th Edition 2006). Wrestling Title Histories. Archeus Communications. ISBN 0-9698161-5-4. 
  2. ^ prowrestlinghistory.com. Memphis Wrestling 1993. Retrieved on April 18, 2007.
  3. ^ R.D. Reynolds and Randy Baer (2003). Wrestlecrap – the very worst of pro wrestling. ECW Press. ISBN 1-55022-584-7. 
  4. ^ prowrestlinghistory.com. WWF Survivor Series Results (1993). Retrieved on April 18, 2007.
  5. ^ Graham Cawthon. WWF Show Results 1995. Retrieved on April 18, 2007. “(February 22, 1995) WWF Tag Team Champions the Smoking Gunns defeated Men on a Mission (w/ Oscar); after the match, the challengers brutally attacked the Gunns”
  6. ^ Graham Cawthon. WWF Show Results 1995. Retrieved on April 18, 2007. “(February 22, 1995) after the match, MOM apologized for their earlier attack on the Smoking Gunns and invited the tag team champions out to shake their hands; instead, MOM once again attacked the Gunns as well as their own manager Oscar, with Mabel hitting a legdrop on Oscar”
  7. ^ prowrestlinghistory.com. WWF King of the Ring Results (1995). Retrieved on April 18, 2007.
  8. ^ prowrestlinghistory.com. WWF In Your House Results (2). Retrieved on April 18, 2007.
  9. ^ Graham Cawthon. WWF Show Results 1995. Retrieved on April 18, 2007. “(August 14, 1995) Diesel & Davey Boy Smith fought Men on a Mission to a no contest when Smith attacked Diesel from behind and helped in triple teaming him”