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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[edit] History
[edit] Total Nonstop Action Wrestling
[edit] Formation (2011)
[edit] Feud with K.J. Styles and World Tag Team Champions (2012–2013)
[edit] Bad Influence and EGO (2013)
[edit] Final feuds (2013–2014)
[edit] Independent circuit (2013–present)
[edit] Ring of Honor (2014–present)
[edit] New Japan Pro Wrestling (2015)
[edit] 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)