Killer Death Machines was a

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consisting of

Jessicka Havok Jessica Cricks (born June 20, 1986) is an American professional wrestler, better known by her ring name Jessicka Havok. She is currently signed with Impact Wrestling, under the ring name Jessicka where she is a current two-time Impact Knockouts ...

and Nevaeh. They were best known for their time in Impact Wrestling. They also competed as a team in the independent circuit most notably for

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and

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, where they are the reigning and longest reigning Guardians of RISE Champions in their first reign. The team would also compete for

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's sixth season as Monsters of Madness in 2019. The team would also compete in Impact Wrestling from 2020 to 2021 until the team disbanded after repetitive losses as Nevaeh turned on Havok. This would lead to Havok defeating Nevaeh and Nevaeh leaving Impact shortly after.

History

Independent circuit (2014–2020)

and Nevaeh both represented

and formed their tag team "Killer Death Machines" at an AAW Wrestling event ''Point of No Return'' on April 11, 2014, where they competed against

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and

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in a losing effort. Killer Death Machines wrestled two more matches in 2014, once at

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's ''Prelude to Violence'' where they defeated

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and

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and at Queens of Combat (QOC) event ''QOC 2'' event where they defeated

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and

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. The team would then go their separate ways as Havok joined

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(TNA) and wrestled there exclusively while Nevaeh continued to compete on the independent circuit. After competing separately for three years, the Killer Death Machines reunited at the ''

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Women's SuperShow'' on April 1, 2017, where they competed against

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and

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, Eddy McQueen and Jamie Senegal and Sexy Young Caramels (Devyn Nicole & Savannah Evans) in a four-way match, which Bates and Yim won. The team would then regularly compete as a tag team for various independent circuit between 2017 and 2019. On May 19, 2018, Killer Death Machines returned to QOC at ''Royalty Returns'', where they lost to Ruthless Ambition (Maria Manic and

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). They made an appearance for The Wrestling Revolver at the event ''The Catalina Wrestling Mixer Vol. 2'', where they participated in the One Night Tag Team Tournament. They competed against the eventual winners

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(

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and

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) in the opening round for the latter's PWR Tag Team Championship in a losing effort. Killer Death Machines made several appearances for Rockstar Pro Wrestling in 2018 and 2019, wrestling against women in tag team matches as well as against men in intergender tag team matches. They would also compete for Bar Wrestling's event ''

Brian Cage Brian Christopher Button

's Bachelor Party'' on July 10, 2019, where they lost to The Bomb Baes (Heather Monroe and Jake Atlas).

Shimmer Women Athletes (2017–2019)

Killer Death Machines reunited in SHIMMER at ''Volume 93'' on July 8, 2017, where they unsuccessfully challenged Mount Tessa (

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and Vanessa Kraven) for the

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. At ''Volume 102'', Killer Death Machines competed against Gokumon-To (Dynamite DiDi and Kikyo). Killer Death Machines rebounded with a win against The Blue Nation (Charli Evans and Jessica Troy) at ''Volume 104''. However, at ''Volume 106'', Killer Death Machines lost a rematch to Blue Nation to determine the #1 contenders for the Tag Team Championship. At ''Volume 107'', Killer Death Machines competed against The Totally Tubular Tag Team (Delilah Doom and Leva Bates), Blue Nation and the team of

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and

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in a four-way elimination match for the Tag Team Championship, which Melissa and Martinez won. In their last appearance for Shimmer, Killer Death Machines defeated

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and Steph De Lander at ''Volume 111''.

