10 Fascinating WWE Royal Rumble 2014 Facts

9. The Outlaws Set A Record For Longest Time Between Reigns

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Billy Gunn won two Tag Team belts in WWE long after he and Road Dogg went their separate ways. It's not at all uncommon to see a member of a long-running duo earn Tag Team gold down the line with a different, usually younger, partner, but to see a legendary team win the belts years after their peak is a little more rare.

The Outlaws' win over the Rhodes Brothers afforded Gunn and Dogg the longest gap between two Tag Team title reigns (in WWE, that is). Together, they had last held the belts on February 27, 2000, when they lost the World Tag Team gold to The Dudley Boyz. Fourteen years later (well, 13 years and 13 months), they were champs once more.

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