I recently saw an episode of Taker's podcast where he claimed that the only reason he pitched Mabel as a member of The Ministry was so that he wouldn't have to wrestle him
Men on a Mission were bad in ring, but the gimmick was as over as it needed to be. Plus, it’s a rare example of Vince McMahon almost being timely with a babyface gimmick.
Rick Bogner got totally screwed. He was thrown in because he could do a good Razor impersonation vocally but the whole thing was terrible. He was a buddy and a good guy who passed too soon.
Fun fact, Chad Fortune would go on to drive monster trucks in Monster Jam for almost 20 years, most notably driving the Superman, Soldier of Fortune, and WCW Nitro Machine trucks
@@ericambrose7024 I just started watching the TNA PPVs on TNA+ and it seemed like he's a big deal. I remembered the name but I didn't watch wrestling back then so I don't know who he is or why he would have been pushed so highly. Thank you for clearing this up!
Not sure if Men on a Mission are on this list because of some weird personal vendetta against them that Pacitti has or just because he wasn't watching wrestling at that time, but they were generally quite over and reasonably successful at the time and had a pretty good run, there are a dozen other worse tag teams that could on this list.
The Gymini were so bad that Jim Cornette kicked them out of OVW following them botching a simple finish to one of their matches. They had been wrestling for about 10 years by that point as well.
Fun fact Antonio of the Heartthrobs is a really talented, underrated indie veteran who is a tremendous technical wrestler and has an incredible physique even at his age
You obviously don't understand the time period that Men on a Mission came out. The rap group, ironically called Tag Team, was huge. I kind of liked MOM. Their matches weren't that bad. It was all about capitalizing on what was cool at the time.
Perfect example of being too much of a wrestling nerd with the over analyzing and not actually understanding the era in time and the true reaction superstars were getting no matter how dumb it sounds on paper or looks on video. Men on a mission were insanely over, I remember seeing them live as a child and the whole arena waving their arms in the air singing along side them. Everyone is such purest for pure wrestling these days, they miss the forest for the trees and fail to realize a big part of the experience is the gimmick and entrance. I have far more memories of entrances of random wrestlers with weird gimmicks then I do of people wrestling the perfect match. Caring about the technical side of wrestling is something fans do when they feel like they have to justify why they still enjoy wrestling as an adult, like a snob who looks at fancy art work and pretends to describe how deep it is when the obvious answer is the art just looks aesthetically pleasing. Mable stumbling around the ring was far more exciting and over then you will ever understand from your arm chair quarter back position. They didn't really cool off till the heel turn and that is where their weakness stood out more. They brought so much fun and excitement to the ring as faces no one gave two shits if they could barley move around the ring.
For what it's worth, I was heart broken when the Heartthrobs were released. My brother and I loved how cheesy they were, and the one time we saw them live at a house show is one of our favorite memories from a wrestling show.
Remember that the Tekno Team 2000 was supposed to represent the future yet this is WWF in 1995, but you gotta admit that their entrance theme is amazing!, like a 21st century racing championship theme haha
The reason why they signed with WWE was so they would no longer have to work that style that had beaten them down physically for 20 years, and get their biggest payday to boot.
"Nerfed them" is such an embarrassing statement. Vince was the only promoter smart enough to turn them babyface, they were so likeable and so funny in real life that it was a brilliant decision to make them babyface. They were in their 40's, beat up and were sick of bleeding for little money in dying territories like Puerto Rico or Memphis, in WWF they were always booked as an attraction and fans fell in love with them instantly. Best run of their careers, they said it themselves several times.
Bro they were wack. Just because you liked them when you were a small child and they remind you of the 90s doesn’t mean they weren’t utter dogshit 😂 You mfs need to stop attaching nostalgia to things and people and acting like that alone carries things 😂
For us Gen X'ers who grew up with them. They were NOT bad back in the day, and when they had Oscar their mic guy they were pretty dang over in the early days. It wasn't till a year in when wrestling was evolving so quickly that they became really lame, really fast. They just didn't evolve like everyone else. But a lot of wrestlers fell by the wayside like that.
