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Paul London Paul Michael London (born April 16, 1980) is an American Professional wrestling, professional wrestler and actor. He is best known for his time with WWE. After being trained at the Texas Wrestling Academy, London began competing for Ring of Hon ...
and
Brian Kendrick Brian David Kendrick (born May 29, 1979) is an American professional wrestler. He is best known for his time in WWE. Kendrick is also known for his appearances with Ring of Honor (ROH), Total Nonstop Action Wrestling (TNA), New Japan Pro-Wrest ...
were an American
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for World Wrestling Entertainment (
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). They are former WWE Tag Team Champions and World Tag Team Champions. Their 2006-2007 reign as WWE Tag Team Champions was the longest in the title's history until their record was broken by The New Day on July 20, 2016. They first began teaming together in 2003 as a part of WWE, but Kendrick left the company shortly thereafter. When he returned in mid-2005, he and London reunited as a tag team. In May 2006 the duo won the WWE Tag Team Championship from MNM; it was Kendrick's first title victory with the company, and London's third. Their reign was the longest since WWE created the title in 2002, and they became the fourth longest-reigning tag team champions in the company's history, finally dropping the titles to
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in April 2007. Later in 2007, London and Kendrick were drafted from
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to the
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brand, where they briefly held the World Tag Team Championship. They would continue to work together until Kendrick was drafted back to SmackDown in the 2008 supplemental draft, thus disbanding the team until 2010, when they reunited in
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following their releases from WWE. They have since competed together on the
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on several occasions, notably winning the
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as The Hooligans.


History


Name

The team never had an official team name, but were just referred to as "the tag team of London and Kendrick." In 2006 London and Kendrick put the tag team name "The Hooliganz" on their wrestling attires and tried to convince the WWE management to start calling the team by that name, but were unsuccessful in their attempts. They would eventually use a slightly modified version of that name, The Hooligans, on the independent circuit.


Beginnings

Prior to teaming together on
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(WWE)'s SmackDown!
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, both
Paul London Paul Michael London (born April 16, 1980) is an American Professional wrestling, professional wrestler and actor. He is best known for his time with WWE. After being trained at the Texas Wrestling Academy, London began competing for Ring of Hon ...
and Brian "Spanky" Kendrick along with Daniel Bryan were students at Shawn Michaels' Texas Wrestling Academy, under the tutelage of Rudy Boy Gonzalez. From there they both went on to
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, where they occasionally competed against each other and as a team.


World Wrestling Entertainment


Formation (2003–2004)

In late 2002, Kendrick was hired by WWE, and in July 2003 London joined the company as well. Once in WWE together, and both on the SmackDown! brand, London and Kendrick began teaming together. They became a mainstay on '' SmackDown (WWE brand)'s''
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''
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'' until Kendrick left the company in February 2004.


WWE Tag Team Champions (2005-2007)

Kendrick returned in mid-2005, using his real name, and in September 2005 London and Kendrick reformed as a tag team. Upon reuniting the team began competing in matching shorts and vests as well as wearing
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s to the ring. Subsequently, they were quickly elevated into the
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picture, receiving a non-title match against WWE Tag Team Champions MNM ( Johnny Nitro and
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) on the February 10, 2006 episode of ''SmackDown!'', which London and Kendrick lost. On the April 7, 2006 episode of ''SmackDown!'' London and Kendrick once again faced MNM, this time picking up a win in a non-title match. London and Kendrick continued their winning streak against the champions, earning singles victories for Kendrick and London over Nitro and Mercury respectively, leading to a title match at
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, where London and Kendrick won their first WWE Tag Team Championship as a team (London's second WWE Tag Team Title reign and Kendrick's first championship in WWE). Their first main competition for the titles came when K. C. James and Idol Stevens defeated London and Kendrick in a non-title match, in early August, igniting a storyline feud between the two teams. During the rivalry,
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began accompanying London and Kendrick to the ring, acting as a
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to the team while combating the actions of James and Stevens' manager
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. On October 14, 2006 they became the longest reigning WWE Tag Team Champions of all time, surpassing MNM's previous record reign of 145 days. The record stood until it was broken by The New Day in July 2016. The team began a losing streak to the team of William Regal and Dave Taylor, with Regal defeating both London and Kendrick in singles matches and losing a non-title tag team match to the pair on the December 8 episode of ''SmackDown!''. A scheduled title match between the two teams at
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was changed at the event to a four-way ladder match, also involving
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( Matt and
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) and MNM. In the match London and Kendrick were able to retrieve the belts to retain their championship. When a regular tag team rematch was signed with Regal and Taylor two weeks later, London and Kendrick were successful in defeating them. On the February 16 episode of ''SmackDown!'',
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scheduled another ladder match between the teams of London and Kendrick, Regal and Taylor, MNM, and The Hardys for the WWE Tag Team Championship at February's pay-per-view event No Way Out, but WWE's official website announced the match had changed to pit The Hardys and
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against MNM and MVP, while London and Kendrick faced rookie team
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(
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and
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) in a separate match; they were booked to successfully retain the titles against Deuce 'n Domino. Their almost year-long reign came to an end when they were defeated by Deuce 'n Domino for the title on the April 20, 2007 episode of ''SmackDown!'' in
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. London picked up an injury, resulting in Kendrick challenging Deuce 'n Domino in singles matches, losing to Deuce, but defeating Domino. London returned on the May 11 episode of ''SmackDown!'', defeating Domino in a singles match. London and Kendrick then unsuccessfully attempted to regain the Tag Team Championship, losing to Deuce 'n Domino in a triple threat match also involving Regal and Taylor, and in a standard tag team match two weeks later.


