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How in the world can the Outlaws win here? In short, they can't. Hogan and Savage beat two people that either are in the Hall of Fame or that should be in the Hall of fame in DiBiase and Andre clean.
Seriously, Mega Powers going over NAO is insulting. This is a TAG TEAM tournament. Someone explain to me a single category or facet of tag team wrestling that makes the Mega Powers better. Not what they did as SINGLES wrestlers, what they did as a tag team. If Hulk Hogan can lose in a tag team match to Christian and Lance Storm, there's no reason he and Savage wouldn't lose to the NAO, who carried the entire WWF tag team division during the most popular period in wrestling history. They're the Hulk Hogan of TAG TEAMS! Someone, PLEASE, explain to me what facet of tag team wrestling are Savage and Hogan better in than the New Age Outlaws? Not a single category.
VOTE FOR THE NEW AGE OUTLAWS!
I'll play devil's advocate here, but what kind of competition did they have in the form of Tag Teams during their reign? Because the New Age Outlaws fizzled out after about a year or so, then tag teams like the Hardyz, Edge and Christian, and the Dudleys carried the tag team landscape.
They beat a over the hill Road Warriors to win their belts and LOST them to a team consisting of Mankind and Terry Funk.
Mind you, a Mankind and Terry Funk that were not that good and way over the hill respectively.
In two short years, this team fizzled out and combusted under it's own attitude.
They're highly overrated as a tag team and I'm not surprised they're being beat. That being said, they should go over the Mega Powers, were more of a storyline tag team than an actual tag team.
New Age Outlaws - ranked #43 on that same PWI list.
Hmm... let's see.
Perhaps the greatest, most popular tag team in the history of WWE vs. a team who was only put together to start a feud. Yeah, umm.... I'm going with The New Age Outlaws here , and so should everyone else.
The Mega Powers were a storyline, not a tag team. They teamed up to build to a match at Wrestlemania. That's it.
The New Age Outlaws, on the other hand, basically carried the ENTIRE tag team division during the Attitude Era.
Until the Hardys/E&C/Dudleys came along, there was nobody other than The Road Dogg Jesse James and the Bad Ass Billy Gunn in WWE's tag division worth a damn. And you know what? That's all the division needed because those two were just beyond fucking awesome.
Every time you heard, "Oh, you didn't know?" come on those speakers, the place would go absolutely insane. The fans LOVED these guys. And if you were watching back then, then I guarantee you loved them as well. It was impossible not to. They were just fucking cool, and their matches and promos just kicked so much fucking ass.
Yes, they beat Ted "Jobber to the Stars" DiBiase and Andre "Far, FAR Past his Prime" the Giant. How impressive.![]()
Don't forget they also beat that legendary tag team of Hakeem and the Big Boss Man!
I'm royally pissed by this drawing, especially because people are going to see Hogans name and go "Well Hogan is teh r0xorz so he winzzz!!!1!". Let's actually take a look at their accomplishments as teams though, shall we?
Mega Powers - ...Nothing. Not one tag championship, ranked #57 by PWI in the 100 greatest tag teams of it's era.
New Age Outlaws - 5 Time WWF Tag Team Champions, ranked #43 on that same PWI list. 15 tag titles between both Road Dogg and Billy Gunn.
The New Age Outlaws are far more accomplished than the Mega Powers, who's sole purpose for existing was to further develop a storyline between Hogan and Savage. If you're going to pull that argument, you people should all be flocking to the team of Cena and Batista as well, because they're the same case.
The New Age Outlaws are arguably the greatest tag team in the history of the WWF. During their era, there was NEVER a more accomplished tag team.
They were literally the most successful tag team in WWF history up until that point. That includes teams like the Hart Foundation, the Bulldogs, and yes, the Mega Powers (who again, accomplished absolutely NOTHING).
First off, let's remember, this is NOT a tournament of singles stars paired together. It's a TAG TEAM tournament. And anyone who's going to make the argument that the Mega Powers were a better tag team, please go ahead and show me what they did better than NAO. Because as far as I can see, the NAO could handle these two.
I mean, let's take a look at some of the teams the NAO defeated. They destroyed the Legion of Doom. Not just defeated, they DESTROYED LOD, one of if not the most dominant tag team of the last 20 years.
Defeated them with total ease. They also defeated Mick Foley and Terry Funk, two of the absolute craziest wrestlers of all time. Not only defeated them, but again, EMBARRASSED them.
Edge & Christian? Dispatched with more ease.
They absolutely dominated the tag team division for nearly 3 years during the Attitude Era, the most important era in the history of professional wrestling.
Again, what have the Mega Powers done? Not what Hulk Hogan and Randy Savage alone have done, what have they done as a team that makes them better than the NAO? Seriously, someone tell me. Because the answer is abso-fucking-lutely NOTHING.
The right vote here is the New Age Outlaws. The team that made LOD, Mick Foley & Terry Funk, and Edge & Christian all look like complete jokes and jobbers. You think Hogan and Savage would be trouble for them? Hardly. Come the fuck on people.
Vote for NAO. There's absolutely no way in which the Mega Powers are a better team, not a single criteria.
They made mince meat of everyone during their run. Five tag title wins is no small accomplishment, especially during that era. During that era it was unheard of. They made a name for themselves completely humiliating and destroying legends like the LOD, Mick Foley, and Terry Funk, what would stop them here?
They also beat that same team before and threw them off of the stage inside of a dumpster during one of their matches, sending both out of action. They won the titles back from Foley and Funk in 24 hours anyways. Besides, LOD are pretty much the most dominating tag team of all time. And NAO embarrassed them.
Funk you could argue (though I'd strongly disagree) but Foley was certainly not over the hill in 1998. He wasn't in his early 90s Cactus prime, but he still put on countless great matches during that stage in his career, and is best remembered for his work during that era. Foley was definitely not over the hill, and Terry Funk? The man could be 95 and he'd still be a worthy opponent.
As compared to the Mega Powers fizzling out and combusting under their own attitude in less than a year? That's not a very good argument to use with such a shortlived team as the Mega Powers (a team that wrestled a grand total of maybe five matches, half against terrible teams like Hakeem and Big Bossman).