The Bushwhackers Detail How They Got Their Name

In a recent interview with The Two Man Power Trip of Wrestling, the Bushwhackers Luke and Butch, spoke about how they became known as the Bushwhackers. 

Butch and Luke went by quite a few names before finding their most memorable in the Bushwhackers, previously going by names like The Kiwis, The New Zealand Sheepherders, and The Originals. During their interview with The Two Man Power Trip of Wrestling, they were asked what lead to them becoming known as the Bushwhackers. 

“We were working with the Rock N Roll Express in NWA and they were the hottest baby face tag team. We just had an angle with Lex Luger and Barry Windham, and we get the phone call when Vince rang up and said, ‘oh, you know, come work for me’. So Luke told me. And I, I was very excited. He wasn’t quite so excited because he’s just told we were getting a very good push from the WCW. Finally they had realized what they had and they’re gonna push us pretty big.”

They had continued with what they had experienced when meeting with Vince.

“So anyway, we go up there. They, they, they, they bring us up in the air, in the first class, they got a limo waiting for us at the airport, with the chauffer, up to the thing. He’s (Vince) sitting in the office. Once we get escorted into the office and we sat down and he’s, you know, we’d never met him before. He had never met us. So we shook his hands and he says, guys, I tell you what he says. I would love to have you guys on board. But I’m thinking about bringing you guys in as baby faces. So I jumped on his office bench, on my hands and knees, and I went straight over to him and I gave him a YAY! And I said, Vince, take a look at these faces. And we did the old, the old, uh, Sheepherder/Bushwacker look. And I said, if you think you can make money with these two face. I’m in 100%”

The Bushwhackers aren’t seen on camera much anymore, but they have been announced to be playable characters in the upcoming ‘The Wrestling Code’ video game, where you can read more on that here. 

You can check out the full interview of the Bushwhackers with The Two Man Power Trip of Wrestling at this link.