10 Times WWE Turned Trash Into Treasure (... And YOU Didn't Notice!)
7. Creating The Next Great High Energy Babyface Team
Brian Kendrick and Paul London had teamed for a few months in WWE at the tail end of 2003, but that partnership dissolved when Kendrick departed the promotion the following January. When the former Spanky returned in the second half of 2005 and was paired up again with London, WWE crafted one of the greatest babyface tandems of the past 20 years.
Of course, both Kendrick and London were and are far from trash when it comes to their work, but at that point in '05, they would've both, as singles acts, just been generic bodies in a cruiserweight division that WWE was losing interest in.
Instead, the decision was made to pair these two high-flyers up, and slowly but surely they were built up with credible wins and solid presentation. Before anyone had particularly realised, Kendrick and London were one of the best teams on the planet, would become the WWE Tag Team Champions, and would embark on a nearly year-long reign with those titles.
A brief three-day run with the World Tag Team Championships would follow in 2007, and the team would remain a hugely over act until they were split in the 2008 Draft.
In putting Brian Kendrick and Paul London together, WWE had quietly assembled the Ruthless Aggression's answer to the Rock 'n' Roll Express, the Rockers, and the Hardy Boyz; that underdog, energetic babyface pairing who fans forever championed.