10 WWE Tag Team Champions You Definitely Forgot About
1. The Legion Of Doom (Animal And Heideinreich)
No, not that one. This was an incarnation with Animal and... Heidenreich. Hawk had sadly passed away in 2003, so the gainfully employed Animal needed a new partner on this return to the big league. Step up, Jon Heidenreich.
It was 2004 when lousy poetry, worse wrestling and an attempted sexual assault on Michael Cole in a SmackDown! arena toilet (banter?) did not deter WWE. Big Jon (now just Heidenreich) was instead rewarded, tagging with the legit legend. Backstage mohawk shaving skits followed in July of 2005 and, incredibly, the fun lasted a full three months. What a rush.
There was no long-term thinking here as both were released less than a year later. Animal was past his sell-by-date and Heidenreich, well, never had one.
At least Big Jon never had to endure the cryogenically frozen Nazi stormtrooper gimmick which was pitched for him. That story, my friends, is for another list.