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Road Warriors

This article is about the professional wrestling team. For other uses, seeRoad Warriors (disambiguation).
"The Hell Raisers" redirects here. For other uses, seeHellraiser (disambiguation).

TheRoad Warriors,also known as theLegion of Doom,were aprofessional wrestlingtag teamoriginally composed ofRoad Warrior Hawk(Michael Hegstrand) andRoad Warrior Animal(Joseph Laurinaitis).[1]They performed under the name "The Road Warriors" in theAmerican Wrestling Association(AWA), theNational Wrestling Alliance(NWA), andWorld Championship Wrestling(WCW), and the name "Legion of Doom" (LOD) in theWorld Wrestling Federation(WWF). Under either name, theirgimmickwas the same – two imposing wrestlers inface paint.For brief periods, other wrestlers were added as stand-in partners for both men. In Japan in the 1990s,"Power Warrior" Kensuke Sasakioften teamed with Hawk and Animal, separately and together, while in WWE were joined byDrozin the 1990s andHeidenreichin the 2000s. The team also had three managers:Sunnyin the 1990s,Christy Hemmein the 2000s, andPaul Ellering,the manager associated with the original team.

Road Warriors
The Road Warriors,c. 1986
Stable
MembersRoad Warrior Hawk
Road Warrior Animal
Power Warrior
Droz
Heidenreich
Paul Ellering(manager)
Sunny(valet)
Christy Hemme(valet)
Name(s)Road Warriors
Legion of Doom[1]
Hell Raisers
Triple Warriors
LOD 2000
LOD 2005
Hell Warriors
Combined
billed weight		575 lb (261 kg; 41.1 st)[2]
Billed fromChicago,Illinois[1]
Debut1983[1]
Disbanded2014
Years active1983–2014

Hawk and Animal were known for their impressive physiques, as their physical size was larger than most wrestlers of the era. Their face paint and spiked armor were inspired by theMad MaxfilmThe Road Warrior;they were one of the first wrestlers to bring a theme from a movie into the wrestling world.[3]They also introduced atandem maneuverknown as theDoomsday Device.[4]Both men used the move as a teamfinisherthroughout their careers, even when teaming with other partners.

The duo headlined multiple events includingSurvivor Series in 1991andIn Your House 16: Canadian Stampede,and are regarded by many as the greatest tag team in professional wrestling history.[4][5]

History

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Georgia Championship Wrestling (1983–1984)

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Joe Laurinaitis had briefly competed as the Road Warrior beforeOle Andersonpaired him up with Mike Hegstrand to form the Road Warriors in 1983. They were initially brought into"Precious" Paul Ellering's stable as a replacement for his team ofMatt BorneandArn Andersonafter Borne was fired from the company. After a few months of rapid success, the Road Warriors dumped Ellering as manager, claiming that they did not need a manager. This was short-lived, as in early 1984, they and "Precious" Paul Ellering formed astablecalled The Legion of Doom in theNational Wrestling Alliance(NWA)'sGeorgia Championship Wrestling(GCW) territory. The group consisted of the Road Warriors,Jake "The Snake" Roberts,King Kong Bundy &The Spoiler.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.[6]Animal reveals in theRoad Warriors: The Life and Death of the Most Dominant Tag-Team in Wrestling HistoryDVD set that the name "Legion of Doom" was taken from theSuper Friendscartoon.[7]

Road Warriors with the NWA National Tag Team Championships in 1983

The Road Warriors' high-impact powerhouse 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.[6]InGeorgia,the team quickly rose to the top despite being very young and having not undergone the traditional "paying dues" period simply because they were so believable in their role. They gained a reputation for being very stiff and not selling simply because they could, and most of their matches ended quickly as a result. They won theNWA National Tag Team Championshipupon their debut, a title they would win two more times while in Georgia.[8]

American Wrestling Association (1984–1986)

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In 1984, the Road Warriors moved on toVerne Gagne'sAmerican Wrestling Association(AWA) along with their manager Paul Ellering. On August 25, 1984, they defeatedThe CrusherandBaron von Raschkefor theAWA World Tag Team Championship.[8]The Road Warriors were brought in by Gagne to work as heels, but theirsquash matchessoon won over fans. They became the AWA's top draw throughout 1984 and 1985, feuding primarily withThe Fabulous Onesand laterThe Fabulous Freebirds.The Warriors then began splitting their time between the AWA andJim Crockett Promotions(JCP) where they started feuding withNWA World tag team championsThe Russians,all while still holding the AWA belts (the AWA and various NWA memberswere co-promoting cards at the time,in an effort to compete with theWorld Wrestling Federation). Hawk and Animal eventually lost the AWA title toJimmy Garvinand "Mr. Electricity" Steve Regal on September 29, 1985, due to the interference of the Freebirds.[8]The Road Warriors' last appearance in the AWA was on April 20, 1986, atWrestleRockwhere they defeated the team of Garvin andMichael Hayesin a steel cage match.

