Mad Dog Posted May 27, 2015 Report Share Posted May 27, 2015 There has never been anything better in wrestling than hearing Iron Man hit and knowing that someone was about to get the shit kicked out of them. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tim Cooke Posted May 27, 2015 Report Share Posted May 27, 2015 For the US, it's probably the Rock n Roll Express. They have the Nightmares matches from Memphis, the unheralded 5/85 match vs. Dirty White Boys from Mid South, debut in Crockett against Russians, MX v 1.0 Crockett feud [2/1, 4/12, & 8/16 all being individual great matches], Tully and Arn from Crockett, MX v 2.0 from 1990, and then a full SMW run. I don't like either MX team as much (though I probably like more matches overall from Eaton/Condrey/Lane). Fantastics are great but they really only have the MX feud. For Japan, it's a lot tougher. Much wider field of candidates. The usual suspects: Kawada/Taue, Misawa/Kobashi, Misawa/Akiyama, Jumbo/Tenryu, Choshu/Yatsu. Favorite is probably the Misawa/Akiyama team because of the dynamic story their team goes through in 1996. Mexico tag teams are much rarer so I'm going to include trios. Brazos, Infernales, Bucaneros, GDL are all candidates. My personal favorite might be the Rey/Santo/Octagon AAA mid-90's team. Salvaje/Scorpio Jr. were excellent opposite Santo/Casas. Santo/Casas is a team that I generally enjoy but I much prefer them with different tag/trios partners. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cm funk Posted May 28, 2015 Report Share Posted May 28, 2015 I'd probably say The Hart Foundation first answer, but this is such a tough question because there have been so many great tag combinations over the years. I wouldn't argue that they were the greatest team of all-time, but as far as personal favorite, it's probably them, and they were certainly one of the greats. Had longevity as an act in a competitive WWF, worked as heels and faces, great chemistry, could work as a heel team or a face team, from top or underneath........great tag team Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pantherwagner Posted May 29, 2015 Report Share Posted May 29, 2015 The Funks! Terry-ah Funk-ah Doryeee-ah Funk-ah Juni-ah Teri Funku and Dori Funku Junia. OJ is that legit? If so awesome. Well, GOTNW is right about the vowel lengthening at the end of Dorii and Terii. The extended katakana for Fa is just a way to cater for a foreign sound not present in Japanese. I was trying to make it easier for you to pronounce as fan-ku would be odd. In Japanese, the tag team is called Za Fankusu. Dory's twitter (and the email handle he has used for decades) is https://twitter.com/fuanku as he's taking the katakana extension literally, but your explanation and GOTNW's are correct. Your Japanese is better than mine... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Phil Schneider Posted May 29, 2015 Report Share Posted May 29, 2015 A dark horse team is Takashi Ishikawa and Genichiro Tenryu. WAR v. NJ matches are one of my favorite all time things in wrestling, and Ishikawa was awesome as a tough guy who might not be tough enough for the battle ahead. He is so great dying on his sword, and Tenryu may be one of the best hot tags I have ever seen. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jdw Posted May 30, 2015 Report Share Posted May 30, 2015 1. The Midnight Express & Jim Cornette (both versions) 2. 川田 利明 & 田上 明 Why? The first, along with Ric Flair, made me a fan of pro wrestling. The second, just because. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dedhemingway Posted May 30, 2015 Report Share Posted May 30, 2015 This is a really hard question for me, because I love tag team wrestling, but there's teams I love for one reason, then a team I love for another. Very hard to just point to one... Road Warriors - Ever since the first time I saw them come to the ring with Iron Man playing, I was like 'damn, those are some bad ass dudes', and I like bad ass dudes that kick the shit out of people. The Public Enemy - Now, hear me out. I'm not saying they're the greatest of all time or anything, but they're one of my favorite teams of all time based on vignettes alone. They're dumb, but they hold up, and they entertain the hell out of me. The Kings of Wrestling - They're the only wrestlers I own a shirt of! Two awesome dudes, one of my favorite in-ring teams of all time. I really wish that Hero would have hung in WWE, because I think they'd have been great as a team there right now. Honorable Mentions - Aerial Express (Quicksilver/Scorpio Sky) and X Foundation (Chris Bosh/Joey Ryan/Scott Lost) - Two of my favorite teams from SoCal, and they had a really awesome feud early in PWG's history as well. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ohtani's jacket Posted May 30, 2015 Report Share Posted May 30, 2015 The Funks! Terry-ah Funk-ah Doryeee-ah Funk-ah Juni-ah Teri Funku and Dori Funku Junia. OJ is that legit? If so awesome. Well, GOTNW is right about the vowel lengthening at the end of Dorii and Terii. The extended katakana for Fa is just a way to cater for a foreign sound not present in Japanese. I was trying to make it easier for you to pronounce as fan-ku would be odd. In Japanese, the tag team is called Za Fankusu. Dory's twitter (and the email handle he has used for decades) is https://twitter.com/fuanku as he's taking the katakana extension literally, but your explanation and GOTNW's are correct. Your Japanese is better than mine... It's kind of interesting that he romanises it as "fua" but that's awfully difficult for people to pronounce. