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The Forgotten Tag Teams; The World Class Tag Team

Today marks the 30th Anniversary of the World Class Tag Team Gedo and Jado, to celebrate I'm re-releasing this article I wrote for Wrestle Talk TV as part of my Forgotten Tag Teams series. Who is the most influential tag team in wrestling today? The Usos with their family friendly outlook, history and work rate? Or is it The Wolves with their American Strong style approach to Impact? Or is it the state of the art spot driven offence of The Young Bucks and Time Splitters in NJPW? Well they are in NJPW, in fact you could argue they ARE NJPW. They are the reason for the whole companies success and growth after hitting rock bottom in the early 2000s. They are Gedo and Jado, one of the most successful tandems in wrestling history, a fact overlooked by their success as bookers. In fact so successful are they with the pencil they have taken the Wrestler Observer Booker of the year awards from 2011-2014, no one else has got a look in. If you examine the story of the ...