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Wayne Bloom (born March 22, 1958) is an American retired
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. He is best known for his appearances with the
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(AWA) and
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(WCW) under his birth name and with the
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(WWF) as Beau Beverly. For much of his career, Bloom teamed with
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as the Destruction Crew / the
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.


Professional wrestling career


American Wrestling Association (1988–1991)

Wayne Bloom started wrestling with the
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(AWA) in 1988 after being trained by
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. In the AWA, he competed as Wayne "The Train" Bloom. His initial run as a singles wrestler was not very successful, illustrated by the 24 second loss to
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at the AWA PPV
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. After his unsuccessful singles attempts, Bloom formed a tag team called The Destruction Crew with fellow rookie (and Eddie Sharkey student) ”Mean” Mike Enos. In the fall of 1989 Wayne Bloom on behalf of the Destruction Crew challenged then
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and
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to a “car lifting” contest. During the challenge, the Destruction Crew attacked Patera and Rhenigans and injured them (
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). This forced them to vacate the tag team titles. A tournament was set up to crown new tag-team champions; in the tournament, the Destruction Crew would defeat the team of Sgt. Slaughter &
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in the first round and then beat Greg Gagne and
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in the finals to win the titles. Bloom also challenged the returning Brad Rheingans to a
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match which Bloom lost. Nevertheless, the Crew's tag team victory combined with their devious tactics earned the duo a joint “ Rookie of the Year” award from the readers of ''
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'', which is the only time a tag team has won this award. On August 11, 1990, the Destruction Crew lost the AWA tag-team titles to longtime rivals
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and D.J. Peterson. The Crew tried in vain to regain the titles over the following months until the AWA closed up in early 1991.


World Championship Wrestling (1990)

In 1990, the Destruction Crew joined
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(WCW), which at the time was still a part of the
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(NWA). In WCW, they wrestled under masks as the
Minnesota Wrecking Crew 2 The Beverly Brothers were a professional wrestling tag team comprising Mike Enos and Wayne Bloom in the World Wrestling Federation. They were also known as The Destruction Crew in the American Wrestling Association and the Minnesota Wrecking Cre ...
and were managed by
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(a member of the original Minnesota Wrecking Crew). They attempted without success to win the
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from the
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over the spring of 1990. During their stint with WCW they were also still under contract with the AWA; in fact, they were the AWA World Tag-Team Champions during their entire run as the masked Minnesota Wrestling Crew 2.


World Wrestling Federation (1991–1993)

In May 1991, the Destruction Crew went to the
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(WWF) and became the
Beverly Brothers The Beverly Brothers were a professional wrestling tag team comprising Mike Enos and Wayne Bloom in the World Wrestling Federation. They were also known as The Destruction Crew in the American Wrestling Association and the Minnesota Wrecking Cre ...
, with Enos and Bloom wrestling under the
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s Blake and Beau Beverly, respectively. Now sporting matching bleach-blonde hair styles and wearing flamboyant purple tights and capes to the ring, their
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was that of two spoiled rich brats. They were originally managed by Coach (John Tolos), then by The Genius. The team was initially promoted as a force to be reckoned with in the tag team division. After making their WWF
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debut on a winning team at Survivor Series '91, they were launched into feuds with the
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,
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(whom they defeated at the 1992 Royal Rumble) and
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(whom they unsuccessfully challenged for the
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at SummerSlam '92). By the later part of 1992, however, they would be used primarily to put over other tag teams; they were on the losing end of an eight-man elimination tag team match at Survivor Series '92 and were defeated by their old rivals The Steiner Brothers at the 1993 Royal Rumble.


Late career (1993–1999)

In 1993, Bloom left the WWF and also semi-retired from professional wrestling. Yet within a year, he was making sporadic appearances on the independent scene as a singles wrestler among other places during the last days of
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UWF. Bloom and Enos had a brief reunion in
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(WCW) in 1998. After a while together, the team finally disbanded for good. Bloom retired from professional wrestling in 1999.


Personal life

Wayne has a son named Cal Bloom (born June 30, 1994) who is also a professional wrestler. In March 2019 he signed with
WWE World Wrestling Entertainment (WWE) is an American professional wrestling promotion. It is owned and operated by TKO Group Holdings, a majority-owned subsidiary of Endeavor Group Holdings. A global integrated media and entertainment company, ...
. On the September 14, 2021, edition of NXT, Cal Bloom made his debut in a fatal four-way match, now wrestling under the name Von Wagner.


Championships and accomplishments

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**
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( 1 time) – with
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**AWA World Tag Team Championship Tournament (1989) – with Mike Enos *''
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'' **
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(1989) – with Mike Enos **PWI ranked him #92 of the 500 best single wrestlers of the PWI 500 in 1992 **PWI ranked him #458 of the top 500 singles wrestlers of the PWI Years in 2003


See also

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References


External links

* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Bloom, Wayne 1958 births American male professional wrestlers Living people Professional wrestlers from Minneapolis 20th-century male professional wrestlers 20th-century American professional wrestlers AWA World Tag Team Champions 1988 professional wrestling debuts