5 tag teams that should be inducted into the WWE Hall of Fame
The annual WWE Hall of Fame induction ceremony takes place on April 1st in Dallas, Texas - the site of WrestleMania 38 later that weekend. The Undertaker has already been announced as the headlining inductee, a decision that will get no argument from the vast majority of fans.
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While many feel that the Undertaker should be the only inductee given his vast and iconic career, in addition to the time restraints that will be put on the event, WWE will continue its usual tradition of building out an entire class of inductees.
As part of this, there are usually several categories that WWE looks to fill in a Hall of Fame class. One such category is usually devoted to honoring a legendary tag team.
Tag teams aren't a big focus of the current WWE product, but the company still does a solid job of honoring its past, a time when their tag team division was given as much prevalence as the singles division.
To date, Rick and Scott Steiner are rumored to be this year's tag team of choice, which makes sense given that Rick's son, Bron Breakker, is the NXT Champion.
This article outlines five other tag teams that should be considered this year or in future years. Naturally, inductees are always a source of debate across all sports, but the following should leave little room for argument, given their impact on the industry.
#5 In our list of tag teams that should be inducted into the WWE Hall of Fame: The British Bulldogs
@_daveyboysmith and Dynamite were truly peaking as a tag team in 1986
Fantastic top rope suplex by Dynamite for the W!
The fans' reactions at this time told the story - the Bulldogs were ascending and were destined to win the WWF Tag Belts at Wrestlemania 2
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One half of the team, Davey Boy Smith, was inducted into the WWE Hall of Fame Class of 2020, primarily recognized for his success as a singles wrestler. While this is well-deserved, fans who followed the World Wrestling Federation in the mid-1980s still talk about Smith's tag team with Tom Billington, aka The Dynamite Kid.
Their championship win over Greg Valentine and Brutus Beefcake at WrestleMania II, in addition to their excellent series of matches with Bret Hart and Jim Neidhart, easily put them in the conversation as one of the top teams of all time and strong candidates for an induction to the WWE Hall of Fame.
It's also important to remember that from an in-ring standpoint, the Bulldogs were ahead of their time, introducing a style to U.S. audiences that began to pave the way for what fans are seeing in today's product.
So, in addition to a great body of work, their contributions to the industry as fans know it today shouldn't be overlooked.