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Wrestling's overlooked stables: photos
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Gen. Skandor Akbar led the group known as Devastation, Inc. through the World Class and Mid-South territories.
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Akbar managed monsters like Kamala and nefarious grapplers like WWE Hall of Famer Ted DiBiase.
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He was also instrumental in the early careers of WWE Hall of Famers Mick Foley and "Stone Cold" Steve Austin.9 T1 l' D5 H; p4 v4 t5 g1 c
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+ S2 q% g% t1 M( OTerry Funk was part of Gary Hart International during 1989.5 l& M# I: C4 P, G- |
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% q0 }9 m! Q' R \ RUnder Jim Cornette's guidance, Yokozuna and Owen Hart captured the World Tag Team Titles.4 ~7 m2 g) }/ ^' @
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Together with Vader, they formed Camp Cornette in 1995.7 U# s- u& q; P, h8 h6 \6 @. m9 N
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The group's crown jewel, Vader, took on Yokozuna when the sumo champion left Cornette's stable.+ Z7 |7 b8 [2 N2 r1 ?
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; ~7 u* ^" H$ n% H/ \ K0 jPunk rock and rap collided when Raven, Vampiro and Insane Clown Posse formed The Dead Pool in WCW.( E2 ?0 X* [. W% l; U5 E! ?
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+ C9 t E c+ f1 y' OIvan Koloff set out to form a team of superior Soviet athletes.
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He brought his nephew, Nikita, over from Russia.0 S* L1 Y$ Z& B* {4 j8 T. v# J N) E- Y
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, X3 H3 R/ g- J8 O: f8 x$ e yKoloff also brought in Krusher Khrushchev, a Soviet sympathizer from America.
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The Russians were dominant, capturing the NWA's Tag Team Titles and Six-Man Tag Team Titles.7 u7 q7 Y3 c* A+ H6 R+ m* p
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After Nikita defected to America and joined forces with Dusty Rhodes, Ivan Koloff brought in Vladimir Petrov to replace him.
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Petrov didn't mesh well with Koloff and Khrushchev, leading to the team's dissolution. |
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