They didn't even win the tag titles did they? Am i right in saying that? The two of them never even won the gold? Hell, even Renee Dupree and Kenzo Suzuki won the tag titles, and do people remember them?..... ya know, apart from me?
Why does nobody think of T&A? BEcause no one gave a damn about Test or Albert is why. Test's best run was when he was 'dating' Stephanie. After that, he never became a prevalent figure again. They tried, tried, tried so hard to make him seem relevant i.e. by making him the 'immune superstar' at the end of the Invasion, pairing him with Stacy etc but it just never worked. For me it stemmed from him getting more and more boring as time went on. He used to have a pretty good move set for one. Gut wrench powerbomb, pump handle slam and the diving elbow, but suddenly all 3 or those good moves got traded in for a running big boot. Now, credit where credit was due, when he hit that big boot it was fuckin' sick, but no one is going to get over with a big boot as a finisher.
Everytime Test got paired with a valet, the crowd were far, far, far more interested in the valet than they were in him. People would have cheered an effigy of Hitler if Stacy Kiebler had bent over in front of it or Trish Stratus had been hanging off it's shoulder for christ sake.
As for Albert, the crowd were never willing to give him the time of day, no matter what, and i personally never understood why. Ok he was never going to wow you on the mic, but his ring work was always solid, he was an agile big man who could have decent matches with the ME'ers who actually bothered to give him the time of day, Show, Taker, Kane etc. but the crowd refused to give him an inch, EVER! And then he started wrestling with no shirt on, and all he ever got was 'Shave Your Back!' chants and nothing else.
Old 8 and 3/8's had plenty of skill and talent, but audiences around the world simply didn't care.
So that's why T&A never got anywhere. Because no one cared about those guys apart, so why would anyone care when they're put together, more or less exactly the same as they were, and never actually achieving anything?
Remeber how having Trish as a valet did NOTHING for Val Venis? Same thing applies. No one cared about Val Venis, and they sure as hell aren't going to care about him because Trish is standing next to him, they'll only care about Trish.
Why do Billy and Chuck stand out but T&A don't? Original gimmick and instant heat magnets, plus Rico a manager who could work the stick instead of just work his assets.
T&A as a team had NONE of that. It also didn't help that their first PPV match at WM16, resulted in audiences paying attention to the midget in the cheese outfit trying to harass Trish, instead of the actual match in the ring.
And then after that, the centre of attention became Lita v Trish, so two super hot women fighting with the possibilities of wardrobe malfunctions, became more interesting than the tag teams they represented.
T&A were fucked by getting Trish as a valet, and certainly not in the way they woud have wanted.
