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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
  2001: Kronik: Brian Adams & Bryan Clarke
  2002: Rosey & Jamal

**2003**: 3 Minute Warning - Rosey & Jamal / La Resistance - Sylvan Grenier &
          Rene Dupree (tie)

127 first place votes
123 second place votes
117 third place votes

 29 10 10  195   3 Minute Warning - Rosey & Jamal
 24 21  6  195   La Resistance - Sylvan Grenier & Rene Dupree
 14  7 15  121   Jim Ross & Jerry Lawler
  8  7  7   75   Big Show & A-Train
  6  7  9   69   Rodney Mack & Mark Henry
  4  7 12   65   APA - Bradshaw & Faarooq
  4  8 10   64   Undertaker & Nathan Jones
  4 10  4   58   Zach Gowen & Stephanie McMahon
  8  5  1   57   Dudley Boyz - Bubba Ray & D-Von
  5  3  9   52   Basham Brothers - Doug & Danny
  5  6  4   51   Scott Steiner & Test
  2  4  4   30   Roddy Piper & Sean O'Haire
  0  6  4   26   Christopher Nowinski & Rodney Mack
  0  5  2   19   Jonathan Coachman & Al Snow
  1  3  0   14   Hurricane & Rosey
  1  2  1   13   FBI - Chuck Palumbo & Johnny Stamboli
  0  2  3   12   Kane & Rob van Dam
  2  0  0   10   Eddie Guerrero & Tajiri
  2  0  0   10   3 Live Kru - Ron Killings & Konnan & BG James
  1  0  2    9   William Regal & Lance Storm
  0  1  3    9   Mark Jindrak & Garrison Cade
  1  0  0    5   Timid & Pizon
  1  0  0    5   Redshirt Security - Kevin Northcutt & Ryan Wilson
  1  0  0    5   Michael Modest & Donovan Morgan
  1  0  0    5   Mean & Hard - Mitch Page & Rollin Hard
  1  0  0    5   Foreign Exchange
  1  0  0    5   David Young & Tracy
  1  0  0    5   2 Hotty & Rakishi
  0  1  1    5   Test & Scott Steiner
  0  1  1    5   Hurricane & Kane
  0  1  1    5   Billy Gunn & Jamie Noble
  0  1  0    3   Takeshi Morishima & Takeshi Rikio
  0  1  0    3   New Church - Slash & Sinn
  0  1  0    3   Mr. Pogo & Shadow WX
  0  1  0    3   Los Hermanos Dinamitas - Cien Caras, Mascaro Ano 2000
& Universo 2000
  0  1  0    3   Lance Storm & Goldust
  0  1  0    3   French Connection
  0  0  1    2   Tadao Yasuda & Kazunari Murakami
  0  0  1    2   Steve Williams & Sandman
  0  0  1    2   Spanish Announce Team - Jose & Joel Maximo
  0  0  1    2   Simon Diamond & Johnny Swinger
  0  0  1    2   Shinjiro Otani & Masato Tanaka
  0  0  1    2   Mad Man Pondo & 2 Tuff Tony
  0  0  1    2   Jado & Gedo
  0  0  1    2   Harris Boys - Don & Ron

HACK-MAN: For Worst Tag Team I'll be surprised if Big Show & A-Train don't
win outright with La Resistance - Sylvain Grenier & Rene Dupre easily
taking second place.  There are a ton of teams that could slip in as #3:
Jim Ross & Jerry Lawler, Zach Gowen & Stephanie McMahon, Undertaker &
Nathan Jones, and 3 Minute Warning - Rosey & Jamal.  Most of the other
nominees were bad as a tag team, but not "worst" because there was usually
one decent member paired with a total slug.

PAUL ZOROVICH:  3 Minute Warning din't even last long enough for a cup of
coffee -- let's call it an espresso instead.  Undertaker and Nathan Jones
were bad on so many levels I can't even begin to go into it all.  And the
less said about Coach and Al Snow the better.

JON RICHARDSON: 3-Minute Warning were simply unredeemable.  Horrible,
horrible matches.  La R=E9sistance were almost as bad but at least showed
some improvement the more they wrestled.  Undertaker & Nathan Jones get
3rd only because Jones was so bad he wasn't even allowed to wrestle, and
that's just too funny not to mention.

CRIMEFIGHTER:  Week after week, those two Samoan punks ran out of the
crowd to murder women, grandmothers, legends, and heck they were gonna do
the same to Freddie Blassie.  I was waiting FOREVER for someone to come
out and punish these bastards severely, it never happened.  Jamal ended up
getting fired, Rosey is doing this cuss word gimmick.  Both announce teams
had no business in the ring and produced a WMOTY candidate.

YNAE316: La Resistance was a good concept in my opinion.  Great for cheap
heat but they just couldn't BELIEVABLY back it in the ring.  Basham
Brothers, while good wrestlers individually were just heat vacuums.  I've
always loved the "Twin Double-Switch" bit but it's just too
one-dimensional and is basically a kiss of death in my opinion.  Hope to
see those two talented men repackaged soon.  Ross & Lawler and Coach &
Snow are here for obvious reasons.

SCOTT CHRIST: The APA went from a mildly entertaining couple of bruisers
with cute backstage segments to just being awful. The overdone patriotic
act, Faarooq being really old, Bradshaw's hair - nothing went well for APA
in their comeback. Second to La Resistance, third to the bizarre and
stupid pairing of Christopher Nowinski and Rodney Mack.

JOHN DONALDSON: Jim Ross should never be in this very ring wrestling ever.

RYAN FAULCONER: Mean & Hard broke the ropes with their sucktitude.  They
were that bad. The Dudleys are more dull and boring than outright bad but
this is the only category they really fit in.

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