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Ladies and gentlemen, boys and girls, children of all ages.

The Rockers, Marty Jannetty and Shawn Michaels are going to

show you something that you've never seen before.

The superior teamwork.

Tag team wrestling has always been a must see attraction, and

arguably the hottest time for such action would be the 1990s.

We get in the ring sumpin' bad going to happen.

It's war.

It's D-Day.

D for Demolition.

It was an era that redefined what a simple two on two

contest could be.

It was the most unlikely tag team ever JR.

Today we celebrate those teams with some of the wildest

scenes in WWE history.

New champions.

We're going to need some medical attention right now.

See, one without the other isn't any good.

We're coming after you.

This is WWE's Greatest Moments.

Acknowledge me.

My God.

Stone Cold with a beer bath

This is surreal.

Look at this.

He slammed him.

Welcome, everyone, to WWE Greatest Moments.

I'm Michael Cole, and on this edition, we take a look back at

some of the greatest moments of an era that defined

tag team wrestling-

The 1990s.

The decade saw some of the most memorable duos to ever step foot

inside the squared circle.

Even some that made unlikely success stories.

Case in point The Rock and Mankind,

collectively known as The Rock 'n' Sock Connection.

These strange bedfellows were bitter rivals for much of 1999,

but when common foes came in the form of the tag team champions

Big Show and Undertaker.

Hatchets were buried.

Gold is on the line.

Big Show you come on out with The Undertaker,

you face The Rock in a handicap match.

Mankind was talking to the people.

And the people want Mankind as The Rock's partner.

What?

Wow.

One time you will be the people's partner.

To see these two guys that were constantly battling against

each other all of a sudden formed

this very different union.

And we couldn't be happier as fans.

I think some of the best storylines are when

former rivals bitter rivals team up.

The difference being-

they don't always have the chemistry that Dwayne and I did.

Both Mankind and The Rock trying to double team.

It was a nice dynamic between us.

What is this?

It's the most electrifying-

No.

A double People's Elbow.

The Rock got the cover, can he?

Yes.

We've got new tag champions.

Just two complete opposites that should not form

a tag team ever.

It was just this chemistry

that you can't help but notice, and say,

"Oh my God. I want more of this."

Somehow, here they are.

The Rock 'n' Sock Connection.

Rock 'n' Sock.

He was able to exercise his muscles as a comedian.

Know your role.

We were having the time of our lives.

This is the most unlikely tag team ever.

The Outsiders Scott Hall and Kevin Nash were part of the

revolutionary faction known as the New World Order,

totaling an impressive six times as WCW Tag Team Champions.

But before all that, we need to go back to the first.

Hall, and ash would have to take down the toughest team

in WCW history, Harlem Heat.

You see the World Tag Team Champions

making their way in.

You talk about the great tag teams.

I think you put Harlem Heat at the very top.

They dominated during a time that was tough to dominate

because the roster was so loaded.

Hall and Nash, The Outsiders.

It was Halloween Havoc and that had that Vegas fight night

kind of feel to it.

This place has erupted.

Because it was the first time the nWo was

going for their belts.

The power of Hall and Nash against the ability of the

World Tag Team Champion.

We wanted to dominate the tag team division,

so we wanted to show exactly how good we really were.

This has been an intense world tag team title match as you will

ever want to find.

I loved working with Booker because we're kind

of similar in styles.

He's really athletic and really can go.

Going for the Harlem Hangover.

Got him.

Count it.

He's gotta-

Come on Referee.

He's got to get Stevie Ray out.

Colonel Parker.

Diesel wants the cane.

He's got the cane.

Parker gave him the cane, Tony.

Parker backed up and gave him the cane.

One.

Two.

Three.

Oh, no.

The Outsiders winning the WCW Tag Team Championship

by using Colonel Parker's cane-

It was perfect for defining who The Outsiders were.

They were a bad guy team.

We've got new champs.

It gave us validity by beating them.

And to do it with my best friend.

Like that was the first time we won a belt together.

