Hasbro released two versions of their wrestling action figures. This same match would be featured at various house shows, including one that I witnessed at The Spectrum in Philadelphia. In 1993, the Bushwhackers along with midget-wrestler Tiger Jackson, took on The Beverly Brothers and, “Little” Louie. The Bushwhackers would continue to wrestle in a variety of different matches, involving a lot of different story lines and types of characters. This led to a match at Summerslam ’91, where The Bushwhackers were defeated by The Natural Disasters. It was during this match that Tugboat turned on The Bushwhackers, and later became Typhoon. After the Nasty Boys won the match using their usual tactics, another match developed putting The Bushwhackers and Tugboat against The Nasty Boys and Earthquake. They would get a shot at the Tag Team Championship in 1991, when they faced The Nasty Boys on Saturday Night’s Main Event. It came out of nowhere, and it was awesome. During a segment in the ring involving Rhythm and Blues (The Honky Tonk Man and Greg Valentine), The Bushwhackers went to the ring and proceeded to smash Rhythm and Blues’ guitars in the ring. One of my favorite memories of The Bushwhackers came at Wrestlemania VI. They even lick the faces of referees and opponents. The Bushwhackers were a major fan-favorite during their time in the WWF. They would walk to the ring doing their signature “Bushwhacker Walk”, while their Aussie sounding song blared through the speakers. Like I said earlier, they guys were goofy, and they were great at it. These teams just hated each other, and it resulted in a series of entertaining matches. This was an example of a rivalry that had nothing to do with championship belts. They would continue to face each other at events such as Survivor Series and Royal Rumble, with The Bushwhackers winning each time. One of their earliest feuds was with The Fabulous Rougeau Brothers defeating the Rougeaus at Wrestlemania V, in their first pay-per-view match. The Bushwhackers came from New Zealand and were a great addition in 1989. When the WWF had a goal for global expansion, it wanted to bring in a variety of international wrestlers. The Bushwhackers (Luke Williams and Butch Miller) were always big fan-favorites, even though they never won the tag team belts. These guys made a career out of entertaining the crowd and sometimes making fools out of themselves for the company. There were many entertaining tag teams in the WWF.
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