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|disbanded = 2003
|disbanded = 2003
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'''3-Minute Warning''' was a [[professional wrestling]] [[tag team]] consisting of cousins [[Rosey (wrestler)|Matt Anoa'i]] and [[Umaga (wrestler)|Eddie Fatu]], most notable for their time with [[WWE|WWF/E]] under their ring names of Rosey and Jamal, respectively.
'''3-Minute Warning''' was an American [[professional wrestling]] [[tag team]] consisting of cousins [[Rosey (wrestler)|Matt Anoaʻi]] and [[Umaga (wrestler)|Eddie Fatu]], most notable for their time with [[WWE|WWF/E]] under their ring names of Rosey and Jamal, respectively. As they were the members of the prominent [[Anoaʻi family]], Rosey was an older brother of current WWE wrestler [[Roman Reigns]] and Jamal was also a brother of [[Rikishi (wrestler)|Rikishi]] and an uncle to nephews [[The Usos|Jimmy and Jey Uso]] and [[Solo Sikoa]]; the four of them used to wrestle together as [[The Bloodline (professional wrestling)|The Bloodline]].


==History==
==History==
Anoa'i and Fatu trained together at the Wild Samoan [[Glossary of professional wrestling terms#School|professional wrestling school]] operated by members of their [[Anoa'i family|family]].<ref name="EddieWS">{{cite web|url=http://www.wildsamoan.com/Jamal.htm|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080118092024/http://www.wildsamoan.com/Jamal.htm|archive-date=January 18, 2008|title=Umaga Bio|access-date=August 26, 2007|publisher=WildSamoan.com}}</ref><ref name="MattWS">{{cite web|url=http://www.wildsamoan.com/Jamal.htm|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080118092024/http://www.wildsamoan.com/Jamal.htm|archive-date=January 18, 2008|title=Rosey Bio|access-date=August 26, 2007|publisher=WildSamoan.com}}</ref> When their training was completed they debuted in their uncle [[Afa Anoaʻi|Afa's]] [[World Xtreme Wrestling]] (WXW), where Matt held the [[List of WXW Tag Team Champions|WXW Tag Team Championship]] as one half of the [[Samoan Gangstas]] with another cousin, [[Lloyd Anoa'i]].<ref name="MattSlam">{{cite web|url=http://slam.canoe.ca/Slam/Wrestling/Bios/rosey.html|title=Rosey Bio|access-date=August 26, 2007|work=Slam! Sports|publisher=[[Canadian Online Explorer]]}}</ref>
Anoaʻi and Fatu trained together at the Wild Samoan [[Glossary of professional wrestling terms#School|professional wrestling school]] operated by members of their [[Anoaʻi family|family]].<ref name="EddieWS">{{cite web|url=http://www.wildsamoan.com/Jamal.htm|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080118092024/http://www.wildsamoan.com/Jamal.htm|archive-date=January 18, 2008|title=Umaga Bio|access-date=August 26, 2007|publisher=WildSamoan.com}}</ref><ref name="MattWS">{{cite web|url=http://www.wildsamoan.com/Jamal.htm|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080118092024/http://www.wildsamoan.com/Jamal.htm|archive-date=January 18, 2008|title=Rosey Bio|access-date=August 26, 2007|publisher=WildSamoan.com}}</ref> When their training was completed they debuted in their uncle [[Afa Anoaʻi|Afa's]] [[World Xtreme Wrestling]] (WXW), where Matt held the [[List of WXW Tag Team Champions|WXW Tag Team Championship]] as one half of the [[Samoan Gangstas]] with another cousin, [[Lloyd Anoaʻi]].<ref name="MattSlam">{{cite web|url=http://slam.canoe.ca/Slam/Wrestling/Bios/rosey.html|archive-url=https://archive.today/20120714125232/http://slam.canoe.ca/Slam/Wrestling/Bios/rosey.html|url-status=dead|archive-date=July 14, 2012|title=Rosey Bio|access-date=August 26, 2007|work=Slam! Sports|publisher=[[Canadian Online Explorer]]}}</ref>


