11 Facts About British Bulldogs

1.

British Bulldogs were a professional wrestling tag team consisting of cousins Davey Boy Smith and Dynamite Kid.

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2.

In March 1984, the Bulldogs won the Stampede International Tag Team Championship for the first time.

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3.

The buyout meant that the British Bulldogs joined the World Wrestling Federation along with Smith's brother-in-law Bret Hart and Jim Neidhart.

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4.

The British Bulldogs wrestled Valentine and Beefcake for close to a year, usually almost winning the tag title.

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5.

British Bulldogs continued their feud with the Dream Team and defended regularly against the former championship team of The Iron Sheik and Nikolai Volkoff.

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6.

On January 26,1987, the British Bulldogs lost the title to the Hart Foundation in a match that saw Billington so debilitated that he was carried to the ring by Smith and saw little physical action after being "knocked out" by the megaphone of the Hart Foundation's manager Jimmy Hart before he even got into the ring.

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7.

British Bulldogs was central to their feud with The Islanders who along with their manager Bobby "The Brain" Heenan "dognapped" her.

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8.

The British Bulldogs then feuded with The Rougeau Brothers, which included wrestling the first match at the inaugural SummerSlam event at Madison Square Garden which ended in a time limit draw.

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9.

British Bulldogs left the WWF after backstage altercations with The Rougeau Brothers.

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10.

On February 2,1989 the British Bulldogs wrestled The Rock 'n' Roll Express to a 30 minute time limit draw refereed by Pat O'Connor for Central States Wrestling in Kansas City, Kansas.

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11.

British Bulldogs were made into action figures, first in 1986 during the LJN WWF Wrestling Superstars line and in the mid 2000s Classic Superstars line by Jakks Pacific.

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