If given a chance on the main roster, they could seal their reputation as one of the greatest tag teams in WWE history. This heavy-duty duo likes big weights and big meals, and will be looking to pick up a big trophy as victors of the 2016 Dusty Rhodes Tag Team Classic. ⦠Has âThe Greatest Man That Ever Livedâ found the greatest partner that ever lived? He will team with Perkins, the man who eliminated him from the CWC. Last yearâs Dusty Rhodes Tag Team Classic was a coming-out party for Scott Dawson & Dash Wilder. #BrotherThickâs big lifts: Floor-pressing 455 lbs. The belts received an update on December 19 that year to reflect the name change. Of course, itâs also possible that their debut may leave the NXT Universe asking even more questions. Within three month, Haas and Benjamin became WWE Tag Team Champions by defeating Los Guerreros. Gurv & Harv Sihra are bringing a little Bollywood flair to the Dusty Classic. However, as of August 2016, weâre in a mini tag team revolution. Daniels and his Addiction partner Frankie Kazarian stood atop the Ring of Honor tag team division for 144 days as the two-time ROH Tag Team Champions. WWE Battleground 2016. It’s an aesthetic formed by three unabashedly geeky minds, who celebrate with toots of the Final Fantasy victory theme on their trombone or stroll down to the ring at Wrestlemania in the guise of Dragonball Z characters. Bobby Roode approached Tye Dillinger and said that one of the reasons he came to NXT was to win the Classic, but to do that, he needed the perfect partner. WWE always saw something special in The Usos as a team and have pushed them for about a full decade now. Chad Gable is the straw that stirs the drink in this pair, a natural babyface whose small-ish stature belies freakish natural strength and mat wrestling ability. Working in the lower pressure environment of NXT the last few years has allowed Dawson and Wilder to click into one of the best tag teams in decades. Unfortunately their New Japan run ended abruptly and mysteriously, as Sydal suddenly disappeared from New Japan’s roster. WWE needs to create more tag teams, and the results are right in front of their eyes. The Dusty Rhodes Tag Team Classic just got heavy with the addition of Otis Dozovic & Tucker Knight to the field. Now, the self-proclaimed âtop guysâ are back in the Classic to show that they are what they say they are: the best tag team on the planet. Crowds sure do. Johnny Gargano and Tommaso Ciampa were two of the last men to wrestle in the first round of the Cruiserweight Classic tapings, a surprise for an audience who’d been sitting for hours with no idea of the brackets. Thorne & Miller also have a great deal of experience together, having teamed for more than five years, racking up championships in their homeland, as well as Japan. The popularity brought to the trio by their 2015 heel turn and subsequently bombastic personalities had the (perhaps unintended) side effect of organically changing the group back into de facto babyfaces by the spring of 2016, but they hit the ground running in that role and thrived among lesser competition in the often stagnant WWE tag team division. Since some teams are newly formed, I tend to not split them. The team had to sit through another year of people calling them overrated, people telling them they had no ring psychology, people calling them a walking spotfest. This includes the rise of New Day, The Club, Enzo Amore and Big Cass, American Alpha, The Revival, and more. The pair of Australians debuted in NXT this past spring, making an immediate impact with their high-flying, hard-hitting offense. This year, 16 teams will once again square off for tag team supremacy. Now, the pair will get the opportunity to show off their skills again in the Dusty Classic. With Monday Night Raw clearly getting the better end ⦠The biggest new name to hit WWE in 2016, AJ Styles, never worked a day in NXT. The Perfect 10âs motivations for entering the tournament run deeper than achieving personal glory. Is it ⦠Gargano & Ciampa are eager to enter the Classic once again, and certainly hope to get their hands on The Revival in the process. Sure, Kazarian is approaching 40 and Daniels may be nearing the end of his career. All 16 teams taking part in this huge tournament have been