Minor Threat

The Elitism is a current tag team in Zero1 USA.

Brandon Espinosa is a former member of Babewatch, and current member of Ohio Valley Wrestling. Ace Hawkins is the 2011Pro Wrestling Illustrated Rookie of the Year.

History
The Elitism started off as a stable, never actually teaming in any match. Donovan Ruddick, Brandon Espinosa, and Travis Cook originally would accompany each other to the ring at Mid-Missouri Wrestling Alliance to ensure their group member would win their respective match. For example, during a battle royal championship match, Ruddick caught Espinosa on the outside to stop him from being eliminated and threw him back in to eliminate the last competitor. As well as, Espinosa interfered in Ruddicks match to distract his opponent allowing Ruddick to capture the win and the MMWA Heavyweight Championship.

On November 20th, 2010 a day after a successful 6 man tag match with Hawkins and former tag partner Mike Sydal at ROH in July, Espinosa decided to enlist Hawkins as the newest member of The Elitism at an Independent Hardcore Wrestling event in Dupo, Il. They would loose their first tag match as a members of The Elitism as well as marking the first tag match for the group. On December 4th, Donovan Ruddick had to depart due to signing a contact with WWE and heading to Tampa as part of Florida Championship Wrestling. Shortly after that, on December 11th, Travis Cook was taken out by David Vaughn as part of an angle as Cook was planning to take time off from the ring.

After the departure of Ruddick and Cook, Espinosa and Hawkins would continue to compete as a tag team throughtout the Midwest. On May 5th, 2011, Espinosa brought in a new member, David Osborne, to compete with him at Independent Wrestling Association Unlimited in a tag match. They would go on to win their match. On June 8th, Espinosa would debut at Ohio Valley Wrestling with Hawkins accompaning him to the ring. On June 15th, they would have their debut match as a tag team in a loosing effort to Tony Gunn and Jimbo Onno. On July 2nd, at the OVW Saturday Night Special, they would compete in a Fatal 4 Way Elimination Tag Match for the OVW Southern Tag Team Championship. They would be the last team to be eliminated in the match, thus not capturing the titles. On July 16th, D.A. Morrison would bring in the Pro Wrestling Prestige US Champion, Espinosa to IWAU to challange for the IWAU Club Championship in a Champion vs Champion match thus becoming a part of the Elitism. On September 10th, Osborne and Hawkins would capture the Pro Wrestling Prestige Tag Team Championship. On September 14th, The Elitism would have their first 6 Man Tag Match as a group competing at OVW against Nick Dinsmore, Michael Hayes, and Jason Wayne. On October 2nd, Pro Wrestling Prestige would shut down thus ending David Osborne and D.A. Morrison being part of the group. On November 16th, Espinosa would face Hawkins in a singles match for OVW Television, thus ending their run together as a team in OVW.

On December 31st, Espinosa and Hawkins would team to face Drake Younger and Canadian Kidd at New Focus Wrestling in Evansville, In. It has also been announced that they would team up in Zero1 USA and compete for the Zero1 USA Tag Team Championships on January 28th, 2012.

Members

 * Brandon Espinosa (leader) (September 11th, 2010 - Present)
 * Ace Hawkins (November 20th, 2011 - Present)
 * Donovan Ruddick (September 11th, 2010 - December 4th, 2010)
 * Travis Cook (September 11th, 2010 - December 11th, 2010)
 * David Osborne (May 5th, 2011 - October 2nd, 2011)
 * D.A. Morrison (July 16th, 2011 - October 2nd, 2011) 

Wrestling Facts

 * Finishing and Signature Tag Moves
 * Espinosa/Hawkins
 * Minor Threat (Simultaneous : Espinosa - Flat Liner / Hawkins - Springboard Dropkick)
 * Hawkins/Osborne
 * Elite Power (Simultaneous : Hawkins - Backcracker / Osborne - Powerbomb)
 * Theme Music
 * "Junkies for Fame" by Shinedown

Championships and accomplishments

 * Heritage Wrestling Coalition
 * HWC Championship (Donovan Ruddick - 1 time)
 * Independent Wrestling Association Unlimited
 * IWAU Club Championship (Brandon Espinosa - 1 time)
 * Mid-Missouri Wrestling Alliance-Southern Illinois Championship Wrestling
 * MMWA-SICW Heavyweight Championship (Donovan Ruddick - 1 time)
 * MMWA-SICW Jr. Heavyweight Championship (Brandon Espinosa - 1 time)
 * MMWA-SICW Battle Royal Championship (Brandon Espinosa - 1 time)
 * Pro Wrestling Prestige
 * PWP Heavyweight Championship (Brandon Espinosa - 1 time)
 * PWP United States Championship (Brandon Espinosa - 1 time)
 * PWP Tag Team Championship (David Osborne and Ace Hawkins - 1 time)