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The Way It Was

T IS AN often-overlooked fact that WWE, in its earliest incarnation as Capitol Wrestling back in the 1950s, was first established as primarily a tag team-based company. In fact, the company’s earliest titles were tag team championships, even before the creation of the WWWF World heavyweight title, first worn by Buddy Rogers in 1963. Given these origins, it’s no surprise that for decades, it maintained a reputation for tag team wrestling excellence. Certainly, WWF fans of the 1990s recall the exploits of the mighty Legion of Doom, the clever and conniving Money

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