Filthy Animals
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| Filthy Animals | |
|---|---|
| Stable | |
| Members | See Below |
| Name | Filthy Animals |
| Debut | 1999 |
| Disbanded | 2001 |
The Filthy Animals was a professional wrestling stable in World Championship Wrestling (WCW) from 1999 until 2001. The stable was created during a major feud with another stable known as the The Revolution, which was composed of Chris Benoit, Dean Malenko, Shane Douglas and Perry Saturn.
The Filthy Animals consistently played the role of tweeners, usually pulling pranks and hijinks on heels and faces alike. They would steal wallets and mock older wrestlers. They broke into Ric Flair's locker room and stole one of his famous entrance robes, which they took turns wearing and imitating Flair's signature strut and "Wooo!". Although they became popular due to their DX-style pranks, the high flying nature of most of their matches and their inventive tag team maneuvers, their run was short-lived due to the demise of WCW.
Eddie Guerrero invented some of his more memorable shtick while with the Filthy Animals, including his famous fake chair knock out (he would knock his opponent out with a chair while the ref was distracted, then drape the chair on their unconscious body, and pretend to be knocked out himself, usually with the ref turning around just in time to see his opponent waking up wondering why they were holding a chair and getting disqualified. Eddie would, from time to time, open one eye to peek or wink to the crowd and gesture them to "shhhh!").
Some of the Animals have teamed up with each other in different promotions after the sale of WCW, including a stint in WWE in which Rey Mysterio and Kidman reunited.
The group had also released an album featuring all of their WCW themes, rapped by themselves.
In 2000, the Animals dropped Disco Inferno because of his heelish actions, the most notable of which was when he caused Mysterio and Juventud to lose the WCW Tag Team titles on WCW Nitro.
Wrestlers
- Konnan (1999-2001)
- Rey Mysterio, Jr. (1999-2001)
- Kidman (1999-2001)
- Juventud Guerrera (2000)
- Disco Inferno / Disqo (1999-2000)
- Eddie Guerrero (1999-2000)
Managers
- Torrie Wilson (1999)
- Tygress (1999-2001)
Championships and accomplishments
- World Championship Wrestling
- WCW World Television Championship (1 time) - Konnan
- WCW Cruiserweight Championship (4 times) - Rey Mysterio (2), Kidman (1) and Disqo (1)
- WCW Cruiserweight Tag Team Championship (1 time) - Rey Mysterio and Kidman
- WCW World Tag Team Championship (4 times) - Rey Mysterio and Kidman (1), Konnan and Rey Mysterio (1), Rey Mysterio and Juventud Guerrera (1) and Konnan and Kidman (1)