One of the most devastating forces in the WWE tag team scene

were Ax and Smash, better known as Demolition.

You take a close look at this face

and you're gonna feel the pain of defeat.

Ax and Smash were unstoppable.

That is, until the Colossal Connection.

André the Giant and Haku shockingly defeated Demolition

for the tag team titles.

A rematch was set for the thunderous Toronto SkyDome-

WrestleMania 6.

Demolition with their sights set

on getting their championship back.

Haku and Andre had been established as being

just about unbeatable.

The idea that Demolition had to beat Andre and Haku

was what made this so enthralling.

I love Demolition, they were my favorite tag team

growing up as a kid.

Ax and Smash.

Let's go.

And this one is underway.

Haku doing a tremendous job here.

Watch out for Heenan.

Ah.

Excellent teamwork here

by the Colossal Connection.

Andre and Haku had things under control until they

made a 'colossal' mistake.

Andre holding him up for Haku, ah-

Haku nailed his partner.

This place is going crazy.

It's over.

New tag team champions.

For Demolition to win the tag team championships again

in front of 67,000 people was truly special.

They have done it-

Ax and Smash.

Perhaps one of the most popular tag teams of all time

was the duo of Bret "The Hitman" Hart and his brother in law,

Jim "The Anvil" Neidhart,

collectively known as The Hart Foundation.

Listen to the ovation here for the Hart Foundation.

Heading into SummerSlam 1990,

The Foundation looked to capture their second tag team

championship by taking on the powerful Demolition.

It would be a two out of three falls match with tag team

gold up for grabs.

What a match up here.

Two out of three falls.

That's tag team experience talking right there.

My dad loved wrestling Demolition.

And I always remember, like, as a little kid, watching him

wrestle with my dad and Bret and being really scared.

Oh, wait a minute.

Oh, he got him.

Demolition victorious getting the first fall.

Seeing Demolition with the Hart Foundation,

"Oh, man, this is amazing."

It's not a match where you can predict what's

going to happen next.

That's why I think that match is such a beautiful match.

Oh, that's blatant interference.

The winners of the second fall, the Hart Foundation.

The third fall.

Both teams very tired.

That match stands out as one of the hardest working

Hart Foundation matches that I can remember.

Oh.

Beautiful.

Two.

Three

What a match.

What a match.

They say you can never pick your family,

though sometimes it would be nice to.

That's exactly how "The Rocket" Owen Hart felt about his older

brother, Bret "The Hitman" Hart.

At the 1993 Survivor Series,

Owen was the only Hart brother eliminated during the family's

eight man tag match.

Owen Hart is out.

Blaming The Hitman for the situation,

Owen began to show signs of jealousy toward Bret.

I'm sick and tired of carrying the load of this family and

never getting any recognition.

It's always you, Bret.

Things seem to be patched up heading into the 1994 Royal

Rumble, where the two brothers challenged The Quebecers

for the Tag Team Championship.

Wait til you get a load of the Brothers Hart

vying for the tag team championship.

A lot of the intrigue was really more about how Bret

and Owen were going to get along, and the Quebecers

exploited that as much as they could.

That's what I'm talking about, McMahon.

Owen coming in to try and help out.

Meanwhile, look at this double team.

Oh no.

And Bret somehow has to tag, his brother, Owen.

Oh no.

Bret needs a tag.

All he's got to do is tag his brother.

Brett is already injured.

All Brett has to do is tag his brother Owen,

but in a last ditch effort, Brett attempts a Sharpshooter.

Wait a minute.

Brett just collapsed.

He had the opportunity to tag and he didn't do it.

The official has elected to end this match.

Owen got fed up and Owen needed to jump out of

his older brother's shadow.

What did I tell ya?

That's right Owen.

That's right.

You're right.

He should have tagged ya.

In his mind, Brett took something away from him,

and you felt that.

Oh, no.

It really hurt.

He kicked me absolutely as hard as he could.

He's not going to stand in the shadow of big brother anymore.

You saw Owen do what

everyone kind of thought he was going to do.

But everybody hoped he wasn't.