Being someone who absolutely loved the Road Warriors ever since I was a little boy; seeing that damn bum Heidenrich dare try to replace Hawk made me start to hate wrestling for a while..
They already tried to make him a bootleg Sycho Sid...he got even worse when they tried to have him replace Hawk. Hawk wasn't a polished wrestler I'll admit..but Heidenreich was all around green and terrible in the ring and had zero charisma.
You're not wrong. But honestly they were doomed from the start with that stupid gimmick. The Rock and Steve Austin in their primes couldn't have gotten that shit over.
How about "every tag team from 93-97 with the exception of the one's Owen Hart and British Bulldog were involved in and Michaels and Diesel". Seriously that whole time was just bad tag team after bad tag team. Those 4 were the only ones saving the division (with the help sometimes of Yokozuna and Luger, and yes i know a lot of people don't like the Allied Powers but I thought it was a decent enough tag team considering how bad everything around them were).
I love how the late 80’s tag teams had the most mediocre names: Men Who Wear Red Strong and Proud The Cool Cats Mose and Knuckle ..ok I made those up, but I’m not far from the truth.
10:23 = Now that you mentioned them, why the heck are the Bashams not on this list? They were just as bland, mediocre & forgettable as Gymini & the Harris Brothers.
when the bashams debuted, they reminded me of double dragon enemies. i guess the gymini reminded me too, but they weren't around long enough for me to remember.
@@DragonHeart613 Even worse than that, they were in main event angles as part of jbl's cabinet stable lol. They got battered of course but still they were in significant angles.
@@DragonHeart6132 runs. They had TWO runs with the belts. Because as I mentioned in another comment on this video, The ruthless aggression era was a wasteland for tag teams.
This was a terrible list bad by even this channels standard. The only truly bad teams were the Gemini and DOA. The Dicks and Heart Throbs get an an asterisk, because I never saw them in OVW and heard good things.
As is previously commented on, though not quite clarified, putting "New" in front of the name of a previously existing tag team is a guaranteed death knell for the new team. Not only does it immediately compare a new team to one who gained popularity after years of working together, putting the new team at a major disadvantage from the outset, it is also as good an indicator you could need that creative has no real plans for you. The sad thing is creative are aware of this, and try to get around it by trying names like LOD 2000, etc. So if you're a budding tag team hoping for your big break and this is the best the company can offer you, run for the hills.
I think the Harris twins was WWF version of what they had in mind when they signed Bruiser Brody & Nord ( The Berzker ) who in was Nord The Barbarian in AWA and tagged there and they worked the same but before they showed up in WWF Brody was murdered but if they had made it they wouldve been great
Unpopular opinion, but as a white kid growing up in the suburbs of 🇨🇦 I thought Men On a Mission's raps were pretty "fly" in the parlance of the time 😂
I completely forgot that LoD 2000 came out with Christie Hemme. That's likely because I was looking at Hemme the whole time. She's over half the reason I ever watched TNA.
With stuff like this, it makes me think that all of Vince's brain power ever came to how he can sexually harass someone in his own demented way instead of focusing on his show. Which, given what we hear about him, is actually a huge possibility.
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Nothing makes a tag team bad than having ‘new’ in front of their tag team name. New rockers, new blackjacks, new rock and role express etc etc
New days?
@@damn_jaz9895New New Day
New Age Outlaws? 😂
New Nexus
@@NealCamerlengo dam. You got me on that one.
Fun fact: If you type "WWE The Dicks", "WWE the Gymini" and "WWE Tekno Team 2000" you will find a video posted by WWE themselves as "boring tag teams"
I doubt if it can get any worse than that.
I think they did the thing for the Beverly Brothers
They all list Furnas and Lafon, who are a great team.
WWE The DicksWWE the GyminiWWE Tekno Team 2000
They also list Furnas & Lafon and The Basham Brothers who I think were both good
imagine being so bad that your title reign is believed to be a botch!
😂😂 I actually enjoined men on mission tag team
I recently saw an episode of Taker's podcast where he claimed that the only reason he pitched Mabel as a member of The Ministry was so that he wouldn't have to wrestle him
Lol
The man injured him in 95...I can't blame him.
