The Godwinns
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The Godwinns were the professional wrestling tag team of Phineas I. Godwinn & Henry O. Godwinn in the WWF (now WWE). Their gimmick was that they were two cousins who were hog farmers from Arkansas. Their names were a rather unsubtle joke as a reference to this; Phineas' initials spelled PIG, and Henry's spelled HOG. Their last title reign was lost to The Road Warriors.
Henry Godwinn initially debuted by himself as a heel, but he later became a face when he began carrying a bucket of slop (presumed to be the food meant for his hogs) to the ring, occasionally flinging its contents at his opponents and leading to many comedic moments. As a solo wrestler, Godwinn most notably feuded with Triple H, who was portraying the snobbish socialite Hunter Hearst Helmsley.
Several months after the feud with Helmsley ended, Henry's (onscreen) cousin Phineas I. Godwinn formed a successful tag team with him. Sunny became their manager when they were tag team champions, but she left them when they lost the titles. Hillbilly Jim was their new manager but he was later replaced by "Uncle" Cletus Godwinn. The team was disbanded when Henry retired from pro wrestling due to a neck injury in 1998.
They previously teamed together in World Championship Wrestling as Tex Slazenger and Shanghai Pierce.
Profile
- Managers: Sunny, Hillbilly Jim, Cletus Godwinn
- Titles: WWF World Tag Team Titles
- Previous Gimmicks: Southern Justice (WWF), Shanghai Pierce & Tex Slazenger (The Texicans)(WCW)
- Finishing Move: Slop Drop
- Notable Feuds: Bodydonnas, The Smoking Gunns, Ted DiBiase & LOD 2000, Johnny B. Badd
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