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Wrestling's overlooked stables: photos
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& R, l6 }- [& z2 G/ Y! T) L0 s2 {Gen. Skandor Akbar led the group known as Devastation, Inc. through the World Class and Mid-South territories.: _5 y. x) s- Q. i* ^: \
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" f4 N7 P0 {* R8 M/ X0 y" oAkbar 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.2 C% h9 q' D# |8 K+ ~+ b
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Terry Funk was part of Gary Hart International during 1989.
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4 q- \4 O2 z/ B" d' Z- T4 ?Under Jim Cornette's guidance, Yokozuna and Owen Hart captured the World Tag Team Titles. f" @, l& }% B- Y4 J
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' e. f" f8 w4 X8 l2 Q) |Together with Vader, they formed Camp Cornette in 1995.3 u4 K5 ]2 h: q# Q; g0 g
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3 r; S, ~! \* I6 `& k dThe group's crown jewel, Vader, took on Yokozuna when the sumo champion left Cornette's stable.
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+ Y5 j/ v; ` {0 VPunk rock and rap collided when Raven, Vampiro and Insane Clown Posse formed The Dead Pool in WCW.
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: f- j/ p, p5 g O$ JStevie Ray teamed up with J. Biggs and Big T as WCW's Harlem Heat 2000.6 f+ K4 U4 h# v- {9 N8 C* m4 @
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4 ^! t, I9 f+ f2 d6 [3 u( S! RIvan Koloff set out to form a team of superior Soviet athletes.1 g$ B6 o( Q6 M' o4 p
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He brought his nephew, Nikita, over from Russia.
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$ F& j6 T! q9 w/ aKoloff also brought in Krusher Khrushchev, a Soviet sympathizer from America.
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) F& {9 b. ^7 @9 v4 a1 l f, aThe Russians were dominant, capturing the NWA's Tag Team Titles and Six-Man Tag Team Titles./ ~, g9 W' W8 M9 y L
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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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