Darkseve: Do you still remember The Beverly Brothers?

Mike Enos and Wayne Bloom were best known as The Beverly Brothers in the WWF in the early 1990's. They were also known as The Destruction Crew in the AWA and the Minnesota Wrecking Crew 2 in the WCW.

AWA

Mike Enos & Wayne Bloom started out in 1989 in the AWA. Sporting matching ring attire and carrying sledgehammers to the ring, they were known as The Destruction Crew and was managed by Johnny Valiant. The Destruction Crew's entrance theme in the AWA was the highly popular Queen song "We Will Rock You".

The Crew defeat Greg Gagne & Paul Diamond to capture the AWA Tag Team Championship in a title tournament on October 1, 1989. They also faced Rheingans and Paul Diamond and in a steel cage match were the former was locked out of the cage only to have his partner decimated by The Destruction Crew. They finally lost their Tag Team titles on August 11, 1990 to The Trooper & D.J. Peterson.

The fans voted The Destruction Crew as the 1989 Rookie of the Year in Pro Wrestling Illustrated, making them the only tag team to win this award.

WCW (1st run)

While still AWA World Tag Team Champions, the Destruction Crew joined WCW during the summer of 1990. In WCW they wrestled under masks as the Minnesota Wrecking Crew 2 and were managed by Ole Anderson who was part of the original Minnesota Wrecking Crew. They attempted to win the NWA World Tag Team Championship from The Steiner Brothers during a brief feud but was unsuccessful.

After AWA folded, the Destruction Crew went to Japan and compete in a series of matches in the NJPW including an unsuccessful title match against then NJPW tag team champions Keiji Mutoh (The Great Muta) and Masahiro Chono.

WWF

In May 1991, the team went to the WWF and were transformed into Beau (Bloom) and Blake (Enos), The Beverly Brothers. They were originally managed by Coach (John Tolos), then by The Genius. The team was promoted as a force to be reckoned with and launched into feuds with the Legion of Doom, The Bushwhackers and The Natural Disasters, the latter of which revolved around the WWF World Tag Team Championship.

However, by the later part of 1992, the Beverly Brothers would be used primarily to put over other tag teams. The Beverly Brothers were seldom promoted as serious players in the tag team division, making only a few PPV appearances between 1991 and 1993.

Bloom left the WWF in April 1993 and semi-retired from the sport while Enos, still wrestle as Blake Beverly, remained with the company for an additional 4 months as a singles competitor, primarily putting over other talent.

WCW (2nd run)

The team had a brief reunion in WCW in 1997 for a few matches, but the announcers never made any comments on their past history. They remained low-card performers, and after a few matches together, the team finally disbanded for good without much fanfare. Bloom retired permanently in 1999 and Enos retired from wrestling in 2000 after working on the WCW weekend shows and smaller independent shows.

Links:

1) The Destruction Crew vs. George Anderson & Tony Leone (AWA)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ipBpyhPO55s (Thanks to surefoot1971)

2) Mike Enos & Wayne Bloom vs. Keiji Mutoh & Masahiro Chono Part 1 (NJPW)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NBhWbQfisJs (Thanks to Deltoidon)

3) Mike Enos & Wayne Bloom vs. Keiji Mutoh & Masahiro Chono Part 2 (NJPW)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i_Tb-gmmsmQ&feature=related (Thanks to Deltoidon)

4) The Beverly Brothers & The Nasty Boys vs. The Rockers & Bushwackers Part 1 (Survivor Series 1991)

http://www.dailymotion.com/relevance/search/beverly%2Bbrothers/video/x3zois_nasty-boys-beverly-brothers-vs-rock_sport (Thanks to TSteck160)

5) The Beverly Brothers & The Nasty Boys vs. The Rockers & Bushwackers Part 2 (Survivor Series 1991)

http://www.dailymotion.com/relevance/search/beverly%2Bbrothers/video/x3zot5_nasty-boys-beverly-brothers-vs-rock_sport (Thanks to TSteck160)

6) The Beverly Brothers vs. The Natural Disasters (Summerslam 1992)