Douglas E. Stahl (born February 25, 1963) is an American

professional wrestler Professional wrestling, often shortened to either pro wrestling or wrestling,The term "wrestling" is most often widely used to specifically refer to modern scripted professional wrestling, though it is also used to refer to real-life wrest ...

who currently works in the

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as one half of the masked

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known as

The Super Destroyers The Super Destroyers is a professional wrestling Tag team consisting of Doug Stahl and A. J. Petrucci. They both currently perform on Independent circuit and they are best known for their stint in Extreme Championship Wrestling, NWA Eastern Cha ...

. The two are best known for their time in

Eastern Championship Wrestling Extreme Championship Wrestling (ECW) was an American professional wrestling promotion that was based in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, and operated by its parent company HHG Corporation. The promotion was founded in 1992 by Tod Gordon as Nationa ...

where they were first 2-time and longest reigning

ECW Tag Team Champions The ECW World Tag Team Championship was a professional wrestling world tag team championship in Extreme Championship Wrestling (ECW). It was introduced in National Wrestling Alliance (NWA) affiliate and ECW precursor, Eastern Championship Wrestlin ...

Boxing career

Prior to the Super Destroyers forming, Doug Stahl was a Golden Gloves Boxer. Doug started boxing at the age of 14 under the guidance of Dick Hess. Dick Hess made a huge impact on Doug's life during his teenage years and watched over him like a father would. Dick strategically fought Doug to win the Junior USA Championship Heavyweight title at the age of 15 and winning two regional Golden Gloves tournaments at 15 and 17 years old. After highschool, Doug joined the Army and boxed on the Ft. Bragg Boxing team. During a parachute jump, Doug tore his ACL of his left knee and his sports career went on hold.

Professional wrestling career

National Wrestling League (1988–1992)

The Superior Brothers/Satanic Warriors

After the Army, Doug met up with Neil Caricofe and they were trained by "The Wild Samoans" in 1988. Doug Stahl originally teamed up with Caricofe as a

tag team Tag team wrestling is a type of professional wrestling in which matches are contested between teams of multiple wrestlers. Tag teams may be made up of wrestlers who normally wrestle in singles competition, but more commonly are made of establis ...

known as "The Superior Brothers." "Desirable" Doug Superior and "Nasty" Neil Superior were known for their ability to play off of each other during their matches. Not real brothers, they trained and lived together in Allentown, PA. for about a year. They also played a darker tag-team known as the "Satanic Warriors." They toured with the National Wrestling League (NWL) to Hawaii and to Guam and battled against the team of the Fantastics. Doug and Neil had their differences and split up after a few years. Neil was killed in Ocean City, Maryland in 1996 by 12 O.C. police officers trying to subdue him during an outburst in a motel.

Eastern Championship Wrestling (1992–1993)

The Super Destroyers

Doug would become more successful in his career while in

where he formed a tag team as a

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with A. J. Petrucci known as "

". Petrucci would become Super Destroyer #1 while Stahl would become Super Destroyer #2.

1992

The Super Destroyers teamed for the first time on April 26, 1992 when they teamed with HD to face

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, Jimmy Jannetty and JT Smith in a 6-man tag team match but the match ended in a double disqualification. On May 19, they defeated The Pitbulls in a match by disqualification. On May 25, they squashed

Chris Michaels William Pierce (born July 13, 1961) is an American professional wrestler, better known by the ring name Chris Michaels. He is best known for his appearances with the Philadelphia, Pennsylvania-based professional wrestling promotion Eastern Champi ...

and John Rock. On June 23, Super Destroyers had their biggest night in their career. They participated in a tournament to determine the first-ever

. They defeated Jimmy Jannetty and JT Smith in the semifinals. In the finals, they defeated The Night Breed (

Max Thrasher Philip Andrew "Phil" Livelsberger (born February 7, 1962), better known by the ring name Max Thrasher, is an American retired professional wrestler, promoter and trainer. He is best known for his tenure in Eastern Championship Wrestling, as one-h ...

and

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) to become the first-ever ECW Tag Team Champions. This started a rivalry between Super Destroyers and Night Breed. On July 14, the two teams had a rematch for the ECW Tag Team Championship which was the first title defense of Super Destroyers. They defeated Night Breed to retain their titles in the rematch. On August 22, they squashed EZ Ryder and The Super Ninja in a title defense. On September 12, Super Destroyer #2 faced Rasta the Voodoo Mon in a singles match. The two fought to double countout. On September 30, the two Super Destroyers faced each other for the first time. The two fought each other to a double countout. They moved to tag team competition once again squashing Samoan Warrior and Super Ninja in a title defense on October 2. On October 3, Max Thrasher and Super Destroyers were defeated by The Cream Team ( Rip Sawyer &

Dave Casanova David Mark DiMeglio (February 8, 1967 – March 1, 2002) was an American professional wrestler, better known by the ring name Dino Casanova. He competed in independent promotions in the Northeastern United States including Eastern Championship ...

) and Glen Osbourne in a 6-man tag team match. On October 24, they had a successful title defense against Rip Sawyer and Dave Casanova.

1993

On January 23, 1993, Super Destroyers faced The Lords of Darkness in a title vs. title match where Super Destroyers defended their ECW Tag Team Championship while Lords of Darkness defended their WWA Tag Team Championship. Super Destroyers won the match and the WWA Tag Team Championship. On March 12, they squashed Super Ninja and Canadian Wolfman in a non-title tag team match. On April 2,

Tony Stetson Anthony Matteo (born March 21, 1959) is an American professional wrestler, better known by his ring name, "Hitman" Tony Stetson. He is best known for his time in Extreme Championship Wrestling (ECW) during the 1990s. Stetson was one of ECW's i ...

and

Larry Winters Larry Winters (April 14, 1956 – January 27, 2015) was an American professional wrestler and trainer who competed in the Midwest, Mid-Atlantic and East Coast independent circuit during the 1980s and 90s. He has wrestled in the American Wrestl ...

ended the lengthy reign of Super Destroyers over the ECW Tag Team Championship which made Super Destroyers the longest reigning champions reigning over 283 days.

Championships and accomplishments

ECW Tag Team Championship The ECW World Tag Team Championship was a professional wrestling world tag team championship in Extreme Championship Wrestling (ECW). It was introduced in National Wrestling Alliance (NWA) affiliate and ECW precursor, Eastern Championship Wrestli ...

(

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) - with Super Destroyer #1 ** ECW Tag Team Championship Tournament (1992) - with Super Destroyer #1 *House of Pain Wrestling Federation **

HoPWF Tag Team Championship The HoPWF Tag Team Championship is the top professional wrestling tag team title in the House of Pain Wrestling Federation promotion. It was created on January 20, 1998, when Gutterboy and Randy The Violator defeated Flex Fenom and Shorty Smalls ...

(1 time) - with A. J. Petrucci *National Wrestling League **NWL Tag Team Championship (1 time) - with

Neil Superior Neil Allen Caricofe (April 6, 1963 – August 23, 1996), better known by the ring name Neil Superior, was an American professional wrestler and trainer. A mainstay on the East Coast of the United States, East Coast and Mid-Atlantic United States, ...

(1 time) *World Wrestling Association **WWA Tag Team Championship (1 time) - with A. J. Petrucci

References

External links

Super Destroyers Official Website
{{DEFAULTSORT:Stahl, Doug 1964 births Living people American male professional wrestlers Sportspeople from Hagerstown, Maryland ECW World Tag Team Champions