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Posted 05 Aug 2008, 1:49 am Reply with quote
So, whats the deal with WWE's fascination with tag team champs that dont get along? It seems like they constantly are putting tag belts on guys who already hate each other. Heres a few I can recall.

Diesel and Shawn Michaels
Steve Austin and Shawn Michaels
Eugene and William Regal
Cena and Shawn Michaels
Matt Hardy and MVP

Thats about all i can think of right now, but, I really dont see the point of taking the straps off a perfectly good tag team like Money Inc V2 and put them on 2 guys who just hate each other and will constant co-exist till all hell breaks loose down the line. The titles arent elevating them any further, so, im not really sure what the WWE is trying to do here.

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Posted 05 Aug 2008, 2:25 am Reply with quote
agreed

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Posted 05 Aug 2008, 8:18 am Reply with quote
austin/taker
austin/foley
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Posted 05 Aug 2008, 8:27 am Reply with quote
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So, whats the deal with WWE's fascination with tag team champs that dont get along? It seems like they constantly are putting tag belts on guys who already hate each other. Heres a few I can recall.

Diesel and Shawn Michaels
Steve Austin and Shawn Michaels
Eugene and William Regal
Cena and Shawn Michaels
Matt Hardy and MVP

Thats about all i can think of right now, but, I really dont see the point of taking the straps off a perfectly good tag team like Money Inc V2 and put them on 2 guys who just hate each other and will constant co-exist till all hell breaks loose down the line. The titles arent elevating them any further, so, im not really sure what the WWE is trying to do here.


Diesel and Michaels got along when they were tag champs, Diesel turned face Michaels threw down the tag title and they were vacated.

Eugene and Regal were friends by the time they won the tag titles.

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Posted 05 Aug 2008, 9:58 pm Reply with quote
from wrestlecrap, similar thread,thanks poster Starshine:

WWE
The Rock and Chris Jericho
The Rock and Undertaker (I think)
Steve Austin and Dude Love
Kurt Angle and Chris Benoit
Chris Benoit and Edge
Edge and Randy Orton (They started hating each other later on in their reign right?)
John Cena and Shawn Michaels
Rikishi and Rico
The Rock & Sock Connection
Kane and Mankind
Charlie Haas and Rico

WCW
Bret Hart and Goldberg
Sting and The Giant

TNA
Kurt Angle and Sting (kinda)
AJ Styles and Abyss
Chris Harris and Elix Skipper
James Storm and Christopher Daniels
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Posted 05 Aug 2008, 10:02 pm Reply with quote
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The Rock & Sock Connection


They didn't hate each other.

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Posted 05 Aug 2008, 10:10 pm Reply with quote
here from wiki: they were former enemies the first time they won the straps and Foley refused to tag in the last time they lost them.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rock_'n'_Sock_Connection

On August 30, 1999, the Rock 'N' Sock Connection was formed when the heel gimmics of The Undertaker and Big Show attacked The Rock on RAW, leading The Rock to challenge both of them to a match. At the time, it was considered career "suicide" to face a team as deadly as The Undertaker and The Big Show. With this in mind, Mankind (who recently started using a sock named "Mr. Socko" as part of his gimmick) asked his former enemy if he could help with his fight against Undertaker and Big Show. The Rock reluctantly accepted, and later that night, the two captured The Undertaker and Big Show's WWF Tag Team Titles when they pinned Big Show after a double People's Elbow.[2]

They lost the belts on September 7 in a Buried Alive match against Undertaker and Big Show, when then-heel Triple H interfered. However, Triple H was really only helping out Undertaker, as he hit The Big Show with a sledgehammer.[3]

On September 20, the Rock 'N' Sock Connection won the titles back in a Dark Side Rules match against The Big Show, Mideon, and Viscera (The Undertaker did not feel like being in the match so they took his place, thus turning the match into a three-on-two).[4] Three days later on SmackDown!, the New Age Outlaws reunited and challenged Rock N' Sock Connection for the titles, which The Outlaws won.[1]

Several days later, Mick Foley helped WWF Raw achieve some of its highest ratings ever with a segment featuring himself (as Mankind) and The Rock. The "This is Your Life" segment aired on September 27, 1999, and received an 8.4 rating.[5] Two weeks later, The Rock told Mankind that he was tired of him, did not like the whole Rock 'N' Sock team, nor did he enjoy Mankind stealing his catchphrases during promos. Mankind begged The Rock to team up with him for one more night, but he did not tell The Rock who they would be fighting.

They ended up challenging The New Age Outlaws for the championships on October 14, 1999.[1] That night, the Rock 'N' Sock Connection won the tag team titles for the third time, meaning they would have to continue teaming together to defend the titles.[1] Four days later on SmackDown!, before their title defense against The Holly Cousins, Mick Foley gave the Rock an autographed copy of his book, Have a Nice Day!, but later found it in the trash. Mick confronted The Rock and cursed him out for throwing away his life's work. Later that night, during their match, a crushed Mankind refused to participate as he sat despondently on the steel steps, facing away from the ring, as Hardcore and Crash Holly beat The Rock for the Titles.
The Rock and Mankind began a feud with each other, until Foley discovered that it was his close friend, Al Snow who threw the book in the trash, since the book contained many Al Snow jokes. In real life, Foley and Snow continually make fun of each other and their careers.
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Posted 06 Aug 2008, 8:46 am Reply with quote
I don't understand why the WWE has to put together tag teams that involve 2 former World champions. I mean it cuts down on the time for true tag teams. I was just watching Survivor Series 1987 and they have a 20-Man Tag Match.. THATS 5 TAG TEAMS ON EACH SIDE!!!! They can't do that now. Tag Team wrestling I guess is a thing of the past.. I wish it would come back.

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Posted 06 Aug 2008, 11:10 am Reply with quote
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I don't understand why the WWE has to put together tag teams that involve 2 former World champions. I mean it cuts down on the time for true tag teams. I was just watching Survivor Series 1987 and they have a 20-Man Tag Match.. THATS 5 TAG TEAMS ON EACH SIDE!!!! They can't do that now. Tag Team wrestling I guess is a thing of the past.. I wish it would come back.


I loved that match and it was the only time it was ever done which makes it all that much more special

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Posted 06 Aug 2008, 12:17 pm Reply with quote
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Posted 06 Aug 2008, 12:44 pm Reply with quote
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I was just watching Survivor Series 1987 and they have a 20-Man Tag Match.. THATS 5 TAG TEAMS ON EACH SIDE!!!!


the finish of that match



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Posted 06 Aug 2008, 1:10 pm Reply with quote
It was great... WWE needs more Tag teams... not Put Togethers to help a story linie

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Posted 06 Aug 2008, 10:32 pm Reply with quote
bigdaddylou71 wrote:
its called DRAMA, kaz

drama


I guess for the casual fan, it is drama

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