The Man, the Myth, the Legend Vol. 6: The Road Warriors

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#4. Brief stable alliance and birth of Legion of Doom.

Jake Roberts with the Warriors and Paul Ellering
Jake Roberts with the Warriors and Paul Ellering

During their stint in Georgia Championship Wrestling, the Road Warriors would join forces with two other big, powerful men with scary personalities. These two men were Jake "the Snake" Roberts--who at the time liked to wrestle barefoot--and veteran grappler Don "The Spoiler" Jardine, a masked persona who was the most experienced of the group.

The new stable called itself the Legion of Doom. In an interview, Hawk claimed to have stolen the name from an early DC comics syndicated cartoon called Super Friends. In the cartoon, the super villain team led by Lex Luthor and the Joker were collectively called the Legion of Doom.

Eventually, the other two members of the group were phased out, with Jake heading to what was still called the WWF at the time. The Warriors soon adopted the Legion of Doom moniker exclusively for themselves, and used it interchangeably with Road Warriors. In fact, many ring announcers chose to introduce them as "The Legion of Doom, the Road Warriors."

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