Sean Vellenga
1961 (65 лет)Sean Vellenga is an American retired professional wrestler, better known by his ring name, Sean Royal.Sean Royal made his professional wrestling debut in 1984 after training under Hiro Matsuda. He initially worked for Mid Atlantic Championship Wrestling based in Charlotte, North Carolina.
In 1986 he began working for Championship Wrestling from Florida. Initially he worked as a singles wrestler, but it was not long into his tenure in Florida that the promoter and match makers decided to team Royal up with another young wrestler, Chris Champion; and together the two became a regular tag team called The New Breed. The New Breed tag team was given an elaborate back story and "science fiction" flavor as they were marketed as wrestlers sent back in time from 2002 to 1986. The duo was presented as having "futuristic technology", wore bright neon colored ring gear and unusual haircuts that were supposed to be the fashion of the future, and at one point had a robot as their manager. The team made various references to future events such as referring to wrestler Dusty Rhodes as "President Rhodes", indicating that Rhodes would win the 2000 presidential election. The team would come to the ring to the sound of the Beastie Boys' song "Fight For Your Right to Party". The team made a special appearance in Memphis, working for the Continental Wrestling Association where they lost to the MOD Squad on a show in the Mid-South Coliseum on September 1, 1986.
On December 25, 1986, the New Breed defeated Vic Steamboat and Kendall Windham in the finals of a tournament for the vacant NWA Florida Tag Team Championship, which had been inactive since 1981. After the title win the New Breed was put into a story line feud with the Face (those that portray the "good guys") team The Southern Boys (Steve Armstrong and Tracy Smothers). The feud between the two teams led to the Southern Boys defeating the New Breed for the NWA Florida Tag Team Championship on February 11, 1987. Shortly after their title loss the New Breed left Florida.
The duo made their debut for National Wrestling Alliance Jim Crockett Promotions, which was in the process of expanding from the mid-Atlantic region to a national promotion. The team kept their futuristic gimmick and their Heel characters as they were immediately put up against the popular the Rock 'n' Roll Express team of Ricky Morton and Robert Gibson, stating that they had been sent back from the future to save the fans from the Rock 'n' Roll Express, who would supposedly go crazy over what happened to Rock and Roll in the year 2000. They also claimed that in the future Jimmy Valiant had corrupted future Dusty Rhodes, leading to a dictatorship. mockingly calling him "Father Time". They also claimed that masked wrestler LazorTron was in reality a robot from the future, sent to stop them. In the spring of 1987 the New Breed was one of 10 teams competing in a tournament for the vacant NWA United States Tag Team Championship. The team wrestled the father/son duo of Bob Armstrong and Brad Armstrong to a draw, eliminating both teams from the tournament.
In 1986 he began working for Championship Wrestling from Florida. Initially he worked as a singles wrestler, but it was not long into his tenure in Florida that the promoter and match makers decided to team Royal up with another young wrestler, Chris Champion; and together the two became a regular tag team called The New Breed. The New Breed tag team was given an elaborate back story and "science fiction" flavor as they were marketed as wrestlers sent back in time from 2002 to 1986. The duo was presented as having "futuristic technology", wore bright neon colored ring gear and unusual haircuts that were supposed to be the fashion of the future, and at one point had a robot as their manager. The team made various references to future events such as referring to wrestler Dusty Rhodes as "President Rhodes", indicating that Rhodes would win the 2000 presidential election. The team would come to the ring to the sound of the Beastie Boys' song "Fight For Your Right to Party". The team made a special appearance in Memphis, working for the Continental Wrestling Association where they lost to the MOD Squad on a show in the Mid-South Coliseum on September 1, 1986.
On December 25, 1986, the New Breed defeated Vic Steamboat and Kendall Windham in the finals of a tournament for the vacant NWA Florida Tag Team Championship, which had been inactive since 1981. After the title win the New Breed was put into a story line feud with the Face (those that portray the "good guys") team The Southern Boys (Steve Armstrong and Tracy Smothers). The feud between the two teams led to the Southern Boys defeating the New Breed for the NWA Florida Tag Team Championship on February 11, 1987. Shortly after their title loss the New Breed left Florida.
The duo made their debut for National Wrestling Alliance Jim Crockett Promotions, which was in the process of expanding from the mid-Atlantic region to a national promotion. The team kept their futuristic gimmick and their Heel characters as they were immediately put up against the popular the Rock 'n' Roll Express team of Ricky Morton and Robert Gibson, stating that they had been sent back from the future to save the fans from the Rock 'n' Roll Express, who would supposedly go crazy over what happened to Rock and Roll in the year 2000. They also claimed that in the future Jimmy Valiant had corrupted future Dusty Rhodes, leading to a dictatorship. mockingly calling him "Father Time". They also claimed that masked wrestler LazorTron was in reality a robot from the future, sent to stop them. In the spring of 1987 the New Breed was one of 10 teams competing in a tournament for the vacant NWA United States Tag Team Championship. The team wrestled the father/son duo of Bob Armstrong and Brad Armstrong to a draw, eliminating both teams from the tournament.