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AndyLFC Posted May 30, 2015 Report Share Posted May 30, 2015 My pick for favourite and best team of all time will be The Holy Demon Army - Kawada/Taue. An all business no nonsense ass kicking unit that were too cool for school. They were my favourite team from watching them on tape back in the tape trading days and my opinion hasn't changed since. If I had to pick a number 2 then I'll go with Midnights/Cornette - Eaton/Lane. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Johnny Sorrow Posted May 31, 2015 Report Share Posted May 31, 2015 2. 川田 利明 & 田上 明 just because. Just because what? Trying to be some sort of passive aggressive " look at me, did I ever mention I went to Japan with Meltzer" zero who actually answered this thread in Japanese? Get over yourself, man. Seriously. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cheapshot Posted May 31, 2015 Report Share Posted May 31, 2015 The Midnight Express and The Steiners. Just a joy to watch. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JaymeFuture Posted May 31, 2015 Author Report Share Posted May 31, 2015 Just wanted to thank everybody in this thread for the awesome suggestions - the podcast discussing a great many of the Tag Teams mentioned in this thread (and your reasons why) is now available to listen to at the following link:http://squaredcirclegazette.podbean.com/mf/play/i3h5p2/SCGRadio41-AllTimeFavouriteorBestTagTeam.mp3This was a really fun trip down memory lane this week, talking about the dynamics of making great teams work, excellent matches, and discussing your suggestions such as The Hart Foundation, The Steiners, Tully and Arn, The Road Warriors, The Funks, Demolition, The Midnight Express, The Rock and Roll Express, The British Bulldogs, Misawa & Kobashi, Kawada & Taue, Hardyz, Dudleyz, Edge and Christian, and many more. A really fun show this week, check it out and let me know what you think! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Matt Farmer Posted May 31, 2015 Report Share Posted May 31, 2015 As a kid my favorites were Buddy Rose & Ed Wiskoski and than a few years later was Rose and Rip Oliver. To this day I think the Rose/Oliver team is really underrated. Once the Road Warriors came along they were my favorites, even to this day I really enjoy watching a prime Road Warriors match. In later years a few of the teams I really enjoyed was Art Barr and Eddy Guerrero. Doc & Gordy, Hansen & Brody. Great tag teams are my favorite to watch. Steamboat/Youngblood are simply one of the best babyface tag teams ever. I also loved the late 80's/early 90's All Japan tag team division. So many great tag matches. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
goc Posted May 31, 2015 Report Share Posted May 31, 2015 Matt do you think that The Road Warriors are under rated as workers? In their thread over in the GWE poll people seem to be really down on their work but watching them from 84-85 in AWA & Montreal they look legitimately good. They sell and bump way more than people give them credit for in their matches against The High Flyers, Rick Martel & Dino Bravo, and Jacques & Armand Rougeau. More than any other match I can think of that I have seen in clipped form I wish there was a full version of The Road Warriors vs. King Tonga & Dino Bravo match due to how much I like the opening few minutes that are shown on TV. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Matt Farmer Posted May 31, 2015 Report Share Posted May 31, 2015 I do, but I don't always take stock into the popular "IWC workrate" criteria either. I try and take the gimmick into factor as well as how the crowd responds and other things. In another era guys where taught not to work the same, or heck even bump the same. And big guys were told not to bump, to save it so it'll mean something. They had a great gimmick and a lot of fire. They also made nearly everything they do mean something and it looked good. As a kid I didn't care if they were "good workers" in the modern sense. They were good workers because they made me a fan and I would not miss a Road Warriors match. I even loved watching their squash matches. They could work in the real sense of the word. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Matt D Posted May 31, 2015 Report Share Posted May 31, 2015 I think with any over act, be it Warrior or Hogan or the Warriors or the Bushwhackers that aren't over for reasons that do appeal directly to workrate fans, it's worthwhile to try to deconstruct what they did over time and figure out just why they were over. So in that regard, maybe we don't give the Road Warriors the credit that we even give guys like Warrior and Hogan. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jdw Posted June 1, 2015 Report Share Posted June 1, 2015 2. 川田 利明 & 田上 明 just because. Just because what? Trying to be some sort of passive aggressive " look at me, did I ever mention I went to Japan with Meltzer" zero who actually answered this thread in Japanese? Get over yourself, man. Seriously. I was hardly the only person to answer the thread in "Japanese", or engage in a discussion about it. As far as "just because what", my guess is that there's any number of people here who've read what I've wrote about Kawada & Taue over the past two decades to know that they have a special place in my tag team heart. Does anyone really need me to write 4000 words on them in this thread to explain it. You really need to get the bug out of your ass, Sorrow. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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