Formation (2010–2011) In the autumn of 2010, Australian wrestlers
Mikey Nicholls and
Shane Haste passed a tryout held by
Pro Wrestling Noah and
World League Wrestling (WLW) in the
United States, which allowed them to begin training at Noah's dojo. They made their debut for the Japanese promotion on 23 February 2011, and began working together under the team name "TMDK". Rock has also represented TMDK in Noah. Nicholls and Haste then began working regularly for Noah in the promotion's
junior heavyweight tag team division, though it was questioned whether the two actually were under the weight limit.
Pro Wrestling Noah (2011–2016) On 15 December 2011, Nicholls and Haste received their first shot at the
GHC Junior Heavyweight Tag Team Championship, but were defeated by the defending champions,
Atsushi Aoki and
Kotaro Suzuki. Shortly afterwards, Nicholls and Haste left the junior heavyweight division. Back in Noah, Nicholls and Haste also began breaking out in singles action, taking part in the
2012 Global League, where Nicholls wrestled
KENTA to a draw and defeated
Go Shiozaki, while Haste was victorious over
Akitoshi Saito and
Naomichi Marufuji. In April 2013, Nicholls and Haste took part in their first
Global Tag League. Though failing to advance to the finals, they picked up a win over the reigning
GHC Tag Team Champions,
New Japan Pro-Wrestling representatives
Takashi Iizuka and
Toru Yano. This led to a title match between the two teams on 12 May, where Iizuka and Yano retained their title. Earlier that day, Noah had announced that Nicholls and Haste had signed contracts to become officially affiliated with the promotion. A rubber match between Nicholls and Haste and Iizuka and Yano took place on 7 July and saw TMDK emerge victorious and become the new GHC Tag Team Champions. In September, Nicholls and Haste both began chasing the
GHC Heavyweight Championship, but were defeated in back-to-back title matches by the defending champion, KENTA. On 10 December, the
Tokyo Sports magazine named Nicholls and Haste the 2013 tag team of the year, with the two becoming the first
gaijin team to win the "Best Tag Team Award" since
Stan Hansen and
Vader in 1998. On 25 January 2014, Nicholls and Haste lost the GHC Tag Team Championship to
Maybach Taniguchi and GHC Heavyweight Champion
Takeshi Morishima. On 10 January 2015, Nicholls and Haste defeated Dangan Yankies (
Masato Tanaka and
Takashi Sugiura) to win the GHC Tag Team Championship for the second time. They lost the title to
K.E.S. (Davey Boy Smith Jr. and Lance Archer) on 11 February. On 28 December 2015, Noah announced that Nicholls and Haste would leave the promotion following their contracts expiring at the end of the year. On 11 February 2016, Noah announced that Haste and Nicholls would return to the promotion the following month to take part in a five-show-long farewell tour, entitled "Departure to the World". Their final Noah match took place on 10 March and saw them defeat Naomichi Marufuji and
Mitsuhiro Kitamiya. In February 2016, it was reported that Nicholls and Haste would join
WWE's
NXT brand following their Noah farewell tour the following month. WWE confirmed the signings on 25 March 2016.
Independent circuit (2012–2016) In early 2012, Nicholls and Haste traveled to the United States, where they worked for several promotions, including
Ohio Valley Wrestling (OVW),
Ring of Honor (ROH), and
Total Nonstop Action Wrestling (TNA). In ROH, they won a one-night tournament to earn a match against the
Briscoe Brothers at the
Showdown in the Sun pay-per-view.
New Japan Pro-Wrestling (2014–2015) On 20 December 2014, Haste and Nicholls made their debut for
New Japan Pro-Wrestling (NJPW), when they, along with Naomichi Marufuji, were revealed as Toru Yano's tag team partners at
Wrestle Kingdom 9 in Tokyo Dome on 4 January 2015. They would go on to win the match, defeating
Suzuki-gun (
Davey Boy Smith Jr.,
Lance Archer,
Shelton X Benjamin and Takashi Iizuka).
