Wow, the most blurred story possibly in the history of professional Wrestling. Demolition was a rip off of the Road Warriors, which were a rip off of the movie with the Same Name. The Road Warriors were hardly original, just ask Mel Gibson.
I'm not saying that the Road Warriors was the most original idea of all time, but in a wrestling context, they were original. There are hardly any wrestling characters that have not been done somewhere else first. There have been half man half monsters in fiction for hundreds of years, but Kane was this character put into a wrestling context. This does not mean that Abyss isn't a copy of Kane, because then its a direct mimic ofa wrestling character, as opposed to immitating something else, such as a film.
And no, the push did not end when the Legion of Doom showed up. The reason the push ended is because Ax was having major issues with his health, that's the truth.
Ax left the WWF 4 months after Legion of Doom showed up, and the Demolition push ended after this. So, to be honest, it could be argued either way without any sort of a definitive conclusion. What I will say is this. Demolition beat the Rockers about two weeks after LOD showed up, then they lost the titles, then they lost to the Warrior and LoD, then they lost at Survivor Series. Whatever way you look at it, as soon as LOD showed up Demolition were put on the back burner, and I think that this is fully because the WWF thought they had the real thing.
Again, the three man team was because Ax was having health issues. Instead of using the three man team as a distraction (yet for some reason no one takes a dump on the Freebirds who essentially created the Freebird rule for 3 man teams), ask yourself, why did the WWF keep Demolition as a three man team.
They had three members because Ax had developed an allergy to shgellfish, and Vinvce wanted to make sure that his champions could defend even if Ax was ill. They had to have a three man team because they could have lost their champions at any time if they didn't. They didn't keep the championship on them for long, and then the threesome became a tag team with a manager, essentially.
You know why, because Demolition was over. Demolition was making money as a face team and a heel team, and the WWF wasn't ready to let the Demolition ride come to an end just because a key member was having heart issues. The WWF wanted Demoltion to keep going, but Father time caught up. If Demolition was second rate, then Demolition simply woul dhave disbanded, that wasn't the case.
Demolition were kept on as a tag team because they were the perfect team to put people over. Beating multiple ex-tag team champions makes a team look good. They hardly won after Ax left, and were there to put people over. When it was apparent that they weren't considered a legitimate threat any more, they were disbanded. I guarantee you that nobody was paying to see demolition after November 1991.
So just because there is no precedent, then that means Demolition can't be in? That's a terribly narrow minded percpective and outlook on things. You can pretty much rule out anyone that was a tag team exclusive then. I seem to recall the Wild Samoans making it in to the WWF Hall of Fame, and Demoltion were more over on their worst days on a national level then the Samoans ever were.
Ok, maybe I was wrong to use this as a point, but the fact that Smash and Crush's singles career were such a joke, means that you will end up with two terrible people in the hall of fame. The white man in the Nation and tthe Repo Man do not belong in the hall of fame. Their singles careers actually detracts from their tag team career, if you look at it as a whole. . Please don't counter this with people who had stupid gimmicks before they were in their most notable role, because it isn't the same thing. That being said, I probably was wrong to make the point that singles careers matter.
As for the Wild Samoans, I don't know enough about them to have a solid opinion on them, but I think that perhaps they are partly there to acknowledge the contribution of the entire family, and also that they trained so many people.
And then they beat the Brain Busters for said titles. I mean, I recall off the top of my head, The Powers Of pain, The Killer Bees, Strike Force, The British Bulldogs, the Hart Foundation, the Rockers, The Colossal Connection, and the list goes on and on. They beat every team put in front of them by the WWF, and were the more over tag team in that match every single time.
I can't deny that they did beat these people, but I don't think they were more over than all of them. During their reign, Martel was injured, then he turned on Santana, ruling out Strike Force. The British Bulldogs left during the reign, as did the Killer Bees. The Rockers were young, and not real pushed towards the tag team titles and The Colossal Connection only existed for a while, beating them for the titles. Then they lost to Demolition, just as Andre's health was getting worse. That leaves two teams- the Hart Foundation and the Powers of Pain - who were consistent challengers, who could have held the title instead. It wasn't the Hart's turn as they were in the process, and they had two 200 day reigns either side. But they were better than the Powers of Pain, I'll give you that.
Um, so Hogan and Flair holding the titles for years didn't add value to those titles? Why is it then that Demolition is the longest holding tag team champions ever. Why not the Road Warriors, the Harts or any other tag team. People want to hate on Demolition, but the numbers don't lie.
Yes Hogan and Flair did add value to the titles, but Demolition did not. I can't emphasise enough that long reigns were common in the late 80s, as I've said, The Harts had two 200+ reigns. Demolition's second reign was the shortest for 5 years, does that mean that they suddenly lost their mojo? Or does it mean that length of reigns count for nothing?
Either way, it's still a no from me.