During their AWA stint the team became well known for using theBlack Sabbathsong "Iron Man"as theirentrance theme.

Japanese promotions (1985–1990)

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In March 1985, the Road Warriors began touringJapan,mainly withAll Japan Pro Wrestling(AJPW) where they made an immediate impact squashing the monster team ofKiller KhanandAnimal Hamaguchiin under 4 minutes. This and subsequent dominant victories garnered the Road Warriors a lot of Japanese wrestling media headlines and front-page stories. 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.

The Road Warriors won theNWA International Tag Team Championshipon March 12, 1987, fromJumbo TsurutaandGenichiro 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.[8]Their last match in Japan during this period was on July 22, 1990, forNew Japan Pro-Wrestling(NJPW), losing toMasahiro ChonoandKeiji Mutohby disqualification.

Jim Crockett Promotions/World Championship Wrestling (1986–1990)

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Scaffold matchbetween the Road Warriors andthe Midnight ExpressatStarrcade '86

On April 19, 1986, The Road Warriors won the inauguralJim Crockett, Sr. Memorial Cup Tag Team Tournamentby beatingRon GarvinandMagnum T. A.in the finals.[9]Building upon their rapid push, Hawk and Animal were featured attractions ofThe Great American Bash 1986tour where they were matched againstIvanandNikita Koloff[10]as well asthe Midnight Express.[11]AtStarrcade '86,the Road Warriors were featured in aScaffold Match,defeating the Midnight Express.[12]

The Warriors joined forces withDusty Rhodesand Nikita Koloff in a bloody feud withThe Four Horsemen.During the 1987 Great American Bash, the rival sides faced off in the first everWarGames match.[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 toTully BlanchardandArn Anderson.[15]The Road Warriors also picked up theNWA World Six-Man Tag Team Championshiptwice alongside Dusty Rhodes.[8]The Warriors engaged in a violent feud withThe Powers of Pain(The BarbarianandThe 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.[16]

In 1988, Hawk and Animal turned heel, attacking substitute partnerStingduring a defense of the Six-Man championship. They finally won theNWA World Tag Team Championshipon October 29, 1988, inNew 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 headbookerfor the promotion. During the November 26 episode ofWorld Championship Wrestling,which was under strict instructions fromTBS televisionexecutives prohibitingblading,the Road Warriors attacked Rhodes, removed a spike from their shoulder pads, and attempted to gouge his eye out.[16]Rhodes was fired for that episode shortly afterStarrcade '88.Before Rhodes was fired, Animal beat him at theClash 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 superstarGenichiro Tenryu,but the titles were quickly abandoned.[8]

The Road Warriors quickly turned face yet again due to overwhelming fan support no matter how brutal or violent they were. Their World Tag Team title reign came to an end when they facedThe Varsity Club(Mike RotundaandSteve Williams) on April 2, 1989.[17]The title change was a controversial one as refereeTeddy Longperformed an excessively fast count. Long would be fired from his job due to the count but the titles were not returned to the Road Warriors.[8]Hawk and Animal would spend the rest of their tenure inWorld Championship Wrestling(WCW) (as JCP became known after being purchased byTurner Broadcasting Systemin 1988) feuding with teams likeThe Samoan Swat Team[18][19]andThe Skyscrapers.[20][21]Their last big wins in WCW came when they defeated three other teams (including the red hotSteiner Brothers) to win theIronman Tag Team TournamentatStarrcade 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.) and overThe Skyscrapersin a Chicago Street Fight atWrestleWar '90: Wild Thing.

The Road Warriors made their last WCWpay-per-viewappearance on May 19, 1990, atCapital Combatwhere they teamed withNorman “The Lunatic”againstKevin Sullivan,Cactus JackandBam Bam Bigelow[23]in a match that was cut from the commercial tape of the event. They left WCW in June 1990 due toheatwith then-WCW headJim Herdaccording to Animal on their WWE produced DVD.

