During the November 26 episode of World Championship Wrestling, which was under strict instructions from TBS television executives prohibiting blading, the Road Warriors attacked Rhodes, removed a spike from their shoulder pads, and attempted to gouge his eye out. For the next two decades, it was a massacre every time the duo suited up in their motorcycle boots and spiked leather collars. On June 22, 2002, performing for International Wrestling Superstars (IWS), Road Warriors Animal and Hawk defeated the Headshrinkers for the World Tag-Team Championship. They gained a reputation for being very stiff and not selling simply because they could and as a result most of their matches ended quickly. [8] Hawk and Animal would spend the rest of their tenure in World Championship Wrestling (WCW) (as JCP became known after being purchased by Turner Broadcasting System in 1988) feuding with teams like The Samoan Swat Team[18][19] and The Skyscrapers. [28] The Legion of Doom made a very brief return, first on the March 22, 1999 Raw is War by attacking Pat Patterson and Gerald Brisco in a backstage skit after the two impersonated LOD in a handicap match against Shane McMahon, on the March 15, 1999 Raw is War. The Legion of Doom would challenge the Outlaws several times in the next couple of months but could not win the gold. Their face paint and spiked armor were inspired by the Mad Max film The Road Warrior; they were the first wrestlers to bring a theme from a movie into the wrestling world. [44] Animal continued to perform for WWE under his old persona, The Road Warrior, for a few months before he was also released. The angle played off Hegstrand's real life alcohol and drug issues, going so far as to faking a suicide jump off the top of the TitanTron. With their trophy case overflowing, the team finally arrived in WWE in August of 1990. July 10, 1988 – Great American Bash: The Road Warrior’s Team defeated Kevin Sullivan’s Team in a Tower of Road warriors. During the 1987 Great American Bash, the rival sides faced off in the first ever WarGames match. The Road Warriors made appearances in the video games WCW Wrestling, WWF WrestleFest, WWF European Rampage Tour, the SNES version of WWF Super WrestleMania, Legends of Wrestling, Legends of Wrestling II, and Showdown: Legends of Wrestling as well as in the THQ wrestling games WWE SmackDown! [35] The Legion of Doom also became 2-time WWF tag team champions on October 13, 1997 when they defeated The Godwinns. On August 25, 1984, they defeated The Crusher and Baron von Raschke for the AWA World Tag Team Championship. They performed both as a team and individually. Wherever they went — from the Deep South to Japan — they broke bones and won titles. During their AWA stint the team became well known for using the Black Sabbath song "Iron Man" as their entrance theme. [8] The Road Warriors were brought in by Gagne to work as heels, but their squash matches soon won over fans. Road Warrior Hawk talks about his & Animals days with Precious Paul in the Georgia Championship Wrestling, AWA Wrestling, Japanses Wrestling, NWA/WCW Wrestling, WWF Wrestling. Hawk and Animal eventually lost the AWA title to Jimmy Garvin and "Mr. Electricity" Steve Regal on September 29, 1985, due to the interference of the Freebirds. The team later incorporated a ventriloquist dummy called "Rocco" (Originally introduced as "Freckles" in front of a live crowd at a WWF TV Taping, the segment bombed so badly that it never aired) which served as their “inspiration”, but this gimmick was short-lived. After the angle bombed and both Hegstrand and Laurinaitis voiced their objections to it, the angle was dropped. He was best known as Road Warrior Hawk, one half of the tag team known as The Road Warriors (The Legion of Doom in WWF), with Road Warrior Animal. Led by their manager, Precious Paul Ellering, The Road Warriors wasted no time in capturing the NWA National Tag Team Titles in 1983 and never looked back. Minneapolis – Birthplace to the Stars? The Road Warriors' last US TV appearance as a team occurred on the May 12, 2003 Raw episode in a tag team match against the World Tag Team Champions, Rob Van Dam and Kane. They left WCW in June 1990 due to heat with then-WCW head Jim Herd according to Animal on their WWE produced DVD. This