Team Lethality | |
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[[Image:{{{image}}}|{{{image_width}}}px|Image of Team Lethality]] | |
Billing information | |
Members | |
Former member(s) | Danielle Lopez (leader) Mariah Lopez Ryan "The Reaper" Robinson Bella Robinson Rachel Robinson Laurie Young Tom Pendergrass Crystal Alvarez Aurora Rose Alexis Knight Desiree Miles TJ Parks Stephen Kelly Kyoko Kawashima |
Other name(s) | The Black Rose Mafia (former name) |
Heights | 5'4" (Danielle) 5'4 1/2" (Mariah, Crystal and Bella) 5'5" (Rachel, Mariella, Mya and Aurora) 5'7" (Laurie) 5'8" (Alexis) 6'5" (Reaper) 6'4" (Tom) |
Combined Weight | 117 lbs (Danielle) 137 lbs (Mariah) 128 lbs (Laurie) 285 lbs (Reaper) 264 lbs (Tom) |
Born | {{{born}}} |
Hometown | San Diego, California (Danielle, Mariah, Reaper, Bella, Rachel, Mariella and Mya) |
Billed From | San Diego, California (Danielle and Mariah) Los Angeles, California (Mariella and Mya) Winchester, Kentucky (Reaper, Bella and Rachel), Erie Pennsylvania (Aurora), Tampa, Florida (Alexis) Chicago, Illinois (Laurie) Louisville, Kentucky (Tom) |
Theme music | "Lift Me Up" by Five Finger Death Punch |
Stable/Tag Team | The Princesses of Lethality |
Wrestling information | |
Alignment | Face |
Wrestling Style | All styles |
Will | {{{will}}} |
Won't | {{{wont}}} |
Notorious Feuds With | Toxic The Saints of Veritas The Disciples of Syn Michelle Ryder's "Image" |
Affiliation(s) | Xtremely Lethal Ladies Generation Xtreme |
Handler(s) | Danielle Baker, Ryan Robinson, Amy Simmons and Tom Pendergrass |
Professional career | |
Debut | 2011 (Black Rose Mafia) 2012 (Team Lethality) |
Record | {{{record}}} |
Accomplishments | PCW World Heavyweight Championship PCW Platinum Championship PCW Broadcast Championship PCW Brawl Championship PCW World Tag Team Championship Scars of Wrestling Cup PWW Women's Championship PCW Women's Championship PWW Women's Tag Team Championship PCW Women's Tag Team Championship PW World Championship PW X Championship PW Pure Championship PW World Tag Team Championship HCW Pure Championship EWF Elite Tag Team Championship JPW World Heavyweight Championship JPW Gaijin Championship JPW Women's Championship JPW Hardcore Championship LPW Mexican Championship CCP Women's Championship CCP Junior Heavyweight Championship |
Previous Federation(s) | Premium Womens Wrestling (2011 - 2012) Libertarian Wrestling (2011) Premium Championship Wrestling (2011; 2012 - 2013) Japan Pro Wrestling (2013 - 2014) Cardinal City Pro Wrestling (2013 - 2014) |
Disbanded | 2014 |
Current Federation(s) |
Team Lethality was a tag team/stable that was active in varioius places, such as Japan Pro Wrestling, Cardinal City Pro Wrestling and Women's Wrestling Alliance (a federation ran and operated by stable leader Danielle Lopez). They are more known for being in Pride Wrestling and Premium Championship Wrestling where they held every single sanctioned championship in company history, and the only faction to do so.
The stable was formerly known as The Black Rose Mafia and they were active for Premium Women's Wrestling where they held both the PWW Women's Championship and the PWW Women's Tag Team Championship, as well as the first run of PCW, they held both the PCW Women's Championship and PCW Women's Tag Team Championship throughout the entire existence of Sunday Night Knockout.
