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Lists the notable [[World Wrestling Entertainment|WWE]] [[Tag Team]] wrestlers throughout WWWF, WWF, and
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* [[Crazy Awesome]]
* [[Funny Foreigner]]
* [[
* [[Nice Hat]]
* [[No Indoor Voice]]
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* [[Breakup Breakout]]: Crush, who became an upper mid-carder with the company and eventually creating his own stable, the Disciples of Apocalypse, [[Wrestling Doesn't Pay|a wrestling]] [[Badass Biker|biker gang]].
* [[Catch Phrase]]: Smash (II): "We're gonna kick your stinkin' teeth in!"
* [[Evil Debt Collector]] / [[Wrestling Doesn't Pay]]: After Demoltion broke up Smash (II) became Repo Man, a [[Exactly What It Says
* [[Expy]]: Of the Road Warriors with a hint of KISS.
** [[Stealth Pun]]: When the Road Warrior finally signed with the WWF, Demolition accused ''them'' of being immitators.
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** Bill Eadie, to a lesser extent. He portrayed minor characters like [[Fake Nationality|Bolo Mongol]] and Super Machine, but he's notable for having two completely distinct characters which were perhaps equally famous in their respective eras: Demolition Ax and, preceding that, [http://www.onlineworldofwrestling.com/pictures/b/billeadie/11.jpg The Masked Superstar].
** Randy Colley also went by Moondog Rex.
** Averted with Brian Adams. Though he competed under other names (most notably his own name at the beginning and end of his career), his [[World Wrestling Entertainment|WWE]] career is notable for his having portrayed five distinct gimmicks (Demolition member; neon-wearing Hawaiian good guy; dark-purple-wearing, face-painting bad guy; ex-convict [[The Enforcer|enforcer]] for the Nation of Domination; and bikergang leader), ''all named Crush''.
* [[The Other Darrin]]: Barry Darsow replacing Randy Colley as Smash.
* [[The Pete Best]]: Randy Colley as Smash.
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* [[Alliterative Name]]: Hercules, as Hercules Hernandez
* [[The Brute]]: Hercules, even when he was a solo act.
* [[Chained
* [[The Fighting Narcissist]]: Roma
* [[Red Baron]]: Paul "Romeo" Roma
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== Teams from the Attitude Era (1997-2001) ==
=== [[
==== Bubba Ray Dudley (Mark S. LoMonaco) 1999-2005 ====
==== D-Von Dudley (Devon E. Hughes) 1999-2005 ====
* [[Acrofatic]]: Bubba Ray
* [[Badass Family]]: Moreso in the original ECW.
* [[Canon
* [[Holy Shit Quotient]]
* [[Improbable Weapon User]]: "D-VON, GET THE TABLES!!!"
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* [[Fun Personified]]: As Too Cool, they would dance after matches with Rikishi.
* [[Power Stable]]: With Rikishi
* [[Pretty Fly for
* [[The Goggles Do Nothing]]: Grandmaster Sexay
* [[Two First Names]]
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* [[Face Heel Turn]]: What dissolved their partnership in 2010, when Shad turned on JTG after a loss.
* [[Jive Turkey]]: In a skit with [[Shawn Michaels]] and [[Triple H]], who were trying to get in the arena. [[Hilarity Ensues|Hilarity Ensued.]]
* [[Put
* [[Xtreme Kool Letterz]]: They were called Cryme Tyme.
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* [[Patriotic Fervor]]
* [[Power Stable]]: Until René became...ThePeteBest.
* [[It Is Pronounced "Tro
* [[Underwear of Power]]: All three when the group split.
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** Their finishing move, "get well soon". Paul would pass the opponent and enziguri the back of his head while Brian hit a reverse STO
* [[Cool Mask]]: As part of their ring entrance attire that went along with their new costumes. They ranged from Phantom of the Opera masks, purple fencing hoods and harlequin masks. This was lampshaded one time by commentary:
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JBL: Have you seen them without it? They aren't really good looking.<br />
Cole: Yeah, like right now and every week.<br />
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* [[Heterosexual Life Partners]]: They both trained together in [[Shawn Michaels]]' Wrestling Academy, fought as a team (They only fought one on one four times), their entrance has them pointing to each other before back flipping before grabbing hands, and they like hugging each other a lot.
* [[Hilarious in Hindsight]]: Brian's rap against [[John Cena]] in 2003. 'Nuff said.
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'''Audience''': "Sucks!" }}
* [[Holy Shit Quotient]]: And how. Suicide dives are always a specialty when these two clear the ring. Let's also not forget the ladder match
* [[I See London]]: Pun aside <ref> and even lampshaded when the two were on the top 25</ref> these two gave it to MNM just weeks before their Judgement Day clash in 2006.
