The Hollywood Blonds is a name used by several

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tag team Tag team wrestling is a type of professional wrestling in which matches are contested between teams of multiple wrestlers. Tag teams may be made up of wrestlers who normally wrestle in singles competition, but more commonly are made of establish ...

s over the years. The original Blonds were

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and Jerry Brown, who used the name in the 1970s.

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and Ted Oates wrestled as The Hollywood Blonds in the mid-1980s in the

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's (NWA)

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(JCP). The name was also adopted by "Pretty Boy" Larry Sharpe and "Dynamite" Jack Evans, who had a stint in then

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(WWWF). The most well-known team to use the "Hollywood Blonds" moniker was

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and "Flyin" Brian Pillman who used the name as a

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tag team in

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(WCW) in 1992 and 1993 and is often mentioned when talking about great tag teams.

Buddy Roberts and Jerry Brown

The team of

(billed as "Dale Roberts") and Jerry Brown were the first to adopt the name "The Hollywood Blonds" in wrestling when they began teaming together in 1970 in the

(NWA) Tri-State territory (NWA Tri State promoted in

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and

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). The two quickly became one of the top

acts in the territory with their "Hollywood superstar" arrogance and cheating ways. On May 8, 1970, the Blonds won their first title when they won a tournament to crown new NWA United States Tag Team Champions (Tri State version). Their first run with the title was short as Luke Brown and

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defeated them three weeks later, but the Blonds managed to regain the gold days after being defeated by them. For the rest of 1970, Roberts and Brown dominated the Tri State tag team scene until losing to

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and

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in January 1971. In early 1973, the Blonds became three-time NWA United States Tag Team Champions by defeating

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and Bull Bullinski for the titles. The Blonds held on to the titles until sometime in April, when they lost the gold to Rip Tyler and Eddie Sullivan before leaving the promotion by mid-1973. After leaving the Tri State area, Roberts and Brown next popped up in Florida working for

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’s

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(CWF). After working their way up the ranks, the duo challenged for and won the top tag team title in the promotion, the

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, from the team of

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and Stan Vachon in March 1974. The Blonds ruled the tag team division over the summer of 1974 until dropping the gold to Dick Slater and

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in the fall (either September or October). After their run with the titles ended, the Blonds moved on to another territory, the most natural territory for the team – NWA Hollywood Wrestling in

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. The Gene and Mike LeBell territory saw Roberts and Brown win the

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four times between December 1974 and August 1975, defeating such teams as Victor Rivera and Louie Tillet, Porkchop Cash and S.D. Jones,

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and Louis Tillet, and the promotion's biggest tag-team attraction Black Gorman and Goliath. During their time in Los Angeles, the Hollywood Blonds were also involved in an

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that saw the Los Angeles version of the

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shift over to

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(NJPW) as their main tag team title of that day. On August 1, 1975, reigning champions

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and

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fought the Hollywood Blonds to a

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, after which the titles were declared

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. A rematch in

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saw the Blonds win the North American Tag Team titles on September 22. On October 2, Inoki and Sakaguchi regained the titles and they became more or less exclusive to NJPW after that date. When the Blonds' time in Los Angeles ended near the end of 1975, they returned to the Tri State promotion and immediately targeted the United States Tag Team championship. On March 18, 1976, the duo defeated

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and Gorgeous George, Jr. Due to disputes over pay and billing the Blonds’ time in Tri State was short lived, they quickly dropped the tag team title to Buck Robley and Bob Slaughter only eleven days after they won them. The Blonds next appeared in CWF once more, winning the Florida Tag Team titles from Steve Keirn and

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not long after arriving in the territory. Just like with Tri State, their stay in Florida was short, as they dropped the titles to Mike Graham and Ken Lucas only a few months later and left. After a short stay in Florida, the duo began working for

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’s

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(MACW). On January 17, 1977, Roberts and Brown defeated the team of

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and

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for the

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and held on to it for three months until Bravo and new partner Tiger Conway Jr. beat them for the gold. During the summer of 1977, the Hollywood Blonds moved from Mid-Atlantic to Memphis and the NWA Mid-America promotion (later

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, CWA). In Memphis, the Blonds shot up the tag team ranks right off the bat defeating Bob Ellis and Jim Garvin for the

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on July 25. The Blonds lost the titles to

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and Pat Barrett on August 15. After holding the titles two more times, the team lost them for good to Austin and Barrett on September 25, 1977. Shortly after losing the Southern Tag Team titles, Brown and Roberts split up, with Roberts going on to form

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with

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and Michael Hayes while Brown kept working as a singles wrestler mainly in the south.