There have been numerous amount of members to come in and out of Team Lethality. The final members were Danielle Lopez and her cousin Mariah Lopez, Ryan "The Reaper" Robinson, his wife Bella Brooks-Robinson and his sister Rachel Robinson, Laurie Young and her longtime friend Tom Pendergrass, Danielle's protege Crystal Alvarez, Aurora Rose and Alexis Knight
History[]
The Black Rose Mafia (2011 - 2012)[]
Main Article: The Black Rose Mafia
Team Lethality is Born (2012 - Present)[]
With Talia departing PCW. Many were not sure whether the Mafia would continue under just Danielle and Mariah or if they were just going to be allies while concentrating on their own careers. However, they both were adamant about continuing on as a unit, even calling their alliance Team Lethality. On the September 29th edition of Rapture, Bella Brooks-Robinson, Rachel Robinson, Tom Pendergrass, Laurie Young and longtime associate of the Baker-Lopez clan, Israel Steele, all were revealed as members of the stable, as well as Ryan "The Reaper" Robinson stating his support for the stable through Twitter before being confirmed as a member himself.
Once the stable became established enough, Desiree Miles, TJ Parks, Aurora Rose and Danielle's protege Crystal Alvarez were added to the star studded line up. The group would get bigger when original member of the Black Rose Mafia Talia Skye would join the stable and become their official member, after recruitment from her best friend and leader, Danielle Lopez. Since the addition, Team Lethality gained two titles, with Reaper winning the PCW Platinum Championship and Danielle finally winning the big one by defeating Syn for the PCW World Heavyweight Championship to go along with the PCW World Tag Team Championship Mariah and Rachel hold, effectively making The Black Rose Mafia/Team Lethality as the only stable in PCW history to have held every single championship the promotion offered.
Disbandment[]
Following PCW's closure, Team Lethality members continued their domination in the promotions they were involved in, winning championships at will. However, in the year of 2014, with the rumors of team leader Danielle Lopez being dead, the future of the group was in doubt. Even after Danielle resurfacing, the members went off and did their own things and rivalries. There was occasional help in some rivalries by Team Lethalty members, but that was few and far between. By the summer time, they appeared together less and less, with The Lethal Barbarians doing their own thing in WWA, Crystal doing the same in CCP and JPW, and Tom in the main event scene in JPW while Laurie Young went missing. Hints were being dropped about the disbandment of Team Lethality for months, until Mi Pi Sexy's Reyna Carter implying that they weren't a thing on the 20th edition of WWA's Friday Night Frenzy.
Members[]
Member | Joined | Dismissed | Notes |
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Danielle Lopez | May 29th, 2011 | March 10th, 2014 | Original member of the group. Has ties with Talia during their feud and later, Generation Xtreme membership. She is the leader of Team Lethality which formed after the September 15th, 2012 edition of Saturday Night Rapture. |
Mariah Lopez | August 4th, 2012 | March 10th, 2014 | Was revealed as an ally of the group when she appeared to fight off Toxic after they attacked Kevin Styles. She is also the cousin of original member, Danielle Lopez. She also teams with Rachel Robinson as The Lethal Barbarians. She is often referred to as the second in command of Team Lethality due to her making some executive decisions when Danielle is not present. With Danielle retired from wrestling, she is the one often making the decisions when Team Lethality is on the road. |
