Greatest Tag Team of All Time

[Leo656]

K, this one might be a little bit easier. Who, in your opinion, was the greatest Tag Team of all time?

Some criteria to consider: How long the team was active, how many titles they won, quality of competition, finishing move, and impact on the sport (i.e., are they still remembered, and how?).

My vote goes to Demolition, the Ax and Smash version (with Smash portrayed by Barry Darsow, not Randy Culley). They won three WWF Tag Team Titles, were the dominant team in the WWF for almost three years, and completely escaped the "Road Warrior Ripoff" label they were unfairly tagged with when they started out. Plus, their "Demolition Decapitation Device" finisher was something unique and always got a big pop from the crowd. Not to mention they had the coolest theme music out of all the teams mentioned. :)

Discuss. And try to be civil. And feel free to remind me of any names I may have missed.

[Shellfox]

Well since I didn't see the 'Bushwakers' listed I went with the LOD. They were one of my favorite teams growing up, and they (or just their name not sure which) came back and had droz as a member one of my favorite wrestlers. Granted they may not have been great but they had a presence to them that was cool.

[Leo656]

Feel free to smack me, I forgot to add The Rock N Roll Express, the Midnight Express, and The Brainbusters (Arn Anderson and Tully Blanchard). My bad.

[Wingnut]

I have to go with the New Age Outlaws

[Leo656]

Any particular reason?

[Shellfox]

I forgot my fav reason for liking Hawk and Animal, they had a cartoon. No really they did, it was some educational show made for schools that they helped put together and did the voices for (the guys looked exactly like them). I never saw the show but I still have the news paper arcil about it some where

[Wingnut]

Any particular reason?
Well they were the most dominant tag team at the time when i started to follow the WWE (then WWF) religiously.

[XERO]

The Brothers of Destruction, Kane & Undertaker,

Even though they weren't together for a while.

If they were around in the 80's-early 90's, they would've been undefeated for quite a while, if it weren't for the "storyline."

[Wingnut]

Taker and Kane didn't scare me, Paul Bearer scared me

[Taloniss]

I went with LoD. If I remember correctly, they were, and still are, the only tag team to win the AWA, NWA and WWF tag team titles, they were super over with the fans, and they had some great matches in their day. They were decent on the mic too.

[tekcop]

I'm gonna say the LOD just because the first match I ever watched was the LOD defending the AWA tag titles against Larry and Curt Hennig.

[EV Kielbasa King]

The Outsiders in my opinion, were the most entertaining tag team in wrestling history.

[That Matt Guy]

What the? No Lodi and Lenny Lane???

[redsai4lex]

HOGAN & SAVAGE

THE MEGA POWERS

THE BEST EVER

[Leo656]

In my opinion The Mega-Powers are probably the best team ever in terms of POTENTIAL. Had they been a full-time tag team and made a run at the Titles, it would have been classic. Instead, the team was more of a storyline device, but it worked beautifully. The angle revolving around their partnership and eventual break-up was flawless, and massive respect goes to the late Miss Elizabeth for taking a HUGE bump in the match where Hogan and Savage broke up for good. I would have liked to have seen them as a full-time team, but the end result was one of the greatest Wrestlemania main events ever at WM V (and one of Hogan's best matches ever, period), so I really can't complain.

Hogan and Savage did reunite in WCW and even brought back the Mega-Powers name (after a brief run as The Monster Maniacs), but it just didn't feel the same. Ah well. Here's to what might have been. :)

[Raven]

I swear I hated wrestaling but than I started seeing all these avas,sigs and threads about wrestaling........now im watching it and ....I like it :D how did that happen!

any way I havent been watching long enough to know most of these people so i'll jusyt go with undertaker and kane..I guess

[Ninja Turtles Cartoon Fan]

Boy, this one's a tough call. I'm going to have to go with . . .

. . . the ROCK'N'SOCK CONNECTION!!!

Oh, wait, that's not on the list. :evil: Shucky-darn dag-nabbit, I swear they were the greatest tag team of all time!

Not.

Seriously, though, this is a toughie. The British Bulldogs were a good team for their time, as was the Hart Foundation. The Mega Powers were hot for a little while, and they really could have gone to town with the belts around their waists. (Rest in peace, Miss Elizabeth. You were the only princess wrestling ever had.) The Outsiders sort of ushered in a new breed of tag-team wrestling, as did the New Age Outlaws.

And speaking of the New Age Outlaws, how did a guy like Billy Gunn become a 10-time tag-team champion? He must be the most decorated athlete in wrestling who is still a mid-carder.

What about Harlem Heat? They ruled WCW for a while until Booker T's career took off.

I really don't know about this one. I didn't mention the Legion of Doom, just based on the sour taste they left in my mouth after Vince McMahon ruined their characters in 1998-99. Animal (or was it Hawk?) falling off the Titan Tron, drunk as a skunk?! That wasn't a rush.

I'd have to say the Hart Foundation, only because I've seen a ton of their matches, with the Mega Powers finishing in second place.

"She took off her dress! She took off her dress, Gorilla Monsoon!"
"Elizabeth has shocked everybody!"