* [[Spell My Name
* [[Keet]]
* [[Kid Appeal Character]]
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* [[Rescue Romance]]: Not necessarily romance, but London and Kendrick first became a team in the WWE when Brian (known as Spanky back then) saved London from becoming [[Brock Lesnar]]'s personal punching bag. Of course Brock pummeled Brian for being in the way, but it brought them together.
* [[Show Within a Show]]: More like "video within a video", their 2nd Entrance Video (the one with the masks) shows a floating masks and then zooms out to show the two rushing into the ring.
* [[Two Guys and
* [[White Dude, Black Dude]]: Subverted with the black as Paul is actually Mexican.
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* [[Ass Kicks You]]: They both use running corner hip splashes in homage to their father.
* [[Badass Long Hair]]
* [[Berserk Button]]: Tread with caution on Naomi, as [[The Miz]] discovered the hard way.
* [[Cool Big Sis]]: Although she was referred to in passing as their 'cousin' at the time of their partnership, Tamina played this role to the Usos during the early parts of their WWE career.
* [[Dance Battler]]: Well, they dance before they battle.
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* [[Generation Xerox]]: Averted. While they did adopt a couple of moves in homage to their father, Rikishi, neither brother is anywhere near as big, and a close examination of their movesets reveals that they actually owe more of their wrestling style to Jimmy "Superfly" Snuka.
* [[Getting Crap Past the Radar]]: Tamina berates then on NXT for using some non PG Samoan.
* [[Playing
* [[Screaming Warrior]]
* [[Tag-Team Twins]]
* [[Wild Samoan]]: Subverted. They don't dress the part, and the few aspects they do use, such as performing Polynesian wardances, are used to both intimidate their opponents and pay homage to their Samoan heritage.
* [[Would Hit a Girl]]: Downplayed and was for laughs as they [https://youtu.be/mD8oPTA5EKQ got Lana] during a food fight. To be fair, in a fight food, women were pretty much fair game.
* [[Wrestling Family]]: Members of the large Anoa'i family, specifically the sons of Rikishi, and the nephews of Umaga and Tonga Kid. If you were to count the Anoa'i family's "blood brothers", you could throw the Maivia family (and therefore one
=== [[The
==== Charlie Haas (Charles "Charlie" Doyle Haas II) 2002-2005, 2006-2010 ====
==== Shelton Benjamin (Shelton James Benjamin) 2000-2010 ====
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== Teams from the WWE, Inc. Era (2011-
=== Primo and Epico (Los Matadores 2013-) ===
==== Primo (Edwin "Eddie" Carlos Colón) 2008-2012, Diego 2013 - ====
==== Epico (Orlando Colón) 2011-2012, Fernando 2013 ====
* [[Annoying Younger Sibling|Annoying Older Sibling]]: How Primo views his brother Carlito.
* [[Back Stab|Backstabber:]] Their [[Finishing Move]].
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* [[Sibling Team]]: Despite annoying him, teaming with his brother was a dream of Primo's and they were the first Unified Tag Team Champions.
* [[Sibling Triangle]]: Primo and Carlito to Brie Bella.
* [[Two Guys and
* [[Villain Team-Up]]: Epico was with Hunico at first. He's now tagging with his cousin Primo.
* [[What Happened to
* [[Wrestling Family]]: The two are [[Real Life]] cousins from one of the well known Mexican wrestling families - also add Carlos, Jr. (Primo's brother, known as Carlito in the WWE), Carlos Sr. (Carlito and Primo's father) as well..
=== The Shield (2012- ) ===▼
=== El Torito (Mascarita Dorada) 2013- ===
* [[Bull Seeing Red]]: Summer Rae’s mistake on Smackdown was wearing a [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0dFR2H39aSA RED DRESS] and El Tortio has already been known to trying to get near women.
* [[David Versus Goliath]]: Unless he’s dealing with Hornswoggle, Tortio is the David whenever he’s in the ring as a wrestler when one compares to the other opponents, who are avenge height. Keep in mind, the average height of a professional wrestler is 6 feet and 6 inches (1.98 meters) and El Tortio is 1.34 meter (4 feet 5 inches) in height, even [[Rey Mysterio, Jr.| Rey Mysterio]] is the Goliath in compassion.
* [[Did You Just Punch Out Cthulhu?]]: This was the response when he managed to pin [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2GSOJwvgA08 Heath Slater].
** This is the reaction whenever he able to defeat an “avenge size” wrestler, even if it’s Rey Mysterio. Just image the reaction would be if he manages to defeat [[The Undertaker]] and/or the Great Khali, who are often the Goliaths.
* [[Masked Luchador]]: Mini-Estrella… to be exact due to his dwarfism
* [[Pint-Sized Powerhouse]]: As Seth Rollins, The Miz, Fandango, and Heath Slater all found this out the hard way.