and subsequent dominant victories garnered the Road Warriors a lot of Japanese wrestling media headlines and front-page stories. On August 18, 2005, Heidenreich was officially made part of LOD and was presented with his own "Road Warrior spikes". [13] The Road Warriors were on the winning side of War Games both matches that summer[14] taking their feud with the Horsemen to Starrcade '87, where they lost by disqualification to Tully Blanchard and Arn Anderson. The Road Warriors By Steve Slagle Pro wrestling has always had more than its share of wild, larger-than-life 'gimmick wrestlers' or men who are known more for their 'character' than for their ability to perform inside of the ring. [4] Both men used the move as a team finisher throughout their careers, even when teaming with other partners. When the newly formed team returned to North America, Animal and Crush both started wrestling singles matches and the team was no more. The Road Warriors were brought in by Gagne to work as heels, but their squash matches soon won over fans. Now known as The Legion of Doom, the tough guys immediately disposed of Demolition before defeating The Nasty Boys to become the World Tag Team Championship at SummerSlam in 1991. [8] Their last match in Japan during this period was on July 22, 1990, for New Japan Pro-Wrestling (NJPW), losing to Masahiro Chono and Keiji Mutoh by disqualification. When Laurinaitis’ back was finally healed enough for him to return to wrestling, the Road Warriors signed a contract with WCW in late 1995. On the October 28, 2005 edition of SmackDown!, LOD lost the tag team titles to MNM in a Fatal Four-Way tag match that also featured Paul Burchill and William Regal and The Mexicools (Super Crazy and Psicosis). The Legion of Doom / Demolition feud did not have the expected intensity because of the change and LOD soon set their sights on the tag team titles. Hegstrand dealt with his personal issues.[38]. The three were announced collectively as the Road Warriors, using "Iron Man" as their theme music. [31][32], Hegstrand and Laurinaitis stayed with WCW for about six months, before leaving over a dispute with Eric Bischoff. Here Comes the Pain, WWE SmackDown! Under either name, their gimmick was the same – two imposing wrestlers in face paint. Once again they returned to Japan competing in Fighting Of World Japan Pro-Wrestling defeating The Shane Twins for the Tag Team titles on March 1, 2003. The Road Warriors won the NWA International Tag Team Championship on March 12, 1987 from Jumbo Tsuruta and Genichiro Tenryu[8] and would hold them for 15 months before losing them to PWF World Tag Team champions Jumbo Tsuruta and Yoshiaki Yatsu to unify the titles as the AJPW World Tag Team titles, making the Road Warriors the last defending champions of the NWA International Tag Team titles. Share the best GIFs now >>> the more you know Evan & Jason expand on the colorful careers of Animal and Hawk; The Road Warriors bonus outtakes from a never-aired legends roundtable with five of Hawk’s wrestling peers. The pair made claims that Bischoff promised them a second-highest paid contract, as well as a separate contract from Japan, something which he denies remembering. Electricity” Steve Regal. [34] The Legion of Doom then went on to team with Ahmed Johnson to face Faarooq, Crush, and Savio Vega of the Nation of Domination in a Street Fight at Wrestlemania 13 in their home town of Chicago. [8] They also competed in both the 1993[29] and 1994 versions of the Super Grade Tag league making it to the semi finals of the 1994 tournament before losing to Masahiro Chono and Super Strong Machine.[30]. On August 25, 1984 they defeated The Crusher and Baron Von Raschke for the AWA World Tag Team Championship. With Tenor, maker of GIF Keyboard, add popular The Road Warriors animated GIFs to your conversations. The Road Warriors are the most dominant tag team in sports-entertainment’s history. Road Warrior Hawk died three months later on October 19, 2003. [4][5], Joe Laurinaitis had briefly competed as the Road Warrior before Ole Anderson paired him up with Mike Hegstrand to form the Road Warriors in 1983. 2 were here. The Road Warriors also appeared very briefly in Total Nonstop Action Wrestling (TNA) during the early days of the promotion, saving America's Most Wanted, and debuting to what Jeremy Borash quoted as "A 1985 Road Warrior Pop".