The Basham Brothers

The Basham Brothers
Doug (right) and Danny (left)
Tag team
Members	Doug Basham Danny Basham
Name(s)	The Revolution The Basham Brothers The Bashums Paul Heyman's Personal Enforcers Basham and Damaja
Heights	6 ft 2 in (1.88 m), Doug 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m), Danny
Combined weight	495 lb (225 kg)
Billed from	Columbus, Ohio
Debut	2002
Disbanded	2007
Years active	2002–2007
Promotions	OVW WWE TNA

The Basham Brothers were a professional wrestling tag team, composed of Doug Basham and Danny Basham. The team is best known for their work with World Wrestling Entertainment (WWE) and Total Nonstop Action Wrestling (TNA).

The Basham Brothers initially began working as a team in Ohio Valley Wrestling (OVW), where they were known as Doug Basham and Damaja respectively. On February 6, 2002, they defeated Nick Dinsmore and Rob Conway in an Iron Man match to win the OVW Southern Tag Team Championship. Following a 99-day reign, they lost the championship to Dinsmore and Conway on May 17. In August, they reached the final of the Russ Haas Memorial Cup, but lost to Nova and RC Haas. They spent the remainder of the year and early 2003 feuding with one another, until reuniting in March to take on Bradshaw and Dinsmore.

In mid-2003, they were promoted to the main World Wrestling Entertainment (WWE) roster, when Damaja was renamed Danny Basham, and the duo were billed as brothers despite having no actual real life Biological relation The Basham Brothers debut on the May 29 episode of SmackDown!, defeating Spanky and Rikishi. The following week, they unsuccessfully challenged the WWE Tag Team Champions Eddie Guerrero and Tajiri in a non-title match. In June, the Bashams debuted Shaniqua as their valet. In October, they began feuding with The APA (Bradshaw and Ron Simmons), defeating them in three consecutive matches, including at No Mercy.