Lethal Consequences was a

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(TNA). The team consisted of

Jay Lethal Jamar Shipman (born April 29, 1985), better known by the ring name Jay Lethal, is an American professional wrestler currently signed to All Elite Wrestling (AEW). Dubbed "The Franchise" of Ring of Honor, Lethal is a two-time ROH World Champion ...

and

Consequences Creed Austin Watson (born September 4, 1986) is an American professional wrestler. He is currently signed to WWE, where he performs on the NXT brand under the ring name Xavier Woods. He appeared on WWE's NXT brand as one-half of the current NXT Tag T ...

. The team name was a

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s of Lethal and Creed.

History

Total Nonstop Action Wrestling (2008-2010)

Formation (2008)

and

were both wrestling in

(TNA)'s

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in the summer of 2008. They began teaming with each other, during that same time. They first teamed on August 7, 2008 edition of '' Impact!'', defeating the Motor City Machineguns (

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and

Alex Shelley Patrick Kenneth Martin (born May 23, 1983) is an American professional wrestler and physical therapy clinician, better known by the ring name, Alex Shelley, makes appearances with Impact Wrestling (formerly known as Total Nonstop Action Wrestling) ...

TNA Front Line; World Tag Team Champions (2009)

Jay Lethal on ramp at Lethal Consequences

The two did not properly team, until November 2008, when a heroic

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called The TNA Front Line was formed to oppose Main Event Mafia, a villainous group. Lethal and Creed joined Front Line and became a permanent tag team. The team was initially known simply by their ring names. At Final Resolution in December 2008, Lethal won one of the Feast or Fired briefcases in the Feast or Fired match. The briefcase contained a

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shot. On January 8, 2009 episode of ''Impact!'', Lethal cashed in his title shot, by teaming with his tag team partner, Creed. They were booked to defeat the champions Beer Money, Inc. (

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and

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) for the TNA Tag Team Titles; this episode however taped on December 16, 2008. At

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, they lost the titles back to Beer Money in a

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, also involving

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and Abyss. During this time, Motor City Machineguns left Frontline, beginning a

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between with the newly renamed "Lethal Consequences" and Machineguns. On February 5 episode of ''Impact!'', Lethal Consequences had a match with Machineguns. During Creed's entrance, he was attacked by Beer Money, causing him to be replaced by Eric Young, with whom Lethal won the match. At Against All Odds, Beer Money defeated Lethal Consequences to retain the TNA World Tag Team Championship, due to Creed's shoulder injury.

Feud with Suicide and Dissolution (2009-2010)

Lethal Consequences stable double team against Suicide

In March 2009, Lethal Consequences and Machineguns continued their rivalry, as they exchanged victories in tag matches. They would also battle for the latter team's one half, Alex Shelley's

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, which would be won by

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. Suicide successfully retained the X Division Title against both teams in an

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at Destination X, an

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and a

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. For the rest of the year through early 2010, Lethal and Creed became tag team and X-division jobbers, losing to teams like the Motor City Machine Guns and X-division matches involving many competitors. Creed was released from TNA Wrestling on March 29, 2010, marking the end of Lethal Consequences.

Championships and accomplishments

( 1 time)

References

External links

Jay Lethal's TNA profile

Consequences Creed's TNA profile

{{TNA World Tag Team Championship Impact Wrestling teams and stables