The Truth Commission was a professional wrestling

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 heel

Heel (professional wrestling)

In professional wrestling, a heel is a villain character. In non-wrestling jargon, heels are the "bad guys" in professional wrestling; the term heel coming from the term take to you heels, which means to run away which heel champions tend to do to avoid losing their titles.storylines...

 stable in the World Wrestling Federation

World Wrestling Entertainment

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 and the United States Wrestling Association

United States Wrestling Association

The United States Wrestling Association or USWA was a professional wrestling promotion based in Memphis, Tennessee. It was founded by former CWA owner Jerry Jarrett.-Foundation:...

. Their gimmick was that they were a paramilitary group from South Africa

South Africa

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, a take on the Truth and Reconciliation Commission.

The Truth Commission debuted in the USWA, where Recon and Kurrgan (then known simply as The Interrogator) captured the USWA Tag Team Championship

USWA Tag Team Championship

The USWA World Tag Team Championship was a tag team championship in the Memphis, Tennessee-based professional wrestling promotion, the United States Wrestling Association.The title was originally known as the WCWA World Tag Team Championship....

. Their manager, the Commandant, was an actor who had met Bret Hart

Bret Hart

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 while Hart was filming in South Africa. Hart recommended him to the WWF as a manager for the Truth Commission.

Upon moving to the WWF, the Commandant was later replaced by Commissioner member The Jackyl

Don Callis

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 because the WWF wanted someone in the role who could participate physically in the matches. Tank departed from the WWF as well after a couple of appearances. Kurrgan was pushed

Push (professional wrestling)

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 as a monster heel while Recon and Sniper competed as a tag team. Incidentally, Jackyl was initially more interested in being a wrestler than the group's manager, but WWF booker Vince McMahon

Vince McMahon

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 convinced him to cut promos on behalf of the Truth Commission because of his talent for it.

The stable started to fall apart when Jackyl expressed how disappointed he was with Recon and Sniper, who had little success in their matches. He would enter the ring when one or both of them lost a match, berated and slapped them, then ordered the towering Kurrgan to attack them. Eventually, Recon and Sniper formed the team of Armageddon (under their real names of Buchanan and Poirier) and later left the WWF while Kurrgan remained as part of The Jackyl's new stable, The Oddities.

Championships and accomplishments

• United States Wrestling Association
  United States Wrestling Association
  The United States Wrestling Association or USWA was a professional wrestling promotion based in Memphis, Tennessee. It was founded by former CWA owner Jerry Jarrett.-Foundation:...
  
  
• USWA Tag Team Championship (3 times) - Recon and Kurrgan