revealed. Dozovic was a standout amateur heavyweight wrestler at Colorado State University-Pueblo and a medalist in Greco-Roman wrestling at the Pan-American Games. Last year, the inaugural Classic saw the best and brightest duos from NXT, WWEâs main roster and the independent circuit compete for glory in a 16-team, single-elimination tournament to honor the late WWE Hall of Famer. Whether itâs two stars forming a mega duo or a pair of unknowns joining forces and rising to the top, tag teams ⦠â WWE (@WWE) November 24, 2016 Rhyno and Heath Slater captured the belt after a tag team tournament. The ultra-cocky Sabbatelli has been waiting for the right time to make a big splash between the yellow ropes, and thereâs no better time than the Classic. —Paul DeBenedetto, What can we say about the Young Bucks that hasn’t already been said countless times before? OWNERSHIP Vince McMahon Stephanie McMahon Monday Night RAW Roster AJ Styles Akira Tozawa Andrade Angel Garza Arturo Ruas Bobby Lashley Braun Strowman Bray Wyatt Brock Lesnar Big Show Cedric Alexander Dabba Kato Drew Gulak Drew McIntyre Edge Elias Erik Gran Metalik Ivar Humberto Carrillo Jeff [â¦] They responded the way they always do: Being the most exciting tag team on the planet, and arguably the biggest draw of any tag team in- or outside the WWE. A common knock against NXT today is that it’s not really a developmental system. WWE RAW Tag Team Championship (since 05.09.2016) WWE Tag Team Championship (16.08.2010 - 05.09.2016) The Golden Lynx of Lucha Libre and The Pakistani Prince clashed this summer in the First Round of the inaugural WWE Cruiserweight Classic. Episodes. The Baltimore native has picked up a big fan following in a short period of time, based on his impressive performances (and equally inspiring dance moves) in the Cruiserweight Classic and on Raw. #BrotherThickâs big lifts: Floor-pressing 455 lbs. 2016 was an up-and-down year for The New Day, who cemented themselves as one of the biggest and most lucrative attractions in the WWE while also reaching the record for the longest tag ⦠Whether you love them or hate them, chances are you’ve already made up your mind about Matt and Nick. As two-time NXT tag team champions, The Revival has anchored the tag team division at Full Sail University for over a year now. There are many different alliances and groups that compete for the Tag Team Championship and dominance in their division. The Young Bucks aren’t here for your definition of a good match. ----- Subscribe for more Mario and WWE ⦠Romero has long been a tag specialist in New Japan, and although it’s hard to say if his current partnership with Baretta (who should be familiar to wrestling fans from his WWE days, when he still had the first name Trent) is more talented or capable than his last team Forever Hooligans, with the now-retired Alex Koslov, it’s undeniable that they’re one of the more exciting teams today.—Garrett Martin, Somewhere along the way, fans seemed to forget that Christopher Daniels was a bona fide legend, and so 2016 served as a good reminder that the 46-year-old ring general could still go. Rate 5 stars Rate 4 stars Rate 3 stars Rate 2 stars Rate 1 star . Another new pairing enters the field of 16, in the form of Andrade âCienâ Almas & Cedric Alexander. Wish they’d cool it with the superkick parties? Forced to team up by GM Mick Foley, their initial “we can’t work together” storyline was interminable, but a funny thing happened when the two bonded over a “bar room brawl” on RAW—the pairing began to coalesce into something legitimately fun to watch. The final team to enter the Dusty Rhodes Tag Team Classic is SAnitY. Now, these two battle-tested warriors will fight for the same cause: victory in the Dusty Classic. But American Alpha have an energy and an animalistic hunger and intensity to them that Enzo & Cass never have, which helps make them one of the most exciting tag teams in wrestling today when they have a hot crowd and a full head of steam behind them. It brought an ignominious end to one of the most exciting tag teams in New Japan. When NXT talent is promoted to WWE’s main roster, they often wind up as opening match cannon fodder, like Tyler Breeze, the Ascension and former NXT champions Bo Dallas and Neville. Harv & Gurv Sihra like to