Filthy Animals

Filthy Animals
Stable
Members	Konnan Rey Mysterio, Jr. Billy Kidman Juventud Guerrera Disqo Eddie Guerrero Tygress Torrie Wilson
Name(s)	The Filthy Animals
Debut	August 16, 1999
Disbanded	March 26, 2001
Years active	1999–2001

The Filthy Animals were a professional wrestling faction in World Championship Wrestling from 1999 until 2001.

Concept

The plan for the stable was to be WCW's version of the World Wrestling Federation's D-Generation X. Instead of being strictly villains (heels) or heroes (faces), they were in between (tweeners). They pulled pranks and hijinks on both villains and fan favorites alike. They would steal wallets and mock older wrestlers. They broke into Ric Flair's locker room and stole one of his famous entrance robes, which they took turns wearing and imitating Flair's signature strut and "Wooo!".

History

World Championship Wrestling

During a promo on the May 27, 1999 edition of Thunder, Konnan specifically thanked Rey Mysterio, Jr., Billy Kidman, and Kevin Nash for watching his back. Mentioning that some people thought the young WCW stars weren't "good enough," Konnan stated they were "filthy animals" and were out for new and old blood.

The Filthy Animals were officially named so on the August 16, 1999 edition of WCW Monday Nitro, as Mean Gene Okerlund interviewed Billy Kidman in the ring, with Kidman stating a new group of friends (Kidman, Rey Mysterio, Jr., Eddie Guerrero, and Konnan) were "just a bunch of filthy animals" who hung out both on and off camera. In the weeks prior, the group had started teaming to combat the Dead Pool stable of Vampiro, Raven, and the Insane Clown Posse. They later mainly feuded with The Revolution, which was composed of Chris Benoit, Dean Malenko, Shane Douglas and Perry Saturn.

Eddie Guerrero invented some of his more memorable shtick while with the Filthy Animals, including his famous fake chair knock out (he would knock his opponent out with a chair while the referee was distracted, then drape the chair on their unconscious body, and pretend to be knocked out himself, usually with the referee turning around just in time to see his opponent waking up wondering why they were holding a chair and getting disqualified. Eddie would, from time to time, open one eye to peek or wink to the crowd and gesture them to "shhhh!").

WWE Hall of Fame

22 years after WCW went out of business and its assets were sold to the World Wrestling Federation, which was renamed to the WWE, Konnan inducted his teammate Rey Mysterio, Jr. in the 2023 WWE Hall of Fame. Guerrero was also inducted into the 2006 class following his death on November 13, 2005.

Members

• First incarnation (Faces):
  • Active: 1999-2000
  • Members: Konnan, Rey Mysterio, Jr., Billy Kidman, Eddie Guerrero, and Torrie Wilson (valet)
• Second incarnation (Heels):
  • Active: 2000
  • Members: Konnan, Rey Mysterio, Jr., Juventud Guerrera, Disqo and Tygress (valet)
• Third incarnation (Faces):
  • Active: 2000-2001
  • Members: Konnan, Rey Mysterio, Jr., Billy Kidman, and Tygress (valet)

Championships and accomplishments

• World Championship Wrestling
  • WCW Cruiserweight Championship (3 times) – Mysterio (2), Kidman (1)
  • WCW World Tag Team Championship (4 times) – Mysterio and Kidman (1), Mysterio and Konnan (1), Mysterio and Juventud Guerrera (1), Konnan and Kidman (1)
  • WCW Cruiserweight Tag Team Championship (1 time) – Mysterio and Kidman
• WWE
  • WWE Hall of Fame (Class of 2006) – Guerrero
  • WWE Hall of Fame (Class of 2023) – Mysterio

See also

• The No Limit Soldiers
• The Mexicools

External links

• Guerrero, Eddie (2005). Cheating Death, Stealing Life: The Eddie Guerrero Story. Simon and Schuster. ISBN 0-7434-9353-2.