Harris Brothers

Donald Harris and Ronald Harris (born October 23, 1960) are American twin brothers best known for their professional wrestling careers with promotions including Extreme Championship Wrestling (ECW), World Championship Wrestling (WCW), and the World Wrestling Federation (WWF, now WWE).

They are now co-presidents of the Nashville-based Aro Lucha professional wrestling promotion.

For the majority of their careers, the brothers performed as a tag team.

They wrestled under their birth names and a variety of ring names, including Don Bruise and Ron Bruise (the Bruise Brothers); Eli Blu and Jacob Blu (the Blu Twins); Jared Grimm and Jason Grimm (the Grimm Twins); Skull and 8 Ball (the Disciples of Apocalypse); and Patrick and Gerald (Creative Control).

Don and Ron Harris were born in Florida.

In the 1980s, Ron and Don relocated to Nashville, Tennessee, in order to become professional wrestlers.

Ron worked as a police officer in West Palm Beach, Florida, prior to moving to Tennessee with his brother.

Don and Ron Harris, with support from the country music group Sawyer Brown, debuted in the Continental Wrestling Association in December 1987 as "The Bruise Brothers", where they became two-time World Tag Team Champions.

When the CWA became the United States Wrestling Association in 1989, the Bruise Brothers remained in the promotion.

Don and Ron won five more Tag Team Championships, with Don winning two additional USWA World Tag Team Championships with Brian Lee and Ron winning an additional USWA World Tag Team Championship with Jimmy Harris (no relation) as "Beauty and The Beast".

In 1991, the Bruise Brothers debuted in the Oregon-based National Wrestling Alliance Pacific Northwest promotion, where they became six-time Tag Team Champions.

Don Harris was also part of the last match in that promotion's television show, defeating Jon Rambo.

On January 27, 1992, the Harris Twins received a tryout match with the WWF at a Wrestling Challenge taping in Lubbock, Texas, defeating Khris Germany and Todd Overbow.

They beat the duo again the next night in Amarillo.

In 1993, The Harris Brothers joined Smoky Mountain Wrestling as the Bruise Brothers, managed by Jim Cornette.

On June 28, Cornette led them to a victory over the Rock 'n' Roll Express, Ricky Morton and Robert Gibson, for the SMW Tag Team Championships.

The Bruise Brothers remained in SMW until early 1994, participating in hardcore matches such as Street Fights and steel cage matches.

The Bruise Brothers appeared in Extreme Championship Wrestling in 1994.

On February 5, the ECW Tag Team Championships were held-up after a controversial ending to a match between the Bruise Brothers and the incumbents, The Public Enemy.

The Bruise Brothers went on to participate in some of the first ECW hardcore matches, and feuded with Shane Douglas.

The Harris Brothers were signed by the World Wrestling Federation (WWF) in 1995, where they were renamed "The Blu Brothers", Eli (Ron) and Jacob (Don).

They retained their trademark bushy beards and long hair and donned garb to resemble mountain men, and were managed by Uncle Zebekiah.

They made their WWF debuts at the 1995 Royal Rumble and were defeated by Lex Luger and The British Bulldog in the opening match of WrestleMania XI.

Following a series of losses to the Smoking Gunns, The Harris Brothers left the WWF in October 1995.

The Harris Brothers made a final appearance with the USWA in 1996 as "The Grimm Brothers".

They eventually left the WWF and returned to ECW in 1996 as the Bruise Brothers, competing once more in the tag division, and briefly joining Raven's Nest.

Don and Ron Harris returned to the WWF in 1996, as the short-lived "Grimm Twins," Jason (Ron) and Jared (Don).

In June 1997, were repackaged as "8-Ball" (Ron) and "Skull" (Don), members of the Disciples of Apocalypse stable with Crush and their cousin, Chainz.

The DOA participated in the "gang wars" of 1997, feuding with the Nation of Domination and the Puerto Rican stable Los Boricuas.

They went on to compete in the tag division throughout 1998.

8-Ball also competed in the WWE's Brawl For All tournament on July 20, 1998, but lost to 2 Cold Scorpio in the third round.

Their last match in WWF as a tag team was at a house show, which was a loss to Ken Shamrock and Mankind on May 14, 1999.

Skull's last match was in a singles match at a house show against Ken Shamrock on May 15, 1999, in which he was defeated.

8-Ball's last match was in a singles match at a house show against Ken Shamrock on May 16, 1999, in which he was defeated.

The brothers were released soon after.

In November 1999, The Harris Brothers joined World Championship Wrestling (WCW) as "Gerald" (Ron) and "Patrick" (Don).

The names were shots at Pat Patterson and Gerald Brisco who worked for WWF as Vince McMahon's stooges.

They were known collectively as "Creative Control".

They went on to join the nWo 2000 in 2000 using their real names, acting as enforcers for Jeff Jarrett.

They remained in WCW throughout 2000, feuding with Sid Vicious, Terry Funk and many of the younger tag teams, such as The Mamalukes.