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Paul
London and Brian Kendrick were a professional wrestling tag team in World Wrestling
Entertainment (WWE). The team never had an official team name,
but were just referred to as "the tag team of London and
Kendrick."
They first began teaming together in 2003 as a part of WWE, but
Kendrick left the company shortly thereafter. When he returned in
mid-2005, he and London reunited as a tag team. In May 2006 the duo
won the WWE Tag Team Championship
from MNM; it was Kendrick's first
title victory with the company, and London's second. Their reign
was the longest since WWE created the title in 2002, and they
became the fourth longest-reigning tag team champions in the
company's history, finally dropping the
titles to Deuce 'n Domino in April 2007.
Later in 2007, London and Kendrick were drafted from SmackDown to the Raw brand, where they briefly held the World Tag Team
Championship. They would continue to work together until
Kendrick was drafted back to SmackDown in the 2008 supplemental
draft, thus disbanding the team. London and Kendrick were
released in November 7, 2008 and July 31, 2009, respectively.
History
Prior to teaming together on World Wrestling
Entertainment (WWE)'s SmackDown! brand, both Paul London and Brian "Spanky" Kendrick were students at
Shawn Michaels' Texas Wrestling
Academy, under the tutelage of Rudy Boy Gonzalez.[1][4]
From there they both went on to Ring of Honor, where they occasionally
competed against each other.[5][6]
SmackDown!
(2002–2007)
In late 2002, Kendrick was hired by WWE,[7]
and in July 2003 London joined the company as well.[8] Once in
WWE together, and both on the SmackDown! brand, London and Kendrick began
teaming together. They
became a mainstay on SmackDown!'s sister show Velocity until Kendrick left the
company in February 2004.[1][3][7]
Kendrick returned in mid-2005, using his real name, and in
September 2005 London and Kendrick reformed as a tag team.[9] Upon
reuniting the team began competing in matching shorts and vests as
well as wearing theatrical
masks to the ring.[10][11]
Subsequently, they were quickly elevated into the WWE Tag Team Championship
picture, receiving a non-title match against WWE Tag Team Champions
MNM (Johnny Nitro and Joey Mercury) on the February 10, 2006
episode of SmackDown!, which London and Kendrick lost.[12] On
the April 7, 2006 episode of SmackDown! London and
Kendrick once again faced MNM, this time picking up a win in a
non-title match.[13]
London and Kendrick continued their winning streak against the
champions, earning singles victories for Kendrick and London over
Nitro and Mercury respectively,[14][15]
leading to a title match at Judgment Day, where London and
Kendrick won their first WWE Tag Team Championship as a team
(London's second WWE Tag Team Title reign and Kendrick's first
championship in WWE).[16][17]
Kendrick during the team's ring entrance
Their first main competition for the titles came when K. C. James and Idol Stevens defeated London
and Kenrick in a non-title match, in early August, igniting a
storyline feud between the two teams.[18]
During the rivalry, WWE
Diva Ashley
Massaro began accompanying London and Kendrick to the ring,
acting as a valet to the team
while combating the actions of James and Stevens' manager Michelle
McCool.[19]
On October 14, 2006 they became the longest reigning WWE Tag
Team Champions of all time, surpassing MNM's previous record reign
of 145 days.[20][21][22] The
team began a losing streak to the team of William Regal and Dave Taylor, with Regal
defeating both London[23] and
Kendrick[24] in
singles matches and losing a non-title tag team match to the pair
on the December 8 episode of SmackDown!.[25]
A scheduled title match between the two teams at Armageddon
was changed at the event to a four-way ladder match, also involving The Hardys (Matt and Jeff) and MNM. In the
match London and Kendrick were able to retrieve the belts to retain
their championship.[26][27] When
a regular tag team rematch was signed with Regal and Taylor two
