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I was thinking, isn't the A.P.A./Acolytes/whatever in an elite group of tag teams being that not only have they held tag championships, but both members have been World Champions in the big 2 a well. I mean the only other real tag team (not just 2 superstars thrown together for an an angle) are the Rock and Sock Connection, and that may be streching the definition of real tag team. I would say Kane and Undertaker as the Brothers of Destruction, but I'm not sure they ever held the tag belts together.

So, think on that.

Kane and Undertaker held both the WWF and WCW tag titles at the same time.

But then the dudleys took one set and Test/Booker T took the other

I don't remember farooq ever holding a heavyweight title, when was this?

btw, APA 4 lyphe

Ron Simmons was the first ever black NWA/WCW World Heavyweight champion back when Cowboy Bill Watts ran it...I think it was under Bill Watts.

Ron Simmons later back Farooq, in case you didn't know.

I don't remember farooq ever holding a heavyweight title, when was this?

Early WCW as Ron Simmons, I believe

Also, with Kane and Taker, Kane held the World Championship for all of a day, and WWE doesn't alway acknowledge that on their site, so again, that is pushing it.

Then again, with only 3 real tag teams, that is still a very elite group.

Come to think of it, the only other real tag team that has a shot at this is probably Edge and Christian.

I would call Michaels and Triple H a tag team, and you know how that goes. They're in an even more elite group, both are grand slam champions.

Micheals and HHH never held the tag belts together though.

Oh, you're right, nevermind. :$

If you want to count it, there's Michaels and Diesel. Although I'm not sure how long they tagged.

Could Austin and HHH be thrown in that group?

I wouldn't really consider Austin and Triple H as one. BUt that's just IMO

No BDC said no teams that were thrown together for a short time. SO...that eliminates the Mega Powers, Two Dudes with Attitude, Two Man Power Trip, Benoit/Jericho and all the rest.

And BDC is right anyway. There isn't another team. Although if I went back to the AWA and found there champions there, I can get a team.

Actually, wait a second. Got another one.

Rickey Steamboat was an NWA Champ
Shane Douglas won the NWA Title before it became the ECW Title

Steamboat and Douglas teamed in WCW for a while.

I thought Mega Powers tagged for quite a while.

I consider the brothers of destruction. I'd also consider Undertaker and Big show they were not just thrown together and they were a tag team for like 10 months, but you may say that is stretching it.

Besides rock was there any other black guy to hold the WWE title?

j/w.. what are the Elite Tag Teams? all i know of are APA, LOD, E&C, Hardyz, Dudleys... any others? or any of the ones i put wrong?

That's a pretty good observation. :y:

I wouldn't count The Rock 'n' Sock Connection or The Brothers of Destruction. I'd only count tag teams that were put together to be a tag team, and not singles wrestlers. The Undertaker and The Big Show (to my understanding) where always in the WWE Championship division, while The Rock and Mankind were sort of on and off from memory. Kane and The Undertaker teamed, but it was more to be a force than a tag team.

Bradshaw and Faarooq were teamed because they had nowhere else to go. So yeah, to memory, only the APA were a tag team that was focused on the tag team division for a long-time as a real tag team that won tag titles and have both held World Titles.

I would count Rock & Sock as a real team, because, even after they were originally teamed just for something to do, they still team every so often.

I don't count Taker and Show, because taker wasn't really doing anything during that, it was a way to keep him on air while injured.

Steamboat and Douglas

Benjamin and Hass could one day fit into this catergory. The same goes for Edge and Xtian but I tinhk they were already mentioned.

I'm not fair to comment on those two (because i have no idea when they teamed and how). Did they actually serve as a tag team, or were they just friends that teamed together for the sake of it?

erm jericho and benoit anybody??

they won the tag titles off the two man power trip when HHH tore his quad and both have held the undisputed title.

edit: just read LC's post. so that's wrong then but they were together for quite a bit. could have said benoit and angle as well. what about RVD and kane - they tagged together for a year or so...

NOT A REAL TEAM. I said that already

Yeah they were NWA Tag Team Champions for a while.

Verne Gagne and Mad Dog Vachon were also a tag team, and they were both AWA Champions.

The Jersey Boys in WCW. Bam Bam Bigelow, DDP, and Kanyon. They held the tag titles, and Bam Bam Bigelow (or Triple B as he was called) and DDP were both champs. DDP was WCW champ, Bam Bam was ECW champ (I know, not one of the big two, but still...).

And, of course, the one EVERYONE is forgetting. Lex Luger and Sting. They actually tagged, on and off, for years since they are real-life best friends. Their most memorable stint was in the Wolfpac, although they never won the title while part of Nash's crew (they did win it before).

On another note, Sting and Luger hold the distinction of being 2 of 4 to hold all WCW titles.


Also, I don't know if you count them, but Nash and DDP formed a tag team called The Insiders to fight Perfect Event (Palumbo and O'Haire) for a few months.

I have heard a few people saying that Luger held the title but I don't remember him ever holding it or ever reading about him winning the WCW title.

if having a tag team partner to hold the tag title with was like having sex, RVD would be the biggest pimp in the world.

True they did tag. Problem though - RVD hasn't held the WCW, WWE or even ECW title.

He beat Hogan for it back in the nWo days. Thats all I know of it.

I thought RVD held the ECW for a long time...I dunno I only saw ECW once.

Nah he held the TV title, which was the secondary title, for 23 months. But he was the most popular wrestler and his reign made the TV title probably the bigger title than the Heavyweight title.