The Extremists (professional wrestling)
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The Extremists was a professional wrestling
tag team
consisting of Devon Storm and Ace Darling. The tag team wrestled in World Wrestling Federation
(WWF) and several independent promotions
, many of which were National Wrestling Alliance
(NWA) territories.
careers in the early 1990s and formed a tag team
called The Extremists to wrestle in the indies
. Their earliest stint recorded was in East Coast Pro Wrestling (ECPW), where the two defeated Kodiak Bear and Damian Stone for the ECPW Tag Team Championship during the early 1990s. They lost the titles to The New Blackjacks. They left ECPW afterwards and joined Century Wrestling Alliance
(CWA), winning the CWA Tag Team Championship
on July 24, 1996 by defeating The Public Enemy
(Johnny Grunge
and Rocco Rock
).
While holding the CWA Tag Team Titles, Extremists also wrestled in Richmond Championship Wrestling (RCW), where they won the RCW Tag Team Championship
on August 10, 1997 by defeating Thunderstorm (Matt Storm and Jimmy Jack Thunder). They lost the CWA Tag Team Titles to The Brotherhood
(Knuckles Nelson
and Eric Sbraccia) on October 18, 1997. While still holding the RCW Tag Team Titles, Extremists wrestled in NWA's New Jersey territory, where they defeated The Misfits (Harley Lewis
and Derek Domino) for the New Jersey
-based NWA United States Tag Team Championship
. On March 3, 1998, Extremists were stripped of their commitments with National Wrestling Alliance
(NWA) and Century Wrestling Alliance, and as a result, were stripped by the RCW Tag Team Titles.
However, they still kept the United States Tag Team Titles and were defeated for the championships on March 22 by The Misfits. On October 24, Extremists defeated The Misfits (Harley Lewis and Lupus) for the NWA 2000 Tag Team Championship. While holding the 2000 Tag Team Titles, they joined East Coast Wrestling Association
(ECWA) and won the ECWA Tag Team Championship
by defeating Lance Diamond
and Cheetah Master on November 28. They lost the ECWA Tag Team Titles to Christian York
and Mark Schraeder. They still kept the 2000 Tag Team Championship until the championship retired in January 1999.
s in the World Wrestling Federation
(WWF) from 1997 to 1999. During their tenure in WWF, Storm and Darling even had a match against each other on July 28, 1997 edition of Raw is War
, which Storm won. Later that year, Storm also participated in a tournament to determine the first-ever WWF Light Heavyweight Champion
and was defeated by eventual winner, Taka Michinoku in the quarterfinals on November 10 edition of Raw is War. Extremists continued to wrestle as enhancement talents from 1997 to 1999 when Storm left WWF to join World Championship Wrestling
(WCW).
Crowbar, ending his tag team with Darling. On the other hand, Darling continued to wrestle in independent promotions. After WCW was purchased by WWF in 2001, Storm wrestled in the short-lived promotion World Wrestling All-Stars
(WWA) and the upstart promotion Total Nonstop Action Wrestling
(TNA) before returning to the independent circuit. On December 3, 2005, Storm and Darling reunited their tag team after Darling wrestled Fred Sampson for the ECWA Heavyweight Championship
. The duo teamed up twice after their reunion. The first was on January 28, 2006 against The Valedictorians (Billy Bax and Rob Eckos
) in a losing effort. The second teaming was on March 4, when they were defeated against Valedictorians in a rematch. After this match, the team disbanded as both members went their separate ways.
Professional wrestling
Professional wrestling is a mode of spectacle, combining athletics and theatrical performance.Roland Barthes, "The World of Wrestling", Mythologies, 1957 It takes the form of events, held by touring companies, which mimic a title match combat sport...
tag team
Tag team
Tag team professional wrestling is a variation in which matches are contested between teams of multiple wrestlers. A tag team may comprise two wrestlers who normally wrestle in singles competition, but more commonly are made of established teams who wrestle regularly as a unit and have a team name...
consisting of Devon Storm and Ace Darling. The tag team wrestled in World Wrestling Federation
World Wrestling Entertainment
World Wrestling Entertainment, Inc. is an American publicly traded, privately controlled entertainment company dealing primarily in professional wrestling, with major revenue sources also coming from film, music, product licensing, and direct product sales...
