Another example similar would be the Twin Towers, who consisted technically of a fat white "african" and an evil cop. They had that name and therefore were a team.

But then that would exclude a team like Doug Furnas and Phil Lafon or if I wanted to include an older team like Ricky Steamboat and jay Youngblood, who were 5 time champions

No, furnas and lafon had matching tights. *See: Matching ring gear*

As far as Steamboat and Youngblood, I didn't watch that era so I can't recall if their shit matched or not.

Or even Steve Williams and Terry Gordy, although i guess they technically dressed the same.

Bulldog and Owen were the same as Yoko and Owen. Stable mates that teamed up.

I'm not seeing the difference between this and JeriShow...

Yeah, I figured most people on here didn't watch much before late 80's so I was only gonna include teams from that era and beyond.

Kane and X-Pac had no common links but I loved the fuck out of them together.

I guess Kane didn't really have a common link with any of his partners outside of Taker really. But I enjoyed him and X-Pac the most. They were a legit team in my eyes.

That brings up a good question. Who was more of a team, Kane and X-Pac or Kane and RVD ?

They were the same. They were both put together for storyline purposes with no real plan to keep them together as a long-term team. As Iggy mentioned, the Kane/X-Pac was the better story IMO.

I just realized Edge and Christian by itsmeJD's guidelines are not a legit tag team.

It's weird though. You made the rules of how you consider a team a legit team. Then you broke them because you don't consider JeriShow a team but you admit that your rules do actually make JeriShow a tag team despite not considering them a tag team. lol

I agree. Teams that were solely brought together for storyline purposes won't be included. Even though some of them have team names, like Jerishow, Rated RKO, Two Man Power Trip, Dudes with Attitude and so on.

Road Warrior gets it.

This would definitely be an exception that doesn't abide by my rules. They were stablemates who teamed. At the start of the career they did have the trenchcoats and similar tight styles, but as they moved on the styles changed. The eventually looked nothing alike gear wise. Their wiki technically refers to them as E&C but even I don't recall that EVER being their team name.

WWF Fan may have found a loophole in my logic, because I definitely consider them a tag team.

I GET it.

Still... You've said you don't consider JeriShow a tag team but you also admitted that by your rules, they are a tag team. They're YOUR rules. Why make them to admittedly break them? lol

If you only apply the two rules listed earlier they are a tag team. I do not take into account however, tag teams that were created for the purpose of an angle.

Also:
Win if you can, lose if you must, but ALWAYS cheat.
Rules were made to be broken.

Eeexcellent. *Rubs hands together.*

But really, that's what I meant earlier by "rules" being kinda silly since it really just comes down to a feeling. I don't know exactly why Edge and Christian are a legit tag team. I could dissect it but it surely wouldn't come down to something so simple as fitting under two or three guidelines.

I think all these thrown together teams should still be put up in the polls. Obviously minor alliances and such shouldn't really be considered, but if they were considered a tag team by WWE (edit:and all organisations as well for that matter), regardless of how we view them, they should be used.

I also definitely consider Owen and The Bulldog to have been more of a legit team than Owen and Yokozuna.

I agree. For purposes of the poll, let anyone who teamed together on a remotely regular basis in.

No.

Ehh I guess I have to agree to an extent. I do believe the guidelines for the most part hold true, but more to older generations. Tag team wrestling is a farce nowadays.

They can, but they will be slaughtered.

They're probably considered legit because of the length of time they teamed together and that they were multiple time tag champs.

Or they were basically together as a team for a large portion of their careers....in comparison to other make shift, no name teams.

Longevity I've also underestimated in what I determine to be a tag team.

:y:

I considered them a tag team heading into WrestleMania 2000 and they'd only been teaming together for just over a year.

Yeah but they weren't established singles stars before then, as with all the other teams mentioned.

I bet The Rock 'n' Sock Connection could make some noise.

Yup

Only because of the Rock sheep that feel he's the second coming of Christ.

Rated RKO, Head Cheese, Two Man Power Trip, Mega Powers, Brothers of Destruction are just a small sample of "two guys thrown together" teams that will likely get a bunch of votes.

How about Jericho and Benoit?

Well for the record the original comment was in jest...shoulda thrown some shifty-eyes on there. I don't always agree with the TP-Dub votes.

How about Jericho and Benoit?

I feel like Benoit and Jericho were both already established stars. Benoit had already been WCW World Champion and Jericho was already over as a singles star, the team also had no longevity.

Well, obviously. They had a pretty memorable little run though. And they'd definitely get some votes.

I agree, but again I feel they were solely brought together to challenge the TMPT. There was really no plan to develop them as a team, therefore they probably won't be included.

Are you including Kane and X-Pac and Kane and RVD?

? Haven't made that decision yet. If I did include one of the two it would be Kane and X-Pac. There's a lot of teams I'll have to make that decision on, especially in WCW.

I would like to request Ricky Steamboat and Shane Douglas' presence in this. They will likely get destroyed but they were awesome.

I was a fan of Kingston but after his main event push died my enthusiasm slowly dwindled (I still have foolish hope) but any way Londrick wins for me Kofi and R-truth just come across as two totally separate personalities neither complements the other and being black guys is the only thing they have in common.

