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The York Foundation

The York Foundation was a heel stable in professional wrestling that worked in World Championship Wrestling in the early 1990's. Professional wrestling is a form of performance entertainment where the participants engage in simulated sporting matches. ... WCW logo from 1988-1999. ...


History

The York Foundation was started in December 1990 by Manager Miss Alexandra York and wrestler Michael Wallstreet. Miss York used a laptop computer at ringside to calculate strategies for her man to win his matches. They also dressed in business suits and put their hair up to give a more sophisticated look. 1990 is a common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Terri Runnels Terri Ann Boatwright Runnels (born October 5, 1966 [1]) is a professional wrestling manager. ... Mike Rotunda as IRS Lawrence Michael Rotunda, better known as Mike Rotunda, or Mike Rotundo, is an American Professional Wrestler. ...


Wallstreet left for the WWF in January 1991 to become "Irwin R. Shyster", so Terry Taylor was recruited to become "Terrence Taylor". Miss York also added a bodyguard, Mr. Hughes. World Wrestling Entertainment, or WWE, is a professional wrestling organization, currently the largest in North America. ... Paul W. Taylor III, better known as Terry Taylor, is an American former Professional Wrestler, currently working for Total Nonstop Action as a trainer and road agent. ...


She asked Dustin Rhodes to join but he turned her down, which became Taylor's first feud in the Foundation. Virgil Runnels III - Wikipedia /**/ @import /skins/monobook/IE50Fixes. ...


In April and May, she had Taylor team with Arn Anderson and Larry Zbysko as potential recruits but they formed a tag team called the "Enforcers". She also gave "Nature Boy" Buddy Landel a few tryouts but did not sign him as he lost those matches. Arn Anderson Martin (Marty) Lunde, better known by his stage name of Arn Anderson (born September 20, 1958 in Rome, Georgia), is regarded by most professional wrestling experts as the greatest professional wrestler never to win a world title. ... Larry Zbysko Larry Zbysko (born Lawrence Whistler on December 5, 1954 in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania) was a professional wrestler. ...


She scored a major victory in June 1991 when she convinced Ricky Morton to turn on his Rock 'N Roll Express partner Robert Gibson and join her Foundation as "Richard Morton". In July, she added Tommy Rich as "Thomas Rich" and they were at full strength. Ricky Morton was a professional wrestler famous for his tag team of The Rock N Roll Express in the 1980s and early 1990s. ... Reuben Kane is a professional wrestler best known by his ring name of Robert Gibson. ... Thomas Richardson, better known as Wildfire Tommy Rich, is a former American professional wrestler. ...


They feuded with Rhodes, Gibson, Tom Zenk and Bobby Eaton, who had also turned her down for membership. Bobby Eaton (born Robert Lee Eaton), was a professional wrestler famous for his days as one half of the Midnight Express. ...


They went on to win the World Six-Man Tag Team Championship and had a feud with the Fabulous Freebirds when the Foundation disbanded in January 1992. The Fabulous Freebirds The Fabulous Freebirds were a professional wrestling tag team that usually consisted of three wrestlers. ...


Championships/Accomplishments

  • 1-Time WCW World Six-Man Tag Team Champions (Taylor, Morton & Rich)

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