Favourite Odd Couple/Manufactured Tag Team(s)?

[Miko]

Feel free to merge this thread if you feel that it would be better suited that way.

Firstly as a rule the IWC seems to hate these teams and to a certain extent I agree, you cant really have a division full of these teams otherwise you get what the WWE has now, which is frankly shit.

But the question I am asking is which is your favourite? It can be from any time period and any company, just a team that was thrown together randomly or put together for storyline purposes.

My personal favourite is probably Kane and X-Pac, this was the original team of Kane and a little man that has become somewhat over-used these days, it led to the humanisation of Kane and while some hate that I think thats one of the main reasons that he is still around, his humanisation made him more popular among many people. Also the way they split up was very well done and you legitamitly wanted to see Kane kick X-Pacs arse.

A close second would be Charlie Haas and Rico and I know people are thinking come on dude they did nothing but I just found Rico to be hilarious, and Charlie's reactions to the things he did only made it funnier, theres also the fact that this team got Haas on TV everyweek and Jackie Gayda was a nice distraction.

Okay I await your responses.

 

[Haner388994]

My favorite mis-match tag team has to be Angle and Benoit when Stephanie just threw them in the tournament. I really liked this tag team when it started. They had a bumpy start but, in the end worled together and made one hell of a tag team IMO. They also were the first WWE Tag Team Champions which I saw as a very big surprise. This team is also one of my favorite tag teams of all time.

 

[LordJ]

If we're talking singles competitors who were paired together, 4 teams pop in my mind firsthand (there are probably many others lurking in the background):

1. The Brothers Of Destruction - Kane & the Undertaker, two guys that started their program in a bitter brother-against-brother feud, then went on to become a tag-team duo that was virtually unstoppable.

2. Triple H & (heel) Stone Cold Steve Austin

3. The Mega Powers - Hogan & Savage - It was a dream team that from it's very inception you knew was going to blow up into a great feud/storyline.

4. Money Inc. - Million Dollar Man & IRS

5. Sting & The British Bulldog

As far as teams that seemed just plain "odd" but managed to wrk really well together:

1. The Big Bossman & Akeem
2. Andre The Giant & Haku
3. Golddust & Booker T
4. Scott Steiner & Buff Bagwell

But the question is "which is my favorite", so I will go with The Brothers Of Destruction. I Didn't have time to give reasonings for all of these, so please forgive me.

 

[My$terio_Fan]

The Rock & Sock connection. Mankind was no longer the scary, deranged, heel he wants was and needed a serious change and the rock made this happened. The team itself was just pure comedy, but it worked very well. The team itself seemed random enough but it ended up being very entertaining and fun.

 

[AFC1986]

My fave odd couple is Booker T and Goldust. When they teamed together they were great in the ring and when they were backstage doing a promo they were absolutely hilarious. The two had great chemistry and I feel that they combined comedy and wrestling very well

 

[Richard]

I loved it when The Rock and Chris Jericho would team. I remember one hilarious moment where they teamed against I believe Shane and Big Show? and I think The Rock accidently hit Chris Jericho with a chair and then The Rock got pinned and then backstage when Jericho was getting fixed up he told The Rock "Try not to lose another big one" and then they went at it backstage. Chris Jericho and The Rock had some great moments.

 

[AnthonyMango/NoFate007]

Owen Hart & Yokozuna. These two were a great pairing back in the day. Granted, they had the same manager in Jim, but they were still quite an odd couple.

APA. Two different characters that decided to get the same gimmick eventually...and then Bradshaw decided that he was a totally different character afterwards lol.

People already mentioned Rock/Sock, which would've been another that I'd mention.

 

[njperfection]

I always like Owen Hart and the Bulldog. Great team and both wrestlers complimented each other so well. The power of the Bulldog and wrestling ability of Owen were a great mesh.

 

[RadioGaGa]

Odd couple tag teams can be pretty enjoyable. Obviously there is the Rock & Sock from back in the day but recently the MVP/Matt Hardy team was pretty good. MVP carried that storyline by just oozing charisma while the wooden Hardy just didn't do anything wrong and it worked. Good feud. Apparently before Trevor Murdoch's release there were plans for him and MVP to form an odd couple team. While that would have had endless comic potential I think MVP is better off moving up the card rather than being brought down.

