Thread: The most elite of all real tag teams
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Old 04-23-2007, 12:14 AM   #17
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Originally Posted by Jeritron
How are The Rock and Sock and Brothers of Destruction any more "real" tag teams than say...Benoit and Jericho, or Eddie and Rey, or other team ups along those lines?

To me I'd say a "real" tag team would be a team that consisted of members who weren't established stars or champions beforehand, and got over as a tag team. Then how they went on in singles from there would determine how "elite" they are in terms of this criteria.

The brothers of destruction were both world champions before teaming up, and it was just a team up anyhow.

Same with the Rock and Sock. What makes them more real than any other superstar pairing? Because they have a clever name?

Other tag teams had situations where one member was a world champion beforehand, or the two parties involved were succesful singles stars.

A real tag team would be Edge and Christian. They both went on to successful singles careers afterwards but they really got over as a team first.

Benoit and Jericho were tag champions before splitting up, but it was merely a team up and both hadn't won WWE world gold yet at the point of their teaming. However they're not "real" tag teams in the sense that Edge and Christian, LOD, The Rockers, Hart Foundation, NAO, The Hardys and others are.
I don't agree completely. Rock and Sock is arguable. By your defination APA couldn't be considered becaues Ron Simmons had already been champion, and his singles career has winded down.

I would argue that Taker and Kane being "brothers" implies they were moron than just two singles starts thrown together.

Also, it confuses me when your bring up Eddie and Rey, Eddy was a world champion, Rey was not.
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