The Executioners is the name of several tag teams and single masked wrestlers who wrestled in the BYWA, TWA, AWF and the World Wide Wrestling Federation.
The Executioners (1970s)[edit]
| Executioners | |
|---|---|
| Tag team | |
| Members | Executioner #1 Executioner #2 Executioner #3 |
| Billed heights | Executioner #1: 6 ft 7 in (2.01 m) Executioner #2: 6 ft 10 in (2.08 m) Executioner #3: 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) |
| Combined billed weight | 758 lb (344 kg)[1] |
| Debut | 1976 |
| Disbanded | 1977 |
| Years active | 1976–1977 |
The first version of Executioners was founded by Executioner #1, who was a masked wrestler, wrestling for World Wide Wrestling Federation. In 1976 he trained Executioner #2, and the two became a tag team in WWWF.
Together, the Executioners captured the WWWF Tag Team Championship on May 11, 1976 by defeating Louis Cerdan and Tony Parisi. Later, they were joined by a third masked wrestler who called himself Executioner #3.
The Executioners were stripped of their titles on December 7 because Executioner #3 was used in a title defense against Chief Jay Strongbow and Billy White Wolf. A three-team tournament was announced after Executioner #3 was unmasked as Nikolai Volkoff.
Volkoff selected Tor Kamata as his partner and then The Executioners & Nikolai Volkoff and Tor Kamata were defeated by Chief Jay Strongbow and Billy White Wolf in the three-team tournament.
Championships and accomplishments[edit]
List of wrestlers who wrestled as an Executioner[edit]
1976–1977[edit]
1981-1984[edit]
- Ron Shaw
- Charley Rhoads
1985[edit]
- Buddy Rose (at WrestleMania I)
- Charlie Fulton
- Danny Davis (later became Mr.X)
1986[edit]
- Jerry Fazio
- Terry Manton
1988[edit]
- Van Van Horne (Memphis)
1988–1994[edit]
- Duane Gill ("Pain")
- Barry Hardy ("Agony")