American Force was a
professional wrestling
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tag team
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that wrestled in
Texas All-Star Wrestling
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. The team consisted of
Paul Diamond
Thomas Boric (born May 11, 1961) is a Croatian retired professional wrestler better known by his ring name Paul Diamond. He is best known for being one half of the tag team Badd Company with Pat Tanaka and for his time in the World Wrestling F ...
and
Nick Kiniski
Nicholas Kiniski (born August 25, 1961) is a Canadian retired professional wrestler. He is best known for his work with WCCW, PNW and AWA and for being one half of the tag team American Force with Paul Diamond in Texas All-Star Wrestling. He a ...
. The group was later joined by a rookie
Shawn Michaels
Michael Shawn Hickenbottom (born July 22, 1965), better known by his ring name Shawn Michaels, is an American retired professional wrestler. He is signed to WWE as Senior Vice President of Talent Development Creative. Widely regarded as one of ...
who replaced Kiniski in the team to team up with Paul Diamond.
History
Diamond and Kiniski
Paul Diamond
Thomas Boric (born May 11, 1961) is a Croatian retired professional wrestler better known by his ring name Paul Diamond. He is best known for being one half of the tag team Badd Company with Pat Tanaka and for his time in the World Wrestling F ...
and
Nick Kiniski
Nicholas Kiniski (born August 25, 1961) is a Canadian retired professional wrestler. He is best known for his work with WCCW, PNW and AWA and for being one half of the tag team American Force with Paul Diamond in Texas All-Star Wrestling. He a ...
formed a tag team in
Fred Barend's
Texas All-Star Wrestling
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called American Breed. Neither Diamond nor Kiniski were actually American; Diamond was Croatian-Canadian and Kiniski was Canadian. The team won the
TASW Tag Team Championship from The Maoris (Tudui & Wakahi) on May 25, 1985, and held them until
Al Madril
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Professional wrestling career
Madril began his wrestling career in 1970. During the first half of the decade, he competed in Pacific Northwest Wrestling, t ...
and
Chavo Guerrero
Salvador Guerrero IV (born October 20, 1970) better known by his ring names Chavo Guerrero and Chavo Guerrero Jr., is an American professional wrestler. He has previously worked for World Championship Wrestling (WCW), World Wrestling Federatio ...
took the titles from them on June 5, 1985.
The TASW Tag Team title was vacated later that same month when Guerrero refused to wrestle in a rematch against Diamond and Kiniski because Chavo's father
Gory Guerrero
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was the special referee chosen for the match.
Diamond and Michaels
Al Madril teamed with Black Gordman instead but lost the match. After the match, Madril attacked Chavo Guerrero, splitting the team and forcing the titles to be held up. When Chavo later won the rights to name a new championship partner after defeating Madril in a singles match, he chose to give the titles to the American Force instead, only now the team consisted of Paul Diamond and a rookie named
Shawn Michaels
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. They feuded for a short time with Toshiaki Kawada and Hiromichi Fuyuki, who were called The Japanese Force. The duo won the TASW Tag Team Championship twice.
The team was later disbanded in 1986 when Michaels left for
American Wrestling Association
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.
Championships and accomplishments
*Diamond and Kiniski
**
Texas All-Star Wrestling
Texas All-Star Wrestling (TASW) is a professional wrestling promotion that was established by Bob Murphy in Humble, Texas in 1994. It is the oldest independent promotion in the state of Texas and one of three based in the Greater Houston area a ...
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TASW Tag Team Championship (
1 time)
*Diamond and Michaels
**
Texas All-Star Wrestling
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TASW Tag Team Championship (
2 times
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)
See also
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Badd Company
Badd Company was a professional wrestling tag team in the American Wrestling Association in the late 1980s, which later went by the name the Orient Express. They used the song "Bad Company", by the band of the same name as their theme song.
His ...
*
The Orient Express
The Orient Express was a professional wrestling tag team in the World Wrestling Federation in the early 1990s composed of Pat Tanaka and Akio Sato, who was later replaced by Kato.
History
American Wrestling Association
After Badd Company ...
*
The Rockers
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References
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