Too Cool

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Too Cool

Rikishi and Grandmaster Sexay (posing in the ring) at the Hulkamania tour, with Orlando Jordan and Umaga on the ring apron
Stable
Members Scott Taylor / Scotty 2 Hotty[1][2]
Brian Christopher / Grandmaster Sexay[1][2]
Name(s) Too Much[2]
Too Cool[1][2]
Former
member(s)		 Rikishi[1]
Debut April 1998[1][2]
Promotions WWF/E[2]
UWF[3]

Too Cool is a professional wrestling tag team and former faction most notably active in World Wrestling Federation / Entertainment between 1998 and 2001 and for a short time in 2004.[1]

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[edit] History

[edit] World Wrestling Federation / Entertainment

[edit] 1998–1999

The duo of "Too Sexy" Brian Christopher and Scott "Too Hot" Taylor were originally a tag team known as Too Much.[1] The team feuded with fellow light heavyweight wrestlers such as Taka Michinoku and aided Jerry "The King" Lawler (Christopher's father) in his feud with Al Snow.

In June 1999, Lawler became Grandmaster Sexay, Taylor became Scotty Too Hotty (later spelled as Scotty 2 Hotty) and Too Much was rebranded as Too Cool, debuting on television during the June 13, 1999 episode of Sunday Night Heat. They originally remained villainous characters, but in late 1999, around the time Rikishi Phatu joined the team, they turned into fan favorites due to growing fan popularity. Too Cool's new characteristic was that of hip hop fans, which saw the duo dancing around the ring while lights flashed and dance music played, an act that quickly became very popular with fans.

[edit] 2000–2001

A famous moment came when the trio were all participants in the Royal Rumble.[4] They were the only participants in the ring at the time so they danced to their music while the Rumble was still going on.[4] This was followed by Rikishi eliminating both of his teammates.[4] Despite the elimination, no dissention arose between them. Soon after this, Christopher suffered an injury and while he was recuperating, Scotty won the Light Heavyweight Championship.[5]

Their success would peak later in the year when Scotty and Sexay defeated Edge and Christian for the Tag Team Championship on an episode of Raw is War on May 29, 2000,[6] while Rikishi would defeat Chris Benoit for the Intercontinental Championship on June 20.[7]

Rikishi later left the group after becoming a villain in late 2000. In 2001, Too Cool fully disbanded when Scotty was, in storyline, sidelined with a broken ankle caused by Kurt Angle. In reality, he needed time off for neck surgery. That same year, Sexay was released from the WWF after he was detained while attempting to cross the Canada–United States border with illegal drugs in his possession. After returning, Scotty formed a new tag team with Albert called The Zoo Crew that lasted until mid-2002.[8]

[edit] 2003–2004

Rikishi would eventually become a fan favorite again and reunited with Scotty to compete on the SmackDown! brand in October 2003. They later went on to win the WWE Tag Team Championship on February 5, 2004 after defeating the Basham Brothers.[9] Also around this time the WWE briefly re-hired Grand Master Sexay however he was on the Raw brand and had no interaction with Hotty or Rikishi. They held the title for a little over two months before losing the title to Charlie Haas and Rico on April 22.[9] Rikishi would be released from the company shortly after the title loss, while Scotty remained with the company until being released on May 15, 2007.[10]

[edit] Independent circuit

[edit] 2007

After Scotty 2 Hotty was released from WWE, he briefly reunited with Grandmaster Sexay to compete for the United Wrestling Federation's Rock 'n' Express Tag Team Tournament. In the second round of the tournament on July 19, 2007, Too Cool defeated the Extreme Horsemen (C.W. Anderson and Steve Corino).[3] The next day, Too Cool lost to the Steiner Brothers in the semi-final match of the Winner's Bracket.[3] Too Cool made their final appearance for the UWF on July 21 as they lost to The Naturals in the third round match to of the Loser's Bracket.[3]

[edit] 2009

In 2009, Sexay and Rikishi reunited to compete for the Hulk Hogan's Hulkamania: Let The Battle Begin Tour in Australia. Due to copyright issues with World Wrestling Entertainment, Sexay and Rikishi competed as Brian Christopher and Solofa Fatu, Jr., respectively, and were unable to use the Too Cool name. On November 21, the first night of the tour, they defeated Orlando Jordan and Umaga.[11] Three days later, they defeated Rock of Love (Billy Blade and Kadin Anthony).[12] On November 26, Christopher and Fatu teamed with The Nasty Boys to defeat Black Pearl, Vampire Warrior and Rock of Love.[13] On November 28, the final night of the tour, Fatu and Christopher defeated Pearl and Warrior.[14]

[edit] In wrestling

  • Double team signature moves

[edit] Championships and accomplishments

[edit] References

  1. ^ a b c d e f g "OWOW profile". Online World Of Wrestling. http://www.onlineworldofwrestling.com/profiles/t/too-cool.html. Retrieved 2008-10-08. 
  2. ^ a b c d e f "Cagematch profile". http://www.cagematch.de/?id=28&nr=87&name=Too+Cool. 
  3. ^ a b c d "Cagematch match listings, page 1". http://www.cagematch.de/?id=28&nr=87&view=matches#matches. 
  4. ^ a b c Powell, John (2000-01-17). "Rocky wins the Rumble; A bloody Triple H defeats Cactus Jack". SLAM! Sports. http://slam.canoe.ca/SlamWrestlingPPV/jan24_royalrumble.html. Retrieved 2008-10-05. 
  5. ^ a b "Light Heavyweight Championship history". WWE. April 17, 2000. http://www.wwe.com/inside/titlehistory/lightheavyweight/357216. Retrieved 2008-02-02. 
  6. ^ a b "World Tag Team Championship history". WWE. May 29, 2000. http://www.wwe.com/inside/titlehistory/worldtagteam/304454132112113. Retrieved 2008-01-30. 
  7. ^ a b "Intercontinental Championship history". WWE. June 20, 2000. http://www.wwe.com/inside/titlehistory/intercontinental/322628. Retrieved 2008-01-30. 
  8. ^ a b "Scotty 2 Hotty's OWOW profile". http://www.onlineworldofwrestling.com/profiles/s/scotty-too-hotty.html. 
  9. ^ a b c "WWE Tag Team Championship history". WWE. February 5, 2004. http://www.wwe.com/inside/titlehistory/wwetag/330120. Retrieved 2008-02-02. 
  10. ^ "Scotty 2 Hotty released". http://www.wwe.com/inside/news/scottyarielnickreleased. 
  11. ^ "Hulkamania: Let The Battle Begin Tour, night 1". http://www.cagematch.de/?id=1&nr=45215. 
  12. ^ "Hulkamania: Let The Battle Begin Tour, night 2". http://www.cagematch.de/?id=1&nr=45352. 
  13. ^ "Hulkamania: Let The Battle Begin Tour, night 3". http://www.cagematch.de/?id=1&nr=45406. 
  14. ^ "Hulkamania: Let The Battle Begin Tour, night 4". http://www.cagematch.de/?id=1&nr=45436. 
  15. ^ "Too Cool performing an aided sitout powerbomb". http://www.onlineworldofwrestling.com/pictures/t/toocool/02.jpg. 

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