I had a chance, Bret.

And you stripped it away from me.

You took it away from me, Bret.

You're too damn selfish.

They hated him.

And they booed him.

When the "Road Dogg" Jesse James, and "Badass" Billy Gunn

combined their talents to form the New Age Outlaws,

there was nothing they wouldn't do to make it to the top of WWE.

Oh my God.

What a chair shot.

Once they were there, the antics didn't stop.

The tag team champions were challenged by D-Generation X to

start making some waves in WWE.

Push the envelope, raise the bar.

And they saw an opportunity to do so against

Cactus Jack and Chainsaw Charlie.

This is a No Holds Barred match

between Cactus Jack and Chainsaw Charlie.

Chainsaw, backdrop right into the dumpster.

Chainsaw is down in the dumpster.

Oh no.

Good grief, right in the trash.

We were making a name for ourselves.

They put us up for the challenge.

We accepted.

Oh.

Oh, no.

There's Road Dogg and Billy Gunn, the New Age Outlaws.

They're locking-

They're locking the dumpster shut JR.

We rolled it off of the the stage there.

Wait a minute.

Oh my God.

Don't you dare do that.

Good God, there's people in there.

I can't believe this.

Get him out of there.

Then everybody started coming out and-and it was really

got hectic and frantic feeling.

A lot of emotions and

looks like the New Age Outlaws

went into business for themselves.

For them to make such a statement, they're much bigger

stars now than they were literally ten minutes ago.

This moment set the stage for them to really become

the New Age Outlaws, one of the greatest tag teams of all time.

Ladies and gentlemen, boys and girls, children of all ages.

We are the New Age Outlaws.

In the 1990s, there was no team more innovative and

exciting than Rick and Scott-

The Steiner Brothers.

Both All-Americans at Michigan Big Ten Wrestling champions.

Utilizing a unique blend of power and agility,

it wasn't long before the Steiners captured

the WCW World Tag Team Championship.

He got 'em.

Heading into a big title defense at WCW Super Brawl 1.

The Steiners found themselves pitted against

their two best friends, Sting and Lex Luger.

Sting and Lex-

when we get in the ring,

we ain't gonna be buddies and we ain't gonna be friends.

Me and my brother,

one thing to do and that's to beat you up.

We are ready to go for one of the most eagerly

anticipated tag team championship matchups.

Good guys against good guys.

The fans don't really know what-

to cheer or boo somebody.

Those are the toughest matches to have.

And so we decided to just have a match

where it was a free for all.

We started suplexing,

and ground and pound.

Four of the most popular athletes in the history of WCW.

It is electric here, baby.

Pro Wrestling Illustrated named this

Match of the Year in 1991.

It was a display of WCW's very best.

Belly to belly.

That's it.

My brother and I and Sting and Lex-

It was a mutual respect between all of us.

Great gesture of good sportsmanship.

The greatest tag team match I've ever witnessed.

When you think of the all time greatest tag teams,

you think of Hawk and Animal, the Legion of Doom.

The powerhouses from Chicago won titles wherever they went.

It was just a matter of time before WWE gold

was around their massive waists.

And when we get done chewing you, we'll spit you out like the

stinking bad tartar that was stuck to our teeth.

Unfortunately for The Nasty Boys,

they were standing in the way.

Not wasting any time attacking immediately.

The Nasty Boys were not the most beloved tag team ever.

A lot of fans wanted nothing more than to see them

lose the championship.

Nonstop action.

Here come the Nasty Boys, with the help of Jimmy Hart

and his motorcycle helmet.

Oh, look at that from the outside.

That's using your head.

Oh, look at this.

He got the rock.

Over to the head.

And another shot.

Hawk is up there.

He nailed him.

God.

We have a new champions.

He got him.

What a night.

I think the wrestling fans had waited so long

for us to capture those titles,

I'll be honest with you, I was like a little kid when-

it felt like I won my first Little League game.

What a moment for Legion of Doom.

One of the most popular teams of all time

were the duo of Shawn Michaels and Marty Jannetty,

better known as The Rockers.

