The Beat Down Clan

The Beat Down Clan

The official BDC logo.
Statistics
Members See below
Name(s) The Beat Down Clan
Debut May 15, 2014
Disbanded July 15, 2015
Years active 2014–2015
Promotions TNA
JAPW

The Beat Down Clan (abbreviated to BDC) was a villainous stable in Total Nonstop Action Wrestling (TNA) led by MVP.

History

Total Nonstop Action Wrestling

Formation (2014)

On March 9, 2014, at Lockdown, MVP gained total control of wrestling operations in Total Nonstop Action Wrestling as his team defeated Team Dixie.[1] On the May 8 edition of Impact Wrestling, after telling TNA World Heavyweight Champion Eric Young how "proud" he was of him, MVP turned heel as he attacked Young and announced himself as the number one contender to the championship at Slammiversary XII. On the May 15 episode of Impact Wrestling, Bobby Lashley made his return, running out to seemingly aid Eric Young and fend off attacks by MVP and Kenny King, but instead turned heel and hit Young with a spear, allying himself with MVP and King. The group then spent the following month feuding with Young over the title. However, TNA announced on the Friday before Slammiversary that, due a torn meniscus, MVP was deemed medically unfit to compete, thus removing him from the match. According to PWInsider, the original planned finish for the match was to crown MVP as champion.[2]

Championship success (2014–2015)

Lashley, now going officially by only his last name, earned a chance at the title at Slammiversary in a triple threat match also involving Austin Aries, but failed to win after Young pinned Aries. On the June 19 episode of Impact Wrestling, MVP and King helped Lashley win the TNA World Heavyweight Championship from Young, but firing Earl Hebner in the process. On June 26 episode of Impact Wrestling, MVP was relieved of his duties as Director of Wrestling Operations by Board of Directors representative Earl Sullivan Armstrong as he attempted to fire Bobby Roode, and MVP's replacement as Director of Wrestling Operations was revealed to be Kurt Angle. MVP then began to lead the group as a manager in a feud with Angle and other prominent faces in TNA, with both sides trading victories: while Lashley defended his title successfully against the likes of Eric Young,[3] Jeff Hardy,[4] Austin Aries,[5] and Bobby Roode,[6] King found himself and MVP (once the latter's knee healed up sufficiently) taking losses to the same wrestlers more often than not. On September 18, 2014, at the tapings for the October 29 edition of Impact Wrestling, Lashley lost the World Heavyweight Championship to Roode.[7]

Lashley regained the championship on January 7, 2015 with the help of MVP and King, but also from new members Samoa Joe and Low Ki as well as the turn and betrayal of Roode by his friend Eric Young.[8] On the following night's tapings of the January 16 episode of Impact Wrestling, MVP presented the group as his "family" and officially christened them the Beat Down Clan. Later that night, Low Ki defeated Austin Aries to win back the TNA X Division Championship, which he had lost to Aries the previous night, following which MVP attempted to present Lashley as the centerpiece of the Clan as well as a "founding member" (officially establishing the MVP-Lashley-King trio as the foundation of the BDC as a faction). However, Lashley refused to become a part of this new group and decided to leave, but was attacked by the other members with MVP saying that the title belongs to the BDC. On February 6 at Lockdown, Team Angle (Kurt Angle, Austin Aries, Gunner and Lashley) defeated The BDC (MVP, Samoa Joe, Low Ki and Kenny King) in a Lethal Lockdown match. On February 17, 2015, Samoa Joe announced that he had parted ways with Impact Wrestling, thus removing him from the BDC (though since Impact Wrestling airs on several weeks' tape delay, Samoa Joe still appears on broadcasts as of February 27). On the February 20 edition of Impact Wrestling, MVP won a 20-man Gauntlet Match to become the number one contender for Lashley's TNA World Heavyweight Championship by last eliminating Kurt Angle with interference from Kenny King and Low Ki. MVP failed to capture the title the following week, with Lashley retaining the championship via pinfall victory after interference from the recently debuted Drew Galloway.

Low Ki lost the X Division title on the March 20 Impact broadcast to Rockstar Spud; the latter cashed in the X Division title match contract that he had won at Feast or Fired earlier in the year. However, On March 15 at the tapings for the April 24 edition of Impact Wrestling, Kenny King won a ladder match to bring the X Division Championship back to the BDC.

On the April 10 edition of Impact, the BDC faced The Rising (Galloway, Eli Drake and Micah) in a six-man tag match. During the match, Homicide interfered on the BDC's behalf, thus joining the stable in the process. On the April 17 edition of Impact, the BDC failed to capture the TNA Tag Team Championships. On May 11, 2015, King lost the X Division Championship against Spud. On June 24, 2015, Hernandez made his return to TNA, joining BDC in the process. Later that night, on the tapings aired for July 1, the BDC defeated The Rising in a 4-on-3 Handicap match, forcing The Rising to dissolve. The next day, Low Ki announced that he had parted ways with the company.

Disbanding

On July 15, 2015, Hernandez was released from the company following a legal dispute between Lucha Underground and TNA regarding his contract, which TNA was under the impression was no longer active. As a result, TNA had to scrap a significant amount of material that had already been shot involving the BDC.[9] MVP announced his departure from the company two days later.[10] Kenny King, as the only active member of the BDC left, was taken off of television for two months and eventually departed for Ring of Honor in September while Homicide, who had been injured when the Hernandez dispute erupted, was quietly released.

Members

Name Tenure
MVP (leader) May 15, 2014 – July 15, 2015
Kenny King May 15, 2014 – July 15, 2015
Lashley May 15, 2014 – January 8, 2015
Low Ki January 7, 2015 – June 25, 2015
Samoa Joe January 7, 2015 – February 17, 2015
Homicide April 10, 2015 – July 15, 2015
Hernandez June 24, 2015 – July 15, 2015

In wrestling

Championships and accomplishments

References

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  2. ↑ Johnson, Mike (2014-02-07). "TNA INJURY UPDATE, DEPARTURES AND MORE SPOILER NOTES". PWInsider.
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  8. ↑ Josh Boutwell (January 7, 2015). "TNA Impact Wrestling Results - 1/7/15 (Lashley-Roode III)". WrestleView. Retrieved January 8, 2015.
  9. ↑ http://pwinsider.com/article/95172/potential-legal-issue-leads-to-tna-dropping-wrestler-causes-massive-changes-to-impact-wrestling-tv-series.html?p=1
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  12. ↑ "Chaos loading the Chamber". WWE. 2009-02-06. Retrieved 2013-08-26.
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  16. ↑ Gee Schoon Tong, Chris (2013-06-23). "Show results - 6/22 HOH in Philadelphia, Pa.: MVP vs. Sami Callihan, Dreamer vs. Storm main event, Steiners, J-Mo, more". Pro Wrestling Torch. Retrieved 2013-09-01.
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  18. 1 2 3 4 "Homicide at Online World of Wrestling".
  19. ↑ Caldwell, James (2010-06-15). "Caldwell's WWE NXT TV report 6/15: Ongoing "virtual time" coverage of NXT Season 2, Week 2". Pro Wrestling Torch. Retrieved 2013-06-27.
  20. 1 2 "Stats from Joe's TNA profile". TNA Wrestling.com. Retrieved 2008-09-16.
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  22. ↑ "Cagematch profile". Cagematch. Retrieved 2009-10-06.
  23. ↑ "Hernandez". Total Nonstop Action Wrestling. Retrieved 2009-02-13.
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