10 forgotten wrestlers of WWE's New Generation Era

#5 The Bushwhackers

The Bushwhackers, Luke and Butch. AKA the New Zealand Sheepherders

The New Zealand Sheepherders were recognized as one of the legit toughest teams on the NWA circuit in the 1980s. Feuding with such notables as the Fantastics, they competed for the NWA Us tag titles and seemed poised to break through to the main event.

Then they signed with the WWE, and all that ended. Due to the success of the film Crocodile Dundee, Vince wanted an Australian gimmick. After Outback Jack failed to catch on, he rebranded the Sheepherders as the Buschwhackers.

While children thrilled to the Bushwhackers and imitated their wacky entrance walk, most of the audience never took them seriously as a tag team. They were a low to mid-card comedy act that mostly lost to bigger name teams. Though they would appear in many vignettes and taped scenes, the Bushwhackers failed to do anything memorable other than their Bushwhacker Bounce walk.