8. The Dudley Boyz vs The Hardy Boyz vs Edge & Christian - Tables, Ladders, And Chairs Match For WWE Tag Team Titles (2000)
Edge and Christian teamed up to battle the Hardys and Dudleys in the first official Tables, Ladders, and Chairs match for the Tag Team titles. Though the Triangle Ladder match at Mania that year featured all of the same weapons, it was a longer match and there was no pre-bout expectation that each mans specialty gimmick would come into play. This time around, there would be a lot more pressure to top the previous effort, get even more creative, and deliver in less time. The TLC match cut a blistering pace and featured spots that should have included a warning label for motion sickness. Fans should be proud of those men for putting their bodies on the line to put themselves on the fast track to greater success in wrestling, while also saddened that it took them punishing their bodies to that extent to draw the reactions required of headlining acts. Is not the definition of insanity to do the same thing over and over again and expect a different result? These men knew that they would take it to the extreme after Mania 2000 and they were asked to do it again at Summerslam and then again at Wrestlemania X-Seven and yet again on Smackdownit was an absolutely insane time in tag team wrestling and, all the while, it was insanely memorable
"The Doc" Chad Matthews has written wrestling columns for over a decade. A physician by trade, Matthews began writing about wrestling as a hobby, but it became a passion. After 30 years as a wrestling fan, "The Doc" gives an unmatched analytical perspective on pro wrestling in the modern era. He is a long-time columnist for Lordsofpain.net and hosts a weekly podcast on the LOP Radio Network called "The Doc Says." His first book - The WrestleMania Era: The Book of Sports Entertainment - ranks the Top 90 wrestlers from 1983 to present day, was originally published in December 2013, and is now in its third edition.
Matthews lives in North Carolina with his wife, two kids, and two dogs.
