TMDK | [From the Vault]

On this episode of From the Vault, Jay Cal goes back to 2012 to speak to TMDK.  The Mighty Don't Kneel were a tag team from Australia's Explosive Pro Wrestling, who found footing in the United States through EPW's working relationship with David Marquez and Championship Wrestling from Hollywood. Separately the duo had traveled to the United States and achieved some success as independents.  But it wasn't until the duo became a tag team that they inevitably became one of the hottest tag teams of their time.  After holding the EPW Tag Team Titles for 245 days the pairing set forth to work Internationally.  With stops across Australia, the duo would work with the Kensuke Office in 2011, and by the end of the year, they were working regularly for Pro Wrestling Noah. A brief hiatus from NOAH would see them travel yet again to the states to work with Championship Wrestling from Hollywood, but soon they would begin to work for Ring of Honor, Ohio Valley Wrestling, and Impact.  By 2013 the pair would be almost exclusive to NOAH and would work there until being signed by the WWE's NXT in 2015.  The pair first went by TM-61, but would later change their name to The Mighty.  By 2018, Nichols asked for and was granted his release from the WWE.  He wanted to be closer to home. Nichols would go on to spend most of 2019 working with New Japan Pro Wrestling. Haste who did go by Shane Thorne in the WWE as of late has joined the main roster with the Retribution Stable and now wrestles under the name SlapJack.