The Tate Twins | |
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Stable | |
Members | Brent Tate/Brent Baronis/Boy #1 Brandon Tate/Brandon Baronis/Boy #2 |
Name(s) | Brandon and Brent Tate Boy #1 & Boy #2 The Tate Twins The Bad News Boyz The Baronis Brothers The Boys[1] |
Billed heights | Brandon: 5 ft 6 in (1.68 m) Brent: 5 ft 6 in (1.68 m) |
Debut | 2010 |
Years active | 2010–present |
The Tate Twins are a professional wrestling tag team made up of brothers Brandon and Brent Tate. They are currently signed with Ring of Honor, where they teamed with Dalton Castle as The Boys and are two-time former ROH World Six-Man Tag Team Champions.[2]
History
Ohio Valley Wrestling (2012)
On March 24, 2012, The Baronis Brothers made their Ohio Valley Wrestling debut in a dark match losing to the team of Raphael Constantine and Sean Casey.[3] They continued to work various dark matches and televised matches until their final match with the promotion on June 7, 2012, in a dark match loss to the team of Jayce King and LMC.[4]
Ring of Honor (2014–2019)
On July 19, 2014, edition of Ring of Honor Wrestling The Tate Twins made their ROH debut taking on War Machine in a losing effort.[5]
In 2015, The Tate Twins began going by the name The Boys joining Dalton Castle as a stable. On September 18, 2015, at All Star Extravaganza VII with the stipulations that if Castle lost, Silas Young would get services of The Boys, while if Young lost, he would become one of Castle's Boys. Castle subsequently lost the match, with Silas Young getting The Boys.[6] Castle faced Young in another losing effort at Final Battle, but despite The Boys seemingly siding with Young in the weeks prior to the event,[7] they rejoined Castle following the match.[8]
On March 10, 2017, at ROH 15th Anniversary Show, The Boys and Castle unsuccessfully challenged The Kingdom for the ROH World Six-Man Tag Team Championships.[9]
On June 23, 2017, The Boys and Dalton Castle defeated Bully Ray and The Briscoes (Jay Briscoe and Mark Briscoe) to become the ROH World Six-Man Tag Team Champions at Best in the World.[10] On August 20, 2017, at War of the Worlds UK, The Boys and Castle lost the titles to Bullet Club's Adam Page and The Young Bucks (Matt Jackson and Nick Jackson) in Edinburgh, Scotland.[11]
In April 2019, The Boys ended their relationship with Castle thus leaving Ring of Honor.[12]
Global Force Wrestling (2015)
On June 12, 2015, during the GFW Grand Slam Tour in Jackson, Tennessee, The Tate Twins made their Global Force Wrestling (GFW) debut defeating Best Friends (Chuck Taylor and Trent).[13] The following night They picked up another victory over the Best Friends in Knoxville, Tennessee.[14]
Return to Ohio Valley Wrestling (2020–2021)
On February 4, 2020, The Tate Twins made their return to OVW defeating the team of AJZ and Tony Bizo.[15]
On November 7, 2020, The Tate Twins entered the 2020 Nightmare Cup Tag Team Tournament defeating three teams to win the tournament and moving onto the finals defeating The Legacy of Brutality (Ca$h Flo and Josh Ashcraft) to win the OVW Tag Team Championships.[16]
On April 6, 2021, The Tate Twins unsuccessfully defended the OVW Tag Team Championships against the team of Jessie Godderz and Tony Gunn.[17] They would go on to defeat Godderz and Gunn in a rematch at OVW Defiance on May 22 to regain the OVW Tag Team Championships.[18]
On August 28, 2021, The Tate Twins lost the OVW Tag Team Championships in a six team ladder match to Darkkloudz (Deget Bundlez and Eric Darkstorm) at OVW Reckoning.[19]
All Elite Wrestling (2021)
On the May 31, 2021 episode of AEW Dark: Elevation, Brandon and Brent Tate made their AEW debuts in a losing effort against The Acclaimed (Anthony Bowens and Max Caster).[20]
Brandon and Brent Tate returned to AEW on the December 6, 2021 episode of AEW Dark: Elevation losing to the Jurassic Express (Luchasaurus and Jungle Boy).[21][22]
Return to Ring of Honor (2022–present)
On July 23, 2022, at Death Before Dishonor of 2022 The Boys and Dalton Castle reunited and once again reclaimed the ROH World Six-Man Tag Team Championships by defeating The Righteous (Vincent, Bateman, and Dutch) in a six man tag team match making the Tate Twins and Dalton Castle two-time ROH World Six-Man Tag Team Champions. They lost the titles at Final Battle to The Embassy, ending their reign at 140 days.[23]
Championships and accomplishments
- Next Generation Wrestling
- NGW Tag Team Championship (1 time)[24]
- New South Wrestling
- New South Tag Team Championship (1 time)[25]
- Ohio Valley Wrestling
- Ring of Honor
References
- ↑ "The Tate Twins - Cagematch.net Profile".
