Paul Ellering

Title History

• AWA Southern Tag Team titles w/Sheik Ali Hassan defeating Ken Lucas & Billy Robinson (March 11, 1980);
• AWA Southern Heavyweight title defeating Jimmy Valiant (April 7, 1980);
• IWA (Japan) World Tag Team titles w/Terry Lathem defeating Mighty Inoue & Rusher Kimura (May 4, 1981);

Career Highlights

• Paul Ellering is best known for managing The Road Warriors..
• July 30, 1983 – GCW: Bruno Sammartino Jr. defeated Paul Ellering.
• September 17, 1983 – GCW: Pez Whatley & Tommy Rich defeated Buzz Sawyer & Paul Ellering.
• October 25, 1983 – GCW: Ole Anderson defeated Paul Ellering.
• December 25, 1983 – GCW: Buzz Sawyer defeated Paul Ellering.
• March 4, 1984 – CSW: Bob Brown defeated Paul Ellering.
• April 22, 1984 – GCW: King Kong Bundy defeated Paul Ellering.
• October 5, 1984 – CSW: Tony Atlas defeated Paul Ellering.
• October 6, 1984 – CSW: The Uptown Boys (Marty Jannetty & Tommy Rogers) defeated Gypsy Joe & Paul Ellering.
• November 19, 1984 – AWA: Curt Hennig defeated Paul Ellering.
• May 25, 1985 – AWA: Jerry Blackwell & Sgt. Slaughter defeated Animal & Paul Ellering.
• November 18, 1985 – AWA: Buddy Roberts defeated Paul Ellering.
• September 18, 1986 – MACW: Paul Ellering defeated JJ Dillon.
• February 27, 1988 – NWA: Paul Ellering & Road Warrior Hawk defeated The Powers Of Pain (The Barbarian & The Warlord).
• May 15, 1990 – NWA Capital Combat: Paul Ellering defeated Teddy Long in a hair vs hair match.
• October 18, 1998 – In Your House 25, Judgment Day: LOD 2000 (Animal, Droz & Hawk) defeated The Disciples Of Apocalypse (8-Ball & Skull) & Paul Ellering.
• March 2005: Paul Ellering is currently racing in the Iditarod (ph.), the 1,100 mile dog sled race in Alaska..
• ~~~He is leading a blind woman named Rachel Scdoris competing in the race — as shown in a piece done for CNN News Network..
• April 2006: Paul Ellering suffered a corneal frostbite (frozen eye) during a iditarod dog sled race up in Alaska..
• June 8, 2016 – NXT: Paul Ellering showed up on NXT TakeOver – The End with Gzim Selmani and Sunny Dhinsa who made their NXT TV debut.
• July 20, 2016 – NXT: The Authors Of Pain (Gzim Selmani and Sunny Dhinsa) (w/Paul Ellering) defeated American Alpha (Chad Gable and Jason Jordan).
• August 10, 2016 – NXT: The Authors Of Pain (Gzim Selmani and Sunny Dhinsa) (w/Paul Ellering) defeated Adrian Nails and Rob Ryzin.
• August 24, 2016 – NXT: The Authors Of Pain (Akam and Rezar) (w/Paul Ellering) defeat TM-61 (Nick Miller and Shane Thorne).
• September 14, 2016 – NXT: The Authors Of Pain (Akam and Rezar) (w/Paul Ellering) defeated Chris Payne and Doug Sessa.
• September 28, 2016 – NXT: The Authors Of Pain (Akam and Rezar) (w/Paul Ellering) defeated Jesus Yurnet and Jonathan Cruz.
• October 5, 2016 – NXT: The Authors Of Pain (Akam and Rezar) (w/Paul Ellering) defeated The Bollywood Boyz (Gurv Sihra and Harv Sihra) in the 1st round of the Dusty Rhodes Classic Tournament.
• November 19, 2016 – NXT TakeOver – Toronto: The Authors Of Pain (Akam and Rezar) (w/Paul Ellering) defeated TM-61 (Nick Miller and Shane Thorne) to win the Dusty Rhodes Tag Team Classic.
• December 21, 2016 – NXT: The Authors Of Pain (Akam and Rezar) w Paul Ellering defeated Anthony Bowens and Jonathan Ortagun.
• January 28, 2017 – NXT TakeOver – San Antonio: The Authors of Pain (Akam and Rezar) w Paul Ellering defeated Johnny Gargano and Tommaso Ciampa to win the tag team titles.
• February 15, 2017 – NXT: NXT tag team champions The Authors Of Pain (Akam and Rezar) w Paul Ellering defeated Garrison Spears and Lance Anoai in a non-title match.
