The Tate Twins are a professional wrestling tag team made up of brothers Brandon and Brent Tate. They are best known for their time at Ring of Honor (ROH) and All Elite Wrestling (AEW), where they teamed with Dalton Castle as The Boys and are former two-time ROH World Six-Man Tag Team Champions with Castle.
| The Tate Twins | |
|---|---|
 One twin on the left, the other twin on the right | |
| Stable | |
| Members | Brent Tate/Brent Baronis/Boy #1 Brandon Tate/Brandon Baronis/Boy #2 |
| Name(s) | Brandon and Brent Tate Boy #1 & Boy #2 The Tate Twins The Bad News Boyz The Baronis Brothers The Boys[1] |
| Billed heights | Brandon: 5 ft 6 in (1.68 m) Brent: 5 ft 6 in (1.68 m) |
| Debut | 2010 |
| Years active | 2010–present |
History
editOhio Valley Wrestling (OVW) (2012)
editOn March 24, 2012, The Baronis Brothers made their Ohio Valley Wrestling debut in a dark match losing to the team of Raphael Constantine and Sean Casey.[2] They continued to work various dark matches and televised matches until their final match with the promotion on June 7, 2012, in a dark match loss to the team of Jayce King and LMC.[3]
Ring of Honor (ROH) (2014–2019)
editOn July 19, 2014, edition of Ring of Honor Wrestling The Tate Twins made their ROH debut taking on War Machine in a losing effort.[4]
In 2015, The Tate Twins began going by the name The Boys joining Dalton Castle as a stable. On September 18, 2015, at All Star Extravaganza VII with the stipulations that if Castle lost, Silas Young would get services of The Boys, while if Young lost, he would become one of Castle's Boys. Castle subsequently lost the match, with Silas Young getting The Boys.[5] Castle faced Young in another losing effort at Final Battle, but despite The Boys seemingly siding with Young in the weeks prior to the event,[6] they rejoined Castle following the match.[7]
On March 10, 2017, at ROH 15th Anniversary Show, The Boys and Castle unsuccessfully challenged The Kingdom for the ROH World Six-Man Tag Team Championships.[8]
On June 23, 2017, The Boys and Dalton Castle defeated Bully Ray and The Briscoes (Jay Briscoe and Mark Briscoe) to become the ROH World Six-Man Tag Team Champions at Best in the World.[9] On August 20, 2017, at War of the Worlds UK, The Boys and Castle lost the titles to Bullet Club's Adam Page and The Young Bucks (Matt Jackson and Nick Jackson) in Edinburgh, Scotland.[10]
In April 2019, The Boys ended their relationship with Castle and left ROH.[11]
Global Force Wrestling (2015)
editOn June 12, 2015, during the GFW Grand Slam Tour in Jackson, Tennessee, The Tate Twins made their Global Force Wrestling (GFW) debut defeating Best Friends (Chuck Taylor and Trent).[12] The following night They picked up another victory over the Best Friends in Knoxville, Tennessee.[13]
Return to OVW (2020–2021)
editOn February 4, 2020, The Tate Twins made their return to OVW defeating the team of AJZ and Tony Bizo.[14]
On November 7, 2020, The Tate Twins entered the 2020 Nightmare Cup Tag Team Tournament defeating three teams to win the tournament and moving onto the finals defeating The Legacy of Brutality (Ca$h Flo and Josh Ashcraft) to win the OVW Tag Team Championships.[15]
On April 6, 2021, The Tate Twins unsuccessfully defended the OVW Tag Team Championships against the team of Jessie Godderz and Tony Gunn.[16] They would go on to defeat Godderz and Gunn in a rematch at OVW Defiance on May 22 to regain the OVW Tag Team Championships.[17]
On August 28, 2021, The Tate Twins lost the OVW Tag Team Championships in a six team ladder match to Darkkloudz (Deget Bundlez and Eric Darkstorm) at OVW Reckoning.[18]
All Elite Wrestling / Return to ROH (2021–2024)
editOn the May 31, 2021 episode of Dark: Elevation, Brandon and Brent Tate made their All Elite Wrestling (AEW) debuts in a losing effort against The Acclaimed (Anthony Bowens and Max Caster).[19] Brandon and Brent returned to AEW on the December 6 episode of Dark: Elevation losing to the Jurassic Express (Luchasaurus and Jungle Boy).[20][21] On July 23, 2022, at Death Before Dishonor, The Boys and Dalton Castle reunited and claimed the ROH World Six-Man Tag Team Championships for the second time by defeating The Righteous (Vincent, Bateman, and Dutch) in a six man tag team match. They lost the titles at Final Battle to The Embassy, ending their reign at 140 days.[22]
On the February 29, 2024 episode of Ring of Honor Wrestling, Johnny TV defeated Castle in a custody match for The Boys.[23] In the following three weeks, Castle would hound Johnny TV and his wife, Taya Valkyrie, to return The Boys until Johnny TV revealed that he had (kayfabe) lost them in a bear attack on a mountain.[24] On April 1, The Tate Twins were released from AEW and ROH.[25] AEW President Tony Khan revealed that the release was due to the twins not showing up for work on multiple occasions.[26] The Tate Twins disputed Khan's claims that they had not shown up for work and also claimed there had been little to no communication from the company regarding their travel arrangements.[27] On September 5, it was reported that The Tate Twins (and Kevin Kelly) have filed a lawsuit against AEW and Khan to void the arbitration clause of their AEW talent contracts and to certify a class-action lawsuit that AEW misclassifying wrestlers as independent contractors instead of employees.[28]
Championships and accomplishments
edit- Next Generation Wrestling
- NGW Tag Team Championship (1 time)[29]
- New South Wrestling
- New South Tag Team Championship (1 time)[30]
- Ohio Valley Wrestling
- Ring of Honor
References
edit- ^ "The Tate Twins - Cagematch.net Profile".