World Tag Team Championship pursuit (2007-2008)

London and Kendrick were drafted to
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as the first picks in the WWE Supplemental Draft on June 17, 2007 and were successful on their ''
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'' debut, defeating
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(
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and
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) via a Sliced Bread #2 performed on Haas. On the September 3 episode of ''Raw'', London and Kendrick defeated The World's Greatest Tag Team once again to earn a
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match at
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against
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, in which they lost. Two days later, they defeated Cade and Murdoch for the title at a house show in
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. Three days later, at another house show, Cade and Murdoch regained the title in a rematch. Near the end of 2007, London suffered a foot injury and was unable to compete, and Kendrick was mainly used as a singles wrestler on ''Raw'' where he lost to the likes of Umaga and
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. London made his return on February 4 in a loss to
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and Carlito. London and Kendrick returned as a tag team on the March 17 episode of ''Raw'' in a loss to Umaga when Kendrick walked out on London. The two reunited on ''Raw'' on March 31 with commentator
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explaining the two worked out their differences, and they got a win against the then-World Tag Team Champions,
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and
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. On April 14, they lost a number one contendership match to the team of Carlito and Marella. They competed sporadically on ''Raw'' in the following months, defeating Lance Cade and Trevor Murdoch, before receiving a World Tag Team title shot against Holly and Rhodes on the May 26 episode of ''Raw''. They lost when Holly pinned London following an Alabama slam.


Split and aftermath (2008)

The team came to an end in June 2008, when Kendrick was drafted to the SmackDown brand as part of the 2008 Supplemental Draft, while London stayed on Raw. He made his return to the brand on the July 18, 2008 airing of ''SmackDown'' as a heel, with new ring attire defeating
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with the help of his new bodyguard,
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. Kendrick was later given the name "The Brian Kendrick". London was utilized sparingly during the next few months, making his only television appearance in a loss to Lance Cade on the July 21 episode of ''Raw''. London was subsequently released from his WWE contract on November 7, 2008. On July 31, 2009, Kendrick was also released.


Independent circuit (2010–2014)

Going into 2010, the team made occasional reunions on the
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. On January 30 the team completed at
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's part of the aptly titled WrestleReunion 4 show. They defeated the
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Generation Me (Jeremy and Max) in a non-title match in their first match back together. On March 27, London and Kendrick made an appearance in
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, where Kendrick had already appeared in singles competition. However, their run as a tag team in the company was short-lived due to losing a Pinfall Loser Leaves Company match to
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and Jack Evans and as a result Kendrick, who tapped out to Jacobs, was forced to leave the company for good. They reunited once again on October 4, 2012, at the first Family Wrestling Entertainment's PPV, Back 2 Brooklyn. They, along with Jay Lethal, defeated the team of
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and
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. London and Kendrick defeated The Young Bucks when they wrestled again on October 6, 2012, at the
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's first show. On June 23, 2013, London and Kendrick were defeated by The Young Buck at House of Hardcore 2. London and Kendrick were defeated at PWG's Ten by Chuck Taylor and Johnny Gargano. In 2014, London and Kendrick traveled to Scotland to compete for
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. On October 15, the pair won the
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by defeating The New Age Kliq (
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and Chris Renfrew) at ''Helter Skelter''. On November 2, 2014, they lost the title to Polo Promotions (Mark Coffey and Jackie Polo) In Glasgow, Scotland. In 2014, Kendrick returned to
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, thus separating with London.


Championships and accomplishments

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( 1 time) *
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** Tag Team of the Year (2007) *
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**
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( 1 time) **
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( 1 time)


References


External links


Brian Kendrick's Archived WWE ProfilePaul London's Archived WWE profile


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