The Dupps
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The Dupps were a professional wrestling
Professional wrestling
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 tag team
Tag team
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 in southern independents and ECW during the late 1990s composed of Bo Dupp and Jack Dupp. They feuded with Amish Roadkill
Michael Depoli
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 & Danny Doring
Danny Doring
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 over who should have a shot at the ECW Tag-Team Titles
ECW Tag Team Championship
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. The rivalry culminated when The Dupps signed a World Wrestling Federation developmental deal, resulting in a 'Loser Leaves Town' match on the February 25, 2000 episode of ECW on TNN
ECW on TNN
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, that the Dupps lost.

After a long stint in the WWF/E developmental system and primarily wrestling infrequently on WWF Jakked, both Dupps were eventually let go in 2001.

During the early days of Total Nonstop Action Wrestling
Total Nonstop Action Wrestling
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, the team consisted of Bo Dupp and Stan Dupp, and managed by Fluff Dupp. Bo, Stan and Fluff were stereotypical
Stereotype
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 southerners
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, frequently chewing tobacco
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 and teasing an incest
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uous relationship. The Dupps became the first Champions of the "Dupp Cup" but lost it to the Hardcore Midget "Teo".

Stan Dupp went on to use a similar gimmick in World Wrestling Entertainment
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 as "Trevor Murdoch", before being released in July 2008. He returned to TNA in 2009 under the same gimmick as well, though with the name "Jethro Holliday" this time, only to be released again.

Championships and accomplishments

  • Carolina Wrestling Federation
  • CWF Mid-Atlantic Tag Team Championship (1 time)

  • Memphis Championship Wrestling
    Memphis Championship Wrestling
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  • MCW Southern Tag Team Championship
    MCW Southern Tag Team Championship
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     (2 times) - Bo and Jack

  • Total Nonstop Action Wrestling
    Total Nonstop Action Wrestling
    Total Nonstop Action Wrestling is a privately held professional wrestling promotion founded by Jeff Jarrett and Jerry Jarrett. The company broadcasts its events on television and the Internet fifty two weeks a year with over a million weekly viewers on its primary television program, Impact...

  • Dupp Cup
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