What's up with blind tags?

[Vastardikai]

Originally Posted by Pepsi Man It's normally not supposed to be that "easy" to make the tag, and thus is really supposed to be like cheating. It saves time. You come in, double team, then switch. Also, when I saw "blind tag", I pictured the thing where the illegal man makes the tag, but the other team's legal man doesn't see it, and is then shocked when the switch is made, despite the fact that it's perfectly legal.

I know the illegal switch was done by faces from time to time ("the Young Pistols"/"Wild Eyed Southern Boys", who looked alike). I'm sure that dates back to the beginning of tag team wrestling.

As far as the "blind tag," correct me if I'm wrong, and I'm sure someone with more knowledge than I will, but didn't the Midnight Express make a SCIENCE out of the blind tag? (it's also used by face teams to get a jump on the nogoodniks in the early going)