Ryan "The Reaper" Robinson | September 15th, 2012 | March 10th, 2014 | Reaper became a member by stating on Twitter that he was behind Danielle and Mariah in the movement to continue fighting Toxic after the disbanding of The Black Rose Mafia. |
Bella Robinson | September 15th, 2012 | March 10th, 2014 | Bella became a member after her husband became one. Like Reaper, she has had her differences with Toxic, mainly J.T. Banks and Alexis Landry along with Jimmy Gambino. She is one of the young, bright wrestlers that is willing to fight this war. |
Rachel Robinson | September 15th, 2012 | March 10th, 2014 | Rachel joined Team Lethality along with her brother and her sister in-law. She too has a problem with Jimmy Gambino dating back to their days in Cardinal City Pro. She also teams with Mariah Lopez as The Lethal Barbarians. |
Laurie Young | September 15th, 2012 | March 10th, 2014 | Laurie joined the group due in large part of her respect for what Danielle Lopez has done. She also has differences with members of Toxic, as well as Toxic's allies The Disciples of Syn. In the Premium Academy, she regularly teams up with fellow member Tom Pendergrass. |
Tom Pendergrass | September 15th, 2012 | March 10th, 2014 | Tom Pendergrass joined and is the youngest member of the group. He has history with Toxic's allies The Disciples of Syn as he trained with Syn and Kai in Damian Seth's school, The Chamber. In the Premium Academy, he regularly teams up with fellow member Laurie Young. |
Crystal Alvarez | March 2nd, 2013 | March 10th, 2014 | Crystal has ties to Danielle for being her protege. She is being trained by Danielle to wrestle and with her being signed to PCW in it's Premium Academy program, she immediately became a part of Team Lethality. |
Aurora Rose | March 2nd, 2013 | March 10th, 2014 | Was added after being recruited by Danielle on Twitter. She instantly became a big part of Team Lethality's rivalry with Jerry Matthews and the Saints of Veritas. She also was a big part in PCW's feud against Morgan Simmons. |
Alexis Knight | March 2nd, 2013 | March 10th, 2014 | Was added as she is Aurora's girlfriend. Like Aurora, she became a big part of Team Lethality's rivalry with Jerry Matthews and the Saints of Veritas. She also was a big part in PCW's feud against Morgan Simmons. |
Israel Steele | September 15th, 2012 | October 12th, 2013 | Israel Steele has the history with the group's leader, Danielle Lopez. Having been aligned with her on and off since the days of the Classic Wrestling Federation in 2009. They were teammates in both Da Xtreme Dynasty and Generation Xtreme together. Izzy joined in large part of his longtime friendship to both Danielle and her husband James Baker, as well as wanting to beat up former Da Xtreme Dynasty teammate J.T. Banks for his actions. Left the group upon PCW closing for the second time. |
Desiree Miles | May 29th, 2011 | October 12th, 2013 | Original member of the group. Danielle's regular tag team partner under the Xtremely Lethal Ladies. Also was a member of Generation Xtreme as the voice of the team due to her position as the play-by-play commentator for PCW. Left the group once PWW folded although still teamed with Danielle on occasion. |
Kyoko Kawashima | July 16th, 2013 | January 1st, 2014 | Was added to the JPW version of the team, as well as the CCP version upon signing with Kentucky based promotion Cardinal City Pro Wrestling. While not said in an official statement, Kyoko stopped appearing with Team Lethality members once the rumors of Danielle Lopez's passing surfaced, instead focusing on her career and a reunion of the Kicking People Alliance with Kimi Sato. |
