American Force

Professional wrestling tag team

Professional wrestling tag team

American Force

Tag team
Members| Paul Diamond[1]
Nick Kiniski[2]
Name(s)| American Force
Debut| 1985
Disbanded| 1985

American Force was a professional wrestling tag team that wrestled in Texas All-Star Wrestling. The team consisted of Paul Diamond and Nick Kiniski. The group was later joined by a rookie Shawn Michaels who replaced Kiniski in the team to team up with Paul Diamond.

## History

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### Diamond and Kiniski

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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.[3] 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

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Professional wrestling tag team

American Force

Tag team
Members| Paul Diamond
Shawn Michaels
Name(s)| American Force
Billed heights| Diamond:
6 ft 1 in (1.85 m)[1]
Michaels:
6 ft 1 in (1.85 m)[4]
Combined
billed weight| 455 lb (206 kg)
Debut| 1985
Disbanded| 1986

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.[3] The team was later disbanded in 1986 when Michaels left for American Wrestling Association.

## Championships and accomplishments

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* 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)

## See also

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* Badd Company
* The Orient Express
* The Rockers

## References

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1. ^ a b "Paul Diamond's OWW Profile". Online World of Wrestling. Retrieved 2007-08-12.
2. ^ "Nick Kiniski profile". OWOW. Retrieved 2009-08-28.
3. ^ a b "TASW Tag Team Championship Title History". Solie's Title Histories. Archived from the original on 5 July 2007. Retrieved 2007-08-12.
4. ^ "Shawn Michaels' WWE Profile". WWE.com. Archived from the original on 2007-07-04. Retrieved 2007-08-12.