Former Tag Partners That Faced Off...

[XaviersSS2015hair]

How many times have former tag partners wrestled under completely different gimmicks with their pasts being completely ignored before, during and after the match?

Best and only example I can think of is Crush vs Repo Man at SS '92. Just a year and a half before this these two teamed at WM 7, yet no mention of their past together was ever mentioned and I don't think I even realized this fact until many years later.

[Can you afford to pay me, Gah]

In the same company or in general. There's been a lot of teamed in one company and face in another. But is a short list of same company two different gimmicks like this.

[y4j1981]

I swear at least once, when in WWF the Smoking Gunns broke up and it was during the "NWA invasion" storyline that the New Age Outlaws (Billy Gunn) wrestled The Midnight Express (Bart Gunn). NAO win I believe

[Celexa Bliss 54]

Jul 6, 2022 15:41:38 GMT -5 y4j1981 said:

I swear at least once, when in WWF the Smoking Gunns broke up and it was during the "NWA invasion" storyline that the New Age Outlaws (Billy Gunn) wrestled The Midnight Express (Bart Gunn). NAO win I believe

Yep, King of the Ring 1998. I'm pretty sure they did bring it up on commentary, though.

[y4j1981]

I don't know if this counts since it was basically Terry Funk bring Terry Funk just with a weird gimmick.

Terry Funk "debuted" on RAW as Chainsaw Charlie' a friend of Mankind (or was he going by Mick Foley at the time?). Anyway later on, again I don't remember if he was going by Foley or Mankind, he joined Vince & Corporation and Vince made him wrestle Funk on RAW who was just going by his regular name then, I think.

Anyway, don't know if counts since even with different & changing gimmicks it was Foley and Funk doing the same things

Weird wrestling time to keep things straight

[XaviersSS2015hair]

Jul 6, 2022 15:18:35 GMT -5 Can you afford to pay me, Gah said:

In the same company or in general. There's been a lot of teamed in one company and face in another. But is a short list of same company two different gimmicks like this.

In general could make for a fun discussion. There has to be several between lower level guys that were in teams nobody remembers.

[tirtefaa]

While Rikishi was the same, Rico's gimmick was made to be ramped up, so when they faced off, Rico was very enthusiastic to get the Stinkface.

[Can you afford to pay me, Gah]

Jul 6, 2022 15:57:27 GMT -5 y4j1981 said:

I don't know if this counts since it was basically Terry Funk bring Terry Funk just with a weird gimmick.

Terry Funk "debuted" on RAW as Chainsaw Charlie' a friend of Mankind (or was he going by Mick Foley at the time?). Anyway later on, again I don't remember if he was going by Foley or Mankind, he joined Vince & Corporation and Vince made him wrestle Funk on RAW who was just going by his regular name then, I think.

Anyway, don't know if counts since even with different & changing gimmicks it was Foley and Funk doing the same things

Weird wrestling time to keep things straight

When Chainsaw came in Foley was doing Cactus Jack/3 faces of Foley if you remember the Rumble. That Raw match Funk was just Terry Funk at that point and one night Foley was Foley. After "throwing" away Dude Love. After Foley won, he went back to Dude Love and Vince. But the announcers always kept saying Terry Funk while he was Chainsaw and brought up there pass. They even did that sit down interview talking about how they became friends and ext.

[Citizen Snips Has Left]

Stone Cold vs Brian Pillman happened on Raw once. I’d imagine JR alluded to their past but I don’t remember him out and out referencing The Hollywood Blondes.

[fortknox]

Jul 7, 2022 11:35:26 GMT -5 Citizen Snips Has Left said:

Stone Cold vs Brian Pillman happened on Raw once. I’d imagine JR alluded to their past but I don’t remember him out and out referencing The Hollywood Blondes.

Yeah they mentioned them being former tag team champions but, that's all.

[The Blue Nova]

a super obscure one but Owen and Koko in 1994 on superstars

[wildojinx]

Jul 7, 2022 15:51:52 GMT -5 The Blue Nova said:

a super obscure one but Owen and Koko in 1994 on superstars

They did bring up their past.

[thegame415]

Not partners, but I know Ryback and Darren Young had a match. Both were Nexus members.

[CeilingFan]

in 1992 Tito Santana, who was now known as El Matador, wrestled Rick Martel who was calling himself The Model.

[Mozenrath]

This probably happens fairly commonly in Mexico if a luchador gets a new gimmick, particularly if their old mask and name weren't very notable.

[ppl591]

Crush vs repo man summerslam 92. Or crush vs smash demolition explodes

[Secret Clown]

Did Rockabilly and The Real Double J face each other before they joined forces and became The New Age Outlaws?

[cjh]

Jul 9, 2022 13:12:15 GMT -5 Secret Clown said:

Did Rockabilly and The Real Double J face each other before they joined forces and became The New Age Outlaws?

Yes, multiple times.  In fact, they faced each other in Billy Gunn's very first match as Rockabilly.

[somsta]

Goldust and the Stalker faced off a couple times in 1996 in the WWF a few years removed from Dustin Rhodes and Barry Windham holding WCW gold together.

[Mozenrath]

Jul 9, 2022 14:59:45 GMT -5 cjh said:

Jul 9, 2022 13:12:15 GMT -5 Secret Clown said:

Did Rockabilly and The Real Double J face each other before they joined forces and became The New Age Outlaws?

Yes, multiple times.  In fact, they faced each other in Billy Gunn's very first match as Rockabilly.

Yeah, that's likely more common than the reverse, like how Ricky Starks beat Will Hobbs in a singles match before the two ended up in Team Taz together, even before the short feud Hobbs had with the group before joining, I think.