The Colossal Kongs was a
professional wrestling
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tag team
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who competed in the
USWA,
GWF and
WCW. In WCW they were managed by
Harley Race
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Race wrestled in the National Wrestling Alliance (NWA), the American Wrestling Association (AW ...
, who brought them to the promotion. The team was made up of Awesome Kong and
Krusher Kong (Krusher Kong was originally billed as King Kong, but changed his name for copyright reasons).
Although they headlined the
Clash of Champions 24 in a losing effort against
Ric Flair
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He is ...
and
Sting, the team was ultimately unsuccessful and short lived.
They were named the Worst Tag Team of 1993 in the
Wrestling Observer
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Newsletter awards.
Awesome Kong (Dwayne McCullough) died from a massive
heart attack
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on November 17, 2012 at 54.
References
Independent promotions teams and stables
Masked tag teams
United States Wrestling Association teams and stables
World Championship Wrestling teams and stables
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