21. The Funks
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Terry and Dory Funk Jr. are the only brothers in history to each hold the NWA World Heavyweight title, each a genius wrestler who could go from brawling to 60-minute technical battles with ease and two of the toughest guys you could ever meet outside the ring. It took a while for the brothers to team regularly but when they did, the results were naturally fantastic. Their battle in 1984 against Stan Hansen and Bruiser Brody has earned five-star ratings from those who have seen it as the brothers are considered near royalty by Japanese wrestling fans.
They would hold gold together in various smaller territories, a brief run in WWF but each preferred a bit less strenuous schedule. No matter where they went, the Funks were a wild pair who could leave you smarting for quite a while, loyal to each other through and through and the living example of “Don’t mess with Texas” that pertained no matter what part of the world they competed in.
20. Harlem Heat
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It was a long road for Booker and Lash Huffman from the Ebony Experience in Global Wrestling to the plan in WCW to have them come out as convicts in chains managed by Southerner Col. Robert Parker. Thankfully, that was dropped fast and Booker T and Stevie Ray were instead set up as a pair of tough guys with Sherri Martel their manager. Their first tag title reign seemed to be a fluke but they would hold the belts for five months and was only the first of ten WCW championships. While big and strong, the Heat were also quite fast and skilled, able to break out with good moves and as capable brawling with the Nasty Boys as they were in a high-pitched battle with the Steiner Brothers.
The success would drive them on well, especially Booker, giving him the experience he’d use in his singles stardom. One of the toughest teams of their time, there’s no denying that the Heat certainly fired up WCW throughout the 1990’s and why WCW’s tag scene was often quite better than WWF’s at this time and why fans dug it.
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