History Wrestling / TheRoadWarriors

* ImpliedDeathThreat: As the [[Quotes/TheRoadWarriors Quotes page]] demonstrates, they were famous for threatening to perform acts of violence on their opponents that would at times stretch the limits of what is humanly possible. To hype their [[GimmickMatches scaffold match]] against the Midnight Express ("Loverboy" Dennis Condrey and "Beautiful" Bobby Eaton, w/[=/=]Wrestling/JimCornette) at ''[=NWA=] [=Starrcade=] 86'', they dropped a pumpkin off of a fire escape.

* HypercompetentSidekick - Precious Paul Ellering. In RealLife, Ellering personally booked the Road Warriors/Legion of Doom's matches, scheduled their flights, set up hotel reservations, and kept track of expenses. He is a member of [[UsefulNotes/{{Mensa}} MENSA]] and was a wrestler himself, holding the [[http://www.wrestling-titles.com/us/tn/cwa/awa-s-h.html Southern (Memphis) Heavyweight Title]], the [[http://www.wrestling-titles.com/us/tn/cwa/awa-s-t.html Southern (Memphis) Tag Team Title]]], and the [[http://www.wrestling-titles.com/japan/iwe/iwe-t.html IWE IWA (Japan) World Tag Team Title]], thus qualifying for the designation of GeniusBruiser.

They attempted a comeback in mid-to-late 2003 but nothing came of it. Sadly, Road Warrior Hawk (the guy sticking his tongue out) died of a heart attack on October 19, 2003. Road Warrior Animal returned to the WWE in 2005, teaming up with Heidenreich, but unfortunately, the new combination didn't take off, even with [[Characters/WWEDivas Christy Hemme]] as their valet.

* HypercompetentSidekick - Precious Paul Ellering. In RealLife, Ellering personally booked the Road Warriors/Legion of Doom's matches, scheduled their flights, set up hotel reservations, and kept track of expenses. He is a member of [[UsefulNotes/{{Mensa}} MENSA]] and was a wrestler himself, holding the [[http://www.wrestling-titles.com/us/tn/cwa/awa-s-h.html Southern (Memphis) Heavyweight Title]], the [[http://www.wrestling-titles.com/us/tn/cwa/awa-s-t.html Southern (Memphis) Tag Team Title]] and the [[http://www.wrestling-titles.com/japan/iwe/iwe-t.html IWE IWA (Japan) World Tag Team Title]], thus qualifying for the designation of GeniusBruiser.

-->'''HAWK''': "'''WELL''', Tony Schiavone, ThereAreTwoKindsOfPeopleInTheWorld, as far as me and Animal are concerned, Clamheads and [[Film/TheBreakfastClub Neo-Maxi Zoom Dweebies]]."[[note]]Here, the LOD were the Neo-Maxi Zoom Dweebies and the Clamheads were the [=Four Horsemen=].[[/note]]

-->'''HAWK''': "'''WELL''', Tony Schiavone, ThereAreTwoKindsOfPeopleInTheWorld, as far as me and Animal are concerned, Clamheads and [[Film/TheBreakfastClub Neo-Maxi Zoom Dweebies]]."\[[note]]Here, the LOD were the Neo-Maxi Zoom Dweebies and the Clamheads were the [=Four Horsemen=].[[/note]]

* ShoutOut: Other than the obvious ''Superfriends'' and ''Mad Max'' references, on the October 3, 1987 episode of ''NWA World Championship Wrestling'', during their interview, Hawk said that [[ThereAreTwoKindsOfPeopleInTheWorld there were two kinds of people in the world]] as far as he and Animal were concerned, "Clamheads and [[Film/TheBreakfastClub Neo-Maxi Zoom Dweebies]]". [[note]]Here, the LOD were the Neo-Maxi Zoom Dweebies, and the Clamheads were the Four [=Horsemen=].[[/note]]

'''The Road Warriors''' (also known as '''The Legion of Doom''' or '''L.O.D.''') were a ProfessionalWrestling tag team who competed in essentially every major promotion in the world (Wrestling/{{WWE}}, [[Wrestling/NationalWrestlingAlliance NWA]], Wrestling/{{WCW}}, [[Wrestling/AllJapanProWrestling AJPW]], [[Wrestling/NewJapanProWrestling NJPW]], Wrestling/{{TNA}}, and [[Wrestling/AmericanWrestlingAssociation the AWA]]). The team consisted of wrestlers '''Michael "Hawk" Hegstrand''' (September 12, 1957 – October 19, 2003) and '''Joseph "Animal" Laurinaitis''' (born on January 26, 1960) with manager '''"Precious" Paul Ellering''' (born on August 22, 1953).

