KroniK
Encyclopedia
KroniK was an American
professional wrestling
tag team
composed of Brian Adams
and Bryan Clark
. Their name was based on the word "chronic", a slang term for marijuana
.
(WCW). Upon joining together as a tag team, Kronik (originally spelled Kronic) assisted Vince Russo
in his vision of a clean sweep for his New Blood alliance at the 2000 Spring Stampede pay-per-view
. Adams and Clark interfered in the WCW World Tag Team Championship
match, allowing the team of Buff Bagwell
and Shane Douglas
to win the title.
While in WCW, Kronik moved between babyface
and heel
roles several times - holding the WCW Tag Team Championship twice. In the final months of WCW, Kronik became hired muscle, adopting the catch phrase "breaking necks and cashing checks", similar to the WWE's popular APA
tag team. Their contracts were not picked up by WWF when WCW was sold by Time Warner.
(WWF) tag team. Recruited by Stevie Richards
, Kronik was called in to settle past differences Richards had with The Undertaker, stemming from the disbanding of Richards' stable, "Right to Censor
" earlier that year. Kronik wrestled their first tag team match defeating Kaientai
on the September 20, 2001 edition of SmackDown and their last tag team match for WWF a few days later at Unforgiven, losing to then WCW Tag Team Champions Kane and The Undertaker. Due to their poor performance, Adams and Clark were dropped from the WWF roster soon after and assigned to a WWF developmental territory - to work on their in-ring skills. Unwilling to comply, they were released from their WWF contracts.
and appearing on the second PPV: Revolution defeating Navajo Warrior and Ghost Walker in less than five minutes.
The team then joined All Japan Pro Wrestling
in the summer of 2002 and made an immediate impact defeating Keiji Mutoh and Taiyo Kea
for the AJPW Unified World Tag Team Championship
on July 17, 2002. They would only make one successful title defense against Mike Barton and Jim Steele
on August 30, 2002 before being stripped of the titles in October as they cancelled their appearances.
They returned for the WRESTLE-1 show on January 19, 2003 losing to Keiji Mutoh and Goldberg. Both Adams and Clark suffered spinal injuries during the match, forcing both of them into retirement. Adams died in August 2007.
United States
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professional wrestling
Professional wrestling
Professional wrestling is a mode of spectacle, combining athletics and theatrical performance.Roland Barthes, "The World of Wrestling", Mythologies, 1957 It takes the form of events, held by touring companies, which mimic a title match combat sport...
tag team
Tag team
Tag team professional wrestling is a variation in which matches are contested between teams of multiple wrestlers. A tag team may comprise two wrestlers who normally wrestle in singles competition, but more commonly are made of established teams who wrestle regularly as a unit and have a team name...
composed of Brian Adams
Brian Adams (wrestler)
Brian Keith Adams was an American professional wrestler. Adams gained fame in the 1990s while performing for the World Wrestling Federation , under the name Crush, and for World Championship Wrestling under his given name.Trained in Japan by Antonio Inoki, Adams was a two time WCW World Tag Team...
and Bryan Clark
Bryan Clark
Bryan Emmeth Clark, Jr. is a American former professional wrestler. He is best known for his appearances with the World Wrestling Federation and World Championship Wrestling.-Early career:...
. Their name was based on the word "chronic", a slang term for marijuana
Cannabis (drug)
Cannabis, also known as marijuana among many other names, refers to any number of preparations of the Cannabis plant intended for use as a psychoactive drug or for medicinal purposes. The English term marijuana comes from the Mexican Spanish word marihuana...
.
World Championship Wrestling (2000-2001)
Adams and Clark first joined together as a duo in April 2000 in World Championship WrestlingWorld Championship Wrestling
World Championship Wrestling, Inc. was an American professional wrestling promotion which existed from 1988 to 2001. Based in Atlanta, Georgia, it began as a regional promotion affiliated with the National Wrestling Alliance , named Jim Crockett Promotions until November 1988, when Ted Turner and...