- ^ "OVW TV #657 - Cagematch.net".
- ^ "OVW TV #668 - Cagematch".
- ^ "ROH on Sinclair Results – 7/19/14 (Taven/Lethal – TV Title)". 23 July 2014.
- ^ "Ring Of Honor All-Star Extravaganza VII Results: Jay Lethal In Two Title Matches, AJ Styles, Return". 18 September 2015.
- ^ "12/16 ROH TV Results – Final Hype for "Final Battle", Jerry Lynn, more - PWTorch". PWTorch.com. TDH Communications Inc. 17 December 2015. Retrieved December 19, 2015.
- ^ "ROH Final Battle Notes – title change, #1 contenders, Castle, ROH/NJPW, more - PWTorch". PWTorch.com. TDH Communications Inc. 19 December 2015. Retrieved December 19, 2015.
- ^ "ROH 15th Anniversary Show Live Results: Adam Cole vs. Christopher Daniels". 10 March 2017.
- ^ Meltzer, Dave; Currier, Joseph (June 23, 2017). "ROH Best in the World live results: Christopher Daniels vs. Cody". Wrestling Observer Newsletter. Retrieved June 23, 2017.
- ^ Johnson, Mike (August 21, 2017). "ROH title change last night". Pro Wrestling Insider. Retrieved August 21, 2017.
- ^ ""The Boys" Leave Dalton Castle". 30 April 2019.
- ^ "GFW Grand Slam Tour - Jackson, Tennessee".
- ^ "GFW Grand Slam Tour - Knoxville, Tennessee".
- ^ "OVW TV #1069 - Cagematch".
- ^ "OVW Saturday Night Special - Nightmare Cup 2020".
- ^ "OVW TV: Episode #1130".
- ^ "OVW Saturday Night Special - Defiance 2021".
- ^ "OVW Saturday Night Special - Reckoning 2021".
- ^ "AEW Dark Elevation recap (May 31, 2021): Dustin Rhodes, bull rope master". June 2021.
- ^ "AEW Rampage Tapings For Friday and Dark: Elevation Tapings For Monday". 2 December 2021.
- ^ "AEW Dark Elevation REPORT DECEMBER 6, 2021 (Recorded 12/1) DULUTH, GA". 7 December 2021.
- ^ "The Embassy Win ROH Six-Man Tag Team Titles at ROH Final Battle 2022 | Fightful News".
- ^ Powell, Jason (March 1, 2024). "ROH on HonorClub results (2/29): Robinson's review of Johnny TV vs. Dalton Castle for custody of The Boys, Taya Valkyrie vs. Queen Aminata in an ROH Women's TV Title tournament quarterfinal match". Pro Wrestling Dot Net. Retrieved March 2, 2024.
- ^ Pizzazz, Manolo Has (March 24, 2024). "John Morrison & Taya Valkyrie 'misplaced' Dalton Castle's Boys doing man stuff". Cageside Seats. Retrieved April 6, 2024.
- ^ Rose, Bryan (April 1, 2024). "Stu Grayson, Parker Boudreaux among several AEW releases". Wrestling Observer Newsletter. Retrieved April 2, 2024.
- ^ Pritchard, Bill (April 4, 2024). "Tony Khan On The Boys' AEW Release: They No-Showed Work Multiple Times, It's Unacceptable". Wrestlezone. Retrieved April 5, 2024.
- ^ Lambert, Jeremy (April 5, 2024). "The Boys Address AEW Release, Tony Khan's Claims That They Missed Shows | Fightful News". Fightful. Retrieved June 17, 2024.
- ^ Muelhausen, Steven (September 4, 2024). "Twitter Reacts To Intense Cody Rhodes And Kevin Owens Promo Ahead Of WWE Bash In Berlin". Sports Illustrated. Retrieved September 5, 2024.
- ^ Kreikenbohm, Philip (May 21, 2017). "Next Generation Wrestling: Round 2". Cagematch - The Internet Wrestling Database. Retrieved February 12, 2021.
- ^ "NSW Total Glory Results".
- ^ Kreikenbohm, Philip (November 7, 2020). "OVW Southern Tag Team Championship". Cagematch - The Internet Wrestling Database. Retrieved February 12, 2021.
- ^ Kreikenbohm, Philip (November 7, 2020). "OVW Saturday Night Special - Nightmare Cup 2020". Cagematch - The Internet Wrestling Database. Retrieved February 12, 2021.
- ^ Kreikenbohm, Philip (June 23, 2017). "ROH World Six Man Tag Team Championship". Cagematch - The Internet Wrestling Database. Retrieved February 12, 2021.