The Road Warriors - Revision history

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-	\| bgcolor="#ffffff" \| [[Road Warrior Hawk]]<br>[[Road Warrior Animal]]<br>[[Paul Ellering]] ([[Manager\|manager]])<br>Droz<br>[[Joseph Heidenreich\|Heidenreich]]<br>[[Sunny Sytch\|Sunny]] ([[manager\|valet]])<br>[[Christy Hemme\|Jehann Kazem]] (valet)	+	\| bgcolor="#ffffff" \| [[Road Warrior Hawk<!--Michael Joseph Helg-strand (1965, pg. 142)-->\|Road Warrior Hawk]]<br>[[Road Warrior Animal<!--Joseph Wayne LeBourgeois (1965, pg. 52)-->\|Road Warrior Animal]]<br>[[Paul Ellering]] ([[Manager\|manager]])<br>Droz<br>[[Joseph Heidenreich\|Heidenreich]]<br>[[Sunny Sytch\|Sunny]] ([[manager\|valet]])<br>[[Christy Hemme\|Jehann Kazem]] (valet)
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-	The '''Road Warriors''' were a professional wrestling [[Tag Team Match\|tag team]] composed of [[Road Warrior Hawk~~\|Mikhail "Hawk" Hegstrand~~]] and [[Road Warrior Animal~~\|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 [[IWE\|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.	+	The '''Road Warriors''' were a professional wrestling [[Tag Team Match\|tag team]] composed of [[Road Warrior Hawk]] ( (Michael Joseph Helg-strand) and [[Road Warrior Animal]] (Joseph Wayne LeBourgeois). 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 [[IWE\|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.		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.

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| align="center" colspan=2 bgcolor="#ffffff" style="border-bottom:1px solid gray; font-size:150%;" | '''Road Warriors''' 
|-
| bgcolor=#ffffff align="center" colspan="2" |
|-
| bgcolor=lightgrey align="center" colspan="2" | '''Details'''
|- valign="top"
| style="text-align: left;" | '''Members'''
| bgcolor="#ffffff" | [[Road Warrior Hawk]] [[Road Warrior Animal]] [[Paul Ellering]] ([[Manager|manager]]) Droz [[Joseph Heidenreich|Heidenreich]] [[Sunny Sytch|Sunny]] ([[manager|valet]]) [[Christy Hemme|Jehann Kazem]] (valet)
|- valign="top"
| style="text-align: left;" | '''Name(s)'''
| bgcolor="#ffffff" | '''(The) Road Warriors''' '''The Legion of Doom''' L.O.D. 2000
|- valign="top"
| style="text-align: left;" | '''Billed from'''
| bgcolor="#ffffff" | Chicago, Illinois
|- valign="top"
| style="text-align: left;" | '''Debut'''
| bgcolor="#ffffff" | 1983
|- valign="top"
| style="text-align: left;" | '''Disbanded'''
| bgcolor="#ffffff" | October 28, 2005
|- valign="top"
| style="text-align: left;" | '''Promotions'''
| bgcolor="#ffffff" | [[American Wrestling Association|AWA]] [[National Wrestling Alliance|NWA]] [[World Championship Wrestling|WCW]] [[IWE|IWF/E]] [[All Japan Pro Wrestling|AJPW]] [[New Japan Pro Wrestling|NJPW]] [[Total Nonstop Action Wrestling|TNA]] [[Super World of Sports|SWS]] [[Pro Wrestling ZERO1|ZERO1]] [[Fighting World of Japan Pro Wrestling|World Japan]]
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The '''Road Warriors''' were a professional wrestling [[Tag Team Match|tag team]] composed of [[Road Warrior Hawk|Mikhail "Hawk" Hegstrand]] and [[Road Warrior Animal|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 [[IWE|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)===
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| align="center" colspan=2 bgcolor="#ffffff" style="border-bottom:1px solid gray; font-size:150%;" | '''The Hell Raisers''' 
|-
| bgcolor=#ffffff align="center" colspan="2" |
|-
| bgcolor=lightgrey align="center" colspan="2" | '''[[Tag Team Match|Tag team]]'''
|- valign="top"
| style="text-align: left;" | '''Members'''
| bgcolor="#ffffff" | Hawk Warrior Power Warrior
|- valign="top"
| style="text-align: left;" | '''Height(s)'''
| bgcolor="#ffffff" | 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) – Hawk Warrior 5 ft 11 in (1.80 m) – Power Warrior
|- valign="top"
| style="text-align: left;" | '''Combined weight'''
| bgcolor="#ffffff" | 518 lb (235 kg)
|- valign="top"
| style="text-align: left;" | '''Debut'''
| bgcolor="#ffffff" | 1992
|- valign="top"
| style="text-align: left;" | '''Disbanded'''
| bgcolor="#ffffff" | 1995
|- valign="top"
| style="text-align: left;" | '''Promotions'''
| bgcolor="#ffffff" | 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)====

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| align="center" colspan=2 bgcolor="#ffffff" style="border-bottom:1px solid gray; font-size:150%;" | '''The Hell Warriors''' 
|-
| bgcolor=#ffffff align="center" colspan="2" |
|-
| bgcolor=lightgrey align="center" colspan="2" | '''[[Tag Team Match|Tag team]]'''
|- valign="top"
| style="text-align: left;" | '''Members'''
| bgcolor="#ffffff" | Animal Warrior Power Warrior
|- valign="top"
| style="text-align: left;" | '''Height(s)'''
| bgcolor="#ffffff" | 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) – Animal Warrior 5 ft 11 in (1.80 m) – Power Warrior
|- valign="top"
| style="text-align: left;" | '''Combined weight'''
| bgcolor="#ffffff" | 528 lb (239 kg)
|- valign="top"
| style="text-align: left;" | '''Debut'''
| bgcolor="#ffffff" | September 1, 2007
|- valign="top"
| style="text-align: left;" | '''Promotions'''
| bgcolor="#ffffff" | 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)
**[[Paul Ellering|"Precious" Paul Ellering]] ([[Manager|manager]])

