Paul London and Brian Kendrick
Paul London (left) and Brian Kendrick (right) with referee Chris Kay
Tag team
Members	Paul London Brian Kendrick
Name(s)	Spanky and Paul London Paul London and Brian Kendrick The HooliganZ
Billed heights	London: 5 ft. 10 in. (178 cm)[1] Kendrick: 5 ft. 7 in. (170 cm)[2]
Combined billed weight	385 lb. (175 kg)[1][2]
Former member(s)	Ashley Massaro (valet)
Debut	2003
Trainer	Texas Wrestling Academy[3]

Paul London and Brian Kendrick are a professional wrestling tag team on the RAW brand of World Wrestling Entertainment.^[2][1]

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.^[3] From there they both went on to Ring of Honor, where they occasionally competed against each other.^[4][5]

Paul London and Brian Kendrick have faced off on five occasions in WWE. Four of them -- one a fatal-four way match -- before forming a team; with Kendrick winning two singles matches, and London winning a third and the fatal-four way (which also 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 limit expired.

SmackDown!

In late 2002, Kendrick was hired by World Wrestling Entertainment (WWE)^[6], and in July of 2003 London did the same^[7]. 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^[8] until Kendrick left the company^[6].

Kendrick returned in the winter of 2004, using his real name, and in September 2005 London and Kendrick reformed as a tag team.^[9]. Upon reuniting the team underwent an image makeover^[10], including competing in matching shorts as well as wearing matching 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).^[11] 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.^[12] London and Kendrick continued their winning streak against the champions, earning singles victories for Kendrick and London over Nitro and Mercury respectively^{[13] [14]}, leading to a title match at Judgment Day, where London and Kendrick won their first WWE Tag Team Championship.^[15]

In September of 2006, during a short feud with K.C. James and Idol Stevens, London and Kendrick began to be accompanied by valet Ashley Massaro to counter James and Stevens valet Michelle McCool^[16]. On October 14, 2006 they became the longest reigning WWE Tag Team Champions of all time, surpassing MNM's previous record of 145 days.^[17] Throughout November a storyline began developing with both London and Kendrick being romantically interested in Ashley, and therefor jealous when she showed the other attention^[18][19], but it was soon dropped. The team also started a losing streak to the team of William Regal and Dave Taylor, with Regal defeating both London^[20] and Kendrick^[21] in singles matches and Kendrick and London losing a non-title tag team match to the pair on the December 8 SmackDown!^[22].

A scheduled title match between the teams at Decembers Armageddon pay-per-view was changed immediately beforehand to a fatal-four way ladder match, also involving The Hardys (Matt and Jeff) and MNM. In the new match London and Kendrick were able to retrieve the belts to retain their championship.^[23] When a regular tag team rematch was signed with Regal and Taylor two weeks later, London and Kendrick were successful in defeating them.^[24]

In February of 2007, a rematch of the Armageddon ladder match was scheduled for No Way Out. Before it could take place, however, London and Kendrick found themselves losing two (non-title) matches in a row to rookie SmackDown! team Deuce 'N Domino.^[25][26] 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 Kendrick's title on the line^[27], but at the pay-per-view London and Kendrick were able to defeat Deuce 'N Domino.^[28] Their almost year long reign came to an end when they were defeated by Deuce 'N Domino for the titles on the April 20, 2007 edition of SmackDown! in Milan, Italy. They dropped the masks soon after losing the tag titles.

RAW

London and Kendrick were drafted to Raw as the first picks in the Supplemental Draft on June 17 2007 and won their RAW debut defeating the World's Greatest Tag Team via a Sliced Bread #2 on Charlie Hass. ^[29]

In wrestling

• Finishing and signature moves
  • Get Well Soon (Kendrick performs a reverse STO using the added momentum from an enzuigiri by London) - 2003
  • Sitout powerbomb (London), Sliced Bread #2 (Kendrick) combination
  • 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 standing moonsault
  • 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
  • London throws Kendrick overhead providing Kendrick to perform a double dropkick to two prone opponents

• Managers
  • Ashley Massaro

Championships and accomplishments

• World Wrestling Entertainment
  • WWE Tag Team Championship (1 time)
    • Longest reigning WWE Tag Team Champions (331 days) since the belts inception in 2002; fourth longest reigning tag team in WWE history.

References

External links

• Brian Kendrick's WWE.com Profile
• Paul London's WWE.com Profile