- ↑ "The Tate Twins fka The Boys in ROH To Receive WWE Tryout".
- ↑ "OVW TV #657 - Cagematch.net".
- ↑ "OVW TV #668 - Cagematch".
- ↑ "ROH on Sinclair Results – 7/19/14 (Taven/Lethal – TV Title)". 23 July 2014.
- ↑ "Ring Of Honor All-Star Extravaganza VII Results: Jay Lethal In Two Title Matches, AJ Styles, Return". 18 September 2015.
- ↑ "12/16 ROH TV Results – Final Hype for "Final Battle", Jerry Lynn, more - PWTorch". PWTorch.com. TDH Communications Inc. 17 December 2015. Retrieved December 19, 2015.
- ↑ "ROH Final Battle Notes – title change, #1 contenders, Castle, ROH/NJPW, more - PWTorch". PWTorch.com. TDH Communications Inc. 19 December 2015. Retrieved December 19, 2015.
- ↑ "ROH 15th Anniversary Show Live Results: Adam Cole vs. Christopher Daniels". 10 March 2017.
- ↑ Meltzer, Dave; Currier, Joseph (June 23, 2017). "ROH Best in the World live results: Christopher Daniels vs. Cody". Wrestling Observer Newsletter. Retrieved June 23, 2017.
- ↑ Johnson, Mike (August 21, 2017). "ROH title change last night". Pro Wrestling Insider. Retrieved August 21, 2017.
- ↑ ""The Boys" Leave Dalton Castle". 30 April 2019.
- ↑ "GFW Grand Slam Tour - Jackson, Tennessee".
- ↑ "GFW Grand Slam Tour - Knoxville, Tennessee".
- ↑ "OVW TV #1069 - Cagematch".
- ↑ "OVW Saturday Night Special - Nightmare Cup 2020".
- ↑ "OVW TV: Episode #1130".
- ↑ "OVW Saturday Night Special - Defiance 2021".
- ↑ "OVW Saturday Night Special - Reckoning 2021".
- ↑ "AEW Dark Elevation recap (May 31, 2021): Dustin Rhodes, bull rope master". June 2021.
- ↑ "AEW Rampage Tapings For Friday and Dark: Elevation Tapings For Monday". 2 December 2021.
- ↑ "AEW Dark Elevation REPORT DECEMBER 6, 2021 (Recorded 12/1) DULUTH, GA". 7 December 2021.
- ↑ "The Embassy Win ROH Six-Man Tag Team Titles at ROH Final Battle 2022 | Fightful News".
- ↑ Kreikenbohm, Philip (May 21, 2017). "Next Generation Wrestling: Round 2". Cagematch - The Internet Wrestling Database. Retrieved February 12, 2021.
- ↑ "NSW Total Glory Results".
- ↑ Kreikenbohm, Philip (November 7, 2020). "OVW Southern Tag Team Championship". Cagematch - The Internet Wrestling Database. Retrieved February 12, 2021.
- ↑ Kreikenbohm, Philip (November 7, 2020). "OVW Saturday Night Special - Nightmare Cup 2020". Cagematch - The Internet Wrestling Database. Retrieved February 12, 2021.
- ↑ Kreikenbohm, Philip (June 23, 2017). "ROH World Six Man Tag Team Championship". Cagematch - The Internet Wrestling Database. Retrieved February 12, 2021.