Top 5 Most Underrated Tag Teams
Wrestling has had its fair share of decorated tag teams throughout the past few decades. Teams that fit that description are The Rock and Roll Express, The Midnight Express, The Road Warriors/Legion of Doom, The Steiner Brothers, Harlem Heat, and The Dudley Boyz. But sometimes there are successful tag teams, who for whatever reason, never get their just due. Here now are the five most underrated tag teams of all-time.
5. Bradshaw and Faarooq: The team of Bradshaw and Faarooq first came into prominence, when both men were apart of The Undertaker’s Ministry of Darkness stable as The Acolytes. Later on, they became APA (Acolytes Protection Agency), where they would offer protection to other wrestlers in exchange for money and beer. Despite their success, they never held the WWF/E tag team titles. In 2004, the APA were no more, as Faarooq was kayfabe fired by Smackdown general manager Paul Heyman. In real life, Ron Simmons was retiring from wrestling. The split prompted Bradshaw to become the JBL character.
4. Rob Van Dam and Sabu: At one point, Rob Van Dam and Sabu had one of the better rivalries in ECW. However, they would go onto tag team stardom. Managed by Bill Alfonso, the team of RVD and Sabu were two-time ECW tag team champions. Because of The New Age Outlaws and The Outsiders being red hot acts, for their respective companies on a national scale, RVD and Sabu get overshadowed in that late-90’s era.
3. The Fantastics: When it comes to successful non-WWF tag teams in the 80’s, the three teams you think of are The Rock and Roll Express, The Midnight Express, and The Road Warriors. The Fantastics were a great team in their own right. Bobby Fulton and Tommy Rogers, along with Jackie Fulton at times, would wrestle in several different promotions, winning tag team gold on 16 different occasions. Their program with The Midnight Express was recognized as The Feud of the Year in 1988 by the Wrestling Observer Newsletter.
2. The Eliminators: Perry Saturn and John Kronus became The Eliminators in 1993 - working for Jerry Jarrett’s USWA promotion in Memphis. In May of 1994, they would defeat the team of Eddie Gilbert and Brian Christopher to win the USWA tag team titles. While working over in Japan, Saturn and Kronus drew plenty of interest from Paul Heyman, who signed both men to ECW contracts in 1995. The Eliminators would have their most notable feud in the company with The Pitbulls. Saturn and Kronus would win the ECW tag team titles three times. However in 1997, Saturn signed with WCW, effectively ending The Eliminators.
1. Doug Furnas and Dan Kroffat/Phil LaFon: Winning the All-Asia tag team titles five times with All Japan Pro Wrestling, the team of Doug Furnas and Dan Kroffat were certainly one of the best tag teams of the 90’s. For a period, their team name was Can-Am Express. After a stint with ECW, Furnas and Kroffat (changed his name to Phil LaFon) signed with the WWF in 1996. Their two most notable feuds were with The Legion of Doom and the team of Owen Hart and The British Bulldog. In 1997, Furnas and LaFon returned to ECW, where they would capture the ECW tag titles by defeating the FBI, which were Tracy Smothers and Little Guido. LaFon left ECW in 1998 - breaking up the decorated tag team. Furnas would continue to wrestle as a single, but would retire soon after.