The IronGodz
The IronGodz was a professional wrestling tag team, consisting of Jax Dane and Rob Conway, who were aligned with the National Wrestling Alliance (NWA) where they are former one-time NWA World Tag Team Champions.
The IronGodz | |
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Tag team | |
Members | Jax Dane Rob Conway |
Name(s) | The IronGodz IronGodz Jax Dane and Rob Conway |
Billed heights | 6 ft 4 in (1.93 m) - Dane 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) - Conway |
Combined billed weight | 514 lb (233 kg) |
Debut | January 19, 2013[1] |
History
National Wrestling Alliance (2013–2015)
On January 19, 2013, Dane and Conway made their debut together for the National Wrestling Alliance teaming with Chris Marval defeating Alex Reigns, Ricky Starks and Vince Vile at the NWA Branded Out Wrestling New Years Revolution event.[2] On February 14, 2014, The IronGodz (Jax Dane and Rob Conway) successfully defended the NWA World Tag Team Championships against The Lords of KAos (Damien Wayne and Lance Erikson) for NWA Southern All-Star Wrestling.[3] On March 29, 2014, The IronGodz again successfully defended the NWA World Tag Team Championships under the NWA Smoky Mountain promotion defeating The Illuminati (Chase Owens and Chris Richards) and The Lords Of Kaos in a three-way tag team match.[4] On June 2, 2014, Conway defeated Satoshi Kojima in Las Vegas to regain the NWA World Heavyweight Championship.[5]
New Japan Pro Wrestling (2013–2014)
On November 9, 2013, Dane and Conway made their New Japan Pro Wrestling debuts as a team at Power Struggle, defeating K.E.S. (Davey Boy Smith, Jr. and Lance Archer) and Tencozy (Hiroyoshi Tenzan and Satoshi Kojima) in the first fall of a two-fall three-way match to win the NWA World Tag Team Championship.[6][7] From November 23 to December 7, Dane and Conway now known as The IronGodz took part in New Japan's 2013 World Tag League, where they finished with a record of ten wins and three losses, failing to advance to the semifinals.[8][9] On January 5, 2014, The IronGodz (Jax Dane and Rob Conway) successfully defended the NWA World Tag Team Championships against Tencozy.[10] The IronGodz returned to New Japan on April 6 at Invasion Attack 2014, where they lost the NWA World Tag Team Championship to Tencozy.[11][12] The following week, The IronGodz failed in their attempt to regain the NWA World Tag Team Championships from Tencozy on April 13.[13][14] The IronGodz returned to New Japan in November to take part in the 2014 World Tag League.[15] The team finished second to last in their block with a record of three wins and four losses.[16]
Championships and accomplishments
- National Wrestling Alliance
- NWA World Heavyweight Championship (2 time) – Rob Conway[5]
- NWA National Heavyweight Championship (1 time) – Jax Dane[17]
- NWA World Tag Team Championship (1 time)[6][7]
References
- "IronGodz profile".
- "NWA BOW New Years Revolution results".
- "NWA SAW 2/14/14".
- "NWA Smoky Mountain Battle For The Belts".
- Caldwell, James (2014-06-03). "NWA news: New NWA World champion determined in Vegas". Pro Wrestling Torch. Retrieved 2014-06-03.
- "Power Struggle". New Japan Pro Wrestling (in Japanese). Retrieved 2013-11-09.
- Caldwell, James (2013-11-09). "NJPW news: Double title change in IWGP Tag Title vs. NWA Tag Title match, Young Bucks add Tag Title gold". Pro Wrestling Torch. Retrieved 2013-11-09.
- "World Tag League 2013". New Japan Pro Wrestling (in Japanese). Retrieved 2013-12-07.
- "World Tag League 2013". New Japan Pro Wrestling (in Japanese). Archived from the original on 2013-12-12. Retrieved 2013-12-07.
- "New Year Dash !!". New Japan Pro Wrestling (in Japanese). Retrieved 2014-01-05.
- "Invasion Attack 2014". New Japan Pro Wrestling (in Japanese). Retrieved 2014-04-06.
- Caldwell, James (2014-04-06). "Caldwell's NJPW PPV results 4/6: Complete "virtual-time" coverage of "Invasion Attack 2014" - Nakamura regains IC Title, A.J. Styles big angle, new NWA tag champions, more". Pro Wrestling Torch. Retrieved 2014-04-06.
- "Wrestling World 2014 in 台湾". New Japan Pro Wrestling (in Japanese). Retrieved 2014-04-13.
- "Wrestling World 2014 in 台湾". New Japan Pro Wrestling (in Japanese). Retrieved 2014-11-24.
- "『World Tag League 2014』出場チーム&公式戦が決定! 棚橋はヨシタツとタッグ結成! 桜庭、AJ、柴田、ROH、NWAも参戦!". New Japan Pro Wrestling (in Japanese). 2014-11-11. Archived from the original on 2014-11-12. Retrieved 2014-12-05.
- "World Tag League 2014". New Japan Pro Wrestling (in Japanese). Archived from the original on 2014-12-10. Retrieved 2014-12-05.
- Caldwell, James (2015-02-07). "NWA news: Former TNA KO captures Women's Title, Jax captures Nat'l Title, Conway defends NWA World Title, two big title matches at NJPW's "New Beginning" next week". Pro Wrestling Torch. Retrieved 2015-01-08.