In 1996, Matt and Eddie were brought into the [[WWE|World Wrestling Federation]] (WWF) together to take part in an [[Glossary of professional wrestling terms#Angle|angle]] with Eddie's brother [[Rikishi (wrestler)|Solofa Fatu]] who was working under just his family name with a [[Gimmick (professional wrestling)|gimmick]] that he wanted to be a positive influence on kids and that he wanted to "[[Rikishi (wrestler)#starting out single (1995–1998)|make a difference]]" in [[inner city]] neighborhoods. Matt and Eddie were brought in as two silent "gangsters" who would watch Fatu's matches from the entrance aisle and stalk him around arenas, making him nervous. Neither gimmick lasted long, and Matt and Eddie were sent to the WWF's [[Heartland Wrestling Association]] (HWA) "[[Farm team|farm league]]". There they used the individual names Ekmo Fatu (Eddie) and Kimo (Matt), with the team name Island Boyz. They held the [[HWA Tag Team Championship]] once,<ref name="WT-HWA"/> and for a time [[Tonga Fifita|Haku]] served as their [[Manager (professional wrestling)|manager]].<ref name="EddieSlam">{{cite web|url=http://slam.canoe.ca/Slam/Wrestling/Bios/umaga.html|title=Umaga Bio|access-date=August 26, 2007|work=Slam! Sports|publisher=[[Canadian Online Explorer]]}}</ref><ref name="MattSlam"/> They left HWA together, and in 2000 traveled to [[Puroresu|Japan]] to wrestle for [[Frontier Martial-Arts Wrestling]], where they held the [[FMW/WEW Hardcore Tag Team Championship|FMW Hardcore Tag Team Championship]].<ref name="WT-FMW"/> The next year they returned to the United States to wrestle for [[Memphis Championship Wrestling]], where again they held gold, holding the [[MCW Southern Tag Team Championship]] on three occasions in the span of one month.<ref name="WT-MCW"/>
In 1996, Matt and Eddie were brought into the [[WWE|World Wrestling Federation]] (WWF)’s [[Heartland Wrestling Association]] (HWA) "[[Farm team|farm league]]". There they used the individual names Ekmo Fatu (Eddie) and Kimo (Matt), with the team name Island Boyz. They held the [[HWA Tag Team Championship]] once,<ref name="WT-HWA"/> and for a time [[Tonga Fifita|Haku]] served as their [[Manager (professional wrestling)|manager]].<ref name="EddieSlam">{{cite web|url=http://slam.canoe.ca/Slam/Wrestling/Bios/umaga.html|archive-url=https://archive.today/20120714090846/http://slam.canoe.ca/Slam/Wrestling/Bios/umaga.html|url-status=dead|archive-date=July 14, 2012|title=Umaga Bio|access-date=August 26, 2007|work=Slam! Sports|publisher=[[Canadian Online Explorer]]}}</ref><ref name="MattSlam"/> They left HWA together, and in 2000 traveled to [[Puroresu|Japan]] to wrestle for [[Frontier Martial-Arts Wrestling]], where they held the [[FMW/WEW Hardcore Tag Team Championship|FMW Hardcore Tag Team Championship]].<ref name="WT-FMW"/> The next year they returned to the United States to wrestle for [[Memphis Championship Wrestling]], where again they held gold, holding the [[MCW Southern Tag Team Championship]] on three occasions in one month.<ref name="WT-MCW"/>