* LegionOfDoom: [[CaptainObvious Well, duh]]. On the 2005 ''Road Warriors: The Life And Death of the Most Dominant Tag Team in Wrestling History'' [=DVD=], Animal ''admits'' that they got the name "from the ''[[{{WesternAnimation/Superfriends}} Superfriends]]'' cartoon."

* SesquipedalianLoquaciousness: In the same interview mentioned on the [[Quotes/TheRoadWarriors Quotes page]], Ellering said, "Wrestling/KevinSullivan, you are an unctuous miscreant. You have been reduced to the lowest common denominator of life."

!!! Tropes associated with The Road Warriors include:

* LegionOfDoom: [[CaptainObvious Well, duh]]. On the ''Road Warriors: The Life And Death of the Most Dominant Tag Team in Wrestling History'' [=DVD=], Animal ''admits'' that they got the name "from the ''[[{{WesternAnimation/Superfriends}} Superfriends]]'' cartoon."

* WrestlingFamily: Road Warrior Animal is the older brother of Wrestling/JohnLaurinaitis and of Marc Laurinaitis, aka Fury of the Wrecking Crew (WCW/CWA [Catch Wrestling Association in Austria/Germany]/AJPW) or the Terminator. Other than those three promotions, he also competed in "Cowboy" Bill Watts's Universal Wrestling Federation (Louisiana/Oklahoma) and in Florida independents.

'''The Road Warriors''' (also known as '''The Legion of Doom''' or '''L.O.D.''') were a ProfessionalWrestling tag team who competed in essentially every major promotion in the world (Wrestling/{{WWE}}, [[Wrestling/NationalWrestlingAlliance NWA]], Wrestling/{{WCW}}, [[Wrestling/AllJapanProWrestling AJPW]], [[Wrestling/NewJapanProWrestling NJPW]], [[Wrestling/{{TNA}}, and [[Wrestling/AmericanWrestlingAssociation the AWA]]). The team consisted of wrestlers '''Michael "Hawk" Hegstrand''' (September 12, 1957 – October 19, 2003) and '''Joseph "Animal" Laurinaitis''' (born on January 26, 1960) with manager '''"Precious" Paul Ellering''' (born on August 22, 1953).

!!'Tropes associated with The Road Warriors include:

'''The Road Warriors''' (also known as '''The Legion of Doom''' or '''L.O.D.''') were a ProfessionalWrestling tag team who competed in essentially every major promotion in the world ([[{{Wrestling/WWE}} WWE]], [[{{Wrestling/NationalWrestlingAlliance}} NWA]], [[{{Wrestling/WCW}} WCW]], [[Wrestling/AllJapanProWrestling AJPW]], [[Wrestling/NewJapanProWrestling NJPW]], [[{{Wrestling/TNA}} TNA]] and [[{{Wrestling/AmericanWrestlingAssociation}} the AWA]]). The team consisted of wrestlers '''Michael "Hawk" Hegstrand''' (September 12, 1957 – October 19, 2003) and '''Joseph "Animal" Laurinaitis''' (born on January 26, 1960) with manager '''"Precious" Paul Ellering''' (born on August 22, 1953).

The Road Warriors were one of the biggest acts of TheEighties and TheNineties, comparable to [[{{Wrestling/HulkHogan}} Hulk Hogan]] and [[{{Wrestling/RicFlair}} Ric Flair]]. They introduced several things into wrestling still seen today, such as their tag team finisher, the Doomsday Device, and face paint, still used today by wrestlers such as Wrestling/JeffHardy. They also popularized the Zubaz workout pants within the industry, which they helped develop with bodybuilders Bob Truax and Dan Stock.

They attempted a comeback in mid-to-late 2003 but nothing came of it. Sadly, Road Warrior Hawk (the guy sticking his tongue out) died of a heart attack on October 19, 2003. Road Warrior Animal returned to the WWE in 2005, teaming up with Heidenreich, but unfortunately, the new combination didn't take off, even with [[{{Characters/WWEDivas}} Christy Hemme]] as their valet.

