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Brad Batten

The Batten Twins were a professional wrestling tag team, consisting of twin brothers Bart and Brad Batten. They performed under the "Batten Twins" name in Central States Wrestling, Continental Wrestling Association, International Championship Wrestling, Jim Crockett Promotions, Southern Championship Wrestling, Texas All-Star Wrestling, World Championship Wrestling, and the World Wrestling Council, and the name U.S. Express in World Class Championship Wrestling. The team also appeared in various independent promotions during the 1990s including, most notably, Atlantic Coast Championship Wrestling, IWA Mid-South, Smoky Mountain Wrestling and Southern States Wrestling. A popular tag team in the Southern United States during the 1980s,[5] the Battens faced off against some of the top tag teams of the era. They began their wrestling career working for the Poffo family in 1983. As identical twins, the brothers were a rarity in pro wrestling at the time of their debut. Their tenure in the NWA's Central States territory saw them engaged in a long feud with Sheik Abdullah. They held the NWA Central States Tag Team Championship a record four times, defeating The Midnight Express, the Midnight Rockers, Sheik Abdullah and Akio Sato, and Bobby Jaggers (in a singles match) for the title. The Battens were also major stars in Puerto Rico during the late-1980s where they won WWC Tag Team Championship four times and the WWC Caribbean Tag Team Championship twice. Their unexpected "heel turn" made them one of the most hated wrestlers in the country. After returning to the U.S., the Battens continued wrestling on the Southern independent circuit until the early-2000s. In April 2005, The Batten Twins ended their 23-year career with a retirement tour of their home state.


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Born:
Sep 8, 1958 In New Martinsville, West Virginia, USA
Movie/TV Credits:
5
First Appeared:
In the movie The First Annual NWA Jim Crockett Sr. Memorial Cup Tag Team Tournament 1986-04-19
Latest Project:
Movie WWC Aniversario '88: A Hot Night in Bayamón 1988-09-10
Known For
Poster of WWC Aniversario '88: A Hot Night in Bayamón
Poster of NWA Super Towns on The SuperStation
Poster of WCCW Cotton Bowl Extravaganza '86
Poster of WCCW Labor Day Star Wars '86
Filmography
Movie WWC Aniversario '88: A Hot Night in Bayamón Himself 1988-09-10
Movie NWA Super Towns on The SuperStation Himself 1987-02-07
Movie The First Annual NWA Jim Crockett Sr. Memorial Cup Tag Team Tournament Brad Batten 1986-04-19
Movie WCCW Cotton Bowl Extravaganza '86 Himself 1986-10-12
Movie WCCW Labor Day Star Wars '86 Brad Batten 1986-09-01