5 onscreen pairings with the least chemistry

Honourable mention goes to Lita’ÂÂs forgettable partnership with Essa RiosThere are some pairings on screen that shout instant chemistry like when the defiant Stone Cold Steve Austin was the perfect opponent for Vince McMahon's oppressive boss character.Shawn Michaels would never have been celebrated as an all-time great had it not been for his matches with Bret Hart and vice versa.However, there have been onscreen pairings that have baffled the WWE fans with their lack of chemistry. Remember how Lita used to run around with Essa Rios before joining Team Xtreme?If you don’t, that is not really your fault!This list takes a look at those onscreen partnerships in the WWE that reeked of - well, something quite opposite to awesomeness.

#5 Rob Van Dam and Ricardo Rodriguez

The picture says it all – RVD and Rodriguez combo was never going to be successful

This partnership stank from the first night of its existence.

Ricardo Rodriguez had been the personal ring announcer for Mexican aristocrat  AlbertoDel ‘Rrrrrrio’ and their partnership succeeded in gaining quite a lot of heat from the WWE fans.

So when the WWE Creative decided to let Del Rio turn on Rodriguez, the latter needed a baby face to take on his Mexican opponent. Against all logic and  grey matter, enter Rob Van Dam.

Van Dam had been an extremely popular babyface ever since coming to the WWE  and a part of his ‘coolness’ was attributed to his laid-back attitude that had endeared him to a large number of fans. So it was not a bad idea to pit him with someone who could act as his mouthpiece. But that someone should never have been Rodriguez.

It seemed to baffle everyone as to what RVD and Rodriguez had in common so as to pair up. Rodriguez continued to serve in his capacity as a personal ring announcer – only this time, he was wearing an RVD t-shirt. All other mannerisms remained exactly like his Del Rio days.

Needless to say, the fans never bought into this and the partnership fizzled out almost as soon as it began.

RVD had proven throughout his WWE stint that he worked better either alone or as  part of a wrestling tag team. The only time he had worked with a manager during his time in the WWE was with Paul Heyman in 2005 as part of the ECW reincarnation angle ( if you forget the Invasion storyline).

While that angle came off well due to the past history between Van Dam and Heyman, the experiment with Rodriguez failed miserably. The WWE fans just saw the partnership as another one of those lazy booking decisions that the WWE Creative had become famous for and refused to go along with it.