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I think they might be the best of that great group of teams from the 80's. Unbelievable face team, great fire, both Fulton and Rogers could go and they matched up well against everyone they faced all over. Probably the most dynamic team of their era and my favorite to watch a random match of, too. I'm with Joe and Parv on their placement, and I might even put them in my Top 5. They're that good to me.

Still think there were way better teams than the Fabs, even though they had a good gimmick and Lane, albeit sloppy like Jerome said, wasn't a bad worker. Keirn was fine, but against the Fabs/RnR/MX/Rockers era teams, its tough for them to compete there.

Rougeaus seemed like a team that wasn't quite right for the time period from a work perspective, but I did enjoy the gimmick as the All-American Boys and felt they brought something to the table. I don't doubt the Montreal part of the act as fired up babyfaces, but I'm not sure it's enough to push them over the top with some of the other teams that are out there.

I think that time has pushed them aside for some of the other NWA/Mid-South-based teams that were superior, even though people talk up 80's WWF tag wrestling as a great period (and it was to an extent). They had their moments, but overall, I think there are other teams better than they were.

One of my favorite trios teams ever, as the dynamic with Porky makes them incredibly watchable. I know there are other trios teams from Mexico that probably get more love, but I remember watching them for the first time on the 1990 AJW Wrestlemarinpiad show and Porky flying around like he does absolutely blew me away. I don't know if they get into a Top 25 list, but man alive, they were fun to watch.

That Hero match really is a truly standout match and he stood out amongst the DG guys that tended to blend together for me, but I don't think he'll make a Top 100 list.

A totally underrated team, and one that when they had a good team across from them, they were capable of great things. I don't think they'd make a Top 25, but they were one of the few things that stood out for me in TNA.

Who's better: this team or the MVC?

I liked FIP Strong as they basically let him use it as his playground since he was from Tampa and he became their main guy, and some of the ROH stuff took a bit to get used to, but in the last year, he figured something out and has blossomed. I'm really interested to see where he goes from here because there are few guys that could legitimately carry ROH right now and I think he's one of them. His best stuff to me is when he was in PWG, and him winning the title against O'Reilly last year was terrific. Really found some energy there. I don't think he'll make my list, but he's pretty underrated.

I said it in jest, but Ferris is the carniest of carnies for having the HTM gimmick be a heatseeker and figure out how not to take bumps later in his career. He's at least entertaining to watch, which puts him several notches above a lot of the candidates here.

He's a better cleaner than Kenny Omega. Again, this is all aesthetics here because Rollins and Ambrose are more dynamic workers and bumpers and sellers, but Reigns is more subtle than his contemporaries and it makes his bursts that much more explosive to me. He has plenty of strengths, and even though Joe is wont to throw out Takeshi Morishima as a comparison (when in his best matches he was carried, although he did add plenty), I'll be quick to say that Morishima's best match (Fight Without Honor vs. Danielson) isn't better than Brock/Reigns. You put the Top 25 Reigns matches, singles or tag, and I don't think Morishima's best 25 is there with him. Morishima's best tag match (Wild II vs. KENTA/Marufuji) wasn't better than Shield/Wyatts, and Reigns played a pivotal role in that match where people started realizing he wasn't just some brute and could actually work. One thing I will say is that a lot of the issue with Morishima is that he was clearly someone people wanted more out of and didn't get whereas Reigns has pleasantly surprised people with how he's worked. That's going to get a lot more favor, obviously, but it doesn't change that Reigns has had better matches. Situation was definitely better than Morishima's, but outside of the Danielson stuff, I was unimpressed with his ROH run (Booking didn't help) and his top-flight NOAH stuff always fell flat for me. Reigns will get more opportunities than Morishima did, but I'll also say that Reigns has done way more than Morishima has done with the opportunities he's been given. Neither of them will make my Top 100, but Reigns is someone that in five years might have a Cenaesque resume that can be pointed at as something where people realize just how good a worker he is even if there's a general consensus that he's not.

He might have the best match ever wrestled on North American soil under his belt, so I'd say that qualifies.

