Hardcore Holly, part 5

Bob Holly was drafted back to SmackDown! from ECW on June 17, 2007 as part of the 2007 WWE Supplemental Draft.

Holly returned to the ring on WWE RAW on September 24, 2007, defeating Cody Rhodes( son of Dusty Rhodes), starting a "respect" feud in which Holly constantly defeated Rhodes on the two following episodes of WWE RAW and a Dark match at No Mercy. On the October 22, edition of WWE RAW, Holly turned face saving Cody Rhodes from the post-match assault of Shelton Benjamin and Charlie Haas. On the 29th October episode of WWE RAW, Holly and Rhodes emerged victorious in a tag team match against Benjamin and Haas. They earned a shot at the World Tag Team titles by defeating Paul London and Brian Kendrick and The Highlanders in a WWE.com exclusive match after an Alabama Slam. However, Holly and Rhodes lost their title match against Lance Cade and Trevor Murdoch at Survivor Series.

On December 10, 2007, on the WWE RAW 15th Anniversary episode, Holly along with Rhodes defeated Lance Cade and Trevor Murdoch for the World Tag Team Championship. The following week, Holly and Rhodes retained their titles, in their first title defense, against Cade and Murdoch. They have since successfully defended their World Tag Team Championship titles against Carlito and Santino Marella, and Paul London and Brian Kendrick.

Shelton Benjamin

Shelton Albert Benjamin was born on July 9, 1975, in Orangeburg, South Carolina.
He is an American pro wrestler and former amateur wrestler currently performing on the RAW brand of World Wrestling Entertainment (WWE) as one half of the World's Greatest Tag Team with Charlie Haas. Shelton Benjamin is known for his high-flying talent and, according to Jim Ross, is "the best pure athlete" on the RAW roster.

Shelton Benjamin was Brock Lesnar's tag team partner (also a wrestling teammate and roommate at The University of Minnesota) in Ohio Valley Wrestling (OVW).

While attending the University of Minnesota, Shelton had a 36-6 win-loss record.

Shelton debuted on WWE's SmackDown! brand as a heel along with Charlie Haas on December 26, 2002 to form Team Angle, with Olympic gold-medallist wrestler Kurt Angle as their mentor. However on the June 12th Smackdown Kurt Angle confronted Shelton Benjamin and Charlie Haas and ended up firing them from Team Angle.

Their first official match in WWE together was on the January 2, 2003 edition of WWE SmackDown! against Edge and Chris Benoit in a feud that continued until No Way Out 2003.

Shelton was named African–American Wrestler of the Year award in 2005 by the Black Athlete Sports Network.
In 2005, Pro Wrestling Illustrated ranked him # 9 of the 500 best singles wrestlers in the PWI 500.
Shelton was also named Most Underrated Wrestler (2005–2007) by Wrestling Observer Newsletter awards.

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