dance and have fun, but when it comes to the Dusty Rhodes Tag Team Classic, The Bollywood Boyz are ready for a fight. Yes, it was a car crash. It’s always thrived outside WWE’s purview, on the indies and in other countries, and has even been making a comeback within WWE over the last few years. However, after losing the titles, the duo went on a losing streak, resulting in being fired by Angle. Matt and Nick Jackson continue to blaze their own lucrative trail outside the biggest company in the pro wrestling world, signing new contracts with Ring of Honor and New Japan Pro Wrestling and holding titles in ROH, NJPW and Pro Wrestling Guerilla. Fans who watched WWE Breaking Ground on WWE Network got a brief glimpse into the big money lifestyle of the brash Sabbatelli. But so what? The Dusty Classic is getting some international flair with the addition of HoHo Lun & Tian Bing to the tournament. Almas looked perturbed after the bell, but eventually showed that the newcomer had earned his respect. Find out during the Dusty Rhodes Tag Team Classic! Six Superstars and tag teams were called up from NXT in the 2016 WWE Draft. Shane Thorne & Nick Miller have achieved greatness everywhere theyâve gone. Out of Angleâs shadow, Haas and Benjamin reemerged as The Worldâs Greatest Tag Team. The Road Warriors by QuizBeaver Plays Quiz not verified by Sporcle . Now holding the Raw tag team straps, the duo seems to be invigorated, and the pairing has led to some of their best work in the last few years. They won those ROH belts in one of the most brutal matches of 2016, Ladder War 6 at ROH’s All-Star Extravaganza. In the final match of that tournament, they defeated The Hype Bros and then The Usos at the Backlash pay-per-view. The 300-pound Oregonian was a top wrestler at Arizona State University, earning All-American honors and qualifying for the NCAA Tournament on three separate occasions. Cesaro in particular is riding high once again, getting to perform the ridiculous feats of strength that have long made him one of the best pure performers in the business. Drew Gulak & Tony Nese impressed when they joined forces for a WWE.com Exclusive Tag Team Match toward the end of the Cruiserweight Classic. WWE 2K16 ⦠The former NFL player may have found someone equally as confident in Riddick Moss. It’s easy to think that it exists more to undercut WWE’s potential competitors, stealing away their top stars and touring against them on their home turf, than to train the next crop of WWE superstars. New Day arriving on the scene saw Kofi Kingston, Big E, and Xavier Woods utilizing their talents for outstanding tag team success. Its biggest stars, including Shinsuke Nakamura, Samoa Joe and Bobby Roode, arrive fully-formed after long careers working for other promotions. Not much has changed since the acclaimed show came to a close. The run in the tournament empowered Dawson & Wilder, who went on to become two-time NXT Tag Team Champions. It was deemphasized in the world’s largest promotion for so long that it might be hard for newer fans to realize how important tag team wrestling has been throughout the art’s history. Tino Sabbatelli & Riddick Moss, two of NXTâs newest stars, are out to make a big impression in the Dusty Rhodes Tag Team Classic. Ibushi made waves in this past summerâs Cruiserweight Classic on his way to the tournament semifinals. But even if that’s the case, it was a remarkable, positive ride while it lasted.—Jim Vorel, One of the most exciting moments in DIY’s year had both nothing and everything to do with them being a tag team. NXT has legitimately been a huge success with the women’s division (although most of the women have wrestled elsewhere before coming to NXT), but its track record for the men’s division has been lackluster at best. It would take something unusual to prevent these two world-class high flyers from having a historic run in New Japan’s junior heavyweight tag team division—they are both two of the best wrestlers today at combining crisply performed daredevil high spots with solid mat wrestling and psychology. Jose became an instant favorite of the NXT Universe upon his debut earlier this year, as he brought the fiesta to the squared circle. Here’s hoping that 2017 brings some more characterization to American Alpha, which would give fans even more reason to invest.