TJ Parks | March 4th, 2013 | January 26th, 2014 | Was added in after everybody took a vote on whether or not he was in or if he was out. Once the rumors of Danielle Lopez's death was settled, Danielle dismissed Parks from the group for a variety of reasons, namely his conduct towards Crystal Alvarez and Talia Skye, two very important people in Danielle's life. For a brief time, there was a public feud between Parks and the group, but they eventually reconciled and are now close again. |
Stephen Kelly | March 2nd, 2013 | January 26th, 2014 | Was added after being discovered by Danielle Lopez. He had previous ties as he grew up in Puerto Rico with Crystal Alvarez. He formed a quick connection with the group and ended up being useful. Once TJ was exiled from the group, Stephen mutually parted ways with the group, electing to continue the Power/Tap Out Factory. He's always remained close with the members of the group, and that's further exemplified when he and Crystal entered a romantic relationship with one another. |
In Wrestling[]
- Danielle Lopez
- Finishing Moves
- Potential Brain Damage (High Roundhouse Kick to the Head) - 2010 - present; Primary finisher
- Da Xtreme Knockout (Snap DDT; adopted from her husband) - 2011 - present; secondary finisher - used as normal move before that
- Latina Cutter (Vertical suplex lift into Cutter) 2009 - present; secondary finisher
- Latina Strike (Running single leg high knee) 2012 - present; secondary finisher
- Latinasault (Diving Moonsault) - 2009 - present; rarely used
- Signature Moves
- Potential Brain Damage II (Yakuza Kick)
- The Lethal Curse (Springboard, diving, or a charging 180º spinning facebuster)
- Springboard Potential Brain Damage (Springboard Roundhouse Kick) - finisher variation
- Wonder Woman (Corkscrew 450 Splash)
- Xtremely Deadly Encounter (Vertical Suplex Piledriver)
- Lethal Hangtime (Corkscrew somersault transitioned into either a leg drop or a senton bomb)
- Latina Spice (Modified figure four leglock)
- Normal Moves
- Bulldog
- Corkscrew plancha
- Crossface Chicken Wing
- Crucifix Headscissors
- Crucifix hold flipped forward into a DDT
- Dancing Leg Drop
- Death Valley Driver
- Diving Hurricanrana
- Firewoman's Carry Slam (Fireman's Carry Slam)
- Heel Hook
- Hurricanrana Variations
- Diving
- Inverted
- Standing
- Inverted Leg Drop Bulldog into a split-legged pin
- Lionsault
- Martial Arts Kick
- Neckbreaker
- Overdrive
- Pele Kick
- Reverse DDT
- Russian Leg Sweep
- Sharpshooter
- Single-leg Boston Crab
- Snap Suplex
- Spinning Wheel Kick
- Springboard Variations
- Flying Forearm
- Hurricanrana
- Moonsault onto a standing opponent floated over into an inverted DDT
- Seated Senton
- Standing Shooting Star Press
- Step Up Enzuigiri
- Superkick
- Triple Vertical Suplex
- Finishing Moves
- Mariah Lopez
- Finishing Moves
- The Lopez Special (Inverted Indian Deathlock) - Primary finisher
- Spanish Hang Time (Swanton Bomb) - secondary finisher
- Lethal Impact (Leaping reverse STO) - secondary finisher
- Shut the Fuck Up (STFU) Driver (Cradle Piledriver) - secondary finisher
- Potential Brain Damage (High Roundhouse Kick to the Head) - rarely used; used as a tribute to her cousin
- Signature Moves
- Brainbuster DDT - adopted from J.T. Banks
- Bridging German Suplex
- Corkscrew 450 Splash - adopted from her cousin
- Crane Kick
- Nap Time (Sleeper Hold)
- Running knee strike to the head
- Scissors Kick
- Normal Moves
- Big Boot
- Body Scissors
- Clothesline
- Cloverleaf
- DDT
- Diving Double Foot Stomp
- Diving Leg Drop
- Double Leg Slam
- Dropkick
- Facebuster
- Facewash
- Fisherman Buster
- Frog Splash
- Fujiwara Armbar
- Hurricanrana
- Kimura with neck scissors
- Multiple Suplex Variations
- Belly to back
- Belly to belly
- Cradle
- Dragon
- German
- Half Nelson
- Half Nelson Exploder
- High-angle belly to back
- Northern Lights, sometimes with pinning bridge
- Pumphandle
- Sitout
- Sleeper
- T-Bone
- Triple rolling verticals
- Neckbreaker
- Octapus Stretch
- Piledriver