World Wrestling Federation (1990–1992)

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When Hawk and Animal signed with theWorld Wrestling Federation(WWF) in June 1990,Vince McMahonretired the Road Warriors moniker, since at the time there were other wrestlers with "warrior" in their names, such asThe Ultimate WarriorandKerry Von Erich"The Modern Day Warrior".[24]They both made their TV debuts on the July 15, 1990, episode ofWrestling Challenge.In the WWF the team would be known only as the "Legion of Doom".[25]Despite the altered team name, they were still individually introduced as "Road Warrior" Hawk and "Road Warrior" Animal. As Legion of Doom, their detractors such asBobby Heenanwould mock them by referring to them as "Legion of Dummies".

Hawk and Animal immediately entered into a feud withDemolition,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 withWWF World Heavyweight ChampionUltimate Warrior against all three members of Demolition.[26]Bill Eadie(Ax) was having health issues and an agreement was made to phase him out and eventually replace him withCrush(Brian Adams), whileBarry Darsowcontinued in his role of Smash. Ax was moved into a role as manager for the team with the hope of taking a front office position, which eventually fell through. 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. AtSummerSlam 1991inMadison Square Garden,the Legion of Doom defeatedThe Nasty Boysin a no DQ street fight to win theWorld Tag Team Championship,becoming the only team to win world tag titles in all three of the top promotions of the 1980s.[8]Hawk and Animal would eventually lose the titles toMoney Inc.(IRS (Mike Rotunda) andTed DiBiase) on February 7, 1992, after which they briefly left the promotion.[8]

LOD would return a short time later with their original managerPaul ElleringatWrestleMania VIII.The team later incorporated aventriloquistdummy 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. Hegstrand left the company in disgust with the Rocco gimmick immediately afterSummerSlam 1992at theWembley Stadiumwhere LOD rode to the ring on motorbikes in front of over 80,000 fans. He then went AWOL inLondonafter the event withJohn Nord(The Berzerker) and missed the flight back to theU.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 nativeHawaii) replacing Hawk onhouse showsinEuropein mid September 1992, after Hawk left the WWF. Crush and Animal teamed to defeatThe Beverly Brothersfive times andKatoandSkinneronce. Paul Ellering also joined Crush and Animal in some six man tag team matches. When the newly formed team returned toNorth America,Animal and Crush both started wrestling singles matches and the team was no more.[27]Shortly after Animal then left the WWF, because an injury to his back forced him into a lengthy hiatus.[28]

New Japan Pro-Wrestling (1992–1996)

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The Hell Raisers
Tag team
MembersHawk Warrior
Power Warrior
Billed heights6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) – Hawk Warrior
5 ft 11 in (1.80 m) – Power Warrior
Combined
billed weight		518 lb (235 kg)
Debut1992
Disbanded1995
Years active1992–1995

When Hawk left the WWF afterSummerSlam 1992he traveled toJapanand started working forNew Japan Pro-Wrestling(NJPW) where he quickly teamed up with young mid-carderKensuke Sasakiwho was soon dubbed "Power Warrior" as he adopted the trademark Road Warrior face paint and spiked shoulder pads.[16]The duo was dubbed "The Hell Raisers" and carried on the legacy of the Road Warriors in NJPW winning theIWGP Tag Team ChampionshipfromTony HalmeandScott Nortonin December 1992[8]and then again from the team of Scott Norton andHercules(known as the Jurassic Powers) in January 1994.[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 toMasahiro ChonoandSuper Strong Machine.[30]

Teaming with Hawk (dubbed "Hawk Warrior" ) 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. On special occasions, Sasaki would break out the "Power Warrior" persona, similar toKeiji Mutohand his "Great Muta" persona. During this stint, they used the theme song "Hellraiser"byOzzy Osbourne.When Animal came back from his back injury, he joined the duo in Japan in 1996. The three were announced collectively as the Road Warriors, using "Iron Man" as their theme music.

Return to WCW (1996)

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When Laurinaitis’ back was finally healed enough for him to return to wrestling, the Road Warriors signed a contract with WCW in late 1995. Upon their return in January 1996, immediately started a feud with the returningSteiner Brothers,as well asHarlem Heatbefore moving on to challenging the WCW Tag Team ChampionsStingandLex Luger.The Road Warriors had several shots at the champions but failed to win the titles.[31][32]

Hegstrand and Laurinaitis stayed with WCW for about six months, before leaving over a dispute withEric Bischoff.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.[33]

Return to the WWF

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Early feuds (1997–1998)

