The Undertaker has named his top 4 tag teams in wrestling.
Having previously named his Mount Rushmores of all-time greats, managers and undersized wrestlers in the squared circle, the WWE Hall of Famer turned his attention to the tag team division.
Speaking on the Six Feet Under podcast, the former World Champion began his list with one-half of one of the greatest factions of all time:
“I’m gonna start out my Mount Rushmore of tag teams with two of the most important members of the Four Horsemen, Tully Blanchard and Arn Anderson. I think they are the epitome of heel tag teams. They were just, I mean, they worked in unison together. My goodness. They had it all. They had the promos. They had the in-ring work.
They were vicious when they had to be. They were chicken shit when they needed to be. Whatever it took to hang on to the belts man, that’s what those guys did. They were the classic heel tag team. I mean, that’s tag team wrestling 101.”
Next on the list was the legendary heel team of The Midnight Express, specifically the partnership of Bobby Eaton and Stan Lane with Jim Cornette as their manager:
“Coming in at number three, I’m gonna go with the Midnight Express with Jim Cornette as their manager. Again, another just amazing heel squad. You can’t have a good babyface without great heels and Bobby Eaton and Stan Lane were phenomenal, and then you throw Jim Cornette in there, that guy you knew at some point was going to get involved and turn the tide somehow in favor of his team. He always had the tennis racket. I put Jim Cornette on my Mount Rushmore of managers, so I guess his team made it too. The Midnight Express. Just classic tag team wrestling.”
Although wrestlers can be great in their own right, the top-tier performers were elevated by their opponents. With The Midnight Express vs. The Rock and Roll Express being one of the all-time great tag team rivalries in wrestling history, The Undertaker awarded the next spot to Ricky Morton and Robert Gibson:
“I don’t think you have the Midnight Express without my number two, the Rock and Roll Express. I mean, the feuds that these guys had were just, I mean, they went on for years and they were always so entertaining. The heat was palpable that you could feel it between the Rock and Roll and the Midnight Express. I mean Ricky Morton, and Robert Gibson, man, was there a better selling babyface than Ricky Morton?
I tell you what, it was just fun to watch those guys sell and get that hot tag and just absolutely blow the roof off of a building, and they put a lot of asses in seats. Those two teams together, I mean, they were magic together.”
For the coveted top spot, The Phenom chose who many believe to be the greatest tag team of all time:
“My number one. There’s no pop like a Road Warrior pop. The Legion of Doom. The one tag team that could sell an arena out by just putting their name on the card. Within the business, when you go out and you got a great pop, people would come back and say, ‘Man, that was a Road Warrior pop because there was nothing like the pop of an arena when the Road Warrior music started.
Those guys were mythical almost with the mystique and the look and the spikes and the paint and just two big, jacked up dudes from Chicago laying waste to everyone. I mean, the Road Warriors drew huge money.”
Although not predominantly known for his time in the tag team division The Undertaker held the WWE Tag Titles 6 times and the WCW Tag Titles once in his in-ring career.
The Undertaker Recalls Original Retirement Plans
Now retired from WWE, the Hall of Famer had his final match in 2020 at WrestleMania 36. Due to the ongoing pandemic at the time, The Phenom was unable to have his final match inside a packed stadium. Instead, Taker’s match against AJ Styles took place inside The Boneyard and was filmed in a cinematic style with no fans in attendance. On a previous episode of his podcast, The Undertaker revealed what the original plans were for his final match.
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