WWE (2015–2018) In June 2015, Nicholls and Haste took part in a
WWE tryout camp. In February 2016, it was reported that Nicholls and Haste were scheduled to join WWE's
NXT brand following their NOAH farewell tour. During the 19 May
NXT tapings, Haste and Nicholls were renamed Shane Thorne and Nick Miller, respectively, while TMDK was renamed TM-61, where TM is derived from their respective last names (Thorne and Miller) while 61 is from Australia's
dialing code (+61). They debuted on the 25 May episode, losing to
Johnny Gargano and Tommaso Ciampa. On the 7 October episode of NXT, Thorne and Miller were announced as participants in the
Dusty Rhodes Tag Team Classic. On 12 October, they defeated the team of
Riddick Moss and
Tino Sabbatelli to advance from the first round of the tournament. Thorne next defeated
Roderick Strong in a singles match (due to Strong's partner
Austin Aries being unable to wrestle through injury), to proceed his team to the semi-finals, where they went on to defeat
SAnitY, thus setting the final against the
Authors of Pain. On 19 November at
NXT TakeOver: Toronto, TM-61 lost in the final. On the 18 January episode of
NXT, Thorne suffered a serious knee injury due to an attack by
The Revival (
Scott Dawson and
Dash Wilder) after TM-61 had defeated them. He had surgery on 25 January, which was expected to put him out of action for seven to nine months. He returned from the injury on 14 September. On the 3 January episode of
NXT, the return of TM-61 was announced. During the following weeks, vignettes of TM-61 were shown. They made their in ring return on 31 January episode of
NXT, defeating The Ealy Brothers. TM-61 then entered the
2018 Dusty Rhodes Tag Team Classic, being eliminated by the Authors of Pain in the first round. On the 2 May edition of
NXT, TM-61 defeated
Street Profits (Angelo Dawkins and Montez Ford) with a dirty pin, thus turning the duo
heel in the process. The following week, they defeated the team of
Heavy Machinery (
Otis Dozovic and
Tucker Knight) with the same tactics. The team was officially renamed "The Mighty", on the 6 June 2018 episode of
NXT. On the 20 July episode of
NXT, they were defeated by
War Raiders. In July, they started a feud with Street Profits with both teams losing matches to each other. On the 19 September episode of
NXT, The Mighty defeated Street Profits. On 14 December 2018, Miller was removed from the "WWE NXT" section of WWE.com, confirming his release and disbanding the team. This saw the reformation of TMDK, with Haste and Jonah tagging together. On the 3 April episode of
NJPW Strong, Haste caused a disqualification loss to FinJuice after he struck Robinson with a steel chair. Robinson challenged TMDK and Tito to a Chicago Street Fight at
Windy City Riot, alongside a mystery partner. At the event, TMDK and Tito were defeated by FinJuice and their partner, revealed to be
Brody King. On 14 May, at
Capital Collision, Mikey Nicholls was reunited with Haste, leaving CHAOS in the process. TMDK and Bad Dude Tito defeated the
United Empire, with Nicholls pinning
Kyle Fletcher for the win. After the match, Tito, who had been tagging with Jonah since the start of the year, officially joined TMDK. Haste and Nicholls then entered a tournament to become the inaugural
Strong Openweight Tag Team Champions, but were defeated in the semi-final to the pairing of
Christopher Daniels and
Yuya Uemura. On 20 June, Jonah was announced as being part of
G1 Climax 32. He would be accompanied by Tito, with both wrestlers being used in undercard tag team matches throughout the tournament.
