The Godwinns was the most well known gimmick of the professional wrestling tag team comprised of Dennis Knight (called Phineas I. Godwin) & Mark Canterbury (called Henry O. Godwin) that they used in the WWF. 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 they were two cousins who were hog farmers from Arkansas. Their names were a rather unsubtle joke as a reference to this; Phineas' initials spelled PIG, and Henry's spelled HOG. A professional wrestling tag-team consists of two or occasionally three wrestlers who are working together as a team. ... A foot (plural: feet or foot;[1] symbol or abbreviation: ft or, sometimes, ′ – a prime) is a unit of length, in a number of different systems, including English units, Imperial units, and United States customary units. ... An inch (plural: inches; symbol or abbreviation: in or, sometimes, ″ - a double prime) is the name of a unit of length in a number of different systems, including English units, Imperial units, and United States customary units. ... The metre (American English:meter) is a measure of length. ... A foot (plural: feet or foot;[1] symbol or abbreviation: ft or, sometimes, ′ – a prime) is a unit of length, in a number of different systems, including English units, Imperial units, and United States customary units. ... An inch (plural: inches; symbol or abbreviation: in or, sometimes, ″ - a double prime) is the name of a unit of length in a number of different systems, including English units, Imperial units, and United States customary units. ... The metre (American English:meter) is a measure of length. ... A foot (plural: feet or foot;[1] symbol or abbreviation: ft or, sometimes, ′ – a prime) is a unit of length, in a number of different systems, including English units, Imperial units, and United States customary units. ... An inch (plural: inches; symbol or abbreviation: in or, sometimes, ″ - a double prime) is the name of a unit of length in a number of different systems, including English units, Imperial units, and United States customary units. ... The metre (American English:meter) is a measure of length. ... The pound (abbreviations: lb or, sometimes in the United States, #) is a unit of mass (called weight in everyday parlance) in a number of different systems, including English units, Imperial units, and United States customary units. ... The U.S. National Prototype Kilogram, which currently serves as the primary standard for measuring mass in the U.S. It was assigned to the United States in 1889 and is periodically recertified and traceable to the primary international standard, The Kilogram, held at the Bureau International des Poids et... Year 1991 (MCMXCI) was a common year starting on Tuesday (link will display the 1991 Gregorian calendar). ... Year 1998 (MCMXCVIII) was a common year starting on Thursday (link will display full 1998 Gregorian calendar). ... This article does not cite any references or sources. ... A professional wrestling tag-team consists of two or occasionally three wrestlers who are working together as a team. ... Dennis Knight (born December 26, 1968 in Biggers, Arkansas) is an American professional wrestler, best known for his appearances with the World Wrestling Federation as Phineas I. Godwinn and Mideon. ... Mark Canterbury (born March 16, 1964 in West Virginia) is an American professional wrestler, currently working for World Wrestling Entertainment under the ring name Henry Orpheus Godwinn (often abbreviated to Henry O. Godwinn or Henry Godwinn). ... World Wrestling Entertainment, Inc. ... In professional wrestling, a gimmick is a wrestlers personality, behavior, attire and/or other distinguishing traits while performing. ... This article needs additional references or sources for verification. ... For other uses, see Farmer (disambiguation). ... Official language(s) English Capital Little Rock Largest city Little Rock Area  Ranked 29th  - Total 53,179 sq mi (137,002 km²)  - Width 239 miles (385 km)  - Length 261 miles (420 km)  - % water 2. ...

History

The two men who would later be known as the Godwins first started teaming in the United States Wrestling Association under the names Tex Sallinger (Phineas) and Master Blaster (Henry) in 1991. 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 travelled team known as The Texas Hangmen under a different gimmick due to the fact that 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. After achieving little notoriety in the USWA the two men were signed by World Championship Wrestling in 1992 The United States Wrestling Association or USWA was a professional wrestling promotional organization based in Memphis, Tennessee. ... Jeffrey Jeff Leonard Jarrett (born April 14, 1967) is an American professional wrestler. ... Robert Fuller (born Robert Welch on May 14, 1951 in Dyersburg, Tennessee) is a professional wrestler and manager. ... World Championship Wrestling (WCW) was an American professional wrestling promotion which existed from 1988 to 2001. ... 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 World Wide and WCW Saturday Night. 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 James George Janos on July 15, 1951), also known as The Body, The Star, The Mind, and Governor Body, is an American politician, former professional wrestler, Navy UDT veteran, actor, and former radio and television talk show host. ...

Tex and Shanghai appeared at very few WCW PPVs losing every time they were in the spotlight except for one occasion: Battlebowl in 1993 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]. Battlebowl was a one-time PPV in World Championship Wrestling in November 1993. ... Richard Erwin Rood, better known by his stage name of Ravishing Rick Rude ( December 7, 1958 - April 20, 1999) was a professional wrestler who performed for many promotions, but is most remembered for his work in WWF/WWE and WCW in the 1980s and 1990s. ...

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]. In 1994 Shanghai Pierce was unmasked during a bout with Johnny B. Badd and from that day forward appeared unmasked. Sometime after the summer of 1994 Tex and Shanghai left WCW with Shanghai being signed by the WWF and Tex working the independent circuit including a return to his old stomping grounds of the USWA. Charles Skaggs (born October 25, 1965 in Denver, Colorado) is an American professional wrestler, currently signed to World Wrestling Entertainment. ... Marcus Alexander Mark Bagwell (born January 10, 1970) is an American professional wrestler, better known by his ring name, Buff Bagwell. ... Mick Foley Sr. ... Darryl Peterson (born October 3, 1961 in Salt Lake City, Utah) is an American musician and former professional wrestler, better known by his stage name, Maxx Payne. ... Marc Mero (born July 9, 1960) is an American retired amateur boxer and professional wrestler. ...