I would just like to point out the the Mounties and Strike Force both had matching gear and a team name .... and both sucked.

So it would seem by contrapositive logic, that one does not need matching gear or a team name in order to be an entertaining tag team.

With that said, creative could at least start doing their jobs and try to come up with team names for these guys.

I recall from London and Kendrick's shoot that they wanted the team name to be the Hooligans. But this was after they started smoking ... so who knows.

Londrick would have been just fine.

I've come to find that this is just too much to ask.

Who are The Mounties ?

Please start BTT from where it left off.

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I think what he's trying to say is "The Mounties" is what he called "The Quebecers".

I know who the Quebecers are, I've just never heard them called The Mounties.

Nope, like I said, maybe if you would of replied we could of come to some kind of agreement and discussed what BTT was going to be, but as it is, it's mine now. Besides you seem to have your hands full with match of the week.

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Bocephus Black be backin tha Bolsheviks baby. They da best!

Ken Shamrock and Big Bossman were part of a stable and held the titles for a few months, does that qualify?

Disco Inferno and Alex Wright for the win here. Or how about Norton and Steiner, they were kind of an NWO tag team, right? I also hate the thrown together tag teams, and especially the "Token Black Guy Team vs. Token Latino Guy Team for the titles!"...voted for London and Kendrick, they had a sweet valet/manager in Ashley Massaro too if I remember correctly. Always liked "The" Brian Kendrick, appreciated his cocky-rockstar-esque strut and whatnot. On a side note, anyone else think he looks strikingly like Kurt Cobain?

Who are the two who voted Kingston and Truth? Would enjoy hearing their argument, from a curiosity standpoint I suppose.

The Quebecers > R-Truth and Kofi based solely on their entrance theme alone heh.

Londrick. Don't see any recent teams making the cut due to current state of the divison. This comp'll be interesting

lol...the "define wrestler" argument is now "define tag team." let me make it simple: if they ever tagged together theyre a tag team. doesnt mean they were a good one.

If I don't see Sheamus and "Mean" Gene Okerlund in this thing, I'll be pissed.

Even if this Better Tag Team is not Juan approved, I think you should still incorporate the previous Better Tag Team history into it.

Don't be a dick.

I thought this was supposed to wait until Best Wrestler was finished anyway. What's the rush?

No rush really, just had the idea for a while and there didn't seem to be a lot going on in the forums lately, that's all.

Exactly.

I mean why give Juan a deadline at all if there's no rush? And why when he did respond are you now like "sorry dude it's mine now ahahahahahahaha"

seems kinda dickish to me

Really ? Do you think by starting back up now it's somehow infringing on Best Wrestler ? Not really sure what the problem is, as the only one's who seem to be complaining about it are you and Juan. As far as the it's mine now comment, it was made as joke because I really don't take this stuff that seriously.

Then why not start it from where it left off?

You saying "no, you didn't reply in time" kinda pokes holes in your "I don't take this stuff seriously" story.

I don't give a shit what you do. I'm just asking a question based on previous conversations had about starting this up again. And because it looked like you were being a dick to Juan for no real reason, I decided to speak up. Since Juan expressed interest in doing this again, wouldn't it make sense for you guys to work together?

Yes, of course, but I didn't respond in the allotted time, you see.

What difference does it make ? And you can tell I how seriously I take it by the fact that I've been a member of the forums for going on 6 years and have under 400 posts.

I dunno, I'd like to think that the "work" thedamndest and I put into these things wasn't completely for nothing.

It would make sense to work together if someone like creating a poll every 3 days was a two man job, but it's really not. How much input do you think is needed in deciding something that doesn't take a lot of thought process.

It's a simple request. I don't see what the big deal is. You can keep doing them yourself

Basically, it's like I said... don't be a dick.

Fair enough, if it's really a big deal then okay I'll go back and start it over from where you left off.

Because it's not about the workload, it's about sharing and not being a dick.

I think the last Better Tag Team left off on #89 and had the Hardy's going into #90 in the Hall of Fame round.

I think we should all discuss this over a nice mango berry smoothie.

Okay I'll check it out. I f you would like to work together on this thing then that's okay, your input would be welcomed. I'll even apologize for the it's mine now comment, it was meant as a joke.

I can break in my new CM Punk flask

No worries man.

I'll be here if you need input, but this baby is yours now.

:yes:

You sure ? Like I said, didn't mean to be a dick and I'm always open to hearing someone else's opinion.

Yeah I'm sure. We can work together if you ever need some help picking a good opponent or if you need me to post one if you're not around or something, but like I said, it's all you now.

Woo progress!

Actually now that I think of it, here's a question already. I can't remember but how long do you keep a team out of rotation once they lose a round ?

It's 50 rounds if I remember correctly, same as Better Wrestler.

You guys need to give Road Warrior a break. Dude is making a poll that has not been done in like a year. Let him do his own thing.

Kofi/Truth because of Lil'Jimmy.

I officially hate you.

You hate an invisible boy.

(Lil' Jimmy, not Pintint.)