==== As a whole ====
* [[Arc Words]]: JUSTICE… what else
* [[Bullying a Dragon]]: A former [[Mark Henry
** [[The Undertaker
* [[Beat Them At Their Own Game]]: Most wrestlers delivered this method in order to outmaneuver the Shield.
* [[Blatant Lies]]: This was the case in the beginning when they claimed to be “hounds of justice” when they’re really doing to the dirty for [[Triple H
* [[Even Evil Has Standards| Even the Shield Has Standards]]:
** March 17th, 2014 episode of RAW, they were ordered to Triple Power Bomb one of the [[Jerry Lawler
* [[Military Alphabet]]: The name of the Shield is spelled out like this.
* [[Oh Crap]] / [[You Have Got to Be Kidding Me!]]: This was their reaction on 9/23/13 RAW when they were ordered to take on Kofi Kingston, Rob Van Dam, Prime Time Players, Dolph Ziggler, Zack Ryder, R-Truth, Justin Gabriel, Daniel Bryan, and Reigns’ cousin, The Usos… all in a match ordered by [[Triple H
** Ambrose also have the “Are You Kidding” reaction when he saw [[Pint
==== Dean Ambrose (Jonathan Good) ====
* [[Ax Crazy]]: You thought the Wyatt Family and [[Randy Orton
* [[Dangerously Genre Savvy]] Even as face, Ambrose is often like this.
* [[Ironic Name]]: Ambrose’s birth surname is “good”, and he’s mostly a [[Heel]].▼
** [[Despair Event Horizon]]: Likely due to Rollins's betrayal, only for Bray Wyatt to egg him on.
* [[Psychopathic Manchild]]▼
* [[Determinator]]: It's kindly hard to make him quit. Just ask anyone who fought him.
* [[Enforced Method Acting]]: Rollins was the only one told in advance about his fate with the Shield, making the reaction Ambrose had real.
▲* [[Ironic Name]]: Ambrose’s birth surname is “good”, and he’s mostly a [[Heel]] though he later made a [[Heel Face Turn]].
▲* [[Psychopathic Manchild]]: Even as [[Face]]
* [[Wouldn't Hit a Girl]]: On Jan. 02, 2017, episode of [[Smack Down]], he got slapped by Maryse while dealing with her [[The Miz| husband]]. This would ended in a DQ win for Ambrose but meant he couldn't get the title that was on the line. Ambrose simply talks some sense into the referee, rather than hitting Maryse back. Instead, Ambrose opted to allowed the match to continue and just get Maryse removed from the ring. {{Spoiler| The tactic worked.}}
==== Roman Reigns (Leati Anoa'i Jr.) ====
* [[Determinator]]: There are two words that he's less likely to say... "I Quit". Just ask [[Kane]].
* [[Kiai]]: His roars… that can only [[This Is Gonna Suck| one thing]] for anyone in his way.▼
** [[Major Injury Underreaction]]: This guy had to put up with a chock-slam on to a [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LT_uvZViygc cab] by [[The Big Show]], and yet he calmly walks away.
▲* [[Kiai]]: His roars… that [[Oh Crap| can only mean]] [[This Is Gonna Suck| one thing]] for anyone in his way.
* [[Lightning Bruiser]]
** [[I Know Madden Kombat]]: He used to play American football during his high school and college years, which explain his spare technique.
** [[What Could Have Been]]: In real life, he was considered during the NFL draft pick for Minnesota Vikings and Jacksonville Jaguars. He wasn’t the [[Brock Lesnar
* [[Kick the Son of a Bitch]]: He was only able to hold off his anger for so far it was only a matter of time before he acted it out. That was the case for [[Triple H]], who kept on making his life hell for the rest of 2015.
* [[Real Life Writes the Plot]]: Back in 2014 for the Night of Champions, Reigns was forced to bail out of a match against Seth Rollins due to legitimate Hernia surgery.
* [[Reasonable Authority Figure]]: When it comes to the Shield, Reigns seems to be this, after all he did put Rollins and Ambrose in their place during an augment. When the duo had an augment at the Royal Rumble, Reigns made them two of the twelve guys to fall victim.
* [[Wrestling Family]]: Reigns is a member of the Anoa’i, which also includes [[Dwayne Johnson
** [[Wild Samoan]]: His dad, Sika, and uncle, Afa, are [[Trope Namer| Trope Namers]].
* [[Worthy Opponent]]: Just ask Kane, Brock Lensar, and even [[Mark Henry]]
==== Seth Rollins (Colby Lopez) ====
* [[Arch Enemy]]: Dean Ambrose, and most recently, [[John Cena]]
* [[Beard of Evil]]: As a heel, of course
* [[Face Heel Turn]]: A day after '''Payback''', he turned his back on Ambrose and Reigns, then joining the Authority.
