Boards.ie PW Tag Team Tournament - final

ShagNastii

Hey guys I was only checking last night when the boards draft is due as I had such a blast this year (plus a lightblub went when I saw the wrestler timelines thread).

The Draft and Mania season is miles away yet and I was just wondering would there be any interest in a tournament to have a bit of fun. Probably been a few of them over the years here but I've only done them on other boards.

Easily explained. Very slow day in work so I've complied a list of 128 Tag Teams. 128 being a nice round number (not too many-not too little) and works with the bracketing for a tournament just perfect. I picked Tag Teams cause I'm a total tag team mark and I find it's a nice interesting one to choose from the get go.

It works with a bracketed RANDOM draw. Single elimination, we'll say the first team to achieve five votes goes through. Should be fairly straight forward. I know the consensus we that LOD are the greatest tag team of all time but we'll aim to vote for your favorites If it's LOD vs Team Hell No. If you prefer Team Hell No for whatever reason vote for them. Makes for great fun and surprises.

Just putting my feelers out and would like feedback. It there much interest?
I'll post a list of the teams I've come up with. It would be great to see who you see that should/shouldn't be in. I know it's very American based but that has much to do with my very casual knowledge of the Japanese scene.

1. Brothers of Destruction
2. Kane & Hurricane
3. Kane & RVD
4. Demolition
5. Road Warriors
6. Money Inc
7. Nasty Boys
8. The Rockers
9. The Hart Foundation
10. The Headshrinkers
11. The Wild Samoans
12. The Steiner Brothers
13. Team Hell No
14. The Natural Disasters
15. The Beverly Brothers
16. The Bushwhackers
17. The Dream Team
18. Rhodes Scholars
19. Regal and Eugene
20. La Resistance
21. F.B.I
22. The Eliminators
23. The B.W.O
24. Edge & Christian
25. The Hardyz
26. The Dudleys
27. The Shield
28. The Freebirds
29. Public Enemy
30. Harlem Heat
31. Doom
32. APA
33. The Spirit Squad
34. The Blade Runners
35. Hollywood Blondes
36. The Funks
37. The Briscos (WWF)
38. The Briscos (ROH)
39. T & A
40. The Worlds Greatest Tag Team
41. Goldust & Booker
42. Goldust & Cody
43. Legacy (CR &TD)
44. The Wyatt Family
45. CM Punk and Kofi
46. The Hollys (Crash and Bob)
47. The Midnight Express
48. The R n R Express
49. The Heavenly Bodies
50. Stan Hansen and Bruiser Brodie
51. The British Bulldogs
52. Powers of Pain
53. The Godwins
54. New Age Outlaws
55. The Mayor Brothers (Edgeheads)
56. Santino and Kozlov
57. Miz and Morrison
58. Two Man Power Trip (Austin/ HHH)
59. Beer Money Inc
60. AMW(Americas Most Wanted)
61. Rhythm and Blues
62. Earthquake and Dino Bravo
63. The Killer Bees
64. The Rougeau Brothers
65. The Quebecers
66. Raven and Tommy Dreamer
67. The Colossal Connection
68. Terry Gordy and Dr. Death Steve Williams
69. The Twin Towers
70. The Mega Powers (Hulk/Macho)
71. The Brainbusters
72. The Blackjacks
73. The Headbangers
74. Deuce & Domino
75. London and Kendrick
76. Los Guerreros
78. The Russians (Koloffs)
79. Shawn Michaels and Diesel
80. The Skyscrapers
81. Strike Force (Martel/Santana)
82. Power and Glory
83. Danny Doring and Roadkill
84. CyrmeTyme
85. The Bodydonnas
86. Men on a Mission
87. The Smoking Gunns
88. Kaientai
89. Los Conquistadores
90. Mean Street Posse
91. Right to Censor
92. Rock n Sock Connection
93.Too Cool
94. Kronik
95. Prime Time Players
96. The Outsiders
97. Sting and Lex Luger
98. Varsity Club
99. The British Invasion
100. Lethal Conseqences
101. MCMGs
102.LAX (Hernandez and Homicide)
103. Bad Influence
104. MNM
105. 3 Minute Warning
106. Jesse and Festus
107. The Highlanders
108. Billy & Chuck
109. Team Canada
110. Jersey Triad
111. Age of the Fall (Jacobs/Black/Necro)
112. Owen Hart & Jeff Jarrett
113. Owen Hart & British Bulldog
114. The Bashams
115. Cade and Murdoch
116. Mexicools
117. Striaght Edge Society
118. Rated RKO
119. X-X-X
120.The Usos
121. The Heart Dynasty
122. 3MB
123. Albert & Droz
124. Tons of Funk
125. Kane & Xpac
126.The Iron Sheik and Nikolai Volkoff
127. El Generico and Kevin Steen
128. Kings of Wrestling (Hero/ Castagnoli)