[[Image:Rosey3MW.jpg|thumb|right|Rosey during his time as part of 3-Minute Warning.]]
[[Image:Rosey3MW.jpg|thumb|right|Rosey during his time as part of 3-Minute Warning.]]
In 2002 they returned to (the now renamed) [[WWE#World Wrestling Entertainment|World Wrestling Entertainment]] as [[Enforcer (professional wrestling)|enforcers]] for [[Raw (WWE brand)|Raw]] [[WWE Brand Extension|brand]] [[Professional wrestling authority figures#General Managers|General Manager]] [[Eric Bischoff]]. Now known as Jamal (Eddie) and Rosey (Matt), the team was used to [[glossary of professional wrestling terms#Squash|squash]] any activity in the ring that Bischoff deemed "boring". They made their debut on the July 22 episode of ''Raw'', interrupting a match between [[D'Lo Brown]] and [[Shawn Stasiak]] that had been previously allotted three minutes.<ref name=encyclopedia/> When the time limit expired, Rosey and Jamal entered through the crowd and laid out both men, to the delight of Bischoff watching on from the entryway.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://onlineworldofwrestling.com/results/raw/020722.html|title=RAW results – July 22, 2002|access-date=August 30, 2007|publisher=Online World of Wrestling|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070930222233/http://onlineworldofwrestling.com/results/raw/020722.html|archive-date=September 30, 2007 | url-status= live}}</ref> The [[Gimmick (professional wrestling)|gimmick]] continued over the next few weeks, with Bischoff either giving people three minutes to entertain him before they were attacked, or otherwise deciding that three minutes of a segment was enough before the team appeared to end it.<ref name=encyclopedia/> As a result of the time period, the team became known as Three Minute Warning. One of their attacks was on Jeff Hardy, as ordered by Bischoff who thought Jeff was leaving for SmackDown to reunite with his brother Matt, only for the actual defector to be Jeff's scheduled opponent Crash.
In 2002 they returned to (the now renamed) [[WWE#World Wrestling Entertainment, Inc. (2002–present)|World Wrestling Entertainment]] as [[Enforcer (professional wrestling)|enforcers]] for [[Raw (WWE brand)|Raw]] [[Professional wrestling authority figures#General Managers|General Manager]] [[Eric Bischoff]]. Now known as Jamal (Eddie) and Rosey (Matt), the team was used to [[glossary of professional wrestling terms#Squash|squash]] any activity in the ring that Bischoff deemed "boring". They made their debut on the July 22 episode of ''Raw'', interrupting a match between [[D'Lo Brown]] and [[Shawn Stasiak]] that had been previously allotted three minutes.<ref name=encyclopedia/> When the time limit expired, Rosey and Jamal entered through the crowd and laid out both men, to the delight of Bischoff watching on from the entryway.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://onlineworldofwrestling.com/results/raw/020722.html|title=RAW results – July 22, 2002|access-date=August 30, 2007|publisher=Online World of Wrestling|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070930222233/http://onlineworldofwrestling.com/results/raw/020722.html|archive-date=September 30, 2007 | url-status= live}}</ref> The [[Gimmick (professional wrestling)|gimmick]] continued over the next few weeks, with Bischoff either giving people three minutes to entertain him before they were attacked, or otherwise deciding that three minutes of a segment was enough before the team appeared to end it.<ref name=encyclopedia/> As a result of the time period, the team became known as Three Minute Warning. One of their attacks was on [[Jeff Hardy]], as ordered by Bischoff who thought Jeff was leaving for the [[SmackDown (WWE brand)|SmackDown!]] brand to reunite with his brother [[Matt Hardy|Matt]], only for the actual defector to be Jeff's scheduled opponent [[Crash Holly|Crash]].


For a time, the team used the [[2 Skinnee J's]] song ''3 Minutes'' as its entrance music. According to 2 Skinnee's guitarist, Lance Rockworthy, the band did not receive any compensation for the use of the song.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.2sj.com/community/lance_interview.html |title=2 Skinnee J's |access-date=May 9, 2006 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20051105091831/http://www.2sj.com/community/lance_interview.html |archive-date=November 5, 2005 |url-status=dead }}</ref>
For a time, the team used the [[2 Skinnee J's]] song "3 Minutes" as its entrance music. According to 2 Skinnee J's guitarist, Lance Rockworthy, the band did not receive any compensation for the use of the song.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.2sj.com/community/lance_interview.html |title=2 Skinnee J's |access-date=May 9, 2006 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20051105091831/http://www.2sj.com/community/lance_interview.html |archive-date=November 5, 2005 |url-status=dead }}</ref>


