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===Return to WWE===
===Return to WWE===
JTG and Shad returned to WWE under the "'''Cryme Tyme'''" name on the March 31 edition of ''Raw'', defeating [[Lance Cade and Trevor Murdoch]].<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.onlineworldofwrestling.com/results/raw/080331.html |title=RAW results - March 31, 2008 |accessdate=2008-04-01 |publisher=Online World of Wrestling}}</ref> Cryme Tyme are now starring in their own show called "Word Up", which airs on Wednesdays on WWE.com. In the show, Shad and JTG explain a different word used in their culture in a parody of [[Sesame Street]]'s style.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.wwe.com/schedules/videoschedule/|title=Dot Com Schedule |accessdate=2008-07-10 |publisher=WWE}}</ref>
JTG and Shad returned to WWE under the "'''Cryme Tyme'''" name on the March 31 edition of ''Raw'', defeating [[Lance Cade and Trevor Murdoch]].<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.onlineworldofwrestling.com/results/raw/080331.html |title=RAW results - March 31, 2008 |accessdate=2008-04-01 |publisher=Online World of Wrestling}}</ref> Cryme Tyme are now starring in their own show called "Word Up", which airs on Wednesdays on WWE.com. In the show, Shad and JTG explain a different word used in their culture in a parody of [[Sesame Street]]'s style.
Cryme Tyme began working with [[John Cena]] on the June 30th edition of [[WWE Raw|Raw]] when they interfered during [[John Layfield|JBL's]] title match with [[CM Punk]]. The following week, they again appeared together in a backstage segment when they destroyed JBL's limo, smashing windows and spray painting it with the letters, CTC. This began speculation that they would be forming a new stable. On the July 12th Raw House Show, after John Cena and Cryme Tyme defeated Kane, Ted Dibiase Jr. and Cody Rhodes, John Cena confirmed that they had in fact created a faction and that its name would be CTC, Cryme Tyme Cenanation.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.wwe.com/schedules/videoschedule/|title=Dot Com Schedule |accessdate=2008-07-10 |publisher=WWE}}</ref>

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Cryme Tyme
JTG (left) and Shad Gaspard
Tag team
MembersShad Gaspard
JTG
Name(s)Shad Gaspard and The Neighborhoodie
The Gang Stars
Cryme Tyme
Crime Time
Billed heightsGaspard:
6 ft 9 in (2.06 m)
JTG:
6 ft 3 in (1.91 m)
Combined
billed weight		530 lb (240 kg)
Debut2006

Cryme Tyme (also spelled Crime Time) is a professional wrestling tag team consisting of Shad Gaspard and JTG. They are currently signed to World Wrestling Entertainment (WWE), wrestling on their Raw brand. Their gimmick is a parody of stereotypical street thugs.

History

World Wrestling Entertainment

The team was first put together in the summer of 2006 in the World Wrestling Entertainment (WWE) "developmental territory" Ohio Valley Wrestling (OVW).[1] They originally simply went under their ring names—Shad Gaspard and the Neighborhoodie—before adopting the team name The Gang Stars.[2] In OVW they held the Southern Tag Team Titles for two months, taking them from Roadkill and Kasey James on May 24 2006,[3] and dropping them to CM Punk and Seth Skyfire on July 28.[4]

2006-2007

In late 2006, WWE promoted The Gangs Stars to the main Raw brand roster, starting by having them work house shows and dark matches. On the September 4 Raw, vignettes began airing to promote the debut of the team, now dubbed Cryme Tyme, showing them "training" for their pending debut on the show.[5] Before the vignettes aired WWE placed a statement on their website, WWE.com, stating:[6]

Tonight a new tag team, Cryme Tyme, will be introduced to the RAW audience. In an effort to humor and entertain our fans the tag team known as Cryme Tyme will be parodying racial stereotypes.

Shad Gaspard and JTG do outlandish, outrageous "stunts" to ready themselves for tag team action on RAW. This attempt at Saturday Night Live-like humor is bound to entertain audiences of all ethnic derivations.

We hope you enjoy the weekly adventures of Cryme Tyme.

The vignettes, which aired weekly, featured Cryme Tyme robbing people while an (overly and stereotypically uncool sounding) announcer dubbed their actions "training exercises" designed to work on things like "speed", "agility", "drive", "endurance", and "intensity".view Cryme Tyme wrestled as faces in their house show and dark matches, finally making their television debut—a win over Johnny and Mikey of the Spirit Squad[7]—as such on the October 16 Raw.

After arriving on Raw they were depicted covertly stealing things—such as Jerry Lawler's laptop,[8] and a plasma screen TV[9] —during interviews and while celebrating wins with the commentary team.

On November 5, the team made their pay-per-view debut at Cyber Sunday, defeating Lance Cade and Trevor Murdoch, The Highlanders (Rory and Robbie McAllister), and Charlie Haas & Viscera in a four team tornado tag team match.[10] Later that same month they were featured in a Raw segment that parodied Michael Richards's "Laugh Factory incident".[11] In the skit, a wrestler (Nick Berk)—acting as a stand in for Richards—recreated the scene of the incident by using racial slurs and insults until Cryme Tyme confronted him on stage. Nervous, he offered an apology, but Gaspard kicked him in the head and JTG made a Seinfeld-esque joke, saying "What's the deal with the Bloods and the Crips? Can't they all just get along?". This event was the beginning of a series of vignettes and skits featuring Cryme Tyme interacting with different, unexpected audiences.[12][13]

Around the same time they began a program with the reuniting World's Greatest Tag Team (Shelton Benjamin and Charlie Haas), during which Benjamin began to express disgust with Cryme Tyme's antics, calling them offensive and harmful to the black community.[14] During the storyline Haas started "acting black", but after the World's Greatest Tag Team handed Cryme Tyme their first loss on the January 29, 2007 Raw,[15] the program was dropped, with Cryme Tyme appearing mainly on Raw's sister show Heat, only appearing on Raw in backstage segments.

