The team of Angelo Dawkins and Kenneth Crawford debuted on the March 16, 2016 episode of NXT, (taped on January 21), where they lost to The Hype Bros.[1]
On the July 12, 2017 episode of NXT, Crawford (now renamed Montez Ford) and Dawkins started appearing in weekly vignettes as the Street Profits. On the August 9 episode of NXT, they made their return by defeating the Metro Brothers.[2] The Street Profits would go on a winning streak, defeating the likes of The Ealy Twins, Riddick Moss and Tino Sabbatelli, and local wrestlers. On January 17, 2018, the Street Profits suffered their first loss to The Authors of Pain (AOP) (Akam and Rezar), failing to earn a NXT Tag Team Championship match at NXT TakeOver: Philadelphia on January 27.[3][4] Later on, they entered the Dusty Rhodes Tag Team Classic, where they defeated Heavy Machinery (Tucker Knight and Otis Dozovic) in the first round,[5] but were eliminated by AOP in the semifinals.[6]
On the May 1, 2019 episode of NXT, The Viking Raiders (Erik and Ivar) vacated the NXT Tag Team Championship, but were immediately challenged by the Street Profits. The match ended in a disqualification after The Forgotten Sons and Oney Lorcan and Danny Burch got involved.[7] A four-way tag teamladder match for the NXT Tag Team Championship was scheduled for NXT TakeOver: XXV between the Street Profits, Lorcan and Burch, The Forgotten Sons, and The Undisputed Era (Kyle O'Reilly and Bobby Fish). At NXT TakeOver: XXV on June 1, they won the NXT Tag Team Championship for the first time.[8] On the July 10 episode of NXT, Street Profits retained the titles against Lorcan and Burch,[9] but on the August 15 tapings of NXT, they lost the NXT Tag Team Championship to O'Reilly and Fish.[10] During this time, they started appearing on Raw in various backstage segments, a move that was said to be done in order to appeal to younger audiences. It was clarified by Dave Meltzer that the team were still NXT wrestlers and that this was not an official move to Raw.[11]
Raw Tag Team Champions (2019–2020)
As part of the 2019 Draft in October, the Street Profits were drafted to the Rawbrand, formally bringing them to the show.[12] On the October 21 episode of Raw, the Street Profits defeated Luke GallowsandKarl Anderson in their debut match.[13] At Survivor Series on November 24, the Street Profits competed in a 10-team InterbrandTag Team Battle Royal where they were the last team eliminated by the eventual winners, Dolph ZigglerandRobert Roode.[14] The team would hardly wrestle on Raw during their first few months on the main roster but mostly spent time backstage hyping up the shows. This was being done because Paul Heyman (who was executive director of Raw at the time) wanted to get their personalities out more to help them get more over with the fans, in front of a wider audience which ended up working for all parties involved later on.
On the December 9 episode of Raw, the Street Profits answered an open challenge for a title bout issued by Raw Tag Team Champions The Viking Raiders, where The Viking Raiders retained.[15] Four weeks later, the Street Profits were given another shot at the Viking Raiders' tag team titles, this time in a triple threat match that also involved Gallows and Anderson where The Viking Raiders retained once again.[16] On the February 17, 2020 episode of Raw, after Kevin Owens and The Viking Raiders defeated Murphy and AOP via disqualification due to Seth Rollins' interference, the Street Profits came out and aided Owens and The Viking Raiders by attacking Murphy and AOP while Rollins retreated.[17] Later, the Street Profits were scheduled to challenge Rollins and Murphy for the Raw Tag Team Championship at Super ShowDown on February 27,[18] where they would be unsuccessful.[19]
On the March 2 episode of Raw, the Street Profits were given a final opportunity "Last Chance Match" rematch, and with the help of Kevin Owens, they won the Raw Tag Team Championship.[20] Later backstage, Rollins and Murphy challenged them to a rematch for the titles at Elimination Chamber on March 8, where the Street Profits retained the titles.[21] They retained their titles again by defeating Angel Garza and Austin Theory on the second night of WrestleMania 36 on April 5.[22] In the following weeks, the Street Profits feuded with The Viking Raiders as they faced each other in several competitions such as a game of basketball, axe-throwing, golf, bowling, and a decathlon which was later dubbed as the "Anything You Can Do, We Can Do Better" series. The series would end with a 3–3 tie between the Street Profits and The Viking Raiders.[23] At Backlash on June 14, they were set to face the Viking Raiders, but the match did not start due to them brawling outside the building, being accosted by Akira Tozawa and a group of ninjas, and ending up in a dumpster.[24] On the June 22 episode of Raw, The Street Profits retained the titles against The Viking Raiders, thus ending the feud.[25] They then defended their titles against Andrade and Angel Garza successfully at SummerSlam on October 23[26] and at Clash of Champions on September 27.[27]
Upon moving to SmackDown, they began a feud with the team of Dolph Ziggler and Robert Roode. On the December 18 episode of SmackDown, the Street Profits successfully defended the titles against Roode and Ziggler. On the January 8, 2021 episode of SmackDown, Ziggler and Roode defeated the Street Profits to win the SmackDown Tag Team Championship, ending their reign at a recorded 88 days. On the April 1 episode of SmackDown, they failed to regain the titles in a fatal four-way match also involving The Mysterios and Chad Gable and Otis. On the June 11 episode of SmackDown, Ford suffered a partial rib fracture from Otis; the injury put Ford out of action for months. In September, The Street Profits began a feud with SmackDown Tag Team Champions The Usos, leading to a match between the two teams at Extreme Rules on September 26, in which The Usos retained their titles. On the October 15 episode of SmackDown, The Street Profits failed to win the titles against the Usos in a Street Fight.
At the Royal Rumble pay-per-view, on January 28, 2023, The Street Profits entered the men's Royal Rumble match with Dawkins entering at number 11 and Ford at number 23, but were unsuccessful as Dawkins was eliminated by Brock Lesnar, while Ford was eliminated by Damian Priest.[40] On the February 6 episode of Raw, Ford defeated Elias to qualify for the Elimination Chamber match for the United States Championship, while Dawkins lost to Damian Priest in another qualifying match.[41] At the Elimination Chamber pay-per-view, Ford failed to win the title.[42][43] On Night 1 of WrestleMania 39, The Street Profits won the men's WrestleMania Showcase fatal four-way tag team match.[44] As part of the 2023 draft, The Street Profits were drafted back to the SmackDown brand.[45]
After weeks of segments between The Street Profits and Bobby Lashley, on the August 4 episode of SmackDown, The Street Profits interrupted a tag team match between Karl Anderson and Luke Gallows and The Brawling Brutes' Ridge Holland and Butch by taking out the participants in the match, thus turning heel for the first time on the main roster.[46] The Street Profits then stood on the ramp with the returning Lashley to celebrate the beatdown.[47][48]
Dawkins was born Gary Gordon on July 24, 1990. He is from Fairfield, Ohio, and was an amateur wrestler at Harper College. During his time at Harper College, he was on national championship teams in Football, Wrestling, and Track. He also competed in submission grappling briefly before starting to train for his career in Sports Entertainment. In July 2020, Dawkins announced via Twitter that he had become a father to a baby boy. He is a supporter of the Cincinnati Bengals.[55] He joined WWE in 2012 as the hype man for Sasha Banks, being in the NXT brand for 4 years before becoming a part of the Street Profits.
Ford was born Kenneth Crawford on May 31, 1990. He is from Chicago, Illinois, and served in the United States Marine Corps. Ford is married to fellow professional wrestler Bianca Belair, and has two children from a previous relationship.[56] Ford is Christian. He joined WWE in 2015.
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