After reversing course, it turns out that the amount of tag team champions was not as vast as I thought. It seems once a reliable secondary promotion or two arose, they knew they needed something that the WWE just was too busy to offer. This makes the current landscape with two successful televised promotions interesting.
Can AEW stick to the formula of having meaningful tag team wrestling headline weekly or will ratings dictate that they need a sellable superstar to get up them to two million viewers a week? With ROH seemingly being on the decline and Allysin Kay deciding to keep Impact's status as the promotion for abusive pariahs at the cost off woman empowerment (Your petty self could not wait till Tessa Blanchard's reign ended to unleash your bitterness and not spit on a step forward?), AEW may be the only place for the style. I am just curious about who AEW will name their cup after. Has WWE trademarked the word "horsemen"?
What is more pressing to me right now is finding out if I can complete this series of blogs in one entry? Only three years to go.
43rd to Last Real World Tag Team Champions:
NWA World Tag Team Champions: The Naturals (Chase Stevens and Andy Douglas) - 4/26/05 to 10/5/05
WWE had makeshift tag teams dominating both promotions before MNM took over Smackdown. RAW's champions were more or less celebrations of a successful angle (William Regal with Eugene/Tajiri and Hurricane and Rosey) and the Smackdown champions were more or less away a way to maintain the title of champion for Eddie Guerrero. ROH was focusing on BJ Whitmer as their tag team champion which seemed more like a recognition award instead of a top championship.
44th to Last Real World Tag Team Champions:
NWA World Tag Team Champions: Americas Most Wanted (2) - 1/16/05 to 4/26/05
Team Canada (Bobby Roode and Eric Young) - 12/5/2004 to 1/16/05
3 Live Kru (Ron "Truth" Killings, Jesse "BG" James, and Konnan) 11/15/04 -12/5/04
48th to Last Real World Tag Team Champions:
World Tag Team Champions: La Resistance (Robert Conway and Sylvain Grenier) - 11/1/04 to 11/15/04
They were the constant of the Raw tag team division once Evolution's time with all the championships had passed.
49th to Last Real World Tag Team Champions:
ROH Tag Team Champions: The Havana Pitbulls (Rocky Romero and Ricky Reyes) - 8/7/04 to 11/1/04
Romero is the greatest tag team specialist of a generation and if the team had a brighter appearance, they would probably attracted the NWA's attention. La Resistance's reign started with them regaining the championships from partners who won it to start a feud between them. Smackdown's Kenzo Suzuki and Renee Dupree were essentially La Resistance lite.
50th to Last Real World Tag Team Champions:
ROH Tag Team Champions: The Second City Saints (Colt Cabana and CM Punk) - 5/31/04 to 8/7/04
51st to Last Real World Tag Team Champions:
World Tag Team Champions: Chris Benoit and Edge - 4/24/04 to 5/31/04
This was the conclusion of Evolution (Batista and Ric Flair)'s as the holders of all the gold. It was to push a main event angle, but it was better than Kid Kash and Lance "Dallas" Archer. Smackdown's offering was either Too Cool (Rikishi and Scotty 2 Hotty) redux or Charlie Haas and Rico trying to catch that Billy and Chuck vibe. The Saints would still be ROH champions, but lost them to the Prophecy (BJ Whitmer and Dan Maff) and won them back from the Briscoe in one night. Judging they had the advantage going into the final bout, how strong of champions were they?
52nd to Last Real World Tag Team Champions:
ROH Tag Team Champions: The Briscoe Brothers - 10/21/2003 to 4/24/04
It was either these brothers or the Basham Brothers.
53rd to Last Real World Tag Team Champions:
WWE Tag Team Champions: Los Guerreros (Eddie and Chavo) - 9/16/03 to 10/21/03
World's Greatest Tag Team (2) [Charlie Hass and Shelton Benjamin] - 7/1/03 to 9/16/03
Eddie Guerrero and Tajiri - 5/18/03 to 7/1/03
Team Angle (3) [Charlie Hass and Shelton Benjamin] - 2/4/03 to 5/18/03
Los Guerreros (2) - 11/17/2002 to 2/4/03
59th to Last Real World Tag Team Champions:
WWE Tag Team Champions: Rey Mysterio and Edge - 11/13/02 - 11/17/02
This was when Smackdown had their four and the Guerreros. Putting them all into one program instantly legitimized this title. If only WWE had determined their initial champions sooner, they could have had the chance to blog the NWA and TNA from being remembered.
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