The Islanders (Haku & Tama)

[Grimmas]

Discuss here.

[W2BTD]

One of my favorite teams of all time. Tama is one of the most underrated workers of the era, or maybe even ever.

 

The run was a little short, but most people forget about the early part of the run as earnest lower card babyfaces. Then they did the cool heel turn in the face vs face match with the CanAms on TV, and the rest is history.

 

Lack of high end matches or big PPV perfromances hurt them, but as a day in day out house show/squash match/TV team, they were really, really fun.

[Matt D]

I think they're a team that are really helped by the footage explosion of the last ten years.

[Danish Dynamite]

Agreed. Tragically under represented on the big cards, but lots of newly available footage helps them. Such a solid team. A longer run and bigger push could have put them high on my list. Afraid they're gonna end up not on the list though. A big "could've been". Really enjoyable team.

[Dylan Waco]

Only WWF tag team from 86-91 in positive I would put above them is The Rockers