MOD Squad
professional wrestling tag team
The MOD Squad was a professional wrestling tag team that worked together from 1984 to 1991, normally working as heels (wrestling term for those who portray the "bad guys"). The team was made up of brothers James (July 14, 1960 – February 8, 2013) and Mack Jefferson, known under the ring names Mack Jeffers and Jim Jeffers and later on as Spike and Basher respectively. The duo's ring characters was that of two motorcycle police officers.
Team history
Mack and James Jefferson began wrestling in 1984 under the ring names Mack Jeffers and Jim Jeffers working as a regular team from more or less the beginning, billed as "the Jeffers". In 1986 the team decided to change their image, adopting the monikers Spike and Basher, the Mod Squad, a pair of motorcycle police officers, completed with uniforms and motorcycle helmets that the team used to help them win matches, pushing the perception that they were bad guys. The MOD Squad had their first taste of success in the Continental Wrestling Association (CWA) where they were managed by J.D. Costello. On March 24, 1986, the team defeated The Fantastics (Bobby Fulton and Tommy Rogers) to win the AWA Southern Tag Team Championship. The CWA bookers decided to move the tag team championship onto the team of Giant Hillbilly and Jerry Lawler 91 days later on June 23. By the end of the year the MOD Squad had moved on to another territory, working around Kansas City for the Central States Wrestling promotion. On January 1 Spike and Basher became the NWA Central States Tag Team Champions by defeating Dave Peterson and Todd Champion.
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