International Airstrike

International Airstrike They then competed in their first match as a tag team at WrestleMania XXVIII for the WWE Tag Team Championship in a triple threat tag team match also involving Primo & Epico being managed by Rosa Mendes, and The Usos, but were unsuccessful in retrieving the titles, and with Gabriel suffering an elbow injury during the match.
The team reunited on the June 6 episode of NXT Redemption defeating the team of Johnny Curtis and Heath Slater. They competed at the No Way Out pay-per-view in a fatal four-way tag team match to become the number one contenders for the WWE Tag Team Championship also involving Epico and Primo, The Usos, and the Prime Time Players (Titus O'Neil and Darren Young), but were unsuccessful with O'Neil and Young coming out victorious. On the June 21 episode of WWE Superstars, Kidd and Gabriel competed in tag team competition coming out victorious against the team of Curt Hawkins and Tyler Reks, a feat they repeated on the July 26 and August 9 episodes of WWE Superstars again in winning efforts. On the August 24 episode of SmackDown, Kidd and Gabriel joined the other tag teams backstage in an argument on which team will be the new number one contenders, which ended in a brawl.
The name International Airstrike was chosen on August 28 by the WWE fans via Tout and Twitter because Kidd is a Canadian and Gabriel is a South African. The team suffered their first loss on the August 31 episode of SmackDown against the Prime Time Players. On the September 21 episode of SmackDown, the team appeared as lumberjack's along during a tag team match between Daniel Bryan and Kane against Cody Rhodes and Damien Sandow, ending in a disqualification after Rhodes attacked Kane with a chair, who would afterwards assault the team's with Bryan with chairs. On the October 3 premiere of WWE Main Event, Kidd and Gabriel lost a number one contender tournament first round match against Santino Marella and Zack Ryder.
On the November 12 episode of Raw, Kidd and Gabriel competed in an 8 man tag team match alongside with Rey Mysterio and Sin Cara defeating Titus O'Neil, Darren Young, Primo, and Epico with Gabriel pinning Young. The team then competed in a 10 man elimination tag team match at the Survivor Series pay-per-view along with Rey Mysterio, Sin Cara, and Brodus Clay against Titus O'Neil, Darren Young, Primo and Epico, and Tensai in a winning effort with Mysterio lastly pinning Young. In January Kidd was sidelined with an injury leaving the teams future in jeopardy. Kidd made an appearance on the February 21st edition of NXT before being attacked by Leo Kruger before Gabriel ran to his aid.
In wrestling
*Double team finishing moves
** Sprinboard Moonsault(Gabriel) immediately followed by a Springboard Elbow Drop(Kidd)
** Springboard elbow drop (Kidd) / Standing catapult backbreaker (Gabriel)combination
**Spinebuster (Gabriel) / Diving neckbreaker (Kidd) combination
*Double team signature moves
**Aided hip toss (Gabriel) / Hurricanrana (Kidd) combination
**Double hip toss / Double dropkick combination
**Double snapmare / Shoot kicks to a seated opponent's chest and back<ref name="wrestleview" />
**Double springboard dropkick
**Drop toe-hold (Gabriel) / front dropkick (Kidd) combination<ref name="wrestleview" />
**Suicide dive (Gabriel) / Hurricanrana or a Shoot kick (Kidd) combination<ref name="wrestleview" /><ref name="madaboutwrestling" />
*Entrance themes
**"The Rising" by Jan Cyrka and Tony Bricheno (April 1, 2012-present)<ref name="wwe" />

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