Too Cool

Infobox Wrestling team
article_name=Too Cool
type=S


caption=
members=Scott Taylor/Scotty 2 Hotty
Brian Christopher/Grandmaster Sexay
names=Too Cool
Too Much
heights=
weights=
former_members=Rikishi
debut=April 1998
promotions=WWF/E
UWF|

Too Cool is a professional wrestling tag team and former stable most notably active in the World Wrestling Federation between 1998 and 2001 and for a short time in 2004.cite web|url=http://www.onlineworldofwrestling.com/profiles/t/too-cool.html|title=Too Cool Profile|accessdate=2008-10-08|publisher=Online World Of Wrestling] Too Cool is currently active, without Rikishi, on the independent circuit, in the UWF.

History

World Wrestling Federation/Entertainment

1998-2000

The duo of "Too Sexy" Brian Christopher and Scott "Too Hot" Taylor were originally a tag team known as Too Much. They began with an ambiguously gay gimmick. The team feuded with fellow light-heavyweight wrestlers such as TAKA Michinoku and aided Jerry "The King" Lawler (Christopher's father) in his feud with Al Snow.

In June 1999, Christopher became Grandmaster Sexay, Taylor became Scotty Too Hotty (also spelled as Scotty "2" Hotty) and Too Cool was born, debuting on television during the June 13 1999 episode of "Sunday Night HEAT". They originally remained heels, but in late 1999, around the the time Rikishi Phatu joined the team, they turned face due to growing fan popularity. Too Cool's new gimmick of a pair of hip-hop fans involved the duo dance around the ring while lights flashed and dance music played, an act that quickly became popular with fans.

A famous moment came when the trio were all participants in the 2000 Royal Rumble.cite web|url=http://slam.canoe.ca/SlamWrestlingPPV/jan24_royalrumble.html|title=Rocky wins the Rumble A bloody Triple H defeats Cactus Jack|date=2000-01-17|last=Powell|first=John|accessdate=2008-10-05|publisher=SLAM! Sports] They were the only participants in the ring at the time so they danced to their music while the rumble was still going on. This was followed by Rikishi eliminating both of his teammates. Nothing ever came about from him doing this. Soon after this, Christopher got injured, and while he was recuperating, Taylor won the Light Heavy Championship. Their success would peak later in the year when Taylor and Christopher defeated Edge and Christian for the WWF Tag Team Championship on an episode of RAW is WAR on May 29, 2000,cite web|url=http://www.wwe.com/inside/titlehistory/worldtagteam/304454132112113|title=History Of The World Tag Team Championship - Too Cool|date=May 29, 2000|accessdate=2008-01-30|publisher=WWE] while Rikishi would defeat Chris Benoit for the Intercontinental Championship on June 20.

Rikishi left the group after his heel turn in late 2000.

2001

The group ceased to exist in 2001 when Taylor was sidelined in 2001 with a broken ankle, and Christopher was released from the WWF in 2001 after he was detained while attempting to cross the Canada–United States border border with illegal drugs in his possession.

2004

Rikishi would eventually become a face again and he and Taylor would later team together on the renamed WWE SmackDown! brand to win the WWE Tag Team Titles in 2004. Rikishi would eventually be released shortly after the team lost the tag team titles.

United Wrestling Federation (2007-Present)

After Scotty 2 Hotty was released from WWE, he along with Brian Lawler (Grandmaster Sexay) began teaming up in the independent circuits, most notably in the UWF.

In wrestling

*Finishing and signature double/triple team moves
**Aided sitout powerbomb
**Bearhug hold (Scotty), top-rope leg drop (Sexay) combination
**Double elbow drop, with Scotty 2 Hotty and Grand Master Sexay joining hands before dropping their elbows

*Entrance Themes
**"Basic Groove" (Production Music)
**"You Look Fly Today" (Production Music; was later used only for Rikishi after Too Cool began using Turn It Up)
**"Turn It Up" by Jim Johnston (WWF/E)

Championships and accomplishments

*World Wrestling Federation / Entertainment
**WWE Intercontinental Championship (1 time) - Rikishicite web|url=http://www.wwe.com/inside/titlehistory/intercontinental/322628|title=History Of The Intercontinental Championship - Rikishi|date=June 20, 2000|accessdate=2008-01-30|publisher=WWE]
**WWE World Tag Team Championship (1 time) - Sexay and Hotty
**WWE Tag Team Championship (1 time) - Hotty and Rikishicite web|url=http://www.wwe.com/inside/titlehistory/wwetag/330120|title=History Of The WWE Tag Team ChampionshipScotty 2 Hotty & Rikishi|date=February 5, 2004|accessdate=2008-02-02|publisher=WWE]
**WWF Light Heavyweight Championship (1 time)- Scotty 2 Hottycite web|url=http://www.wwe.com/inside/titlehistory/lightheavyweight/357216|title=History Of The Light Heavyweight Championship - Scotty 2 Hotty|date=April 17, 2000|accessdate=2008-02-02|publisher=WWE]

References

External links

* [http://www.onlineworldofwrestling.com/profiles/t/too-cool.html Too Cool Profile] at Online World Of Wrestling
* [http://www.onlineworldofwrestling.com/profiles/b/brian-christopher.html Grandmaster Sexay Profile] at Online World Of Wrestling
* [http://www.onlineworldofwrestling.com/profiles/s/scotty-too-hotty.html Scotty 2 Hotty Profile] at Online World Of Wrestling
* [http://www.onlineworldofwrestling.com/profiles/r/rikishi.html Rikishi Profile] at Online World Of Wrestling