The Tate Twins

The Tate Twins are a professional wrestling tag team made up of brothers Brandon and Brent Tate. They are currently signed to Ohio Valley Wrestling.

The Tate Twins
Stable
MembersBrandon Tate/Brandon Baronis/Boy #1
Brent Tate/Brent Baronis/Boy #2
Name(s)The Tate Twins
The Baronis Brothers
The Boys[1]
Billed heightsBrandon: 5 ft 6 in (1.68 m)
Brent: 5 ft 6 in (1.68 m)
Debut2010
Years active2010–present

As a team, they are best known for their time in Ring of Honor, where they teamed with Dalton Castle as The Boys and became one-time ROH World Six-Man Tag Team Champions.[2]

History

Ohio Valley Wrestling (2012)

On March 24, 2012, The Baronis Brothers made their Ohio Valley Wrestling debut in a dark match losing to the team of Raphael Constantine and Sean Casey.[3] They continued to work various dark matches and televised matches until their final match with the promotion on June 7, 2012, in a dark match loss to the team of Jayce King and LMC.[4]

Ring of Honor (2014–2019)

On July 19, 2014, edition of Ring of Honor Wrestling The Tate Twins made their ROH debut taking on War Machine in a losing effort.[5]

In 2015, The Tate Twins began going by the name The Boys joining Dalton Castle as a stable. On September 18, 2015, at All Star Extravaganza VII with the stipulations that if Castle lost, Silas Young would get services of The Boys, while if Young lost, he would become one of Castle's Boys. Castle subsequently lost the match, with Silas Young getting The Boys.[6] Castle faced Young in another losing effort at Final Battle, but despite The Boys seemingly siding with Young in the weeks prior to the event,[7] they rejoined Castle following the match.[8]

On March 10, 2017, at ROH 15th Anniversary Show, The Boys and Castle unsuccessfully challenged The Kingdom for the ROH World Six-Man Tag Team Championships.[9]

On June 23, 2017, The Boys and Dalton Castle defeated Bully Ray and The Briscoes (Jay Briscoe and Mark Briscoe) to become the ROH World Six-Man Tag Team Champions at Best in the World.[10] On August 20, 2017, at War of the Worlds UK, The Boys and Castle lost the titles to Bullet Club's Adam Page and The Young Bucks (Matt Jackson and Nick Jackson) in Edinburgh, Scotland.[11]

In April 2019, The Boys ended their relationship with Castle thus leaving Ring of Honor.[12]

Global Force Wrestling (2015)

On June 12, 2015, during the GFW Grand Slam Tour in Jackson, Tennessee, The Tate Twins made their Global Force Wrestling (GFW) debut defeating Best Friends (Chuck Taylor and Trent).[13] The following night They picked up another victory over the Best Friends in Knoxville, Tennessee.[14]

Return to Ohio Valley Wrestling (2020–present)

On February 4, 2020, The Tate Twins made their return to OVW defeating the team of AJZ and Tony Bizo.[15]

On November 7, 2020, The Tate Twins entered the 2020 Nightmare Cup Tag Team Tournament defeating three teams to win the tournament and moving onto the finals defeating The Legacy of Brutality (Ca$h Flo and Josh Ashcraft) to win the OVW Tag Team Championships.[16]

Championships and accomplishments

References
  1. "The Tate Twins - Cagematch.net Profile".
  2. "The Tate Twins fka The Boys in ROH To Receive WWE Tryout".
  3. "OVW TV #657 - Cagematch.net".
  4. "OVW TV #668 - Cagematch".
  5. "ROH on Sinclair Results – 7/19/14 (Taven/Lethal – TV Title)".
  6. "Ring Of Honor All-Star Extravaganza VII Results: Jay Lethal In Two Title Matches, AJ Styles, Return".
  7. "12/16 ROH TV Results – Final Hype for "Final Battle", Jerry Lynn, more - PWTorch". PWTorch.com. TDH Communications Inc. Retrieved December 19, 2015.
  8. "ROH Final Battle Notes – title change, #1 contenders, Castle, ROH/NJPW, more - PWTorch". PWTorch.com. TDH Communications Inc. Retrieved December 19, 2015.
  9. "ROH 15th Anniversary Show Live Results: Adam Cole vs. Christopher Daniels".
  10. Meltzer, Dave; Currier, Joseph (June 23, 2017). "ROH Best in the World live results: Christopher Daniels vs. Cody". Wrestling Observer Newsletter. Retrieved June 23, 2017.
  11. Johnson, Mike (August 21, 2017). "ROH title change last night". Pro Wrestling Insider. Retrieved August 21, 2017.
  12. ""The Boys" Leave Dalton Castle".
  13. "GFW Grand Slam Tour - Jackson, Tennessee".
  14. "GFW Grand Slam Tour - Knoxville, Tennessee".
  15. "OVW TV #1069 - Cagematch".
  16. "OVW Saturday Night Special - Nightmare Cup 2020".
  17. "Next Generation Wrestling: Round 2".
  18. "OVW Southern Tag Team Championship history".
  19. "OVW Saturday Night Special - Nightmare Cup 2020".
  20. "ROH World Six Man Tag Team Championship history".
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