Reno Scum are an American
professional wrestling
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tag team
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consisting of Adam Thornstowe and Luster the Legend. They are known for their work on the independent circuit and are best friends in real life, they are, however best known for their time in
Impact Wrestling
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Founded by Jeff and Jerry Jarrett in 2002, the pro ...
. They've formerly worked for
Ring of Honor
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(ROH) and the original
Global Force Wrestling also. Though best known as a tag team, Reno Scum has also been a stable, which included, in addition to Luster and Thornstowe,
Christina Von Eerie
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, Paul Isadora and Shane Dynasty. Scum has been said to stand for Socially Corrupt Underground Militia.
Professional wrestling career
Global Force Wrestling (2015–2017)
On July 24, 2015, Reno Scum made their debut for
Jeff Jarrett
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Beginning his career in his father ...
's promotion
Global Force Wrestling (GFW) where they participated in a tournament to crown the inaugural GFW Tag Team Champions, defeating
Los Luchas
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History
Ori ...
in the quarterfinals. On October 23, 2015, Reno Scum defeated Tease 'N Sleaze (Jacob Austin Young and
Joey Ryan) in the semifinals and in the same night they advanced to the finals losing to
The Bollywood Boyz for the GFW Tag Team Championship.
Ring of Honor (2015–2016, 2019)
The Reno Scum made their
Ring of Honor
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(ROH) debut in the dark match of the
ROH 13th Anniversary Show PPV event, where they were defeated by
Adam Page
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and
Jimmy Jacobs
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. On February 27, 2016, Reno Scum made their Ring of Honor televised debut losing to former
ROH World Tag Team Champions
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The Briscoe Brothers
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(
Jay Briscoe
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and
Mark Briscoe
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).
Reno Scum made a one-off return during ROH's March 16, 2019 television tapings at
Sam's Town Hotel and Gambling Hall in
Las Vegas
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, losing to The Bouncers.
Impact Wrestling (2017, 2019–2021)
On the March 9, 2017 edition of ''
Impact Wrestling
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Founded by Jeff and Jerry Jarrett in 2002, the pro ...
'', Reno Scum defeated the
DCC (
Kingston
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** Kingston, Jamaica
** Kingston upon Hull, England
** City of Kingston, Victoria, Australia
** Kingston, Ontario, Canada
** Kingston upon Thames, ...
and
Bram) in their debut match for
Impact Wrestling
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Founded by Jeff and Jerry Jarrett in 2002, the pro ...
. Reno Scum was unsuccessful at winning the
Impact Wrestling World Tag Team Championship in a fatal four way tag team match which was won by
The Latin American Xchange
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The group achieved initial succe ...
(
Santana and Ortiz). On April 19, TNA announced that Adam Thornstowe suffered a torn bicep injury. On October 27, 2017 after months of inactivity it was reported that they had been officially released from Impact Wrestling.
Reno Scum returned as enhancement talent putting over the team of
KM and
Fallah Bahh in a pair of matches during Impact's February 15–17, 2019 television tapings at Las Vegas' Sam's Town Hotel and Gambling Hall.
The first encounter aired on March 1 and saw Reno Scum turn heel in a post-match attack on their opponents.
This set up a rematch, which aired on March 15.
In a March 20, 2019 Nerd Corp interview, Thornstowe stated that Reno Scum have not signed a contract with Impact, but hoped that the two could be back full-time with the Company by this summer.
The duo next appeared at
Unbreakable, an August 2, 2019
Impact Plus
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special from
Esports Arena
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in
Santa Ana,
California
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, in a triple threat Impact World Tag Team Championship match against
Willie Mack and
Rich Swann
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and defending champions The North (
Ethan Page
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Page is best known for his work in Impact ...
and
Josh Alexander). The latter retained as Thornstowe took the pin-fall loss.
The North once again defeated Reno Scum, who returned as
faces to answer the former's open challenge for the Tag Team Championship, on Impact's August 23, 2019 airing, dubbed "Cali Combat," taped August 4 at the Oceanview Pavilion in
Port Hueneme
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Port ...
, California.
On April 6, 2021, Luster announced that he and Adam had left Impact Wrestling.
Championships and accomplishments
*
All Pro Wrestling
**
APW Tag Team Championship (
3 times)
**
APW Universal Heavyweight Championship
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Title history
Combi ...
(
1 time) – Luster
**
APW Worldwide Internet Championship
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Title history
As of , , there have been 53 reigns between 39 champion ...
(1 time) – Thornstowe
*
Championship Wrestling from Hollywood
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**
UWN Tag Team Championship (1 time)
*Future Stars of Wrestling
**FSW Tag Team Championship (4 times)
*
Global Force Wrestling
**
GFW Women's Championship (1 time)
[ – Christina
**GFW Women's Championship Tournament (2015)][
* '']Pro Wrestling Illustrated
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''
** Ranked Luster #155 of the top 500 singles wrestlers in the ''PWI 500
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'' in 2017
** Ranked Thornstowe #161 of the top 500 singles wrestlers in the ''PWI 500'' in 2017
*Supreme Pro Wrestling
**SPW Tag Team Championship (2 times)
References
{{reflist
External links
Global Force Wrestling profile
Independent promotions teams and stables
Global Force Wrestling teams and stables
Ring of Honor teams and stables
Impact Wrestling teams and stables