American Force

History

Diamond and Kiniski

Paul Diamond and Nick Kiniski formed a tag team in Fred Barend's Texas All-Star Wrestling called American Breed. Neither Diamond nor Kiniski were actually American; Diamond was Croatian-Canadian and Kiniski was Canadian. The team won the TASW Tag Team Championship from The Maoris (Tudui & Wakahi) on May 25, 1985, and held them until Al Madril and Chavo Guerrero took the titles from them on June 5, 1985. The TASW Tag Team title was vacated later that same month when Guerrero refused to wrestle in a rematch against Diamond and Kiniski because Chavo's father Gory Guerrero was the special referee chosen for the match.

Diamond and Michaels

Shawn Michaels

Michaels:

|}} Al Madril teamed with Black Gordman instead but lost the match. After the match, Madril attacked Chavo Guerrero, splitting the team and forcing the titles to be held up. When Chavo later won the rights to name a new championship partner after defeating Madril in a singles match, he chose to give the titles to the American Force instead, only now the team consisted of Paul Diamond and a rookie named Shawn Michaels. They feuded for a short time with Toshiaki Kawada and Hiromichi Fuyuki, who were called The Japanese Force. The duo won the TASW Tag Team Championship twice. The team was later disbanded in 1986 when Michaels left for American Wrestling Association.

Championships and accomplishments

• Diamond and Kiniski
  • Texas All-Star Wrestling
    • TASW Tag Team Championship (1 time)
• Diamond and Michaels
  • Texas All-Star Wrestling
    • TASW Tag Team Championship (2 times)

References

References

1. "Nick Kiniski profile". OWOW.
2. "TASW Tag Team Championship Title History". Solie's Title Histories.
3. "Paul Diamond's OWW Profile". Online World of Wrestling.
4. "Shawn Michaels' WWE Profile". WWE.com.