Demolition on their WWE success, favorite opponents
Professionalism was a key ingredient in Demolition’s WWE success.
It was announced last week that Demolition — Bill Eadie & Barry Darsow — will finally be inducted into the WWE Hall of Fame over WrestleMania 42 weekend. They spoke with Bill Apter about the news and addressed how their team was able to maintain its success while other tag teams broke apart.
“We were both easy-going guys,” Eadie said. “I mean, we both knew that it was a job. We were enjoying it, we were getting paid well, and we knew it was going to be successful. So why not ride the wave?”
“I think both Bill and I had — our job as Demolition was our number one thing on the road,” Darsow added. “We didn’t go out and party and do everything. It was the gym, then wrestling, and finish the tour and go home with our families. And I think that’s what made it last so long.”
When asked to name their favorite opponents, Demolition said it would be too difficult to narrow it down that much since they had fun every single night they were in the ring. They did list The British Bulldogs, Hart Foundation, Killer Bees, Brainbusters, The Warlord & Barbarian, Tito Santana & Rick Martel, and The Rockers as some of the teams they enjoyed facing most.
Demolition were three-time WWF Tag Team Champions in the 1980s-1990s. For a long time, they held the record as the longest-reigning champions in history until that was eventually surpassed by The New Day.
A Hall of Fame induction did not happen for Demolition until now due to them being on the outs with the company over lawsuits they had been involved in against WWE. But after Vince McMahon’s exit, they were brought back into the fold and signed to WWE Legends contracts.
The 2026 Hall of Fame ceremony is taking place in Las Vegas on Friday, April 17 and will also include AJ Styles and Stephanie McMahon being inducted. More inductees are still to be announced in the coming weeks.
Joseph Currier is the lead editor of F4WOnline.com, directing daily news coverage and writing articles on professional wrestling. He is a graduate of the University of Massachusetts, obtaining a journalism degree in 2016. Joseph joined F4W during his time at UMass and has now been writing about the industry for nearly a decade.
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