Miracle Violence Connection - Aftermath

Aftermath

After breaking up, Williams and Gordy would team up one more time in ECW where they lost to The Eliminators at High Incident on October 26, 1996.

After leaving All Japan, Gordy would wrestle in several promotions including the GWF, SMW, USWA, IWA Japan, & ECW. In GWF, Gordy was one-half of the last GWF Tag Team Champions with fellow Freebird Jimmy Garvin on June 3, 1994 until the promotion closed in September. In SMW, Gordy had a brief reign with the SMW Heavyweight Championship winning the title from Brad Armstrong on October 20, 1995 and eventually lost the title back to Armstrong on November 23, 1995.

Gordy also took part in IWA Japan's King of the Deathmatch, making it to the quarter-finals before losing to Cactus Jack. In 1996, Gordy wrestled for ECW where he challenged Raven for the ECW World Heavyweight Championship on June 22, 1996 and lost to Bam Bam Bigelow in the "Battle of the Bamm Bamms" on October 5, 1996.

Gordy signed with the WWF in October 1996 and became the Executioner who sided with Paul Bearer and Mankind in a feud with The Undertaker. Gordy wrestled and lost to the Undertaker at In Your House 12: It's Time in an Armageddon Match. After the loss, Gordy formed a team with Mankind for a few house shows in January 1997 where they challenged Owen Hart and The British Bulldog for the WWF Tag Team Championship before leaving the WWF and retiring.

Gordy would pass away on July 16, 2001 due to a heart attack. He was 40 years old.

Williams, meanwhile, would continue to work for All Japan for the next decade forming successful tag teams with Johnny Ace, Gary Albright, & Vader, winning the AJPW Unified World Tag Team Championship with each partner. He also won the AJPW Triple Crown Heavyweight Championship on July 28, 1994 and held the title until October 22, 1994. He also reunited The Varsity Club with Mike Rotunda and the two won the 2000 World's Strongest Tag League. Williams eventually left All Japan in 2003.

Williams also had brief tenures in the WWF from 1998-1999 where he took part in the infamous Brawl For All and then with World Championship Wrestling in 1999.

Williams eventually started wrestling in the independent scene with OVW, MLW, & IWA Mid South.

In 2004, Williams was diagnosed with Throat Cancer, he would eventually get surgery and was declared cancer-free for five years until 2009 when his cancer returned. He eventually died on December 29, 2009. He was 49 years old.

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