5 unlikely WWE tag teams you probably don't remember

The Rock and The Undertaker held the WWF Tag Team Championships for one day in 2000.
The Rock and The Undertaker held the WWF Tag Team Championships for one day in 2000.

#4: Rated RKO

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The pair defeated Ric Flair and Roddy Piper for the World Tag Team titles.
The pair defeated Ric Flair and Roddy Piper for the World Tag Team titles.

By the summer of 2006, Edge had already established himself as a main event star, winning the WWE Championship twice that year.

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Similarly, Randy Orton had proven himself as a singles performer, becoming the youngest World Heavyweight Champion two years prior, and having major feuds against the likes of Triple H and The Undertaker.

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Despite this, the two were made into a tag-team, and were actually created to give a credible threat to the recently reunited D-Generation X.

Dubbing themselves Rated RKO, the pair did just that, being a thorn in DX's side, though came up short at Survivor Series in classic 5-on-5 tag team elimination match action.

Edge and Orton would get the last laugh though, as at New Year's Revolution 2007, the Game suffered a real injury during a tag match, that'd force him to miss WrestleMania 23.

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Edited by Nishant Jayaram
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