[39]. [16] Rhodes was fired for that episode shortly after Starrcade '88. [15] The Road Warriors also picked up the NWA World Six-Man Tag Team Championship twice alongside Dusty Rhodes. Their World Tag Team title reign came to an end when they faced The Varsity Club (Mike Rotunda and Steve Williams) on April 2, 1989. [33], After leaving WCW, the duo took various independent bookings both in the U.S. and Japan before signing with the WWF, making their surprise return on the February 24, 1997 edition of Monday Night Raw where they destroyed the Headbangers, despite both teams being counted out. [25] Despite the altered team name, they were still individually introduced as "Road Warrior" Hawk and "Road Warrior" Animal. Hall of Fame: 2011 WWE Hall of Fame Inductees - The Road Warriors & Paul ElleringSubscribe Now - http://www.youtube.com/user/wwe?sub_confirmation=1 Upon their return in January 1996, immediately started a feud with the returning Steiner Brothers, as well as Harlem Heat before moving on to challenging the WCW Tag Team Champions Sting and Lex Luger. With this victory, The Legion of Doom became the only duo in the history of sports-entertainment to hold the tag team titles in AWA, NWA and WWE. For other uses, see, "The Hell Raisers" redirects here. It’s a fact. For the second time in the history of the Road Warriors they participated in a storyline where tension arose between the members, teasing a break up. On April 19, 1986, The Road Warriors won the inaugural Jim Crockett, Sr. Memorial Cup Tag Team Tournament by beating Ron Garvin and Magnum T.A. On February 13, 2014, Power Warrior announced his retirement from professional wrestling, ending The Hell Warriors' run. Led by their manager, Precious Paul Ellering, The Road Warriors wasted no time in capturing the NWA National Tag Team Titles in 1983 and never looked back. In 2001 they feuded with The Nasty Boys for the Xcitement Wrestling Federation. In the early 1980s, in NWA's Georgia Championship Wrestling, Paul Ellering introduced a stable called "The Legion of Doom" that consisted of the Road Warriors, Jake "The Snake" Roberts, The Spoiler, Matt Borne, King Kong Bundy, Arn Anderson, The Iron Sheik and the original Sheik. They won the NWA National Tag Team Championship upon their debut, a title they would win three more times while in Georgia.[8]. [17] The title change was a controversial one as referee Teddy Long performed an excessively fast count. Animal would later return to WWE in 2005,[41] teaming with Heidenreich in a feud against the tag team MNM. The Road Warriors had two returns to WWE. [11] At Starrcade '86, the Road Warriors were featured in a Scaffold Match, defeating the Midnight Express. The Most Memorable Tag Teams in Wrestling History", "NWA Great American Bash Results (1986 #1)", "NWA Great American Bash Results (1986 #2)", "NWA Great American Bash Results (1987 #1)", "NWA Great American Bash Results (1987 #3)", "NWA Clash of the Champions Results (VI)", "NWA Clash of the Champions Results (VIII)", "WWF In Your House Results (Canadian Stampede)", "WWE News: WWE updates status of drug testing program, Heidenreich released", "WWE News: Sabu vs. Cena, RVD vs. Rey, Animal released, Rock movie update", "Kensuke Office Show Results (Featuring ROH Title Match and....Road "brother" YASSHI?) For other uses, see, Georgia Championship Wrestling (1983–1984), American Wrestling Association (1984–1986), Jim Crockett Promotions/World Championship Wrestling (1986–1990), The Hell Raisers and Road Warriors reunion (1992–1996), Japan and Independent circuit (1999–2003), Second return to WWE and Hawk's death (2003), The Road Warriors/Legion of Doom/LOD 2000. Talks about who where great tag teams and wrestlers who help them out alot. [9] Building upon their rapid push, Hawk and Animal were featured attractions of The Great American Bash 1986 tour where they were matched against Ivan and Nikita Koloff[10] as well as the Midnight Express. In this storyline, Hawk was seen by his partner Animal as unfit to wrestle and Puke was tapped to take Hawk's place in the tag team as an official member. [7], The Road Warriors’ high impact power style and unique attire quickly got them noticed