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Wrestling's overlooked stables: photos. h& R. m, ? B+ }% `1 k0 J6 v3 w
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Gen. Skandor Akbar led the group known as Devastation, Inc. through the World Class and Mid-South territories.5 t( ?, w# m/ M- M
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* u: J: B$ Z9 X5 x" M7 p7 TAkbar managed monsters like Kamala and nefarious grapplers like WWE Hall of Famer Ted DiBiase., J! O3 J3 V. q. C+ w) c
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* Y6 y% {* q8 d) Z0 h' pHe was also instrumental in the early careers of WWE Hall of Famers Mick Foley and "Stone Cold" Steve Austin.: C: K$ s, Q7 J; C# K8 A
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$ d7 m; e. b& X# T9 }Terry Funk was part of Gary Hart International during 1989.8 S" x' d8 _3 R6 O% g. ?
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Under Jim Cornette's guidance, Yokozuna and Owen Hart captured the World Tag Team Titles.
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Together with Vader, they formed Camp Cornette in 1995.
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The group's crown jewel, Vader, took on Yokozuna when the sumo champion left Cornette's stable.! p# V; d7 J3 O' J0 y8 w1 S" O% y: o
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* r8 m1 L' v! U! hPunk rock and rap collided when Raven, Vampiro and Insane Clown Posse formed The Dead Pool in WCW.
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8 o! a- }% G/ _Stevie Ray teamed up with J. Biggs and Big T as WCW's Harlem Heat 2000.1 `- A3 g" v" M" H
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! S5 |( B1 @( u9 Z# ]+ c. ^Ivan Koloff set out to form a team of superior Soviet athletes.' O& _( c( z P2 x8 n7 U
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0 b F! T+ b: qHe brought his nephew, Nikita, over from Russia.
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Z( f' I1 d; z/ ~& p2 O* xKoloff also brought in Krusher Khrushchev, a Soviet sympathizer from America.# |& z; a4 J8 i; l! g0 ?
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The Russians were dominant, capturing the NWA's Tag Team Titles and Six-Man Tag Team Titles.( m/ q0 T4 {, u/ l
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" {2 i$ ~' O! l# B& y0 rAfter Nikita defected to America and joined forces with Dusty Rhodes, Ivan Koloff brought in Vladimir Petrov to replace him./ }) |1 |# X# w' G i
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Petrov didn't mesh well with Koloff and Khrushchev, leading to the team's dissolution. |
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