(WCW). Upon joining together as a tag team, Kronik (originally spelled Kronic) assisted Vince Russo
Vince Russo
Vincent James "Vince" Russo is an American creative writer and author, well known for his work in the professional wrestling industry. He is notable for his tenure with World Wrestling Federation, World Championship Wrestling and Total Nonstop Action Wrestling...
in his vision of a clean sweep for his New Blood alliance at the 2000 Spring Stampede pay-per-view
Pay-per-view
Pay-per-view provides a service by which a television audience can purchase events to view via private telecast. The broadcaster shows the event at the same time to everyone ordering it...
. Adams and Clark interfered in the WCW World Tag Team Championship
WCW World Tag Team Championship
The World Championship Wrestling Tag Team Championship was a professional wrestling world tag team championship in World Championship Wrestling...
match, allowing the team of Buff Bagwell
Buff Bagwell
Marcus Alexander Bagwell is an American professional wrestler and actor, better known by his ring name, Buff Bagwell. He is best known for his tenure with World Championship Wrestling between 1991 and 2001, where he was a five time World Tag Team Champion.-Professional wrestling career: Bagwell...
and Shane Douglas
Shane Douglas
Troy Alan Martin is an American professional wrestler and promoter, better known by his ring name "The Franchise" Shane Douglas. In the course of his career, which has spanned nearly three decades, Douglas has wrestled in Extreme Championship Wrestling and World Championship Wrestling and briefly...
to win the title.
While in WCW, Kronik moved between babyface
Face (professional wrestling)
In professional wrestling, a babyface or face or in simple words, a fan favorite is a character who is portrayed as a heroic relative to the heel wrestlers, who are analogous to villains...
and heel
Heel (professional wrestling)
In professional wrestling, a heel is a villain character. In non-wrestling jargon, heels are the "bad guys" in professional wrestling; the term heel coming from the term take to you heels, which means to run away which heel champions tend to do to avoid losing their titles.storylines...
roles several times - holding the WCW Tag Team Championship twice. In the final months of WCW, Kronik became hired muscle, adopting the catch phrase "breaking necks and cashing checks", similar to the WWE's popular APA
Acolytes Protection Agency
The Acolytes Protection Agency , was a professional wrestling tag team that consisted of Bradshaw and Faarooq. They wrestled for the American promotion World Wrestling Federation/Entertainment between October 1998 and March 2004....
tag team. Their contracts were not picked up by WWF when WCW was sold by Time Warner.
World Wrestling Federation (2001)
In September 2001, Brian Adams and Bryan Clark each made their re-debut as a World Wrestling FederationWorld Wrestling Entertainment
World Wrestling Entertainment, Inc. is an American publicly traded, privately controlled entertainment company dealing primarily in professional wrestling, with major revenue sources also coming from film, music, product licensing, and direct product sales...
(WWF) tag team. Recruited by Stevie Richards
Stevie Richards
Michael Manna is an American professional wrestler, better known by the ring name Stevie Richards. Also known by his ring names, Steven Richards and Dr...
, Kronik was called in to settle past differences Richards had with The Undertaker, stemming from the disbanding of Richards' stable, "Right to Censor
Right to Censor
The Right to Censor was a professional wrestling faction in the World Wrestling Federation from mid-2000 to early 2001...
" earlier that year. Kronik wrestled their first tag team match defeating Kaientai
Kai En Tai
Kai En Tai was a professional wrestling stable made up of Japanese wrestlers Kaz Hayashi, Dick Togo and Mens Teioh, later joined by Sho Funaki and Taka Michinoku. The group was managed by Yamaguchi-San when they were in the WWF....
on the September 20, 2001 edition of SmackDown and their last tag team match for WWF a few days later at Unforgiven, losing to then WCW Tag Team Champions Kane and The Undertaker. Due to their poor performance, Adams and Clark were dropped from the WWF roster soon after and assigned to a WWF developmental territory - to work on their in-ring skills. Unwilling to comply, they were released from their WWF contracts.
All Japan Pro Wrestling, WWA, & Retirement (2002-2003)
Following their WWF departure, KroniK joined up with World Wrestling All-StarsWorld Wrestling All-Stars
The World Wrestling All-Stars was a professional wrestling promotion founded by Australian concert promoter Andrew McManus in 2001. The promotion was operated by McManus' International Touring Company. WWA was one of several promotions to come into existence shortly after the closings of Extreme...
and appearing on the second PPV: Revolution defeating Navajo Warrior and Ghost Walker in less than five minutes.