* TheCameo: [=Hawk=] made some appearances in [[{{Wrestling/ECW}} NWA Eastern Championship Wrestling]] in 1993-1994, even teaming with [[http://www.wrestling-titles.com/us/ecw/ecw-h.html NWA ECW Heavyweight Champion]] Sabu in the main event of the first ''November to Remember'', where they successfully defeated [[http://www.wrestling-titles.com/us/ecw/ecw-tv.html NWA ECW Television Champion]] Wrestling/TerryFunk and King Kong Bundy, with Sabu pinning Funk to win the title, after Bundy turned on Funk.

* [[{{UsefulNotes/Chicago}} Chicago]]

* SuspiciouslySimilarSubstitute - Power Warrior, who filled in for Animal when he was injured (New Japan; 92-95) and for Hawk when he passed away (All Japan; 2007). In 1996, he was more of a {{Sidekick}}, as all three were together by that time.
* {{Trope 2000}}: Known as "L.O.D. 2000" when they came back to WWF during the Wrestling/AttitudeEra.

* ShoutOut: Other than the obvious ''Superfriends'' and ''Mad Max'' references, on the October 3, 1987 episode of ''NWA World Championship Wrestling'', during their interview, Hawk said that [[ThereAreTwoKindsOfPeopleInTheWorld there were two kinds of people in the world]] as far as he and Animal were concerned, "Clamheads and [[Film/TheBreakfastClub Neo-Maxi Zoom Dweebies]]". (Here, the LOD were the Neo-Maxi Zoom Dweebies and the clamheads were the Four [=Horsemen=]).

They attempted a comeback in mid-to-late 2003 but nothing came of it. Sadly, Road Warrior Hawk died of a heart attack on October 19, 2003. Road Warrior Animal returned to the WWE in 2005, teaming up with Heidenreich, but unfortunately, the new combination didn't take off, even with [[{{Characters/WWEDivas}} Christy Hemme]] as their valet.

* LegionOfDoom: [[CaptainObvious Well, duh]]. On the ''Road Warriors: The Life And Death of the Most Dominant Tag Team in Wrestling'' [=DVD=], Animal ''admits'' that they got the name "from the ''[[{{WesternAnimation/Superfriends}} Superfriends]]'' cartoon."

'''The Road Warriors''' (also known as '''The Legion of Doom''' or '''L.O.D.''') were a ProfessionalWrestling tag team who competed in essentially every major promotion in the world ([[{{Wrestling/WWE}} WWE]], [[{{Wrestling/NationalWrestlingAlliance}} NWA]], [[{{Wrestling/WCW}} WCW]], [[Wrestling/AllJapanProWrestling AJPW]], [[Wrestling/NewJapanProWrestling NJPW]], [[{{Wrestling/TNA}} TNA]] and [[{{Wrestling/AmericanWrestlingAssociation}} the AWA]]). The team consisted of wrestlers ''Michael "Hawk" Hegstrand''' (September 12, 1957 – October 19, 2003) and '''Joseph "Animal" Laurinaitis''' (born on January 26, 1960) with manager '''"Precious" Paul Ellering''' (born on August 22, 1953).

!!'''Tropes associated with The Road Warriors include:'''

* [[TheBandMinusTheFace The Band Minus One of the Faces]]: After Hawk died in October 2003, Animal tried doing the Road Warriors with Heidenreich and Christy Hemme but it didn't work.

* HypercompetentSidekick - Precious Paul Ellering. In RealLife, Ellering personally booked the Road Warriors/Legion of Doom's matches, scheduled their flights, set up hotel reservations, and kept track of expenses. He is a member of [[{{UsefulNotes/Mensa}} MENSA]] and was a wrestler himself, holding the [[http://www.wrestling-titles.com/us/tn/cwa/awa-s-h.html Southern (Memphis) Heavyweight Title]], the [[http://www.wrestling-titles.com/us/tn/cwa/awa-s-t.html Southern (Memphis) Tag Team Title]] and the [[http://www.wrestling-titles.com/japan/iwe/iwe-t.html IWE IWA (Japan) World Tag Team Title]], thus qualifying for the designation of GeniusBruiser.

