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2000 R.S.P-W Awards | Worst Tag Team |
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Worst Tag Team Award Description: To be given to the name tag team who were the worst overall wrestlers in the past year. Minimal technical ability, lousy interviews, non-existent workrate, the charisma of a rock, and lousy team moves should describe this pair. Previous Winners: 1990: Rhythm & Blues: Greg Valentine & Honky Tonk Man 1991: The Patriots: Todd Champion & Firebreaker Chip 1992: Bushwhackers: Luke Williams & Butch Miller 1993: The Colossal Kongs: Awesome Kong & King Kong 1994: Bushwhackers: Luke Williams & Butch Miller 1995: Tekno Team 2000: Travis & Troy 1996: Godwinns: Henry O. & Phineas I. 1997: Godwinns: Henry O. & Phineas I. 1998: Diamond Dallas Page & Jay Leno 1999: Ministry of Darkness: Mideon & Viscera **2000**: Harris Brothers: Big Ron & Heavy D 541 first place votes 525 second place votes 516 third place votes 57 72 46 593 Harris Brothers (Boyz) - Big Ron & Heavy D (Ron & Don / Creative Control - Patrick & Gerald) 52 39 40 457 D-Generation X - Road Dogg & X-Pac 45 41 47 442 Big Boss Man & Bull Buchanan 55 33 32 438 Kronik - Brian Adams & Bryan Clark 44 33 33 385 Perfect Event - Perfectshawn Stasiak & Chuck Palumbo 37 38 35 369 Mideon & Viscera 42 23 22 323 Right to Censor - Steven Richards & Bull Buchanan & Goodfather & Val Venis 30 35 32 319 Harlem Heat - Stevie Ray & Big T & Cash 18 27 17 205 Big Boss Man & Prince Albert 16 15 22 169 Too Cool - Grand Master Sexay & Scotty 2 Hotty 13 11 15 128 Mean Street Posse - Rodney & Pete Gas 10 11 15 113 New Age Outlaws - Road Dogg & Mr. Ass 7 19 10 112 Lo Down - D'Lo Brown & Chaz 9 11 15 108 T&A - Test & Albert 10 9 7 91 Varsity Club - Mike Rotunda & Rick Steiner & Kevin Sullivan 9 7 7 80 Misfits in Action - General Rection & Major Stash & Lieutenant Loco & Sergeant A-Wall & Corporal Cajun 9 1 12 72 Mark Jindrak & Sean O'Haire 7 4 9 65 Baldies - Angel & DeVito & Grimes 2 7 10 51 Vampiro & Jerry Only 1 7 10 46 Vampiro & Oklahoma 5 6 1 45 Boogie Knights - Disqo & Alex Wright 2 6 6 40 Filthy Animals - Rey Mysterio Jr. & Juventud Guerrera & Konnan & Tygress (& Eddie Guerrero) (& Disqo) (& Billy Kidman) 2 5 6 37 Screamin' Norman Smiley & Demon 4 4 2 36 Dudley Boyz - Buh Buh Ray & D-Von 2 4 6 34 Outsiders - Scott Hall & Kevin Nash 6 1 0 33 Hardy Boyz - Matt & Jeff 4 3 1 31 Los Fabulosos - Silver King & El Dandy 3 2 2 25 3 Count - Evan Karagias & Shane Helms & Shannon Moore 3 1 3 24 2XS - Lane and Idol (Rave) (Team XS / Standards & Practices) 2 2 3 22 Acolytes - Faarooq & Bradshaw 2 1 3 19 PG-13 - JC Ice & Wolfie D 0 4 3 18 Tazz & Raven 1 2 3 17 Insane Clown Posse - Violent J & Shaggy 2 Dope 1 1 2 12 Masahiro Chono & Super J 1 1 2 12 Godfather & D'Lo Brown 2 0 0 10 Raven & Tommy Dreamer 1 1 1 10 Pat Patterson & Gerald Brisco 1 1 0 8 David Arquette & Diamond Dallas Page 0 2 1 8 Full Blooded Italians - Guido Maritato & Tony Mamaluke 1 0 1 7 Team Package - Total Package & Ric Flair 1 0 1 7 Mamalukes - Big Vito & Johnny the Bull 1 0 1 7 Eddie Guerrero & Chyna 1 0 0 5 Mae Young & Kat 1 0 0 5 Fabulous Moolah & Mae Young 1 0 0 5 Balls Mahoney & Chilly Willy 0 1 1 5 Shane Douglas & Buff Bagwell 0 1 1 5 Rock & Sock Connection - Rock & Mankind 0 1 1 5 Los Conquistadors - 1 & 2 0 1 0 3 West Side NGZ - Chronic & Big Rott & Dollaz 0 1 0 3 Steve Williams & Oklahoma 0 1 0 3 Shane Douglas & Torrie Wilson 0 1 0 3 Perry Saturn & Dean Malenko 0 1 0 3 Nova & Chris Chetti 0 1 0 3 New Dangerous Alliance - C.W. Anderson & Bill Wiles 0 1 0 3 Jung Dragons - Kaz & Yang & Jamie-san 0 1 0 3 Fabulous Moolah & Terri 0 1 0 3 D'Lo Brown & Godfather 0 1 0 3 Crusher Maedomari & Morimatsu 0 0 1 2 Undertaker & Kane 0 0 1 2 Team 2000 (?) 0 0 1 2 Shane Douglas & Wall 0 0 1 2 Road Dogg & Chyna 0 0 1 2 Network (?) 