The team then joined All Japan Pro Wrestling
All Japan Pro Wrestling
is a Japanese professional wrestling promotion established in 1972. All Japan Pro Wrestling still remains one of the most popular puroresu promotions still in operation.-The Giant Baba Era :...
in the summer of 2002 and made an immediate impact defeating Keiji Mutoh and Taiyo Kea
BATT (professional wrestling)
BATT was a professional wrestling stable that competed in both New Japan Pro Wrestling and All Japan Pro Wrestling from 2001 to 2002. The name: BATT is short for "Bad Ass Translate Trading", meaning a group of wrestlers that crossed borders...
for the AJPW Unified World Tag Team Championship
AJPW Unified World Tag Team Championship
The All Japan Pro Wrestling Unified World Tag Team Championship is a professional wrestling tag team title in Japanese promotion All Japan Pro Wrestling...
on July 17, 2002. They would only make one successful title defense against Mike Barton and Jim Steele
Mike Barton and Jim Steele
The tag team of Mike Barton and Jim Steele was a professional wrestling tag team that competed in several puroresu promotions including All Japan Pro Wrestling and New Japan Pro Wrestling.-All Japan Pro Wrestling :...
on August 30, 2002 before being stripped of the titles in October as they cancelled their appearances.
They returned for the WRESTLE-1 show on January 19, 2003 losing to Keiji Mutoh and Goldberg. Both Adams and Clark suffered spinal injuries during the match, forcing both of them into retirement. Adams died in August 2007.
In wrestling
- Double-team finishing moves
- High Times (Double chokeslam)
- Total Meltdown (Powerbomb (Clark) / Diving clothesline (Adams) combination)
- Adams' finishing moves
- ChokeslamChokeslamA chokeslam refers to a type of body slam in professional wrestling in which the wrestler grasps their opponent's neck, lifts them up, and slams them to the mat. It is common in televised wrestling because it is simple and relatively safe, yet looks powerful on camera...
- Chokeslam
- Clark's finishing moves
- ChokeslamChokeslamA chokeslam refers to a type of body slam in professional wrestling in which the wrestler grasps their opponent's neck, lifts them up, and slams them to the mat. It is common in televised wrestling because it is simple and relatively safe, yet looks powerful on camera...
- Death Penalty (Side slam)
- Meltdown (Pumphandle slam)
- Chokeslam
Championships and accomplishments
- World Championship WrestlingWorld Championship WrestlingWorld Championship Wrestling, Inc. was an American professional wrestling promotion which existed from 1988 to 2001. Based in Atlanta, Georgia, it began as a regional promotion affiliated with the National Wrestling Alliance , named Jim Crockett Promotions until November 1988, when Ted Turner and...
- WCW World Tag Team ChampionshipWCW World Tag Team ChampionshipThe World Championship Wrestling Tag Team Championship was a professional wrestling world tag team championship in World Championship Wrestling...
(2 times)
- WCW World Tag Team Championship
- All Japan Pro WrestlingAll Japan Pro Wrestlingis a Japanese professional wrestling promotion established in 1972. All Japan Pro Wrestling still remains one of the most popular puroresu promotions still in operation.-The Giant Baba Era :...
- AJPW Unified World Tag Team ChampionshipAJPW Unified World Tag Team ChampionshipThe All Japan Pro Wrestling Unified World Tag Team Championship is a professional wrestling tag team title in Japanese promotion All Japan Pro Wrestling...
(1 time)
- AJPW Unified World Tag Team Championship
- Wrestling Observer Newsletter awards
- Worst Worked Match of the Year (2001) vs. The Brothers of DestructionBrothers of DestructionThe Brothers of Destruction was a professional wrestling tag team consisting of The Undertaker and Kane, both currently wrestling for World Wrestling Entertainment on its SmackDown roster.-History:...
(Undertaker and Kane) at Unforgiven - Worst Tag Team (2000, 2001)
- Worst Worked Match of the Year (2001) vs. The Brothers of Destruction