Death & Destruction was a professional wrestling tag team composed of Frank "The Tank" Parker (March 21, 1970) and "Ruthless" Roger Anderson (September 20, 1967).
[5][6][7] Frank Parker and Roger Anderson first met while competing with Jimmy Valiant in local independent promotions in Virginia, such as Mike Sampson's United Wrestling Association, in the summer of 1994.
They quickly captured the promotion's tag team championship from The Young Guns (Scott Sterling and Jeff Lovin) in Fall Branch on September 4, 1995.
Although they regained it in Princeton, West Virginia, the following night, the team dropped the belts to Beau James and Ricky Morton a week later in Ledger, North Carolina.
They traded the belts with The Fantastic Express (Ricky Morton and Bobby Fulton) in Johnson City, Tennessee, during the spring[13][14] before eventually losing the titles to Scott Sterling and Dan Cooley on September 2, 1996.
Death & Destruction's third and final reign began following their victory over Steve Corino and Adam Flash on March 22, 1997, in Goldsboro, North Carolina, and lasted until the championship became vacated that summer.
[20][21] Parker and Anderson spent much of 1997 in Southern Championship Wrestling with manager Count Grog[6][7] where they feuded with Serial Thrillaz (Shane Helms and Mike Maverick) and Thug Life (Christian Cage and Sexton Hardcastle).
[22] On August 15, 1997, Death & Destruction lost to "Raging Bull" Manny Fernandez and Victor Steamboat at the IWA Night of Legends show in Kannapolis, North Carolina.
The team won them back on December 19, 1997, and spent another three months as champions before losing the titles to Mike Cooper and Super Masked Man in Fall Branch on March 20, 1998.
[26][27] Dean Rasmussen, editor-in-chief of Death Valley Driver Video Review, put them in a class of modern-day Southern brawlers such as C. W. Anderson and Eddie Golden.
[10][35] In Appalachian Mountain Wrestling later that year, Death & Destruction defeated Bryan Wayne and Scott Sterling (substituting for Stan Lee) in Coeburn, Virginia, for the APW Tag Team Championship.
[24][25] The feuding continued, however, and a three-way match between the Christian Brothers, Death & Destruction and Steve Flynn & K. C. Thunder on July 10 in Kingsport, saw the titles go to the third team.
In the summer of 1999, Parker and Anderson were among the wrestlers who participated in the "Curtis Comes Home" supercard, a benefit show for World Championship Wrestling referee Brian Hildebrand, held at the Ice Gardens in Rostraver, Pennsylvania, on July 30.
The show was held on July 6, 2002, at Uncle Bill's Flea Market in Sylva, North Carolina, and featured many former stars including Jimmy Valiant, The Barbarian, Mr. Hughes, Greg "The Hammer" Valentine, and Bunkhouse Buck.
Magnum T. A. also made a rare appearance in the semi-main event serving as the cornerman of Ricky Morton and The Iron Sheik during their match against Buddy Landel and George South.