During the September 12 episode of ''[[WWE SmackDown|SmackDown!]]'' Three Minute Warning and Eric Bischoff crashed the "[[Wedding|commitment ceremony]]" being held for the [[Billy and Chuck]] tag team.<ref name=encyclopedia/> Afterward [[Rico Constantino|Rico]], Billy and Chuck's manager, started managing Three Minute Warning full-time.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.onlineworldofwrestling.com/results/raw/020930.html|title=RAW results – September 30, 2002|access-date=August 30, 2007|publisher=Online World of Wrestling|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070930201545/http://www.onlineworldofwrestling.com/results/raw/020930.html|archive-date=September 30, 2007 |url-status=live}}</ref> With Rico by their side they engaged in a [[Feud (professional wrestling)|feud]] with [[the Dudley Boyz]] ([[Bubba Ray Dudley|Bubba Ray]] and [[Spike Dudley|Spike]]) and Jeff Hardy which resulted in their highest-profile match as a team — an Elimination [[Professional wrestling match types#Tables match|Tables match]] at the November [[Survivor Series (2002)|Survivor Series]], which they lost.
During the September 12 episode of ''[[WWE SmackDown|SmackDown!]]'' Three Minute Warning and Eric Bischoff crashed the "[[Wedding|commitment ceremony]]" being held for the [[Billy and Chuck]] tag team.<ref name=encyclopedia/> Afterward [[Rico Constantino|Rico]], Billy and Chuck's manager, started managing Three Minute Warning full-time.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.onlineworldofwrestling.com/results/raw/020930.html|title=RAW results – September 30, 2002|access-date=August 30, 2007|publisher=Online World of Wrestling|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070930201545/http://www.onlineworldofwrestling.com/results/raw/020930.html|archive-date=September 30, 2007 |url-status=live}}</ref> With Rico by their side they engaged in a [[Feud (professional wrestling)|feud]] with [[the Dudley Boyz]] ([[Bubba Ray Dudley|Bubba Ray]] and [[Spike Dudley|Spike]]) and Jeff Hardy which resulted in their highest-profile match as a team — an Elimination [[Professional wrestling match types#Tables match|Tables match]] at the November [[Survivor Series (2002)|Survivor Series]], which they lost when Bubba Ray, the last man left for his team, received assistance from longtime partner [[D-Von Dudley|D-Von]].


The team stayed on the low- and mid-card until June 2003, when Jamal was released from WWE, reportedly after his involvement in a bar fight.<ref name="EddieSlam"/><ref name="MattSlam"/> Rosey then went to form a superhero tag-team with [[Gregory Helms|The Hurricane]], winning the World Tag Team Championships in the process, while Jamal did a short stint in [[Total Nonstop Action Wrestling]] under his "Ekmo Fatu" name before returning to WWE.
The team stayed on the low- and mid-card for the remainder of 2002 and early 2003, most notably, on an April 28, 2003 episode of ''Raw'' when Rico and the Three Minute Warning interfered in a match between [[Bill Goldberg|Goldberg]] and [[Christian Cage|Christian]], which never began and the three men began to proceed to beat down Goldberg until Jamal and Rosey were speared and Christian hit him with a steel chair.<ref name="Raw4/28b">{{cite web|url=http://www.wrestleview.com/news/1051587986.shtml|access-date=2008-05-01|title=WWE Raw (April 28, 2003) Results|last=Moore|first=Wesley|publisher=WrestleView|date=2003-04-29| archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20080329120035/http://www.wrestleview.com/news/1051587986.shtml| archive-date= 29 March 2008 | url-status= live}}</ref> In June 2003, the WWE released Jamal from his contract, following his involvement in a bar fight.<ref name="EddieSlam"/><ref name="MattSlam"/> Shortly after, Rosey then went to form a [[The Hurricane and Rosey|superhero tag-team]] with [[Gregory Helms|The Hurricane]], winning the [[World Tag Team Championship (WWE, 1971–2010)|World Tag Team Championship]] in the process, while Jamal did a short stint in [[Total Nonstop Action Wrestling]] (TNA) under his "Ekmo Fatu" name before returning to WWE.


They reunited one last time on WWE on a dark match for [[Sunday Night Heat]] as they defeated [[Trent Acid]] and Bison Bravado on January 9, 2006. Jamal was being repackaged as Umaga, and twice winning the Intercontinental Championship. Rosey was released by the company in March 2006.
They reunited one last time on WWE on a dark match for ''[[Sunday Night Heat]]'' as they defeated [[Trent Acid]] and Bison Bravado on January 9, 2006. Jamal was being repackaged as Umaga, and twice winning the [[WWE Intercontinental Championship|Intercontinental Championship]]. Rosey was released by the company in March 2006. Umaga (Jamal) was released by the company in June 2009.


