The Faces of Fear was a
professional wrestling
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tag team
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of
The Barbarian and
Meng
Meng may refer to:
* Meng (surname) (孟), a Chinese surname
* Master of Engineering (MEng or M.Eng.), an academic or professional master's degree in the field of engineering
* , "M with hook", letter used in the International Phonetic Alphabet
* ...
in
World Championship Wrestling
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(WCW) that existed between 1996 and 1999. The two were first paired together in the
World Wrestling Federation
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(WWF) as part of
The Heenan Family
The Heenan Family was a stable of wrestlers managed by Bobby "The Brain" Heenan beginning in the 1970s. Heenan managed wrestlers under the Heenan Family name in the American Wrestling Association (AWA), the National Wrestling Alliance's (NWA) Geo ...
, a
heel
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Structure
To distribute the compressive for ...
faction
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Politics
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* Free and Independent Faction, a Romanian political party
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, where Meng was known as Haku. In WCW, they teamed together regularly as members of the
Dungeon of Doom
The Dungeon of Doom was the name of a heel professional wrestling stable in World Championship Wrestling (WCW) that existed from 1995 to 1997.
History
The Dungeon of Doom was created as a stable of wrestlers born from WCW lead producer Kevin Su ...
. They appeared on several WCW pay-per-view events but did not receive a
push
Push may refer to:
Music
* Mike Dierickx (born 1973), a Belgian producer also known as Push
Albums
* ''Push'' (Bros album), 1988
* ''Push'' (Gruntruck album), 1992
* ''Push'' (Jacky Terrasson album), 2010
Songs
* "Push" (Enrique Iglesias s ...
from the promotion and were unsuccessful in their matches for the
World Tag Team Championship
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Nomenclature
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. The team separated after The Barbarian
turned on Meng in 1998 and they feuded with each other throughout the year. They briefly reunited in 1999 before Barbarian turned on Meng again and the team dissolved.
Career
World Wrestling Federation
The Barbarian and Haku began teaming in the WWF as early as 1990, as they were both managed by
Bobby Heenan
Raymond Louis Heenan (November 1, 1944 – September 17, 2017) was an American professional wrestling manager, color commentator, wrestler, and comedian. He performed with the American Wrestling Association (AWA), the World Wrestling Federation ...
. They
feuded with
The Big Bossman, interfering in several of his matches to attack him.
They made their only
pay-per-view
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appearance with the WWF at
WrestleMania VII
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, where they lost to
The Rockers
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. They also appeared on several episodes of ''
WWF Prime Time Wrestling
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'' in 1991. They faced the
Legion of Doom
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on April 15 but lost when Haku accidentally kicked The Barbarian.
The team's miscommunication was a problem again on the July 22 episode when The Barbarian accidentally kicked Haku in a match against
The Bushwhackers
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, causing Haku to get pinned.
[ The Barbarian and Haku were successful the following week, however, when they defeated Sato and ]Mr. Fuji
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He was famous for often throwing salt in the ey ...
.[ The pair left the WWF,] but they later teamed in New Japan Pro-Wrestling
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. They challenged The Hell Raisers for the IWGP Tag Team Championship
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but were unable to win the belts.
World Championship Wrestling
The Barbarian was reunited with Fifita, who was now wrestling under the ring name
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Meng, in WCW. Wrestling under the team name Faces of Fear, they were both members of Kevin Sullivan's Dungeon of Doom, a heel stable formed to oppose Hulk Hogan
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. The Barbarian and Meng's first major appearance together was at Uncensored 1996
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, when they competed as part of the Alliance To End Hulkamania, a partnership between the Dungeon of Doom and the Four Horsemen
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Revelation 6 tells of a book or scroll in God's right hand tha ...
, another heel stable. In a two-versus-eight Doomsday Cage match, Hogan and Randy Savage
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defeated the Alliance To End Hulkamania.