* LegionOfDoom: [[{{CaptainObvious}} Well, duh]]. On the ''Road Warriors: The Life And Death of the Most Dominant Tag Team in Wrestling'' [=DVD=], Animal ''admits'' that they got the name "from the ''[[{{WesternAnimation/Superfriends}} Superfriends]]'' cartoon."

* RealSongThemeTune: [[{{Music/BlackSabbath}} Black Sabbath]]'s "Iron Man"

* ShoutOut: Other than the obvious ''[=Superfriends=]'' and ''[=Mad Max=]'' references, on the October 3, 1987 episode of ''[=NWA=] World Championship Wrestling'', during their interview, Hawk said that [[{{ThereAreTwoKindsOfPeopleInTheWorld}} there were two kinds of people in the world]] as far as he and Animal were concerned, "Clamheads and [[{{Film/TheBreakfastClub}} Neo-Maxi Zoom Dweebies]]". (Here, the LOD were the Neo-Maxi Zoom Dweebies and the clamheads were the Four [=Horsemen=]).

* {{Trope 2000}}: Known as "L.O.D. 2000" when they came back to WWF during the [[{{Wrestling/AttitudeEra}} Attitude Era]].

* HypercompetentSidekick - Precious Paul Ellering. In RealLife, Ellering personally booked the Road Warriors/Legion of Doom's matches, scheduled their flights, set up hotel reservations, and kept track of expenses. He is a member of [[{{UsefilNotes/Mensa}} MENSA]] and was a wrestler himself, holding the [[http://www.wrestling-titles.com/us/tn/cwa/awa-s-h.html Southern (Memphis) Heavyweight Title]], the [[http://www.wrestling-titles.com/us/tn/cwa/awa-s-t.html Southern (Memphis) Tag Team Title]] and the [[http://www.wrestling-titles.com/japan/iwe/iwe-t.html IWE IWA (Japan) World Tag Team Title]], thus qualifying for the designation of GeniusBruiser.

* ShoutOut: Other than the obvious ''[=Superfriends=]'' and ''[=Mad Max=]'' references, on the October 3, 1987 episode of ''[=NWA=] World Championship Wrestling'', during their interview, Hawk said that there were two kinds of people in the world as far as he and Animal were concerned, "Clamheads and [[{{Film/TheBreakfastClub}} Neo-Maxi Zoom Dweebies]]".

* HypercompetentSidekick - Precious Paul Ellering. In RealLife, Ellering personally booked the Road Warriors/Legion of Doom's matches, scheduled their flights, set up hotel reservations, and kept track of expenses. He is a member of MENSA and was a wrestler himself, holding the [[http://www.wrestling-titles.com/us/tn/cwa/awa-s-h.html Southern (Memphis) Heavyweight Title]], the [[http://www.wrestling-titles.com/us/tn/cwa/awa-s-t.html Southern (Memphis) Tag Team Title]] and the [[http://www.wrestling-titles.com/japan/iwe/iwe-t.html IWE IWA (Japan) World Tag Team Title]], thus qualifying for the designation of GeniusBruiser.

'''The Road Warriors''' (also known as '''The Legion of Doom''' or '''L.O.D.''') were a ProfessionalWrestling tag team who competed in essentially every major promotion in the world ({{WWE}}, [[Wrestling/NationalWrestlingAlliance NWA]], {{WCW}}, [[Wrestling/AllJapanProWrestling AJPW]], [[Wrestling/NewJapanProWrestling NJPW]], {{TNA}}, {{AWA}}). The team consisted of wrestlers ''Michael "Hawk" Hegstrand''' (September 12, 1957 – October 19, 2003) and '''Joseph "Animal" Laurinaitis''' (born on January 26, 1960) with manager '''"Precious" Paul Ellering''' (born on August 22, 1953).

The Road Warriors were one of the biggest acts of TheEighties and TheNineties, comparable to HulkHogan and RicFlair. They introduced several things into wrestling still seen today, such as their tag team finisher, the Doomsday Device, and face paint, still used today by wrestlers such as Wrestling/JeffHardy. They also popularized the Zubaz workout pants within the industry, which they helped develop with bodybuilders Bob Truax and Dan Stock.

