The Godwinns
| The Godwinns | |
|---|---|
| Tag team | |
| Members |
Henry O. Godwinn / Shanghai Pierce Phineas I. Godwinn / Tex Slazinger Cousin Ray |
| Name(s) |
The Godwinns Southern Justice Tex Slazinger and Shanghai Pierce |
| Heights | Canterbury: 6 ft 4 in (1.93 m) Knight: 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) Gordy: 5 ft 10 in (1.78 m) |
| Combined weight |
573 lb (260 kg) |
| Debut | 1991 |
| Disbanded | 1998 |
| Years active | 1991-1998 |
| Promotions | DSW USWA WCW WWF |
The Godwinns was a gimmick of the professional wrestling tag team composed of Dennis Knight (Phineas I. Godwinn) and Mark Canterbury (Henry O. Godwinn) that they used in the WWF. The team has used other gimmicks before they joined the WWF and had a gimmick change in the WWF shortly before disbanding. Their original WWF gimmick was that of two cousins who were hog farmers from Arkansas.
The two men who would later be known as the Godwinns first started teaming in the United States Wrestling Association under the names Tex Sallinger (Phineas) and Master Blaster (Henry) in 1991. Master Blaster was masked while Sallinger was not. Due to their stature and ring outfits, some mistakenly believed that Sallinger and Blaster were a well traveled team known as "The Texas Hangmen" under a different gimmick as the Hangmen had recently left the USWA. The team feuded mainly with Jeff Jarrett and Robert Fuller as a part of the “Texas/Tennessee” storyline. After achieving little notoriety in the USWA, the two men were signed by World Championship Wrestling in 1992.
The duo was renamed "Tex Slazinger" and "Shanghai Pierce" who remained masked and made their debut in November 1992. Their debut was without much fanfare as they were at best perceived as a mid-card team used to help establish higher level teams. They did have a “mini-feud” of sorts with Kent and Keith Cole, the Cole Twins. Tex and Shanghai would mainly appear on the WCW “B” shows such as WorldWide and WCW Saturday Night. Tex Slazinger somehow got a cult following among the fans of the “Saturday Night” tapings who’d chant for him when he was in the ring. During one Saturday Night show, color commentator Jesse Ventura nicknamed them "the Texicans" although the name never became official.
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