The Super Destroyers is a

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consisting of

Doug Stahl Douglas E. Stahl (born February 25, 1963) is an American professional wrestler who currently works in the Independent circuit as one half of the masked Tag team known as The Super Destroyers. The two are best known for their time in Eastern Cham ...

and A. J. Petrucci. They both currently perform on

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and they are best known for their stint in NWA Eastern Championship Wrestling where they were the

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and longest reigning tag team champions.

History

Eastern Championship Wrestling

1992

The Super Destroyers were formed in 1992 in NWA Eastern Championship Wrestling by Doug Stahl and AJ Petrucci. They united together because they thought that this was the only way for them to become popular. They hired

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as their

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. They were a team of masked super heavyweights. After the formation of their tag team, they quickly participated in a tournament for the

ECW Tag Team Championship The ECW World Tag Team Championship was a professional wrestling world tag team championship in Extreme Championship Wrestling (ECW). It was introduced in National Wrestling Alliance (NWA) affiliate and ECW precursor, Eastern Championship Wrestli ...

that was held on June 23, 1992. In the first round, they defeated Jimmy Jannetty and JT Smith. In the final round, they defeated The Night Breed (

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) to become the first ECW Tag Team Champions. The Super Destroyers successfully defended the ECW Tag Team Championship for the first time on July 14.

1993

On January 23, 1993, Super Destroyers defeated the WWA Tag Team Champions Lords of Darkness in a title vs. title match where their ECW Tag Team Championship was also on the line. On the televised shows of ECW, Super Destroyers started a feud with the tag team of

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and

Larry Winters Larry Winters (April 14, 1956 – January 27, 2015) was an American professional wrestler and trainer who competed in the Midwest, Mid-Atlantic and East Coast independent circuit during the 1980s and 90s. He has wrestled in the American Wrestli ...

. The long reign of Super Destroyers as ECW Tag Team Champions finally ended on April 2 when they dropped the titles to the team of Larry Winters and Tony Stetson. This made Super Destroyers the longest reigning champions with a reign of 282 days. They won their second ECW Tag Team Championship on May 15 from Suicide Blondes but lost the titles to them back at the same day. Their tag team ended when Super Destroyer #1 turned on Super Destroyer #2. Eastern Championship Wrestling was trying to sign another masked super heavyweight tag team named ''The War Machines'' to set up a feud between them and the Super Destroyers culminating on a Mask Match on

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, but the War Machines never signed and Eastern Championship Wrestling salvaged the storyline with a feud between the Super Destroyers. On January 26, 2013, the Super Destroyers with Hunter Q captured the DWF/LOCO tag team titles in Philadelphia, Pa. to add another title to their honor roll.

Championships and accomplishments

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** NWA ECW Tag Team Championship (

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) ** ECW Tag Team Championship Tournament (1992) *

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** HoPWF Tag Team Championship (1 time) *World Wrestling Association **WWA Tag Team Championship (1 time)

References

External links

Super Destroyers Official Website

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