weeks later, London and Kendrick were successful in defeating
them.[28] On
the February 16 episode of SmackDown!, General
Manager Theodore
Long scheduled another ladder match between the teams of London
and Kenrick, Regal and Taylor, MNM, and The Hardys for the WWE Tag
Team Championship at February's pay-per-view event No Way
Out,[29] but
WWE's official website announced the match had changed to pit The
Hardys and Chris
Benoit against MNM and MVP,[30]
while London and Kenrick faced rookie team Deuce 'n
Domino (Jimmy "Deuce" Reiher, Jr. and Cliff "Domino"
Compton) in a separate match; they were booked to successfully
retain the titles against Deuce 'n Domino.[31][32][33] Their
almost year long reign came to an end when they were defeated by
Deuce 'n Domino for the title on the April 20, 2007 episode of
SmackDown! in Milan,
Italy.[34]
London picked up an injury, resulting in Kendrick challenging Deuce
'n Domino in singles matches, losing to Deuce, but defeating
Domino.[35][36]
London returned on the May 11 episode of SmackDown!,
defeating Domino in a singles match.[37]
London and Kendrick then unsuccessfully attempted to regain the Tag
Team Championship, losing to Deuce 'n Domino in a triple threat
match also involving Regal and Taylor, and in a standard tag team
match two weeks later.[38][39]
Raw
(2007–2008)
London and Kendrick were drafted to Raw as the first picks in the WWE Supplemental
Draft on June 17, 2007[40] and
were successful on their Raw debut, defeating The World's Greatest Tag
Team (Shelton Benjamin and Charlie Haas) via a
Sliced Bread
#2 performed on Haas.[41] On
the September 3 episode of Raw, London and Kendrick
defeated The World's Greatest Tag Team once again to earn a World Tag Team
Championship match at Unforgiven against Lance Cade and Trevor
Murdoch,[42] in
which they lost.[43] Two
days later, they defeated Cade and Murdoch for the title at a house
show in South
Africa.[44]
Three days later, at another house show, Cade and Murdoch regained
the title in a rematch.[45]
Near the end of 2007, London suffered a foot injury and was
unable to compete,[46] and
Kendrick was mainly used as a singles wrestler on Raw
where he lost to the likes of Umaga and Mr. Kennedy.[47][48]
London made his return on February 4 in a loss to Santino Marella
and Carlito.[49][50]
London and Kendrick returned as a tag team on the March 17 episode
of Raw in a loss to Umaga when Kendrick walked out on
London.[51][52] The
two reunited on Raw on March 31 with commentator Jim Ross explaining the two
worked out their differences, and they got a win against the
then-World Tag Team Champions, Cody Rhodes and Hardcore Holly.[53] On
April 14, they lost a number one contendership match to the team of
Carlito and Marella.[54] They
competed sporadically on Raw in the following months,
defeating Lance Cade and Trveor Murdoch, before receiving a World
Tag Team title shot against Holly and Rhodes on the May 26 episode
of Raw.[55] They
lost when Holly pinned London following an
Alabama slam.[56]
Split and
aftermath
The team came to an end in June 2008, when Kendrick was drafted
to the SmackDown brand as part of the 2008 Supplemental Draft, while London
stayed on Raw.[57] He
made his return to the brand on the July 18, 2008 airing of
SmackDown! as a heel, with new ring attire defeating Jimmy Wang Yang with the
help of his new bodyguard, Ezekiel.[58]
Kendrick was later given the name "The Brian Kendrick".[2]
London was utilised sparingly during the next few months, making
his only television appearance in a loss to Lance Cade on the July
21 episode of Raw.[59]
London was subsequently released from his WWE contract on November
7, 2008. On July 31, 2009, Kendrick was also released.[60]
In
wrestling
- Finishing moves
- Signature moves
Championships and
accomplishments
1 ^ London and
Kendrick are longest reigning WWE Tag
Team Champions (331 days) since the belts' inception in 2002
and are the fourth longest reigning tag team in WWE
history.[63][64]
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