Makes total sense. Haha
Men on a Mission were bad in ring, but the gimmick was as over as it needed to be. Plus, it’s a rare example of Vince McMahon almost being timely with a babyface gimmick.
Yeah I thought they were really great.
Men from a mission
Throw ya hands in the air...my childhood 😂😂😂
@@conradhauser17yes, that's what the Brain said, men who live in a mission. Like downtown
And the locker room only hated them because they were black and over with the kids
At least Billy Gunn managed to redeem the lips-on-wrestling-gear look later in the '90s.
Rick Bogner got totally screwed. He was thrown in because he could do a good Razor impersonation vocally but the whole thing was terrible. He was a buddy and a good guy who passed too soon.
The Harris Brothers also have SS tattoos prominent on their arms so screw 'em.
Well that explains why markyd123 refers to them as the Nazi brothers
i knew i wasn’t trippin, smh
Funny how they just keep getting chances over and over and over again, huh?
I bet Men On A Mission were their best friends. :)
Meh.
I actually liked Men on a Mission. There, I said it.
Hahahahahahahahahaha. Well, that is the first step to recovery.
I did too
Because we were kids and they were baby faces. Kids in the 80s and 90s liked all baby faces.
Mo , Mo , Mo , Mo , Mo
I honestly felt bad for Well Dunn because they had found so much success everywhere else they wrestled.
You can say that about a lot of the territory guys that came into the WWF in the mid-90s
In Puerto Rico they were big stars.
What was their gimmick supposed to be anyway?....male strippers?...dancers?...it was never clear.
Fun fact, Chad Fortune would go on to drive monster trucks in Monster Jam for almost 20 years, most notably driving the Superman, Soldier of Fortune, and WCW Nitro Machine trucks
Madusa did as well.
As bad as Tekno Team 2000 was, you have to admit they had some sweet entrance music
To this day, one of the most insane things in wrestling to me is Erik Watts getting such a big push in TNA.
@@ericambrose7024 I just started watching the TNA PPVs on TNA+ and it seemed like he's a big deal. I remembered the name but I didn't watch wrestling back then so I don't know who he is or why he would have been pushed so highly. Thank you for clearing this up!
Saw them perform at Madison Square Garden. I believe it was their debut and they did alright.
@@dontommy54Bill Watts Son
I disagree with Men On A Mission, I thought they were a good tag team
an other tag team really boring the heavenly bodies
Not sure if Men on a Mission are on this list because of some weird personal vendetta against them that Pacitti has or just because he wasn't watching wrestling at that time, but they were generally quite over and reasonably successful at the time and had a pretty good run, there are a dozen other worse tag teams that could on this list.
They not up on the culture
The Gymini were so bad that Jim Cornette kicked them out of OVW following them botching a simple finish to one of their matches. They had been wrestling for about 10 years by that point as well.
Lol. If you ain't got it by 10 years on any job, it ain't for you son.
Man, what ever happened to Tajiri? He was one of my favorites as a kid. Always loved the buzzsaw kick as a finish.
5:09 note the prominent "SS" tattoo... wild that the WWE was under fire for the Godfather gimmick while they featured legit Nazis on their show.
Happy that Deuce and Domino didnt make the list. Great theme song.
And then Chad Fortune found success in the world of monster trucks.
he is the first man to beat Bill Goldberg though it was a dark match and didnt count
@@michaelmarriott1177 WHAT
@@AlanNadeauIII yeah it was Goldberg's fifth dark match
@@michaelmarriott1177 Oh wow
Techno team 2000 was not a bad gimmick, but Erik Watts always sucked.
And his suck unfortunately rubbed off on Chad Fortune.
Well Dunn was a huge Mis-
STEAK!
nice try punk
you trying to be funny huh boy
well knock it off because its not working
Fun fact
Antonio of the Heartthrobs is a really talented, underrated indie veteran who is a tremendous technical wrestler and has an incredible physique even at his age
Mentioning the Harris twins without mentioning the SS tattoos is malpractice.
