The Addiction (professional wrestling)
From Iwe
| Bad Influence | |
| Details | |
| Members | Christopher Barnhart Mikhail Kazarian / Kazarian |
| Name(s) | Bad Influence The World Tag Team Champions of the World The Addiction |
| Debut | January 5, 2012 |
| Promotions | TNA BTW CZW DGUSA HOH NJPW PWG ROH W1 WWL |
The Addiction (formerly known as Bad Influence) is a professional wrestling tag team consisting of Christopher Barnhart and Mikhail Kazarian. They are currently signed to Ring of Honor, where they are two-time ROH World Tag Team Champions, and previously worked for Total Nonstop Action Wrestling (TNA), where they are former two-time TNA World Tag Team Champions.
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History
Total Nonstop Action Wrestling
Formation (2011)
Feud with K.J. Styles and World Tag Team Champions (2012–2013)
Bad Influence and EGO (2013)
Final feuds (2013–2014)
Independent circuit (2013–present)
Ring of Honor (2014–present)
New Japan Pro Wrestling (2015)
In Wrestling
- Double-team finishing moves
- Bad Elimination (Lariat (Barnhart) / Chop block (Kazarian) combo)
- Release belly-to-back suplex (Kazarian) into a double knee facebreaker (Barnhart)
- Double-team signature moves
- Double hip toss into a pop-up neckbreaker (Kazarian) / sitout powerbomb (Barnhart) combination
- Slingshot elbow (Barnhart) followed by a slingshot leg drop (Kazarian)
- Nicknames
- '"The (self-proclaimed) New Face of Impact Wrestling" – Barnhart
- "The Fallen Angel" – Barnhart
- "The Physical Fascination" – Kazarian
- "Two Planets' Worth of Great" – Before officially calling themselves Bad Influence.
- "The World Tag Team Champions of the World" – when holding the TNA World Tag Team Championship.
- "The Best in the Biz-Zi-Ness"
- "The Beast Coast Boogiemen"
- Entrance themes
- "Wings of a Fallen Angel" ('11 Remix) by Dale Oliver (TNA)
- "Devious" by Dale Oliver (TNA)
- "Bad Influence" by Dale Oliver (TNA)
- "Your Sexy Beast" by Kushinator (ROH)
