The Dancing Fools were a
professional wrestling tag team in
World Championship
Wrestling (WCW) composed of
Disco
Inferno and
Alex Wright. They were
also called the
Boogie Knights when the pair
reunited later on.
History
The Dancing Fools
Disco Inferno and
Alex Wright were two wrestlers in
World Championship Wrestling
that liked to dance before and after (and sometimes during) their
matches. They were feuding with each other in 1998 and decided to
form a tag team called "The Dancing Fools".
Tokyo Magnum, a
Japanese wrestler new to WCW, wanted to join
the Fools and would appear dancing behind them (without their
knowledge) during their entrance. At
Road
Wild, the
angle came to a head
when his interference on behalf of The Dancing Fools backfired in a
tag team match between The Fools and
The Public
Enemy. Two nights later on the August 10 edition of
Nitro, Magnum was told by
Wright and Disco that if he wanted to be a member, he needed to
impress them in a match against
Eddy
Guererro. He lost the match in under two minutes and he later
left WCW. Both Wright and Disco then mainly feuded with
The Public Enemy,
but usually found themselves on the receiving end of various
maneuvers involving
tables. They
split up in the fall to wrestle individually in the
cruiserweight
division. Because the team consisted of a German (Wright), a
Japanese man (Tokyo Magnum), and an Italian-American (Disco
Inferno), popular WCW fan site DDTDigest.com referred to the team
as the "Dancin'
Axis Powers".
Reunion, World Tag Team Champions and split
Disco and Wright reunited in 2000 as the "Boogie Knights". However,
the reunion was short-lived due to Disco suffering a shoulder
injury during a feud with the
Natural Born Thrillers.
To substitute for
Disco, Wright picked General Rection as
his temporary tag team partner and they both would go on to win the
World Tag Team
Championship (although Rection's reign with the title was
credited to Disco) during a tour in Wright's home country of
Germany
. Wright then chose
Elix Skipper as another substitute for Disco in
a title defense on the November 20 edition of
Nitro, but
Wright and Skipper lost the titles to the
Perfect Event. The team then separated as both
wanted to attempt singles careers once again.
Championships and accomplishments
- *WCW World Tag Team
Championship (1 time)
See also
References
- Alderson, Mickey. WCW
Thunder August 26, 1998
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