Eadie would go on the independent circuit as Axis the Demolisher until he was sued by McMahon. Eadie countersued saying McMahon promised him a staff position in exchange to having the rights to the team. Adams would stay with the Crush gimmick, but would lose the face paint and dye his hair. They talked of including Adams as well, but he died of a drug overdose right before the tour began.
However, pretty much no official acknowledgment is even made to them today, nor has any DVD collection, nor even any mention of hall of fame induction.
When their final reign as champions ended, Ax left, paring Demolition down to a duo once again. Looking to regain some of their former success, Smash and Crush reunited with Mr. Fuji briefly before exiting WWE in The path of destruction Demolition carved through WWE would never be forgotten. No team has come close to causing the devastation that the original Demolition duo, Ax and Smash left in their wake,. Superstar Stats Demolition.
Unfortunately for Ax and Smash, their dominance in the tag team division came to an end when McMahon signed The Legion of Doom to contracts. Fair or not, Demolition was quickly turned heel. That Bill "Ax" Eadie was suffering from health issues and saw his in-ring time limited only hurt the team's ability to continue dominating tag team wrestling as the s dawned.
With Ax no longer able to maintain a full-time in-ring career, Crush made his debut, regularly partnering with Smash in matches against The Legion of Doom in house shows across the country. Ax still competed in Six-Man Tag Team matches, where his weaknesses and age would not be quite as exposed. Still, the absence of the original founder of the team was evident.
While Crush and Smash continued Demolition's legacy of destruction, there was something missing, something that could never be replicated. Darsow underwent a gimmick makeover, becoming The Repo Man. A midcard heel, the character was wildly entertaining and one of the characters McMahon created at the time that was not awful thanks in large part to the performance of the man behind the mask. At the SummerSlam event, the former tag team partners battled it out in a match won by Crush.
As great as the team was, and as much as Ax and Smash deserve recognition in the form of a WWE Hall of Fame induction, they went out with a whimper rather than a bang and are today somewhat forgotten by fans and historians alike. Enjoy our content? Join our newsletter to get the latest in sports news delivered straight to your inbox! In WWF, Demolition were three-time Tag Team Champions , and hold the records for both the single longest tag title reign and the most combined days as reigning champions.
Beginning in , Ax and Smash reunited for several appearances at various independent shows and legends conventions. Randy Colley and Bill Eadie created the Demolition gimmick and look around the start of while working for the World Wrestling Federation. After only a few matches, however, Colley was replaced with Barry Darsow for reasons which vary depending on the source. Either he was recognizable as the former Moondog Rex or there was a contract dispute with the WWF which led to his leaving the company.
After debuting with manager Lucious Johnny V , the team was eventually paired with Mr. Fuji , who began to wear Demolition-style paint around his eyes. As champions, they easily defeated a number of the top teams of the WWF, which at the time had a very talent-rich and hotly contested tag division.
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