Zack Sabre Jr.'s leadership (2023–present) Following Jonah's exit from the group due to his return to WWE,
Zack Sabre Jr. would officially join the stable and become the stable's new leader after his victory to become
NJPW World Television Champion at
Wrestle Kingdom 17. During the following
New Year Dash!! show on 5 January, NJPW confirmed on social media that
Kosei Fujita would also join the stable. On 21 March, at the New Japan Cup 2023 Finals,
Robbie Eagles announced that he will challenge
Hiromu Takahashi for the
IWGP Junior Heavyweight Championship at
Sakura Genesis on 8 April 2023. During the same night he would also be announced as the newest member of TMDK, thus leaving Chaos in the process. At the event, Eagles lost to Takahashi. On 15 August 2024, during
G1 Climax 34,
Hartley Jackson returned to NJPW for the first time in eighteen years and joined TMDK, replacing the injured
Kosei Fujita and partnering Sabre as a mystery partner in a tag team match against Bullet Club War Dogs (
David Finlay and
Gedo). Post-match, in a backstage promo, Sabre announced that Jackson is now a member of TMDK. On 18 August, Sabre won the
G1 Climax 34. On 29 September, at
Destruction in Kobe,
Ryohei Oiwa joined TMDK. On October 14 at
King of Pro-Wrestling, Sabre defeated Naito to win the
IWGP World Heavyweight Championship. On 4 November, at
Power Struggle, Eagles and Fujita won the
Super Junior Tag League. At
Wrestle Kingdom 19 on January 4, 2025, Ichiban Sweet Boys (Fujita and Eagles) won the Jr. Heavyweight Tag Team championship in a
four-way Tokyo Terror ladder match. On February 11, 2025 at
The New Beginning in Osaka, Sabre Jr. lost the IWGP World Heavyweight Championship to
Hirooki Goto. On April 29 at Hizen no Kuni, Ichiban Sweet Boys lost the IWGP Junior Heavyweight Tag Team Championship to Spiritech (
Master Wato and
Yoh). On June 1, 2025, Fujita defeated Yoh in the final of the
Best of the Super Juniors, earning an
IWGP Junior Heavyweight Championship match against
El Desperado. At
Tanahashi Jam on June 29, 2025, Sabre regained the IWGP World Heavyweight Championship from Goto. On July 6 at
New Japan Soul: Night 9, Fujita lost the IWGP Junior Heavyweight Championship match to El Desperado. From 21 July 2025 to 18 August 2025, Oiwa and Sabre Jr. both participated in
G1 Climax 35 (A and B Block respectively), with Oiwa failing to advance out of his block with a record of 4–5, while Sabre Jr. won his block with a 7–2 record and advanced directly to the semifinals, where he lost to
Konosuke Takeshita. From 23 October to 1 November, Fujita and Eagles participated in the
2025 Super Junior Tag League, finishing second on tiebreak in Block B with 8 points; 4–1 and failing to advance to the finals. At the end of the year, the team of Sabre and Oiwa won the
2025 World Tag League when they defeated
Gabe Kidd and
Yota Tsuji in the finals. At
Wrestle Kingdom 20 on January 4, 2026, Sabre, Oiwa and Jackson won a
Ranbo by last eliminating
Boltin Oleg and Bishamon (Goto and
Yoshi-Hashi) to win the
NEVER Openweight Six-Man Tag Team Championship, while Fujita lost a
four-way match to determine the #1 contender to the
IWGP Junior Heavyweight Championship to
El Desperado. The following night at
New Year Dash, Fujita and Eagles defeated La Oscuridad, El Desperado and Kuukai, and Ishimori and
Robbie X in a
four-way tag team match to win the IWGP Junior Heavyweight Tag Team Championship for a second time, whole Sabre and Oiwa failed to win the IWGP Tag Team Championship from
Knock Out Brothers (
Oskar and
Yuto-Ice). On January 19 at
Road to the New Beginning: Night 1, Sabre, Oiwa and Jackson lost the NEVER Openweight Six-Man Tag Team Championship to
Boltin Oleg, Hirooki Goto and
Yoshi-Hashi. On March 6 at ''NJPW's 54th Anniversary Show'', Ichiban Sweet Boys lost the IWGP Junior Heavyweight Tag Team Championship to
Taiji Ishimori and
Robbie X, ending their second reign at 60 days. From March 8 till March 15, Jackson, Oiwa and Sabre participated in the
2026 New Japan Cup, with Jackson eliminated in the second round by eventual winner
Callum Newman, Oiwa eliminating
Yuto-Ice in the first round before being eliminated by Sabre in the second round, and Sabre eliminating Oiwa in the second round before being eliminated by
Shota Umino in the quarterfinals. On April 4 at
Sakura Genesis, Sabre and Oiwa failed to defeat
Knock Out Brothers (
Oskar and
Yuto-Ice) for the
IWGP Tag Team Championship.
All Elite Wrestling / Ring of Honor (2023–present) Due to NJPW's working relationships, members of TMDK have made appearances in
All Elite Wrestling (AEW) and
Ring of Honor (ROH) since 2023, notably Sabre Jr. facing
Bryan Danielson at
WrestleDream in October 2023, and other members challenging for various titles, such as the
AEW World Trios Championship in 2023 and the
ROH World Six-Man Tag Team Championship in 2023 and 2026. After leaving NJPW, Haste and Nicholls began working for ROH on the tapings of
HonorClub in 2026. ==Other media==