They attempted a comeback in mid-to-late 2003 but nothing came of it. Sadly, Road Warrior Hawk died of a heart attack on October 19, 2003. Road Warrior Animal returned to the WWE in 2005, teaming up with Heidenreich, but unfortunately, the new combination didn't take off, even with [[FieryRedhead ChristyHemme]] as their valet.

* HypercompetentSidekick - Precious Paul Ellering. In RealLife, Ellering personally booked the Road Warriors/Legion of Doom's matches, scheduled their flights, set up hotel reservations, and kept track of expenses.

* {{Trope 2000}}: Known as "L.O.D. 2000" when they came back to WWF during the AttitudeEra.
* WrestlingFamily: Road Warrior Animal is the brother of Wrestling/JohnLaurinaitis.

'''The Road Warriors''' (also known as '''The Legion of Doom''' or '''L.O.D.''') were a ProfessionalWrestling tag team who competed in essentially every major promotion in the world ({{WWE}}, [[Wrestling/NationalWrestlingAlliance NWA]], {{WCW}}, [[Wrestling/AllJapanProWrestling AJPW]], [[Wrestling/NewJapanProWrestling NJPW]], {{TNA}}, {{AWA}}). The duo consisted of Michael "Hawk" Hegstrand (September 12, 1957 – October 19, 2003) and Joseph "Animal" Laurinaitis (born January 26, 1960) with manager "Precious" Paul Ellering.

The Road Warriors (also known as Legion of Doom) were a ProfessionalWrestling tag team who competed in essentially every major promotion in the world ({{WWE}}, [[Wrestling/NationalWrestlingAlliance NWA]], {{WCW}}, [[Wrestling/AllJapanProWrestling AJPW]], [[Wrestling/NewJapanProWrestling NJPW]], {{TNA}}, {{AWA}}). They were one of the biggest acts of TheEighties and TheNineties, comparable to HulkHogan and RicFlair. They introduced several things into wrestling still seen today, such as their tag team finisher, the Doomsday Device, and face paint, still used today by wrestlers such as JeffHardy. They also popularized the Zubaz workout pants within the industry, which they helped develop with bodybuilders Bob Truax and Dan Stock.

* {{Catchphrase}} - "WHAT A RUSH!" Also, if Animal spoke first during a promo, he'd end his part by saying "Tell 'im, Hawk!" and Hawk would open by shouting "WELLLLLLLL!"

* Hypercompetent Sidekick - Precious Paul Ellering. In RealLife, Ellering personally booked the Road Warriors / Legion of Doom's matches, scheduled their flights, set up hotel reservations, and kept track of expenses.

* ShouldersofDoom
* SpikesofDoom
* Trope2000 - Known as "L.O.D. 2000" when they came back to WWF during TheAttitudeEra

The Road Warriors (also known as Legion of Doom) were a ProfessionalWrestling tag team who competed in essentially every major promotion in the world ({{WWE}}, [[Wrestling/NationalWrestlingAlliance NWA]], {{WCW}}, [[Wrestling/AllJapanProWrestling AJPW]], [[Wrestling/NewJapanProWrestling NJPW]], {{TNA}}, {{AWA}}). They were one of the biggest acts of TheEighties and TheNineties, comparable to HulkHogan and RicFlair. They introduced several things into wrestling still seen today, such as their tag team finisher, the Doomsday Device, and face paint, still used today by wrestlers such as JeffHardy. They also popularized the Zubaz workout pants within the industry, which they helped develop with bodybuilders Bob Truax and Dan Stock.

The Road Warriors (also known as Legion of Doom) were a ProfessionalWrestling tag team who competed in essentially every major promotion in the world ({{WWE}}, [[Wrestling/NationalWrestlingAlliance NWA]], {{WCW}}, [[Wrestling/AllJapanProWrestling AJPW]], [[Wrestling/NewJapanProWrestling NJPW]], {{TNA}}, {{AWA}}). They were one of the biggest acts of TheEighties and TheNineties, comparable to HulkHogan and RicFlair. They introduced several things into wrestling still seen today, such as their tag team finisher, the Doomsday Device, and face paint, still used today by wrestlers such as [[Wrestling/Sting]] and JeffHardy. They also popularized the Zubaz workout pants within the industry, which they helped develop with bodybuilders Bob Truax and Dan Stock.