Kiwi wrestlers The Bushwackers have been inducted into the WWE Hall of Fame

Whooa - New Zealand's greatest ever tag-team wrestling duo are coming out of retirement and marching into rings around the country.

The Bushwhackers, comprising the only two Kiwis inducted into the coveted World Wrestling Entertainment (WWE) Hall of Fame, are coming to Dunedin, Christchurch, and Lower Hutt in the Hutt Valley.

Lower Hutt-born Luke Williams and Wellington-raised Butch Miller are featuring in the Ultimate Wrestling: Invasion, held at Riccarton Events Centre on February 10.

ROSS GIBLIN/STUFF WWE wrestler Bushwhacker Luke Williams (actual name - Brian Wickens) will be touring New Zealand rings with "cousin" Butch Miller.

It will be the first time the "cousins" have seen each other since their 2015 induction.

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"We don't know what we're getting up to, but it could be a bit of, you know, how's your father," Miller said from his Ōtaki home.

SUPPLIED New Zealand's WWE Hall of Famers, The Bushwhackers, are coming out of retirement and marching into Dunedin, Christchurch, and Lower Hutt from February 10.

The Christchurch bout is a first in New Zealand wrestling, a trans-Tasman tussle between Australian and Kiwi performers that include stars in a variety of match-ups.

But before the bell rings, punters can get up close and personal with the wild and toothless characters they fell in love with in the 1980s and 1990s.

Two meet and greet opportunities are on offer in Christchurch from February 10, including a training seminar, and two evenings with the pair at the Epuni Community Hall in Lower Hutt, and Otago Museum.

Ross Giblin If you want to know where the trademark arm-swinging Bushwhacker walk, as strutted by Luke Williams at a New Zealand Wide Pro Wrestling night in Taita Community Hall, you can as the duo during the NZ tour.

While the camo-clad team are now in their 70s, the excitement for their latest tour isn't any less than it was when they burst into the professional era in 1988.

"I must admit I am a bit nervous because it's been so long since I've been in the ring," Miller said.

"I still got a great love for the business, especially after all this time."

ROSS GIBLIN/STUFF Lower Hutt-born Bushwhacker Luke Williams, actual name Brian Wickens, will feature at Ultimate Wrestling: Invasion, held at Riccarton Events Centre on February 10.

If you want to know where the trademark arm-swinging Bushwhacker walk, or their love of sardines, came from then all you need is ask, he said.

They will be sharing some trade secrets and the dozens of world-wide stories from their rough and tumble, 36-year career.

One such story involves Andre the Giant tipping a car in Montreal, Canada. Another, accidentally hitting a pig during a road trip in Florida, USA.

WWE Legendary New Zealand tag-team The Bushwackers have been awarded a spot in the WWE Hall of Fame.

Miller's suggestion of taking the roadkill home was met by his passengers with fainting.

"I'm into this thing, guts and all, ripping it out with my bare hands ... the Kiwi in me came out big time," Miller said.

"I singed all the hair off at home and barbecued the pieces that weren't too damaged by me hitting it.

"They could never forget that, they thought I was the wildest, craziest guy they'd ever seen.

"As far as they were concerned, Crocodile Dundee had nothing on me."

The passing decades have left Miller with "a few more wrinkles", but he continues to play a role in the Kiwi wrestling scene.

As commissioner for Kiwi Pro Wrestling, he's got one simple rule for the up-and-comers trying to break on to the world stage.

"We always tell them to get their arse down, their head up and work their butts off.

"There will be another set of Bushwhackers or someone else who will make it, but [WWE boss] Vince [McMahon] isn't going to come to them, WWE isn't coming to them."