Exposing The Myth: Tag Team Wrestling Doesn’t Draw Money

Looking back through the history of professional wrestling, there are cold, hard facts to showcase just how popular tag team wrestling can be when presented as a main event attraction.

For example, back in the 1980s when Jim Crockett Promotions would run an A and a B live event on the same night, it was often the supposed B-show that would outdraw its more illustrious cohort. In particular, it was the Rock 'n' Roll Express who would often be responsible for bringing more fans to these B-shows.

Famously, there were duelling JCP events where a jealous Dusty Rhodes blew his top at the Rock 'n' Roll after they sold out their B-show while the Rhodes-fronted A-show only brought in half the number of fans. Tie this in with stories of Ricky Morton and Robert Gibson having to be forced to leave arenas and publicity events after their presence caused overcrowding from masses of fans.

To highlight the Rock 'n' Roll Express again, there were times when both Morton and Gibson would have to have police officers assigned to their homes to stop any crazed fans - and they were babyfaces in all of this!

It even got to a point where Jim Crockett refused Morton or Gibson a single day off for nine months, for fear of the impact the Rock 'n' Roll's absence would have on ticket sales.

There are plentiful similar stories about so many tag teams of the past, and again this reiterates how valuable tag team wrestling can be.