On July 21, 2007, Cryme Tyme appeared at an Ohio Valley Wrestling event and wrestled the OVW Southern Tag Team Champion James Boys (K.C. and Kassidy James), taking the title.[16][17] At the next weeks television tapings the James Boys were again announced as Champions, with no explanation of how they won the title back being offered.

The duo returned to Raw in July and started a gimmick where they would take items and auction them off to the crowd.[18] This led to a program with the World Tag Team Champions Lance Cade and Trevor Murdoch,[19][20] but both JTG and Shad were released from their WWE contracts on September 2, 2007 before the feud was resolved.

Independent circuit

After leaving WWE they continued teaming together on the independent circuit, using the alternate spelling "Crime Time".[21]

Return to WWE

JTG and Shad returned to WWE under the "Cryme Tyme" name on the March 31 edition of Raw, defeating Lance Cade and Trevor Murdoch.[22] Cryme Tyme are now starring in their own show called "Word Up", which airs on Wednesdays on WWE.com. In the show, Shad and JTG explain a different word used in their culture in a parody of Sesame Street's style. Cryme Tyme began working with John Cena on the June 30th edition of Raw when they interfered during JBL's title match with CM Punk. The following week, they again appeared together in a backstage segment when they destroyed JBL's limo, smashing windows and spray painting it with the letters, CTC. This began speculation that they would be forming a new stable. On the July 12th Raw House Show, after John Cena and Cryme Tyme defeated Kane, Ted Dibiase Jr. and Cody Rhodes, John Cena confirmed that they had in fact created a faction and that its name would be CTC, Cryme Tyme Cenanation.[23]


In wrestling

Championships and accomplishments

References

  1. ^ "OVW results for 2006". Online World of Wrestling. Retrieved 2007-04-06. February 1 - Club Life b The Neighborhoodies in the amateur showcase dark match with dual 450 splashes.
  2. ^ "Cryme Tyme profile". Online World of Wrestling. Retrieved 2007-04-06.
  3. ^ "OVW results for 2006". Online World of Wrestling. Retrieved 2007-04-06. May 24 - Shad Gaspar[d] & The Neighborhoodie b Amish Roadkill & Kasey James to win the Tag Team titles
  4. ^ "OVW results for 2006". Online World of Wrestling. Retrieved 2007-04-06. July 28 - C.M. Punk & Seth Skyfire b Shad Gaspard & Neighborhoodie to win the Tag Team titles
  5. ^ "RAW results - September 4, 2006". Online World of Wrestling. Retrieved 2007-04-06.
  6. ^ "TV Shows > Raw > Archive > 09/04/2006 > Cryme Tyme debuts on RAW". WWE.com. Retrieved 2007-04-06.
  7. ^ "RAW results - October 16, 2006". Online World of Wrestling. Retrieved 2007-04-06.
  8. ^ Andrew Rote. "Cryme Tyme steals Four Team Tag Match". WWE.com. Retrieved 2006-11-05.
  9. ^ "RAW results - October 30, 2006". Online World of Wrestling. Retrieved 2007-04-06.
  10. ^ PWI Staff (2007). "Pro Wrestling Illustrated presents: 2007 Wrestling almanac & book of facts". "Wrestling’s historical cards". Kappa Publishing. p. 122.
  11. ^ "RAW results - November 27, 2006". Online World of Wrestling. Retrieved 2007-04-06.
  12. ^ "RAW results - December 4, 2006". Online World of Wrestling. Retrieved 2007-04-06.
  13. ^ "RAW results - December 18, 2006". Online World of Wrestling. Retrieved 2007-04-06.
  14. ^ "RAW results - December 4, 2006". Online World of Wrestling. Retrieved 2007-04-06.
  15. ^ PWI Staff (2007). "Pro Wrestling Illustrated, May 2007". Arena Reports. Kappa Publishing. p. 134. {{cite news}}: Unknown parameter |month= ignored (help)
  16. ^ Gerweck, Steve. "7/21 OVW Results from Owensboro, KY (WWE Tag Team wins OVW Tag Team Titles)". Gerweck.net. Retrieved 2007-07-22.
  17. ^ a b "OVW Southern Tag Team Title". Wrestling-Titles. Retrieved 2007-08-09.
  18. ^ "RAW results - July 30, 2007". Online World of Wrestling. Retrieved 2007-09-02.
  19. ^ "RAW results - August 13, 2007". Online World of Wrestling. Retrieved 2007-09-02.
  20. ^ "RAW results - August 30, 2007". Online World of Wrestling. Retrieved 2007-09-02.
  21. ^ "10th Anniversary Show". JAPW. 2007-10-27. Retrieved 2008-01-12.
  22. ^ "RAW results - March 31, 2008". Online World of Wrestling. Retrieved 2008-04-01.
  23. ^ "Dot Com Schedule". WWE. Retrieved 2008-07-10.
  24. ^ Dee, Louie (2008-05-01). "Music from da Hood". WWE. Retrieved 2008-05-28.
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