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Tuesday, July 6, 2021

Wrestling Ringfinger: The 00's Hella Good Men's Doubles World Championship

*Blog post was started on June 25, 2021.

I kind of want to get cable TV back just so I can have more to frustrate me. Then again, my coworker with the station next to me is away on their boyfriend's ex-fiance's daughter wedding this weekend in Florida, so the past two days have been free of them watching YouTube to reaffirm their prejudice. This probably means I am just looking for a happy medium when it comes to aggravation with society. With that said, leaving the typical Midwest (That is anywhere you have a country music type scenario involving boyfriends, exes and daughters. Perhaps I should focus more on the royal family.) might be too liberating for me.

This leads me to seriously consider forking down money for improv/writing classes in Chicago despite the three hour commute. It may not work out since my availability is limited to weekends, but it sounds like the best of both worlds. At the very least, I am going to be making an effort to improve things.

Even thinking about the concept that having a foot in Downstate and a foot in Chicago as a best of both worlds situation is just an indication that I enjoy being frustrated. It maybe a martyr complex. My life would have been totally different if I took Danny Daniels's advice and just moved along I-80 and just struggle financially when I was at the peak of my wrestling career. Was it job security or the need to make sure the junkies would not suffer that led me to where I am at? Judging that I could have gone bankrupt scrounging to survive to cover living expenses instead of a two-hundred dollar heroin addiction that was not mine, it pains me to say that it was probably the latter.

It seems to be a good enough point to try and transition into my continuing coverage of the Men's Duos Championship. Once WWE establishes a second championship and Total Nonstop Action and Ring of Honor had positions to fill with their belts, being a placeholder champion is kind of like dying for our sins (and aiding to the cause...for my Nine Inch Nails fan.).

This title concept's lineage is approaching a point where titles are nothing more than props. There is a chance where we will see transitional champions (thanks John Cena). We are obviously going to see Vince (McMahon and Russo) ineptitude. It kind of pains me to want to find a timely slang adjective to document this era in wrestling, but I will try.

The Hella Good Men's Duos World Championship

The Internet tells me that "hella" was a nineties term, but I only heard it used by Eric Cartman before Gwen Stefani sang it and indicated the end of No Doubt's charm. Hella seems a perfect adjective to relate to the downfall of something once celebrated.


For someone who did not know much about the NWA at this time, it would be easy for me to fill this title history with teams that held the NWA's top tag team prize. How was I to know that they were genuine teams or not? When you look up the performer in the team, it is fair to say that these teams were just thrown together. This works until the best known unsigned tag team, Christian York and Joey Matthews. We may stumble a bit when we get to the Brothers of Destruction, but when you look at why they were a tag team, it is clear that creative had nothing for them.

As for Thompson and Drake (xXx), I decided to put them here because EveryBodyWiki.com took the time to make a page for them. We cannot all make the Wikipedia.

The 43rd Too Legit Men's Duos World Champions
NWA World Tag Team Champions:
David Young and Rick Michaels (8/15/2000 to 2/3/2001)

The 44th Too Legit Men's Duos World Champions
WCW World Tag Team Champions:
Sean O'Hare and Chuck Palumbo (2/3/01 to 8/7/01)

The 45th Too Legit Men's Duos World Champions
WCW World Tag Team Champions:
Kane (3) and The Undertaker (2) (8/7/01 to 9/25/01)
 

The 46th and Final Too Legit Men's Duos World Champions
WCW World Tag Team Champion:
Booker T and Test (9/25/01 to 10/8/01)

I know it was not the original Heavenly Bodies (or the second incarnation) but like the Midnight Express before them, it is unquestionably a brand for tag TEAM wrestling.

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The 1st Hella Good Men's Duos World Champions

WWE World Tag Team Champions:
Edge and Hulk Hogan (July 2, 2002 to July 21, 2002)
 
Jerry Lynn and A.J. Styles had won the recently vacated NWA titles, but Russo soon found away to have the belts vacated again. The would soon be won by the first great NWATNA team, America's Most Wanted. This duo also held the DRCW Real World Tag Team Championship.
 
The 2nd Hella Good Men's Duos World Champions
WWE World Tag Team Champions:
Christian (Cage) and Lance Storm (7/21/02 to 9/23/02)
 
 
The 3rd Hella Good Men's Duos World Champions
World Tag Team Champions:
Kane and The Hurricane (Gregory Shane Helms) (9/23/02 to 10/14/02)
 
The 4th Hella Good Men's Duos World Champions
World Tag Team Champions:
Chris Jericho and Christian (10/14/02 to 12/15/02)
 
The 5th Hella Good Men's Duos World Champions
World Tag Team Champions:
Booker T and Goldust (December 12, 2002 to January 6, 2003)
 
The 6th Hella Good Men's Duos World Champions
World Tag Team Champions:
William Regal and Lance Storm (2) (1/6/03 to 1/19/03)

The 7th Hella Good Men's Duos World Champions
Ring of Honor World Tag Team Champions:
A.J. Styles and Amazing Red (1/19/03 to 9/6/03)
 
The Dudley Boys did have a one day reign before losing it back to The Un-Americans. Regal and Storm would end up vacating the championship. Both the NWA and Smackdown had genuine teams feuding for their respective titles. And Russo was quick to vacate the NWA title for drama sake.

The 8th Hella Good Men's Duos World Champions
NWA World Tag Team Champions:
Simon Diamond, Johnny Swinger, and Glen (Disco Inferno) Gilberti (9/6/03 to 11/26/03)
 
The 9th Hella Good Men's Duos World Champions
NWA World Tag Team Champions:
Ron (R-Truth) Killings, B.G. (Jesse) James, and Konnan (November 26, 2003 to Jan. 28, 2004)
 
The 10th Hella Good Men's Duos World Champions
World Tag Team Champions:
Bautista and Ric Flair  (1/28/04 to 2/16/04)
 
The 11th Hella Good Men's Duos World Champions
World Tag Team Champions:
Booker T (2) and Rob Van Dam (2/16/04 to 3/22/04)
 
The 12th Hella Good Men's Duos World Champions
WWE Tag Team Champions:
Rikishi and Scotty 2 Hotty (3/22/04 to 4/20/04)
 
The 13th Hella Good Men's Duos World Champions
World Tag Team Champions:
Edge (2) and Chris Benoit (4/20/04 to 5/31/04)
 
This duo also held the DRCW Real World Tag Team Championship.
 
The 14th Hella Good Men's Duos World Champions 
NWA World Tag Team Champions:
Dallas (Lance Archer) and Kid Kash (5/31/04 to  6/3/04)
 
The 15th Hella Good Men's Duos World Champions
WWE Tag Team Champions:
Rico and Charlie Haas (6/3/04 to 6/15/04)
 
The 16th Hella Good Men's Duos World Champions
ROH Tag Team Champions:
Colt Cabana and C.M. Punk (6/15/04 to 8/7/04)
 
The Second City Saints are my best option. I think they were a tag team in the vein of Rob Van Dam and Sabu. They did not make The Too Legit Men's Duos World Championship, but I did not need them team to cover 15 days to prevent an end to this lineage. This duo also held the DRCW Real World Tag Team Championship.

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