As for manufactured tag teams the Two-Man Power Trip takes the gold. Two complete bad asses in a tag team that just completely destroyed their opposition. I remember they kicked the shit out of the Hardys and Lita with steel chairs, I think that was the only time I've ever seen a female wrestler in the WWE getting hit by a chair and it was a very effective beat down as it really enhanced their heat.

 

[Big Sexy]

My favorite odd couple has to be Booker T and Goldust. The segments that they had backstage were all hilarious. The thing the did at 7-11 was amazing to. Not only that, but they were also a successful team in the short time they were together.

Another great team was Head Cheese. The comedy of Al Snow and seriousness of Steve Blackman worked perfectly. The stuff they did at wrestlemania 16 with the dude in the cheese suit was classic.

 

[PDecicco]

I think the pairing of Steve Austin with Dude Love is one of the all time strangest teams ever. I can wrap my head around Austin and Cactus or Austin and Mick Foley, but Austin and Dude Love was just so odd that it worked. They were fairly successful for the short time it lasted and really helped bring Stone Cold to the next level.

Head Cheese was great for reasons already mentioned. Booker T and Goldust were another pair up that was so wildly entertaining that you couldn't help but want to see them again. The movie reveiws were classic.

But to me I think the most ridiculous thing was X-Factor. Justin Credible and X-Pac I could see working together as a team but Albert? He really didn't fit in with the others at all, and him looking so out of place always made me chuckle. I liked that short lived stable because of how ineffectual they were. They has a fiarly large role and were't really jobbers and they still did nothing of any value. And yet somehow it was the only time I ever liked either of the 3 performers.

 

[tomaswarslowski]

I agree with so many of these. Especially Goldust and Booker. And Rock and Sock is just a given. Also, kudos to whoever mentioned Yoko and Owen, because that was such an odd team on paper but worked brilliantly together.

But I'm not sure how the odd teams involving William Regal have not yet been mentioned. His pairings with both Eugene and Tajiri were comic gold - and yet they were very effective in the ring as well. Also, with the Eugene pairing at least, there was more than enough to get the crowd behind them since Regal was turning face at this time and backing up Eugene when he was supposed to be holding him down.

 

[Chadmw]

One of the original odd pairings that ended up becoming one of the biggest tag teams of the 90's, the New age outlaws.


Both guys were below midcard status and there careers were going no where, the Road Dog was at that time wrestling as the New JJ and Billy gunn was wrestling as Rock-A-Billy (A honky Tonk man rip off). They were actually feuding with each other in a feud no fan in the world cared about.

They than both disappeared for a couple of weeks and came back as a tag team that ended up being one of the most popular tag teams of the 90's.

 

[Theo Mays]

My personal favorite was Goldust and Booker T. Their segments were hilarious and kept you asking for more. I do agree with Rock N Sock, as that one was comic gold. And NAO is an interesting point. They never crossed my mind, nice job.

 

[IrishCanadian25]

If we're talking singles competitors who were paired together, 4 teams pop in my mind firsthand (there are probably many others lurking in the background):

1. The Brothers Of Destruction - Kane & the Undertaker, two guys that started their program in a bitter brother-against-brother feud, then went on to become a tag-team duo that was virtually unstoppable.

2. Triple H & (heel) Stone Cold Steve Austin

3. The Mega Powers - Hogan & Savage - It was a dream team that from it's very inception you knew was going to blow up into a great feud/storyline.

4. Money Inc. - Million Dollar Man & IRS

5. Sting & The British Bulldog

As far as teams that seemed just plain "odd" but managed to wrk really well together:

1. The Big Bossman & Akeem
2. Andre The Giant & Haku
3. Golddust & Booker T
4. Scott Steiner & Buff Bagwell

But the question is "which is my favorite", so I will go with The Brothers Of Destruction. I Didn't have time to give reasonings for all of these, so please forgive me.

How in God's name are half of the teams you posted "Odd Couples!?" Let's take them one by one:

1. Brothers of Destruction. You're right - that is odd. Brothers, both very big, both kinda scary, both use chokeslams and tombstones, both wear elaborate outfits and have long, pyro driven entracnes, both were managed by Paul Bearer, both were sired by Paul Bearer. But yeah man, other than those few points, they're nothing alike. Neither are the Hardys.

