10 WWE Tag Team Champions Less Worthy Than Nicholas

3. Crush

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Never the biggest guys in the room when that room was bursting with hyper-inflated late-80s stars, Demolition were probably initially on cloud number nine when they heard rumblings of a near-seven footer joining their ranks. Despite his mammoth frame though, Brian Adams didn't have a lick of the charisma exuded by the tongue-toting Ax and Smash.

He'd run to them in 1990 amidst the former's declining health, and though fans were finding it hard to believe, he was in heaven. Everything he did, he did it for them. The only problem was, he didn't do it very well. Demolition began utilising the 'Freebird' rule, gifting Crush his one and only stint with the tag titles despite never once scoring a win in a successful defence of the straps. It was all for love and all for one amongst the Legion Of Doom knock-offs, until the real thing finally arrived in WWE and made their SummerSlam 1990 loss to the Hart Foundation a night to remember.

Few wrestlers survived multiple stints in WWE without a name-change or two, but the Kona, Hawaii native somehow managed to keep his Demolition moniker despite a diverse range of repackages throughout the 1990s. Vince McMahon wasn't daft - it was the only thing that looked good on him.

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