==Deaths==
==Deaths==
Fatu (Jamal/Umaga) died December 4, 2009 in Houston, Texas from a toxic reaction from mixed drugs, which caused multiple heart attacks, the second leading to a fatal brain hemorrhage. Rosey died on April 17, 2017 in Pensacola, Florida from complications brought on by congestive heart failure.
Fatu (Jamal/Umaga) died December 4, 2009, in Houston, Texas, from a toxic reaction from mixed drugs, which caused multiple heart attacks, the second leading to a fatal brain hemorrhage. Rosey died on April 17, 2017, in Pensacola, Florida, from complications brought on by congestive heart failure.


==Championships and accomplishments==
==Championships and accomplishments==
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==See also==
==See also==
*[[Anoaʻi family]]
* [[Anoaʻi family]]
* [[The Bloodline (professional wrestling)|The Bloodline]]
* [[Samoan SWAT Team]]


==References==
==References==
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*[https://web.archive.org/web/20081202103119/http://www.onlineworldofwrestling.com/profiles/i/islandboys.html Online World of Wrestling profile]
*[https://web.archive.org/web/20081202103119/http://www.onlineworldofwrestling.com/profiles/i/islandboys.html Online World of Wrestling profile]


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For the Canadian football term, see Three-minute warning.

3-Minute Warning
Rosey (left), Jamal (middle), and Rico (right)
Tag team
MembersRosey / Kimo
Jamal / Ekmo
Rico
Name(s)Armageddon
3-Minute Warning
Three Minute Warning
The Island Boyz
The Samoan Gangstas
Billed heightsJamal:
6 ft 4 in (1.93 m)
Rosey:
6 ft 7 in (2.01 m)
Combined
billed weight		939 lb (426 kg; 67.1 st)[1]
Billed fromJamal:
Houston, Texas
Rosey:
Pensacola, Florida
Rico:
Las Vegas, Nevada
Debut1996
Disbanded2003
Years active1996–2003
2006

3-Minute Warning was an American professional wrestling tag team consisting of cousins Matt Anoaʻi and Eddie Fatu, most notable for their time with WWF/E under their ring names of Rosey and Jamal, respectively. As they were the members of the prominent Anoaʻi family, Rosey was an older brother of current WWE wrestler Roman Reigns and Jamal was also a brother of Rikishi and an uncle to nephews Jimmy and Jey Uso and Solo Sikoa; the four of them used to wrestle together as The Bloodline.

History

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Anoaʻi and Fatu trained together at the Wild Samoan professional wrestling school operated by members of their family.[2][3] When their training was completed they debuted in their uncle Afa's World Xtreme Wrestling (WXW), where Matt held the WXW Tag Team Championship as one half of the Samoan Gangstas with another cousin, Lloyd Anoaʻi.[4]

In 1996, Matt and Eddie were brought into the World Wrestling Federation (WWF)’s Heartland Wrestling Association (HWA) "farm league". There they used the individual names Ekmo Fatu (Eddie) and Kimo (Matt), with the team name Island Boyz. They held the HWA Tag Team Championship once,[5] and for a time Haku served as their manager.[6][4] They left HWA together, and in 2000 traveled to Japan to wrestle for Frontier Martial-Arts Wrestling, where they held the FMW Hardcore Tag Team Championship.[7] The next year they returned to the United States to wrestle for Memphis Championship Wrestling, where again they held gold, holding the MCW Southern Tag Team Championship on three occasions in one month.[8]

Rosey during his time as part of 3-Minute Warning.

In 2002 they returned to (the now renamed) World Wrestling Entertainment as enforcers for Raw General Manager Eric Bischoff. Now known as Jamal (Eddie) and Rosey (Matt), the team was used to squash any activity in the ring that Bischoff deemed "boring". They made their debut on the July 22 episode of Raw, interrupting a match between D'Lo Brown and Shawn Stasiak that had been previously allotted three minutes.[1] When the time limit expired, Rosey and Jamal entered through the crowd and laid out both men, to the delight of Bischoff watching on from the entryway.[9] The gimmick continued over the next few weeks, with Bischoff either giving people three minutes to entertain him before they were attacked, or otherwise deciding that three minutes of a segment was enough before the team appeared to end it.[1] As a result of the time period, the team became known as Three Minute Warning. One of their attacks was on Jeff Hardy, as ordered by Bischoff who thought Jeff was leaving for the SmackDown! brand to reunite with his brother Matt, only for the actual defector to be Jeff's scheduled opponent Crash.

