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I love me some good tag team wrestling. Underrated. Don't you? Discuss.
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Jan 31, 2017 23:52
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I like tag teams that have a cool name like "Demolition" or "the Dudes with Attitude". It pisses me off that Edge & Christian never came up with a good tag team name. _________ & _________ teams are uncreative and should be ashamed of themselves.
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Feb 1, 2017 00:16
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I'm gonna whoop your rear end, op.
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Feb 1, 2017 00:20
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Hey I'm trying here.
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Feb 1, 2017 18:28
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SAY YEAH
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Feb 1, 2017 18:29
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Vaguido posted:SAY YEAH 
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Feb 1, 2017 19:13
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Feb 1, 2017 19:14
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My favorite part of Tag Team Wrestling is when they break up and fight each other.
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Feb 1, 2017 19:26
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Tag wrestling can be good but it can also be really bad. I think it might not get the respect it deserves as a division because so often it gets complete greenhorns thrown in because that way they can only gently caress up half a match each and that is a shame.
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Feb 1, 2017 19:29
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I like both tag team wrestling and Tag Team the rap group. Whoomp there it is.
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Feb 1, 2017 19:39
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american males
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Feb 1, 2017 20:26
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It's hard to go wrong with a RnR versus the midnite express match
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Feb 1, 2017 20:41
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Some people pretend not to like it, but I will always love.... THE HOT TAG! Which is why it irritates me that American Alpha aren't wrestling more in order to set up Jordan getting.... THE HOT TAG!
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Feb 1, 2017 22:15
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Tag Team Wrestling was a pretty bad NES game. I always lost to the Strong Bads.
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Feb 1, 2017 22:52
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Jerusalem posted:Some people pretend not to like it, but I will always love.... THE HOT TAG! I always liked that time they did CM Punk and the Boogeyman vs. Miz and John Morrison and Boogeyman got thrown into the steps, so Punk basically hot tagged himself and got a second wind.
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Feb 1, 2017 22:58
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Grant DaNasty posted:I like tag teams that have a cool name like "Demolition" or "the Dudes with Attitude". It pisses me off that Edge & Christian never came up with a good tag team name.  Names are good. I'm also the special kind of retard who really loves portmanteaus of the names of the wrestlers, like Jeri-Show, RybAxel and Shomiz.
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Feb 1, 2017 22:59
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Vicious & Delicious is my favorite tag team
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Feb 1, 2017 23:02
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I love the creative names, hate the uncreative portmanteaus. I can live with a "______ & _______" if its purpose is to subtly show that its two individuals less than 1 team. That's part of what I love about tag wrestling. Its this open door to storytelling between the two wrestlers. Wrestler A and B team up and they're refereed to "A & B". If they tag together long enough to become a team and develop a shared identity than they come up with a team name. If they never do then its a subtle way to keep it as them being more individuals working together than a true team. All kinds of subtle storytelling like that which is never done in WWE. A seasoned, veteran tag team beating two great individual wrestlers because the team is greater than the sum of its parts. A tag wrestler pursing a singles career with his partner has his backup and friend. And yes, the occasional partner becoming jealous or arrogant and turning on the other instead of it being just the default way to push a guy from a tag team as a singles guy.
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Feb 1, 2017 23:07
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STAC Goat posted:I love the creative names, hate the uncreative portmanteaus.
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Feb 1, 2017 23:09
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STAC Goat posted:I love the creative names, hate the uncreative portmanteaus. That's a very good way of putting it. I, too, hate when a team that has been teaming for a while is still just referred to as "___ & ___" because it's just plain loving lazy. I sometimes wonder if it was the successful run that Edge & Christian had-- who were unquestionably a TEAM for the longest time and not just two individuals-- that led to the laziness in team names. But they did a good subtle build-up of individuals gelling into a team down in NXT, with Jordan & Gable. It made sense at first that they didn't have a team name, because Jordan was annoyed by Gable, until he saw how good Gable was in the ring. They started winning matches, and gelling further as a team, and then they dubbed themselves "American Alpha" to cement their team identity.
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Feb 1, 2017 23:17
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Edge & Christian should've kept The Brood name. It didn't really fit them later, but they could've turned it into something else.
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Feb 2, 2017 04:07
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I'm reminded of that period of time in WCW when they would put random upper midcarders in tag team matches on Nitro and Thunder just to kill time and they would end up having the best matches of the night - like I think Jericho and Guerrero were a team against Mysterio and someone else, if I'm remembering correctly. Would love to watch those again and see if they held up.
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Feb 2, 2017 06:16
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Grant DaNasty posted:I like tag teams that have a cool name like "Demolition" or "the Dudes with Attitude". It pisses me off that Edge & Christian never came up with a good tag team name. I agree with you, but I also think that Edge & Christian are the exception that proves the rule. also, I remember them more as "E&C", which is a kinda sorta different name isn't it? (No it probably isn't) On Tag Team wrestling, I like teh little things that you see in proper tag matches: Guys holding on to the little tag rope when trying to tag in. Heels arguing with the ref whilst their partner beats up teh babyface behind his back, hot tags etc. I also like when tad teams are forced to fight each other. Not the 'tag team that hates each other' cliche, but more along the lines of when Demolition were 1 and 2 in the Royal Rumble that year, or when Booker T and Stevie Ray faced off in one of teh World War 3s, (if I remember rightly, they looked at each other, shrugged and turned away to keep fighting other people). And on the guilty pleasure front, I actually really liked The Killer Bees version of 'twin magic', (where they would go under teh ring and both come out wearing masks), when I was a kid.
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Feb 2, 2017 06:38
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Jerusalem posted:Some people pretend not to like it, but I will always love.... THE HOT TAG! American Alpha did a dark match when they were in Toledo the other week, and Gable was the hot tag for some reason. It was weird, but cool.
