- The Gangstanators
Infobox Wrestling team
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members=New Jack John Kronus
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heights= New Jack:
height|ft=6|in=0Kronus:
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debut=1997
disbanded=1998
promotions=ECW|The Gangstanators were a
professional wrestling tag team inExtreme Championship Wrestling . The team consisted ofNew Jack , formerly ofThe Gangstas , andJohn Kronus , formerly ofThe Eliminators , with "Gangstanators" being aportmanteau of the names of their respective former tag teams.New Jack and Kronus joined forces after New Jack's partner Mustapha Saed and Kronus's partner Perry Saturn both left ECW. They defeated the
Dudley Boyz (Bubba Ray and D-Von for the ECW Tag Team Championships onSeptember 20 1997 inPhiladelphia, Pennsylvania and held the titles untilOctober 18 of that year, when they lost to theFull Blooded Italians (Little Guido andTracy Smothers ) in Philadelphia. The team eventually disbanded, with Kronus leaving ECW forXtreme Pro Wrestling and New Jack competing as a singles wrestler in ECW until the promotion declaredbankruptcy inApril 2001 .The Gangstanators reunited for one night at the ECW reunion show
Hardcore Homecoming onJune 10 2005 . Kronus had been scheduled to reunite with Saturn, but Saturn was undergoing epidural treatment and could not attend the event. As a result, New Jack and Kronus teamed together to face theBad Breed (Axl andIan Rotten ) in an impromptu brawl which ended when New Jack leapt fromscaffolding and drove a prone Ian Rotten through a table.Championships and Accomplishments
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Extreme Championship Wrestling
**ECW Tag Team Championship (1 time)
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