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After leaving WCW, the duo took various independent bookings both in theU.S.andJapanbefore signing with the WWF, making their surprise return on the February 24, 1997, edition ofMonday Night Rawwhere they destroyedthe Headbangers,despite both teams being counted out.[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. After defeating The Nation, they went on to perform the Doomsday Device on the team of PG 13. Before the match, Ahmed was given special shoulder pads like the LOD wear, however they were never returned due to Hawk giving them to Johnson. The Legion of Doom would be heavily involved in the feud with theHart Foundationsiding withStone Cold Steve Austin,Ken ShamrockandGoldustatIn Your House: Canadian Stampede.[35]The Legion of Doom also became 2-time WWF tag team champions on October 13, 1997, when they defeatedThe Godwinns.[8]In November 1997, the Legion of Doom faced the newly formedNew Age Outlaws(Road DoggandBilly Gunn) and lost the titles to the upstart team.[8]

The Legion of Doom would challenge the Outlaws several times in the next couple of months but could not win the gold. On one episode of Raw, the Outlaws shaved the head of Road Warrior Hawk and were beaten down further by DX. On February 23, 1998, onRaw,the Legion of Doom seemed to have won the Tag Team titles back when they hit the Doomsday Device, but as Animal went for the pin, the referee was distracted by Hawk's celebration, allowing the Outlaws to take advantage and win the match. After the match, the Legion of Doom brawled with one another out of frustration and weren't seen on WWE television after that, indicating that the team was disbanded for good.

LOD 2000 (1998–1999)

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Hawk and Animal next appeared as Legion of Doom 2000, billed as an updated version of the Road Warriors “for the new millennium”, atWrestleMania XIVduring a tag teamBattle Royal.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 inSunny.LOD 2000 won the battle royal and earned a shot at the tag team titles, but did not manage to win the gold.[36]

Sunny soon left the team andDroz,then known as Puke (Darren Drozdov, a formerdefensive endfor theDenver Broncoswho earned the name Puke when caught vomiting onMonday Night Football), started to accompany them to the ring. At the same time,Paul Elleringreturned, but sided with theDisciples 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. For the second time in the history of the Road Warriors they participated in astorylinewhere tension arose between the members, teasing a break up. 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. 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 on the November 16, 1998 episode ofRaw.After the angle bombed and both Hegstrand and Laurinaitis voiced their objections to it, the angle was dropped.[28]

The Legion of Doom made a very brief return, first on the March 22, 1999Raw is Warby attackingPat PattersonandGerald Briscoin a backstage skit after the two impersonated LOD in a handicap match againstShane McMahon,on the March 15, 1999Raw is War.Both LOD entered the pre-WrestleMania battle royal with the last two participants getting a tag team title shot later atWrestleMania XVbut both came up short. They would make one final appearance on the March 29, 1999RawchallengingOwen HartandJeff Jarrettfor the tag team titles but failed them; they left the WWF afterwards.[37]

Japan and the independent circuit (1999–2003)

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After leaving the WWF, the Road Warriors would appear for variousindependent federations

On May 2, 1999, they returned toAll Japan Pro Wrestlingto team withJohnny Aceas they defeatedJun Akiyama,Kenta Kobashi,andHakushiat the Giant Baba Memorial Show. Then they went to Australia winning the iGW Tag Team Titles againstPublic Enemyfori-Generationpay-per-view on June 30, 2000. They performed both as a team and individually.

Animal would return toWorld Championship Wrestlingand competed solo in WCW in early 2001 before WWF bought the company in March 2001. Hegstrand dealt with his personal issues.[7]

In 2001 they feuded withThe Nasty Boysfor the Xcitement Wrestling Federation. On June 22, 2002, performing for International Wrestling Superstars (IWS), Road Warriors Animal and Hawk defeated the Headshrinkers for the World Tag-Team Championship. That victory also led to Team USA winning the international tournament held inAtlantic City, New Jersey.

The Road Warriors also appeared very briefly inTotal Nonstop Action Wrestling(TNA) during the early days of the promotion, savingAmerica's Most Wanted,and debuting to whatJeremy Borashquoted as "A 1985 Road Warrior Pop".[38]

Hegstrand and Laurinaitis becameborn-again Christiansin 2001, and would later appear onTed DiBiase's religion and wrestling shows in 2003. It was during this time that Hegstrand overcame his drug and alcohol addictions.

Second return to WWE and Hawk's death (2003)

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The Road Warriors' last USTVappearance as a team occurred on the May 12, 2003Rawepisode in a tag team match against the World Tag Team Champions,Rob Van DamandKane.[39]The Road Warriors had hoped to get a full-time contract with WWE but nothing ever came of it.

