Ron Harris (wrestler)

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Ronald (Ron) Harris (born October 23, 1961 in Nashville, Tennessee) is an American professional wrestler. He is almost exclusively a tag team wrestler, having regularly teamed with his twin brother Don Harris, mainly as The Harris Brothers, since debuting in 1988.

1 Career
2 Profile
- 2.1 Previous gimmicks
3 In wrestling
- 3.1 Managers
4 Championships and accomplishments
5 Job titles

[edit] Career

Ron Harris, and his brother Don, debuted in the Continental Wrestling Association in 1988 as The Bruise Brothers, where they became two time World Tag Team Champions. When the CWA became the United States Wrestling Association, the Bruise Brothers remained in the promotion, and Ron won six more Tag Team Championships, five with Don and one with Jimmy Harris (no relation) as Beauty and The Beast. The Harris Brothers made a final appearance with the USWA in 1996 as The Grimm Brothers.

In 1991, the Bruise Brothers debuted in the Oregon-based NWA affiliate Pacific Northwest Wrestling, where they became six time Tag Team Champions. In 1992 Ron briefly pursued a singles career, twice winning the Heavyweight Championship.

In 1993, the Harris Brothers joined Smoky Mountain Wrestling as the Bruise Brothers, managed by Jim Cornette. On June 28, Cornette lead them to a victory over the Rock 'n' Roll Express, Ricky Morton and Robert Gibson, for the World Tag Team Championships. The Bruise Brothers remained in SMW until early 1994, participating in hardcore matches such as Street Fights and Cage Matches.

The Bruise Brothers appeared in Eastern Championship Wrestling later in 1994. On February 5, the ECW Tag Team Championships were held-up after a controversial ending to a match between the Bruise Brothers and the incumbents, Kevin Sullivan and The Tazmaniac. The Bruise Brothers went on to participate in some of the first ECW hardcore matches, and feuded with Shane Douglas.

The Bruise Brothers were signed by the World Wrestling Federation in 1995, where they were renamed The Blu Brothers, and grew bushy beards and long hair. Their entrance music was a piece of Blues Music composed by the WWF, and they were managed by Uncle Zebekiah. They made their WWF debuts at the 1995 Royal Rumble and were defeated by Lex Luger and The British Bulldog in the opening match of WrestleMania XI. They eventually left the WWF and returned to ECW in 1996 as the Bruise Brothers, competing once more in the tag division, and briefly joining The Flock.

In late 1996 they resurfaced for a very short period of time as the Grimm Twins. They achieved no success with this gimmick and disappeared from TV until late 1997 when they returned to the WWF as Skull (Don) and 8-Ball (Ron), joining the Disciples of Apocalypse stable with Crush and their older brother, Chainz. The DOA participated in the "gang wars" of 1997, feuding with the African American Nation of Domination and the Hispanic stable Los Boricuas. They went on to compete in the tag division throughout 1998.

In 1999, the Harris Brothers debuted in World Championship Wrestling as Gerald (Ron) and Patrick (Don), known collectively as Creative Control. They went on to join the nWo in 1999 using their real names, acting as enforcers. They remained in WCW throughout 2000, feuding with Sid Vicious, Terry Funk and many of the younger tag teams, such as the Mamalukes. After winning the WCW World Tag Team Championship three times, the Harris Brothers began wrestling in singles matches in 2001, but WCW was purchased by the WWF in March 2001, and they were not hired. Later in 2001, the Harris Brothers toured Australia and Europe with the World Wrestling All-Stars promotion.

In June 2002 the Harris Brothers were hired by the upstart NWA:TNA promotion. They joined Vince Russo's Sports Entertainment Xtreme faction in December 2002, and remained with the stable until it disbanded in mid 2003. At that point, Ron left TNA to act as a bodyguard for Randy Savage, then embarking on a rap career.

On July 19, Ron appeared in Harley Race's World League Wrestling promotion, and, in a match refereed by Ricky Steamboat, won the Heavyweight Championship by defeating Ron Powers (he was substituting for Trevor Rhodes, who had been injured earlier that evening). He lost the title on September 12 to Takeshi Morishima in a Tokyo, Japan title defence in the Budokan Hall.

The Harris Brothers were reunited in November 2004 when Randy Savage debuted in TNA and demanded bodyguards, fearing a backstage altercation with his real-life rival Hulk Hogan, and the Harris Brothers were given the job. Savage left the promotion after a month, but the Harris Brothers were retained to act as |road agents. In February 2005, the Harris Brothers reappeared onscreen as The Disciples of Destruction, two bikers managed by Traci Brooks.

Ron and Don Harris were at the center of controversy as a result of tattoos they have on their biceps of the World War II German Nazi SS runic bolts.