—Jim Vorel, 2016 was an up-and-down year for The New Day, who cemented themselves as one of the biggest and most lucrative attractions in the WWE while also reaching the record for the longest tag team title reign ever in December. When it was finished—after a rollup pin from the underdog Gargano—a challenge for the NXT tag team championship was on everyone’s minds. JUL. Luckily for them, the Young Bucks don’t care what you think.—Paul DeBenedetto. The New Day are probably feeling a little bit sour after seeing their 483 record-breaking run as Tag Team Champions come to end at RoadBlock; End of the Line, but that canât take away a year where theyâve been the cornerstone of WWEâs tag team division. huge win over then-NXT Tag Team Champions The Vaudevillains, WWE Superstar Gaming Series debuts Dec. 29 on WWE Network and social platforms, Watch First Look: WWE Icons to preview WWE Network's upcoming docuseries, Big E takes part in an Intercontinental Title photo shoot: WWE Network Exclusive, Dec. 25, 2020. The University of Minnesota standout linebacker is a top prospect at the WWE Performance Center, and he knows it. This team has one question for their foes: Can you handle this? They weren’t able to reclaim Ring of Honor’s tag belts in 2016, but they wrestled in the tag division for most of the year, having great matches with Hiroshi Tanahashi and Michael Elgin, War Machine and the Young Bucks on pay-per-view. These two pushed each other to the limit in an epic semifinal encounter in the 32-man tournament. They’ve held the ROH World Tag Team Titles more than any other team, and are easily on the short list of the best tag teams of the 21st century so far. Runner-up. Later it was revealed that he was arrested in Japan in September after bringing 2.12 grams of liquid cannabis into the country. Yet, little else is known about this mysterious group, and what its members have in store for NXT. Despite winning the IWGP Junior Heavyweight titles from Ricochet and Sydal in April, the two partners were often not on the same page throughout the year, with Romero regularly appearing as a weak link. One year ago, Johnny Gargano & Tommaso Ciampa shocked the sports-entertainment world when they entered the Dusty Rhodes Tag Team Classic and defeated Tyler Breeze & Bull Dempsey in the first round. In the end, it was Perkins who was victorious, earning the hard-fought victory with his trademark kneebar. Is it NEW DAY because they're close to breaking the longest reigning Tag Team record? Aries has been constantly looking over his shoulder for the looming threat of Hideo Itami since TakeOver: Brooklyn II. The Premier Athlete may have the physique (and striking power) of a heavyweight, but he can fly with the best aerial competitors, too. Worship them.—Paul DeBenedetto, A ranking of American Alpha at the end of 2016 has to take into account the team in both its iterations—as the intense, high-energy duo that drove new life into the NXT tag team division, and as the slightly lesser version of itself that the team has been so far on the main roster. Now The Golden Star will be looking to do one better in this tournament and leave TakeOver: Toronto with his name engraved on the tournament trophy. If not, they’ll go down as perhaps the biggest main roster waste of NXT talent ever.—Garrett Martin, © 2020 Paste Media Group. His dedication earned him a spot in the inaugural Cruiserweight Classic, where he advanced to the second round. Almas has electrified since his arrival in NXT, while Alexander quickly earned the respect of the WWE Universe â  and WWE COO Triple H â with a gutsy performance in the inaugural Cruiserweight Classic. He started Hong Kong Pro Wrestling Federation, Chinaâs first wrestling promotion, after traveling the world to learn the mat game himself. Dawson and Wilder do all the little things right, from their psychology to their selling to their mannerisms, to the way their cocksure Southern attitude breaks down the second the faces seize the momentum. Watch Ibushi's run in the Cruiserweight Classic. However, tag teams should have been drafted differently. The 2016 WWE draft was the tenth WWE draft, and first since 2011, produced by the American professional wrestling promotion WWE between the Raw and SmackDown brands. In a wrestling world where teams rarely stay together for more than a year or two, the Briscoes, much like the Young Bucks, are a throwback to the long-lived teams of old, and a soothing source of consistency in an unsteady world.