Very rarely has the angle of co-champions paid dividends in professional wrestling. In fact it could be argued that the only time the idea has been effective was in the 1980s when it was adopted by the AWA Tag Team Champions the Fabulous Freebirds. As both a stable and co-champions the trio would pick their spots and confuse their opponents by only revealing which pairing would defend the Tag Team Championship when the bell had rung. As this strategy gave the Freebirds an unfair advantage it worked perfectly in garnering heat from the crowd. In fact the execution was so flawless, that the unofficial rule in where co-champions in a stable could choose who defends the championship has since been affectionately christened the Freebird Rule. Nevertheless in spite of the staggering failure rate, WCW decided to drag the tired co-champions routine out on the On the May 15th 2000 edition of Monday Nitro. Oddball couple Crowbar and Daffney would team up to take on then Cruiserweight Champion Chris Candido and Tammy Lynn Sytch (Sunny). Despite this being a mixed tag match the winners would be crowned WCW Cruiserweight Champion. In the end Daffney pinned Sytch and as a result she and Crowbar were declared co-champions. Unsurprisingly the angle bombed. With absolutely no reaction from the crowd a week later WCW ended up switching the belt to just Daffney alone. The damage was done however, her solo reign would only last a further two days.