Two months later, at Slamboree 1996, The Barbarian and Meng were on opposing teams in a "Lethal Lottery" tournament that saw partners supposedly chosen at random. The Barbarian teamed with Diamond Dallas Page
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(subbing for an injured Bobby Walker) in a victory over Meng and Hugh Morrus
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. The Faces of Fear were not pushed, and they received few high-profile matches in 1996. They competed at WCW's Hog Wild pay-per-view on August 10, but the match was televised on free WCW programming instead of the pay-per-view broadcast. At this event, they teamed with Kevin Sullivan to defeat Joe Gomez, Jim Powers
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and Mark Starr
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Wrestling career Continental Wrestling Association (1986–198 ...
.
The relationship between the Dungeon of Doom and the Four Horsemen broke down as a result of Kevin Sullivan's feud with Horsemen member Chris Benoit
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.[ As a result, the Faces of Fear were booked to face Benoit and ]Steve McMichael
Stephen Douglas McMichael (born October 17, 1957), nicknamed "Mongo", "Ming" and "Ming the Merciless", is an American former professional football player, sports broadcaster, and professional wrestler.
McMichael played college football for the U ...
, another member of the Four Horsemen, at Halloween Havoc 1996
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. Benoit pinned Meng to win the match for the Horsemen team. The Barbarian and Meng's next major appearance was at Starrcade 1996, when they faced Scott Hall
Scott Oliver Hall (October 20, 1958 – March 14, 2022) was an American professional wrestler. He was best known for his tenures with World Championship Wrestling (WCW) under his real name and under the ring name the Diamond Studd and with the ...
and Kevin Nash
Kevin Scott Nash (born July 9, 1959) is an American actor and retired professional wrestler, currently signed to WWE under a legends contract. He is best known for his tenure with World Championship Wrestling (WCW) where he performed under his r ...
, who were members of another rival heel stable known as the New World Order. Hall and Nash's WCW World Tag Team Championship
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was on the line, but the Faces of Fear were unable to win the belts, as Nash pinned The Barbarian.
At SuperBrawl VII
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on February 23, 1997, the Faces of Fear competed in a Three Way match. They faced The Public Enemy
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and Harlem Heat
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but lost when Rocco Rock
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from The Public Enemy pinned The Barbarian. At Fall Brawl 1997, The Barbarian and Meng faced Wrath
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and Mortis. Because Wrath and Mortis were part of a heel group, WCW had the Faces of Fear compete as faces
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during the match. Wrath and Mortis won the match, as Wrath pinned Meng for the victory. The Faces of Fear were successful at World War 3 1997, however, when they defeated the team of Glacier
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and Ernest Miller
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.
The Faces of Fear eventually disbanded, as Meng turned face.[ The former partners faced each other at Road Wild 1998; The Barbarian had heel ]manager
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Management includes the activities o ...
Jimmy Hart
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in his corner. Meng won the match, but The Barbarian, Hugh Morrus and Hart attacked him after the match. Hart later convinced The Barbarian and Meng to reconcile, however, and they wrestled as a tag team again as part of Hart's First Family
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stable.[ The Faces of Fear entered a tournament for the WCW World Tag Team Championship in early 1999 after an injury to co-champion ]Rick Steiner
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caused the belts to be vacated. According to the rules of the tournament, teams had to lose two matches before they were eliminated. The Faces of Fear won one match in the tournament, defeating the team of David Taylor and Fit Finlay
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on the January 25 episode of ''WCW Monday Nitro
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''. However, they were eliminated after losses to the team of Mike Enos
Mike may refer to:
Animals
* Mike (cat), cat and guardian of the British Museum
* Mike the Headless Chicken, chicken that lived for 18 months after his head had been cut off
* Mike (chimpanzee), a chimpanzee featured in several books and document ...
and Bobby Duncum, Jr.
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Ea ...
and the team of Horace Hogan
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and Brian Adams.[ In the latter match, The Barbarian attacked Meng, which caused the loss and led to the team's permanent dissolution.][
]
Championships and accomplishments
*Cauliflower Alley Club
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Established in 1965 by Mike Mazurki and Art Abram ...
**Tag Team Award (2019)
*North Carolina Wrestling Association
**NCWA Tag Team Championship (1 time, mid-2015)
References
External links
Profile at Online World of Wrestling
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New Japan Pro-Wrestling teams and stables
World Championship Wrestling teams and stables
WWE teams and stables