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Post by "Evil Brood" Jackson Vanik on Jun 30, 2021 13:19:54 GMT -5
I fully understand E&C/Dudleys/Hardy Boyz being in the top five and I largely with it - but it is interesting that those three basically had an 18 month peak where they had great PPV matches but largely were in fine-ish TV matches week to week with largely mid to lower card feuds. They definitely deserve it but it tells you how spectacular they were as talents to land those spots in spite of their short time working together and their position on the card.
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Post by I'm Team Bayley and Indi on Jun 30, 2021 13:38:30 GMT -5
if it's just WWE run we are talking about, do Legion of Doom really deserve sixth place?
In there original run they got booked well for like a year then came Rocco
there 2nd run, they was O.L.D., often got outsmarted by NAO, following LOD 2000, Hawk's real life problems becoming a storyline + Droz pushing him off a titantron. this of course it's not including Heidenreich as member
if it was all of wrestling Road Warriors deserve to be up there, but they don't deserve be higher than a lot of these teams IMO
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Post by RadcapRadsley on Jun 30, 2021 13:52:51 GMT -5
Demolition and steiners too low. BOD and Usos too high Steiner WWE run was short and in a transition period for wrestling. If you are basing this on just their WWE run they are actually kinda too high up
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Post by Finish Uncle Muffin’s Story on Jun 30, 2021 15:15:11 GMT -5
I'm actually not terribly upset with the top 5, some weird choices when you go further down, but the New Day has been around for seven years and I wouldn't be surprised to see them make 10 as a team. In the WWE, that's some serious staying power as a team.
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Post by The Creepo Man on Jun 30, 2021 15:42:55 GMT -5
You think this list is tainted, I remember looking at WWF Magazine without buying it sometime in the mid-90s and they once did a column on the top WWF World champions up until that point. Bret Hart was the current champion at the time so they ranked him first; meanwhile Hulk Hogan was placed 10th and the spin they put on it was that several champions weren’t good enough to make my list…OK Russo, keep collecting your paycheques.
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Post by Spider2024 on Jun 30, 2021 15:48:38 GMT -5
You think this list is tainted, I remember looking at WWF Magazine without buying it sometime in the mid-90s and they once did a column on the top WWF World champions up until that point. Bret Hart was the current champion at the time so they ranked him first; meanwhile Hulk Hogan was placed 10th and the spin they put on it was that several champions weren’t good enough to make my list…OK Russo, keep collecting your paycheques. I remember that list. Bruno was #2, I don't remember the rest. They did a top 10 tag teams list a couple months after that, with The British Bulldogs at #1.
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Post by ThankGodForSidJustice on Jun 30, 2021 15:53:36 GMT -5
Brothers of Destruction are way too high however Undertaker and Kane are both lifetime employees who they hold in very high reverence so it's not surprising. Demolition definitely should be higher. If your talking just WWF they blow LOD out of the water. Rougeaus should be in as they were a really good team, were memorable, and had decent longevity as they were a team for for four years in the company. Brain Busters and Revival should be on but they are employed by AEW so no surprise. I know the Brain Busters were only there a year but so were the Steiners who surprisingly got a pretty decent rating. I thought the Brain Busters one year run was better then the Steiners. Especially with them being the team to end Demolition's record breaking title run.
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Post by Triangle Lancer on Jun 30, 2021 16:44:33 GMT -5
The Briscoes barely wrestled for them, they make the list. Rick Martel & Tony Garea were 2-time champions and a hugely popular "hunky" tag team of the era; they don't. (Guessing Strike Force fills the Martel spot, but still...Kane's on it 3 times...)
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Post by BatPunk on Jun 30, 2021 16:46:17 GMT -5
Not to be that crtical of a WWE list (oh, a present talent is on top? Shocking!) and I get the "resentment" they have for the suit but...Demolition should be at least Top 10. Swap them and the Bulldogs and I'm more than fine with it. Demolition at 11 is an absolute travesty. I don’t think I’ve heard but has Demolition been on the outs with WWE?
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Post by Feargus McReddit on Jun 30, 2021 16:50:02 GMT -5
Not to be that crtical of a WWE list (oh, a present talent is on top? Shocking!) and I get the "resentment" they have for the suit but...Demolition should be at least Top 10. Swap them and the Bulldogs and I'm more than fine with it. Demolition at 11 is an absolute travesty. I don’t think I’ve heard but has Demolition been on the outs with WWE? They were a part of one of the concussion lawsuits a while ago. Hence a small factor into New Day usurping their longest tag title reign.