(WWF) and several independent promotions
Independent circuit
In professional wrestling, the independent circuit or indy circuit refers to the many independent promotions which are much smaller than major televised promotions. They are roughly analagous to a minor league for pro wrestling, or community or regional theatre.Specific promotions on the...
, many of which were National Wrestling Alliance
National Wrestling Alliance
The National Wrestling Alliance is a wrestling promotion company and sanctions various NWA championships in the United States. The NWA has been in operation since 1948...
(NWA) territories.
Independent circuit (1992–1999)
Devon Storm and Ace Darling started their professional wrestlingProfessional wrestling
Professional wrestling is a mode of spectacle, combining athletics and theatrical performance.Roland Barthes, "The World of Wrestling", Mythologies, 1957 It takes the form of events, held by touring companies, which mimic a title match combat sport...
careers in the early 1990s and formed a tag team
Tag team
Tag team professional wrestling is a variation in which matches are contested between teams of multiple wrestlers. A tag team may comprise two wrestlers who normally wrestle in singles competition, but more commonly are made of established teams who wrestle regularly as a unit and have a team name...
called The Extremists to wrestle in the indies
Independent circuit
In professional wrestling, the independent circuit or indy circuit refers to the many independent promotions which are much smaller than major televised promotions. They are roughly analagous to a minor league for pro wrestling, or community or regional theatre.Specific promotions on the...
. Their earliest stint recorded was in East Coast Pro Wrestling (ECPW), where the two defeated Kodiak Bear and Damian Stone for the ECPW Tag Team Championship during the early 1990s. They lost the titles to The New Blackjacks. They left ECPW afterwards and joined Century Wrestling Alliance
Century Wrestling Alliance
The Century Wrestling Alliance, formerly known as NWA Cold Front and NWA New England, is a New England-based American independent wrestling promotion located in Boston, Massachusetts...
(CWA), winning the CWA Tag Team Championship
CWA Tag Team Championship
The CWA Tag Team Championship was a major professional wrestling tag team title defended in the Continental Wrestling Association. It lasted from 1988 through 1990, when it was abandoned and replaced with the United States Wrestling Association Tag Team Championship.-Title history:-See...
on July 24, 1996 by defeating The Public Enemy
The Public Enemy (professional wrestling)
The Public Enemy was a professional wrestling tag team consisting of Rocco Rock and Johnny Grunge. The duo competed in many promotions, including Extreme Championship Wrestling , World Championship Wrestling , National Wrestling Alliance , and the World Wrestling Federation...
(Johnny Grunge
Johnny Grunge
Michael "Mike" Durham was an American professional wrestler, better known by his ring name, Johnny Grunge...
and Rocco Rock
Rocco Rock
Theodore James Petty was an American professional wrestler better known as "Flyboy" Rocco Rock, one half of The Public Enemy.-Career:...
).
While holding the CWA Tag Team Titles, Extremists also wrestled in Richmond Championship Wrestling (RCW), where they won the RCW Tag Team Championship
NWA Virginia Tag Team Championship
The NWA Fusion Tag Team Championship are the tag team titles of the Virginia territory of the National Wrestling Alliance.The titles were formed in the WWC promotion in 1994 when Thunderstorm defeated Carjacker and Cat Burglar in a tournament final...
on August 10, 1997 by defeating Thunderstorm (Matt Storm and Jimmy Jack Thunder). They lost the CWA Tag Team Titles to The Brotherhood
The Brotherhood (professional wrestling)
The Brotherhood was a professional wrestling faction in Century Wrestling Alliance / NWA New England. The faction was managed by NWA New England's owner Tony Rumble and consisted of Knuckles Nelson as its main member...
(Knuckles Nelson
Knuckles Nelson
Knuckles Nelson is a retired American professional wrestler, promoter and trainer who wrestled throughout the North American independent circuit during the 1990s and 2000s. He competed in several regional promotions such as the Century Wrestling Alliance, the National Wrestling Alliance and the...
and Eric Sbraccia) on October 18, 1997. While still holding the RCW Tag Team Titles, Extremists wrestled in NWA's New Jersey territory, where they defeated The Misfits (Harley Lewis
Harley Lewis
Harley Lewis is an American professional wrestler and shoot fighter who competes for independent promorions in both the United States and Canada. He has had successful stints in International World Class Championship Wrestling, the National Wrestling Alliance, Phoenix Championship Wrestling and...
and Derek Domino) for the New Jersey
New Jersey
New Jersey is a state in the Northeastern and Middle Atlantic regions of the United States. , its population was 8,791,894. It is bordered on the north and east by the state of New York, on the southeast and south by the Atlantic Ocean, on the west by Pennsylvania and on the southwest by Delaware...
