Benza ukusetshenziswa kwamandla okuhamba phambili ku-wrestling. Bakukhulisa ukusetshenziswa kopende wobuso. Baqamba iqembu elidumile lokuqedela iqembu elaziwa nge-'Doomsday Device '. Bachume njengeqembu lamathegi ekukhushulweni okukhulu okuyisihlanu kanye nokukhushulwa okuningi okuzimele okuncane okungenakubalwa cishe iminyaka engamashumi amabili. Bawine iziqu eziningi zethimba lamathegi ezizale iminyaka engaphezu kwamashumi amabili, zanqoba iziqu ku-GCW, NWA, NJPW, WCW naseWWE. Banikezwe igama leqembu lePro Wrestling Illustrated (PWI) Team of the Year amahlandla amathathu kwathi ngo-2003, bavotelwa njengeqembu elikhulu kunawo wonke emlandweni we-PWI.
BangamaRoad Warriors, iqembu lamathegi eliyisithonjana kunazo zonke emlandweni ocebile we-wrestling yobungcweti.
Iqembu elilodwa lamathegi elibaluleke kakhulu emlandweni ocebile wezemidlalo, amaRoad Warriors avuselele wona kanye umqondo we-tag team wrestling. I-Road Warrior Hawk ne-Road Warrior Animal bekungabantu ababili abalwa kakhulu emhlabeni. Ubungako bawo obukhulu, ukusetshenziswa kwamahlombe ahlotshisiwe, upende wobuso osabisayo, nezinwele ezihlukile zazithena amandla emathanjeni abaphikisi babo.
AmaRoad Warriors asungulwa emkhankasweni osusususebenze manje weGeorgia Championship Wrestling nguPaul Ellering, obezosebenza njengomphathi weqembu, umqaphi, obhuki njll. Iminyaka ecishe ibe yi-15. Ukulwa ezindaweni eziningi, i-aura eyingqayizivele yamaWarriors inqobe abalandeli. Kudala ngaphambi kokuthi abadlali abanjengoGoldberg noRyback basebenzise umentshisi wesikwashi namandla okuhamba ukuze 'badlule', amaRoad Warriors ayekwenza ezweni lonke ngawo-1980.
Ingxenye ye-aura yabo ibisuselwa kumculo wabo wokungena owesabekayo. Cabanga lokhu: ubungasabela kanjani ukube ubumile phakathi kwendandatho, bese kuphuma ama-behemoth amabili amakhulu anamahlombe aphakeme aye 'ku-Iron Man' yi-Black Sabbath, yawo wonke amaqembu? Ubuwazi ukuthi ubusenkingeni yokushaywa kwempilo yakho. Akusizanga ukuthi amaRoad Warriors abonakale ecishe angangenwa yinoma iluphi uhlobo lobuhlungu bomzimba.
AmaRoad Warriors kwakufanele amake iqembu elalilwa nomculo weBeatles, nokuthi uGuns N'Roses wayeyini ekuvuseleleni umculo we-hard rock; bobathathu kahle ngaphambi kwezikhathi zabo. Babanga amaFabulous Ones adume kakhulu namaFabulous Freebirds ngawo wonke u-1984 nango-1985, womabili amaqembu eba yi-American Wrestling Association's (AWA) enkulu edonsayo kanye ne-wrestlers ethandwa kakhulu kuleso sikhathi, ukutholakala okuphelele kweqembu lamathegi.
AmaRoad Warriors azoshiya i-AWA ngonyaka olandelayo, ajoyine iNational Wrestling Alliance, ezoba yiWCW ngokuhamba kwesikhathi. Ekufikeni kwabo kwi-NWA, amaRoad Warriors aqala ukubusa lesi sigaba, asika izimpaphe zezimbangi zawo ngokukhululeka. Babe sebeqala umbango wabo ongenakulibaleka waso sonke isikhathi, njengoba babebambisene nenganekwane yeWCW uDusty Rhodes noNikita Koloff ukubhekana nesitebela esidlangalaleni sabasubathi bamahhashi amane eholwa nguRic Flair odumile. Umbango wegazi nowokwesaba ubuzowina umklomelo we-PWI Feud of the Year ka-1987, futhi uvikele isimo sabo njengabafi emakhasini omlando amakhulu futhi angaxegi.
Ukushaya kanzima, ukungabi nasihe, kanye nesitayela esingenamqondo samaWarriors kwakuyizinguquko kuma-1980s, njengoba izethameli ze-wrestling zazisetshenziselwa isitayela sobuchwepheshe esasikhuthazwa yizinhlangano ezahlukahlukene, ikakhulukazi i-AWA, lapho amaRoad Warriors azakhela khona igama. Abalandeli benqabile ukubabiza laba bobabili, noma ngabe bakhokhiswa ngezinhlamvu zezithende, bekhombisa ukuthi base bephenduke ‘izithende ezipholile’ ngaphambi kwe-NWO, noma i-Stone Cold Steve Austin. Njalo isizukulwane ngaphambi kwesikhathi sabo.