Once again they returned to Japan competing in Fighting Of World Japan Pro-Wrestling defeatingThe Shane Twinsfor the Tag Team titles on March 1, 2003. They dropped the titles to the Twins three months later in their last televised appearance on June 29, 2003. Their last match was on October 3, 2003, in Oshawa, Ontario, at a local church, defeatingGreg "The Hammer" ValentineandBuff Bagwell.[40]

The Road Warriors last autograph appearance took place in Burton, MI on October 4, 2003, with LWA Owner and Promoter, Steve Rau of Mid-Michigan. This event took place at Sharky's Sports Bar in Burton, MI. This event was to promote Steve Rau's show called the Legends of Wrestling. The show took place on November 1, 2003, at the Birch Run Expo Center. Steve Rau re-arranged the Main Event of the night, that was to feature the Road Warriors versus the Powers of Pain, Barbarian and Warlord managed by Mouth of the South Jimmy Hart. Steve Rau received a phone call from Heath Santo, a wrestling writer from Ohio. Heath Santo told Steve Rau the news of Hawk's passing on October 19, 2003. Steve Rau went back to the WJRT ABC 12 TV studio in Flint, MI where they edited the television commercial. Steve Rau then announced that the Legends of Wrestling show was going to be a Hawk Tribute Show, the first of many that were to take place. Animal still came to the event, as the special guest referee. The Main Event was changed to The Powers of Pain versus Greg the Hammer Valentine and Brutus the Barber Beefcake. Animal was a special guest referee. At one point in the evening, Animal along with the other star studded roster came to the ring where Animal addressed the crowd and where a 10 bell salute was given.[40]

Animal's last years

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LOD 2005 (2005–2006)

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Animal would later return to WWE in 2005,[41]teaming withHeidenreichin a feud against the tag teamMNM.AtThe Great American Bashon July 24, 2005,[42]Animal and Heidenreich defeated MNM to win theWWE Tag Team Championshipin a match personally dedicated by Animal to Hawk.[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. On August 18, 2005, Heidenreich was officially made part of LOD and was presented with his own "Road Warrior spikes". 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!".[43]During their feud with MNM, LOD were joined byChristy Hemme,who acted as a valet/manager for a short while. On the October 28, 2005, edition ofSmackDown!,LOD lost the tag team titles to MNM in a Fatal Four-Way tag match that also featuredPaul BurchillandWilliam RegalandThe Mexicools(Super CrazyandPsicosis).[8]A few months later, on January 17, 2006, Heidenreich was released from WWE.[44]Animal continued to perform for WWE under his old persona, The Road Warrior, for a few months before he was also released.[45]

The Hell Warriors
Tag team
MembersAnimal Warrior
Power Warrior
Billed heights6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) – Animal Warrior
5 ft 11 in (1.80 m) – Power Warrior
Combined
billed weight		528 lb (239 kg)
DebutSeptember 1, 2007
DisbandedFebruary 13, 2014

The Hell Warriors and Animal's death (2007–2020)

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On September 1, 2007, Road Warrior Animal appeared forAll 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. The newly formed Hell Warriors defeated the team of"brother" YASSHIandShuji Kondo.[46]Their theme music was a megamix of "Iron Man"byBlack Sabbathand "Hellraiser"byOzzy Osbourne.

On May 11, 2008, The Hell Warriors wrestled in Toryumon Mexico's Dragon-Mania show. They defeatedDamián el TerribleandDamián 666to win the UWA World Tag Team Championship (not the same championship revived by El Dorado Wrestling).

On April 2, 2011, The Road Warriors, along with Paul Ellering, were inducted into theWWE Hall of FamebyDusty Rhodes.On February 13, 2014, Power Warrior announced his retirement from professional wrestling, ending The Hell Warriors' run.

Road Warrior Animal died after suffering aheart attackon September 22, 2020.

Incarnations

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Video games appearances

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WCW video games
Year Title Notes
1990 WCW Wrestling Video game debut
Cover athletes
WWE video games
Year Title Notes
1991 WWF WrestleFest Cover athletes
1992 WWF European Rampage Tour
WWF Super WrestleMania Cover athletes
2003 WWE SmackDown! Here Comes the Pain
2004 WWE SmackDown! vs. Raw
2009 WWE Legends of WrestleMania
2011 WWE All Stars
WWE '12
2012 WWE '13
Other wrestling video games
Year Title Notes
2001 Legends of Wrestling Cover athletes
2002 Legends of Wrestling II
2004 Showdown: Legends of Wrestling

Championships and accomplishments

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Road Warriors / Legion of Doom / LOD 2000

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Hell Raisers

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LOD 2005

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Hell Warriors

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