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AEW’S TAG TEAM DIVISION IS THE BEST IN DECADES

By Brian Solomon

FANS OF TAG team wrestling cling to their so-called “Golden Ages.” Often, it’s a generational thing. If you’re a baby boomer, you might wax nostalgic about the glory days of the late 1950s, when teams like Antonino Rocca & Miguel Perez, The Fargo Brothers, The Fabulous Kangaroos, and The Golden Grahams ruled the roost. For Gen-Xers like me, there was the unforgettable mid-to-late-1980s, when we thrilled to The Midnight Express, The Hart Foundation, The Road Warriors, The Rock ’n’ Roll Express, and many others. For my millennial friends, it’s all about the early-2000s heyday of Edge &

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