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Feb 2, 2017 14:09
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Power and Glory were a dang fun team. Amazing considering one of them was Paul Roma
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Feb 2, 2017 14:11
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DeathChicken posted:Power and Glory were a dang fun team. Amazing considering one of them was Paul Roma After Legion of Doom got through with them, they were SOUR and GORY.
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Feb 2, 2017 14:27
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So for the LU folks, there's a lovely team called the Rabbit Tribe. Their trios matches feature something I never thought of - exclusively double tags. So one guy tags the others, and they all come in for offense. It's a neat little twist of tag wrestling that I appreciate.
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Feb 2, 2017 14:29
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DeathChicken posted:Power and Glory were a dang fun team. Amazing considering one of them was Paul Roma Roma shined in tag team wrestling, I remember. In singles, not so much.
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Feb 2, 2017 14:35
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BrigadierSensible posted:On Tag Team wrestling, I like teh little things that you see in proper tag matches: Guys holding on to the little tag rope when trying to tag in. Heels arguing with the ref whilst their partner beats up teh babyface behind his back, hot tags etc. Team Hell No at the 2013 Royal Rumble was likewise perfect.
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Feb 2, 2017 15:05
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Smackdown got credit for doing more with their mostly bad tag division compared to Raw with their charisma powerhouses in The New Day and Enzo and Cass, their Big Gets from Japan in The Magic Killers, and two of the WWE's legitimately most talented wrestlers in Sheamus and Cesaro. Then for a few months Smackdown did absolutely nothing with their mostly bad tag division so they shouldn't get credit for that anymore.
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Feb 2, 2017 15:31
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BrigadierSensible posted:I also like when tad teams are forced to fight each other. Not the 'tag team that hates each other' cliche, but more along the lines of when Demolition were 1 and 2 in the Royal Rumble that year, or when Booker T and Stevie Ray faced off in one of teh World War 3s, (if I remember rightly, they looked at each other, shrugged and turned away to keep fighting other people). There's also that time when WWE did that America vs. foreigners (and Lucha Dragons) tag match and at one point, it's Cesaro in the ring against Jack Swagger. Rather than fight it out, they do a "WE THE PEOPLE!" salute and tag out.  The thread reminds me of a neat thing from one of the Street Fighter games. They had an Andre pastiche named Hugo whose storyline was that he was looking for the perfect tag team partner. Rather than have one final boss or ending, there were four possible outcomes. Each one had he and his partner enter a tag tournament with a different team name: Soul Brothers (with Ryu), Ragnarok Warriors (with Gill), Beauty and the Beast (with Elena) and Thunderbolt (with Necro). Then in the next game the story was about Hugo starting his own nWo and Ryu thought it was the coolest poo poo ever.
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Feb 2, 2017 15:38
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American Alpha should become American Males 2.0, complete with the theme.
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Feb 2, 2017 15:39
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Gavok posted:Then in the next game the story was about Hugo starting his own nWo and Ryu thought it was the coolest poo poo ever. What the gently caress Ryu? You're supposed to be the hero! Stop embracing the Dark Hadou!
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Feb 2, 2017 21:49
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Gavok posted:There's also that time when WWE did that America vs. foreigners (and Lucha Dragons) tag match and at one point, it's Cesaro in the ring against Jack Swagger. Rather than fight it out, they do a "WE THE PEOPLE!" salute and tag out. Heh. Little things like that can make a tag match that much more interesting, even moreso than in a singles match imo.
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Feb 2, 2017 23:01
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Tag team wrestling is the best. It's the only reason to bother with NXT right now except that #DIY is the worst name for a tag team ever and I would prefer them to be called Gargano & Ciampa than that. Heavy Machinery are my current favourite tag team for their one performance in the Dusty Classic and I am incredibly hyped for them to become everyone's favourite in 2017.
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Feb 3, 2017 05:16
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my favorite tag team would have to be.... Harlem Heat yes yes yes yes no no no no
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Feb 10, 2017 16:17
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Gavok posted:I always liked that time they did CM Punk and the Boogeyman vs. Miz and John Morrison and Boogeyman got thrown into the steps, so Punk basically hot tagged himself and got a second wind. I'm gonna need video evidence of this
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Feb 10, 2017 16:27
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I love how many more storytelling options there are in tag team wrestling. Somebody from Chikara I think, possibly Quackenbush, made the comparison to having more wrestlers being like having more possible colours in a painting, which is fairly apt. I remember a really great HBK/Diesel vs. Razor/123 Kid match from back in 94. At one point Diesel holds Razor for a superkick but Razor slips out of the way and Shawn blasts Diesel (#2 of 3 errant kicks that caused Diesel to turn on Shawn). I remember the crowd going nuts at that point because the story immediately changed to "can Razor and Kid press the advantage, put away Shawn and win the tag belts before Diesel recovers?"
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Feb 10, 2017 16:53
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Tag Team wrestling is super cool and it bums me out that the tag divisions in both WWE and NJPW are booked like trash despite awesome tag teams in both. One of the worst things that happens is when the tag champs job to a team of the Heavyweight champ and maybe the Number 1 Contender. That's some bullshit. Like I vaguely remember some match in the late 80s or something where Hogan(?) and another guy got demolished by LoD because LoD were the tag champs and therefore a WAY more cohesive unit. That's what I want. Tag Teams running roughshod through their shows and being just as important or at least as equal as the solo champs. Maybe not top of the card, but not midcard jobbers.
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Feb 10, 2017 21:20
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Son of Man posted:my favorite tag team would have to be.... If you disagree with this you are a fruit booty, sucka I loving love Harlem heat's music
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