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Masked Tag Teams: photos7 \# i- U. h- a# w3 j1 u& f/ T6 s
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- c* h" q7 o6 a' S& o/ v& iDifferent 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.
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4 h: ~7 j) ?- d" _( _- tA version of The Assassins that competed in Jim Crockett Promotions was managed by "Gentleman" Paul Jones.
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; Q) s Q+ l2 z: p2 l) kThe Executioners scored WWE Tag Team Championship gold way back in 1976.$ A* S7 }* y: X Y) S! Z8 U
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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.; u" g9 K- k5 K( _
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5 v! k. z, c; [* R7 _There was also a third Executioner, Executioner #3, who later went by the name Nikolai Volkoff.3 O( }2 a7 l/ x% K
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At some point, tag team guru Capt. Lou Albano got his hands on The Executioners. Unsurprisingly, the Captain's involvement resulted in championship gold.9 I4 q4 Y8 v; [" \3 q+ u6 _
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5 P; L& R: u& ]8 K' b8 {" k. dAlbano later stood in the corner of The Machines (Blackjack Mulligan, Andre the Giant and Bill Eadie).7 ~5 }( l* T# h: W0 ]
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& J, ]' l9 b+ O* [3 o6 WLegendary 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. f1 O0 W0 g" d9 T) ]1 B, z
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6 Y, C6 t' Z b, }* YHere, one of the Destroyers teams with a different masked grappler altogether, The Spoiler. Sir Oliver Humperdink looks on at ringside.
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Like 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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2 p3 t3 b2 W1 ]& S' yWithout the masks, Los Conquistadors answered to the names José Estrada Sr. & José Luis Rivera.
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! A- d; J2 v) G m6 FThe 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, u( M: x3 b! W3 E) k
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. {$ w: b. n X2 p! W6 S4 U, XAs 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.
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* b! B" F+ n8 S0 ]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.8 h5 Y+ R. u. ~ V% R$ O% l
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WCW's Ding Dongs are fondly remembered for ringing bells all the time. Or, at least, they're remembered.
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Despite their brutal rivalry in WCW years earlier, Mankind and Vader formed a successful team in WWE in 1997.
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6 M$ o* k6 R {3 v% o' E( xDemented and masked, Mankind & Kane twice won WWE's World Tag Team Championships.
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One title win came over The New Age Outlaws ... n7 L$ G0 I: I+ D
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... and the other was at the expense of "Stone Cold" Steve Austin & The Undertaker.
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Hurricane Helms & Kane forged a bizarre team in 2002.
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: |' }2 I0 Q4 m# WHelms must have enjoyed teaming with a masked Superstar: He and Rosey formed a unit and became Tag Team Champion super heroes.7 T- j$ w3 g/ ?2 F1 {5 q9 p
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/ j. G( o8 Q7 Z1 g B/ dSin Cara & Rey Mysterio were bonded by their lucha libre backgrounds — which, of course, means masks.
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With El Torito by their side, Los Matadores make their WWE debut.
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