The Headhunters were a professional wrestlingtag team who consists of American twin brothers Manuel and Victor Santiago (born August 11, 1968, in New York, New York), best known by the respective ring names, Headhunter A and Headhunter B,[1] although they were announced as Mofat and Mahim (spellings uncertain) during their appearances in ECW.
History
Early career (1987–1991)
The Santiago brothers trained under Johnny Rodz and both debuted in 1987. There were among the Puerto Rican wrestlers brought to Canada during the talent exchange between Lutte Internationale and the World Wrestling Council. On June 23, 1987, The Headhunters defeated Len Shelley and Louis Laurence at the Verdun Auditorium in Montreal.
W*ING (1991–1994)
In 1991 The Headhunters travelled to Japan and began wrestling for W*ING. In August 1992, they were awarded the newly created W*ING International New Generation World Tag Team Championship. They held the titles until November 6, 1992, when they lost to Crash the Terminator and Mr. Pogo in Sapporo. The brothers regained the titles on May 19, 1993, defeating Miguelito Perez and Yukihiro Kanemura in Honjo, and held them until the promotion closed in March 1994.
The Headhunters debuted in Eastern Championship Wrestling in August 1993, taking part in a tournament for the vacant ECW Tag Team Championship. The Headhunters were eliminated from the tournament after fighting their opponents, Ivan Koloff and Vladimir Koloff, to a double disqualification. At UltraClash on September 18, 1993, The Headhunters defeated Crash the Terminator and Miguelito Perez in a baseball bat match.
The Headhunters debuted in the World Wrestling Federation on January 21, 1996, at the WWF Royal Rumble, renamed "The Squat Team". Identified as "Squat Team #1" and "Squat Team #2" respectively, the Headhunters took part in the Royal Rumble match, but were both eliminated, with Yokozuna eliminating Team #2 after 24 seconds and Vader eliminating Team #1 after 71 seconds. The night after Royal Rumble they lost to Avatar and Aldo Montoya in a dark match. The Headhunters briefly appeared on WWF television as "The Arabian Butchers" on the June 30, 1997, episode of Raw, a tag team managed by Jim Cornette. They made an appearance for Shotgun Saturday Night on November 25, 1997 in a dark match losing to Los Boricuas (Savio Vega and Miguel Perez Jr.).
In the 2000s, The Headhunters began wrestling on the Mexicanindependent circuit. In November 2006, The Headhunters began working dates for Asistencia Asesoría y Administración. Headhunter A would become a regular in the spring, officially joining heel stable Legión Extranjera. He quit the promotion in September 2008, choosing to return to the independent circuit. Both Headhunters have since worked regularly for IWRG and NWA Mexico. In December 2008, the two wrestled on the debut Perros del Mal Producciones show promoted by Perro Aguayo Jr.
They also made return tours in Mexico and Japan. They participated in Game Changer Wrestling's Jersey J-Cup Tag Team Tournament defeating in the first round Danny Demanto and Tommy Dreamer. Later that night they got eliminated from the tournament in the semi-final to The Beast Squad, Kyle the Beast and Monsta Mack.
In popular culture
The Headhunters were featured in the Insane Clown Posse's wrestling DVDs Strangle Mania (1995) and Strangle Mania 2 (1999) under the name "The Mushroom Boys".