Hope the Mods aren't be against this kind of thing but I so leave a comment. Who have I left out? Five votes enough? Anybody a*sed playing?

Look forward to your two cents.

ShagNastii

OK I'm going to crack on. Tournament could die a slow death but hopefully it gets going. Brackets made and there are some great match-ups.

Round 1 matches. First to four goes through.

Legacy (Cody Rhodes and Ted DiBiase Jr) Vs The Midnight Express

World Wrestling Entertainment-
World Tag Team Championship (2 times)

Austin and Condrey
Continental Wrestling Association
CWA World Tag Team Championship (1 time)
Condrey and Eaton
All-Star Wrestling (Virginia)
ASW Tag Team Championship (7 time)
International Wrestling Cartel
IWC Tag Team Championship (10 time)[13]
Jim Crockett Promotions
NWA World Tag Team Championship (Mid-Atlantic version) (1 time)
Mid-South Wrestling
Mid-South Tag Team Championship (2 times)
NWA Bluegrass
NWA Bluegrass Tag Team Championship (10 times)
NWA Rocky Top
NWA Rocky Top Tag Team Championship (19 time)
Pro Wrestling Illustrated
PWI ranked them #21 of the 100 best tag teams during the "PWI Years" in 2003
World Class Championship Wrestling
NWA American Tag Team Championship (1 time)
Wrestling Observer Newsletter awards
Tag Team of the Year (1986)
Condrey and Rose
American Wrestling Association
AWA World Tag Team Championship (1 time)
Continental Wrestling Association
AWA Southern Tag Team Championship (1 time) – with Norvell Austin
Southeastern Championship Wrestling
NWA Southeastern Tag Team Championship (10 times)
Windy City Wrestling
WCW Tag Team Championship (1 time)[1]
Eaton and Lane
Jim Crockett Promotions / World Championship Wrestling
NWA United States Tag Team Championship (3 times)
NWA World Tag Team Championship (Mid-Atlantic version) (1 time)
Pro Wrestling Illustrated
PWI Tag Team of the Year (1987)
PWI ranked them #32 of the 100 best tag teams during the "PWI Years" in 2003
Wrestling Observer Newsletter awards
Feud of the Year (1988) vs. the Fantastics (Bobby Fulton and Tommy Rogers)
Tag Team of the Year (1987, 1988)
Eaton and Nelson
NWA Mid-Atlantic
NWA Mid-Atlantic Tag Team Championship (1 time)
Gunn and Holly
World Wrestling Federation
NWA World Tag Team Championship (1 time)1

Bounty Hunter

Yep cracking on is the best way with some of these things as you might not get too many opinions until people see it up and running at which point they will want to get involved (ive run some stuff like this here before).

If ive got this straight now we just put up who we vote for out of the first bracketed match above:

Although Legacy is obviously more my era The Midnight Express have to win this one imo and having Cornette in their corner gives them a real edge as far as who would be your favourite (which is what we are voting on not just the best tag team) so despite being a Cody fan, im voting against him here.

thebostoncrab

The Midnight Express take it for me

Mr.Nice Guy

Another vote here for the M.E.

Hashtag_HEEL

I'd put my money on Midnight express for their experience alone!

