#2 Rey Mysterio and Edge vs Chris Benoit and Kurt Angle – No Mercy 2002 – WWE Tag team Championship
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There was a certain level of expectation heading into this match as it involved four of the so-called Smackdown Six and not only did the four guys lived up to those expectations, they exceeded them and more.
The backstory to this match involved a tournament to crown the inaugural WWE Tag Team Champions. Edge and Rey Mysterio defeated D-Von and Ron Simmons to advance to the finals while the team of Kurt Angle and Chris Benoit defeated Los Guerreros setting up this culminating clash to crown the brand new champions.
The match featured an obvious contrast in styles as on one side you had the technical proficiency of Angle and Benoit and on the other, you had the high-flying, risk-taking duo of Mysterio and Edge. For the ensuing 22 minutes, all four men enthralled and amazed the audience in North Little Rock, Arkansas.
This is without the question my favourite tag team match of all time and consisted of probably the most near-falls and false finishes I’ve ever seen. The finish of the match came when the Olympic Hero locked Edge in the Ankle Lock and picked up the win for his team and thereby winning the first Smackdown-exclusive tag team championship
As alluded earlier, Lesnar vs Taker wasn’t even the best match on the card and the reason for that is quite clear. Not only was this the best match on the card, it was the Match of the Year for 2002. If I want to recommend anyone to see a tag team classic, this could very well be on the very top of that list.
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