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The Mighty Don't Kneel
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The Mighty Don't Kneel (TMDK) are a professional wrestling stable performing in New Japan Pro-Wrestling (NJPW). The stable consists of Mikey Nicholls, Shane Haste, Bad Dude Tito, Zack Sabre Jr., Robbie Eagles and Kosei Fujita; Sabre Jr. is a two-time and inaugural NJPW World Television Champion, while Nicholls and Haste are current IWGP World Tag Team Champions in their first reign, and are two-time and current Strong Openweight Tag Team Champions. The stable was primarily known as a tag team in Pro Wrestling Noah, with Nicholls and Haste being two-time GHC Tag Team Champions. They also worked for Ring of Honor (ROH), Total Nonstop Action Wrestling (TNA) and WWE (where they were named TM-61 and The Mighty in NXT).
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![]() Nick Miller (left) and Shane Thorne (right) in April 2018 | |
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Members | Mikey Nicholls/Nick Miller Shane Haste/Shane Thorne[1] Bad Dude Tito Zack Sabre Jr. Kosei Fujita Robbie Eagles |
Name(s) | The Mighty Don't Kneel TMDK TM-61[2] The Mighty[3] |
Billed heights | Nicholls: 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) Haste: 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) Tito: 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) Sabre Jr.: 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) Fujita: 5 ft 10 in (1.78 m) Eagles: 5 ft 10 in (1.78 m) |
Combined billed weight | 1,306 lb (592 kg) |
Billed from | Perth, Australia (Nicholls/Haste) |
Former member(s) | JONAH/Jonah Rock Elliot Sexton Marcius Pitt[4] Slex[5][6] |
Debut | May 16, 2008 |
Years active | 2008–2018 2022–present |
Though best known as a tag team, TMDK has also been a stable, which included, in addition to Nicholls and Haste, fellow Australians Jonah (formerly Jonah Rock), Elliot Sexton, Marcuis Pitt and Slex. TMDK has also been said to stand for "Torture, Murder, Destroy, Kill".[7]
Nicholls and Veryzer signed with WWE and were assigned to its developmental territory NXT, Nicholls and Veryzer were renamed Nick Miller and Shane Thorne, while their tag team was renamed TM-61 and later, The Mighty. However, the team would disband in 2018 following Nicholls' release.[8]