Tag Teams Where The Breakout Wrestler Wasn't Who Everybody Thought

Tag Teams Where The Breakout Wrestler Wasn't Who Everybody Thought

April 2, 2018
By Ryan Porzl

Wrestling is like everything else in life in that not everything goes as you expect. After the rise of Bret Hart & Shawn Michaels in the early 90s, people have usually speculated on which member of a team would be the breakout star and which would fade to obscurity. While many cases, promotions and fans have been right on which would go farther, they're not right all the time as there have been teams where one was expected to go the farthest but the partner would end up doing better. We'll take a look at teams where the breakout star wasn't who people thought it would be.

Tag Teams Where Both Members Did Well

Tag Teams Where Both Members Did Well
March 7, 2018
By Ryan Porzl

When it comes to tag teams in wrestling, there seems to be two kinds of teams. One are teams that are life long tag team wrestlers who will always be known for tag teams like The Road Warriors while other teams are those where members eventually break up and move on. In the case of the latter, the best examples are The Hart Foundation & The Rockers. With Bret Hart & Shawn Michaels not only going on to superstardom, their partners Jim Neidhart & Marty Jannetty didn't do much after that. As a result, when teams break up, people always wonder which will be the Bret Hart/Shawn Michaels of the team and which will be the Jim Neidhart/Marty Jannetty and even wrestling promotions have had wrestlers even bring it up on promos. However, not all teams are like that. There have been teams out there where there was someone who achieved big success but the partner also did very well themselves. With that, we'll take a look at the teams where both members ended up doing well. Please note, I will only bring up teams where people looked at a team and clearly saw someone as a future superstar so teams like the Blade Runners (Sting & The Ultimate Warrior) won't be on here since nobody viewed one as having the most potential when they teamed up and they didn't last long.