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+ ?9 t: Q# W& g. W$ @9 S3 N) y- cMasked Tag Teams: photos
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Different incarnations of The Masked Assassins competed all over North America, but the original men under the masks of Assassin #1 and #2 were Jody Hamilton & Tom Ronesto, respectively.4 j" A$ ~' Z! V2 O! C% ]
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A version of The Assassins that competed in Jim Crockett Promotions was managed by "Gentleman" Paul Jones.
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The Executioners scored WWE Tag Team Championship gold way back in 1976.# G2 {# E- M3 `$ X3 u# \( J- S
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Both members found success in singles competition. The senior member was better known as WWE Hall of Famer Killer Kowalski, and Executioner #2 was Kowalski's protege, a young "Big" John Studd. _, _4 d8 i" x" T% y
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4 S# K, q; l v) e# GThere was also a third Executioner, Executioner #3, who later went by the name Nikolai Volkoff.) d; J/ e; y' @# T1 c$ h
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5 l- ~' Z3 J. W% w* e+ S% tAt some point, tag team guru Capt. Lou Albano got his hands on The Executioners. Unsurprisingly, the Captain's involvement resulted in championship gold.
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4 Y' n/ e% \ {Albano later stood in the corner of The Machines (Blackjack Mulligan, Andre the Giant and Bill Eadie).
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Legendary manager Skandor Akbar led The Super Destroyers to tag team championship gold. The Super Destroyers also competed, without masks, as The Long Riders, "Wild" Bill Irwin & Scott "Hog" Irwin.
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Here, one of the Destroyers teams with a different masked grappler altogether, The Spoiler. Sir Oliver Humperdink looks on at ringside.: q) d( \) x0 ^
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: C' J: j6 a" K0 ?0 `! n4 d9 cLike so many masked duos before them, Los Conquistadors preferred anonymity and uniformity over individuality when it came to a naming system. Here stand Conquistadors #1 and #2.
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& p0 \ [! v- s+ Z- I* b' YWithout the masks, Los Conquistadors answered to the names José Estrada Sr. & José Luis Rivera.: y0 j& m9 ]4 y( O o/ h
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The Killer Bees, B. Brian Blair & Jim Brunzell, were among WWE's most popular teams in the 1980s. They often put on their masks midway into the match just to perform the ol' switcheroo. Q: X3 }" ^1 l ^( s
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As Doom, Butch Reed and WWE Hall of Famer Ron Simmons were a powerful force in WCW's tag team division in the late 1980s and early 1990s.# @* N8 y0 e1 G0 w
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# l1 ~8 i2 {0 m g4 `Ole Anderson, one of the founders of the original Minnesota Wrecking Crew, tried to respark the magic with The Minnesota Wrecking Crew No. 2. Beneath the masks were Mike Enos & Wayne Bloom, who fought in WWE as The Beverly Bros.) [0 s a, g; N6 o: l9 ~
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4 e* M2 \; B9 u: j% nWCW's Ding Dongs are fondly remembered for ringing bells all the time. Or, at least, they're remembered.
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! S2 U# n0 D8 E7 x; {% q8 R* v7 cDespite their brutal rivalry in WCW years earlier, Mankind and Vader formed a successful team in WWE in 1997.0 C1 q& Q' b6 h& T# k/ w
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" c+ ^* T, _# UDemented and masked, Mankind & Kane twice won WWE's World Tag Team Championships.
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4 x1 `9 L8 s. NOne title win came over The New Age Outlaws ...2 p8 I! L3 w& \# F" S8 i
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+ F8 k6 r" K& ?8 C... and the other was at the expense of "Stone Cold" Steve Austin & The Undertaker.9 V: Y/ w" I/ @: U
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Hurricane Helms & Kane forged a bizarre team in 2002.: q) N( k% |6 c4 ^6 {; j/ u
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Helms must have enjoyed teaming with a masked Superstar: He and Rosey formed a unit and became Tag Team Champion super heroes.
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% d2 R' e. s) y ~/ ISin Cara & Rey Mysterio were bonded by their lucha libre backgrounds — which, of course, means masks.
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6 _3 ^$ w. X/ L! sWith El Torito by their side, Los Matadores make their WWE debut.
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