by fans and dreaded by opponents, so much so that some wrestlers would grab their bag and leave the arena when they saw they were scheduled to face the Road Warriors. Talks about Hawks addiction to drinking and cocaine. [8] The Warriors engaged in a violent feud with The Powers of Pain (The Barbarian and The Warlord) where the Road Warriors finally met their equal physically, but the angle ended when the Powers of Pain left JCP after finding out they were booked against the Road Warriors in a series of Scaffold Matches that they were supposed to lose. On August 25, 1984, they defeated The Crusher and Baron von Raschke for the AWA World Tag Team Championship. [28], When Hawk left the WWF after SummerSlam 1992 he traveled to Japan and started working for New Japan Pro-Wrestling (NJPW) where he quickly teamed up with young mid-carder Kensuke Sasaki who was soon dubbed "Power Warrior" as he adopted the trademark Road Warrior face paint and spiked shoulder pads. Wandering the deserted highways of an energy-starved dystopian Australia after eradicating the Night Rider's followers in Mad Max (1979), the former patrolman, Max Rockatansky, finds himself roaming the endless wasteland scavenging for food and precious petrol. [16], In 1988, Hawk and Animal turned heel, attacking substitute partner Sting during a defence of the Six-Man championship. In the many years since The Road Warriors first exploded on the scene in 1982, countless teams have attempted to imitate the explosive duo, but no one ever did it. Animal would return to World Championship Wrestling and competed solo in WCW in early 2001 before WWF bought the company in March 2001. Hawk and Animal were known for their impressive physiques, as their physical size was larger than most wrestlers of the era. WWE intentionally placed Hawk and Animal on a break to come back with a repackaged act in the late ‘90s. It is a testament to Hawk & Animal's unmatched influence that no pair has come close to matching their success, dominance and wealth of championships and honors including being inducted into the WWE Hall of Fame. The duo sported a new look, including new shoulder pads and helmets (the helmets wouldn't last long, as Hawk got rid of his by throwing it to the crowd) and a new manager in Sunny. Jim Crockett, Sr. Memorial Cup Tag Team Tournament, Professional Wrestling Hall of Fame and Museum, Wrestling Observer Newsletter Hall of Fame, "Dynamic Duos! The Road Warriors is an organization dedicated to fighting the stigma of mental health, supporting people on the journey of living with mental illness and in crisis, as well as supporting healthy activity through road and trail racing. Animal had briefly compet… -----The Road Warriors-->like ... Facebook is showing information to help you better understand the purpose of a Page. vs. In 1984, the Road Warriors moved on to Verne Gagne 's American Wrestling Association (AWA) along with their manager Paul Ellering. Bodybuilder thick with their heads shaved into wild Mohawks like some post-apocalyptic monsters, Hawk & Animal’s intimidating appearance immediately brought them attention, but it was the carnage they caused in the ring that truly gave them a following. Before the match, Ahmed was given special shoulder pads like the LOD wear, however they were never returned. They dropped the titles to the Twins three months later in their last televised appearance on June 29, 2003. People often assume you need a greenhouse, or expansive sunny lawn, to grow flowers from seeds. On May 11, 2008, The Hell Warriors wrestled in Toryumon Mexico's Dragon-Mania show. He then went AWOL in London after the event with John Nord (The Berzerker) and missed the flight back to the U.S., while Laurinaitis stuck around and finished the team's contractual obligations with former Demolition member Crush (now repackaged from his Demolition character to being a face, becoming a tanned muscle guy from the beaches of his native Hawaii) replacing Hawk on house shows in Europe in mid September 1992, after Hawk left the WWF. [27] Shortly after Animal then left the WWF, because an injury to his back forced him into a lengthy hiatus. [6] In Georgia, the team quickly rose to the top despite being very young and without the traditional “paying dues” period just because