Spirit Squad

The Spirit Squad
Nicky, Mikey, and Kenny in the ring in 2006.
Tag team
Members	Kenny Mikey
Name(s)	The Spirit Squad The Squad
Heights	Kenny: 6 ft 4 in (1.93 m) Johnny: 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) Mitch: 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) Nicky: 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) Mikey: 5 ft 6 in (1.68 m)
Combined weight	Varies, depending on the combination
Former member(s)	Johnny Mitch Nicky
Debut	January 23, 2006
Years active	2006; 2009; 2014–present
Promotions	Beyond Blitzkrieg Pro BTW Chikara FBW HOH Kamikaze Pro NWA NYWC OVW PCW ROH RPW WOW WWE XICW XWA

The Spirit Squad is a professional wrestling tag team and formerly a stable that consisted of Kenny, Johnny, Mitch, Nicky and Mikey. The team's ring personas were those of an all-male cheerleading squad.

Before forming the group, all members competed in OVW, WWE's developmental territory, where they were once opponents. In January 2006, the Spirit Squad made their television debut on the Raw brand. Three months later, the team won the World Tag Team Championship and, by "executive decision", were all collectively recognized as champions and internally decided which two defended the championship at any given time. Their reign marked the first time five wrestlers had been simultaneously recognized as World Tag Team Champions.

After losing the tag team championship in November 2006, the team disbanded, with Kenny the only member to appear on WWE television regularly. Nicky, Mikey and Johnny returned to OVW, where Mikey and Nicky formed a tag team, and Mitch was released from his WWE contract in May 2007. Today, only Nicky has been continually signed since their breakup, wrestling under the name Dolph Ziggler. Right now, Kenny and Mikey wrestle on the independent circuit.

The idea for the Spirit Squad came directly from World Wrestling Entertainment (WWE) chairman Vince McMahon. Originally, the group was scheduled to be made up of four wrestlers from WWE's developmental territory Ohio Valley Wrestling (OVW); Ken Doane, Nick Mitchell, Nick Nemeth and Elijah Burke. Burke, however, turned down McMahon's offer to join the Spirit Squad, feeling that he could not perform the acrobatics required from members of the group, and chose to remain in OVW. Burke was replaced in the Spirit Squad by Johnny Jeter and Mike Mondo. The five members were given new ring names Kenny, Johnny, Mitch, Nicky and Mikey. The group made their first appearances in WWE at house shows and in dark matches. On January 23, 2006, they had their television debut, when they appeared on Raw and helped Jonathan Coachman win a Royal Rumble qualifying match against Jerry "The King" Lawler by performing cheers for Coachman and distracting Lawler. In subsequent weeks, the team was hired by several wrestlers to perform cheers for them.