New Old Tag Teams

[Statto]

This thread is inspired by the fact my wife has recieved some make-up in the post today, and said on the way out this morning "my new foundation is coming today". 

That obviously immediately made me think of The Anvil in those big blue trousers, and then my thoughts turned to the New Blackjacks, New Midnight Express & New Rockers, and how they all sucked. 

Which made me think - you don't really get full on the nose "New" versions of old tag teams anymore, or at least I couldn't think of any current / recent ones. 

There's some stables that are spin-offs or hint at previous ones - e.g. Wyatt Sicks & American Made (Team Angle). But if you were to put together / repackage some modern teams and slap them the "New" version of an old gimmick, what would you come up with? Couple of thoughts I had whilst out for a walk earlier were:

- Bronson Reed & Otis as Tsunami& Landslide, the New Natural Disasters. 

- Akira Tozawa teamed up with Brooks Jensen under mask as clearly Japanese superstar Hiro, your New Orient Express. 

- JBL & Ron Simmons turn up for a one-off backstage skit in which they employ Hank & Tank from NXT to set up shop as the New APA (at some point, Ron says "damn") 

- Stick some paint & bondage gear on Karrion Kross & Joe Gacy and send them out as Rip & Tear, New Demolition. 

[Merzbow]

I'd be repackaging The Butcher & The Blade as Power & Glory 2000 with this exact attire.

[JLM]

Hulk Hogan and Randy Savage as The New Outrunners. 

[Lion_of_the_Midlands]

If I were Tony Khan I'd call Kenny Omega and Orange Cassidy The New Midnight Express just to see if I could give Cornette a coronary. 

[Carbomb]

6 hours ago, Statto said:

- Stick some paint & bondage gear on Karrion Kross & Joe Gacy and send them out as Rip & Tear, New Demolition. 

Nah, they would just be Demolition. Demolition doesn't have new versions, it just expands, like when Ax brought in Blast on the indies.

 

 

Hulk Hogan & Jack Swagger - the New Harris Brothers.

[simonworden]

I want to throw Rollins, Stowman and Kross into a new X-Factor. Gets rid of Rollins from the main event and gives the other two something to do. 

Solo Sikoa can be the New Cook's Rikishi giving out stink faces once Jacob Fatu ascends and the other two piss off. Not sure who his Scotty and Grandmaster are yet

[air_raid]

3 hours ago, simonworden said:

Solo Sikoa can be the New Cook's Rikishi giving out stink faces once Jacob Fatu ascends and the other two piss off.

As I’ve mentioned in the SmackDown thread, the New Headshrinkers is right there. And they’d rule. Probably won’t be too many years before they could feud with The Steiner Dynasty too.

[theringmaster]

TBF they have recently done this with the LWO.

Well the one that comes to mind instantly is they have more Japanese Women Wrestlers on the roster now than ever before so it feels like its about high time we got a New Jumping Bomb Angels!