Rip Rogers and Ted Oates

In 1984,

and Ted Oates adopted the Hollywood Blonds moniker and "Superstar" gimmick for a run in the NWA's Mid-Atlantic Championship Wrestling territory. Rogers had previously teamed up with

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and

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in a Hollywood Blonds inspired team known as The Convertible Blondes in Angelo Poffo's

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(ICW). The arrogant

team defeated

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and Oates' storyline brother, Jerry, to win the

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on September 20, 1984. Rogers and Oates held on to the titles for a little over a month. They lost the titles to

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( Brad Armstrong and

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) on November 1. Not long after losing the titles, Rogers and Oates split up when Rip Rogers left the area to pursue a singles career.

Dusty Wolfe and Ken Timbs

From August till October 1984,

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and

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formed The Hollywood Blondes in

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Steve Austin and Brian Pillman

The version of The Hollywood Blonds with the greatest exposure worldwide was the

(WCW) incarnation consisting of

and "Flyin'" Brian Pillman. Austin and Pillman teamed for the first time on October 17, 1992 and battled to a

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with

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and Brad Armstrong. Austin and Pillman also teamed against

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and

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tag team Chris Sullivan and Tommy Angel,

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and Brad Armstrong (who was filling in for

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), Armstrong and Bagwell,

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and

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, and Steamboat and Douglas. Austin and Pillman temporarily stopped teaming when in late 1992, the recently

turned Brian Pillman started teaming with Barry Windham, but when Windham was groomed for a singles push and a run with the

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, and after one last unsuccessful attempt at winning the

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from Ricky Steamboat and Shane Douglas at

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, Pillman and Windham stopped teaming. Windham declared his intention to pursue the NWA world title, and told Pillman he should instead team with Austin. However, the real reason for the team's reunion was that the WCW bookers didn't have any other immediate plans for Austin. At first, the two were just billed as "Stunning" Steve and "Flyin'" Brian, but the two (with input from Scotty "Flamingo" Levy) came up with the idea of The Hollywood Blonds, complete with matching trunks and vests. The duo was immediately thrust into a feud with Shane Douglas and Ricky Steamboat over the NWA and WCW World Tag Team titles, which gave the duo a chance to show off their teamwork and their trademark "mock filming" pose that they invented. After a successful move, one of the Blonds would move his hands like he was turning the handle on an old film camera. After winning a match, Austin or Pillman would arrogantly state that "Your brush with greatness is over" to further annoy the fans. Austin and Pillman made their

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(PPV) debut on February 21, 1993 taking on

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and

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, which Austin and Pillman won the match. On the March 27, 1993 episode of '' Power Hour'', Austin and Pillman defeated Ricky Steamboat and Shane Douglas to win their only NWA/WCW World Tag Team Championship. Though Steamboat and Douglas had several rematches, they were unable to recapture the titles. On one night, Austin and Pillman faced an unknown masked team known as "Dos Hombres" (literally "two guys") who they assumed were a couple of

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from

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. The match started out rather inconspicuously, until the two masked men started showing moves more consistent with Ricky Steamboat and Shane Douglas than two luchadores. Dos Hombres won the match, earning them a shot at the titles at

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. However, by the time Slamboree came about, Douglas had been fired by WCW and Steamboat was without a partner. Instead of canceling the already announced

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was made to wear the mask of "Hombre Uno" and work the match without anyone realizing it wasn't Douglas under the red and green hood. The Blonds won at Slamboree, thus ending the "Dos Hombres" angle. After the feud with Steamboat and Douglas ended, the Blonds were programmed with the recently reformed

