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| The World Elite | |
|---|---|
| Stable | |
| Members | Eric Young Sheik Abdul Bashir Kiyoshi British Invasion (Brutus Magnus, Doug Williams and Rob Terry) Homicide |
| Name(s) | The World Elite |
| Debut | July 30, 2009[1] |
The World Elite is a professional wrestling stable in Total Nonstop Action Wrestling (TNA). The stable is lead by Eric Young. The rest of the stable includes Sheik Abdul Bashir, Kiyoshi, British Invasion and Homicide.
Concept
editThe name World Elite itself tells that it features wrestlers from the entire world. All the members are non-Americans and are representing their home countries, as its leader Eric Young represents Canada, Sheik Abdul Bashir represents Iran, Kiyoshi represents Japan, British Invasion represents United Kingdom and Homicide represents Puerto Rico.
History
editOn May 28, 2009 edition of Impact!, Jeff Jarrett defeated Eric Young in a King of the Mountain qualifying match. After the match, Young attacked Jarrett and began making a villainous turn.[2] On the July 23 edition of Impact!, Young turned into a fan favorite by joining TNA Originals (AJ Styles, Christopher Daniels and Beer Money, Inc. (Robert Roode and James Storm)) for their 10-man tag team match against British Invasion (Brutus Magnus, Doug Williams and Rob Terry), Sheik Abdul Bashir and Kiyoshi. During the match, Young turned on Originals in a swerve, helping British Invasion, Sheik and Kiyoshi in winning the match.[3]
The following edition of Impact!, Young officially formed the World Elite, a non-American stable with British Invasion, Bashir and Kiyoshi and then helped Williams and Magnus win the IWGP Tag Team Championship from Team 3D.[4] On August 6, Young formed a partnership with The Main Event Mafia (MEM)'s leader, Kurt Angle. As a result, Elite and Mafia aligned together into a superstable.[5] On the September 10 edition of Impact! World Elite member Brutus Magnus pinned Scott Steiner of the Main Event Mafia in a "Four-Way Gauntlet Tag Team Match" also involving Team 3D and Beer Money, Inc., foreshadowing problems between the two factions. Later in the night Homicide turned on his LAX partner Hernandez and joined World Elite.[6]
In wrestling
edit- Bashir's finishing moves
- WMD – Weapon of Mass Destruction (Snap DDT to a kneeling opponent)
- WMD Driver (Cradle back to belly piledriver)
- Homicide's finishing moves
- 187 (Cutter, sometimes from the top rope)
- Da Gringo Killa (Back to back double underhook piledriver)
- Kiyoshi's finishing moves
- Magnus' finishing moves
- Tormentum (Twisting Samoan drop)
- Terry's finishing moves
- Williams' finishing moves
- Bombs Away (Diving knee drop)
- Chaos Theory (Williams pushes the opponent against the turnbuckles, grabs hold of their waist, rolls backwards with them and follows up with a bridging German suplex)
- Young's finishing moves
Championships and accomplishments
edit- New Japan Pro Wrestling
- IWGP Tag Team Championship (1 time, current) - Brutus Magnus and Doug Williams
References
edit- ^ "Eric Young at Online World of Wrestling". Retrieved 2009-09-15.
- ^ "Impact - May 28, 2009 Results". Online World of Wrestling. Retrieved 2009-09-15.
- ^ "Impact - July 23, 2009 Results". Online World of Wrestling. Retrieved 2009-09-15.
- ^ "Impact - July 30, 2009 Results". Online World of Wrestling. Retrieved 2009-09-15.
- ^ "Impact - August 6, 2009 Results". Online World of Wrestling. Retrieved 2009-09-15.
- ^ Wilkenfield, Daniel (2009-09-10). "WILKENFELD'S TNA IMPACT REPORT 9/10: Ongoing (not quite) "virtual time" coverage of Spike TV broadcast". PW Torch. Retrieved 2009-09-15.