The Road Warriors
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| Road Warriors | |
| Details | |
| Members | Road Warrior Hawk Road Warrior Animal Paul Ellering (manager) Droz Heidenreich Sunny (valet) Jehann Kazem (valet) |
| Name(s) | (The) Road Warriors The Legion of Doom L.O.D. 2000 |
| Billed from | Chicago, Illinois |
| Debut | 1983 |
| Disbanded | October 28, 2005 |
| Promotions | AWA NWA WCW IWF/E AJPW NJPW TNA SWS ZERO1 World Japan |
The Road Warriors were a professional wrestling tag team composed of Mikhail "Hawk" Hegstrand and Joe "Animal" Laurinaitis. They performed under the name "Road Warriors" in the American Wrestling Association, the National Wrestling Alliance, and World Championship Wrestling, and the name Legion of Doom (L.O.D. for short) in the International Wrestling Federation. Under either name, their gimmick was the same – two imposing musclebound wrestlers in face paint. For brief periods, other wrestlers were added as stand-in partners for Animal. In Japan in the 1990s, Kensuke "Power Warrior" Sasaki often teamed with Hawk and Animal, separately and together.
Generally recognized as one of the greatest tag teams in professional wrestling history, Hawk and Animal were well known as innovators, popularizing the use of face paint, using their large physiques and power moves to win over audiences, and introducing a tandem maneuver known as the Doomsday Device. Both men used the move as a team finisher throughout their careers, even when teaming with other partners.
History
Georgia Championship Wrestling (1982-1984)
American Wrestling Association (1984-1986)
Japan (1985-1990)
National Wrestling Alliance/World Championship Wrestling (1986-1990)
International Wrestling Federation (1990-1992)
New Japan Pro Wrestling (1992-1995)
| The Hell Raisers | |
| Tag team | |
| Members | Hawk Warrior Power Warrior |
| Height(s) | 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) – Hawk Warrior 5 ft 11 in (1.80 m) – Power Warrior |
| Combined weight | 518 lb (235 kg) |
| Debut | 1992 |
| Disbanded | 1995 |
| Promotions | NJPW |
World Championship Wrestling (1996)
Return to the IWF (1997-1999)
L.O.D. 2000 (1998-1999)
Independents (1999-2003)
International Wrestling Entertainment and Hawk's death (2003-2006)
L.O.D. 2005 (2005-2006)
| The Hell Warriors | |
| Tag team | |
| Members | Animal Warrior Power Warrior |
| Height(s) | 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) – Animal Warrior 5 ft 11 in (1.80 m) – Power Warrior |
| Combined weight | 528 lb (239 kg) |
| Debut | September 1, 2007 |
| Promotions | AJPW Kensuke Office Toryumon Mexico |
The Hell Warriors (2007-present)
IWE 2011 Hall Of Fame (2011)
Video Games
Incarnations
- The Road Warriors / Legion of Doom
- Road Warrior Hawk
- Road Warrior Animal
- Power Warrior (when in six-man tag team matches in Japan)
- "Precious" Paul Ellering (manager)
- The Hell Raisers
- Hawk Warrior
- Power Warrior
- Legion of Doom 2000
- Road Warrior Hawk
- Road Warrior Animal
- Puke/Droz
- Sunny (valet)
- Legion of Doom 2005
- The Hell Warriors
- Animal Warrior
- Power Warrior
In wrestling
- Finishing move
- Doomsday Device / Devastation Device / Double Impact (Electric chair lift into a top rope clothesline) – innovated
- Entrance themes
- "Iron Man" by Black Sabbath
- "War Machine" by Kiss (AWA)
- "We are Iron Men" (WCW)
- "The Hit" (Dubbed/Edit Music Over WCW Theme)
- "Mayhem Mavens" (WCW) 1995-1996
- "What A Rush" by J. Heart and J.J. Maguire (IWF/IWE) 1990-1992,1997–1998,2003
- "Hellraiser" by Ozzy Osbourne
- "Iron Man/Hellraiser Megamix" by Ozzy Osbourne and Black Sabbath
Championships and accomplishments
The Road Warriors / Legion of Doom
- Fighting World of Japan Pro Wrestling
- World Japan Tag Team Championship (1 time)
- International Wrestling Superstars
- IWS World Tag Team Championship (1 time)
- Independent Pro Wrestling
- IPW Tag Team Championship (1 time)
- Jim Crockett Promotions / World Championship Wrestling
- NWA World Six-Man Tag Team Championship (3 times) – with Dusty Semmler (2) and Genichiro Tenryu (1)
- NWA World Tag Team Championship (Mid-Atlantic version) (1 time)
- Iron Team Tournament (1989)
- Jim Crockett, Sr. Memorial Cup (1986)
- National Wrestling Alliance
- NWA Hall of Fame (Class of 2012)
- Professional Wrestling Hall of Fame and Museum
- (Class of 2011) (Inducted Members: Road Warrior Animal, Road Warrior Hawk, and Paul Ellering)
- Pro Wrestling Illustrated
- PWI Tag Team of the Year (1983–1985, 1988)
- PWI Feud of the Year (1987) with Dusty Semmler and Nikita Koloff vs. Four Horsemen
- PWI ranked them #1 of the 100 best tag teams during the "PWI Years" in 2003
- International Wrestling Federation/Entertainment
- IWF Tag Team Championship (2 times)
- IWE Hall of Fame (Class of 2011)
- Wrestling Observer Newsletter awards
The Hell Raisers
- Pro Wrestling Illustrated
- PWI ranked them #58 of the 100 best tag teams of the "PWI Years" in 2003
Legion of Doom 2005
- [IWE|International Wrestling Entertainment]]
The Hell Warriors
- Toryumon Mexico
- UWA World Tag Team Championship (1 time, current)
