Curtis Thompson and Drake Dawson

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Triple X
Tag team
Members Curtis Thompson
Drake Dawson
Brad Anderson
Jeff Justice
Strawberry Fields (manager)
Debut1998
Disbanded2000

Triple X was a professional wrestling tag team in National Wrestling Alliance (NWA) territories from 1998 to 2000. The team initially consisted of Brad Anderson and Drake Dawson. Anderson was later replaced by Curtis Thompson. The team ended after Dawson retired from wrestling.

Professional wrestling entertainment form that mimics contact sports

Professional wrestling is a form of performance art and entertainment that combines athletics with theatrical performance. It takes the form of events, held by touring companies, that mimic a title-match combat sport. The unique form of sport portrayed is fundamentally based on classical and "catch" wrestling, with modern additions of striking attacks, strength-based holds and throws and acrobatic maneuvers. Much of these derive from the influence of various international martial arts. An additional aspect of combat with improvised weaponry is sometimes included to varying degrees.

Tag team Team of multiple professional wrestlers

Tag team wrestling is a type of professional wrestling in which matches are contested between teams of multiple wrestlers. A tag team may be made up of wrestlers who normally wrestle in singles competition, but more commonly are made of established teams who wrestle regularly as a unit and have a team name and identity.

National Wrestling Alliance Professional wrestling organization

The National Wrestling Alliance (NWA) is an American professional wrestling organization. Formed in 1948, it was for a time the most-recognized brand and largest governing body in professional wrestling. Under the control of the NWA Board of Directors, the organization acted as a governing body for the NWA's national territory system which recognized one world champion, participated in talent exchanges and collectively protected the territorial integrity of member promotions.

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National Wrestling Alliance (1998–2000)

Brad Anderson and Drake Dawson (1998–1999)

In 1998, Brad Anderson formed a tag team with Drake Dawson called Triple X or was abbreviated to xXx. The team was managed by Strawberry Fields and competed in National Wrestling Alliance (NWA) territory, Mid-Atlantic Championship Wrestling. On June 26, 1999, Triple X defeated Border Patrol (Chris Cannon and Mike Cannon) for the NWA Northern Continental Tag Team Championship. [1]

Bradley Anderson is an American semi-retired professional wrestler and is the son of wrestler Gene Anderson.

Curtis Thompson and Drake Dawson (1999–2000)

Curtis Thompson, the former Firebreaker Chip of World Championship Wrestling (WCW) joined Triple X during the team's Northern Continental Tag Team Title reign. [1] On September 11, 1999, Thompson replaced Brad Anderson and became Drake Dawson's partner as the Northern Continental Tag Team Champion. [1] At NWA's 51st Anniversary Show, Thompson and Dawson defeated The Sex Pistols (David Young and Shane Austin) in a four-team #1 contender's tournament for the NWA World Tag Team Championship. [2] They qualified to wrestle Team Extreme (Kit Carson and Khris Germany) in the #1 contender's match, which Triple X lost. [2]

Curtis Thompson is an American retired professional wrestler. He is best known for his appearances with World Championship Wrestling from 1991 to 1992 under the ring name Firebreaker Chip.

World Championship Wrestling Former American professional wrestling company

World Championship Wrestling Inc. (WCW) is a defunct American professional wrestling promotion. For much of its existence, WCW was one of the top professional wrestling promotions in the United States, and was a significant competitor to the dominant World Wrestling Federation.

David Williams, better known by his ring name, David Young, is an American professional wrestler. Though he has mainly appeared with NWA Wildside and Total Nonstop Action Wrestling, Young has also competed for Ring of Honor, AAA and ZERO-ONE.

As 2000 began, Triple X had become the top tag team of Mid-Atlantic Championship Wrestling. On March 3, Thompson and Dawson defeated Team Extreme for their first NWA World Tag Team Title. [3] On March 17, Triple X's Northern Continental Tag Team Championship was renamed the NWA Mid-Atlantic Tag Team Championship. [1] [4] Holding both the titles, Triple X eventually lost the World Tag Team Championship to Main Event (Reno Riggins and Steven Dunn) on April 5. [3] On April 19, Triple X defeated L.A. Stephens and Big Bubba Pain for their second NWA World Tag Team Title. [3] Triple X held the title for 118 days. On August 15, Jeff Justice substituted for Dawson and teamed with Thompson during a title defense against Bad Attitude (David Young and Rick Michaels). Thompson and Justice lost the titles. [3] In September 2000, Triple X vacated the Mid-Atlantic Tag Team Title due to Dawson retiring from professional wrestling. [4] As a result, Triple X disbanded.

The NWA Mid-Atlantic Tag Team Championship is the tag team title currently defended in the National Wrestling Alliance's NWA Mid-Atlantic territory. The championship was originally created in the summer of 1968 and was originally named the NWA Atlantic Coast Tag Team Championship. During this time, the title was the primary tag team championship that was defended in Mid-Atlantic Championship Wrestling owned by Jim Crockett, Sr. and later by his son, Jim Crockett, Jr.. While the current Mid-Atlantic promotion operates primarily out of the same area as the Crockett promotion, they aren't the same as Jim Crockett, Jr. sold his territory to Ted Turner in November 1988. This promotion would then be renamed World Championship Wrestling. The title was relegated to serve as the secondary tag team championship in Crockett's territory after Mid-Atlantic created its own territorial version of the NWA World Tag Team Championship in January 1975 and was used until sometime in 1985 when it was abandoned. In 2000, the title was revived for the Mid-Atlantic territory.

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Championships and accomplishments

NWA World Tag Team Championship National Wrestling Alliance professional wrestling tag team championship

The NWA World Tag Team Championship is a professional wrestling world tag team championship created by the National Wrestling Alliance. From 1948 to 1982, the NWA allowed member promotions to create their own territorial version of the "NWA World Tag Team Championship" without oversight from the board of directors. The first of these NWA World Tag Team Championships was created in 1950 in the San Francisco territory, which while billed as a "World" title was essentially restricted to the specific NWA territory. In 1957 as many as 13 versions of the NWA World Tag Team Championship were confirmed to be in existence. In 1982 Big Time Wrestling, based in Los Angeles, closed and abandoned their version of the championship. This meant that only the Jim Crockett Promotions' NWA World Tag Team Championship was active, but still being controlled by JCP, not the NWA board of directors. In 1991 that championship was renamed the WCW World Tag Team Championship.

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