WWE's Jesse and Festus

The newest and most intriguing tag team in World Wrestling Entertainment right now is Smackdown's "Jesse and Festus", a seemingly mismatched pair who display some exciting in-ring action. Festus is the taller "oaf like" character of the two and features a look of pure stupor as he enters the ring prior to the match. However, once the bell rings his look goes to straight business and pure rage as he begins to demolish any opponent in his path. Jesse displays a lot of quick and high-flying moves to complement his taller tag team partner, making them a very dangerous combination. Here's some more information about the origins of these two newer additions to the WWE roster.

Jesse's real name is Ray Gordy, born March 23, 1979. He is the son of legendary wrestler Terry Gordy, a member of the Fabulous Freebirds tag team. Early on, Ray worked for NWA Georgia and NAWA (North American Wrestling Association), where he won several titles. He wrestled in Japan as of 2001 with an alliance known as "NOAH". During this time he had many great feuds including one with well known wrestler, AJ Styles. Gordy signed on with WWE in August of 2005 and started using a gimmick as "Ray Geezy" a "white boy from the hood". The gimmick was dropped and he began tagging with Henry Godwin in November of 2006 reforming the classic "Godwins" tag team. (Source: Wikipedia) See Jesse's WWE profile here.

Festus' real name is Drew Hankinson. He's the taller of the tag team and has the more noticeable gimmick as he goes from stupified to ready to rumble in the ring. He began his career with several wrestling alliances in Pennsylvania, then Maryland, then to the Deep South Wrestling alliance as "The Freakin Deacon". In May of 2006, Hankinson debuted on WWE Raw as an "imposter Kane". The two battled for coming weeks leading up to a match at the Vengeance Pay Per View. Hankinson' (Festus) Imposter Kane defeated the real Kane at the event. On the following night's Raw, the true Kane decimated Hankinson, tore his mask off and threw him out of the building. This made for his last appearance on Raw. (Source: Wikipedia) See Festus' WWE profile here.

As of May 2007, the special promos began airing to showcase Jesse as part of "The Dalton Boys" alongside Festus. The Dalton Boys gimmick was changed to Jesse and Festus and they made their official in-ring debut on October 5, 2007 for Smackdown. They have since wrestled in several matches becoming undefeated as a tag team. Their finishing move is known as the "Rocket Launcher", which involves Jesse climbing the corner ropes then being launched by Festus at the opponent to score the victory. Their original theme song is "Biscuits and Gravy" by Jim Johnston. Jesse and Festus were seen on ECW recently, but it is unknown at this time if they will be part of ECW permanently.