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Masked Tag Teams: photos8 E* a) l5 k) G$ ?! V
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Different incarnations of The Masked Assassins competed all over North America, but the original men under the masks of Assassin #1 and #2 were Jody Hamilton & Tom Ronesto, respectively.
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A version of The Assassins that competed in Jim Crockett Promotions was managed by "Gentleman" Paul Jones., ^7 p) s& Z! R6 ^
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The Executioners scored WWE Tag Team Championship gold way back in 1976.% z7 t/ [# e0 h: Q6 N
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R! X( Y# t) [* I7 YBoth members found success in singles competition. The senior member was better known as WWE Hall of Famer Killer Kowalski, and Executioner #2 was Kowalski's protege, a young "Big" John Studd.0 W8 f' l6 y$ A! m0 P% {
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There was also a third Executioner, Executioner #3, who later went by the name Nikolai Volkoff." m7 U/ W6 R* h" k3 Y$ {
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! D( H" ?2 ?* F1 u2 s, ~At some point, tag team guru Capt. Lou Albano got his hands on The Executioners. Unsurprisingly, the Captain's involvement resulted in championship gold.
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. h. {" Y4 ~; V! X2 M. p( G& h, c& [Albano later stood in the corner of The Machines (Blackjack Mulligan, Andre the Giant and Bill Eadie).
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Legendary manager Skandor Akbar led The Super Destroyers to tag team championship gold. The Super Destroyers also competed, without masks, as The Long Riders, "Wild" Bill Irwin & Scott "Hog" Irwin.) ^) ]2 `: u3 [* W$ j; {+ U$ [% a
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Here, one of the Destroyers teams with a different masked grappler altogether, The Spoiler. Sir Oliver Humperdink looks on at ringside.
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Like so many masked duos before them, Los Conquistadors preferred anonymity and uniformity over individuality when it came to a naming system. Here stand Conquistadors #1 and #2.
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$ c! c& D. M+ Y$ O7 I3 L$ S6 `5 T/ hWithout the masks, Los Conquistadors answered to the names José Estrada Sr. & José Luis Rivera.! ~( f; |4 D* o# Y
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8 g7 y/ [& x3 c% z5 r7 iThe Killer Bees, B. Brian Blair & Jim Brunzell, were among WWE's most popular teams in the 1980s. They often put on their masks midway into the match just to perform the ol' switcheroo.
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As Doom, Butch Reed and WWE Hall of Famer Ron Simmons were a powerful force in WCW's tag team division in the late 1980s and early 1990s.0 E" ^3 j6 I2 v0 X
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Ole Anderson, one of the founders of the original Minnesota Wrecking Crew, tried to respark the magic with The Minnesota Wrecking Crew No. 2. Beneath the masks were Mike Enos & Wayne Bloom, who fought in WWE as The Beverly Bros.6 [8 x t+ k% L
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WCW's Ding Dongs are fondly remembered for ringing bells all the time. Or, at least, they're remembered.+ s5 T* \. g4 J: y
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5 k. I& h" {7 A+ |4 K' dDespite their brutal rivalry in WCW years earlier, Mankind and Vader formed a successful team in WWE in 1997.% `7 U3 W. ?$ f# w4 i" k6 W
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4 ?( R( }; b) g8 i/ Y* D6 FDemented and masked, Mankind & Kane twice won WWE's World Tag Team Championships.
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One title win came over The New Age Outlaws ...3 Q8 m3 j O9 G1 [/ o4 K+ v
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* G% \$ N- F, j" ?2 G, p... and the other was at the expense of "Stone Cold" Steve Austin & The Undertaker.
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# s" F0 P, Y4 E$ V# p7 THurricane Helms & Kane forged a bizarre team in 2002.( @) }3 F7 D, r: ]# B2 ]/ N7 v
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0 o7 |- U/ ~& g" h3 Q# MHelms must have enjoyed teaming with a masked Superstar: He and Rosey formed a unit and became Tag Team Champion super heroes.0 e& F8 L( M% I5 c6 Y# y5 I
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! Y0 B0 }9 T: NSin Cara & Rey Mysterio were bonded by their lucha libre backgrounds — which, of course, means masks.
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With El Torito by their side, Los Matadores make their WWE debut.
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