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The Godwinns
Tag Team
Members Henry O. This article refers to the band For the wrestling term see Tag team. Godwinn
Phineas I. Godwinn
Cousin Ray
Name(s) The Godwinns
Southern Justice
Tex Slazinger & Shanghai Pierce
Tex Sallinger & Master Blaster
Heights Canterbury:
6 ft 4 in (1. 93 m)
Knight:
6 ft 3 in (1. 91 m)
Gordy:
5 ft 10 in (1. 78 m)
Combined weight 585 lb (265 kg/41. The pound or pound-mass (abbreviation lb, lbm, or sometimes in the United States #) is a unit of Mass 8 st)
Debut 1991
Disbanded 1998
Promotions DSW
USWA
WCW
WWF

The Godwinns was the most well known gimmick of the professional wrestling tag team composed of Dennis Knight (Phineas I. The stone is a unit of Weight. It is part of the Imperial system of weights and measures used in the British Isles, and formerly used in most Year 1991 ( MCMXCI) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian Calendar. Year 1998 ( MCMXCVIII) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link will display full 1998 Gregorian calendar) Professional wrestling, or pro wrestling, is a non-competitive professional Sport, where all matches are scripted by the promotion's booking staff This article refers to the band For the wrestling term see Tag team. Dennis Knight After dropping the Leatherface gimmick Tex teamed up with Mark Canterbury who wrestled as the masked “Master Blaster” Godwinn) and Mark Canterbury (Henry O. Mark Canterbury (born March 16, 1964 in West Virginia) is a retired American professional wrestler, best known for his stint in the Godwinn) that they used in the WWF. World Wrestling Entertainment Inc ( WWE) is a publicly traded privately controlled integrated media (focusing in Television, Internet, The team has used other gimmicks before they joined the WWF and had a gimmick change in the WWF shortly before disbanding. Their WWF gimmick was that of two cousins who were hog farmers from Arkansas. Pigs, also called hogs or' swine', are Ungulates which have been domesticated as sources of food leather and similar products since ancient times A farmer is a person who raises living organisms for food or raw materials Arkansas ( is a state located in the southern region of the United States. Their names were a rather unsubtle joke as a reference to this; Phineas' initials spelled PIG while Henry's spelled HOG.

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History

The two men who would later be known as the Godwinns first started teaming in the United States Wrestling Association under the names Tex Sallinger (Phineas) and Master Blaster (Henry) in 1991. The United States Wrestling Association or USWA was a Professional wrestling promotional organization based in Memphis Tennessee. Master Blaster was masked while Sallinger was not. Due to their stature and ring outfits, some mistakenly believed that Sallinger and Blaster were a well traveled team known as The Texas Hangmen under a different gimmick as the Hangmen had recently left the USWA. The team feuded mainly with Jeff Jarrett and Robert Fuller as a part of the “Texas/Tennessee” storyline. Jeffrey "Jeff" Leonard Jarrett (born April 14, 1967) is an American professional wrestler currently signed to Total Nonstop Action Wrestling. Robert Fuller (born Robert Welch on May 14 1951) is a Professional wrestler and manager. After achieving little notoriety in the USWA, the two men were signed by World Championship Wrestling in 1992. Year 1992 ( MCMXCII) was a Leap year starting on Wednesday (link will display full 1992 Gregorian calendar)

Tex and Shanghai

The duo was renamed Tex Slazinger and Shanghai Pierce who remained masked and made their debut in November 1992[1]. Their debut was without much fanfare as they were at best perceived as a mid-card team used to help establish higher level teams[2] [3]. They did have a “mini-feud” of sorts with Kent & Keith Cole, the Cole Twins[4] (who’s biggest claim to fame was that they were identical twins). Tex and Slazenger would mainly appear on the WCW “B” shows such as WorldWide and WCW Saturday Night. WCW WorldWide was a syndicated TV show produced by the now-defunct World Championship Wrestling. WCW Saturday Night was the weekly Saturday night TV show on TBS produced by World Championship Wrestling. Tex Slazinger somehow got a cult following among the fans of the “Saturday Night” tapings who’d chant for him when he was in the ring. During one Saturday Night show, color commentator Jesse Ventura nicknamed them the Texicans although the name never became official. Jesse Ventura (born July 15, 1951 as James George Janos) also known as "The Body", "The Star", and "The

Tex and Shanghai appeared at very few WCW PPVs losing every time they were in the spotlight except for one occasion: Battlebowl in 1993. Pay-per-view (often abbreviated PPV) is the system in which Television viewers can purchase events to be seen on TV and pay for the private telecast of that event Battlebowl was a one-time Professional wrestling Pay-per-view produced by World Championship Wrestling. Tex and Shanghai found themselves on opposite sides in a “Lethal Lottery” tag-team match, which meant that one of them would actually get a PPV victory. Rick Rude & Shanghai Pierce won the match but Shanghai was quickly eliminated in the ensuing battle royal[5]. Richard E Rood ( December 7 1958 – April 20 1999) better known by his Ring name "Ravishing" In Professional wrestling, a battle royal (sometimes battle royale; plural battles royal or battle royals) is a multi-competitor match type