0 0 1 2 Mideon & Gangrel 0 0 1 2 Kane & Undertaker 0 0 1 2 Head Bangers - Mosh & Thrasher 0 0 1 2 Evan Karagias & Jaime Knoble 0 0 1 2 Edge & Christian 0 0 1 2 Disciples of Synn - Slash & Damien 0 0 1 2 Chyna & Chris Jericho 0 0 1 2 Chyna & Billy Gunn 0 0 1 2 Christian York & Joey Matthews 0 0 1 2 Al Snow & Steve Blackman REJECTED 13 9 4 Road Dogg & K-Kwik (time) 4 8 2 "Any..." votes 2 3 5 InSiders - Kevin Nash & Diamond Dallas Page (time) 1 0 0 "Tie" votes 0 1 1 Duplicate votes 0 1 0 Jumping Bomb Angels (time) 0 0 1 Tony Schiavone & Mark Madden (not a tag team) 0 0 1 Al Gore & Joe Lieberman (not a tag team) HIRO: Of the three picked, two are already gone. The other is still in. There are a lot of reason why that fed is the worst this year, this was one of them. CHRIS BIRD: The WWF tag scene has no shortage of talented teams: the Hardyz, Edge and Christian, the Dudley Boyz, Too Cool, Kaientai, Lo Down, and even TnA and the Acolytes aren't that bad. So how come the Right To Censor has never had so much as one good tag match? Maybe it's because Bull Buchanan has two moves, both of which involve a legdrop. Maybe it's because Goodfather is one of the sloppiest wrestlers in the business. Maybe it's because Steven Richards can barely do his damn superkick. Maybe it's because Val Venis, the only semi-decent wrestler of the bunch, can't carry a bunch of worthless slugs in a shitty gimmick designed to salve Vince McMahon's precious ego. Nearly as bad on the "let's put lots of guys together in the hopes they'll be like the Freebirds" scale was Harlem Heat 2000, which put together Stevie Ray, the former Ahmed Johnson, and one of that rap guy's old bodyguards and performed about as well as you'd expect. Damn, you'd half expect Swoll to show up while they were at it. And let's not forget the Perfect Event, the team that was neither! Comprised of Sean "The Fake Mr. Perfect" Stasiak and Chuck "The Fake Lex Luger" Palumbo, they drew fake heat, fake money, and fake interest, in keeping with their clever theme. BRUNO PULVER: Acolytes: Faarooq & Bradshaw- a perfect example of a lame gimmick. Vince McFuck, please give these men a chance and repackage them MICHAEL BANKER: The team of D'Lo/Godfather wasn't listed as a choice, but they were just awful, so I had to put them down. ADAM FROM TORONTO: Putting Road Dogg and X-Pac together and expecting fans to dig them is like putting Schiavone and Madden together and expecting people to not reach for the remote. ROBERT STRUPP: Sweep by WCW teams. Palumbo and Stasiak are awful and have shown no signs of improvement. Harlem Heat 2000 was awful. The Harris brother suck no matter what their name is. CHRIS OSTER: Road Dogg sucks. X-Pac sucks. Together, they REALLY suck. Write-in vote for Tazz and Raven, and...WHOA! I totally forgot Mideon and Viscera were a tag team...they get a vote just on principle. SCOTT W.: All the WCW Tag Teams apply here. I hate them all. I would not say they all suck, cause some don't, but when Kroni>|, and the Harris Bros. are there, all are shitty. Outsiders are 3rd for pure hatred of both members. CHANCE50JR: They were my number 3, but I'm getting tired of Too Cool. They're like a modern day Public Enemy- without the tables (my apologies if I'm ripping that off from anyone). PETE GOODRICH: Too Lame: they may be popular...but so were a lot of other foolish things. Like the 1980s. JOHN C.: I can't think of a good thing that Kronik has ever done. The team of Bossman & Buchanan generated no heat, had no crowd interest and inspired nobody so they are an easy choice. To me, the best day of the year was when the New Age Outlaws split up because they were way past their prime when they teamed up earlier this year. ANDY P. GOSS: Mideon and Viscera probably didn't team up during the year, but they stink that much. I groan when Big Ron and Heavy D are on, as I did with Harlem Heat 2K. HH2K earns second based on sucking for the whole year, while at least the Harrises were Creative Control, which was moderately cool. TATEWKIKNO: If you replaced this category with Worst Tag Team Of All Time, I still would have voted for Harlem Heat 2000, the Harris Boys, and Perfect Event. That's pretty sorry. JONAH ROSCH: Uggghhhh... Almost hate to even remember The New Harlem Heat 2000. Only way to make it worse would be to give Clarence Mason (sorry I don't remember his real name) a ventriloquist dummy named Blocko or something. I mean it makes The Harris Brothers look good. JUST JEFF: "Road Dogg" Jesse James and X-Pac get the worst tag team on my ballot=2E I know these guys work hard despite their injuries, but they are simply not convincing enough as an upper-card team given the fact that their skills have deteriorated so much. It didn't help that they were using the DX gimmick when it was already very dated. These two men should have taken some time off after that dumpster match against the Dudleys on PPV to recuperate and to repackage themselves. GEORGE JOHNSON: People actually like the NAO?! What? They were once voted tag-team of the year? Shoot me now. PETER HAZLETT: Cut loose Albert and let