- Running leg drop, sometimes to the back of the opponent's neck
- Russian leg sweep
- Scissors Kick
- Sharpshooter
- Shining Wizard
- Sit-out Double Underhook Powerbomb
- STF
- Ryan "the Reaper" Robinson
- Finishing Moves
- Black Hole Gore (High Impact Spear)
- Lock of Death (Sharpshooter)
- Lock of Death II (Figure four leglock/Sharpshooter combination)
- Reaping Death Drop (Butterfly DDT) - used rarely
- Signature Moves
- Chokeslam
- Crossface
- Spinebuster
- Powerslam
- Soul Breaker (Inverted facelock backbreaker followed into a inverted DDT)
- Soul Breaker II (a inverted facelock backbreaker fallowed into a inverted swinging neckbreaker)
- Soul Breaker III (a STO backbreaker followed into a reversed STO)
- Fireball to the face (Reaps raises his fist, and yells ATSILLA GALVKAWETIYU!!! before blasting his opponent in the face with a fire ball)
- Death Roll (Reaper goes suplex crazy and delivers multiple suplexes, sometimes 3, sometimes 5, sometimes 7, sometimes 10)
- ankle lock
- sit down powerbomb
- diving elbow drop *from the top rope*
- figure 4 leg lock
- super kick
- running leg drop
- Finishing Moves
- Bella Brooks-Robinson
- Finishing Moves
- Black Magic (a tiger feint kick fallowed by a springboard tornado DDT)
- Spiritual Death Lock (bridging crossface chicken wing)
- Lock of Death (Sharpshooter)
- Lock of Death II (Figure four leglock/Sharpshooter combination)
- Death From Above (Moonsault)
- Signature Moves
- Tornado DDT
- Running tornado DDT
- Crossface
- Figure 4 leg lock
- STF
- Ankle lock
- Soul Breaker (Inverted facelock backbreaker followed into a inverted DDT)
- Soul Breaker II (a inverted facelock backbreaker fallowed into a inverted swinging neckbreaker)
- Diving leg drop
- Springboard leg drop
- Finishing Moves
- Rachel Robinson
- Finishing Moves
- Lock of Death (Sharpshooter)
- Lock of Death II (Figure four leglock/Sharpshooter combination)
- ace of darkness (inverted Jumping reverse STO)
- Black Star Splash (shooting star press)
- Ace of Darkness II (jumping reverse STO)
- Crippler Crossface
- Signature Moves
- Tornado DDT
- Running tornado DDT
- Figure 4 leg lock
- STF
- Fireball to the face *rare*
- Ankle lock
- Double knee backbreaker
- Diving elbow drop
- Springboard elbow drop
- Finishing Moves
- Laurie Young
- Finishing Moves
- Made in Chicago - (Skytwister Press)
- Windy City Press - (Imploding 450 Press)
- 313 - (Hammerlocked DDT)
- Firestarter- (Figure 4 Heelhook) (Rarely Used)
- Signature Moves
- Laurie-Sault (Double Jump Springboard Moonsault)
- Double Knee facebuster
- Spinning Crescent Kick
- Finishing Moves
- Tom Pendergrass
- Finishing Moves
- Black Tiger Bomb - (Gutwrench lift into an Elevated Powerbomb)
- Four Point Stance Spear - (Spear, with theatrics)
- Cobra Clutch
- Signature Moves
- Chin-Check - (High Impact Uppercut)
- Louisville Shuffle - (4 left handed jabs, followed by a right hook)
- Bombs Away! - (Diving Knee Drop)
- Uraken Combination- (2 Body shots, followed by a spinning backfist)
- No handed vertical leap to the top rope, followed by a diving clothesline
- Finishing Moves
- Double Team Moves
- Danielle and Mariah Lopez
- Welcome to the Emergency Room (Potential Brain Damage (by Danielle) followed up with a Bridging German Suplex (Mariah)
- An Impactful Drop (Reverse STO (Mariah) / Jumping Enzuigiri (Danielle) combination)
- Double Dropkick
- Double Suplex
- Latinasault (Danielle) / Diving leg drop (Mariah) combination
- Russian Leg Sweep (Danielle) / Big Boot (Mariah) combination
- The Princesses of Lethality (Rachel Robinson and Mariah Lopez)
- Metal Hang Time: Ace of Darkness (Rachel) / followed by Spanish Hang Time (Mariah)
- Metal Brain Damage: Potential Brain Damage (Mariah) / followed by Black Star Splash (Rachel)
- Female Power: Samoan Drop (Rachel) / Running corkscrew neckbreaker or diving corkscrew neckbreaker (Mariah) - used as a tribute to the Xtremely Lethal Ladies
