They began their wrestling careers in the late 1970's in New Zealand featuring on the NZ TV show On The Mat.

They later travelled to the United States and were known as the Kiwi's

The team changed its name to The Sheepherders and began wrestling a violent and bloody style that was popularised by ECW.

The Sheepherders fueded with the greatest teams of that era including:
The Road Warriors, The Fantastics, Roddy Piper & Rick Martel, Austin Idol & Robert Fuller.

They began wrestling in the National Wrestling Alliance in the mid 80's and beat many of the top teams there.

In 1989 they moved to the WWF and renamed themselves The Bushwhackers.

In their Pay per view debut they beat the Rougeau Brothers at WrestleMania 5.

Butch & Luke were now beloved fan favourites and began using the Battering Ram to defeat teams such as:
The Powers of Pain, The Bolshevics, Rhythm & Blues, The Orient Express.

The Bushwhackers toured New Zealand in 1990 and defeated The Bolshevics, Nikolai Volkoff & Boris Zhukov in Auckland, Wellington And Christchurch.

The team is also well known for the time they put into charity work.

The team now wrestles on the independent wrestling circuit and is still as popular as ever.

The following is a list of the championships they have won:
UWF (Mid-South) tag-team champions
...defeating Ted DiBiase and Steve "Dr. Death" Williams

Mid-Atlantic tag-team champions
...defeating Buzz Sawyer and Matt Borne

Florida tag-team champions
...defeating Steve Keirn and Mike Graham

Southern tag-team champions
...defeating the Fabulous Ones, Steve Keirn and Stan Lane

Pacific Northwest tag-team champions
...defeating Adrian Adonis and Ron Starr
...defeating Stan Stasiak and Dutch Savage
...defeating Rowdy Roddy Piper and Rick Martel

Southeastern tag-team champions
...won a one-night tournament

Southwest Texas version of World tag-team championship
...defeating the Fabulous Ones, Steve Keirn and Stan Lane

Southwest tag-team champions
...defeating the masked Grapplers, Len Denton and Tony Anthony

Stampede International tag-team champions
...defeating Bill Cody and Bob Pringle
...defeating Tokyo Joe and Great Saki

World Wrestling Council tag-team champions
...defeating Medic and Invader III
...defeating Rock ‘N’ Roll RPMs, Mike Davis and Tommy Lane
...defeating Mark Youngblood and Chris Youngblood

North American tag-team champions
...defeating the Invaders
...defeating Medic and Invader III

Canadian tag-team champions
...defeating Rowdy Roddy Piper and Rick Martel

International All-Star Wrestling tag-team champions
...defeating the Headshrinkers, Samu and Fatu

The Bushwhackers have wrestled around the world and have beaten the best tag teams everywhere.

They continue to be excellent ambassadors of New Zealand and truly deserve the honour of being inducted into this Hall of Fame.