10 Times WWE Wrestlers Were WAY Better Together Than Apart
7. Rated RKO
Edge and Randy Orton were responsible for some scandalous skullduggery during their embittered spell as a tag team, primarily formed to craft a more effective villainous fightback against the 2006 D-Generation-X reunion of Shawn Michaels and Triple H.
'HBK' and 'The Game' had comfortably destroyed the Spirit Squad and The McMahon Family, and done so with little care for the endless hours of television time and attention their hinjinks swallowed up. Edge's reasoning to Randy on an October 2006 edition of Monday Night Raw that his career failings were entirely down to Triple H rang remarkably true, and the pair galvanised their bitterness into a glorious heel unit that committed brutal acts of atrocity, leading them to tag team gold and some outstanding matches with the degenerates.
It helped erase memories of a desperately boring 2004 feud that occurred during Orton's accelerated rise up the card and Edge's personal struggle finding babyface footing after a lengthy absence through injury.
The future 'Rated-R Superstar' had stuttered since his return, picking up additional injuries he was able to work through, but lacking a connection with an audience that was, by then, over his wannabe rockstar act. Randy was Evolution's jewel, but their arc and eventual payoff made both seem underwhelming prospects for future title supremacy. Only two years later, they'd disprove doubters with their devilish doubles dalliance.