| The Butcher and the Blade | |
|---|---|
.jpg) The Butcher (left) and the Blade (right) in October 2019 | |
| Tag team | |
| Members | The Butcher/Andy Williams The Blade/Braxton Sutter/Pepper Parks |
| Name(s) | Andy Williams and Braxton Sutter Andy Williams and Pepper Parks The Butcher and the Blade The Butcher, the Blade, and the Bunny |
| Combined billed weight | 501 lb (227 kg)[1] |
| Hometown | Buffalo, New York[2] |
| Billed from | Buffalo, New York[3] |
| Former member | The Bunny/Allie (manager) |
| Debut | September 9, 2017[4] |
| Years active | 2017–present[2] |
The Butcher (Andy Williams) andthe Blade (Jesse Guilmette) are an Americanprofessional wrestlingtag team signed toAll Elite Wrestling (AEW). The team was managed byAllie, who is best known asthe Bunny from 2019 to 2023.
The team debuted in September 2017 and wrestled in theindependent circuit, as well as several regional promotions such as Bar Wrestling, Beyond Wrestling, and Empire State Wrestling in the United States and Capital City Championship Combat (C4) and Smash Wrestling in Canada.[5]
The Butcher and the Blade made their debut in Pro Wrestling Rampage (PWR) on September 9, 2017, defeating the Upper Echelon (Colby Redd andP. B. Smooth) for the PWR Tag Team Championship.[6] Starting in January 2018, they became a regular tag team inBuffalo, New York based Empire State Wrestling (ESW), calling the promotion their home and competing against teams involvingUltimo Dragon,Eddie Kingston, andHomicide. In April 2018, they made their Bar Wrestling debut teaming withBrody King in a losing effort againstEli Drake,Joey Ryan, and Kevin Martenson.[7] They would later team with Tyler Bateman as "Two Butchers and the Blade" in Bar Wrestling's Trios Tournament losing toSoCal Uncensored (Christopher Daniels,Frankie Kazarian, andScorpio Sky).[8] On August 8, 2019, they made theirProgress Wrestling debut losing toAussie Open (Kyle Fletcher and Mark Davis) in athree-way tag team match withthe Dark Order (Evil Uno andStu Grayson).[9]
On the November 27, 2019 episode ofAEW Dynamite, the Butcher and the Blade, led by a returningAllie as "the Bunny", made theirAll Elite Wrestling (AEW) debut when they attackedCody Rhodes after coming from underneath the mat.[10] It was later revealed byMJF andWardlow that they were behind the attack on Cody, thus forming an alliance with the Butcher, the Blade, and the Bunny.[11] They made their in-ring debut on the December 11, 2019 episode ofDynamite, defeating Cody andQ. T. Marshall.[12] AtBash at the Beach, the Butcher and the Blade teamed with MJF and defeatedDiamond Dallas Page,Dustin Rhodes, and Q. T. Marshall.[13]
In May 2020, the Bunny ceased appearing with the Butcher and the Blade as Butcher and Blade continued teaming as well as appearing in the crowd during theCOVID-19 pandemic. On the May 27 episode of Dynamite, Butcher and Blade attackedthe Young Bucks after Nick Jackson accidentally superkicked Blade who was in the crowd. However,FTR came to the aid of the Young Bucks and helped them fend off Butcher and Blade.[14] On the June 10 episode of Dynamite, Butcher and Blade were defeated by FTR.[15] Butcher and Blade would then form an alliance withthe Lucha Brothers as they defeated FTR and the Young Bucks atFyter Fest.[16] On the July 24 episode of Dynamite, Butcher and Blade were defeated by the Young Bucks in a Falls Count Anywhere match. On the August 22 episode of Dynamite, Butcher and Blade and the Lucha Brothers began showing dissension after they were defeated byJurassic Express andNatural Nightmares. However,Eddie Kingston would help reunite the group.[17] On the November 18 episode of Dynamite, the Lucha Brothers would turn against Butcher and Blade, as well as Kingston, after they attackedPac.[18][19]
FollowingAEW Revolution (2021), the Butcher, the Blade and the Bunny ended their alliance with Kingston after he turnedface and began teaming withJon Moxley as they allied themselves withMatt Hardy who along withPrivate Party created a faction known as the Hardy Family Office.[20][21]
Before making his wrestling debut in 2016, Williams (The Butcher) wasEvery Time I Die'srhythm guitarist since he co-formed the band in 1998 until their breakup in January 2022.[22][23] The band's breakup was referenced byMax Caster on the September 30, 2022, episode ofAEW Rampage saying in his entrance rap “Tonight our hands go up, y'all are losers, and that's why your band broke up” with the duo unsurprisingly showing a disgusted look at Caster.[24]
Guilmette (The Blade) has been married to fellow professional wrestlerLaura Dennis since September 21, 2013. They have worked alongside each other inImpact Wrestling andAll Elite Wrestling (AEW), where Dennis managed Guilmette and Williams in the latter promotion.[25][26]
Cherry Parks was invoked but never defined (see thehelp page).