Name game: Six outrageous tag team mash-ups

Name game: Six outrageous tag team mash-ups

What’s in a name? These days, an awful lot.

Ever since the WWE Universe christened WWE Tag Team Champions Kane & Daniel Bryan as “Team Hell No” and Cody Rhodes & Damien Sandow debuted their studious moniker, “The Rhodes Scholars,” WWE.com just can’t stop conjuring up tag team names. What would we call a team consisting of The Miz & Wade Barrett? If Randy Orton and Zack Ryder somehow became Broskis, what name would Long Island Iced-Z hashtag on Twitter?

Join WWE.com as we unveil our tag team mash-up monikers. First up, let’s drown out those pesky voices in our heads with some fist pump-worthy club music …

Randy Orton & Zack Ryder – Team RK-Bro

Name game: Six outrageous tag team mash-ups

We’re not sure if “Take care and seek medical assistance after I drive your face into the canvas” will ever make its way onto a T-shirt, but if Randy Orton and Zack Ryder were to ever join forces to take on WWE’s tag team division, we’re OK with calling them “Team RK-Bro.” Whether the unstable Viper would be OK with that is another story altogether.

Then again, even though WWE’s Apex Predator isn’t known for playing well with others, it’s worth noting that Orton once forged a successful alliance with WWE Hall of Famer Edge to become a team known as Rated-RKO. Would Orton and Ryder similarly become the best of Broskis?

Big Show & Triple H – Big Game

Name game: Six outrageous tag team mash-ups

Combining nearly 500 pounds of raw power with one of the most calculating minds in the history of the ring, a team consisting of Big Show and Triple H could only be known as “Big Game.” Anyone foolish enough to provoke the formidable alliance of The World’s Largest Athlete and The Game would be akin to a hunter tracking a lion and an African elephant armed with a pea shooter and a fool’s hope.

In short, when going after the giant and The Cerebral Assassin, only “Big Game” hunters need apply.

Sheamus & Dolph Ziggler – Great White Snark

Name game: Six outrageous tag team mash-ups

Considering the number of times Dolph Ziggler has had his head kicked off his shoulders by World Heavyweight Champion Sheamus in recent months, it’s highly unlikely that “Mr. Money in the Bank” would ever consider aligning with The Great White. It’s also doubtful that the self-professed “hooligan” Sheamus would consider settling his differences with the egotistical and preening Showoff over a pint anytime soon.

But for the sake of argument, what if the dominating Great White and the sarcastic Ziggler found common ground? In that case, we’d call them “Great White Snark,” a team that would not only ensure that their nemeses were battered and bruised in the ring, but also relentlessly and sardonically mocked on the mic, on Ziggler’s “WWE Download” YouTube series and on social media. It’s not showing off if you back it up, fella!

The Miz & Wade Barrett – The Skull-Crushing Barrage

Name game: Six outrageous tag team mash-ups

Saying Wade Barrett has been on a roll since returning from injury would be an understatement. With a sinister elbow strike known as the Souvenir added to his already impressive arsenal, the British bare-knuckle brawler is cementing himself as one of the most dangerous Superstars in WWE today.

Not to be outdone in the ruthlessness department, infamous loudmouth The Miz has been doling out headaches to WWE Universe members and his fellow Superstars alike – and not just thanks to his new talk show, “Miz TV.” Since returning from filming “The Marine: Homefront,” The Awesome One set his sights on the Intercontinental Championship, and has turned back all challengers since capturing the illustrious prize at Raw 1,000 in July. The most powerful weapon at his disposal? A high-impact maneuver known as the Skull-Crushing Finale.

Although the “Barrett Barrage” seems to be a solo act for the Nexus founder, what if Barrett colluded with The Cleveland Screamer? Such an alliance might be known “The Skull-Crushing Barrage.” Not only would this team be “open for business,” it would also undoubtedly be “awwweeesome.”

Brodus Clay & Yoshi Tatsu – The Far East Funk

Name game: Six outrageous tag team mash-ups

The jury is still out on whether or not Yoshi Tatsu can “get down” on the dance floor, but what if the Japanese Superstar vacationed on Planet Funk? There, he might form an allegiance with Brodus Clay, resulting in a funkified tag team that could only be known as “The Far East Funk.”

With Funkadactyls Naomi and Cameron in tow, The Funkasaurus and the Far East sensation would no doubt mystify the WWE Universe with some eclectic dance moves before punishing their opponents with a thunder-and-lightning offensive style on the ground and in the air.

One question remains: How does one say, “Somebody call my momma” in Japanese?

Antonio Cesaro & David Otunga – International Law

Name game: Six outrageous tag team mash-ups

If there’s one thing that David Otunga loves more than laying down the law, it’s coffee. And, as java aficionados are well aware, some of the finest brews can be found in Western Europe — birthplace of Swiss Superstar and current United States Champion Antonio Cesaro.

With their shared appreciation for bold espressos and creamy cappuccinos, not to mention their mutual predilection for inflicting pain, we imagine that Otunga and Cesaro would be a calculating (and caffeinated) tag team. Their namesake? Why not “International Law”?

The Harvard graduate and the multi-lingual malcontent could use their combined brainpower to not only destroy their enemies, but also berate them in no less than five languages, including English, French, Italian, German and, with Otunga’s help, no small amount of legalese.

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