Doom was a professional wrestling tag team in the National Wrestling Alliance and World Championship Wrestling that consisted of Ron Simmons and Butch Reed which existed from 1989 to 1991. A professional wrestling tag-team consists of two or occasionally three wrestlers who are working together as a team. ... This article or section does not adequately cite its references or sources. ... National Wrestling Alliance logo The National Wrestling Alliance (NWA) is the governing body for a group of independent professional wrestling promotions and sanctions various NWA championships. ... World Championship Wrestling (WCW) was an American professional wrestling promotion which, in its proper form, existed from 1988 to 2001. ... Ron Simmons (born May 15, 1958) is an American semi-retired professional wrestler and retired American football player. ... Butch Reed Butch Reed was a professional wrestler. ...

Career

Before the masks

Butch Reed had signed with Jim Crockett Promotions in 1988 after leaving the World Wrestling Federation and feuded shortly with the Junkyard Dog. Simmons had been with JCP for a while teaming with Eddie Gilbert but had not achieved much notoriety. Jim Crockett Promotions was the name of a professional wrestling promotion owned by Jim Crockett, Jr. ... World Wrestling Entertainment, Inc. ... Sylvester Ritter (December 13, 1952 – June 2, 1998) was a professional wrestler best known for his work in the World Wrestling Federation and Mid-South Wrestling as The Junkyard Dog (or JYD). ...

Woman’s revenge

When Rick and Scott Steiner started to team in 1989 a female fan started following them around, professing her love for the cute & dorky Rick Steiner. After a while Scott got fed up with this almost stalker like behavior and told the woman (Robin Green) off making her so angry that she turned on Rick Steiner, adopting the name Woman and vowed that the Steiner Brothers would meet their doom at Halloween Havoc 1989 but never made it clear who or what “Doom” was. Robert Rechsteiner (born March 9, 1961), better known by his ring name, Rick Steiner, is an American professional wrestler. ... Scott Carl Rechsteiner (born July 29, 1962), better known by his ring name, Scott Steiner, is an American professional wrestler, perhaps best known for his appearances with World Championship Wrestling in the tag team The Steiner Brothers and his involvement with the New World Order faction. ... Nancy Daus as Woman Nancy Elizabeth Daus Benoit (born May 17, 1964 in Daytona Beach, Florida) (more commonly known by her in-ring names as Woman and Fallen Angel) was a professional wrestling valet and manager who has since retired from the business. ... Halloween Havoc was an annual professional wrestling pay-per-view produced by World Championship Wrestling from 1989 through 2000. ...

At the night of the PPV Woman unveiled the Steiner Brother’s Doom – a couple of brawny, hard hitting masked African Americans. Doom won their debut match against the Steiners when one of the members of Doom put an illegal object inside his mask and headbutted Rick Steiner and then pinned him. Doom followed up on this success by defeating Eddie Gilbert and Tommy Rich at Clash of the Champions IX, looking very strong in the process. Thomas Edward (Eddie) Gilbert, Jr. ... Thomas Richardson (born July 26, 1956 in Hendersonville, Tennessee), better known by his ring name, Wildfire Tommy Rich, is a American retired professional wrestler. ... The Clash of the Champions logo The Clash of the Champions were a series of professional wrestling television specials aired by World Championship Wrestling. ...

Unfortunately Doom’s next PPV outing did not come with the same success. Along with the Steiner Brothers, the Road Warriors and the Samoan Swat Team they were entered in a one night, tag-team round robin tournament but did not score a single point ending dead last in the tournament. Doom’s misfortune continued as Woman soon dropped the team and left the federation. Then on February 6, 1990 Doom hit rock bottom when they were defeated by Rick & Scott Steiner and as a result of the stipulation were forced to unmask. The Legion Of Doom The Road Warriors with Paul Ellering. ... The Headshrinkers Samu (left) & Fatu The Headshrinkers (aka The Samoan Swat Team or SST in WCW & WCCW) were the professional wrestling tag team of Fatu & Samu in the WWE (then WWF). ... A round-robin tournament or all-play-all tournament is a type of group tournament in which each participant plays every other participant an equal number of times. ...

Unmasked

When Doom unmasked no one was really surprised to see Ron Simmons and Butch Reed underneath the black hoods, they had both been on WCW television shortly before Doom debuted and they were the only two African American wrestlers in the federation that had the same massive physical appearance. Freed of the masks and now under management of former referee Teddy Long Doom began to prosper, being free to use their full movesets and not trying to hide who they were Doom earned another shot at the Steiner Brothers. This article or section does not cite its references or sources. ...