What's hilarious is that they don't talk that dumb stuff when they are around black wrestlers....
You obviously don't understand the time period that Men on a Mission came out. The rap group, ironically called Tag Team, was huge. I kind of liked MOM. Their matches weren't that bad. It was all about capitalizing on what was cool at the time.
I agree, MOM actually got the crowd up with Oscar if you go back to 1994, there matches sucked but as an act they weren’t the worst
These guys ain’t cultured
We were wearing our clothes backwards ffs. 😅
No Beverley Brothers? They were awful and their finisher was dangerous as hell.
Agreed
Thanks!
So the Harris Twins have always been awful
I see what you did there.....cheeky😂😂😂😂
@@ShanthoshRajThirumoorthy Thanks!!!!
Thank god they didn't discuss their WCW run...oh lord.
@@monarcheddude that run was awful cuz as Russos heavys it was doomed from the start
@@aztecwrrior1997 yep
5:08 We just gonna ignore Ron and Don's poorly disguised SS tattoos?
Asuka's tailor must have also worked with Well Dunne
Perfect example of being too much of a wrestling nerd with the over analyzing and not actually understanding the era in time and the true reaction superstars were getting no matter how dumb it sounds on paper or looks on video. Men on a mission were insanely over, I remember seeing them live as a child and the whole arena waving their arms in the air singing along side them. Everyone is such purest for pure wrestling these days, they miss the forest for the trees and fail to realize a big part of the experience is the gimmick and entrance. I have far more memories of entrances of random wrestlers with weird gimmicks then I do of people wrestling the perfect match. Caring about the technical side of wrestling is something fans do when they feel like they have to justify why they still enjoy wrestling as an adult, like a snob who looks at fancy art work and pretends to describe how deep it is when the obvious answer is the art just looks aesthetically pleasing. Mable stumbling around the ring was far more exciting and over then you will ever understand from your arm chair quarter back position. They didn't really cool off till the heel turn and that is where their weakness stood out more. They brought so much fun and excitement to the ring as faces no one gave two shits if they could barley move around the ring.
Poor Mabel has NEVER caught a break in the videos regarding the worst
@therealsethscarlet7084Mabel was a guy😂
Might have something to do with being the worst?
@@Alucard-A-La-Carte he wasn't THAT bad
This Mo slander will not stand.
The "New Midnight Express" was Vince Russo's idea to try and "stick it to Jim Cornette". Go to Jim's podcast if you want to listen more about it.
Men on a mission was not that bad. I liked them as a tag team
Best thing about Tekno Team 2000 is their color scheme of lovely silver and maroon combination
I used to call them "Armdrag Team 2000" back in 1995. That's all I ever saw them do in their matches.
At least they arent the dingdongs
They were WCW
For what it's worth, I was heart broken when the Heartthrobs were released. My brother and I loved how cheesy they were, and the one time we saw them live at a house show is one of our favorite memories from a wrestling show.
Nothing beats a wrestling video then someone bashing nelson fraizer jr
Remember that the Tekno Team 2000 was supposed to represent the future yet this is WWF in 1995, but you gotta admit that their entrance theme is amazing!, like a 21st century racing championship theme haha
don't badmouth the Bushwhackers, as the Sheepherders. they were badass brawlers it was Mcmahon who nerfed them
Shepherders vs moondogs
The reason why they signed with WWE was so they would no longer have to work that style that had beaten them down physically for 20 years, and get their biggest payday to boot.
They got beat up by Carl Winslow and Steve Urkel 😂
They were happy with it though. Easy money, no more hardcore matches etc
"Nerfed them" is such an embarrassing statement. Vince was the only promoter smart enough to turn them babyface, they were so likeable and so funny in real life that it was a brilliant decision to make them babyface. They were in their 40's, beat up and were sick of bleeding for little money in dying territories like Puerto Rico or Memphis, in WWF they were always booked as an attraction and fans fell in love with them instantly. Best run of their careers, they said it themselves several times.
Tekno Team 2000 were actually good in the ring - it’s the gimmick that was ridiculous…!!
