Great Tag Teams Of The Past Part 2
Posted on December 29, 2008
If you read part one of the great tag teams of the past you will have learned a little about The Brain Busters, The Rock ‘n’ Roll Express and The British Bulldogs but that has hardly touched the surface of the many great tag teams that have been and gone over the years.
The three teams featured in part one where personal favorites of mine as oppose to the most successful tag teams from days gone by, but for part two I have decided to focus on teams who where very successful and left a lasting impression on the tag team division.
The Road Warriors
One of the most successful tag teams of all time without question The Road Warriors, or The Legion of Doom as they where also known, are certainly legends and no doubt future WWE Hall of Famers.
With there mean look and powerhouse style it didn’t take long for the Road Warriors to become a force in tag team wrestling, enjoying huge success in both America and Japan and holding titles in almost every territory they wrestled in. The Road Warriors where so popular that whenever promotions tried to turn them heel it failed as the crowd refused to go against them. When the Road Warriors won the WWE tag team titles at Summerslam 91 they became the first tag team to hold the world titles in the big three companies of the 80′s.
The Road Warriors had many classic bouts with the Midnight Express ( including the first scaffolding match), and The Four Horsemen (with whom they had the first ever war games bout), as well as brutal bouts with others. Often imitated but never bettered, poor later incarnations cannot take away what the Road Warriors achieved in their prime.
The Steiner Brothers
Scott and Rick Steiner where at one time one of the greatest tag teams to grace the wrestling business. Debuting in 1989 they had many brilliant battles on there way to winning 6 WCW tag titles, 2 WWE tag team titles, NWA tag titles and 2 IWGP tag team titles.
Although Scott Steiner always seemed destined for a big singles career he was probably at his best when part of the Steiner Bros. team. I would advise you try to see them in action against the likes of Gordy and Williams, The Midnight Express and The Heavenly Bodies to see what I mean.
Lets hope TNA don’t try to ruin there memory like the WWE almost did with the Road Warriors.
The Demolition
When the WWE failed to tempt the Road Warriors to join the company in the 80′s they created a team in a similar vein that team was Demolition. With face paint, tough guy looks and one of the best pieces of entrance music in wrestling history Demolition quickly became top dogs in a very competitive tag team division (it featured teams such as the Hart Foundation,The British Bulldogs,Strike Force and many more.).
Winning the WWE tag titles from Strike Force at Wrestlemania 4 Demolition held on to the belts for a record 478 days, which still stands today. Demolition had many great bouts in there history including a classic 2 out of 3 falls bout with the Hart Foundation, by which time Crush had joined the team of Ax and Smash due to Ax( Bill Eadie) suffering heart problems. Because of this when the Road Warriors did join WWE the feud lost its spark and failed to be the success it could’ve been.
Also because of the Road Warriors/L.O.D massive popularity Demolition began to struggle and shortly after there arrival the team split.
As you can see I have still barely touched the surface of the great tag teams of the past but the three teams here in part 2 are three of the most successful of all time. Part 3 will have to be something special to match the three teams featured here.
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