Tag team specialists The Rockers.

The Rockers are going to do like they always do turn heads,

turn on crowds, and come out on top.

Woo.

These two rocked and rolled into the hearts of fans

worldwide with their impressive athleticism

and double team maneuvers.

Everything about The Rockers were in sync.

That is, until Shawn Michaels began to think

he was outgrowing the tandem.

He wanted the spotlight to himself.

Shawn really bent out of shape here.

And one of the most infamous scenes in WWE history.

Michaels and Jannetty appeared on Brutus Beefcake Barbershop

to settle their differences.

Maybe we'll get this thing straightened out, BrAIn.

These two guys haven't been getting along too well of late.

I want to get you out here on the Barbershop so we can talk

about this thing and get it all straight once and for all.

These are all guys I've been

working side by side with for years,

so I knew there was going to be something.

I can assure you, as the captain of this team,

that there are absolutely no problems

with The Rockers whatsoever.

The Barbershop was something

That Shawn and I had talked about for a bit.

I remember when the first time he told me,

"Hey, I don't want to tag the rest of our career."

And I was okay with that.

I don't know what's going on in there with Shawn Michaels.

If you want to stick together and make this thing work,

we're going to shake hands.

Ladies and gentlemen, The Rockers.

We had had a really good run.

And then it gets to that point where you can continue to do

this, but a lot of it is going to be just

more of doing the same.

See, one without the other isn't any good.

Oh.

Oh, I knew he was going to do that.

I remember being like, "Oh, this is not the Shawn Michaels

that I used to root for."

No.

Oh my God.

You see the glass, shh,

you know it's like movie stuff,

you've seen in a thousand Westerns.

We need a paramedic here.

Is there a problem with The Rockers?

At the time,

you had no idea that it would become this iconic moment.

I don't think so.

We have finally reached our number one moment.

The late 1990s saw the rise of a young tag team known

as The Hardy Boys, Matt and Jeff.

Audiences were left stunned at some of their high flying

and risk taking antics.

Double- oh.

Double.

And over the years, the brothers would undoubtedly

become the kings of the ladder match.

But it all had to start somewhere.

And at No Mercy 1999, the Hardy Boys took on Edge and Christian

in the very first tag team ladder match.

This is the first tag team ladder match in history.

Our chemistries were so good together

and we knew if we went

in there and we had a ladder match with these guys,

that it would be something special.

Oh.

Oh man.

What's he gonna do now?

What are they doing here?

Oh.

My God a drop kick.

And I heard the reaction.

I was like, "Ooh, I've never heard that before-

for our matches"

This is going to get interesting because if they

think that's something, we got a lot more in store.

I got a feeling we're going to see it all in this match JR.

These guys are going to do everything in their power

to get that money.

Look at that.

Leapfrog ladder, for God sakes.

There was absolutely no fear in anyone involved.

That willingness really helped set.

them apart and make them different.

It felt like we were kind of

changing the direction of tag team wrestling.

And other teams,

you know, if they wanted to hang with us,

they had to step up their games.

When the ladder came into play, man,

there was no stopping this man.

Have you ever?

I have never.

Absolutely not.

I have never seen any offense like that.

That's it.

But my favorite was the see saw spot.

Look at this.

Oh.

What the heck?

Jeff hardy.

A lot of teetering.

He can't-

He got it.

God almighty.

The Hardys have won the match.

Christian and Edge have nothing to be ashamed of.

What a magnificent effort by those two.

We'd never received a standing ovation before.

And-and then it wasn't-

That wasn't really a thing.

I don't know, blew me away.

And but that's also when it started to sink in,

like, "Okay, we did it."

All four of us went from just being WWE wrestlers at that

point to becoming WWE superstars.

What an amazing display.

The words game changing are thrown around a lot these days,

but that match was undoubtedly just that.

Well, that'll do it for this edition

of WWE's Greatest Moments.

Hope you've enjoyed this

look back at the very best tag team moments from its most

famous era, the 1990s.