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The Way It Was

PERHAPS NO OTHER company in all of wrestling featured so many great and innovative tag teams as Jim Crockett Promotions. Arn Anderson & Tully Blanchard, The Russians, The Midnight Express, The Rock ’n’ Roll Express, Rick Steamboat & JayYoungblood, Jack & Jerry Brisco, The Road Warriors, and many others spent significant time there. Even when the NWA changed over into WCW, duos like The Steiner Brothers, The Hollywood Blonds, and Harlem Heat continued that tradition.

What some may not realize is that Crockett Promotions (specifically, its Mid-Atlantic region) was once traditionally known as a “tag team territory”—particularly before booker

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