The Vaudevillains

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The Vaudevillains
Tag team
Members Aiden English
Simon Gotch
Name(s) The Vaudevillains
Heights Aiden English:
6 ft 3 in (1.91 m)[1]
Simon Gotch:
6 ft 1 in (1.85 m)[1]
Combined
weight		 436 lb (198 kg)
Debut June 2014
Years active 2014–present
Promotions NXT
WWE

The Vaudevillains are a professional wrestling tag team performing in WWE, composed of Aiden English and Simon Gotch. Their gimmick is a pair of Vaudeville-era throwbacks. During their time in WWE's developmental brand NXT, they captured the NXT Tag Team Championship.

History

NXT (2014–2016)

In June 2014, English formed a tag team with Simon Gotch, known as The Vaudevillains.[2] The Vaudevillains made their in-ring debut as a team as heels on the June 19 episode, defeating Angelo Dawkins and Travis Tyler.[3] In August, The Vaudevillains participated in a tournament to determine the number one contenders to the NXT Tag Team Championship, before losing to The Lucha Dragons (Sin Cara and Kalisto) in the final.[4] On the October 30 episode of NXT, The Vaudevillains won a tag team battle royal to become the number one contenders to the NXT Tag Team Championship.[5] They received their title match at NXT TakeOver: R Evolution against The Lucha Dragons, but were unsuccessful.[6] After a brief hiatus, The Vaudevillains returned on the June 3, 2015 episode of NXT, defeating Jason Jordan and Marcus Louis. On the July 8 episode of "NXT", the Vaudevillains defeated Enzo Amore and Colin Cassady to become number one contenders to the NXT Tag Team Championships. On July 15, Blake and Murphy defeated the Vaudevillains to retain their championships after Alexa Bliss interfered. Afterward, Alexa Bliss insulted and slapped them both, turning them face in the process. General Manager William Regal then announced that there would be a rematch at a later date.[7] On August 22, at NXT Takeover: Brooklyn, the Vaudevillains (with Blue Pants in their corner) defeated Blake and Murphy (with Alexa Bliss) to become NXT Tag Team Champions for the first time. The Vaudevillains were eliminated in the second round of the Dusty Rhodes Tag Team Classic by Dash and Dawson setting up a future championship match. Their reign came to an end after 61 days when Dawson forced Aiden to submit after the duo disabled his knee with an elevated stomp off the turnbuckle.[8] The pair later failed to regain the titles on the November 25th episode of NXT. The duo once again turned heel after a losing streak continued with a loss to American Alpha when they refused to shake hands with the two, showing a lack of sportsmanship. They would later compete against the duo on the 21st March episode of NXT in a match to determine number 1 contenders to the NXT tag team titles where they would lose again. They made their final NXT appearance on the 13th of April, losing to Johnny Gargano and Tommaso Ciampa.

Main roster (2016–present)

On the April 7, 2016 episode of SmackDown, the Vaudevillains made their main roster debut as heels, defeating The Lucha Dragons.[9] On the April 11 episode of Raw, the Vaudevillains were announced as one of the teams to participate in the number one contenders tournament for the WWE Tag Team Championship, where they defeated Goldust and Fandango in the first round later that week on SmackDown and The Usos on the April 18 episode of Raw in the semi-finals.[10][11][12] At Payback, the Vaudevillains faced Enzo Amore and Colin Cassady in the finals of the tournament. The match resulted in a no-contest due to a legit concussion by Amore, and the Vaudevillains were declared number one contenders.[13] At Extreme Rules, the Vaudevillains received their shot at the titles against The New Day in a losing effort.[14] Since then, they have not made any appearances on the show.

In wrestling

Championships and accomplishments

References

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External links

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