Best underrated tag teams of the 80's/90's

[Danville_Wrestling 0]

I loved the Survivor Series 1996 match between Owen Hart, Bulldog & The New Rockers vs. LaFon, Furnas, and the Godwinns (I think it was the Godwinns). I remember the great offense LaFon and Furnas pulled out in that match, especially on Owen, and thought they were going to be a presence in the tag division for some time to come but they only lasted till WM 13 and made a jobber-type appearance in the USA vs. Canada match at Survivor Series 1997. What happened there?

 

On a side note, I was watching Paul Bearer's Hits from the Crypt and it has the RAW tag title switch between the Quebecers and the Headshrinkers. The crowd heat for that match is tremendous and somewhat makes you yearn for the days when tag teams could main event RAW or actually be considered worth a damn. Plus, the match is pretty awesome to boot with the Quebecers doing all their cool offense.

[Timmy8271 0]

Lets see:

 

Buddy Landell and Bill dundee

Tommy Rich/Austin Idol

Chris Adams and Terry Taylor

Terry Taylor and Eddie Gilbert

Sting and Rick Steiner

and of course one of my favorite tag teams ever

Dr. Death steve Williams and Ted Dibase. It's a crime that WWF and NWA didn't sign these guys as a tag team in 1985.

[Guest Arnold_OldSchool]

Have we ever determined who the biggest tag team whore was?

 

A guy like Bagwell had full time teams with Tom Zenk, 2 Cold, Patriot, Scotty Riggs,Scott Norton and Lex Luger.

 

Eaton had Condrey,Lane, Arn, Beniot, Regal, Joey Maggs and who knows in Memphis.

[MillenniumMan831 0]

When did Eaton tag up w/ Joey Maggs?

 

And don't forget Eaton's 1994 pairing w/ Steve Keirn as part of the Bad Attitude.

[Timmy8271 0]

Don't forget Koko Ware was with Eaton in memphis.

 

Eaton was with maggs in the early 90's.

[Tully316 0]

Two words......Hollywood Blonds

 

 

Pillman and Austin were put together for no reason and were the most over team in WCW in years. They could talk, wrestle, and sell anything

[Bruce Blank 0]

Yeah but hardly "Underrated" - They're one of the top 10 teams ever in my book talent wise

[UseTheSledgehammerUh 0]

Bagwell also held the tag straps with Shane Douglas in 2000, though their teaming was brief.

 

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"'Mr Wonderful' Paul Orndorff and 'Pretty' Paul Roma - did some good stuff in 1994."

 

Someone's on acid. Seriously. I could EASILY name at least 75-80 WCW tag teams alone that were better. Roma is one of the worst wrestlers in the world and Orndorff was slow (read: "methodical!"-tm Schiavone) and should've retired.

[Dobbs 3K 0]

Yeah, I remember the "Two Pauls" getting a lot of heat, but don't remember any of their matches or anything. WCW was really weird around that time period.

[slabinskia 0]

This gave me my idea for my next list. It will be the top 100 NA tag matches. Since I haven't seen much good wrestling the last few years, the timeframe will be from 1984-2003. Feel free to throw some match suggestions other than the obvious. Remember, this is U.S. only. I will begin putting the list together and start the thread in about a week.

[slabinskia 0]

I've come up with 70 matches without much trouble.Throw me some matches that I might have missed.

[Hasbeen1 0]

Bagwell also held the tag straps with Shane Douglas in 2000, though their teaming was brief.

 

Quote:

"'Mr Wonderful' Paul Orndorff and 'Pretty' Paul Roma - did some good stuff in 1994."

 

Someone's on acid. Seriously. I could EASILY name at least 75-80 WCW tag teams alone that were better. Roma is one of the worst wrestlers in the world and Orndorff was slow (read: "methodical!"-tm Schiavone) and should've retired.

 

 

Let's hear 'em.

[UseTheSledgehammerUh 0]

WCW (That's 1990 to 2001) tag teams better than "Pretty Wonderful" (note: List will be updated through the night)

 