they were so believable in their role as power monsters. On one episode of Raw, the Outlaws shaved the head of Road Warrior Hawk and were beaten down further by DX. During this stint, they used the theme song "Hellraiser" by Ozzy Osbourne. [45], On September 1, 2007, Road Warrior Animal appeared for All Japan Pro Wrestling (AJPW) and teamed with Sasaki to form the Hell Warriors, with Animal being billed as "Animal Warrior" to match up with Sasaki's "Power Warrior" and Hawk's "Hawk Warrior" gimmick. [3] They also introduced a tandem maneuver known as the Doomsday Device. Shortly after winning the tag team titles,[8] Animal paid tribute to his late partner and friend by looking up to the heavens above and saying, "Hawk, this one's for you, brother!". [6] Animal reveals in the Road Warriors: The Life and Death of the Most Dominant Tag-Team in Wrestling History DVD set that the name "Legion of Doom" was taken from the Super Friends cartoon. Teaming with Hawk (or Hawk Warrior as he was called) helped elevate Kensuke Sasaki in the eyes of the fans, so much so that when the Hell Raisers broke up in the middle of 1995, Sasaki shed the Power Warrior gimmick and became a main eventer on the singles scene. Sadly, Road Warrior Hawk passed away in 2003, bringing an end to the roughest team to ever enter the ring. Their last match was defeating The Shane Twins on July 11, 2003. In Japan in the 1990s, Kensuke "Power Warrior" Sasaki often teamed with Hawk and Animal, separately and together. At The Great American Bash on July 24, 2005,[42] Animal and Heidenreich defeated MNM to win the WWE Tag Team Championship in a match personally dedicated by Animal to Hawk. After defeating The Nation,they went on to perform the Doomsday Device on the team of PG 13. [16] The duo was dubbed "The Hell Raisers" and carried on the legacy of the Road Warriors in NJPW winning the IWGP Tag Team Championship from Tony Halme and Scott Norton in December 1992 [8] and then again from the team of Scott Norton and Hercules (known as the Jurassic Powers) in January 1994. [40] The Road Warriors had hoped to get a full-time contract with WWE but nothing ever came of it. When Animal came back from his back injury, he joined the duo in Japan in 1996. [12], The Warriors joined forces with Dusty Rhodes and Nikita Koloff in a bloody feud with The Four Horsemen. Hegstrand left the company in disgust with the Rocco gimmick immediately after SummerSlam 1992 at the Wembley Stadium where LOD rode to the ring on motorbikes in front of over 80,000 fans. We walk in your trap and take over your trap." Both LOD entered the pre-WrestleMania battle royal with the last two participants getting a tag team title shot later at WrestleMania XV but both came up short. Their tours with AJPW in 1985 and 1986 made the Road Warriors such legends in Japan that they toured the country whenever they were “between contracts” of the big three. On May 2, 1999 they returned to All Japan Pro Wrestling to team with Johnny Ace as they defeated Jun Akiyama, Kenta Kobashi, and Hakushi at the Giant Baba Memorial Show. Road Warriors: 10 Best Matches In Their Careers The Road Warriors became an all-time great tag-team in the '80s, but some of their matches really stand out to define their career. They smashed Baron von Raschke & The Crusher in Minnesota, stomped through The Midnight Express in Georgia, battered Harley Race & Stan Hansen in Florida. They would make one final appearance on the March 29, 1999 Raw challenging Owen Hart and Jeff Jarrett for the tag team titles but failed them; they left the WWF afterwards. This was short-lived, as in early 1984, along with "Precious" Paul Ellering formed a stable called "The Legion of Doom" in the National Wrestling Alliance (NWA)'s Georgia Championship Wrestling (GCW) territory. They were initially brought into "Precious" Paul Ellering's stable as a replacement for his team of Matt Borne and Arn Anderson, after Borne was fired from the company. Ax was moved into a role as manager for the team with the hope of taking a front office position, which eventually fell through. Following a stint in WCW, they returned to WWE at WrestleMania XIV with the updated name of L.O.D. The first was when they arrived as LOD 2000 with Sunny as their manager. The Road Warriors both grew