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Tag Teams That Time Has Forgot?

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#1 · (Edited)
Inspired by the total lack of respect the Sheepherders/Bushwhackers have been getting on this site. Seems like no one wants to remember the bloodthirsty Sheepherders I feared as a boy. All they want to do is bad mouth the HOF induction of the head licking mid card Bushwhackers.


Just a simple thread, give a tag team that has gotten lost over the years.


I'll start with Bad Company (Pat Tanaka and Paul Diamond) former AWA and CWA champs and in the WWF known as the Oriental Express (Tanaka and Kato). They were managed by one Diamond Dallas Page and accompanied to the ring by the Diamond Doll. Both guys stumbled around the territories for years before teaming up. Diamond used a Commando gimmick for a while, and Tanaka was involved in Jeff Jarretts rookie year angles. Anyways these guys are all but forgotten but were major players back in the late 80's early 90's.







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"Playboy" Buddy Rose and "Pretty Boy" Doug Somers. When I first was exposed to AWA (thank you ESPN Classic), I absolutely hated these guys. Hated them. Just great heel work. I found myself getting caught up like a child wanting to see these guys get their asses kicked.

But man, with time (and age) I really grew to love these guys, especially Buddy Rose. I've found some clips of Buddy in Portland and he's just awesome. But the team itself is one of my favorite parts of great 80s AWA. Really don't see them talked about much.

Also, the Heavenly Bodies. Another team that I initially hated, being that I was in grade school when they were featured in the WWF. Just a solid traditional tag team made even better by Jim Cornette. The chemistry these three had together was great! Playing off of each other. Jimmy Del Ray dancing and rubbing himself as Tom Pritchard laughed and Cornette pointed at him with the tennis racket. Just great. My gift to you all:

 
#21 ·
Tony Garea and Rick Martel

I've really enjoyed their material opposite The Moondogs, Fuji/Saito, and the Wild Samoans.



 
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NATURE BOY BUDDY ROGERS & THE GREAT SCOTT - 1953 to 1955
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THE FABULOUS KANGAROOS - ROY HEFFERNAN & AL COSTELLO WITH MANAGER WILD RED BERRY - 1957 to 1967





THE GRAHAM BROTHERS - DR. JERRY GRAHAM & EDDIE GRAHAM WITH MANAGER BOBBY DAVIS - 1957 to 1961





THE BASTIEN BROTHERS - RED & LOU BASTIEN - 1958 to 1961


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NATURE BOY BUDDY ROGERS & THE BIG "O" COWBOY BOB ORTON WITH MANAGER BOBBY DAVIS - 1960 to 1961


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NATURE BOY BUDDY ROGERS & HANDSOME JOHNNY BAREND - 1961 to 1962
 
#23 ·
Ernie and Emil, The Dusek Riot Squad, 7-time tag team champions across many territories. They had matches featuring legends like Tim Woods, Jim Londos and Lou Thesz but seem to have been forgotten by almost everybody. One of the innovators of the brotherly tag team, I always feel like these guys should get a bit more credit for everything they did for tag team wrestling in the United States.

 
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