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Post by BatPunk on Jun 30, 2021 16:53:19 GMT -5
Demolition at 11 is an absolute travesty. I don’t think I’ve heard but has Demolition been on the outs with WWE? They were a part of one of the concussion lawsuits a while ago. Hence a small factor into New Day usurping their longest tag title reign. THAT makes a ton of WWE Logic(TM) sense.
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Post by "Gizzark" Mike Wronglevenay on Jun 30, 2021 17:19:19 GMT -5
Well let's see what weird choice they've made
The f*** are Bushwackers doing on this list at all
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Post by Final Countdown Jones on Jun 30, 2021 18:04:00 GMT -5
There's always at least some recency bias issues in these, but I have zero complaint with New Day being number one, those guys really have reached that point in the conversation.There's so many points through their run when you can tell "These guys are going to be remembered as one of the greatest teams".
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Post by Deleted on Jun 30, 2021 18:56:25 GMT -5
It's interesting that Jerishow made it whereas the Revival/FTR got left off. If they didn't have a problem ranking AEW talent, they definitely should've made the list. The fact that WWE never realized how great The Revival were is exactly why they're in AEW now.
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Post by chrom on Jun 30, 2021 21:28:47 GMT -5
What did The Bushwhackers do during their WWF run other than slobber more than Scooby Doo?
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Post by Toilet Paper Roll on Jun 30, 2021 21:33:45 GMT -5
Did WWE do a list of 50 greatest and have Hogan at like #18 or something this making all future lists invalid ?
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Post by The Rick Jericho on Jun 30, 2021 21:53:31 GMT -5
Glad to see New Day at the top of the list. Never did I think years ago when they formed they'd be as successful as they are. Their own podcast, cereal, comic book, numerous accolades from the greatest one you can get as a tag team to them being motivation for Kofi to become world champion. You know, back in the day when you thought of a tag team you always thought of The Hardy Boyz or Edge and Christian or The Dudleys. To this current generation New Day's what you think of. Everything they are and everything they've gained, including creative control for their characters is the dream. Black Excellence. The last clincher to leave any doubt they would get to #1 is Kofi's WWE Championship reign. Getting that title run. Then going back to the tag scene for 2 years. I don't think any WWE Champion EVER did that. So that cemented them as #1.
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Post by Deleted on Jun 30, 2021 22:20:09 GMT -5
Glad to see New Day at the top of the list. Never did I think years ago when they formed they'd be as successful as they are. Their own podcast, cereal, comic book, numerous accolades from the greatest one you can get as a tag team to them being motivation for Kofi to become world champion. You know, back in the day when you thought of a tag team you always thought of The Hardy Boyz or Edge and Christian or The Dudleys. To this current generation New Day's what you think of. Everything they are and everything they've gained, including creative control for their characters is the dream. Black Excellence. The last clincher to leave any doubt they would get to #1 is Kofi's WWE Championship reign. Getting that title run. Then going back to the tag scene for 2 years. I don't think any WWE Champion EVER did that. So that cemented them as #1. I'm trying to think of any way you can do better than what they've done and all I can think of is having multiple world champions in the group. It says something when the only way you can achieve better is "well multiply the number of accolades you got." It's amazing.
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Post by BlackoutCreature on Jun 30, 2021 22:52:55 GMT -5
Did the Brisco's ever even have a significant run in the WWF or Northeast in general? I always associated them more with territories like Florida and Georgia. The only reason Vince even acknowledges their history is because of their role in Black Saturday.
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Post by The Creepo Man on Jun 30, 2021 23:49:08 GMT -5
They were a part of one of the concussion lawsuits a while ago. Hence a small factor into New Day usurping their longest tag title reign. THAT makes a ton of WWE Logic(TM) sense. I think Ax continued to use the Demolition gimmick in Japan after departing from the WWF by teaming with another wrestler named Blast. Vince filed a trademark lawsuit against Bill Eadie but he lost. Might explain why Smash and Crush were reduced to jobbing to the Rockers, the Bushwhackers and Tenyru & Kitao in a throwaway match at WrestleMania 7.
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