The Sheepherders

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The Bushwhackers are a professional wrestling tag team who competed first as the New Zealand Kiwis and then as The Sheepherders during their 36-year career as a tag team. They wrestled in the World Wrestling Federation, Jim Crockett Promotions, and on the independent territorial wrestling circuits. The Bushwhackers consisted of Butch Miller and Luke Williams while the Sheepherders also included Jonathan Boyd and Rip Morgan as members at times. Williams and Miller were inducted into the WWE Hall of Fame class of 2015, and the Professional Wrestling Hall of Fame and Museum in 2020.

Tag team
The Bushwhackers
Luke Williams (left) and Butch Miller at their WWE Hall of Fame induction
Name(s)	The Bushwhackers The Kiwis The Kiwi Sheepherders Los Pastores (in Puerto Rico) The New Zealand Sheepherders The Sheepherders Los Sacamantecas (Spain)
Billed heights	Williams: 1.83 m (6 ft 0 in) Miller: 1.73 m (5 ft 8 in)
Combined billed weight	225 kg (496 lb; 35.4 st)
Billed from	New Zealand
Former member(s)	Butch Miller Jonathan Boyd Luke Williams Rip Morgan
Years active	1966–2001

Championships and accomplishments​

Miller and Williams[edit]​

• Allied Powers Wrestling Federation
  • APWF Tag Team Championship (1 time)
• Can-Am Wrestling
  • Can-Am Tag Team Championship (1 time)[3]
• Continental Wrestling Association
  • CWA International Tag Team Championship (1 time)
• Championship Wrestling from Florida
  • NWA Florida Tag Team Championship (1 time)
  • NWA United States Tag Team Championship (Florida version) (1 time)
• International Wrestling Association
  • IWA Tag Team Championship (1 time)[3]
• Mid-Atlantic Championship Wrestling
  • NWA Mid-Atlantic Tag Team Championship (1 time)
• NWA All-Star Wrestling
  • NWA Canadian Tag Team Championship (Vancouver version) (1 time)
• Pacific Northwest Wrestling
  • NWA Pacific Northwest Tag Team Championship (3 times)
• Pro Wrestling Illustrated
  • PWI ranked them # 71 of the best 100 tag teams of the "PWI Years".
• Professional Wrestling Hall of Fame and Museum
  • Class of 2020
• Ring Around The Northwest Newsletter
  • Tag Team of the Year (1979–1980)[64]
• Stampede Wrestling
  • Stampede International Tag Team Championship (2 times)
• Southwest Championship Wrestling
  • SWCW World Tag Team Championship (1 time)
• Ultimate Championship Wrestling
  • UCW Tag Team Championship (1 time)[3]
• United States Wrestling League
  • USWL Tag Team Championship (1 time)[3]
• Universal Wrestling Federation
  • UWF Tag Team Championship (2 times)
• World Wide Wrestling Alliance
  • WWWA Tag Team Championship (2 times)[3]
• World Wrestling Council
  • WWC North American Tag Team Championship (4 times)
  • WWC World Tag Team Championship (2 times)
• WWE
  • WWE Hall of Fame (Class of 2015)[65]
• Wrestling Observer Newsletter awards
  • Worst Tag Team (1992, 1994)
  • Worst Worked Match of the Year (1993) with Men on a Mission vs. The Headshrinkers, Bastion Booger, and Bam Bam Bigelow at Survivor Series

Boyd and Williams[edit]​

• Continental Wrestling Association
  • AWA Southern Tag Team Championship (2 times)[66][67]
• Southeastern Championship Wrestling
  • NWA Southeastern Tag Team Championship (1 time)
• Southwest Championship Wrestling
  • SWCW Southwest Tag Team Championship (1 time)

Boyd and Rip Morgan[edit]​

• Continental Wrestling Association
  • AWA Southern Tag Team Championship (5 times)

 

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