- Ole Anderson teamed Animal with
partner Hawk in Georgia Championship
Wrestling, and they became the Road
Warriors.
- The Legion of Doom, managed by "Precious"
Paul Ellering, originally consisted
of Hawk and Animal, the Spoiler, and
Jake Roberts.
- On June 11, 1983, the Road Warriors
won a tournament to capture the NWA
National Tag Team title.
- On November 19, 1983, The Road Warriors
beat Mr. Wrestling II and Magnum TA
in New Orleans, LA.
- In 1984, Hawk and Animal worked
for both the NWA and Verne Gagne's
AWA.
- The Road Warriors defeated Buzz
and Brett Sawyer on January 28, 1984
to regain the NWA National Tag Team
title.
- On May 20, 1984, Hawk and Animal
defeated the Junkyard Dog and Sweet
Brown Sugar to claim the NWA National
Tag Team title in Atlanta, GA.
- The Road Warriors defeated Crusher
and Baron Von Raschke on August 25,
1984 in Las Vegas, NV to capture the
AWA World Tag Team title.
- The Road Warriors made their All
Japan Pro Wrestling debut on March
9, 1985.
- On April 19, 1986, the Road Warriors
won the inaugural Crockett Cup Tag
Team tournament in New Orleans, LA.
- The next night, Hawk and Animal
defeated Jimmy Garvin and Michael
"P.S." Hayes at the AWA's
Wrestle Rock in Minneapolis, MN.
- On May 17, 1986, the Road Warriors
and Dusty Rhodes defeated Ivan and
Nikita Koloff and Von Raschke in Baltimore,
MD to capture the NWA World Six Man
Tag Team title.
- On March 12, 1987, the Road Warriors
captured the NWA International Tag
Team title from Jumbo Tsuruta and
Genichiro Tenryu in Tokyo, Japan.
The duo held the titles for more than
a year.
- Hawk, Animal, and Rhodes defeated
Ric Flair, Tully Blanchard, and Arn
Anderson on July 9, 1988 in Chicago,
IL for their second NWA World Six
Man Tag Team title.
- At the 1988 Great American Bash,
the Road Warriors, the Garvins (Ronnie
and Jimmy), and Steve Williams defeated
Kevin Sullivan, Mike Rotunda, Ivan
Koloff, Al Perez and the Russian Assassin
in a "Tower Of Doom" match.
- On October 29, 1988, the Road Warriors
defeated the Midnight Express for
the NWA World Tag Team title in New
Orleans, LA.
- Hawk, Animal, and Gen'ichiro Tenryu
claimed the NWA World Six Man Tag
Team title on December 7, 1988 in
Chattanooga, TN.
- At Chi-town Rumble '89, the Road
Warriors defeated Steve Williams and
Kevin Sullivan.
- The Road Warriors, the Midnight
Express and Williams defeated the
Samaon Swat Team and the Freebirds
at the 1989 Great American Bash in
a "War Games" match.
- At Starrcade '89 in Atlanta, GA,
Hawk and Animal defeated Doom.
- At Capital Combat '90, the Road
Warriors and Norman the Lunatic beat
Sullivan, Bam Bam Bigelow, and Cactus
Jack.
- A short time later, the Road Warriors
signed with the WWF, and the company
referred to them as the Legion of
Doom.
- At Wrestlemania VII in Los Angeles,
CA, the Legion of Doom beat Power
and Glory in a mere 59 seconds.
- On March 30, 1991, Animal and Hawk
defeated Hulk Hogan and Genichiro
Tenryu via count out at the Tokyo
Dome before 46,000 fans.
- At Summerslam '91 in New York, NY,
the Legion of Doom defeated the Nasty
Boys for the WWF World Tag Team title.
- On December 12, 1991 in Tokyo, Japan,
the Legion of Doom defeated Earthquake
and Typhoon.
- Hawk and Animal downed Money Inc.
at the 1992 Summerslam in London,
England. Days later, Hawk informed
the WWF he had quit the company.
- Animal was teamed with Crush (Brian
Adams) as the new LOD, but it didn't
work. Unable to wrestle due to a back
injury, Animal collected on his Lloyds
of London insurance policy.
- Animal, Hawk, and the Power Warrior
beat Rick and Scott Steiner and Scott
Norton on April 29, 1996 in Tokyo.
- In February 1997, Animal and Hawk
agreed to re-join the WWF.
- At Wrestlemania XIII, the Road Warriors
and Ahmed Johnson defeated Savio Vega,
Crush, and Faarooq in a "Chicago
Streetfight" match.
- The Road Warriors defeated the Godwinns
at the 1997 Summerslam in East Rutherford,
NJ.
- On the October 7, 1997 edition of
"Raw is War," Animal and
Hawk captured the WWF World Tag Team
title from the Godwinns.
- At the 1997 Survivor Series, the
Road Warriors, Ahmed Johnson, and
Ken Shamrock defeated the Nation of
Domination.
- Animal and Hawk became LOD 2000
at Wrestlemania XIV in Boston, MA
and won a 15-team battle royal. The
team was managed by Sunny.
- Animal and Hawk defeated the Disciples
of Apocalypse at the 1998 "Over
the Edge."
- The Road Warriors and Johnny Ace
defeated Kenta Kobashi, Jun Akiyama,
and Hakushi on May 2, 1999 in Tokyo.
- At Judgment Day '98, LOD 2000 and
Darren Drosdov defeated Skull, Eight
Ball, and Paul Ellering.
- Animal turned out to be the "mystery
opponent" revealed at WCW's 2000
PPV Sin.
- On June 22, 2002, the Road Warriors
defeated the Headshrinkers in Atlantic
City, NJ.
- On December 18, 2002, the Road Warriors
made a surprise appearance on a NWA
TNA PPV.
- Animal and Hawk defeated Todd and
Mike Shane in a IPW Hardcore Tag Team
title match on March 1, 2003 in Yokohama,
Japan.
- On July 7, 2003 in Miyagi, Japan,
the Road Warriors defeated Shiro Koshinaka
and Riki Choshu.
- At the Great American Bash '05,
Road Warrior Animal and Heidenreich
defeated MNM in Buffalo, NY to win
the WWE Tag Team title.
- At No Mercy 2005, LOD '05 and Christy
Hemme defeated MNM and Melina.
- On the March 3, 2006 edition of
Smackdown, Animal turned on Matt Hardy.
- WWE released Animal on June 6, 2006.
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