Monday, March 14, 2016

The 2016 TWB Tag Team Tournament Turmoil: 1980s Region Round One

Both Demolition and the Boss Man are in... will they win their opening matches?
Photo Credit: WWE.com
The time has arrived to get this tag team tournament started. So dive right into the matches right here, for your perusal.

No. 1 Rock 'n Roll Express (Ricky Morton and Robert Gibson)
Seven-time National Wrestling Alliance Tag Team Champions, three-time Mid-South Tag Team Champions, ten-time Smoky Mountain Wrestling Tag Team Champions, Best Mullets in Wrestling 1984-1993, 1995-2000 (Diesel's mullet was not to be denied in 1994), basically the template for babyface tag teams

vs. No. 16 Twin Towers (Big Boss Man and Akeem the African Dream)
Catalyst for the Mega Powers EXPLODING, inspired the most hilarious yet wrong t-shirt in wrestling history



No. 8 The Fantastics (Tommy Rodgers and Bobby Fulton)
Two-time World Class Tag Team Champions, two-time NWA United States Tag Team Champions, actually had a five-star match according to BIG DAVE MELTZER with...

vs. No. 9 The Sheepherders/Bushwhackers (Luke and Butch)
NWA United States Tag Team Champions, seven-time NWA regional Tag Team Champions, two-time Stampede Tag Team Champions, graciously took being transformed from most violent tag team in history into running punchline by Vince McMahon



No. 4 Demolition (Ax and Smash)
Three-time WWE World Tag Team Champions, also longest reigning team ever, first two entrants in the 1989 Royal Rumble, heroes to the S&M wrestling fan community

vs. No. 13 The Soul Patrol (Rocky Johnson and Tony Atlas)
WWE World Tag Team Champions, first-ever African-American titleholders in WWE, Johnson loosed The Rock on the world



No. 5 The Brisco Brothers (Jack and Gerry)
Three-time NWA World Tag Team Champions, five-time NWA United States Tag Team Champions, successful auto-body shop proprietors

vs. No. 12 The British Bulldogs (Davey Boy Smith and Dynamite Kid)
WWE World Tag Team Champions, two-time Stampede Tag Team Champions, most stylish manager ever (Matilda, of course)



No. 2 Midnight Express (Dennis Condrey and Bobby Eaton)
NWA World Tag Team Champions, two-time Mid-South Tag Team Champions, the eternal foils for the Rock 'n Roll Express, Jim Cornette's meal ticket

vs. No. 15 Rick Rude and Manny Fernandez
NWA World Tag Team Champions, bitchingest pair of moustaches on any tag team in the history of wrestling



No. 7 The Hart Foundation (Bret Hart and Jim Neidhart)
Two-time WWE World Tag Team Champions, carriers of the goddamn Hart Family Curse

vs. No. 10 The Rockers (Shawn Michaels and Marty Jannetty)
Two-time American Wrestling Association Tag Team Champions, unrecognized WWE World Tag Team Champions, possibly did more coke than any other tag team in wrestling history but cannot confirm due to libel laws



No. 3 The Fabulous Freebirds (Michael PS Hayes and Buddy Roberts)
Thanks to the Freebird Rule which they invented, 14 time Tag Team Champions across several different promotions, most crushed by public tide turning against Confederate flag merchandise

vs. No. 14 Ricky Steamboat and Jay Youngblood
Five-time NWA World Tag Team Champions, a much larger Michaels/Jannetty dynamic than the Rockers could ever think of having



No. 6 Brainbusters/Four Horsemen (Arn Anderson and Tully Blanchard)
Two-time NWA World Tag Team Champions, WWE World Tag Team Champions, would have won a trillion Best Supporting Actor awards if wrestling had an accolade structure like the Academy

vs. No. 11 The Fabulous Ones (Stan Lane and Steve Keirn)
Two-time NWA United States Tag Team Champions, United States Wrestling Association Tag Team Champions, most unintentionally homoerotic photographs taken in wrestling industry



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