Why WWE Needs To Immediately Fix THIS Historic Mistake

7. The Roots

As mentioned, the tandem of Ax and Smash was one of the hottest things in the World Wrestling Federation during the '80s boom, but the roots of Demolition go back a little further than some may think.

You see, before we had Bill Eadie's Ax and Barry Darsow's Smash, the inaugural line-up of Demolition consisted of Eadie and Randy Colley. Better known as Moondog Rex, Colley was repacked at the turn of 1987 as the original Smash.

With Luscious Johnny V, aka Johnny Valiant, as their manager, this iteration of Demolition wrestled just three matches together; one non-televised live event, one episode of WWF Superstars, and one episode of WWF Wrestling Challenge. A heel team, the basic outline of Demolition was present here, with the studded entrance gear, leather attire, masks, face paint, and even the backbreaker/elbow drop finishing move all in place for Eadie and Colley.

Of course, the decision was quickly moved to remove Randy Colley - a former WWF Tag Team Champion - from the team, with it deemed that, despite the make-up and different attire, he was too recognisable as being Moondog Rex. With the WWF still keen to move forward with Demolition as an act, several replacements were mooted to Bill Eadie. Not sold on any of them, Eadie suggested Barry Darsow, who at that time was working as Krusher Khruschev in Jim Crockett Promotions.

By March of that year, Darsow was now Smash, Luscious Johnny V had sold Demolition's contracts to Mr. Fuji, and we were finally off to the races with what would become one of the greatest teams in the business.