5 Best Wrestling Tag-Teams That Never Were

There are only two things certain in this life...

By Jamie Kennedy /

WWE

From The Road Warriors and Harlem Heat to The Hardy Boyz and Edge & Christian, pro wrestling has thrown up some absolute crackers when it comes to tag-teams. Everyone has their unique favourites, and they can pinpoint exactly where they were when these duos had their most famous matches or title wins.

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What about the ones that got away though?

Above, you'll see Chris Jericho smirking as Big Show holds some tag belts aloft and cuts a promo in 2009. Together, Jeri-Show's big man/little man dynamic was a winner, but it wasn't the initial plan and only came about when fate stepped in. Jericho had been psyched to do a totally different kind of gimmick with a wrestler half the size of Show. Injury paid put to that, making his would-be tandem one the most unique teams featured here.

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Others examined were cancelled due to creative teams deciding they'd rather go in a different direction or (in the case of one example) because Vince McMahon thought the idea was crap. These are some of the best tag-teams that didn't end up happening...