In their time in WCW, they help put over future tag-team champions such as 2 Cold Scorpio and Marcus Alexander Bagwell[6] and Cactus Jack and Maxx Payne [7]. Charles "Charlie" Scaggs During his simultaneous reign as Television and Tag Team Champion he insisted on being referred to as 2 Gold Scorpio. Marcus Alexander Bagwell (born January 10 1970) is an American professional wrestler, better known by his Ring name, Buff Michael Francis "Mick" Foley Sr Early life Foley was born in Bloomington Indiana. Darryl Peterson (born October 3 1961) is an American Musician, Actor and professional wrestler, better known by his In 1994, Shanghai Pierce was unmasked during a bout with Johnny B. Badd and from that day forward appeared unmasked. Marc Mero (born July 9, 1960) is an American retired amateur boxer and professional wrestler. Sometime after the summer of 1994, Tex and Shanghai left WCW; Shanghai was signed by the WWF while Tex worked a stint in the independent circuit that included a return to his old stomping grounds of the USWA. World Wrestling Entertainment Inc ( WWE) is a publicly traded privately controlled integrated media (focusing in Television, Internet, In Professional wrestling, the independent circuit or indy circuit refers to the many independent promotions which are much smaller than major televised

The Godwinns

Mark Canterbury had joined the WWF in late 1994 and been repackaged with a “Hog Farmer” gimmick and renamed “Henry O. Godwinn” [8]. Canterbury first worked as a heel with the Million Dollar Corporation under Ted DiBiase’s management[9] and then later as a face after being kicked out of the stable[10]. In Professional wrestling, a heel is a Villain character In non-wrestling jargon heels are the "bad guys" in pro wrestling storylines. The Million Dollar Corporation was a heel stable in the World Wrestling Federation (WWF from April 1994 to May 1996 and was led and managed by the Million Dollar Theodore Marvin "Ted" DiBiase Sr (born January 18 1954 Pro wrestling career Mid-South Wrestling (First run 1975-1979 Ted DiBiase was trained In Professional wrestling, a face or babyface is a character who is portrayed as Heroic relative to the heel wrestlers who are analogous to villains

In the early parts of 1996, Dennis Knight was signed with the WWF and became "Phineas I. Godwinn”, Henry’s cousin. The team was managed by Hillbilly Jim and actually made their debut[11] shortly before the tournament began to crown new tag team champions after Billy Gunn suffered a neck injury. Jim Morris (born July 5, 1952) is a professional wrestler and Disc jockey best known to fans as Hillbilly Jim. "The G-Man" redirects here For the video game character see G-Man (Half-Life. The Godwinns made it all the way to the finals at WrestleMania XII where they lost to the Bodydonnas[12]. WrestleMania XII was the twelfth WrestleMania event produced by the World Wrestling Federation. The Bodydonnas were a Professional wrestling Tag team in the WWF in the mid-1990s consisting of Chris Candido as Skip Candido's real-life The Godwinns feuded with the Bodydonnas for the next couple of months[13], not just over the tag team titles but because Phineas had become infatuated with the Bodydonna’s manager Sunny, something which initially worked against the Godwinns. Tammy Lynn Sytch (born December 7, 1972) is a Professional wrestling manager and personality

The Godwinns finally got their revenge on the Bodydonnas by winning the tag team titles from them in May of 1996. Sunny also joined with them at this point, although she specifically joined to use Phineas and remain near the tag team gold[14]. At In Your House 8, the Godwinns lost the titles to the Smokin' Gunns, and Sunny moved on as she paired up with Billy Gunn and kept close to the tag team titles[14]. In Your House was a Pay-per-view series created by the World Wrestling Federation (WWF The Godwinns would feud with the Gunns over the summer but would not regain the titles[15]. For the rest of 1996, the Godwinns would remain a solid mid-card team.

During a match in April, Henry Godwinn suffered a cracked C7 vertebra when the Legion of Doom botched a Doomsday Device[16][17]. The coccyx (pronounced kok -siks (Latin os coccygis) commonly referred to as the tailbone, is the final segment of the human vertebral column A vertebra (plural vertebrae) is an individual Irregular bone in the spinal or Vertebral column ( aka ischis a flexuous and flexible column The Road Warriors were a Professional wrestling Tag team famously composed of Michael "Hawk" Hegstrand and Joseph "Animal" Laurinaitis A botch in Professional wrestling is an attempted maneuver that is not executed as the performer intended A doomsday device is a hypothetical construction &mdash usually a weapon &mdash which could destroy all life on the Earth, or destroy the Earth itself (bringing "