ShagNastii

Old school legends Midnight Express knock out young Ted and young Dusty.

Round 1. First to four.

The Fabulous Freebirds VS The Qucbecers

Good old southern boys and the Freebirds that brought about the "Freebird Rule"

The Fabulous Freebirds

Global Wrestling Federation
GWF Tag Team Championship (1 time) - Gordy & Garvin
Georgia Championship Wrestling
NWA National Tag Team Championship (3 times) – Hayes and Gordy[11]
NWA Georgia Tag Team Championship (1 time) – Hayes and Gordy[12]
NWA Mid-America
NWA Mid-America Tag Team Championship (2 times) – Hayes and Gordy
Pro Wrestling Illustrated
PWI Tag Team of the Year award in 1981 for Michael Hayes and Terry Gordy.[13]
PWI Ranked Michael Hayes and Terry Gordy #3 of the 100 best tag teams during the PWI Years in 2003.[14]
Universal Wrestling Federation (Bill Watts) | Mid-South Wrestling
Mid-South Tag Team Championship (2 times) – Hayes and Gordy (1), Gordy and Roberts (1)
UWF Heavyweight Championship (1 time) – Gordy
UWF Television Championship (1 time) – Roberts
World Championship Wrestling
NWA United States Heavyweight Championship (1 time)1 – Hayes
WCW United States Tag Team Championship (2 times) – Hayes and Garvin
WCW World Six-Man Tag Team Championship (1 time) – Hayes, Garvin and Badstreet
WCW World Tag Team Championship (2 times)2 – Hayes and Garvin
The Fabulous Freebirds had a WCW World Tag Team reign with a length of -6 days, since the day they lost was taped before the day they won.
World Class Championship Wrestling
NWA American Heavyweight Championship (1 time) – Gordy
NWA American Tag Team Championship (1 time) – Hayes and Gordy
WCCW Six-Man Tag Team Championship (6 times) – Hayes, Gordy and Roberts (5 times) Gordy, Roberts and Parsons (1 time)
WCCW Television Championship (1 time) – Roberts
NWA Knuckles Championship (Texas version) (1 time) – Gordy
WCWA Texas Heavyweight Championship (1 time) – Parsons
Wrestling Observer Newsletter
Tag Team of the Year award in 1980. – Gordy and Roberts
Feud of the Year award in 1983. – Freebirds vs. the Von Erichs
Feud of the Year award in 1984. – Freebirds vs. the Von Erichs
Match of the Year award in 1984. – Freebirds vs. the Von Erichs (Kerry, Kevin, and Mike), Anything Goes match, July 4, Fort Worth, Texas
Wrestling Observer Newsletter Hall of Fame (Class of 2005) – Hayes, Gordy, and Roberts

They're not the mounties!!! They're handsome, they're brave, they're strong

The Quebecers

World Wrestling Federation
WWF Tag Team Championship (3 times)[15]

Hashtag_HEEL

I've a special place for the Mountie, but the fabulous free birds take it for me!

glenjamin

Freebirds.

Bounty Hunter

There will be some close match ups in this comp but not this one methinks, Freebirds all the way

rovert

Freebirds 100%

ShagNastii

Our 2nd whitewash.

Next we have a battle of two former TNA champions.

LAX VS Beer Money Inc

The Latin American Xchange

Fighting Spirit magazine
The Heyman Award (2006)
International Wrestling Association
IWA World Tag Team Championship (1 time) – Homicide and Hernandez[64]
Jersey All Pro Wrestling
JAPW Tag Team Championship (1 time) – Homicide and Hernandez[1]
Total Nonstop Action Wrestling
NWA World Tag Team Championship (2 times) – Homicide and Hernandez[1]
TNA World Tag Team Championship (1 time) – Homicide and Hernandez[1]
Deuces Wild Tag Team Tournament (2008)[1]
Match of the Year (2006) vs. A.J. Styles and Christopher Daniels at No Surrender[65]
Wrestling Observer Newsletter
Tag Team of the Year (2006)[66]
Best Gimmick (2006)[66]

Beer Money Inc.