2. Triple H and Steve Austin. Both heels. Probably the two biggest heels in the business. Both amazingly hard workers. Both pretty strong, very intense. Are you lost?

3. Hogan and Savage. See #2, replace the word "heel" with the word "face."

4. Money Inc. How were they ODD? The Million Dollar Man and the Tax Man? What are you missing? These two were the PERFECT combo.

5. Sting & The British Bulldog. Not odd, not sensible. Kinda meh.

6. Steiner and Bagwell. Two obnoxious, bodybuilding heels. What doesn't make sense?

On May 19th, 2002, Rikishi and Rico were forced together in a successful attempt to win the World Tag Team Titles from Billy and Chuck. THAT was a strange combination.

 

[BWErage]

Completely Agreed Irish Canadian. Alrite well, here's my list of Odd tag teams that seemed to work....

Jericho & The Rock: Jericho was a major heel, and the rock was a major face. They were just in the middle of a huge feud with each other, and had completely different styles. It actually worked out to a point where the jerichohaulic's came out of there shells and treated Jericho as if he was a face. Jericho played the face throughout the entire invasion storyline and the plan stayed together. In the Inagural Brawl at Survivor Series in 01, Jericho interfered and tried to cheat the rock, and the WWE, out of a job, acting like he couldnt take him anymore and wanted him gone. The feud only escaladed, and came to a bitter end when Jericho defeated the Rock to advance and face steve austin for the undisputed title (due to interfere by Booker T). Both men went there seperate ways, and from what I recall, havnt been in many major storylines together since.

Billy and Chuck: Come on?! two guys who werent even mid carders, one from WWE, one from WCW, both were really tweeners due to decreased fan reaction! WWE had nothing for either one of them, so decided to make them an extremely successful tag team with a gimmick of being homosexuals, or so it seemed. I wasnt sure about that team at first but they developed together so well and were insanely hilarious. With there new edition to the team of pitcher and catcher, an umpire so to speak, Rico, they were even more funny and the homosexual skits were played off so well. This was a great team and IMO, should have stayed together.

 

[BigDaddyKewl]

Ultimate Warrior and Hulk Hogan: These two main were in several main events as
a tag team like Survivor Series 1990 and Summerslam 91. They were both the red hot at the time, both had great physiques. The promos were entertaining, Hogan would carry the promos while Warrior would ramble incoherently. These two definitely and had some great moments in the ring in th early 90s.

 

[Superstar4Life]

My favorite odd ball tag team of all time was Triple H and Stone Cold Steve Austin. That team was straight gold. Two of the biggest money makers and two of the best heels. They were the leaders of the WWE and no one could take that from them. Plus at that time they were the WWE Champion (ST), IC Champ (HHH), and WWE Tag Team Champs (Both). I really enjoy the feud they had with the Hardy Boyz for all there championship gold.

That was Jeff's first IC title reign if I remember correctly.

But all and all that was a great odd ball tag team in my choice.

 

[BigDaddyKewl]

Ultimate Warrior and Hulk Hogan: These two main were in several main events as
a tag team like Survivor Series 1990 and Summerslam 91. They were both the red hot at the time, both had great physiques. The promos were entertaining, Hogan would carry the promos while Warrior would ramble incoherently. These two definitely and had some great moments in the ring in th early 90s.

 

[Davi323]

Some of my favorites: 123 Kid and Bob Holly. They actually won the titles, but to this day, I still scratch my head at how they ever became a team...

I am inclined to agree with IrishCanadian25 in regards to the Megapowers of Hogan and Savage, being the two biggest faces at the time, its really just a forerunner to the Batista/Cena stuff we saw prior to Summerslam. But, what about their counterparts, the Megabucks, of DiBiase and Andre the Giant? I know the storyline where DiBiase tried to buy the belt from Hogan, etc, and how it came to be that DiBiase and Andre were allies. It isn't that strange from a storyline perspective, but, just looking at them, and it was very much the odd couple. Ted DiBiase was one of the greatest heels ever to have gotten into the ring, and while the WWF tried to make Andre a heel, he was still Andre, and had a large fanbase regardless. Then, you look at their sizes, and its not a good fit, although, honestly, I would be inclined to think ANY Tag team Andre the Giant was a part of would have been a strange sight. Some guys are just singles wrestlers. Andre was one of those.

