Godwinns

The two men who would later be known as the Godwinns first started teaming in the United States Wrestling Association under the names Tex Sallinger (Phineas) and Master Blaster (Henry) in 1991.

The duo was renamed "Tex Slazenger" and "Shanghai Pierce" who remained masked and made their debut in November 1992.

During one Saturday Night show, color commentator Jesse Ventura nicknamed them "the Texicans" although the name never became official.

Tex and Shanghai appeared at very few WCW pay-per-view (PPV)s losing every time they were in the spotlight except for one occasion: Battlebowl in 1993.

Tex and Shanghai found themselves on opposite sides in a “Lethal Lottery” tag-team match, which meant that one of them would actually get a PPV victory.

[6] In their time in WCW, they helped put over future tag-team champions such as 2 Cold Scorpio and Marcus Alexander Bagwell[7] and Cactus Jack and Maxx Payne.

[9] Canterbury first worked as a heel with the Million Dollar Corporation under Ted DiBiase’s management[10] and then later as a face after being kicked out of the stable.

During a match in April 1997, Henry Godwinn suffered a cracked C7 vertebra when the Legion of Doom botched a Doomsday Device.

[18] Henry returned to active duty but acted more heelish and less cheerful, the team would slowly turn heel.

[19] The turn and subsequent feud with the Headbangers would pay off as the Godwinns won tag gold once more on October 5, 1997 at Badd Blood.

On the June 1st, 1998 edition of Raw, the two adopted a "Southern Hired Gun" type of gimmick that saw them wear sharp suits and sunglasses and use their real names of Mark Canterbury and Dennis Knight for the first time and backing up Jeff Jarrett.

They even clashed with D-X at the Breakdown: In Your House PPV where they lost to Billy Gunn, Road Dogg, and X-Pac.