Akubanga nje isikhathi eside ngaphambi kokuba amanye ama-wrestlers namaqembu wamathegi aqale ukulingisa ukusetshenziswa kwe-Road Warriors ngopende wobuso nezingubo, kuhambisana nesimo sabo sengqondo esinamandla. Ngo-1988, kwi-NWA, amaRoad Warriors ayezohlangana neqembu, iThe Powers of Pain, iqembu elalineThe Warlord neThe Barbarian. Bekuyiqembu lokuqala ukuphonsela inselelo ngokomzimba, nangokwengqondo amaWarriors, aze afike ekulimaleni iso le-Animal, futhi amkhipha emdlalweni amasonto ambalwa. Umbango ekugcineni uzophela ngokungazelelwe, njengoba Amandla Wobuhlungu ezodlulela kuWWF.
Abanye babalingisi abadume kakhulu beRoad Warriors bebeyizinkakha zokulwa nezinganekwane uSting, iqhawe lokugcina, amandla obuhlungu, nokubhujiswa. Ngenkathi amaWarriors ebhula umqhudelwano e-WCW ngeminyaka yama-80s, iDemolition ibiphethe indawo e-WWF, indawo ebinamaqembu anethalente le-uber njengeBritish Bulldogs, iRockers, neHart Foundation.
Abalandeli beWrestling babelangazelela umdlalo wamaphupho phakathi kwalaba behemu ababili, futhi lokho ekugcineni kwaba nomphumela ngo-1990, lapho amaRoad Warriors ejoyina iWWF. Manje sebevuselelwe kabusha njengeLegion of Doom, ngokushesha babeka izinkunzi kweso ngemuva kweDemolition, iqembu manje ebelinamalungu amathathu - Izembe, iSmash neCrash. Kodwa-ke, ngenxa yempilo egulayo ye-Ax, nokwehluleka kukaCrash ukuphinda enze umlingo we-duo, umbango ungawela phansi ekhanda, kudumaze inqwaba yabalandeli be-wrestling ezweni lonke.
Ngesikhathi i-LOD iqala ukusebenza kwi-WWF, babezoba ngompetha beqembu le-WWF Tag kwesinye isikhathi, ngaphambi kokuthi uHawk ashiye ukukhushulwa ngenxa yokunengeka nge-WWF, ekuvezeni abanye babaphikisi babo, ngenkathi i-Animal inamathele ukuqeda inkontileka owayeyilungu leDemolition uCrush.
Isilwane sasingalimala emuva esasizomenza angangeni isikhathi eside, futhi kuzokhomba ukuphela kwenkathi ekhazimulayo yokubuswa yi-LOD. Ukusabalalisa ukukhushulwa okukhulu okuyisine kanye nokuncane okumbalwa, kufaka phakathi umsebenzi wabo eJapan, i-LOD bekuyiqembu lamathegi elingcono kakhulu ekulweni kusukela ngo-1983 kuya ku-1992, kusethwa ibhentshimakhi engenakuphikiswa ngokuphelele, okungenzeka ukuthi ngeke yeqiswe noma iphendulwe kahle, njengoba kuthanda Wamandla Wobuhlungu Nokudiliza Wathola.
I-Hawk ibizoqhubeka ne-Road Warrior moniker eJapan futhi yakhe i-Hell Raisers enesithonjana se-Wrestling saseJapan uKensuke Sasaki, futhi yasiza ukuphakamisa lo mculi osemncane wase-Japan abe sesimweni somcimbi. Lapho i-Animal ibuya ngo-1996, laba abathathu babezohlangana ndawonye ngaphansi kwe-Hell Raisers gimmick, kodwa manje bahamba yiRoad Warriors futhi. Ababili bazobuye bajoyine i-WCW ngonyaka ofanayo ngesipelingi esifushane esingalungile, ngaphambi kokujoyina i-WWF ngo-1997.
Manje ngaphandle komphathi wabo oyisithonjana uPaul Ellering, i-LOD ithole impumelelo encane, futhi ngokuyinhloko ibeke izinja ezintsha eziphezulu, iThe New Age Outlaws. Bephethwe futhi yi-'Diva yokuqala 'Sunny isikhathi esithile, futhi babambana noPaul Ellering nohlangothi lwakhe olusha. Ngisho nangemva kokuqanjwa kabusha njenge-LOD 2000, abakaze bathole impumelelo enkulu.
URoad Warrior Hawk, ogama lakhe langempela nguMichael Hegstrand, udlule emhlabeni ngenxa yesifo senhliziyo ngo-2003, wagcina evala amakhethini eqenjini elikhulu lamathegi kule minyaka engamashumi amabili edlule. Ifa liqhubeka ngo-Animal noPaul Ellering, futhi lakhonjiswa ngokushesha yi-Animal lapho ebuyela ku-WWE ngo-2005 futhi waguqula ama-Road Warriors no-Heidenreich, futhi wayezohlula iMNM ukuthi iwine iWWE Tag Team Championship, ukunqoba i-Animal okunikezelwe yona uqobo Uklebe.
IRoad Warriors yangeniswa eWWE Hall of Fame kanye nomphathi wesikhathi eside u-Ellering nguDusty Rhodes ngo-2011, futhi kuseyiyo yodwa iqembu elaphatha izicoco zethimba lamathegi e-AWA, NWA / WCW neWWF. Iqanjwe njengeqembu elinguNo.1 leMinyaka yePWI yiPro Wrestling Illustrated ngo-2003, amaRoad Warriors ayohlala njalo enefa elihlala njalo esigabeni sethimba lamathegi, futhi, ngelinye ilanga, eminyakeni engamashumi amahlanu kusukela manje, azoba yisilinganiso wonke amaqembu wamathegi azayo.
