Bradshaw & Farouq
"The Acolytes"
Bradshaw is typical example of a wrestlers who if he wanted it bad enough, that he succeeded.
Bradshaw earned his stripes in the rugged CWA circuit in Europe. I believe in 1995 he secured a place in the WWF where he wrestled as Justin "Hawk" Bradshaw, doing a good job as a "knock off" on Stan "The Lariat" Hansen.
About a year later, in the WWF's wisdom, they teamed him up with Taka (Michinoku), the deal being Bradshaw was smartening him up to the American way of life. Next step was they teamed him with Farouq, which kind of went down like a "fart in churn", but slowly, and surely they improved. They became full on members of "The Ministry Of Darkness", before they split with them.
Today, they are full fledge ass kickers in the WWF. There vignettes (promotional storylines) have been nothing less of great (often bashing the other wrestlers, and anyone else who crosses them).This always ends in a fight, with The Acolytes coming out on top. They are currently the most feared team in the WWF, which goes a long way considering the depth of talent in Titan. They are the typical example of a "jobber" team come good. More power to The Acolytes.
Update: March 2002: On WWF Raw they did a skit where the APA went out of business! Will Bradshaw and Farouq be back? That's the quesstion on everyone's lips. Stay tuned.
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