| Forever Hooligans | |
|---|---|
 Koslov (left) and Romero with both theIWGP Junior Heavyweight Tag Team Championship andROH World Tag Team Championship belts | |
| Tag team | |
| Members | Alex Koslov Rocky Romero |
| Name | Forever Hooligans |
| Billed heights | 5 ft 9 in (1.75 m) – Koslov[1] 5 ft 7 in (1.70 m) – Romero[2] |
| Combined billed weight | 362 lb (164 kg)[1][2] |
| Debut | 2012 |
| Disbanded | 2015 |
Forever Hooligans was aprofessional wrestlingtag team consisting ofAlex Koslov andRocky Romero.[3] They are best known for working forNew Japan Pro-Wrestling, where they are formertwo-timeIWGP Jr. Heavyweight Tag Team Champions. They have also worked forRing of Honor, where they are formerROH World Tag Team Champions.
Alex Koslov returned to New Japan on July 7, 2012, now representing the promotion's top villainous stable,Chaos,[4][5] as a member of which he also reunited with formerAAA partner Rocky Romero, with the two dubbing their tag team "Forever Hooligans".[6] On July 22, Koslov and Romero defeatedJyushin Thunder Liger andTiger Mask to win theIWGP Junior Heavyweight Tag Team Championship.[7] Koslov and Romero made their first successful title defense on August 26 at a Sacramento Wrestling Federation (SWF) event inGridley, California, defeating the team of A.J. Kirsch andAlex Shelley.[8][9] Forever Hooligans made their second successful title defense on October 8 atKing of Pro-Wrestling, defeating theTime Splitters (Alex Shelley andKushida).[10][11] On October 21, Forever Hooligans entered the2012 Super Jr. Tag Tournament, defeating Jyushin Thunder Liger and Tiger Mask IV in their first round match.[12] On November 2, Koslov and Romero were eliminated from the tournament in the semifinals byApollo 55 (Prince Devitt andRyusuke Taguchi).[13] On November 11 atPower Struggle, Forever Hooligans lost the IWGP Junior Heavyweight Tag Team Championship to the winners of the Super Jr. Tag Tournament, the Time Splitters, ending their reign at 112 days.[14][15] On February 10 atThe New Beginning, Hooligans unsuccessfully challenged the Time Splitters for the IWGP Junior Heavyweight Tag Team Championship.[16] On May 3 atWrestling Dontaku 2013, Koslov and Romero regained the IWGP Junior Heavyweight Tag Team Championship from the Time Splitters.[17][18] Koslov and Romero made their first successful defense of the IWGP Junior Heavyweight Tag Team Championship on June 22 atDominion 6.22 in a rematch with the Time Splitters.[19][20] Koslov and Romero then got involved in Chaos' rivalry with theSuzuki-gun stable, which led to their second successful title defense on July 20 againstTaichi andTaka Michinoku.[21][22] The Forever Hooligans lost the title to Taichi and Michinoku in a rematch on October 14 atKing of Pro-Wrestling.[23] On November 6, 2013, The Forever Hooligans lost toThe Young Bucks in the finals of the2013 Super Jr. Tag Tournament.[24][25] On May 10, 2014 atGlobal Wars, a special event co-produced by NJPW andRing of Honor (ROH) inToronto, Forever Hooligans received another title shot for the IWGP Junior Heavyweight Tag Team Championships being defeated by The Young Bucks in a three-way match, also involving Time Splitters.[26] On January 9, 2015, Koslov announced he was taking an "indefinite sabbatical" from professional wrestling.[27]
Forever Hooligans made their debut for Ring of Honor at the ROH11th Anniversary Show PPV, where they were defeated by theAmerican Wolves (Davey Richards andEddie Edwards).[28] The next day, they were defeated byreDRagon (Bobby Fish andKyle O'Reilly) for theROH World Tag Team Championship. On July 27, 2013, Koslov and Romero returned to ROH and defeated reDRagon to become the newROH World Tag Team Champions.[29] They lost the title to The American Wolves in their first defense on August 3.[30] At Manhattan Mayhem V, they defeated The Young Bucks in a Dream Match. On September 20 atDeath Before Dishonor XI, The Forever Hooligans successfully defended the IWGP Junior Heavyweight Tag Team Championship against the American Wolves.[31] At the following day's tapings ofRing of Honor Wrestling, Koslov and Romero unsuccessfully challenged reDRagon for the ROH World Tag Team Championship in a three-way match, which also included C&C Wrestle Factory (Caprice Coleman andCedric Alexander).[32]
On August 9, 2013, Forever Hooligans made their debut forPro Wrestling Guerrilla (PWG) at the promotion's tenth anniversary event, where they defeated the RockNES Monsters (Johnny Goodtime and Johnny Yuma).[33] On August 30, 2013, Forever Hooligans and TJ Perkins were defeated by Adam Cole and The Young Bucks.
On November 29, 2013, Forever Hooligans defeated Project Ego (Kris Travis and Martin Kirby) at RPW New Territory.[34] On November 30, 2013, Forever Hooligans unsuccessfully challenged Hot And Spicy (Axel Dieter Jr. & Da Mack) for thewXw World Tag Team Championship at wXw 13th Anniversary Tour Finale.[35] On December 7, 2013, Forever Hooligans competed in a one night tournament for the WCA Golden State Tag Team Championships defeating The Ballard Brothers (Shane Ballard and Shannon Ballard) in the first round and faced Team APW (Oliver John andTimothy Thatcher) in the tournament finals which ended in a no contest.[36]
From January 24 to 25, 2015, Forever Hooligans participated in the Alternative Wrestling Show's Race for the Ring Tag Team Tournament. They were defeated in the finals by the ASW Tag team Champions PPRay (Peter Avalon andRay Rosas). It was Koslov's final wrestling match.[37]
On October 28, 2022 onNew Japan Pro Wrestling PPVRumble on 44th Street,Alex Koslov came back to wrestle one more time with fellow tag team partner Rocky Romero in a briefly reunion of the Forever Hooligans in a losing effort against The DKC andKevin Knight, ending a 7-Year absence ofKoslov from a ring of professional wrestling.