The Mighty Don't Kneel

The Mighty Don't Kneel
Nick Miller (left) and Shane Thorne (right) in April 2018
Statistics
MembersMikey Nicholls/Nick Miller
Shane Haste/Shane Thorne[1]
Bad Dude Tito
Zack Sabre Jr.
Kosei Fujita
Robbie Eagles
Name(s)The Mighty Don't Kneel
TMDK
TM-61[2]
The Mighty[3]
Billed heightsNicholls: 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m)
Haste: 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m)
Tito: 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m)
Sabre Jr.: 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m)
Fujita: 5 ft 10 in (1.78 m)
Eagles: 5 ft 10 in (1.78 m)
Combined
billed weight		1,306 lb (592 kg)
Billed fromPerth, Australia (Nicholls/Haste)
Former
member(s)		JONAH/Jonah Rock
Elliot Sexton
Marcius Pitt[4]
Slex[5][6]
DebutMay 16, 2008
Years active2008–2018
2022–present

The Mighty Don't Kneel (TMDK) are a professional wrestling stable performing in New Japan Pro-Wrestling (NJPW). The stable consists of Mikey Nicholls, Shane Haste, Bad Dude Tito, Zack Sabre Jr., Robbie Eagles and Kosei Fujita; Sabre Jr. is a two-time and inaugural NJPW World Television Champion, while Nicholls and Haste are current IWGP World Tag Team Champions in their first reign, and are two-time and current Strong Openweight Tag Team Champions. The stable was primarily known as a tag team in Pro Wrestling Noah, with Nicholls and Haste being two-time GHC Tag Team Champions. They also worked for Ring of Honor (ROH), Total Nonstop Action Wrestling (TNA) and WWE (where they were named TM-61 and The Mighty in NXT).

Though best known as a tag team, TMDK has also been a stable, which included, in addition to Nicholls and Haste, fellow Australians Jonah (formerly Jonah Rock), Elliot Sexton, Marcuis Pitt and Slex. TMDK has also been said to stand for "Torture, Murder, Destroy, Kill".[7]

Nicholls and Veryzer signed with WWE and were assigned to its developmental territory NXT, Nicholls and Veryzer were renamed Nick Miller and Shane Thorne, while their tag team was renamed TM-61 and later, The Mighty. However, the team would disband in 2018 following Nicholls' release.[8]

  1. ^ Cite error: The named reference WWESigning was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  2. ^ Cite error: The named reference NXTNames was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  3. ^ "WWE NXT: June 6th, 2018". 6 June 2018. Retrieved 7 June 2018.
  4. ^ "Marcius Pitt and Siren Monroe vs Jay Taylor and Michelle K Hasluck in Mixed Tag Action". Explosive Professional Wrestling. 13 January 2014. Archived from the original on 30 January 2014. Retrieved 25 January 2014. TMDK member, Marcius Pitt
  5. ^ "「Great Voyage 2013 in Tokyo 七夕決戦～みんなの願い～」7月7日(日)有明コロシアム大会 公開記者会見＆調印式＆イベントの模様". Pro Wrestling Noah (in Japanese). 29 June 2013. Retrieved 4 February 2014.
  6. ^ "「第7回日テレG+杯争奪ジュニア・ヘビー級タッグリーグ戦」7月21日(日)岐阜商工会議所大ホール大会 試合後コメント". Pro Wrestling Noah (in Japanese). Retrieved 4 February 2014.
  7. ^ "2.11ノア名古屋大会で激突するTMDK vs K.E.SのGHCタッグ調印式で早くもヒートアップ!!". New Japan Pro-Wrestling (in Japanese). 4 February 2014. Retrieved 4 February 2014.
  8. ^ Rose, Bryan (14 December 2018). "NICK MILLER RELEASED FROM WWE". Wrestling Observer Newsletter. Retrieved 12 February 2021.