With other men, they are aggressive, harmful, and crippling. But with their partner, Tag Team wrestlers are unfailingly loving, supportive, and affectionate. They dress just alike too, and sport shiny gold belts like huge, exaggerated wedding rings.
Wrestling taught me that every man needs just one good, reliable Tag Team partner. It is the ideal relationship.
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I won't translate the whole post, but the beginning part says
"America 🇺🇸 I had a match in the state of New Jersey. I met up with Chris Sabin and Alex Shelley. I said, "My partner is better than Kushida." "I know!" they replied. Mwa ha ha..."
A little while later, Desperado tweeted this:
"Anyway, when I was getting frustrated and couldn't stop complaining, Suzuki-san, who had just returned from America, gave me this.
Shelley entrusted it to him
I was already motivated but
now I'm even more so.
I'll hang in there.
Thanks, brother."
Back when Desperado was a Young Lion living at the New Japan dojo, the Motor City Machine Guns spent a lot of time there too while wrestling for New Japan. Desperado seems particularly close to Shelley, and they often call each other dojo brothers. Now that Desperado doesn't have to keep up his heel image, it seems he can be a little more open with his affection.
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Let’s discuss Best Friends because I’m so mad.
Best Friends (Trent & Chuck) have only won 5 matches as a tag team in 2023. None of them were on Dynamite or Collision, and only one was against non-jobber opponents.
April 19 (ROH) vs Joe Ocasio & Mookie Summers
March 23 (Rampage) vs Kings of the Black Throne (Malakai Black & Brody King)
March 8 (Elevation) vs Olumide & Starboy Charlie
February 8 (Elevation) vs Aydan Colt & Frank Stone
January 4 (Elevation) vs Chaos Project (Serpentico & Luther)
They’ve lost 6. All were against non-jobber opponents.
April 12 (Rampage) vs Aussie Open
May 24 (Rampage) vs Big Bill & Lee Moriarty
July 26 (Dynamite) (Three Way) vs Lucha Bros, BCC
August 3 (Rampage) vs BCC
August 30 (Rampage) (Tag Team Battle Royal)
September 20 (Rampage) (Four Way) vs The Righteous, The Hardys, The Kingdom
September 30 (Collision) vs The Kingdom
As a trio (with Orange Cassidy, Rocky Romero, Bandido, or Danhausen) they have won exactly 2. Both were on dark matches against SAP.
January 2 (Elevation) w/Orange Cassidy vs Spanish Announce Project (Luther & Serpentico) & Zack Clayton
May 3 (Dynamite - Dark Match) w/Rocky Romero vs Nick Comoroto & Spanish Announce Project (Serpentico & Angelico)
As a trio, they have lost 6, all against non-jobber opponents.
January 25 (Rampage) w/Danhausen vs Jay Lethal, Jeff Jarrett, and Satnam Singh
April 5 (Dynamite) w/Orange Cassidy vs House of Black
May 10 (Dynamite) w/Bandido vs House of Black
May 17 (Rampage) w/Bandido vs BCC
June 7 (Dynamite) w/Rocky Romero vs BCC
June 14 (Rampage) w/Rocky Romero vs United Empire (Jeff Cobb, Kyle Fletcher, Will Ospreay)
As a team of four or five, they have won 6. None of these were on Dynamite or Rampage, and only one was against non-jobber opponents.
February 15 (Elevation) w/Dark Order (Alex Reynolds, Evil Uno, John Silver) vs The Butcher & The Blade and The Firm (Ethan Page, Isiah Kassidy, Matt Hardy)
April 7 (Rampage - Dark Match) w/The Firm (Isiah Kassidy, Matt Hardy) vs Kip Sabian, The Butcher and The Blade, and Zack Clayton
April 26 (ROH) w/Action Andretti, Darius Martin, and Stu Grayson vs The Kingdom & The Varsity Athletes
August 27 (All In - Stadium Stampede) w/Orange Cassidy, Eddie Kingston, and Penta el Zero Miedo vs BCC, Santana, and Ortiz
September 2 (ROH) w/Action Andretti and Darius Martin vs The Outrunners and The Workhorseman
October 4 (Rampage) w/The Hardys vs Angelo Parker, Matt Menard, Daniel Garcia, and Jake Hager
As a team of four or five, they have lost two.
June 21 (Rampage) w/Rocky Romero and YOH vs Swerve Strickland and United Empire (Jeff Cobb, Kyle Fletcher, Will Ospreay)
June 25 (Forbidden Door - Zero Hour) w/Rocky Romero and El Desperado vs The Mogul Embassy
Their overall record in 2023 is 13-14
Which is piss poor for a tag team that has been with AEW since the beginning, and has been extremely over with the fans for all four years, especially since almost all of their wins this year have been on Rampage, Elevation, or ROH against jobbers. Against almost all of the opponents of significance, they’ve lost.
Stop. Treating. Best. Friends. Like. Jobbers.
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