10 Times WWE Tried To Recreate Iconic Duos

For a period during the mid-1990s, WWE had an obsession. That obsession? Reviving teams of times past in the laziest way imaginable. Each time the "New" incarnation of the teams felt like nothing more than a cheap knock off and the members of the teams despite how talented they might have been as they were always being compared to the wrestlers they were duplicating.

Only the New Rockers included a member of the original team they were drawing far too much inspiration from, with Marty Jannetty being joined by Leif Cassidy, the future Al Snow who, although a talented performer who deserves more credit than he gets, obviously did not match up to Shawn Michaels.

The original Blackjacks were around during the 1970s, as a result the New Blackjacks felt like less of a rip off only because fans may have not known about the work of Blackjack Mulligan and Blackjack Lanza. The New Blackjacks consisted of Barry Windham, who was the son of Mulligan and future WWE Champion Bradshaw who was the nephew of Lanza. Although Windham and Bradshaw were two talented individuals they both flopped as part of the New Blackjacks.

The New Midnight Express were the most successful of these teams, as they were able to become the NWA Tag Team Champions. Despite this however Bob Holly and Bart Gunn were the weakest incarnation of the Midnight Express, and the team did not fit in at all during 1998, the height of the Attitude Era.