| All Night Express | |
|---|---|
.jpg) King (left) and Titus (right) | |
| Tag team | |
| Members | Rhett Titus Kenny King |
| Name(s) | The All Night Express Rhett Titus & Kenny King |
| Debut | January 13, 2009 |
| Disbanded | June 23, 2017 |
| Years active | 2009–2012; 2015–2017 |
TheAll Night Express (usually abbreviatedANX) was aprofessional wrestlingtag team that primarily performed inRing of Honor. The tag team consisted ofRhett Titus andKenny King, who are former one-timeROH World Tag Team Champions.
On January 13, 2009 atThe French Connection show, Kenny King tagged withKenny Omega to faceThe Briscoe Brothers, but abandoned Omega halfway during the match, whenRhett Titus came to ringside. Titus and King left together, showing a new alliance between them.[1] Over the next few months, Titus and King competed both in singles and tag team competition, and unsuccessfully challengedKevin Steen and El Generico for theROH World Tag Team Championship atInsanity Unleashed.[1] AtSteel City Clash, Titus and King revealed their alliance withAustin Aries, when they attacked Aries' former allies,Erick Stevens andMatt Cross, with Aries becoming a mentor to Titus and King.[1]
The team garnered a second shot at the ROH World Tag Championship on ROH's television program,Ring of Honor Wrestling, and picked up a series of wins during theDouble Feature II tour of Canada, and at theNever Say Die andValidation shows.[1]
At theRing of Honor Wrestling tapings on August 15, 2009, King beatJerry Lynn. After the match, Titus and King attacked Lynn, and performed aspike piledriver on Lynn, removing Lynn from active competition.[1][2] He and Titus defeated The Young Bucks atClash Of The Contenders.[1]
On December 18 atFinal Battle 2010 the All Night Express defeatedAdam Cole andKyle O'Reilly, announcing their intention of becoming ROH World Tag Team Champions in 2011.[3] On February 26, 2011, at9th Anniversary Show, Titus and King failed in their first attempt to win the ROH World Tag Team Championship, when they were defeated byThe Kings of Wrestling (Chris Hero andClaudio Castagnoli).[4] During the program with the Kings of Wrestling, Titus and King showed signs of aface turn and finalized their turn on March 19 atManhattan Mayhem IV, after defeating the Briscoe Brothers.[5][6] However, in a bloody rematch at the second show ofHonor Takes Center Stage, The Briscoe Brothers won. On September 17 atDeath Before Dishonor IX, the All Night Express defeated the Briscoe Brothers in aladder match to become the number one contenders to the ROH World Tag Team Championship.[7] On June 24 atBest in the World 2012: Hostage Crisis, Titus and King defeatedWrestling's Greatest Tag Team (Charlie Haas andShelton Benjamin) to win the ROH World Tag Team Championship for the first time.[8] After making an appearance for TNA, ROH severed its ties with King on July 5 and five days later officially stripped him and Titus of the ROH World Tag Team Championship.[9][10] Titus would remain in ROH during this time, adopting a masked comedy persona The Romantic Touch.
King made a surprise return to ROH on September 18, 2015, atAll Star Extravaganza VII, reuniting with Titus in a tag team match, where they defeated the Briscoe Brothers.[11] AtROH 14th Anniversary Show All Night Express was defeated byWar Machine (Hanson andRaymond Rowe) in a No Disqualification tag team match for theROH World Tag Team Championship.
In 2016, they formed "The Cabinet" withCaprice Coleman and vowed to "make wrestlinggreat again".[12] On ROH TV The Cabinet defeatedJason Kincaid, Leon St. Giovanni and Shaheem Ali in the first round of theROH World Six-Man Tag Team Championship. They was defeated byA. C. H.,Jay White andKushida in the second round. The Cabinet was originally portrayed as something not be taken seriously, but in late 2016, the trio turned serious and renamed themselves "The Rebellion",[12] eventually also adding Shane Taylor as a member.[13] The Rebellion remained together until June 2017, when they were defeated by Search and Destroy in a match, where the losing team had to disband.[14]
Following the dissolution of the Rebellion, Titus formed a new tag team named "The Dawgs" withWill Ferrara,[15] while King went solo, winning theROH World Television Championship.[16]