up in Minneapolis, Minnesota. Crush and Animal teamed to defeat The Beverly Brothers five times and Kato and Skinner once. For the next two decades, it was a massacre every time the duo suited up in their motorcycle boots and spiked leather collars. [36], Sunny soon left the team and Droz, then known as Puke (Darren Drozdov, a former defensive end for the Denver Broncos who earned the name Puke when caught vomiting on Monday Night Football), started to accompany them to the ring. Their theme music was a megamix of "Iron Man" by Black Sabbath and "Hellraiser" by Ozzy Osbourne. [8] After winning the titles Heidenreich changed his appearance, to a look that better suited the Legion of Doom image by shaving his hair into a mohawk and wearing face paint. Paul Ellering also joined Crush and Animal in some six man tag team matches. Under either name, their gimmickwas the same – two imposing wres… On April 2, 2011, The Road Warriors, along with Paul Ellering, were inducted into the WWE Hall of Fame by Dusty Rhodes. See actions taken by the people who manage and post content. Long would be fired from his job due to the count but the titles were not returned to the Road Warriors. The Road Warriors made their last WCW pay-per-view appearance on May 19, 1990 at Capital Combat where they teamed with Norman “The Lunatic” against Kevin Sullivan, Cactus Jack and Bam Bam Bigelow[23] in a match that was cut from the commercial tape of the event. Hawk and Animal immediately entered into a feud with Demolition, the team McMahon had supposedly created in their likeness three years earlier, which led into a televised six-man tag-team match where Hawk and Animal teamed up with WWF World Heavyweight Champion Ultimate Warrior against all three members of Demolition. The stable was short lived and the name "Legion of Doom" soon referred only to the Road Warriors and Ellering with either name used interchangeably throughout their career. Road Warrior Animal died on September 22, 2020. [43] During their feud with MNM, LOD were joined by Christy Hemme, who acted as a valet/manager for a short while. Before Rhodes was fired, Animal beat him at the Clash of the Champions, so the Road Warriors were allowed to pick a new partner to hold the NWA World Six-Man Tag Team titles; they picked AJPW superstar Genichiro Tenryu but the titles were quickly abandoned.[8]. in the finals. After a few months of rapid success, the Road Warriors dumped Ellering as manager, claiming they needed no manager. His death leaves Power Warrior as the last surviving classic Road Warrior. On special occasions, Sasaki would break out the "Power Warrior" persona, similar to Keiji Mutoh and his "Great Muta" persona. 2000 and Sunny as their manager. Raw, WWE Legends of WrestleMania, WWE '12 , WWE '13,WWE All Stars and RetroMania Wrestling, This article is about the professional wrestling team. In the years that followed, Hawk struggled with personal problems, while Animal tried to reignite The Road Warriors magic with a series of different partners. and over The Skyscrapers in a Chicago Street Fight at WrestleWar '90: Wild Thing. The duo headlined multiple events including Survivor Series in 1991 and In Your House 16: Canadian Stampede, and are regarded by many as the greatest tag team in professional wrestling history. They finally won the NWA World Tag Team Championship on October 29, 1988 in New Orleans, Louisiana at a house show against the Midnight Express, In November of that year the Road Warriors played a role in ending Dusty Rhodes' tenure as head booker for the promotion. When Hawk and Animal signed with the World Wrestling Federation (WWF) in June 1990, Vince McMahon retired the Road Warriors moniker, since at the time there was other wrestlers with "warrior" in their names, such as The Ultimate Warrior and Kerry Von Erich "The Modern Day Warrior". Inside Wrestling, February 1993, issue, article: Our urgent message to Animal and Crush: Don't dismantle the new legion of doom!, pp.34-37. - Wrestling Forum: WWE, Impact Wrestling, Indy Wrestling, Women of Wrestling Forums", https://twitter.com/CACReunion/status/1214208300050288640, "Sat. Hawk and Animal next appeared as Legion of Doom 2000, billed as an updated version of the Road Warriors “for the new millennium”, at WrestleMania