Rise Wrestling (2018–2019)

Killer Death Machines made their televised debut in

on the June 27, 2018 episode of ''Ascent'' against Delilah Doom and

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in a losing effort. Killer Death Machines achieved their first win in Rise at ''RISE 10: Insanity'' where they teamed with

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and Dynamite DiDi against Alex Gracia, Layne Rosario, Myka and Nikki Victory in an eight-woman tag team match. At ''RISE 12: ROW on the RISE'', Killer Death Machines received a Guardians of RISE Championship title shot against Paradise Lost (Dust and Raven's Ash) but the match ended in a double count-out. Killer Death Machines received a rematch against Paradise Lost for the titles in a Rosemary's Rules match at ''RISE 13: Legendary''. Killer Death Machines defeated Paradise Lost to capture the Guardians of RISE Championship. They made their first successful title defense against Almost Paradise (Courtney Rush and Zoey Skye) and Team Sea Stars (Ashley Vox and Delmi Exo) in a three-way match at ''Pride and Joy''. At ''Regional Rising Stars Tournament - The Midwest Bracket'', Killer Death Machines successfully defended the titles against Paradise Lost (Dust, Raven's Ash and

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) in a

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. Their final title defense occurred against Blue Nation at ''La Escalera''.

Women of Wrestling (2019)

In 2019, Killer Death Machines worked some tapings for

's sixth season which would air in the fourth quarter of the year on

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. They were repackaged as Monsters of Madness and Nevaeh was renamed Hazard. Havok had competed for WOW in the fifth season and returned to compete for the sixth season. On the September 7 episode of ''WOW'', Havok competed against The Beast and Jungle Grrrl in a three-way match to determine the #1 contender for the WOW World Championship. The match ended in a no contest after Hazard made her WOW debut and attacked both opponents, setting up a match between the Monsters of Madness and the team of Beast and Jungle Grrrl on the September 28 episode of ''WOW''. Monsters of Madness lost the match via disqualification after Hazard attacked both opponents with a steel chair. Monsters of Madness would enter a tournament for the vacant WOW Tag Team Championship. They defeated The Dixie Darlings (Jolene Dixie and Jolynn Dixie) in the first round, Chantilly Chella and Sassy Massy in the second round and Holidead and Siren the Voodoo Doll and Holidead and Siren the Voodoo Doll and

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and

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in a three-way match in the semifinal to advance to the final round in the season finale, where they lost to Adrenaline and Fire.

Impact Wrestling (2020–2021)

On April 28, 2020, during the second night of Rebellion, Nevaeh made her Impact Wrestling debut as she watched from distance a Full Metal Mayhem match between Havok and

, which was won by Rosemary. On the May 26 episode of '' Impact!'', Nevaeh interfered a match between Havok and

, as Nevaeh stopped Lee from hitting Havok with a

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. Havok and Nevaeh continued to attack Lee afterwards, reuniting their team in Impact Wrestling. They began feuding with Fire N Flava (

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and

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) leading to a

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between the two teams on the August 11 episode of ''Impact!'', which Havok and Nevaeh lost. In the fall of 2020, Havok and Nevaeh entered a tournament for the vacant Knockouts Tag Team Championship, in which they defeated Alisha Edwards and

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in the quarterfinal round on the November 17 episode of ''Impact!''. Havok and Nevaeh defeated Team Sea Stars at the Final Resolution

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. Havok and Nevaeh defeated

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and

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in the semifinal on the January 5, 2021 episode of ''Impact!'', to advance to the tournament final against Fire N Flava at the Hard To Kill pay-per-view on January 16. Havok and Nevaeh unsuccessfully challenged Fire N Flava for the titles in a Texas Tornado match at No Surrender. At Sacrifice, Havok and Nevaeh lost to Tenille Dashwood and Kaleb with a K. On the March 30 episode of ''Impact!'', Havok and Nevaeh lost a match to Fire N Flava. Nevaeh turned on Havok by attacking her after the match, blaming her to be the weak link, thus ending their team in the process. This led to a match between the two former partners on the April 15 episode of ''Before The Impact'', which Havok won. Nevaeh would subsequently leave Impact Wrestling after the loss.

Championships and accomplishments

** Guardians of RISE Championship (1 time) – with

**RISE Year End Awards (1 time) ***Tag Team of the Year (2019) – with Jessicka Havok

References

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