For a time, the team used the 2 Skinnee J's song "3 Minutes" as its entrance music. According to 2 Skinnee J's guitarist, Lance Rockworthy, the band did not receive any compensation for the use of the song.[10]

During the September 12 episode of SmackDown! Three Minute Warning and Eric Bischoff crashed the "commitment ceremony" being held for the Billy and Chuck tag team.[1] Afterward Rico, Billy and Chuck's manager, started managing Three Minute Warning full-time.[11] With Rico by their side they engaged in a feud with the Dudley Boyz (Bubba Ray and Spike) and Jeff Hardy which resulted in their highest-profile match as a team — an Elimination Tables match at the November Survivor Series, which they lost when Bubba Ray, the last man left for his team, received assistance from longtime partner D-Von.

The team stayed on the low- and mid-card for the remainder of 2002 and early 2003, most notably, on an April 28, 2003 episode of Raw when Rico and the Three Minute Warning interfered in a match between Goldberg and Christian, which never began and the three men began to proceed to beat down Goldberg until Jamal and Rosey were speared and Christian hit him with a steel chair.[12] In June 2003, the WWE released Jamal from his contract, following his involvement in a bar fight.[6][4] Shortly after, Rosey then went to form a superhero tag-team with The Hurricane, winning the World Tag Team Championship in the process, while Jamal did a short stint in Total Nonstop Action Wrestling (TNA) under his "Ekmo Fatu" name before returning to WWE.

They reunited one last time on WWE on a dark match for Sunday Night Heat as they defeated Trent Acid and Bison Bravado on January 9, 2006. Jamal was being repackaged as Umaga, and twice winning the Intercontinental Championship. Rosey was released by the company in March 2006. Umaga (Jamal) was released by the company in June 2009.

Deaths

[edit]

Fatu (Jamal/Umaga) died December 4, 2009, in Houston, Texas, from a toxic reaction from mixed drugs, which caused multiple heart attacks, the second leading to a fatal brain hemorrhage. Rosey died on April 17, 2017, in Pensacola, Florida, from complications brought on by congestive heart failure.

Championships and accomplishments

[edit]

See also

[edit]

References

[edit]
  1. ^ a b c d Shields, Brian & Kevin Sullivan (2009). WWE Encyclopedia. DK/BradyGAMES. p. 8. ISBN 978-0-7566-4190-0.
  2. ^ "Umaga Bio". WildSamoan.com. Archived from the original on January 18, 2008. Retrieved August 26, 2007.
  3. ^ "Rosey Bio". WildSamoan.com. Archived from the original on January 18, 2008. Retrieved August 26, 2007.
  4. ^ a b c "Rosey Bio". Slam! Sports. Canadian Online Explorer. Archived from the original on July 14, 2012. Retrieved August 26, 2007.
  5. ^ a b "Heartland Wrestling Association Tag Team Title". Wrestling-Titles. Retrieved August 4, 2007.
  6. ^ a b "Umaga Bio". Slam! Sports. Canadian Online Explorer. Archived from the original on July 14, 2012. Retrieved August 26, 2007.
  7. ^ a b "WEW Hardcore Tag Team Title". Wrestling-Titles. Archived from the original on August 4, 2007. Retrieved August 4, 2007.
  8. ^ a b "MCW Southern Tag Team Title". Wrestling-Titles. Retrieved August 4, 2007.
  9. ^ "RAW results – July 22, 2002". Online World of Wrestling. Archived from the original on September 30, 2007. Retrieved August 30, 2007.
  10. ^ "2 Skinnee J's". Archived from the original on November 5, 2005. Retrieved May 9, 2006.
  11. ^ "RAW results – September 30, 2002". Online World of Wrestling. Archived from the original on September 30, 2007. Retrieved August 30, 2007.
  12. ^ Moore, Wesley (April 29, 2003). "WWE Raw (April 28, 2003) Results". WrestleView. Archived from the original on March 29, 2008. Retrieved May 1, 2008.
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