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Team Hell No
Tag team
MembersDaniel Bryan
Kane
Name(s)Team Hell No
Heck Yes
Billed heightsKane:
7 ft 0 in (2.13 m)
Bryan:
5 ft 10 in (1.78 m)
Combined
billed weight		533 lb (242 kg)
DebutSeptember 10, 2012

Team Hell No is a professional wrestling tag team, consisting of Kane and Daniel Bryan. They are the reigning WWE Tag Team Champions. The team's name is a reference to the two wrestlers' personas: Kane is portrayed as a violent pyromaniac while Bryan is a spiteful pessimist whose catchphrase is "No!". Originally portrayed as bitter enemies, the two were forced to work as a team during a storyline pitting them in anger management classes.

History

Background

After failing to win the WWE Championship at Over the Limit from CM Punk, Daniel Bryan continued to feud with the champion heading into No Way Out, demanding a rematch following the ending of their match which saw Punk tap out moments after Punk was able to pin Bryan. Leading up to the event, Punk was put in a match against Kane on the May 18 episode of SmackDown where Bryan was in commentary observing the match. Bryan would run interference by attacking Kane with a steel chair and making it look like Punk did it, causing Kane to attack Punk. On the May 21 edition of Raw, Bryan was facing off against Kane, set up by Punk in which the situation nearly reversed itself. Afterwards, Kane would start attacking both indiscriminately after being a pawn in each of their plans. On the June 1 episode of SmackDown, which involved Punk defending the WWE Championship against Kane, Bryan would interfere in the match, attacking both once more, only for Kane to chokeslam both Bryan and Punk. Afterwards, John Laurinaitis came out to announce a Triple Threat match involving Punk, Bryan, and Kane. At No Way Out, Punk would retain the championship by pinning Kane.

After once again failing to capture the WWE Championship at Money in the Bank, Daniel Bryan proposed to AJ Lee on the July 16 edition of Raw, which she accepted and agreed to have the wedding as part of Raw 1000. However, during the ceremony, AJ rejected Bryan, and it was announced that she was named as the new GM of Raw by Vince McMahon, which led Bryan to get angry and destroy the wedding decorations in the ring. He was later confronted and insulted by CM Punk, The Rock, and even guest star Charlie Sheen. After a loss to Sheamus in a street fight on July 30 episode of Raw, Bryan underwent a psychological exam (under orders from AJ as retaliation for finding out that Bryan planned on having her committed to a mental institution after they were legally married) and was attacked by Kane (who claimed he was Bryan's "anger management therapist"). On the August 6 episode of Raw, AJ booked Bryan to face Kane at SummerSlam, which Bryan managed to win via roll-up.

Tag Team Champions (2012–present)

Following their SummerSlam match, Kane began demanding a rematch against Bryan, resulting in the both of them being put into Anger Management classes. On the September 10, 2012 episode of RAW, their therapist Dr. Shelby and AJ made Bryan and Kane team up, and they defeated the Prime Time Players to become #1 contenders for the WWE Tag Team Championship. At Night of Champions, Kane and Bryan defeated Kofi Kingston and R-Truth to win the title. The following night, on the September 17 Raw, Kane and Bryan defeated Truth and Kingston in a rematch to retain the championship. On the September 21 SmackDown, Kane lost to Damien Sandow due to distraction by Bryan. Later that night, Bryan lost to Cody Rhodes after Kane distracted him with his pyrotechnic entrance. In that night's main event, Kane and Bryan defeated Sandow and Rhodes by disqualification when Rhodes brought a chair to the ring. Kane and Bryan then beat down Sandow and Rhodes, as well as The Usos, The Prime Time Players, and International Airstrike (the latter three teams were at ringside, scouting). On the September 24 Raw, Kane and Bryan's team was officially dubbed Team Hell No by a "Raw Active" poll and shortly thereafter, they were attacked by Rhodes and Sandow, now calling themselves the Rhodes Scholars, in retaliation for the steel chair assault on SmackDown. A tournament was then set up by Booker T to see who will face Team Hell No for the WWE Tag Team Championships at Hell in a Cell.

Prior to Night of Champions, Grantland.com wrestling contributor David Shoemaker, alias "The Masked Man", said about the then-unnamed team's comedy vignettes,[1]

It has been a double revelation — confirmation that Daniel Bryan might be the best all-around performer in WWE and that there is a version of Kane that can exist in the Reality Era. They've played off each other beautifully.... When they were forced to hug in the ring last week, they proved that even the dumbest-sounding ideas can flourish in the right hands.

In Wrestling

Championships and Accomplishments

References

  1. ^ The Masked Man (David Shoemaker) (September 13, 2012). "How CM Punk Can Be an Even Bigger Heel at WWE's Night of Champions". Grantland.com. Retrieved October 4, 2012. {{cite web}}: Italic or bold markup not allowed in: |publisher= (help)
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