Top 10 tag teams of the 1980s

#6 The Fabulous Freebirds

The Fabulous Freebirds: Terry Gordy, Michael PS Hayes, and Buddy "Jack" Roberts

Long before the nWo or the Four Horsemen ran roughshod over their respective federations with their gangland tactics, there were the Fabulous Freebirds.

Big man Terry "Bam Bam" Gordy was teamed with the handsome, charming Michael "Purely Sexy" Hayes as a tag team initially, but Buddy Roberts would be added to the team, making them wrestling's first triad tag team champions.

The Freebirds even developed the wrestling parlance for the 'Freebird Rule,' meaning any of the three men could defend their tag titles at any time.

Though they were chiefly used as heels, the Freebird's popularity in the deep south had them working as babyfaces much of the time. In fact, they may be one of the first 'tweener' wrestling acts, which refers to those performers who are between babyface and heel.

Fun fact: When the band Lynard Skynard complained about the Freebirds using their song as entrance music, Michael PS Hayes recorded his own song--Bad Street USA--to replace it.