Saw it coming and yet still laughed like a 13 year old at "spunk!"
The nasty boys were the worst
This MFer really started with MEN ON A MISSION 😑
Bro they were wack. Just because you liked them when you were a small child and they remind you of the 90s doesn’t mean they weren’t utter dogshit 😂
You mfs need to stop attaching nostalgia to things and people and acting like that alone carries things 😂
You can buy old Xmas decor from Mo's storage for like $85 USD.
The Harris bros also had Nazi tattoos
As I recall, Ludwig Borga did as well.
@@Dan97LHS he was a Nazi irl basically, neo Nazi
@@Dan97LHSBorga was a literal neo nazi
I started watching WWE (regularly) during the age of the Heart Throbs, the Gymini and the Dicks. I don't know how I kept watching.
I forgot about the heart throbs
AKA: Vince McMahon can't book worth a damn, and never has.
I had to reread what this list was because I thought this was "10 Worst Tag Team NAMES in WWE History"
I didn't think men on a mission where that bad
For us Gen X'ers who grew up with them. They were NOT bad back in the day, and when they had Oscar their mic guy they were pretty dang over in the early days. It wasn't till a year in when wrestling was evolving so quickly that they became really lame, really fast. They just didn't evolve like everyone else. But a lot of wrestlers fell by the wayside like that.
@@wtbeecher very true I didn't like Mabel as a main eventer
@@Gazowen-qz5xyNOBODY did. The fact that Mabel main evented the second or third biggest ppv of the year in 95 will always be a massive joke.
@@rayedmonds6108but he was thrown into a situation he should never of been in
Being someone who absolutely loved the Road Warriors ever since I was a little boy; seeing that damn bum Heidenrich dare try to replace Hawk made me start to hate wrestling for a while..
They already tried to make him a bootleg Sycho Sid...he got even worse when they tried to have him replace Hawk. Hawk wasn't a polished wrestler I'll admit..but Heidenreich was all around green and terrible in the ring and had zero charisma.
Always had in my head that gymini were the basham brothers pre cabinet
Men On a Mission, Cool Name😎, Rubbish Tag Team😮💨🙁!
Awh, I liked The Gymini. I was about eight years old, but still
Vince wasnt mad,The Tag Team was JR idea
The Harris Brothers were awesome. I loved watching them punching and kicking and clubbing.
Worst WWE tag team?
Vince McMahon and John Laryngitis.
What didn't help The Dicks case is they didn't get along and drew the ire of two certain Smackdown "leaders".
You're not wrong. But honestly they were doomed from the start with that stupid gimmick. The Rock and Steve Austin in their primes couldn't have gotten that shit over.
Hey the heart throbs were great
When I was young, I thought that the Tekno Team 2000 was the Hardy Boyz.
Men on Mission also got a push because Hip hop was becoming the new Hip music among the Young Kids. MoM walked so AEW'S The Acclaimed could RUN.
I used to get a huge kick out of The Heartthrobs. They teamed with Victoria one time and came out dancing on her and she got all mad about it.
How about "every tag team from 93-97 with the exception of the one's Owen Hart and British Bulldog were involved in and Michaels and Diesel". Seriously that whole time was just bad tag team after bad tag team. Those 4 were the only ones saving the division (with the help sometimes of Yokozuna and Luger, and yes i know a lot of people don't like the Allied Powers but I thought it was a decent enough tag team considering how bad everything around them were).
I love how the late 80’s tag teams had the most mediocre names:
Men Who Wear Red
Strong and Proud
The Cool Cats
Mose and Knuckle
..ok I made those up, but I’m not far from the truth.
Wow, that was as bad as advertised. 😩
Do it for Tekno Team 2000. King Ross, "Why?"
10:23 = Now that you mentioned them, why the heck are the Bashams not on this list? They were just as bland, mediocre & forgettable as Gymini & the Harris Brothers.
Worse. They had significant airtime
when the bashams debuted, they reminded me of double dragon enemies. i guess the gymini reminded me too, but they weren't around long enough for me to remember.
@@TheRealAhoy & even a run as Tag Team Champs for crying out loud & they totally sucked.
