The Nasty Boys

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The Nasty Boys were a professional wrestling tag team consisting of Brian Knobbs and Jerry Sags, active in the mid to late 1980s and throughout the 1990s. Their gimmick was that they were crude, anti-social punks who specialised in hardcore wrestling and brawling.

Former professional wrestler Mick Foley described the Nasty Boys in his autobiography as "sloppy as hell, and more than a little dangerous, but they knew how to brawl."

1 Career
- 1.1 Reputation
2 Profile
3 Finishing/Signature Moves
4 Championships/Accomplishments

Career

Jerry Sags and Brian Knobbs, both natives of Allentown, Pennsylvania, both began their careers in the American Wrestling Association in 1985. In 1986 they began teaming together as The Nasty Boys. In 1988 they moved to Florida Championship Wrestling, where they won five Tag Team Championship between 1989 and 1990.

In 1990, the Nasty Boys joined the National Wrestling Alliance affiliate Jim Crockett Promotions, soon to be renamed World Championship Wrestling. They initially feuded with Rick and Scott Steiner but were unable to defeat the Steiner Brothers for the United States Tag Team Championships.

The Nasty Boys left WCW in early 1991 and joined the World Wrestling Federation. Along with their manager Jimmy Hart, they announced their intention to "Nastisize the WWF". They defeated The Hart Foundation for the WWF World Tag Team Championships at WrestleMania VII, and held the titles until SummerSlam 1991, when they were defeated by the Road Warriors in a street fight.

They returned to WCW in 1993, where they were managed by Missy Hyatt. Hyatt left the Nasty Boys after their first reign as WCW World Tag Team Champions, and they went on to feud with tag teams such as Harlem Heat and the Blue Bloods. In 1996, the New World Order offered them membership in the nWo, but attacked them as soon as they received their nWo t-shirts. Sags retired later that year, and Knobbs began pursuing the WCW Hardcore Championship.

The Nasty Boys were briefly reunited in the short-lived Xtreme Wrestling Federation, but both retired when it closed.

Reputation

The Nasty Boys have a reputation of being very stiff with their opponents. They have also been involved in several legitimate fights with other wrestlers:

UFC mixed martial artist Ken Shamrock had an argument with the Nasty Boys after they harassed his friend and his friend's fiancee in a nightclub. Later that night, Shamrock went to The Nasty Boys' hotel room to continue the argument, but was hit from behind and beaten. Shamrock confronted Sags years later in an airport, but deigned not to attack him after Sags refused to fight back, instead turning his back on Shamrock and saying "If you hit me, it's a felony".
The Nasty Boys fought with Ric Flair in a Manhattan nightclub, with Flair being thrown out of the club as a result.
In 1994, The Nasty Boys faced Cactus Jack and Maxx Payne in a series of wild brawls which Payne later described as "not far away from gladiator days".
In 1997, a match between The Nasty Boys and Scott Hall and Kevin Nash allegedly degenerated into a shoot.

Profile

Combined weight: 546lbs (247.7 kg)
Hometown: Allentown, Pennsylvania
Billed from: Nastyville
Professional Debut: 1986
Previous Manager(s): Jimmy Hart, Missy Hyatt
Quotes: "We're as nasty as we wanna be!"

Finishing/Signature Moves

Powerslam / Elbow Drop combo: One of the Nasty Boys would execute a Running Powerslam, then the second Nasty Boy would climb to the top rope and perform a Diving Elbow Drop.

Clubberin’: The Nasty Boys would simultaneously repeatedly punch their opponents. Named by Dusty Rhodes who, while commentating, would announce to his partner Tony Schiavone: "They be clubberin', Tony!"

Double DDT: The Nasty Boys would stand facing a bent over opponent, each slightly to one side of the victim. They would then each apply a front facelock with their inside arm and then fall backwards, driving the head of the victim into the ground.

Pit Stop: One of the Nasty Boys would raise their arm, exposing their armpit. The other Nasty Boys would seize a victim by the back of the neck and rub his face into the other Nasty Boy's armpit.