Test and Trish become Double T, please!!! JOE GAGNE: Road Dogg and X-Pac still got a push despite being lazy and not over. "One of the best teams in WWF history?" Gimme a break, J.R. The Harrisses are also awful and not-over wrestlers, and they actually held the tag titles a few times! Stasiak and Palumbo are two loads who have no business being anywhere near any titles. SCOTT ZUCKER: Ron and Don Harris do not deserve to be paid to wrestle. They are horrible and unwatchable. How they've been able to keep their jobs are beyond me. X-Pac and Road Dogg were very unmotivated as a tag team, and it was very painful to watch them. RTC is also a weak tag team, considering Goodfather and Buchanan are just horrible in the ring. JEREMY SORIA: Misfits in Action, hands down, is the worst. Name changes and all. JEREMY DELINE: Big Bossman and Bull Buchanan were so dull they could put anyone to sleep..'MY GOD! THEY BROKE KANE'S HAND! THE MONSTERS!' at least now Bossman is a memory and Bull Buchanan is...damn, he's a tag team champion, isn't he? out of the many poor WCW Tag Teams, Harlem Heat 2000 were one of the funniest things I've seen all year, and not in a good way either: With Mr. Biggs(call him clarence mason and he'll sue you) in their corner, they were unstoppable..THRILL to Stevie Ray's facial expressions and lack of maneuverability!! CHILL to Cash's general uselessness!! BEHOLD the giant swinging gut of 'Big T', the Gangsta who wears pink track pants..the only way it could have been sadder is if 'Big T' had injured himself or another wrestler. but the worst tag-team of the year would have to be the god-awful duo of Raven and Tommy Dreamer. My god-watching their two ruined carcasses shuffle around the ring attempting to wrestle was embarassing. their off-again, on-again feud was nonsensical, and the effort they put into their matches was a slap in the face of the viewer. NATHAN LONEY: A year of suck... that's what these three had: Kronik, Bossman and Buchanan, and Perfect Event. Three horrible teams, and there were a lot of choices out there. Take a bow, guys! BILL LEHECKA: Any team with the Big Bossman sucked ass. Major league ass. MATT SPAULDING: Just go into WCW and pick almost any tag team... David Flair and Crowbar (who weren't even nominated), PG-13 (whose idea was it to bring THEM back?), Harlem Heat 2000 (whose idea was it to bring AHMED JOHNSON back?), the Varsity Club (are you KIDDING me?) BLAZEJ SZPAKOWICZ: Did anyone like the team of Drug Dogg and X-Pox? Did anyone care about them? Didn't think so. They admittedly wouldn't have been anywhere near as irritating if the announcers hadn't kept putting them over as the best tag team in the WWF despite them not being over, having little or no workrate, and having accomplished jack shit together as a team. But since they kept being put over as the best thing since sliced bread, I think they've earned this award. Bossman/Buchanan and the RTC simply suck in the conventional fashion (even if the latter are over). LAWRENCE BENEDETTO: Come on, Meat? TANVIR RAQUIB: Mike Rotundo is a Syracuse graduate. He's old. Rick Steiner is a Michigan graduate. He's mean. Kevin Sullivan went to whatever college that bitter bookers whose wives leave them for "hot young studs" go to. All three sucked. MIKE PLYLEY: Because why settle for one horrible fat black guy when you can have THREE! Add J. Biggs, and you've got a sure formula for utter crap in Harlem Heat 2000! TOM CRUZ: What's even worse than bad singles wrestling? Bad tag team wrestling. The Booker T-less version of Harlem Heast gets a vote, as do Bull/Bossman, and Whatever Ron And Don Harris Are Calling Themselves Now. Big piles of SUCK. NICK RANGEL: Of all the folks to push, why Stasiak and Palumbo? Neither can work, or talk, or even appear minutely competent. If squash matches hadn't fallen so out of vogue with the advent of the Monday night shows, I suspect that's where these two might have ended up. JEFF "FRO" WAHLMAN: How green are Perfect Event? How bad were Bossman/Bull? How bad was HARLEM HEAT with Big T and Stevie Ray? Ouch PHIL PRZYBYLO: D-X and Kronik were my first two picks. T & A's only saving grace is Trish, yet, everyone always puts them at the top of the tag team list, no matter how many bad matches they put out. THE CUBS FAN: "No, really, we'll have a three man team with Stevie Ray as the best worker. I can't see how this could go wrong." |
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