- Basham Brothers
Infobox Wrestling team
article_name=Basham Brothers
type=T
caption=Doug (right) and Danny (left)
members=Doug Basham
Danny Basham
names=The Revolution The Basham Brothers Paul Heyman's Personal Enforcers Basham and Damaja
heights=height|ft=6|in=2, Doug height|ft=6|in=3, Danny
weights=495 lbs.
billed=Columbus, Ohio
former_members=
debut=2002
promotions=OVW
WWE
TNA
AWA|The Basham Brothers, Doug (
Doug Basham ) and Danny (Daniel Hollie ), are a heelprofessional wrestling tag team formerly ofTotal Nonstop Action Wrestling (TNA) andWorld Wrestling Entertainment (WWE).History
Before they went to work in 2003 with the WWE, they wrestled for the All World Wrestling League/Big Time Wrestling in Michigan. They were part of the talent signed by Ed & Tom Farhat, sons of the 'original' Sheik, who died in January 2003, to bring back the 'original' BTW that was requested by the fans.
World Wrestling Entertainment (2003-2007)
mackDown! (2003-2005)
The Basham Brothers made their official WWE debut on the
May 29 ,2003 edition of "SmackDown!" defeating Rikishi andBrian Kendrick . Shortly after this Shaniqua became their valet. Their gimmick was originally that of two S&M fans, with Shaniqua as their trash-talkingdominatrix . The Bashams, who werekayfabe twins (despite obviously having no resemblance to each other), often switched places mid-match, so the "fresher" wrestler was always in the ring.The Bashams won their first
WWE Tag Team Championship fromLos Guerreros on theOctober 23 ,2003 edition of "SmackDown!". The team would go on to lose the titles in February 2004 to Rikishi and Scotty 2 Hotty. The Basham Brothers and Shaniqua faced Scotty 2 Hotty and Rikishi at "No Way Out 2004" in a handicap match for the tag team titles but lost the match when Shaniqua was pinned. Right after this match The Basham Brothers would lose their manger Shaniqua as she was sent to OVW for training. For the next few months the Basham Brothers were regulars on "Velocity" despite a few occasions On "SmackDown!" generally losing in the outcome.The Basham Brothers would go on to join John Bradshaw Layfield's cabinet stable on the
November 25 ,2004 "SmackDown!", where they were known as JBL's Co-Secretaries of Defense. Their role was often tosacrifice themselves to prevent Layfield from getting harmed after he had provoked an opponent. The Bashams would once again win Tag Team gold defeating the teams of Rey Mysterio andRob Van Dam ,Luther Reigns andMark Jindrak , andEddie Guerrero and Booker T in a four-way elimination match in January 2005. The Basham Brothers lost the titles to Rey Mysterio and Eddie Guerrero at "No Way Out 2005" onFebruary 20 . From here on The Bashams would either be jobbing on "SmackDown!" or defeating any team that came in their path on "Velocity". The Basham Brothers quit Layfield's Cabinet on theJune 16 ,2005 episode of "SmackDown!", claiming that they were tired of being "JBL's crash test dummies" and not getting enough respect.plit (2005)
On
June 30 ,2005 , Danny Basham became one of the last minute trades in the 2005WWE Draft lottery, which saw him jump from "SmackDown!" over to "Raw". This left both men in singles competition in WWE on different brands. Doug would portray an egotistical poser nicknamed The Bash Man, while Danny reverted to his dark, Raven-like character The Damaja (albeit under the Danny Basham moniker). Both had short-lived and unsuccessful singles runs before completely disappearing from WWE programming in late 2005.ECW (2006-2007)
Both would reunite in WWE's revived ECW brand in July 2006 as masked enforcers for ECW leader
Paul Heyman . Primarily known as Paul Heyman's Personal Enforcers, they would wrestle with no identity, although they were often referred to as "Basham Security" by fans. In September, Danny suffered a triceps injury, and he was replaced by Derrick Neikirk.cite web|url=http://www.ecw-blog.com/2006/09/27/injuries-to-bob-holly-and-danny-basham|title=Injuries to Bob Holly and Danny Basham] The team disappeared again shortly after Heyman was removed from WWE television in December.On
January 18 ,2007 , both Basham Brothers along with several other superstars were released by WWE. However, they did return to OVW onMarch 7 , when they defeated Wyatt Young and Mike Tolar in a dark match.Total Nonstop Action Wrestling (2007)
Doug and Danny made their first appearance in
Total Nonstop Action Wrestling at a live event onApril 20 2007 as a surprise replacement for the injured Abyss.The two then made their Impact! debut on
May 10 2007 as Basham and Damaja, attacking the Voodoo Kin Mafia, asChristy Hemme 's newest mystery team. At Sacrifice they defeated Kip James. On May 24th's episode of Impact, Basham & Damaja would defeat Kip James andLance Hoyt (who replaced B.G. James, whom they'd injured prior to their match at Sacrifice).At Slammiversary, B.G. and Kip James defeated Basham & Damaja, but as they were about to attack Christy Hemme post-match, they were betrayed - and Basham & Damaja apparently joined under Christy's management - by Lance Hoyt, who attack VKM and kissed Christy. At Victory Road, Basham & Damaja was defeated by Voodoo Kin Mafia after B.G James hit Damaja with a steel chair and Kip James took the pin.
In August, the team was released from TNA.
American Wrestling Association (2008-)
Later they signed with the AWA of Superstars.
In wrestling
*Finishing and signture tag team moves
**"Double Brain Damage" (Aided chokebomb)
**"Ball and Gag" (Russian legsweep / Lariat combination)
**Inverted atomic drop (Danny) / "Last Impression" (Basham) combination
**"Meat Curtain" (Slingshot catapult / Diving bulldog combination)
**Double belly to back superplex*
Doug Basham 's finishing and signature moves
**"Last Impression" (Running high jumping leg lariat)
**Spike piledriver
**"X-Tornado" (Super spinning single arm DDT)
**Diving headbutt
**Diving leg drop
**Single leg boston crab
**Super sitout spinebuster
**Suplex powerslam*Danny Basham's finishing and signature moves
**"Brain Damage" (Chokebomb)
**Reverse DDT
**Belly to back suplex, sometimes from the top rope
**Bulldog
**Elevated DDT*Managers
**Shaniqua - WWE
**Amy Weber - WWE
**Christy Hemme - TNA*Entrance Theme
**"Toe Jam" by Jim Johnston (WWE)
**"Ball & Gag" by Jim Johnston (WWE)
**"Whips & Chains" by Jim Johnston (WWE)
**"Society Box" by Christy Hemme (TNA)Championships and accomplishments
*
Ohio Valley Wrestling
**OVW Southern Tag Team Championship (1 time)*
World Wrestling Entertainment
**WWE Tag Team Championship (2 times)References
External links
* [http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_m0FCO/is_4_5/ai_110263390]
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