—Garrett Martin, We knew 2016 would be a huge year for Ricochet and Matt Sydal, who ended 2015 by winning New Japan’s Super Junior Tag Tournament, beating two other teams on this list in the process. They’re here to change that definition. They did not disappoint as the year kicked off, taking part in a great four-way with the Young Bucks, ReDRagon and Roppongi Vice at Wrestle Kingdom 10. With Itami joining forces with âGolden Starâ Kota Ibushi for the Classic and looking to get his hands on Aries in any way possible, A-Double will need the right partner to help him avoid being kicked into oblivion. It was a satisfying moment to watch, the culmination of a well-told story by two of the most talented men on the NXT roster. Through sheer talent and smart booking the Briscoes have been able to stay fresh despite teaming together for most of the last 16 years, and in 2016 had one of their best in-ring years in a while. The brothers burst onto the WWE scene in this past summerâs Cruiserweight Classic, showing off their unique charisma in singles competition before getting together for a victory in the WWE.com Exclusive tag team throwdown as the tournament came to a close. Over 20 of these Superstars and tag teams no longer compete in WWE. Though they may have vastly different reasons for taking part in the tournament, Roode & Dillinger may be the team with the most motivation to take home the trophy in their home country of Canada. The two squared off against each other in singles competition recently, with the debuting Alexander emerging victorious. It has also been called the 'WWE Tag Team Championship No. Dozovic has been making waves since his arrival at the WWE Performance Center earlier this year, thanks to his penchant for throwing up inhuman numbers of reps in the PCâs weight room. Their biggest success came in New Japan, where, along with Toru Yano, they became the first NEVER Openweight 6-Man Tag champs in their very first New Japan match. And challenge they did, in two of the best tag team matches of 2016. After a show-stealer at Takeover: Brooklyn II on Summerslam weekend, they managed to top themselves in Toronto, where they finally won the titles and entered the “Match of the Year” discussion alongside Dash and Dawson. Tag Teams. Full NXT coverage | Start WWE Network free trial. Plus, this got the more laid-back version of Kane. The Authors have preferred to do their talking in the ring, where they have pummeled their opposition into the canvas in brutal fashion. The teams and stables within this category have all appeared in World Wrestling Entertainment at some point throughout their career. Along the way they had consistently fantastic matches, both in New Japan and in PWG and RevPro, and even got to team with Rey Misterio Jr. in a six-man match at the WrestleCon Supershow during Wrestlemania weekend. The latest entry into the Dusty Rhodes Tag Team Classic may be the most charismatic pair in the field, as No Way Jose joins forces with Rich Swann. In August 2016, after the reintroduction of the brand split and the creation of the SmackDown Tag Team Championship, the WWE Tag Team Championship was renamed to Raw Tag Team Championship. So were the TLC matches between the Hardys, the Dudley Boys, and Edge and Christian—and this match was better. Don’t like their pacing? However, at least it led to the formation of this tag team. Only two weeks after losing the IWGP Junior Tag Titles, they gained some measure of revenge over the Bucks by teaming with Satoshi Kojima to win the NEVER Openweight Six Man Tag Team Titles from the Jacksons and Kenny Omega, in what turned out to be their last match for New Japan. After WrestleMania 32, AJ Styles aligned himself with The Good Brothers and feuded with the likes of ⦠Scroll down to learn more about them all, and be sure to check back with WWE.com tomorrow, when the full bracket for the 2016 Dusty Rhodes Tag Team Classic will be unveiled. In April 2016, the WWE held a Tag Team tournament to determine the #1 contenders to face The New