Pro Wrestling Illustrated
Tag Team of the Year (2008, 2011)[85][86]
Total Nonstop Action Wrestling
TNA World Heavyweight Championship (2 times) – Storm and Roode[71]
TNA World Tag Team Championship (4 times)[1]
Bound for Glory Series (2011) – Roode[69]

The Showstopper

I'll go for Beer Money

rovert

Sorry about your damn luck LAX.

Beer Money

Hashtag_HEEL

Pulling for Beer money here!

Loughc

Beer money for me also!

thebostoncrab

LAX for me!

Machismo Fan

Beer...MONEY!!!

ShagNastii

Beer Money win the Tijuana bar fight.

Up next probably the most uninspiring match up of the first round. Let's plough though this one ASAP.

Los Conquistadors VS 3 Minute Warning



Los Conquistadors

"Edge and Christians mates"




VS

3 Minute Warning

"The Wedding Crashers"

Frontier Martial-Arts Wrestling
FMW/WEW Hardcore Tag Team Championship (1 time)[7]
Heartland Wrestling Association
HWA Tag Team Championship (1 time)[6]
Memphis Championship Wrestling
MCW Southern Tag Team Championship (3 times)[8]
Wrestling Observer Newsletter awards
Worst Tag Team (2002)

Bounty Hunter

3 minute warning for me, it's favourites were going for and I honestly don't remember the original Los Conquistadors all that much. Despite them being the worst team of 2002 as the award says I always loved Bischoff giving people their 3 minute warnings before Umaga and the Super Hero in Training appeared

Omackeral

3Minute Warning for me too, they looked amazingly intimidating and could fairly go for big boys. Better than the golden version of the putty jobbers from Power Rangers anyway.

campo

3MW

gerTheGreat

3MW

ShagNastii

3 Minute Warning rid us of Conquistador uno and Conquistador Dos.

Next match up could split a few.

The Skyscrapers (WCW) Vs The Eliminators (ECW)

The Skyscrapers(we'll go Mean Mark, Spivey AND Sid Vicious)

"Justice, Waylon and Taker"






VS

The Eliminators

"NEWS JUST IN: MAN CUT IN HALF BY TOTAL ELIMINATION"

Extreme Championship Wrestling
ECW World Tag Team Championship (3 times)
United States Wrestling Association
USWA World Tag Team Championship (1 time)

Hashtag_HEEL

"Gotta be a tag team playa". Skyscrapers it is!

Omackeral

Joey Styles: TOTAL ELIMINATION!!!

Eliminators were the mutts' nuts. Saturn and Kronus for me.

Alfred Borden

skyscrapers

Bounty Hunter

Big Taker fan and individually all 3 of the sky scrapers had great success but as a team that I saw, enjoyed and remember as a team im going for the Eliminators here Saturn & kronos from ECW

Omackeral

This is finely poised! Who's gonna get the final fall?!?!

campo

Omackeral wrote: »

This is finely poised! Who's gonna get the final fall?!?!

Purely because I thought they had great chemistry as a team I say the elimanotors

ShagNastii

3-2 Eliminators.

It's first to four. Unless you guys think first to three is better for round one.

Kankan14

Skyscrapers for me

JP Liz V1

+1 for The Eliminators

Alfred Borden

just want to compliment you ShagNastii, great idea for a thread!

ShagNastii

Cracking bout with Saturn and Kronus coming out on top.

Punkers first showing and it's a tough one.

The Straight Edge Society VS The Twin Towers

The Straight Edge Society

"The Drug Free Manson Family"



VS

The Twin Towers

"The African Dream Akeem and Templemore's Finest"

First to four. Fire away.

campo

Akeem and boss man as never saw SES as a tag team

Alfred Borden

twin towers

Hashtag_HEEL

I pledge my life (and vote) to the Straight Edge Society. One nation, under Punk with integrity and sobriety for all!

