Death & Destruction
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Death & Destruction was a professional wrestling tag team composed of Frank "The Tank" Parker (March 21, 1970) and "Ruthless" Roger Anderson (September 20, 1967). They competed in numerous regional and independent promotions throughout the Southern United States in the 1990s, and were arguably one of the region's top "heel" teams during this period.[4]
Death & Destruction | |
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Tag team | |
Members | Frank Parker Roger Anderson Count Grog (manager – SCW) PJ Sharp (manager – SSW) |
Name(s) | Death & Destruction |
Billed heights | Parker: 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m)[1][2] Anderson: 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m)[1][3] |
Combined billed weight | 528 lb (239 kg) Parker: 265 lb (120 kg)[1][2] Anderson: 263 lb (119 kg)[1][3] |
Billed from | Parker: Virginia Beach, Virginia[1][2] Anderson: Minneapolis, Minnesota[1][3] |
Former member(s) | Beau James (briefly with Parker) |
Debut | 1995 |
Disbanded | 2002[4] |
In their seven years as a team, Parker and Anderson competed in Atlantic Coast Championship Wrestling, Cueball Carmichael's Independent Professional Wrestling Alliance, National Wrestling Alliance, North American Wrestling Association, OMEGA, Southern Championship Wrestling, Southern States Wrestling, Virginia Championship Wrestling, and the United States Wrestling Association. They also occasionally appeared in the World Wrestling Federation during the "Attitude Era".
The two men won numerous tag titles and, among their list of accomplishments, were the first-ever IPWA Tag Team Champions, winning the title a record 3-times, former SCW Tag Team Champions, and 8-time SSW Tag Team Champions. They were also the first and longest reigning VCW Tag Team Champions, defending the belts for more than two years, and the last NWA National Tag Team Champions before the title was retired in 1997.
They also gained notoriety on the Southern independents feuding with the likes of The Batten Twins (Brad and Bart Batten), Serial Thrillaz (Shane Helms and Mike Maverick), Thug Life (Christian Cage and Sexton Hardcastle), The Fantastic Express (Ricky Morton and Bobby Fulton), and The Rock 'n' Roll Express (Ricky Morton and Robert Gibson).[5][6][7]