1. Doom

2. Rick & Scott Steiner

3. Jushin Liger & Brian Pillman

4. Dustin Rhodes & Barry Windham

5. Dustin Rhodes & Ricky Steamboat

6. Larry Zbyszko & Arn Anderson

7. Arn Anderson & Bobby Eaton

8. Bobby Eaton & Stan Lane

9. Ricky Morton & Thomas Rich ('90 face run)

10. Ricky Steamboat & Shane Douglas

11. Tom Zenk & Brian Pillman

12. Steve Williams & Terry Gordy

13. Booker T. & Stevie Ray

14. Cactus Jack & Kevin Sullivan

15. Cactus Jack & Maxx Payne

16. The Samoan Swat Team

17. The Road Warriors (the 1990 version, I'll give Pretty Wonderful the nod over the shitty post '95 version)

18. 2 Cold Scorpio & Marcus Alexander Bagwell

19. Arn Anderson & Barry Windham ('90-'91)

20. Tracy Smothers & Steve Armstrong

21. Steve Austin & Brian Pillman

22. Greg Valentine & The Taylor-Made-Man

23. Lord Steven Regal & The Earl of Eaton

24. Arn Anderson & Paul Roma (you're comparing ON FIRE Anderson to shits Orndorff, basically)

25. The Patriot & Marcus Alexander Bagwell

26. Mortis & Wrath

27. Meng & The Barbarian

28. Sting & Lex Luger (1991 team was incredible, 1995-96 team was exciting, as well)

29. Scott Hall & Kevin Nash

30. The Giant & Lex Luger (remember, at this time Giant was thinner, hitting top-rope missle dropkicks, and WORKING)

31. Chris Benoit & Dean Malenko

32. Barry Windham & Curt Hennig (and this team, IMO, sucked)

33. Rey Mysterio, Jr. & Billy Kidman

34. El Dandy & Silver King

35. Rey Mysterio, Jr. & Konan

36. Raven & Kanyon

37. Raven & Perry Saturn

38. Perry Saturn & Chris Benoit

39. Dallas Page & Kanyon

40. Bret Hart & Bill Goldberg

41. Big Vito & Johnny the Bull

42. Juventud Guerrera & Rey Mysterio, Jr.

43. Disco Inferno (Disqo) & Alex Wright

44. The Insane Clown Posse (BEFORE YOUR BITCH ABOUT THIS, check out their seriously good ringwork against Rey, Kidman and Eddie through the summer of 1999, including two very good six-mans with Vampiro on their side. They worked enough bouts to be considered, IMO, although this may be a stretch. They were carried? SURE. But at least they were in exciting bouts, unlike Pretty Terrible.)

45. Chavo Guerrero, Jr. (Lt. Loco) and Lash LeRoux (Crpl. Cajun)

46. The Rock 'N Roll Express (1990 version)

47. Tim Horner & Brad Armstrong

48. Big Van Vader & Mr. Hughes (who were both gods of bumping for Rick & Scotty as a mid-card tag team in 91-early 92)

49. Rick Rude & Steve Austin (singles champions with impressive Clash/GAB NWA tag title tourney run, late 91 to spring 92 house show teams, and NJPW team in late 92)

50. Kid Romeo & Elix Skipper

 

51. A.J. Styles & Air Paris

52. Lane & Rave

53. Hiroshi Hase & Kensuki Sasaki ('91)

54. Chris Benoit & Beef Wellington

55. Silver King & Dr. Wagner, Jr. (as "The Silver Kings")

56. Sting & Davey Boy Smith

57. Hiroshi Hase & Masahiro Chono ('91)

58. Arn Anderson & Brian Pillman ('95)

59. Arn Anderson & Ric Flair ('96)

60. Lance Storm & Mike Awesome ('00-01)

61. Shane Helms & Shannon Moore

62. Yang & Kaz Hayashi

63. Dean Malenko & Perry Saturn ('99)

64. Scott Hall & Syxx

65. Jacuqes Rougeau & Pierre Ouelette

66. Sting & Vampiro

 

 

Teams "Pretty Wonderful" were better than:

 

1. Michael Hayes & Jimmy Garvin

2. Brian Knobbs & Jerry Sags (though the Nastys had a few winners in garbage brawls)

3. Bunkhouse Buck & Dick Slater

4. The Public Enemy

5. The American Males

6. Barry & Kendall Windham

7. Harris Brothers

8. Douglas & Bagwell

9. The Patriots

10. Kronik

11. The Master Blasters

12. The Wrecking Crew (1993)

13. Thunder & Lightning (1994)

14. Harlem Heat 2000

15. Bagwell & Total Package (Totally Buff)

16. The Cole Twins

17. Shawn Stasiak & Chuck Palumbo

18. Vampiro & The Great Muta

19. Tex Slazenger & Shanghai Pierce

20. The Awesome Kongs

21. Sgt. Buddy Lee Parker & Lt. James Earl Wright

22. The Renegade Warriors

23. Erik Watts & Kensuke Sasaki

 

Unsure:

 

1. Vegas Connection - Shitty/OK Page & Not Very Good Vegas (Nash)

2. Scott Norton & Ice Train.

3. O'Haire & Palumbo

[FroGG_NeaL 0]

Goddamn I miss tagteam wrestling.

[King Kamala 0]

Now I may be the only WCW 2000 mark out there but I liked Kronik.

 

 

 

So what if they were an A.P.A. ripoff? They had a decent look and I always liked the blatent marijuana references.

 

 

And I was a huge Adam Bomb and Crush mark as a kid.

[UseTheSledgehammerUh 0]

I would have ranked them on the "better" list until footage of them chillaxin' in a sauna together aired at Havoc '00.

[Just John 0]

I've come up with 70 matches without much trouble.Throw me some matches that I might have missed.

 

Bret/Owen Hart vs. The Steiners (1/11/94)

Anderson/Flair vs. Savage/Eddie (Slamboree 96) <- Short, but very fun story-driven match

Harlem Heat vs. The Steiners (Hog Wild 96)

Glacier/Miller vs. Mortis/Wrath (Bash at the Beach 97)

Hardy Boyz vs. E/C (No Way Out 2000) <- Should be surprisingly high

Haas/Benjamin vs. Mysterio/Kidman (Vengeance 03)

[slabinskia 0]

Anything from watts,awa,memphis etc that I may be overlooking ?

[razazteca 0]

2. Brian Knobbs & Jerry Sags (though the Nastys had a few winners in garbage brawls

Pretty Wonderful > Nasty Boys?????? are you crazy? Here is a short list of Nasty Boy matches that shows they are better than Pretty Wonderful.

 

1. Halloween Havoc 1993 - Nasty Boys vs 2 Cold Scorpio & Marcus Alexander Bagwell

 

2. Starcade 1994 Nasty Boys vs Harlem Heat

 

3. Halloween Havoc 1995 Nasty Boys vs Terry Funk & Buckhouse Buck

 

4. Bash at the Beach 1996 Nasty Boys vs Public Enemy