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| Killer Elite Squad | |
|---|---|
 (Left to right) Lance Archer and Davey Boy Smith Jr. in June 2013 | |
| Tag team | |
| Members | Davey Boy Smith Jr./Harry Smith Lance Archer/Lance Hoyt |
| Name(s) | Killer Elite Squad (K.E.S.) |
| Billed heights | Archer: 2.03 m (6 ft 8 in)[1] Smith: 1.98 m (6 ft 6 in)[2] |
| Combined billed weight | 240 kg (530 lb)[1][2] |
| Debut | September 7, 2012[3] |
| Disbanded | June 15, 2019 |
| Years active | 2012–2019 |
Killer Elite Squad, often abbreviated to K.E.S., was the professional wrestling tag team of Davey Boy Smith Jr. and Lance Archer. The team made its debut in the New Japan Pro-Wrestling (NJPW) promotion in September 2012 and have since worked together also in North America, most notably for the National Wrestling Alliance (NWA). In Japan, they have worked as part of the larger Suzuki-gun stable ever since being put together by NJPW.
They are seven-time Tag Team Champions between the U.S. and Japan, being former three-time IWGP Tag Team Champions, two-time GHC Tag Team Champions and two-time NWA World Tag Team Champions.
Japanese promotions usually refer to the team only by the initials, while North American promotions use the full name, while sometimes also referring to Archer and Smith by the ring names Lance Hoyt and Harry Smith, respectively.[4]
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