 

[shafe_41]

There have been two amazing odd-couple tag teams that I can personally remember. The one that sticks out in my head the most and I would think for just about anybody would be X-Pac and Kane. You can't deny you loved them as a team because I know I sure did. I was upset when that team ended.

The other one is Booker T and Goldust. Goldust was stuck in lower card hell and Booker T propelled him back up into mid-card status with this faction. I was a fan of them as well even though as singles wrestlers, they weren't my favorite.

Sidenote, though it was shortlived, how can you forget The Mega-Maniacs? Brutus and the Hulkster!!!!! Even though I don't believe they ever won the gold (to my knowledge), they whipped the crowd into a frenzy.

 

[FromTheSouth]

My favorite was Benoit and Jericho. The night when they beat HHH and Stone Cold (quad injury night) on Raw for the tag titles was awesome. I truly marked out for it, and it is still MY favorite match of all time.

Booker and Golddust were funny. I liked Head Cheese, and I loved HHH and Stone Cold.

I liked MVP and Hardy as well. All of these were great choices.


I also loved it back when Shelton and Burke would work together on ECW. Those guys are such great athletes.

And who can forget K-Kwik and Pacman......

 

[Showtime]

ya know, I actually thought Haas and Rico were a funny pair. I wish they had a longer reign.
X-Pac and Kane were one of my favourite pairs, back when I thought X-Pac was cool. I loved how mismatched X-Pac was against the teams they feuded with, the Acolytes and Taker/BigShow. Oh also Road dogg and Kane for that one week when X-Pac was hurt, I laughed so hard when he came out verse Taker/Show saying he knows he's dumb to be here and he's gonna get his ass kicked, but at least he's got the Big Red Machine. Oh and on SundayNight Heat when he was Kane's mystery partner verse the tagchamps, who else was Kane going to team with, his only friend was X-pac and X-pac's only friend was Road dogg.
Also MVP and Hardy, I loved the segments they had, I was sad that they lost the titles, but Morrison and Miz were actually way better so I got over it quickly.

 

[LordJ]

How in God's name are half of the teams you posted "Odd Couples!?" Let's take them one by one:

1. Brothers of Destruction. You're right - that is odd. Brothers, both very big, both kinda scary, both use chokeslams and tombstones, both wear elaborate outfits and have long, pyro driven entracnes, both were managed by Paul Bearer, both were sired by Paul Bearer. But yeah man, other than those few points, they're nothing alike. Neither are the Hardys.

2. Triple H and Steve Austin. Both heels. Probably the two biggest heels in the business. Both amazingly hard workers. Both pretty strong, very intense. Are you lost?

3. Hogan and Savage. See #2, replace the word "heel" with the word "face."

4. Money Inc. How were they ODD? The Million Dollar Man and the Tax Man? What are you missing? These two were the PERFECT combo.

5. Sting & The British Bulldog. Not odd, not sensible. Kinda meh.

6. Steiner and Bagwell. Two obnoxious, bodybuilding heels. What doesn't make sense?

You forgot about the line where I said:

If we're talking singles competitors who were paired together...

These comprised the first half of my list.

I did list Steiner & Bagwell in the "Odd Couple" portion of the list, but if my memory serves me correctly, Marcus Alexander Bagwell did not become Buff Bagwell until starting a program with Steiner, which led to him buffing himself up. The two feuded in matches & pose-downs, then eventually wound up teaming together. When you think about who Bagwell was before his program with Steiner, it does seem kinda odd to me. But that's just my opinion. It's basically the same thing TNA is doing with Steiner & Petey Pump: one wrestler(completely different from the first) emulating the other until they become pretty similar, only it was a decade earlier.

 

[The Mark of Zur-En-Arrh]

X-Pac and Kane were always my favourites. It was cool to see a ME guy and a mid carder as a tag team. Rather than two random guys from the same tier together. Plus there was such a contrast in styles that it just worked. High flying martial arts combined with powerhouse brawling meshed together so well imo, in comparison to say two heavyweights like Big Show and Taker, or two technical guys like Angle and Benoit.

Benoit and Rhyno were a good pairing for the same reasons imo. Edge and Hogan were also good for a short term pairing.