American Top Team is a villainous professional wrestling stable led by Dan Lambert, and has consisted of MMA fighters such as Jorge Masvidal, Junior dos Santos, Andrei Arlovski, Paige VanZant, Austin Vanderford and Dalton Rosta. The team's gimmick is based on each member's legitimate MMA background.
American Top Team have appeared in professional wrestling promotions, including AEW, Impact Wrestling, Major League Wrestling (MLW) and Coastal Championship Wrestling (CCW), a promotion based in Coral Springs, Florida.
History
Impact Wrestling (2017–2018) American Top Team first appeared as a stable in Impact Wrestling at Slammiversary, accompanying Lashley to ring for his title unification match with Alberto El Patrón. This included founder Dan Lambert, King Mo and Jeff Monson. They returned a month later, after the promotion's rebrand to Global Force Wrestling (GFW), appearing on a vignette on the August 3 episode of Impact!. Throughout the month, Lashley was conflicted on whether he should combine his two careers together, or quit wrestling and focus on his MMA career; he would eventually side with ATT. On August 17, at Destination X, some members of ATT were ringside to support Lashley for his match against Matt Sydal. Post-match, Colby Covington attacked referee Brian Hebner with a rear-naked choke, which Lashley had to call off, before he and ATT left the arena. On the August 24 episode of Impact! (taped August 17), they were again at ringside to support Lashley in a twenty-man gauntlet match for the GFW Impact World Heavyweight Championship, which was eventually won by Eli Drake. In the gauntlet match, Lashley was eliminated by Moose, leading to a feud between the two men that would continue for the rest of the year. Moose aligned himself with Stephan Bonnar (a former mixed martial artist) and both of them stole title belts held by ATT members. On the October 19 episode of Impact! (taped August 22), after Lambert bragged about his collection of wrestling title belts, Moose and Bonnar showed up with the stolen title belts. Lashley jumped them from behind, allowing ATT to attack them and other Impact wrestlers. On the October 26 episode of Impact! (taped August 22), Moose defeated Lashley by disqualification, due to Lambert attacking him. On 5 November, at Bound for Glory, Lashley and King Mo defeated Moose and Bonnar in a six sides of steel match. Over time, Lambert started acting more like a comedic heel, which led to Lashley getting frustrated with him. On the December 7 episode of Impact! (taped November 8), Lambert and Lashley defeated Moose and James Storm, after Lashley speared Storm, allowing Lambert (as the legal man) to score the pin. The following week, Lambert challenged Storm to put his Impact career on the line in a singles match with him. Storm agreed, stating that if he won the match, Lambert and ATT would leave Impact. On the January 4, 2018 episode of Impact! (taped November 9), Lambert defeated Storm, following interference from KM, who had attempted to join ATT in the last couple of weeks. On January 25, at Genesis (taped November 10), Moose defeated Lashley, due to a distraction by KM. Afterwards, Lashley turned face and he and Moose laid out ATT, with Lambert being speared through a table.
Major League Wrestling (2020–2021) Although King Mo had previously wrestled for Major League Wrestling (MLW) in late 2019, he would represent American Top Team the following year, with Lambert acting in a managerial role. ATT made their first appearance on the February 22, 2020 episode of Fusion (taped January 11), where King Mo squashed Dr. Dax, defeating him by submission. He also began feuding with Low Ki, who had dubbed himself the king of the knockouts. On the March 21 episode of Fusion (taped February 1), ATT got involved in a post-match brawl which saw King Mo attacking Killer Kross with a baseball bat and aligning themselves with Team Filthy. On the March 28 episode of Fusion (taped February 1), King Mo defeated Low Ki due to an umbrella shot from Tom Lawlor that the referee missed and then assuming that the towel had been thrown in. In actuality, it had been dropped by Low Ki's cornerman Ross von Erich when Team Filthy distracted him, and Lambert picked it up and threw it back in. King Mo was fined and suspended (in kayfabe) for his attack on Kross, and did not travel to Mexico for the AAA vs MLW tapings. He would continue feuding with Low Ki through promos on YouTube, dubbing him "Low IQ".