The Dream Team (professional wrestling)
| The Dream Team | |
|---|---|
| Tag team | |
| Members |
Brutus Beefcake Greg Valentine Dino Bravo |
| Name(s) | The Dream Team The New Dream Team |
| Heights | 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) – Beefcake 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) – Valentine 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) – Bravo |
| Combined weight |
520 lb (240 kg) (Dream Team) 491 lb (223 kg) (New Dream Team) |
| Debut | 1985 |
| Disbanded | 1988 |
| Promotions |
WWF JCW |
The Dream Team was a World Wrestling Federation tag team from 1985 to March 29, 1987 consisting of Brutus Beefcake and Greg Valentine managed by "Luscious" Johnny Valiant. The New Dream Team, also managed by Johnny Valiant, saw Dino Bravo replace Brutus Beefcake and competed from March 1987 until the winter of 1987/1988.
Prior to creation of the Dream Team, Greg Valentine, managed by Captain Lou Albano had won the WWF Intercontinental Championship from Tito Santana and was in the middle of a brutal feud with Santana. In the midst of that feud Jimmy Hart took over Albano's managing duties while Valentine was still the champion. Brutus Beefcake had entered the WWF in 1984 under the management of Johnny Valiant.
Managers Johnny Valiant and Jimmy Hart first put Greg Valentine and Brutus Beefcake together in May 1985. Early on Beefcake teamed with Valentine to fight off Tito Santana and the Junkyard Dog, both high ranked contenders for Valentine's Intercontinental title. In Toronto's Maple Leaf Gardens on April 21, 1985 the Dream Team lost to Santana and Ricky Steamboat in approximately 15 minutes in what many consider one of the best tag team matches of the 80s. The match appears on the WWF's Coliseum Home Video release "Best of the WWF Vol. 4". On July 6, 1985 Santana regained the Intercontinental Title in a steel cage match and shortly afterwards the Dream Team set their sights on the reigning WWF World Tag Team champions, The U.S. Express (Barry Windham and Mike Rotunda).
Not long after Johnny Valiant became the sole manager of the Dream Team as the two started to team more and more regularly. Their initial shots at the tag team champions were unsuccessful but on August 24 at The Spectrum in Philadelphia the Dream Team won the tag team titles from the U.S. Express when Beefcake rubbed Luscious Johnny's lit cigar in Windham's eye (only a storyline).
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