Christopher Street Connection
The Christopher Street Connection were a professional wrestling tag team consisting of Buff E and Mace Mendoza. They primarily compete in Northeastern and Mid-Atlantic independent promotions, most notably, World-1 South, Jersey All Pro Wrestling, Ring of Honor and Frank Goodman's United States Xtreme Wrestling. Frequent opponents of such tag teams as Da Hit Squad, The Carnage Crew and The Heartbreak Express, they fought both The Heartbreak Express and The Extreme Horsemen (Steve Corino and Ricky Landell) over the WSL World Tag Team Championship in early 2007.
| Christopher Street Connection | |
|---|---|
| Tag team | |
| Members | Buff E Mace Mendoza Fun Athletic Guy (manager) Jailbait (valet) Allison Danger (valet) Ariel (valet) |
| Billed heights | Buff E: 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) Mace: 5 ft 8 in (1.73 m) |
| Combined billed weight | 420 pounds (190 kg) Buff E: 220 pounds (100 kg) Mace: 200 pounds (91 kg) |
| Hometown | Greenwich Village, New York City |
| Billed from | "The Village in NYC" |
| Debut | 2000 |
| Trainer | Homicide Laithon |
For nearly a decade, the Christopher Street Connection competed as the only "openly gay" tag team on the independent circuit during the early to mid-2000s and gained notoriety. Similar to the ring styles of World Championship Wrestling's West Hollywood Blondes (Lenny and Lodi) and the World Wrestling Federation's Billy and Chuck, their in-ring personas included suggestive behavior, flirting with their opponents and, on occasion, male members in the audience. The team was originally managed by Rob Feinstein, under the name Fun Athletic Guy. They also had a series of female valets including Allison Danger, Ariel and Jailbait.