This is one of those teams that at the time really looked like the best team in the world until you watched enough matches and the stuff got old. The one thing they did have going for them was that they faced some pretty good teams that helped reign them in, but as far as juniors tag teams in the early 2000s go, I'd take Kanemoto and Lyger over these guys.

I will, but I don't really see a comparison to them and the Bucks. Pasty white dudes that fly around, basically.

Wasn't TAKA one of those guys that was really good at a young age? The other guy for me is Ohtani. Absolutely fantastic basically from the start.

Just absolutely the worst news. In recent times, the whole Rhodes Family vs. Shield/Authority feud was my favorite thing in 2013, and the payoff at Battleground was one of my favorite moments of the year. But he also had the greatest promo of all time. RIP to the Dream, and may he be dining with kings and queens in the great beyond.

Actually, Rippa made Meiko Satomura the Wrestler of the Day this morning and her 1999 was tremendous with the 4/4/99 tag and the fucking fantastic title match against Aja in September. She's in the running.

The only joshi wrestler I'd consider would be Hokuto for 93, maybe Kong for 94. Hash had a great 94-96 but I don't think he ranks at the top above any of the AJPW guys. I have problems with Kobashi being the go to guy in 1993 because I don't think he was the best guy in any of the matches he was a part of, role or not. Jumbo's 90 is superb, but his 91 is layered more with tag matches as opposed to standout singles matches (Although the Kawada match is a top-flight match). So off the top of my head: 1990: Jumbo 1991: Lyger 1992: Misawa 1993: Hokuto (Just beating out Hansen) 1994: Kawada (Just beating out Aja Kong) 1995: Taue (I'll hear an argument for Kawada or Misawa though) 1996: Lyger (I almost put Ohtani here, too, but 1996 NJPW juniors is the best the division ever was for me) 1997: Misawa 1998: Kawada 1999 is a wild card year. Nobody in Japan stood out, really. I almost want to put either Tamura or Volk Han here. I like the Yoshida nods but I'm not sure if she has the match quantity. Maybe Ishikawa? BattlArts was in full swing at that point, right? Will's pick of Tajiri is a fun one because there wasn't a better character in ECW than him at the time. Honestly, Kobashi is a boring choice, and he had far outlived his usefulness to me at this point, and was only getting pushed because Kawada had broken his arm again and Misawa had the book. Hell, I'd probably take Vader over him and that was only because he was at least motivated in '99. Not familiar with Mexico at this point, as it seemed like a downtime until Mistico started making his run. Santo was winding down, Dr. Wagner, Jr. was too busy no-selling in NJPW...I dunno. Nobody in the States jumps out at me either.

If we're talking about actually making money, if the Portland Sports Arena isn't on there... MSG or the Dome is Boardwalk, the other Park Place.

Kawada has the best men's singles match I've ever seen and the two best men's tags I've ever seen. That's an incredible peak, and while Tenryu definitely had himself some high points, I don't think it matches Kawada even with the longevity argument.

Finn winning the belt in Tokyo would be nice, but the big draw has to be Joe/Owens, right? Even with Owens running with the main roster, can't see him dropping the belt jussst yet.

I forgot to update this list after we did the Larry Z show a few months back on the PWSS. Yeah, Larry seems like a lock for my list now, just because he had such high end stuff. He doesn't have more than a lot of the other guys on this list as far as quantity goes, but when he was on, there were few heels better, if any. And his fiery babyface stuff against Regal is absolutely top notch. I'm gonna have him on there without a doubt.

Hell yes, they are going to be on my list. Absolutely great team. I feel bad for nominating MVC before them because I sat here thinking they had already been nominated. Yet here we are. Awesome heels, probably the best thing Manny ever did, and Rick got to finally be the heel that made him a superstar. It was only about seven months, but they were a fantastic seven months.

One match not on there that I'd at least recommend but only has Punk as far as GWE nominees is the Chicago Street Fight from Death Before Dishonor 2004: Night Two (07/24/04) with him and Ace Steel vs. Dan Maff and B.J. Whitmer. It's at least a good match, if not great depending on how much you enjoy that style of wrestling.

Wait a minute...No RICK RUDE AND MANNY FERNANDEZ? Um, nomination via general principle.