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Different incarnations of The Masked Assassins competed all over North America, but the original men under the masks of Assassin #1 and #2 were Jody Hamilton & Tom Ronesto, respectively.
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A version of The Assassins that competed in Jim Crockett Promotions was managed by "Gentleman" Paul Jones.+ @9 L8 ^2 V# W
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3 }! |9 } K U$ r" z) ]The Executioners scored WWE Tag Team Championship gold way back in 1976.
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2 |& k9 y4 u& f, U* H* y' k0 RBoth members found success in singles competition. The senior member was better known as WWE Hall of Famer Killer Kowalski, and Executioner #2 was Kowalski's protege, a young "Big" John Studd.
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There was also a third Executioner, Executioner #3, who later went by the name Nikolai Volkoff.
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+ y- s7 J/ R( M# o5 j3 JAt some point, tag team guru Capt. Lou Albano got his hands on The Executioners. Unsurprisingly, the Captain's involvement resulted in championship gold." M) p6 N+ N* K8 _- Y# U
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" N8 ?+ c) E0 r7 j$ b) e+ }- ?. rAlbano later stood in the corner of The Machines (Blackjack Mulligan, Andre the Giant and Bill Eadie)." s' h5 q1 s! I) n/ Y* d
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& R1 W- s. F! l7 u, `Legendary manager Skandor Akbar led The Super Destroyers to tag team championship gold. The Super Destroyers also competed, without masks, as The Long Riders, "Wild" Bill Irwin & Scott "Hog" Irwin.
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- ~/ @+ N5 X' d& t) aHere, one of the Destroyers teams with a different masked grappler altogether, The Spoiler. Sir Oliver Humperdink looks on at ringside.
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7 w6 z* v8 V+ b" gLike so many masked duos before them, Los Conquistadors preferred anonymity and uniformity over individuality when it came to a naming system. Here stand Conquistadors #1 and #2.
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Without the masks, Los Conquistadors answered to the names José Estrada Sr. & José Luis Rivera.4 d2 j2 D/ L6 U. f, i! E) R
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The Killer Bees, B. Brian Blair & Jim Brunzell, were among WWE's most popular teams in the 1980s. They often put on their masks midway into the match just to perform the ol' switcheroo.2 I8 f ~, G4 y( x
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6 ^ U) Y3 D! d- ?As Doom, Butch Reed and WWE Hall of Famer Ron Simmons were a powerful force in WCW's tag team division in the late 1980s and early 1990s.8 q8 F: c% V8 ]3 l- d% S
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/ o; I1 Q+ a5 E1 _- uOle Anderson, one of the founders of the original Minnesota Wrecking Crew, tried to respark the magic with The Minnesota Wrecking Crew No. 2. Beneath the masks were Mike Enos & Wayne Bloom, who fought in WWE as The Beverly Bros.
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WCW's Ding Dongs are fondly remembered for ringing bells all the time. Or, at least, they're remembered.! d4 a' z% M7 m& `8 H5 ]
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' a% y7 E% B6 [Despite their brutal rivalry in WCW years earlier, Mankind and Vader formed a successful team in WWE in 1997.' \- e2 ^. M4 v
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$ c, H* R4 V$ x$ A# B) X: _2 wDemented and masked, Mankind & Kane twice won WWE's World Tag Team Championships.
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- V6 x' I, s- S- N. s0 z+ b, cOne title win came over The New Age Outlaws ...
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... and the other was at the expense of "Stone Cold" Steve Austin & The Undertaker.
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Hurricane Helms & Kane forged a bizarre team in 2002." Q" Q9 s# L. Z5 `7 c* z: w+ ~ P
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Helms must have enjoyed teaming with a masked Superstar: He and Rosey formed a unit and became Tag Team Champion super heroes.8 z& l9 m# f* C' x- `
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" X1 B, s. F3 z. a/ WSin Cara & Rey Mysterio were bonded by their lucha libre backgrounds — which, of course, means masks.; F( @4 E: Z/ u& ~, Q
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With El Torito by their side, Los Matadores make their WWE debut./ C2 d: N& K" V( A. F4 R3 I
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