Capital Combat Doom shocked the world, they beat the Steiner Brothers a team that at that point in time did not lose very often. Doom won the tag-team titles and quickly set about defending them against the former champions the Steiners as well the rest of WCW’s very talented tag-team division. Doom defeated the Rock & Roll Express at the Great American Bash 1990 and also mauled such teams as Flyin’ Brian & The Z-Man and The Southern Boys while having frequent clashes with rivals the Steiner Brothers. This article or section does not adequately cite its references or sources. ... The Great American Bash was an annual summer PPV in the NWAs Jim Crockett Promotions and then in WCW. After WCW was sold to WWE, WWE took over the promotion of the event. ... Brian William Pillman (May 22, 1962 – October 5, 1997) was an American professional wrestler and American football player. ... Tom Zenk is a former professional wrestler best known by his stage name Z-Man. ... The Young Pistols were a professional wrestling tag team in World Championship Wrestling also known as The Southern Boys. ...

In the fall of 1990 Doom soon got their hands full with The 4 Horsemen after a backstage altercation that saw the arrogant Horsemen insult Doom by not wanting to share a dressing room with them (this of course was a storyline). At Halloween Havoc 1990 Doom held on to their tag-team titles against Ric Flair and Arn Anderson despite both teams being counted out. A no rules rematch was signed for Starrcade 1990 but on the night Ric Flair was replaced by Barry Windham since Flair was slated to wrestle as The Black Scorpion in the main event. Once again the result was a “No Contest”, this time due to a double pin (Windham pinned Simmons and Reed pinned Anderson at the same time) but despite the non-definitive finish the Doom / Horseman feud ended shortly afterwards. The Four Horsemen were a popular professional wrestling stable in the National Wrestling Alliance and later World Championship Wrestling. ... Halloween Havoc was an annual professional wrestling pay-per-view produced by World Championship Wrestling from 1989 through 2000. ... Ric Flair (born February 25, 1949 [1] and named Richard Morgan Fliehr upon his adoption several weeks later), is an iconic American professional wrestler currently signed to World Wrestling Entertainment on its RAW brand. ... Martin Marty Lunde, better known by his ring name of Arn Anderson (born September 20, 1958 in Rome, Georgia), is an American professional wrestler, regarded by some professional wrestling experts as the greatest professional wrestler never to have won a world title. ... Starrcade was the primary supercard of the NWA and World Championship Wrestling from 1983-2000. ... Barry Windham (born July 4, 1960, Sweetwater, Texas) is a professional wrestler and the son of the infamous heel wrestler Blackjack Mulligan. ...

At Clash of the Champions XIV Doom lost a non-title match to Sting and Lex Luger in a match that foreshadowed the trouble that lay ahead for Doom. The Clash of the Champions logo The Clash of the Champions were a series of professional wrestling television specials aired by World Championship Wrestling. ... This article or section does not adequately cite its references or sources. ... Lawrence (Larry) Wendell Pfohl (born June 2, 1958), is an American former professional wrestler, bodybuilder and football player better known by his ring name, Lex Luger. ...

Break up and beyond

February 24, 1991 at WCW’s 1991 Wrestle War PPV Doom took on former tag-team champions The Fabulous Freebirds and lost due to miscommunication between Reed and Simmons. After the Freebirds left the ring Reed turned on Simmons and beat him up, turning Simmons face and ending the team of Doom forever. Wrestle War was a professional wrestling pay-per-view promoted by World Championship Wrestling. ... The Fabulous Freebirds were a groundbreaking professional wrestling tag-team that attained fame in the 1980s, performing into the 1990s. ...

Teddy Long sided with Butch Reed as the former Doom partners engaged in a short but intense feud. The feud culminated at SuperBrawl I where Ron Simmons pinned Butch Reed in a Steel cage match (referred to as a "Thunder-Doom" cage match). After the PPV Reed left the company allowing Ron Simmons to focus on other opponents while Teddy Long started to manage other talent in WCW. This article is about the professional wrestling pay-per-view event. ... Ric Flair and Randy Orton in a cage match, showing the current WWE Steel Cage. ...

In wrestling

Finishing moves

• Shoulder Tackle
• Diving Shoulder block

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• Woman
• Teddy Long

Nancy Daus as Woman Nancy Elizabeth Daus Benoit (born May 17, 1964 in Daytona Beach, Florida) (more commonly known by her in-ring names as Woman and Fallen Angel) was a professional wrestling valet and manager who has since retired from the business. ... This article or section does not cite its references or sources. ...

Championships and accomplishments

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• NWA World Tag Team Championship/WCW World Tag-Team Championship

• Doom won the titles while they were still called the NWA titles and lost them after the name changed to WCW.

• Pro Wrestling Illustrated

• PWI ranked Doom # 91 of the best 100 tag teams of the PWI Years.

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External Links

• “Wrestling Accelerator” profile: Ron Simmons
• “Wrestling Accelerator” profile: Butch Reed