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Post by KAMALARAMBO: BOOMSHAKALAKA!!! on Nov 3, 2013 15:39:21 GMT -5
I'm not sure if anyone else is like this, but some tag teams I'm not really big on, but still appreciate just because they make the effort to come off as a team rather than just singles wrestlers thrown together. For instance, while I didn't really like them I appreciated that La Resistance actually made the effort to come off as a team. Unfortunately, this may have been their downfall as singles performers. After the team broke up and Renee Dupree disappeared, Sylvain Grenier had a gimmick vagulely reminiscent of La Resistance that went nowhere and the less said about Rob Conway's "just look at me" repackaging the better.
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Post by JTG Fan on Nov 3, 2013 15:47:56 GMT -5
I get what you're saying, and I agree. Deuce n Domino may have sucked but damnit they were a TEAM.
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Post by Deleted on Nov 3, 2013 16:01:27 GMT -5
Edge and Mysterio.
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Post by BayleyTiffyCodyCenaJudyHopps on Nov 3, 2013 16:04:12 GMT -5
Eh. to me the moment two guys team up, they're an actual team by default. Primarily singles competitors have been getting together and winning tag gold since forever, so to me Team Hell No is just as much a traditional tag team as the Road Warriors were.
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Post by Deleted on Nov 3, 2013 16:21:05 GMT -5
Justin Gabriel as a singles wrestler has never inspired much reaction from me, but his teams with Heath Slater and Tyson Kidd were damn good.
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Post by angryfan on Nov 3, 2013 16:23:13 GMT -5
I see it as you can put two singles perfomers together and they "gel" as a team. Dusty and Dick Murdoch back in the day, the NAO for a more modern example. They weren't always a team, they were put together and something clicked.
Bubba and Devon, they were feuding before Bubba's turn and they formed a team because they were fighting the same people. They had something special and ran with it. I'd say it worked well.
Team Hell No fits in that regard.
Then you've got two guys who are brought in as a team just because a tag team is needed, and it doesn't work or they don't go anywhere. They have no chemistry.
Hell Rock and Foley were a "throw together" that clicked. They had that something that all good tag teams do. They could play off of eachother and function as a unit.
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Post by Magic knows Black Lives Matter on Nov 3, 2013 16:24:49 GMT -5
I was never big on the Rhodes Scholars but I liked that they often refereed to their partner as their "best friend." That's how it should be, damn it!
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Post by Instant Classic on Nov 3, 2013 16:26:23 GMT -5
Primo and Epico, wasn't fans but a good team they were. Los Matadores, dislike them, but eh.
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Post by dudebusterfan91 on Nov 3, 2013 16:27:46 GMT -5
the Dudebusters were a fun team that never got a real chance in the wwe
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Post by Talent Name on Nov 3, 2013 16:31:52 GMT -5
I was a minor fan of Bray and Brodie while they were both singles wrestlers but once they Wyatt family formed and rid of Cottonwood I became a big fan of both of them.
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Post by Injustice45 on Nov 3, 2013 16:35:55 GMT -5
The Hardy Boyz, The Dudley Boyz, Edge and Christian, and Team Hell No.
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Post by Hit Girl on Nov 3, 2013 16:40:16 GMT -5
High Energy
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Post by ededdneddy on Nov 3, 2013 16:59:16 GMT -5
The Mean Street Posse Too Cool
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Post by DZ: WF Legacy on Nov 3, 2013 17:32:33 GMT -5
Kenny Dykstra and Johnny Nitro. Kenny wore matching color tights and a red fur...thing...around his neck right before this trailblazing duo split. At least he tried, dammit!
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Post by gladstone on Nov 3, 2013 18:51:34 GMT -5
Demolition The Nasty Boys The Bushwhackers The Headbangers
Not my favorites list or anything, but they were all legit tag teams that nobody will remember as singles stars. Except for Repo Man and Chaz.
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Post by JTG Fan on Nov 3, 2013 18:56:18 GMT -5
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Post by "I'm Batman..." on Nov 3, 2013 19:01:39 GMT -5
The Road Warriors
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Post by fw91 on Nov 3, 2013 19:02:27 GMT -5
too cool
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Post by FinalGwen on Nov 3, 2013 19:12:19 GMT -5
I really liked Otunga/McGillicutty because they actually tried to do innovative double team stuff rather than the same old tired spots every other team did, and it made them feel more genuinely like a unit. Same reason the Real Americans impress me so much.
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Post by Mighty Attack Tribble on Nov 3, 2013 20:34:22 GMT -5
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