XIV during a tag team Battle Royal. Hosted by Hal in Philly (Hal Aaron Cohen). [8] Hawk and Animal would eventually lose the titles to Money Inc. (IRS (Mike Rotunda) and Ted DiBiase) on February 7, 1992 after which they briefly left the promotion. [8], LOD would return a short time later with their original manager Paul Ellering at WrestleMania VIII. The Legion of Doom would be heavily involved in the feud with the Hart Foundation siding with Stone Cold Steve Austin, Ken Shamrock and Goldust at In Your House: Canadian Stampede. This was the same state that Mr Perfect, John Nord aka The Berserker in the WWF, Barry Darsow aka the Repo Man, Nikita Koloff, Rick Rude, Scott Norton all grew up in; most even growing up in Minneapolis itself. “You honestly can grow your garden with just a windowsill,” Parkinson says. [24] They both made their TV debuts on the July 15, 1990 episode of Wrestling Challenge. Memphis has won seven of its past 10 but faces a brutal string of games on the end of the trip. At SummerSlam 1991 in Madison Square Garden, the Legion of Doom defeated The Nasty Boys in a no DQ street fight to win the World Tag Team Championship, becoming the only team to win world tag titles in all three of the top promotions of the 1980s. [8] In November 1997, the Legion of Doom faced the newly formed New Age Outlaws (Road Dogg and Billy Gunn) and lost the titles to the upstart team.[8]. [8] The Road Warriors' last appearance in the AWA was on April 20, 1986 at WrestleRock where they defeated the team of Garvin and Michael Hayes in a steel cage match. They became the AWA's top draw throughout 1984 and 1985, feuding primarily with The Fabulous Ones and later The Fabulous Freebirds. The Road Warriors, also known as the Legion of Doom, were a professional wrestling tag team composed of Road Warrior Hawk (Michael Hegstrand) and Road Warrior Animal (Joseph Laurinaitis)[1] They performed under the name "The Road Warriors" in the American Wrestling Association (AWA), the National Wrestling Alliance (NWA), and World Championship Wrestling (WCW), and the name "Legion of Doom" (LOD) in the World Wrestling Federation (WWF). The Road Warriors Comedy | TV Movie 16 October 1992 Add a Plot » Director: Peter Segal Writer: Judd Apatow Stars: Mario Joyner, Colin Quinn Added to Watchlist Add to Watchlist View production, box office Check out our , ". [20][21] Their last big wins in WCW came when they defeated three other teams (including the red hot Steiner Brothers) to win the Ironman Tag Team Tournament at Starrcade 1989 “Future Shock”[19][18][22] (The Steiners actually defeated the Warriors by pinfall in their match, but the Warriors won the round robin style tournament on a point system basis.) It was during this time that Hegstrand overcame his drug and alcohol addictions. Hegstrand and Laurinaitis became born-again Christians in 2001, and would later appear on Ted DiBiase's religion and wrestling shows in 2003. Tales of the Road Warriors A music talk podcast that explores the world through conversations with entertainers, musicians … guitarists, bass players, keyboardists, managers, roadies, recording engineers and people who make a living on stage and behind the scenes. The group consisted of the Road Warriors, Jake "The Snake" Roberts, & The Spoiler. The founding board members are Shannon Lelievre, Amy Leon, Andrew Younger, and Jarvis Googoo. The Road Warriors, also known as the Legion of Doom, were a professional wrestling tag team composed of Road Warrior Hawk (Michael Hegstrand) and Road Warrior Animal (Joseph Laurinaitis) They performed under the name "The Road Warriors" in the American Wrestling Association (AWA), the National Wrestling Alliance (NWA), and World Championship Wrestling (WCW), and the name "Legion of Doom" (LOD) in the World Wrestling Federation (WWF). For brief periods, other wrestlers were added as stand-in partners for both men. At the same time, Paul Ellering returned, but sided with the Disciples of Apocalypse (DOA), whom LOD were feuding with at the time; Ellering and Animal explained on the DVD it was hard for them to rip on each other on promos. July 9, 1988: The Road Warriors defeated Ric Flair and Arn Anderson and Tully Blanchard for the 6-man tag team titles. 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