Henry was told to take at least 15 weeks off to fully recover from the injury but returned in less than 8 weeks[17]. Shortly after Henry returned to active duty, the team would turn heel, ditching their fun loving pig farmer gimmick for something more dark and sinister. They took Uncle Cletus as their manager and began attacking their opponents with their slop buckets[18]. Tony Anthony (born April 12 1960 in Knoxville Tennessee is a semi-retired American professional wrestler best known as Dirty White Boy, who The turn and subsequent feud with the Headbangers would pay off as the Godwinns won tag gold once more on October 5, 1997 at Badd Blood [14]. The Headbangers were the Tag team of Mosh and Thrasher, whose most notable matches were in the World Wrestling Federation (WWF WWE Bad Blood (originally Badd Blood) was a World Wrestling Entertainment Professional wrestling Pay-per-view event that was held in 1997 2003 Unfortunately, their joy was shortlived as they would lose the titles to the Legion of Doom only 2 days later[14]. The Road Warriors were a Professional wrestling Tag team famously composed of Michael "Hawk" Hegstrand and Joseph "Animal" Laurinaitis

Southern Justice

After the feud with the Legion of Doom ended, the team began to flounder again with no real direction. Direction came during the summer of 1998. The two teamed up with Jeff Jarrett and adopted a “Southern Hired Gun” type of gimmick that saw them use their real names of Mark Canterbury and Dennis Knight for the first time[19]. Jeffrey "Jeff" Leonard Jarrett (born April 14, 1967) is an American professional wrestler currently signed to Total Nonstop Action Wrestling. Mark Canterbury (born March 16, 1964 in West Virginia) is a retired American professional wrestler, best known for his stint in the Dennis Knight After dropping the Leatherface gimmick Tex teamed up with Mark Canterbury who wrestled as the masked “Master Blaster” The team was named “Southern Justice” and they backed up Jeff Jarrett in a feud with D-Generation X. D-Generation X (also known and spelled as Degeneration X, DX and D-X) is an on-and-off Professional wrestling Tag team (formerly They even clashed with D-X at the Breakdown: In Your House PPV where they lost to Billy Gunn, Road Dogg, and X-Pac [20]. Breakdown In Your House was a Professional wrestling Pay-per-view (PPV event under the In Your House name produced by the World Wrestling "The G-Man" redirects here For the video game character see G-Man (Half-Life. Brian Gerard (BG James Voodoo Kin Mafia (2006-2008 On the November 16 airing of Impact!, The James Gang announced that they would now be known as Voodoo Sean Michael Waltman (born July 13 1972) is an American professional wrestler.

Shortly after the PPV, Canterbury herniated his C7 vertebrae and pinched a spinal nerve; this necessitated spinal fusion surgery, a result of Canterbury returning to the ring before he should have. After the neck injury and spinal fusion, Canterbury left the WWF and retired from pro-wrestling[17]. Dennis Knight remained with the company for a couple of years, repackaged as ”Mideon” and later, ”Naked Mideon”

Deep South Wrestling

In September 2006, Canterbury wrestled several tryout matches with World Wrestling Entertainment. On September 15, 2006, WWE announced that he had been signed to a contract [17]. He debuted in Deep South Wrestling on 11/30 as a tag partner for Ray Gordy. Deep South Wrestling (DSW was a Professional wrestling promotion located in McDonough Georgia. Terry Ray Gordy Jr (born March 23 1979 in Chattanooga Tennessee He is the son of legendary wrestler Terry Gordy of the Fabulous Freebirds Gordy was known as Cousin Ray as the team used the ”Pigfarmer” gimmick; Gordy would later be moved to the SmackDown brand under the ring name Jesse. WWE Friday Night SmackDown is a Professional wrestling Television program for World Wrestling Entertainment (WWE that is currently airing The World Wrestling Federation/Entertainment (WWF/E Brand Extension was a process first used in 2002 by said Professional wrestling promotion as a means A ring name is a Stage name used by a professional wrestler, or in some cases a Martial artist or boxer.

In wrestling

Championships and accomplishments

References

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  16. ^ Graham Cawthon. WWF Show Results 1997. Retrieved on 2007-04-16. Year 2007 ( MMVII) was a Common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar in the 21st century. Events 1178 BC - A Solar eclipse may have marked the return of Odysseus, legendary King of Ithaca, to his kingdom  “(April 21, 1997) the Legion of Doom defeated Henry & Phineas Godwinn after Henry sustained the Doomsday Device; as a result of the move, Henry sustained a broken neck and was out of action for several months”
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  19. ^ Graham Cawthon. WWF Show Results 1998. Retrieved on 2007-04-16. Year 2007 ( MMVII) was a Common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar in the 21st century. Events 1178 BC - A Solar eclipse may have marked the return of Odysseus, legendary King of Ithaca, to his kingdom  “(June 1, 1998) Jeff Jarrett (w/ Tennessee Lee & Southern Justice) pinned Farooq after hitting him with Lee's belt buckle as Southern Justice distracted the referee; prior to the bout Tennessee Lee introduced the repackaged Godwinns as Southern Justice”
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