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, who at the time consisted of

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, and Ole and

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. Flair had recently returned from a run with then

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(WWF) and been given a talk show segment called "''A Flair for the Gold''" to give Flair television time before his WWF release allowed him to wrestle for WCW. Pillman and Austin appeared on the show and mocked Flair and Anderson's age. Several weeks later, the Blonds continued their antagonism of Flair and Anderson by mocking them through their own segment called "''A Flare for the Old''". Austin would stand in the background with a pillow under his shirt for a gut while slowly stroking his chin imitating Arn Anderson. Pillman dressed up in an old bathrobe, put on reading glasses and a grey wig and then cut into Flair for being too old and too scared of the Hollywood Blonds. The impersonation drew Ric Flair back in the ring at ''

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'', where Flair and Anderson challenged the Blonds for the tag team titles. Despite winning the

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, they did not win the titles since the Blonds were disqualified after Barry Windham interfered. Windham's attack shifted Flair's focus away from the Hollywood Blonds, which in turn meant that Arn Anderson needed a new tag team partner. Not long after the Clash, Paul Roma was introduced as the fourth Horseman and would team with Anderson in the Horsemen/Blonds feud. On July 18, at Beach Blast, Roma and Anderson were beaten by the Blonds, who cheated to retain their titles. Not long after Beach Blast, Pillman injured his ankle and was unable to compete at a scheduled title match at ''

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''. However, due to WCW taping policies, Arn Anderson and Paul Roma had already been taped as the World Tag Team Champions so the title change had to happen despite Pillman being injured. Austin teamed with "Lord" Steven Regal at the Clash where they dropped the titles to Roma and Anderson. As soon as the Blonds dropped the titles, the team was again temporarily split up. Austin and Pillman both claimed that it was for political reasons. Austin was given a singles push challenging

for the

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. After Pillman finally recovered, he and Austin had a few more matches together taking on teams such as

and 2 Cold Scorpio, Scorpio and

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, Simmons and

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, and jobber tag team Frankie Rowe and Jimmy Rogers. The Blonds also confronted

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and

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during an interview after The Nasty Boys had won the titles from Anderson and Roma. The Blonds' last match as a team took place on the October 30, 1993 episode of '' Saturday Night''. After the Blonds had defeated a jobber tag team, Col. Rob Parker (who had just become Austin's new manager) came to ringside to congratulate Austin (and not Pillman) on winning the match. Pillman took exception to Parker snubbing him. Parker brought up Pillman's bad leg and said if he was a

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, he would put him down. Pillman attacked Parker, which in turn led to Austin attacking and turning on Pillman, turning Pillman face and breaking up the Hollywood Blonds for the third and final time. The Austin/Pillman feud was never pushed intensely and at times played more for comedy than emotion, a fact underscored by Pillman being more interested in putting Parker in a

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than getting back at Austin. They would briefly reunite in the WWF in 1996, but not as the Blonds. Austin by then was using his new "Stone Cold" persona, and an injured Pillman was "The Loose Cannon" and acted primarily as his sidekick, until Austin turned on Pillman for showing his admiration for Austin's nemesis,

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. According to WrestlingData.com, a compiler of available win–loss records, The Hollywood Blonds are perfectly balanced at 52-52, with 8 draws. In 1999,

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and Lodi used the name

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as a play off the old name.

Championships and accomplishments

Roberts and Brown

( 1 time) *

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) * Grand Prix Wrestling (Montreal) ** Grand Prix Tag Team Championship (4 times)Grand Prix Wrestling Tag Team Title history
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( 1 time) * NWA Hollywood Wrestling **

( 4 times) * NWA Tri-State ** NWA United States Tag Team Championship ''(Tri-State version)'' (3 times) *

** NWA North American Tag Team Championship ''(Los Angeles/Japan version)'' ( 1 time)

Rogers and Oates

( 1 time)

Austin and Pillman

* ''

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'' ** PWI ranked them # 50 of the 100 best tag teams during the "PWI Years" in 2003. *

( 1 time) **

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( 1 time) *

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** Tag Team of the Year (1993)

References

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