-based NWA United States Tag Team Championship
NWA United States Tag Team Championship (New Jersey version)
The New Jersey version of the NWA United States Tag Team Championship was a professional wrestling tag team championship contested for in the American-based promotion National Wrestling Alliance 's Jersey subsidiary. The title was only contestable by tag teams in tag team matches...
. On March 3, 1998, Extremists were stripped of their commitments with National Wrestling Alliance
National Wrestling Alliance
The National Wrestling Alliance is a wrestling promotion company and sanctions various NWA championships in the United States. The NWA has been in operation since 1948...
(NWA) and Century Wrestling Alliance, and as a result, were stripped by the RCW Tag Team Titles.
However, they still kept the United States Tag Team Titles and were defeated for the championships on March 22 by The Misfits. On October 24, Extremists defeated The Misfits (Harley Lewis and Lupus) for the NWA 2000 Tag Team Championship. While holding the 2000 Tag Team Titles, they joined East Coast Wrestling Association
East Coast Wrestling Association
East Coast Wrestling Association is an American professional wrestling promotion, founded by promoter Jim Kettner in 1967. It is home to the annual Super 8 Tournament, one of the longest-running independent wrestling tournaments in the country...
(ECWA) and won the ECWA Tag Team Championship
ECWA Tag Team Championship
ECWA Tag Team Championship are the tag team titles contested in the independent professional wrestling promotion, East Coast Wrestling Association.- Title history :...
by defeating Lance Diamond
Pat Kenney
Patrick Joseph Michael "Pat" Kenney , known also by his ring name, Simon Diamond, is a retired American professional wrestler, currently working for Total Nonstop Action Wrestling as a road agent...
and Cheetah Master on November 28. They lost the ECWA Tag Team Titles to Christian York
Christian York
Jason Spence is an American professional wrestler, better known by his ring name, Christian York.-York and Matthews:...
and Mark Schraeder. They still kept the 2000 Tag Team Championship until the championship retired in January 1999.
World Wrestling Federation (1997–1999)
While wrestling on the independent circuit, Extremists also wrestled as enhancement talentJob (professional wrestling)
In professional wrestling slang, the term job describes a losing performance in a wrestling match. It is derived from the euphemism "doing one's job", which was employed to protect kayfabe. As professional wrestling is scripted, inevitably a wrestler will be required to lose to an opponent.The term...
s in the World Wrestling Federation
World Wrestling Entertainment
World Wrestling Entertainment, Inc. is an American publicly traded, privately controlled entertainment company dealing primarily in professional wrestling, with major revenue sources also coming from film, music, product licensing, and direct product sales...
(WWF) from 1997 to 1999. During their tenure in WWF, Storm and Darling even had a match against each other on July 28, 1997 edition of Raw is War
WWE RAW
WWE Raw ) is a sports entertainment television program for WWE that currently airs on the USA Network in the United States...
, which Storm won. Later that year, Storm also participated in a tournament to determine the first-ever WWF Light Heavyweight Champion
WWF Light Heavyweight Championship
The World Wrestling Federation Light Heavyweight Championship was a professional wrestling championship. The title was challenged by light heavyweights at a maximum weight of 220 lbs.- History :...
and was defeated by eventual winner, Taka Michinoku in the quarterfinals on November 10 edition of Raw is War. Extremists continued to wrestle as enhancement talents from 1997 to 1999 when Storm left WWF to join World Championship Wrestling
World Championship Wrestling
World Championship Wrestling, Inc. was an American professional wrestling promotion which existed from 1988 to 2001. Based in Atlanta, Georgia, it began as a regional promotion affiliated with the National Wrestling Alliance , named Jim Crockett Promotions until November 1988, when Ted Turner and...
(WCW).
