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Beverly Brothers

The Beverly Brothers were a professional wrestling tag team comprising Mike Enos and Wayne Bloom in the World Wrestling Federation. They were also known as The Destruction Crew in the American Wrestling Association and the Minnesota Wrecking Crew 2 in the National Wrestling Alliance. The Destruction Crew won the Pro Wrestling Illustrated 1989 Rookie of the Year award, the only tag team to win this accolade. The team were infamously known for their double-team the move called the Shaker Heights Spike.

Career
American Wrestling Association (1989–1991) Mike Enos and Wayne Bloom started out in 1989 in the American Wrestling Association after being trained by Eddie Sharkey and managed by Johnny Valiant. Sporting matching ring attire and carrying sledgehammers to the ring, they were known as "The Destruction Crew". They feuded with The Olympians, Ken Patera and Brad Rheingans, and challenged them to a “car lifting” contest. During the challenge, The Crew attacked The Olympians and, in storyline, injured them. The Olympians' injuries forced them to vacate their AWA Tag Team Championship which were then placed in a tournament. The Crew went on to defeat Greg Gagne and Paul Diamond to win the title tournament on October 1, 1989. They also faced Rheingans and Paul Diamond and in a steel cage match where the former was locked out of the cage only to have his partner decimated by The Destruction Crew. The team finally lost their Tag Team titles on August 11, 1990, to The Trooper and D.J. Peterson. World Wrestling Federation (1991–1993) On April 16, 1991, Enos & Bloom received a tryout match for the World Wrestling Federation at a Wrestling Challenge taping in Cedar Rapids, IA. In May 1991, the team were transformed into Beau (Bloom) and Blake (Enos), The Beverly Brothers. Now wearing flamboyant purple tights and capes to the ring, their gimmick was that of two spoiled rich brats. They were originally managed by Coach (John Tolos), then by The Genius. They made their televised debut on the June 22 episode of Superstars by defeating enhancement talents Rob Jones and Tom Zeller. After making their WWF pay-per-view debut on a winning team at Survivor Series '91, they were launched into feuds with the Legion of Doom, The Bushwhackers (whom they defeated at the 1992 Royal Rumble) and The Natural Disasters (who they unsuccessfully challenged for the WWF World Tag Team Championship at SummerSlam '92). By the later part of 1992, however, they would be used primarily to put over other tag teams; they were on the losing end of an eight-man elimination tag team match at Survivor Series '92 and were defeated by their old rivals The Steiner Brothers at the 1993 Royal Rumble. Throughout late 1992 and early 1993, they also found themselves in comedic mixed tag team matches, paired with Little Louie against The Bushwhackers and Tiger Jackson. Bloom left the WWF in April 1993 and semi-retired from professional wrestling while Enos, still under the Blake Beverly moniker, remained in the company for a few months, mainly as enhancement talent on their weekly syndicated shows. Minnesota (1994–1995) They would reunite in Minnesota as the Destruction Crew from their AWA days. During this time they wrestled in the independent circuit. On November 20, they defeated Tekno Team 2000 in at an AWA event in Red wing, Minnesota. In 1995 they once again went their separate ways. World Championship Wrestling (1997–1998) The two had a brief reunion in World Championship Wrestling from 1997 to 1998 for a few matches. They remained low-card performers, and after a few matches together, the team finally disbanded. ==Championships and accomplishments==
Championships and accomplishments
American Wrestling AssociationAWA World Tag Team Championship (1 time) • AWA World Tag Team Championship Tournament (1989) • Pro Wrestling IllustratedPWI Rookie of the Year: 1989 ==References==
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