@@DragonHeart613 Even worse than that, they were in main event angles as part of jbl's cabinet stable lol. They got battered of course but still they were in significant angles.
@@DragonHeart6132 runs. They had TWO runs with the belts. Because as I mentioned in another comment on this video, The ruthless aggression era was a wasteland for tag teams.
I wasn't watching wrestling when The Gymini were a thing, but there's so much you can do with a pair of twins. Especially as singles wrestlers.
This was a terrible list bad by even this channels standard. The only truly bad teams were the Gemini and DOA.
The Dicks and Heart Throbs get an an asterisk, because I never saw them in OVW and heard good things.
So your basically saying , the new generation era and the ruthless aggression era were terrible for tag teams
I’m surprised Jacket Time didn’t make the list
You missed the swat team. They stank.
One of the Harris' Brother's having a lazily attempted cover up of Nat'zee SS bolts with tribal is my favorite.
They both had them.
How dare you insult Tekno Team 2000.
The Harris brothers should have been #1 for obvious reasons
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At least Animal was one half of arguably the GOAT tag-team so that eclipses been lumbered with heidenriech.
Bob Holly, the only person to be a member of the Midnight Express AND the Rock 'N' Roll Express.
What is wrong with you guys? Don't ever disrespect the GOATs of tag team wrestling, Tekno Team 2000.
So well dunne video again 🎉
Losing their first match to William Regal and Tajiri… I honestly wouldn’t put that against them. Two of the best workers I can think of.
I liked the heart throbs a lot, perfectly annoying heels who you loved to see getting beat up, Animal and Hedenreich were very over in 2005
I was watching every week in 2005. I have zero recollection of Animal and Heidenreich being even remotely over.
At least Chad Fortune had a very stellar career as a Monster Jam driver
As is previously commented on, though not quite clarified, putting "New" in front of the name of a previously existing tag team is a guaranteed death knell for the new team. Not only does it immediately compare a new team to one who gained popularity after years of working together, putting the new team at a major disadvantage from the outset, it is also as good an indicator you could need that creative has no real plans for you. The sad thing is creative are aware of this, and try to get around it by trying names like LOD 2000, etc. So if you're a budding tag team hoping for your big break and this is the best the company can offer you, run for the hills.
The Colossal Connection was bad.
Men on a Mission were not that bad, they could've done a lot more better to win more Tag Team Champions.
No mention of The New Rockers? A sad reboot of the original ones deserves a place on this list.
So many knob related jokes in one entry. Way to go sir
Lmfao bro I've been watching WWE for over 30 years and I absolutely do not remember "Well Done" at all 😂😂
I think the Harris twins was WWF version of what they had in mind when they signed Bruiser Brody & Nord ( The Berzker ) who in was Nord The Barbarian in AWA and tagged there and they worked the same but before they showed up in WWF Brody was murdered but if they had made it they wouldve been great
Wild that Men on a Mission won the tag titles but legendary teams like the Rockers and Allied Powers never did.
Not "wild", Rockers were always in a packed tag team division while M.O.M. was there when the division was at all time low in depth.
Unpopular opinion, but as a white kid growing up in the suburbs of 🇨🇦 I thought Men On a Mission's raps were pretty "fly" in the parlance of the time 😂
The 3 that come to mind immediately are the Gymini, Dicks, and Heartthrobs😂
Well Dunn's attire is just hideous.
I'm surprised Pure Fusion Collective didn't make the list...
I completely forgot that LoD 2000 came out with Christie Hemme. That's likely because I was looking at Hemme the whole time. She's over half the reason I ever watched TNA.
Uh? LOD 2000 (Hawk and Animal) was with Sunny, Christy Hemme was with the 2005 version.
With stuff like this, it makes me think that all of Vince's brain power ever came to how he can sexually harass someone in his own demented way instead of focusing on his show. Which, given what we hear about him, is actually a huge possibility.
Men on a mission was awesome 👍🏽
The Heart Throbs were MASSIVELY over in OVW. Sad they didn’t find at least some success in WWE
I'm surprised the Beverly brothers didn't make the list