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#13 Shelton Benjamin and Charlie Hass – World Greatest Tag Team
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The Gold Standard did what every other former WWE star does after leaving the WWE – try his or her luck in the Indies, A man with the calibre of Shelton being a free agent is every indie booker’s dream come true. ROH was one of the company’s to latch onto the opportunity, and they did a great job by getting not only Shelton into their fold, but also his tag team partner from the WWE Charlie Haas, to reform the Worlds Greatest Tag Team.
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The World Greatest Tag team made a telling debut by defeating the popular Kings of Wrestling on their first night. After going over All-night Express and the Briscoe Brothers, the inevitable happened as Benjamin and Hass won the ROH World Tag titles from Kings of Wrestling.
Benjamin’s three-year term for ROH ended on April 5th, 2013 when he wrestled his final match against Mike Bennett before going onto to create waves in Japanese wrestling circles.
Interesting Fact: Charlie Haas was originally scheduled to face Benjamin in his last ROH match after the former turned on Benjamin during their tag team title match. Unfortunately, Hass announced his premature retirement on March 30th, 2013, and Mike Bennett was instead, announced as his replacement.
#14 Rhyno
Rhyno’s resurgent run in the WWE as the current SmackDown Tag Team Champion would bring a nostalgic smile to the ardent ECW fans' faces. During his time away from the WWE, The Man Beast wrestled for both TNA and ROH.
Rhyno was introduced to the ROH Universe as the bodyguard of Prince Nana and ROH faction The Embassy. Rhyno had a handful of bouts that included being the partner of Tommaso Ciampi in a tag team contest against Homicide and Jat Lethal, His on and off ROH career ended with him attacking Jay Lethal at ROH’s 11th-anniversary show. He returned to TNA for a year before making a surprise return to NXT in 2015.
Interesting Fact: Kevin Owens successfully defended his ROH World Title against Rhino at the Death Before Dishonor X: State of Emergency event.
#15 Brian Kendrick (Spanky)
Brian Kendrick’s recent Cruiserweight title is another feel-good redemption story. The void that was left in Kendrick’s career after leaving WWE was initially filled by countless indie appearances, and a bulk of those were for ROH and other Japanese promotions.
Kendrick was pushed as a mid-card star and was involved in practically every title the company had to offer at that time. Being a mid-card name meant he would lose all his matches for the ROH Pure Championship, World Champion, and the tag team championships respectively. His short ROH run ended with WWE coming knocking at his door for a return a year after he was let go.
Fun fact: After leaving the WWE in 2004, Kendrick adopted the Leonardo Spanky moniker; inspired from Leonardo Di Caprio. The reason behind it you ask? The stark resemblance to the Oscar-winning actor.