- Lethal Breakdown: Falling Neckbreaker (Rachel) / Diving Crossbody (Mariah) combination - used as a tribute to the Xtremely Lethal Ladies
- Light and Darkness (Bella Brooks-Robinson and Rachel Robinson)
- Ace of Black Magic (Bella delivers a tiger feint kick to the head of the opponent and Rachel follows up by hitting the opponent with the Ace of Darkness)
- Ace of Black Magic II (Bella delivers a tiger feint kick to the head of the opponent and Rachel follows up by hitting the opponent with the Ace of Darkness II)
- Spiritual Lock of Death (Bella locks in the Spiritual Death Lock on the opponent and while it is locked in Rachel locks in the Sharpshooter version of the Lock of Death) - used only in tornado tag matches
- Danielle and Mariah Lopez
- Entrance Themes
- "Still I Rise" by Shadows Fall - Danielle Lopez's theme music as a solo competitor
- "Never Enough" by Five Finger Death Punch - Theme song for The Lethal Barbarians, was initially Mariah Lopez's theme music as a solo competitor
- "Chop Suey" by System of a Down - Ryan "the Reaper" Robinson's music as a solo competitor
- "In Bloom" by Nirvana - Bella Robinson's music as a solo competitor
- "Bulls On Parade" by Rage Against the Machine - Laurie Young's music as a solo competitor
- "New God Flow (Remix)" by Kanye West ft. Pusha T and Ghostface Killah - Tom Pendergrass' music as a solo competitor
- "4 Words (To Choke Upon)" by Bullet for My Valentine - Crystal Alvarez's music as a solo competitor
- "Lift Me Up" by Five Finger Death Punch feat. Rob Halford - used as a collective unit
Accomplishments[]
- PCW World Heavyweight Champion (2 times, final champion) - Danielle Lopez
- PCW Platinum Champion (1 time) - Ryan "The Reaper" Robinson
- PCW Broadcast Championship (1 time) - Danielle Lopez
- PCW Brawl Championship (2 times) - Talia Skye and Danielle Lopez
- PCW World Tag Team Championship (2 times, final champions) - Mariah Lopez and Rachel Robinson
- Scars of Wrestling Cup Winner (3 times) - Danielle Lopez and Mariah Lopez
- EWF Elite Tag Team Championship (1 time) - Aurora Rose and Alexis Knight
- PW Championship (2 times, final) - Desiree Miles and Crystal Alvarez
- PW X Championship (1 time) - Tom Pendergrass
- PW Pure Championship (1 time, final) - Laurie Young
- PW Tag Team Championship (1 time, final) - Mariah Lopez and Rachel Robinson
- JPW Hardcore Championship (1 time, final) - Tom Pendergrass
- JPW Women's Championship (1 time) - Kyoko Kawashima
- LPW Mexican Championship (1 time, final) - Ryan "The Reaper" Robinson
- LPW Women's Tag Team Championship (1 time) - Xtremely Lethal Ladies
- WWA Tag Team Champions (1 time, current) - The Lethal Barbarians
- CCP Junior Heavyweight Championship (1 time, current) - Crystal Alvarez
- CCP Women's Championship (1 time) - Laurie Young
- 2013 CCP Queen of the Mountain Tournament Winner - Crystal Alvarez
- HCW Pure Championship (1 time, current) - TJ Parks
- PCW Women's Championship (1 time) - Talia Skye
- PCW Women's Tag Team Championship (1 time) - Xtremely Lethal Ladies
- PWW Women's Championship (1 time) - Talia Skye
- PWW Women's Tag Team Championship (1 time) - Xtremely Lethal Ladies
- PCW Hall of Fame (2011) - Danielle Lopez, Talia Skye, Desiree Miles
- PCW Hall of Fame (2013) - Ryan "The Reaper" Robinson
- 2013 PCW Team of the Year
- 2013 PCW Face of the Year - Danielle Lopez
- 2012 PCW Wrestler of the Year - Danielle Lopez
- 2012 PCW Wrestling Move of the Year - Danielle Lopez (for Potential Brain Damage)
- 2012 PCW Champion of the Year - Danielle Lopez (for her reign as PCW Broadcast Champion)
- 2011 PWW Stable/Tag Team of the Year
- 2011 PWW Theme Song of the Year - For "Brooklyn V2" by Jim Johnston
- 2011 PWW Feud of the Year - For the feud against Toxic (Stable)