WWE History Vol. 5: Brothers in Paint

Ax and Smash, Demolition
Ax and Smash, Demolition

#4 The Legion of Doom

Hawk and Animal, the Road Warriors were known as the Legion of Doom in WWE to avoid copyright issues.
Hawk and Animal, the Road Warriors were known as the Legion of Doom in WWE to avoid copyright issues.

Animal made one appearance as Road Warrior Animal before being teamed with Hawk to form the Road Warriors.

The Road Warriors made their debut match as World Tag Team Champions. How was that possible? Because of contractual issues, the previous champions were no longer under contract. So, the NWA made up a fake tournament that the Road Warriors supposedly won.

The Road Warriors were also AWA Tag Team Champions during this period. The popular team bounced around the various territories but would wind up signing with World Championship Wrestling when Ted Turner bought out Jim Crockett Productions.

The Warriors rankled under the leadership of Jim Herd, who also drove Flair away from the company. So Hawk and Animal jumped ship in 1990, where they quickly dominated their knock off team of Demolition. The LOD would win the WWE tag team titles twice.

The Road Warriors left WWE in 1992, but made another run in the late 1990s before Hawk's untimely death.

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