-- Summer Slam, 1988

[Leo656]

It was Hawk that fell off the TitanTron. The L.O.D. were always lousy in the WWF except for their first run in 1991/92. Once they brought Paul Ellering back and had Rocko the Dummy as their mascot, it was all downhill from there. I bet when they were back in the WWF in 1998 and forced into that "Hawk is a drug addict" angle, they wished they'd just stayed in WCW and jobbed to the damn Steiners as planned.

In case I've never mentioned it, I love the Hart Foundation. They were the quintessential "opposites attract" team, with Neidhart's power perfectly complementing Bret's "Excellence of Execution". Anyone who hasn't seen their matches with the British Bulldogs needs to track down some Coliseum Video and see what all the fuss was about. Not to mention the Hart Attack finisher is probably the coolest tag team finisher of all time.

Sooner or later I'll probably do a thorough analysis of each team in the poll like I did in the Greatest Wrestler thread.

[Ninja Turtles Cartoon Fan]

In case I've never mentioned it, I love the Hart Foundation. They were the quintessential "opposites attract" team, with Neidhart's power perfectly complementing Bret's "Excellence of Execution". Anyone who hasn't seen their matches with the British Bulldogs needs to track down some Coliseum Video and see what all the fuss was about. Not to mention the Hart Attack finisher is probably the coolest tag team finisher of all time.

No doubt. Bret Hart and Jim Neidhart always reminded me of Beauty and the Beast coming to the ring. Whereas Hart could outmanuever you with wrestling finesse, Neidhart just overpowered you with his brawling style.

Did you ever see the Hart Foundation on the TNT Show's Dating Game? God, they were hilarious in that segment.

"Yeah, baby!" - Jim "Anvil" Neidhart

[Leo656]

Nah I missed that, but I've heard about it. I loved them as heels. They were just so cocky. I loved how they never said anything, they just smirked... constantly... for no reason. And Bret with those awesome shades. And when they'd break out the ultra-rare alternate blue outifts every now and then. And when they teamed with evil ref Danny Davis. And then when they turned face and gave lousy interviews, but remained awesome regardless. It was funny how Anvil would almost ALWAYS screw up in their interviews and Bret would somehow save it, or try to. Bret always got the best lines. Anvil just kinda stroked his beard and did his wickedly cool Evil Laugh.

Bret: "It's like Phil Collins says... we're Two Harts... beating as One."
Anvil: "Heh heh heh heh heh........."(for some reason Anvil broke out his rare "subdued" laugh in that clip, and he just sounded THAT much more devious for it.)

God I miss late-80s Tag Team Wrestling.

[Ninja Turtles Cartoon Fan]

Oh, man, am I glad the Hart Foundation dropped those butt-ugly dark blue wrestling tights. Egads, those things were horrible. Their characters were much better in pink and black.

Bret Hart was the only heel in wrestling who actually got on my nerves. He was that believable. I almost can't stand to watch him be a bad guy because he does it so well.

His smirk was great, too. He really had it nailed by the time he became a slimy, bad guy wrestler in WCW.

"This here is a stupid idiot!" - Bret Hart, referring to Goldberg, in September of 2000.

[Leo656]

:lol: I liked the blue outfits. They were like their "formal wear", like Hogan's Special Edition all-white outfit, or his even more rare baby blue one. :lol:

EVERYTHING Bret does is believable, that's why I love him so much. He's right up there with Hogan, Savage, and Michaels as far as being able to be either a Top Face or a Top Heel with ease. Some of my favorite WCW work from Bret was when he was feuding with Sting under the pretense of "respecting" him and pretending to be a face. That led to the Hogan vs. Bret/Sting match on Nitro where Hogan schooled Bret in a technical match until Sting came in and saved Bret, taking over the match for him. He goes to put Hogan in the Scorpion Death Lock, Bret claps in approval... and then BAM, out of NOWHERE, he just KILLS Sting with a DDT and turns heel all over again. The fans HATED him because he was such a slippery sh*t as a heel, pulling crap like that CONSTANTLY... and I loved every second of it.

Screw Triple H. BRET HART is The Cerebral Assassin.

[XERO]

:lol: I liked the blue outfits. They were like their "formal wear", like Hogan's Special Edition all-white outfit, or his even more rare baby blue one. :lol:

EVERYTHING Bret does is believable, that's why I love him so much. He's right up there with Hogan, Savage, and Michaels as far as being able to be either a Top Face or a Top Heel with ease. Some of my favorite WCW work from Bret was when he was feuding with Sting under the pretense of "respecting" him and pretending to be a face. That led to the Hogan vs. Bret/Sting match on Nitro where Hogan schooled Bret in a technical match until Sting came in and saved Bret, taking over the match for him. He goes to put Hogan in the Scorpion Death Lock, Bret claps in approval... and then BAM, out of NOWHERE, he just KILLS Sting with a DDT and turns heel all over again. The fans HATED him because he was such a slippery sh*t as a heel, pulling crap like that CONSTANTLY... and I loved every second of it.

Screw Triple H. BRET HART is The Cerebral Assassin.

Yeah, Bret "The Hitman" Hart was the best.

I love the fueds between him and Shawn Michaels the most. He'd always make Michaels look like a human pinball. :lol:

Plus, he one of the most awesome (if not the most awsome) Theme Music! 8)

[Dane E5R]

Definitely not the GREATEST, but my favorite was either X-Pac and Kane, or the NAO.