10 Tag Teams That Should Never Have Worked (But Did)
9. Booker T & Goldust
While Booker T was the biggest name to immediately join WWE following Vince McMahon's purchase of WCW in 2001, the five-time champion wasn't booked particularly well in the Invasion angle's aftermath.
His rivalry with Steve Austin spawned a memorable supermarket brawl that was bags of fun to watch, but did nothing for Booker's push, and he later feuded with Edge over the right to appear in a fake Japanese shampoo advert (yes, really). Book entered the hardcore division thereafter, and while he was still making television, he'd fallen greatly from his early days as one of The Alliance's top guns.
Enter Goldust.
The bizarre former Intercontinental Champion spent weeks trying to convince Booker to join forces, inadvertently costing him a number of matches in the process. Persistence paid off, and the ex-WCW man relented, creating one of the most laugh-out-loud funny tandems the company has ever seen.
Bookdust had immediate onscreen chemistry. They were World Tag Team Champions for a brief period, but their segments were the real highlight, with the duo regularly out-weirding everyone else on the roster by a considerable margin. The only regret is that their run lasted just eight months - Bookdust went their separate ways in early 2003.