7 Things You Should Know About WWE Royal Rumble 2001

7. The Dudleys Won Tag Titles Without Using Weapons

When people think of matches between Edge & Christian and the Dudleys they immediately remember the ladder and TLC matches they should. There's nothing wrong with that because those matches were special, but it's worth noting that they had a lot of regular tag team matches as well. There was a good story going into this tag title match with the babyface Dudleys going into the match with concussions after the attacks by E&C, so they did plenty of spots where they worked over the head of the Dudleys. That injury story made the Dudleys very sympathetic as challengers and it also made people really want to see E&C lose after a good run as the tag team champs. They got 11 minutes and built up to the hot tag to Bubba really well after D-Von avoided a double chair shot attack. The crowd was on fire for the famous Wassup headbutt spot and then Edge came back with a Spear. The E&C duo tried to do the Wassup, but that didn't work and led to Edge falling victim to the 3D for the finish. There was a huge reaction for the win too. An entertaining tag match like this one is the right way to start a PPV.
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