Bad Intentions (professional wrestling)
| Bad Intentions | |
|---|---|
| Tag team | |
| Members |
Giant Bernard Karl Anderson |
| Name(s) | Bad Intentions |
| Heights | Anderson: 1.84 m (6 ft 1⁄2 in) Bernard: 1.98 m (6 ft 6 in) |
| Combined weight |
259 kg (571 lb) |
| Debut | October 20, 2008 |
| Disbanded | February 12, 2012 |
| Years active | 2008–2012 |
| Promotions |
NJPW Noah Riki Pro |
Bad Intentions (バッドインテンションズ Baddointenshonzu?) was the professional wrestling tag team of American wrestlers Giant Bernard and Karl Anderson. The team was formed in the New Japan Pro Wrestling (NJPW) promotion in October 2008 and reached its first major accomplishment in November 2009 by winning the G1 Tag League. From June 19, 2010, to January 4, 2012, Bad Intentions held the IWGP Tag Team Championship for a record 564 days, while also setting the new record for most successful title defenses with ten. During the reign, the team also won Pro Wrestling Noah's GHC Tag Team Championship. After losing both titles, Bad Intentions disbanded, when Bernard left NJPW to return to the WWE.
Giant Bernard and Karl Anderson first came together in New Japan Pro Wrestling (NJPW), when Bernard, along with his Detonators tag team partner Rick Fuller turned on the RISE stable on September 5, 2008, and jumped to the villainous Great Bash Heel (GBH) stable by helping Togi Makabe and Toru Yano retain the IWGP Tag Team Championship against Hirooki Goto and Shinsuke Nakamura. Bernard teamed with new GBH stablemate Anderson for the first time on October 20, but the two did not become regular tag team partners until after the 2008 G1 Tag League, when Fuller left NJPW. Anderson and Bernard represented GBH until April 5, 2009, when the entire stable, with the exception of Tomoaki Honma, turned on Togi Makabe and joined Shinsuke Nakamura to form the new Chaos stable. As representatives of Chaos, Anderson and Bernard earned their first shot at the IWGP Tag Team Championship by defeating Tencozy (Hiroyoshi Tenzan and Satoshi Kojima) in a number one contender's match on May 3 at Wrestling Dontaku 2009. They received their title shot on June 20 at Dominion 6.20, but were defeated by the defending champions, Team 3D (Brother Devon and Brother Ray), representatives of American promotion Total Nonstop Action Wrestling (TNA). On October 17, Anderson and Bernard entered the 2009 G1 Tag League. After a clean record of four wins and zero losses, Anderson and Bernard advanced to the semifinals of the tournament, where, on November 1, they defeated Wild Child (Manabu Nakanishi and Takao Omori). Later that same day, Anderson and Bernard defeated Apollo 55 (Prince Devitt and Ryusuke Taguchi) in the finals to win the tournament, after which Bernard declared war on Team 3D. During the following day's press conference Anderson and Bernard reitereted their intention of defeating Team 3D for the IWGP Tag Team Championship, while also announcing their new tag team name, "Bad Intentions". The title rematch between Bad Intentions and Team 3D took place on November 8 at Destruction '09 and ended in a double count-out, meaning that Team 3D retained the title.
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