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Brad Batten

The Batten Twins
Tag team
Members Bart Batten
Brad Batten
Downtown Bruno (manager)
Scotty Ace (manager)
Name(s) The Batten Brothers
U.S. Express
The Wild Angels
Heights Bart:
5 ft 10 in (1.78 m)
Brad:
5 ft 10 in (1.78 m)
Combined
weight
453 lb (205 kg)
Hometown Mount Hope, West Virginia, United States
Billed from Charleston, West Virginia (CWA)
Kansas City, Missouri (WCCW)
Former
member(s)
Brent Batten
Debut May 12, 1983
Disbanded May 21, 2005
Years active 1983–2005
Promotions CSW
CWA
ICW
IWA MS
JCP
MDW
NWA
SMW
SCW
SSW
TASW
WCW
WCCW
WWC

The Batten Twins were a professional wrestling tag team, consisting of twin brothers Bart and Brad Batten. They performed under the "Batten Twins" name in Central States Wrestling, Continental Wrestling Association, International Championship Wrestling, Jim Crockett Promotions, Southern Championship Wrestling, Texas All-Star Wrestling, World Championship Wrestling, and the World Wrestling Council, and the name U.S. Express in World Class Championship Wrestling. The team also appeared in various independent promotions during the 1990s including, most notably, Atlantic Coast Championship Wrestling, IWA Mid-South, Smoky Mountain Wrestling and Southern States Wrestling.

A popular tag team in the Southern United States during the 1980s, the Battens faced off against some of the top tag teams of the era. They began their wrestling career working for the Poffo family in 1983. As identical twins, the brothers were a rarity in pro wrestling at the time of their debut. Their tenure in the NWA's Central States territory saw them engaged in a long feud with Sheik Abdullah. They held the NWA Central States Tag Team Championship a record four times, defeating The Midnight Express, the Midnight Rockers, Sheik Abdullah and Akio Sato, and Bobby Jaggers (in a singles match) for the title.


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