Which WWE Tag-Team Were Told To Be The "Opposite" Of The Hardy Boyz?
Team Xtreme(ly annoying).
Scotty 2 Hotty told Edge and Christian on the pair's old podcast ('E&C's Pod Of Awesomeness') that he and former Too Cool partner Grandmaster Sexay were told to be the complete opposite of Matt and Jeff Hardy.
It turns out the lyric, "You look fly today" from Too Cool's first entrance theme was a misnomer designed to parody how trendy and legitimately cool The Hardy Boyz were. The whole thing was much-maligned creative writer Vince Russo's idea.
He approached Scott Taylor and Brian Christopher with one goal: Too Cool would be everything The Hardyz weren't. The team were never supposed to catch fire as a babyface comedy act who wore bucket hats, ski goggles and danced like everyone's dad after a few pints.
Russo wanted fans to despise the duo for daring to turn up dressed like 80s pop rejects. Unfortunately for him, people eventually loved how over-the-top Too Cool were, especially when they coaxed 400-pound Samoan Rikishi into busting a groove alongside them.
Scotty and Grandmaster's initial mission statement called for them to analyse The Hardy Boyz, look at their style and then deliberately try to get as far away from that as possible. Vince Russo deserves credit for that; it was genius, and it changed the careers of both guys forever.