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FTR explain why they shouldn't be considered the greatest tag team of all time

FTR explain why they shouldn't be considered the greatest tag team of all timeDAZN

FTR are red-hot now in professional wrestling, with many considering them the absolute best duo in the industry today.

But one question fans cannot help but ask and discuss is: where do Dax Harwood and Cash Wheeler sit in the all-time tag team conversation?

During an exclusive interview with DAZN's Steven Muehlhausen, the current AAA, ROH and NJPW heavyweight tag champions — who team with old friend Wardlow to face Jay Lethal and The Motor City Machine Guns at Sunday's AEW All Out PPV event — Dax and Cash admitted they do not feel as though considering them to be superior to some of the great teams before them is a fair comparison.

Harwood said: "I would never put us in the category above, say The Midnight Express, only because their body of work speaks for itself in a very competitive time.

"In the 80s, there were tag teams for both companies (NWA and WWE) that will go down as the greatest tag teams of all time. But Bobby (Eaton) and Dennis (Condrey) completely changed the whole outlook of tag team wrestling, but they also completely changed the whole style of tag team wrestling.

"Before Bobby and Dennis, there was never really that fast pace, in-and-out tag teams. The great tag teams were like Gene (Anderson) and Ole (Anderson) when they would just come in and beat on you for a little bit, and then the babyfaces would get a little comeback and shut you right back down.

"With Bobby and Dennis, they created a style that was athletic and created a style where they worked around their babyfaces and made the contest more fun to watch."

Wheeler concurred with his partner, drawing attention to the vast difference in working conditions as well.

"I'm extremely proud of our body of work, the careers we've had so far, and what we've been able to accomplish," he added. "Like (Dax) was saying, it's hard to ever put yourself above those guys.

"It was a different time, too — the amount of travel they had to do. Not having the guarantees that some people have. Having to make your way from town to town pretty much on your own, not having the luxury of flights as much as we do these days. It was just a different time period. A different beast.

"Those guys had to be out there, away from home and family, working through every injury. Look at the reach we have today. The platforms we have. You can watch anything from anywhere. You didn't have that back then.

"So for them to leave so much behind in an era where not everything's captured on tape, not everything's etched in history. They still did it and still changed everything for how things are done."

With that being said, however, Harwood admitted that first-hand endorsements from the legends themselves go a long way, in their book.

"I will say, however, that if you ask Dennis and you ask Arn Anderson who the best tag team is, they'll say us," Dax noted.

You can read the entire excellent interview with the 'Top Guys', which includes a detailed account of the recent news about their omission from the launch-day version of AEW's maiden video game 'Fight Forever', and how they feel CM Punk has been portrayed online in recent weeks, here.
 

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