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Andy Douglas born 11th October 1978) is an American professional
wrestler. He is known for his work in Total Nonstop Action Wrestling
where he was a member of The Naturals alongside his tag team partner
Chase Stevens.
Andy Douglas and Chase Stevens were a professional wrestling tag team
known as The Naturals. They are best known for their work in Total
Nonstop Action Wrestling (TNA), where they are former three-time NWA
World Tag Team Champions.
While working for USA Championship
Wrestling, Douglas and Stevens were paired together by booker Bob Ryder.
They were briefly known as "Natural Heat" before shortening their name
to "The Naturals". In USA CW, The Naturals were old-school Southern
style heels.
Douglas and Stevens began working for Jerry Lawler's
Memphis Wrestling promotion in 2003, where they were renamed "The
Alternative Express". The Alternative Express—a gothic pair of rock fans
who wore black clothing and recolored their hair and fingernails—were
managed by The Goddess Athena. Athena later left The Naturals after a
falling out, and they gained a new manager, April Pennington.
The
Naturals went to the background in the early months of 2006. After Scott
Steiner brutalized Douglas in March, Stevens spent about two months in
singles action in the X Division with limited success. When Douglas
returned and they tagged again and "The Franchise"
Shane Douglas (no relation to Douglas), a
former NWA World Heavyweight Champion and TNA official, took an interest
in them. After they lost to The Diamonds in the Rough on June 15, Shane
confronted them, telling them they were squandering their talent.
Invoking his friend and their former manager Chris Candido, he offered
to be their new manager. With much audience approval, they accepted
Shane's offer, and, after a month of intense training overseen by The
Franchise, faced and defeated The Diamonds in the Rough in a rematch at
Victory Road. The Naturals then entered a feud with Team 3D, even
handing Team 3D their first loss in a Tables Match in TNA, but after a
loss to Team 3D in a Tables Match one month later, Shane Douglas
abandoned them, saying "This experiment is over".
After the end
of the Shane Douglas angle TNA were said to be done with the Naturals as
a team, saying that they had given the team several opportunities to
show their charisma, but had not delivered. The situation has since been
rectified to an extent and after two house show appearances for TNA, one
in January and one in March (2007), The Naturals returned to TNA on
Xplosion, in mid-April 2007.
The Naturals appeared at the
Lockdown FanFest held in St. Louis on April 14, 2007. Stevens and
Douglas were released from TNA Wrestling as of May 10, 2007, but TNA
Mobile announced soon afterward that they would be working for TNA
without a contract from time to time. |
