Better Tag Team: Rock and Roll Express or The Rockers

The Express started in Memphis as a stand-by team for fans when The Fabulous Ones were unable to wrestle in certain areas. They had remarkable feuds with Randy Savage and his brother Lanny Pofo, among others, with the lasting image being Savage piledriving Ricky Morton through a table. I so marked out for that when

Actually, the Rock 'N Roll Express won four World Tag Titles, but that's neither here nor there. IMO, there's no question, considering the overall body of work, the feuds, titles and the more lasting impact on TAG TEAM WRESTLING, the R&R were by far the superior tag team, no questions asked. Let's look closer:

The Express started in Memphis as a stand-by team for fans when The Fabulous Ones were unable to wrestle in certain areas. They had remarkable feuds with Randy Savage and his brother Lanny Pofo, among others, with the lasting image being Savage piledriving Ricky Morton through a table. I so marked out for that when I saw it happen.

They went onto the NWA and battled the Koloffs when Nikita was still green and a VERY believable heel. And who can forget their epic feud from 1985-88 with the Midnight Express? The heat the Express generated was immense and the popularity of the R&R Express was tremendous. They also had great matches with Manny Fernandez & Rick Rude as well as Arn Anderson & Tully Blanchard. Ricky Morton by far was the Shawn Michaels of the group too. A great talker, worker, could sell an injury like nobody's business and had a great run for the title with Rc Flair in 1986.

Overall, the Rock 'N Roll Express were one of the top tag teams of their time and possibly ever. The Rockers were just that, an extention of the Rock 'N Roll Express, I mean, their name had "Rock" in it. They looked like, acted like and had a member who was just like Ricky Morton (though as an overall wrestler, Morton can't even lace up HBK's shoes). But you gotta admit, had there never been a Rock 'N Roll Express, they'd never had been the Rockers.

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