Day for the WWE Tag Team Championship at Payback 2016. In their post-tag team championship era, and after such a long reign, it’s hard to say where The New Day will go in 2017. The ties that bind the greatest WWE tag teams are durable and not easily cast aside. The New Day. Fans were entirely justified when they were pissed off by the end of the Cesaro vs. Sheamus “best of 7” series in 2016. The first team to throw their hat in the ring for the Dusty Rhodes Tag Team Classic may also be the most glorious duo in the field. Now that Sydal is back in the States, it should be only a matter of time before an enterprising promoter tries to reunite these two somewhere.—Garrett Martin, Roppongi Vice has far more going for them than just an amazing theme song, even if they had some personal issues to work through this year. This pair of elite athletes will get the opportunity to back up their boasting when the Dusty Classic begins on Wednesday, Oct. 5. 2016 has been a landmark year for tag team wrestling, from The New Day setting records, to The Young Bucks doing it their own way, to The Revival wrestling some of the best matches of the year. Sometimes, it is the WWE Draft that has been the reason behind a tag teamâs end. Team Hell No was a team that I wouldnât expect to see in this list due to there being other teams who did greater than them during the decade. Since then, the DIY duo have established themselves as one of the top teams in NXT, climbing up the ranks to earn an NXT Tag Team Title opportunity at TakeOver: Brooklyn in August. Step into the ring for the 2016 edition of WWE wrestling action! Watch: Sabbatelli & Moss try to outdo each other in training. This makes me feel bad seeing Kane in this run because Iâm so used to seeing Kane as the Devils Favourite Demon, coming out to Slow Chemical and literally demolishing any person that dares to cross the big guy. All WWE.com could learn is that âTeam Ariesâ has thrown their name into the ring for this fallâs 16-team throwdown. The Revival made a statement in the second round with a huge win over then-NXT Tag Team Champions The Vaudevillains, before putting on an impressive performance in the semifinals against eventual tournament champions Finn Bálor & Samoa Joe. Looking back at wrestling history, these are the four teams who deserve a spot on the tag team Mount Rushmore of WWE. this year? All Rights Reserved, Garrett Martin, Paul DeBenedetto and Jim Vorel. For the rest of the Dusty Classicâs field, the answer may be âNo way!â. It took place on July 19 during the live premiere of SmackDown on the USA Network in the United States broadcasting from the DCU Center in Worcester, Massachusetts. Dillinger was very close with âThe American Dreamâ and has made it clear that heâs doing this âfor Dusty.â. | Benching 225 lbs. 1 Contenders' Tournament. Will their high-risk offense bring them tag team glory? The two brought the WWE Universe to its feet by throwing caution to the wind, putting their bodies on the line in an all-out daredevil duel. The WWE Tag Team Division has been dominated by The Usos and The New Day over the past five years or so. Nese, on the other hand, brings a bit of flair to the team. Gorilla Positionâs best of WWE in 2016 â Tag Teams. A definitive ranking of the top 50 wrestlig Tag Teams of all time ... 2016. Jason Jordan, meanwhile, has always had the LOOK of a WWE superstar with his good looks, big smile, height and showroom physique, and his speed and athleticism fit perfectly into the role of “hot tag guy,” much in the same way as Big Cass. NXT General Manager William Regal has announced that the 2016 Dusty Rhodes Tag Team Classic will begin this Wednesday on WWE Network! As the tension grew, they were still able to win the Super Junior Tag Tournament in October, which put them in position to challenge the Young Bucks for the Junior titles at Wrestle Kingdom 11 last week. Tag team The Iconics: Billie Kay and Peyton Royce: n/a Tag team Luke Gallows and Karl Anderson: n/a Tag team The Riott Squad: Liv Morgan and Ruby Riott: n/a Tag team The Sisterhood: Amelia Lopez and Lena: n/a Tag team The Usos: Jey Uso and Jimmy Uso: n/a Tag team Will Ospreay and Zack Sabre Jr. n/a Tag ⦠WWE Battleground 2016 Kickoff Show. 54:18. 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