| The Machines | |
|---|---|
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| Stable | |
| Members | Super Machine Big Machine Giant Machine Hulk Machine Piper Machine Animal Machine Crusher Machine[1] Capt. Lou Albano (Manager) |
| Billed from | "The Orient" |
| Debut | 1986 |
| Disbanded | 1986 |
| Years active | 1986 |
The Machines were a professional wrestling stable who performed in the World Wrestling Federation in 1986. The team consisted of well-known WWF wrestlers working under masks which strongly resembled that worn by Super Strong Machine in New Japan Pro-Wrestling at the time; leader André the Giant had faced Hirata and two other Strong Machines during tours of NJPW in 1984, getting the idea for the masks. The gimmick was very much tongue-in-cheek, as the identities of the masked men were obvious to the fans but frustrating to heels when they were unable to prove them. The Machines was the last tag team Capt. Lou Albano managed in the WWF until he returned in 1994 to manage The Headshrinkers.
- ^ "The Machines: Andre the Giant puts on a hood and becomes the Giant Machine, and no one can figure out who he is. And um...yeah". Archived from the original on 2012-06-30. Retrieved 2008-08-10.