* [[The Heart]]: He seems to take this role.
** [[Screw This, I'm Outta Here]]: He did this on RAW in March of 2014 during a match against the Wyatt Family, which forced Reigns to chase Rollins while Ambrose knew he was [[Oh Crap| screwed]].
* [[Getting Crap Past the Radar]]: September 29 edition of Raw, after getting his Money in the Bank briefcase back from Dean Ambrose, who stole it, there was a buzzing sound. When [[Triple H| the]] [[Stephanie McMahon| Authority]] checked their phones, they noticed the sound was coming from the briefcase. Rollins explains it’s an electric razor, since he shaves his underarms like many other wrestlers.
** [[Funny Aneurysm Moment]]: This seems a bit more awkward when nude photos of Rollins were leaked online during the week of February 9th.
* [[Oh Crap]]: He had a fair share amount of this.
** When he tried to curb stomp Roman Reigns, Reigns manages to escape and take one of the cinder-blocks that would've been used. Rollins was in Reigns' path when the cinder-block was thrown, forcing Rollins to duck out of the way. Once the cinder-block broke apart upon hitting a turnbuckle, Rollins had the look of shock on his face.
** After denying [[Brock Lesnar]] a rematch for the WWE World Heavyweight Championship, Lesnar went [[Unstoppable Rage| insane]]. When Rollins decides to [[What an Idiot!| kick Lesnar in the face]], he quickly discover his mistake when Lesnar just stood there.
* [[Wouldn't Hit a Girl]]: During his tenure at [[Ring of Honor]] as Tyler Black, he rejected the order to fight none other than Kia Stevens, aka Kharma or Awesome Kong. Stevens was the ONE WHO DEMEANED HE FIGHT.
** [[Wife-Basher Basher]]: Rollins also won't take kindly to anyone beating up a woman in front of him. Just go ask Baron Corbin.
== The Reality Era (2014-) ==
== Other Notable Tag Team Wrestlers ==
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* [[Badass Teacher]]: Taught [[Mick Foley]], Shane Douglas and and the late Brian Hildebrand how to wrestle.
* [[Cunning Linguist]]: Speaks English, French, Spanish, and Italian.
* [[Finishing Move]]: [[Everything's Better
* [[Underwear of Power]]
==== Ivan Putski (Josef Bednarski) 1976–1987 ====
* [[As Long
* [[Fake Nationality]]: He's American, but pretended to be a Polish concentration camp survivor.
* [[Pec Flex]]
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* [[Combat Pragmatist]]: They don't give just anyone the name "master of the foreign object".
* [[Improbable Weapon User]]: A roll of coins.
* [[
* [[Red Baron]]: "Baron".
* [[Underwear of Power]]
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* [[I Have Many Names]]
* [[Nice Hat]]: As Sailor White
* [[Red Baron]]: "Sailor White". Also wrestled in [[
==== Tony Garea (Anthony Garcia) 1972- ====
* [[Action Survivor]]
* [[Demoted to Extra]]: As a WWE road agent.
* [[
* [[Underwear of Power]]
* [[Wrestling Family]]: His brother, John Garea, who wrestled in the NWA.
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* [[Genius Bruiser]]
* [[It Runs in The Family]]
* [[Underwear of Power]]: And by extension, [[Wearing a Flag
==== Marty Jannetty (Frederick Marty Jannetty) 1987, 1988-1992, 1992-1994, 1995-1996, 2005-2007, 2009 ====
* [[The Bus Came Back]]: Every year and a half or so after WCW folded. He's usually on the wrong end of a match involving someone with a grudge against Shawn Michaels or a young superstar with a push or winning streak.
* [[Butt Monkey]]: Naming the least successful person of a Tag Team after they break up as [[Person
* [[Garfunkel]]: To [[Shawn Michaels]], and one of the most famous wrestling examples of the trope.
* [[Holy Shit Quotient]]
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* [[It Runs in The Family]]
* [[Real Men Wear Pink]]: As part of the Hart Dynasty.
* [[Wearing a Flag
* [[Wrestling Family]]
* [[Underwear of Power]]
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* [[Keet]]
* [[Mr. Fanservice]]
* [[Named
* [[Pint-Sized Powerhouse]]
* [[Put
** [[The Bus Came Back]]: Came back immediately after his first suspension was up. Has yet to come back from his second, this is due to him being in a car accident and breaking his foot, just days after his suspension was up.
* [[Red Baron]]: "Air" Bourne.
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* [[Husky Russkie]]
* [[Mother Russia Makes You Strong]]
* [[Put
* [[The Quiet One]]
* [[Straight Man]]: To Santino.
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=== The WWE, Inc. Era (2011-Present) ===
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