• March 1, 2017 – NXT: #DIY (Johnny Gargano and Tommaso Ciampa) defeated The Authors Of Pain (Akam and Rezar) w Paul Ellering by disqualification. The Authors of Pain retains the tag team titles.
• March 15, 2017 – NXT: NXT tag team champions The Authors Of Pain (Akam and Rezar) w Paul Ellering defeated The Ealy Twins (Gabriel Ealy and Uriel Ealy) in a non-title match.
• March 29, 2017 – NXT: Dash Wilder w Scott Dawson defeated Akam w Rezar & Paul Ellering and Johnny Gargano w Tommaso Ciampa in a 3-way match.
• April 1, 2017 – NXT TakeOver – Orlando: The Authors Of Pain (Akam and Rezar) w Paul Ellering defeated #DIY (Johnny Gargano and Tommaso Ciampa) & The Revival (Dash Wilder and Scott Dawson) in a 3-way tag team elimination match to retain the tag titles.
• May 20, 2017 – NXT TakeOver – Chicago: The Authors Of Pain (Akam and Rezar) w Paul Ellering defeated #DIY (Johnny Gargano and Tommaso Ciampa) in a ladder match to retain the tag titles. After the match Ciampa turned on Gargano putting him true the tables.
• June 14, 2017 – NXT: NXT tag team champions The Authors Of Pain (Akam and Rezar) w Paul Ellering defeated Anthony Dominguez and Wilmer Freyday in a non-title match.
• July 12, 2017 – NXT: The Authors Of Pain (Akam and Rezar) w Paul Ellering defeated Heavy Machinery (Otis Dozovic and Tucker Knight) to retain the tag team titles.
• August 19, 2017 – NXT TakeOver – Brooklyn III: SAnitY (Alexander Wolfe and Eric Young) w Killian Dain & Nikki Cross defeated The Authors Of Pain (Akam and Rezar) w Paul Ellering to win the tag team titles.
• November 1, 2017 – NXT: The Authors Of Pain (Akam and Rezar) w Paul Ellering defeated SAnitY (Alexander Wolfe and Eric Young) by disqualification. SAnitY retains the tag titles.
• November 18, 2017 – NXT TakeOver – WarGames: The Undisputed ERA (Adam Cole, Bobby Fish and Kyle O’Reilly) defeated Roderick Strong & The Authors Of Pain (Akam and Rezar) w Paul Ellering & SAnitY (Alexander Wolfe, Eric Young and Killian Dain) in a 3-way tag team war games rules match.
• December 13, 2017 – NXT: The Authors Of Pain (Akam and Rezar) w Paul Ellering defeated Danny Burch and Oney Lorcan.
• January 17, 2018 – NXT: The Authors Of Pain (Akam and Rezar) w Paul Ellering defeated Street Profits (Angelo Dawkins and Montez Ford) to become #1 contenders for the tag team titles.
• January 27, 2018 – NXT TakeOver – Philadelphia: The Undisputed ERA (Bobby Fish and Kyle O’Reilly) defeated The Authors Of Pain (Akam and Rezar) w Paul Ellering to retain the tag titles.
• March 7, 2018 – NXT: The Authors Of Pain (Akam and Rezar) w Paul Ellering defeated TM-61 (Nick Miller and Shane Thorne) in the 1st round of the Dusty Rhodes tag team classic tournament.
• March 28, 2018 – NXT: The Authors Of Pain (Akam and Rezar) w Paul Ellering defeated Street Profits (Angelo Dawkins and Montez Ford) in the semi-finals.
• April 4, 2018 – NXT: Pete Dunne and Roderick Strong vs. The Authors Of Pain (Akam and Rezar) w Paul Ellering in the finals of the Dusty Rhodes Classic ended in a no contest.
• April 7, 2018 – NXT TakeOver – New Orleans: The Undisputed ERA (Adam Cole and Kyle O’Reilly) defeated Pete Dunne and Roderick Strong & The Authors Of Pain (Akam and Rezar) w Paul Ellering in a 3-way match to win the Dusty Rhodes Classic and retaining the tag titles, Roderick Strong turns on Dunne to join the Undisputed ERA.
• April 9, 2018 – RAW: The Authors Of Pain (Akam and Rezar) defeated Heath Slater and Rhyno. The Authors Of Pain said goodbye to Paul Ellering after their match ending their relationship.