East Coast Wrestling Association (2005–2006)
Storm became a successful wrestler in WCW under the ring nameRing name
A ring name is a stage name used by a professional wrestler, martial artist, or boxer. While some ring names may have a fictitious first name and surname, others may simply be a nickname, such as The Undertaker.-Wrestling:...
Crowbar, ending his tag team with Darling. On the other hand, Darling continued to wrestle in independent promotions. After WCW was purchased by WWF in 2001, Storm wrestled in the short-lived promotion World Wrestling All-Stars
World Wrestling All-Stars
The World Wrestling All-Stars was a professional wrestling promotion founded by Australian concert promoter Andrew McManus in 2001. The promotion was operated by McManus' International Touring Company. WWA was one of several promotions to come into existence shortly after the closings of Extreme...
(WWA) and the upstart promotion Total Nonstop Action Wrestling
Total Nonstop Action Wrestling
Total Nonstop Action Wrestling is a privately held professional wrestling promotion founded by Jeff Jarrett and Jerry Jarrett. The company broadcasts its events on television and the Internet fifty two weeks a year with over a million weekly viewers on its primary television program, Impact...
(TNA) before returning to the independent circuit. On December 3, 2005, Storm and Darling reunited their tag team after Darling wrestled Fred Sampson for the ECWA Heavyweight Championship
ECWA Heavyweight Championship
ECWA Heavyweight Championship is the top title contested in the independent professional wrestling promotion East Coast Wrestling Association.-References:...
. The duo teamed up twice after their reunion. The first was on January 28, 2006 against The Valedictorians (Billy Bax and Rob Eckos
Rob Strauss
Robert "Rob" Strauss is an American professional wrestler, currently signed to Total Nonstop Action Wrestling under the ring name Robbie E. He is the current TNA Television Champion and a former TNA X Division Champion...
) in a losing effort. The second teaming was on March 4, when they were defeated against Valedictorians in a rematch. After this match, the team disbanded as both members went their separate ways.
Championships and accomplishments
- Century Wrestling AllianceCentury Wrestling AllianceThe Century Wrestling Alliance, formerly known as NWA Cold Front and NWA New England, is a New England-based American independent wrestling promotion located in Boston, Massachusetts...
- CWA Tag Team Championship (1 time)
- East Coast Pro Wrestling
- ECPW Tag Team Championship (1 time)
- East Coast Wrestling AssociationEast Coast Wrestling AssociationEast Coast Wrestling Association is an American professional wrestling promotion, founded by promoter Jim Kettner in 1967. It is home to the annual Super 8 Tournament, one of the longest-running independent wrestling tournaments in the country...
- ECWA Tag Team ChampionshipECWA Tag Team ChampionshipECWA Tag Team Championship are the tag team titles contested in the independent professional wrestling promotion, East Coast Wrestling Association.- Title history :...
(1 time)
- ECWA Tag Team Championship
- Eternity Wrestling Association
- EWA Tag Team Championship (1 time)
- NWA 2000National Wrestling AllianceThe National Wrestling Alliance is a wrestling promotion company and sanctions various NWA championships in the United States. The NWA has been in operation since 1948...
- NWA 2000 Tag Team Championship (1 time)
- NWA New JerseyNational Wrestling AllianceThe National Wrestling Alliance is a wrestling promotion company and sanctions various NWA championships in the United States. The NWA has been in operation since 1948...
- NWA United States Tag Team Championship (New Jersey version)NWA United States Tag Team Championship (New Jersey version)The New Jersey version of the NWA United States Tag Team Championship was a professional wrestling tag team championship contested for in the American-based promotion National Wrestling Alliance 's Jersey subsidiary. The title was only contestable by tag teams in tag team matches...
(1 time)
- NWA United States Tag Team Championship (New Jersey version)
- Richmond Championship WrestlingNational Wrestling AllianceThe National Wrestling Alliance is a wrestling promotion company and sanctions various NWA championships in the United States. The NWA has been in operation since 1948...
- RCW Tag Team ChampionshipNWA Virginia Tag Team ChampionshipThe NWA Fusion Tag Team Championship are the tag team titles of the Virginia territory of the National Wrestling Alliance.The titles were formed in the WWC promotion in 1994 when Thunderstorm defeated Carjacker and Cat Burglar in a tournament final...
(1 time)
- RCW Tag Team Championship