Bounty Hunter

campo wrote: »

Akeem and boss man as never saw SES as a tag team

same here, thought the SES were great and had a lot more potential than they were allowed fufill but The Twin Towers are an iconic tag team imo while SES are more a stable / chapter in Punks WWE history for me

gnfnrhead

Twin Towers. SES are nothing in the grand scheme of things.

ShagNastii

Twin Towers go through. Being the anti-mega powers counts for a lot.

Four successful singles wrestlers and two make shift tag teams.

Lethal Consequences VS Rhodes Scholars

Lethal Consequences

"The Tribute Act"

Total Nonstop Action Wrestling
TNA World Tag Team Championship (1 time)

Team Rhodes Scholars

"*Oh you were not aware of this?.....your posterior better contact someone at once"

campo

Rhodes scholars

Alfred Borden

rhodes scholars

Bounty Hunter

I have a feeling if we had more TNA fans here we would get a different result but i aint one... Rhodes Scholars

JP Liz V1

+ 1 for Rhodes Scholars

ShagNastii

4-0. Really separating the wheat from the chaff now. Sandow et al take down the TNAers.

Two 90s WWF pairing now. Both with very clear "Shawn and Marty's"

The Headshrinkers VS The Rockers

The Headshrinkers

"Headbutt at your own risk"

Fatu and Samu
World Class Championship Wrestling
WCWA World Tag Team Champion (3 times)
WCCW Texas Tag Team Champion (1 time)
World Wrestling Council
WWC Caribbean Tag Team Championship (1 time)
World Wrestling Federation
WWF World Tag Team Championship (1 time)
Kokina, Fatu and Samoan Savage
Universal Wrestling Association
UWA World Trios Championship (1 time)
Samu and Lloyd Anoa'i
Independent Superstars of Pro-Wrestling
ISPW Tag-Team Championship (1 time)
World Wrestling Council
WWC World Tag Team Championship (1 time) (As the Tahitian Warriors)
Wrestling Observer Newsletter awards
Worst Worked Match of the Year (1993) with Bastion Booger and Bam Bam Bigelow vs. The Bushwhackers and Men on a Mission at Survivor Series

VS


The Rockers

"I've got a nice new jacket. You coming to the barbershop?"

American Wrestling Association
AWA World Tag Team Championship (2 times)
Central States Wrestling
NWA Central States Tag Team Championship (1 time)
Continental Wrestling Association
AWA Southern Tag Team Championship (2 times)
Pro Wrestling Illustrated
PWI ranked them #33 of the 100 best tag teams during the "PWI Years" in 2003
Wrestling Observer Newsletter awards
Tag Team of the Year (1989)

campo

Rockers

JP Liz V1

The Rockers

Hashtag_HEEL

Rockers!

Bounty Hunter

Rockers.

Marty Jannetty what a hero!

a feud which would culminate at WrestleMania VIII. However, six months of house arrest after attacking a police officer would prevent this, and Jannetty was released from the company in March 1992.... It was planned for the two to continue their feud, but Jannetty was released again after rumors circulated stating that he had been under the influence of alcohol or drugs during the match

ShagNastii

Marty holds it together enough to superkick the Samoans.

Next up it's one of the top seeds and a super fun gimmick.

Demolition VS Regal and Eugene

Demolition

"Here comes the Axe and Here comes the Smasher"

Great Lakes Championship Wrestling
GLCW Tag Team Championship (1 time, current)
Keystone State Wrestling Alliance
KSWA Tag Team Championship (1 time, current)
Legends Pro Wrestling
XWF/LPW Hall of Fame Inductees- Class 2008 (2/22/08)
Pro Wrestling Illustrated
Ranked #59 of the 100 best tag teams during the "PWI Years" in 2003
Pro Wrestling Report
PWR Lifetime Achievement Award (2010)[51]
PWR Hall of Fame (Class of 2013)[52]
United States Xtreme Wrestling
USXW Tag Team Championship (1 time, current)[44]
World Wrestling Federation
WWF Tag Team Championship (3 times)[10][15][27][29]

VS


Eugene and Regal

"Just Youtube their skits"

World Wrestling Federation / World Wrestling Entertainment
World Tag Team Championship (1 time)