*'''The Hell Raisers'''
**[[Road Warrior Hawk|Hawk Warrior]]
**Power Warrior

*'''Legion of Doom 2000'''
**[[Road Warrior Hawk]]
**[[Road Warrior Animal]]
**''Puke/Droz''
**[[Sunny Sytch|Sunny]] ([[Manager|valet]])

*'''Legion of Doom 2005'''
**[[Road Warrior Animal]]
**[[Joseph Heidenreich|Heidenreich]]
**[[Christy Hemme|Jehann Kazem]] (valet)

*'''The Hell Warriors'''
**[[Road Warrior Animal|Animal Warrior]]
**Power Warrior

==In wrestling==
*'''Finishing move'''
**''[[Doomsday Device|Doomsday Device / Devastation Device / Double Impact]]'' ([[Electric Chair|Electric chair]] lift into a [[Flying Clothesline|top rope clothesline]]) – innovated

*'''Entrance themes'''
**"[[Iron Man (Song)|Iron Man]]" by Black Sabbath
**"War Machine" by [[Kiss (band)|Kiss]] (AWA)
**"We are Iron Men" (WCW)
**"The Hit" (Dubbed/Edit Music Over WCW Theme)
**"Mayhem Mavens" (WCW) 1995-1996
**"What A Rush" by [[Jimmy Heart|J. Heart]] and J.J. Maguire (IWF/IWE) 1990-1992,1997–1998,2003
**"[[Hellraiser (song)|Hellraiser]]" by [[Ozzy Osbourne]]
**"Iron Man/Hellraiser Megamix" by Ozzy Osbourne and Black Sabbath

==Championships and accomplishments==
===The Road Warriors / Legion of Doom===
*'''[[All Japan Pro Wrestling]]'''
**[[NWA International Tag Team Championship]] ([[NWA International Tag Team Championship#Title history|1 time]])

*'''[[American Wrestling Association]]'''
**[[AWA World Tag Team Championship]] ([[AWA World Tag Team Championship#Title history|1 time]])

*'''[[Fighting World of Japan Pro Wrestling]]'''
**World Japan Tag Team Championship (1 time)

*'''[[Georgia Championship Wrestling]]'''
**[[NWA National Tag Team Championship]] ([[NWA National Tag Team Championship#Title history|4 times]])

*'''International Wrestling Superstars'''
**IWS World Tag Team Championship (1 time)

*'''[[i-Generation Superstars of Wrestling]]'''
**[[i-Generation Superstars of Wrestling#Championships|i-Generation Tag Team Championship (3 times)]]

*'''Independent Pro Wrestling'''
**IPW Tag Team Championship (1 time)

*'''[[Jim Crockett Promotions]] / [[World Championship Wrestling]]'''
**[[NWA World Six-Man Tag Team Championship]] ([[NWA World Six-Man Tag Team Championship#Title history|3 times]]) – with [[Dusty Semmler]] (2) and ''Genichiro Tenryu'' (1)
**[[WCW World Tag Team Championship|NWA World Tag Team Championship ''(Mid-Atlantic version)'']] ([[List of WCW World Tag Team Champions|1 time]])
**Iron Team Tournament (1989)
**[[Jim Crockett, Sr. Memorial Cup Tag Team Tournament|Jim Crockett, Sr. Memorial Cup]] ([[Jim Crockett, Sr. Memorial Cup Tag Team Tournament#1986|1986]])

*'''[[National Wrestling Alliance]]'''
**[[NWA Hall of Fame]] (Class of 2012)

*'''[[Professional Wrestling Hall of Fame and Museum]]'''
**([[Professional Wrestling Hall of Fame#2011|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 [[Nick Koloff|Nikita Koloff]] vs. [[Four Horsemen]]
**PWI ranked them #'''1''' of the 100 best tag teams during the "PWI Years" in 2003

*'''[[IWE|International Wrestling Federation/Entertainment]]'''
**[[World Tag Team Championship (IWE)|IWF Tag Team Championship]] ([[List of World Tag Team Champions (IWE)|2 times]])
**[[IWE Hall of Fame]] (Class of 2011)

*'''Wrestling Observer Newsletter awards'''
**[[Wrestling Observer Newsletter awards#Rookie of the Year|Rookies of the Year]] (1983)
**[[Wrestling Observer Newsletter awards#Tag Team of the Year|Tag Team of the Year]] (1984)
**[[Wrestling Observer Newsletter Hall of Fame]] ([[Wrestling Observer Newsletter Hall of Fame#1996 inductees|Class of 1996]])

===The Hell Raisers===
*'''[[New Japan Pro Wrestling]]'''
**[[IWGP Tag Team Championship]] ([[IWGP Tag Team Championship#Title history|2 times]])

*'''[[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]]'''
**[[IWE Tag Team Championship]] ([[List of IWE Tag Team Champions|1 time]])

===The Hell Warriors===
*'''Toryumon Mexico'''
**UWA World Tag Team Championship (1 time, current)

==References==

==External links==