The Godwinns

Mark Canterbury had joined the WWF in late 1994 and been repackaged with a “Hog Farmer” gimmick and renamed “Henry O. Godwin” ^[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 Corporation^[10]. 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 Man Ted DiBiase. ... This article or section is not written in the formal tone expected of an encyclopedia article. ...

In the early parts of 1996 Dennis Knight was signed with the WWF and given the same hog farmer gimmick and the name "Phineas I. Godwin”, Henry’s cousin. The team was managed by Hillbilly Jim and actually made their debut^[11] shortly before the tournament to crown new tag-team champions after Billy Gunn suffered a neck injury began. The Godwinns make it all the way to the finals at WrestleMania XII where they lose to the Bodydonnas^[12]. 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. Jim Morris wrestled ten years with the World Wrestling Entertainment as a wrestler known as Hillbilly Jim. ... Monty Kip Sopp (born November 1, 1963) is an American professional wrestler, best known as Badd Ass Billy Gunn (also spelled as Bad Ass) from his years working for World Wrestling Entertainment. ... WrestleMania XII was the twelfth WrestleMania event promoted by the World Wrestling Federation. ... The Bodydonnas were a professional wrestling tag team in the WWF in the mid-1990s, comprising of Chris Candido as Skip, Tammy Lynn Sytch as Sunny, and Tom Prichard as Skips onscreen brother Zip. ... This article needs additional references or sources for verification. ...

The Godwinns finally got their revenge on the Bodydonnas by winning the tag-team titles from them in May of 1996, a change that also saw Sunny join with them or more specifically join with Phineas Godwinn whom the manager used to remain near the tag-team gold^[14]. At In Your House 8 the Godwinns would lose to the Smoking Gunns, a loss that also meant that Sunny moved on as she paired up with Billy Gunn as she kept close to the tag-team titles^[14]. The Godwinns would feud with the Smoking Gunns over the summer but not regain the titles^[15]. For the rest of 1996 the Godwinns would remain a solid mid-card team but nothing more than that. In Your House Logo For the song In Your House by The Cure, see Seventeen Seconds In Your House was a pay-per-view series created by the World Wrestling Federation. ... The Smoking Gunns was the tag team of brothers, [[Monty Sopp|Billy Gunn] & Bart Gunn Profile Manager: Sunny Debut: Spring 1993 Titles: WWF Tag Team Titles (3) Finishing Moves Sideslam/Leg Drop combo Back Body Drop/Piledriver combo Notable Fueds Bodydonnas The Godwinns Yokozuna & Owen Hart Categories: Professional wrestling stubs...

During a match in April Henry Godwin suffered a cracked C7 vertebra when the Legion of Doom botched a Doomsday Device^[16][17]. The coccyx is formed of up to five vertebrae. ... A diagram of a thoracic vertebra. ... To botch in professional wrestling means to attempt a scripted move that does not come out as it was originally planned due to a mistake, miscalculation, or a slip-up. ... This article or section does not adequately cite its references or sources. ...

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 Godwinn as their manager and began attacking their opponents with their slop buckets^[18]. 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]. Unfortunately their joy was shortlived as they would lose the titles to the Legion of Doom only 2 days later^[14]. | This article or section does not cite its references or sources. ... WWE Bad Blood (originally Badd Blood) was a World Wrestling Entertainment-produced professional wrestling pay-per-view event that took place, usually, in June and was the successor of the King of the Ring pay-per-view. ... The Legion Of Doom The Road Warriors with Paul Ellering. ...

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, direction and a gimmick change for the two supposed Hog farmers from Arkansas. 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]. The team was named “Southern Justice” and they backed up Jeff Jarrett in a feud with D-Generation X. They even clashed with D-X at the Breakdown PPV where they lost to Billy Gunn, Road Dogg, and X-Pac ^[20]. Jeffrey Jeff Leonard Jarrett (born April 14, 1967) is an American professional wrestler. ... D-Generation X (a. ... WWF Breakdown was the 24th World Wrestling Entertainment In Your House Pay-Per-View Event. ... Monty Kip Sopp (born November 1, 1963) is an American professional wrestler, best known as Badd Ass Billy Gunn (also spelled as Bad Ass) from his years working for World Wrestling Entertainment. ... This article or section does not cite any references or sources. ... 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, necessitating 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 on as ”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, LLC on 11/30 as a tag partner for Ray Gordy. Gordy is now known as Cousin Ray as the team use the ”Pigfarmer” gimmick. This article or section does not adequately cite its references or sources. ... Terrence Raymond Gordy, Jr. ...

Finishing moves

• Henry and Phineas

• Double Slop Drop (Double inverted DDT)

• Henry and Cousin Ray

• Country Thunder (Godwinn performs a pumphandle slam followed by a diving top rope splash by Cousin Ray)

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Managers

• Hillbilly Jim
• Sunny
• Uncle Cletus

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Championships and accomplishments

• World Wrestling Federation

• WWF World Tag Team Champion (2 times)

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References