The Executioners is the name of several

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s and single masked wrestlers who wrestled in the BYWA, TWA, AWF and the

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The Executioners (1970s)

The first version of Executioners was founded by Executioner #1, who was a masked wrestler, wrestling for

. In 1976 he trained Executioner #2, and the two became a tag team in WWWF. Together, the Executioners captured the

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on May 11, 1976 by defeating Louis Cerdan and Tony Parisi. Later, they were joined by a third masked wrestler who called himself Executioner #3. The Executioners were stripped of their titles on December 7 because Executioner #3 was used in a title defense against

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and

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. A three-team tournament was announced after Executioner #3 was unmasked as Nikolai Volkoff. Volkoff selected

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as his partner and then The Executioners & Nikolai Volkoff and Tor Kamata were defeated by Chief Jay Strongbow and Billy White Wolf in the three-team tournament.

Championships and accomplishments

( 1 time) - Executioner #1 & Executioner #2

List of wrestlers who wrestled as an Executioner

1976–1977

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1982

* Ron Shaw * Charley Rhoads

1985

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(at

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) * Charlie Fulton * Danny Davis (later became Mr.X)

1986

* Jerry Fazio * Terry Manton

1988

* Van Van Horne (Memphis)

1988–1994

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1996

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References

External links

The Executioners Profile At OWW
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