World's Greatest Tag Team

This article is about the American professional wrestling tag team. For the Japanese tag team known as "Sekaiichi no Tag Team" or "The World's Greatest Tag Team", see Tencozy.
World's Greatest Tag Team
Two men, one Caucasian and one African American, are beside each other and both about to exit a wrestling ring with red ropes. The Caucasian male has light brown hair, and is wearing black wrestling tights, with black wrestling boots and black kneepads. The African American wrestler has dyed blond hair, and is wearing white and blue wrestling tights, and matching wrestling boots with black kneepads. The audience is visible in the background of the photo.
Charlie Haas (left) and Shelton Benjamin (right) in 2007
Tag team
MembersShelton Benjamin[1]
Charlie Haas
Name(s)Team Angle[1]
The Best Damn Tag Team Period[1]
The (Self-Proclaimed) World's Greatest Tag Team[2]
Charlie Haas and Shelton Benjamin[3]
Wrestling's Greatest Tag Team[4]
Billed heights6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) each
Combined
billed weight		497 lb (225 kg)
HometownKurt Angle (Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania)
Shelton Benjamin (Minneapolis, Minnesota)
Charlie Haas (Dallas, Texas)
Paul Heyman (Scarsdale, New York)
Former
member(s)		Jackie Gayda (Valet)
Paul Heyman (Manager)
Kurt Angle (Leader)
DebutOctober 22, 2002
Years active2002–2004
2006–2007
2009
2010–2013
2014–2015
TrainerOhio Valley Wrestling

The World's Greatest Tag Team was an American professional wrestling tag team, which also used the name Wrestling's Greatest Tag Team. The team consisted of Charlie Haas and Shelton Benjamin. Originally formed in World Wrestling Entertainment (WWE), they started out captained by Kurt Angle, during which time they were known as Team Angle. They also wrestled for several other independent promotions.

Haas and Benjamin made their debut on the SmackDown! brand in December 2002, and won the WWE Tag Team Championship in February 2003. After losing the championship in May, Haas and Benjamin were fired from Team Angle, and changed their name to The Best Damn Tag Team Period, before settling on The World's Greatest Tag Team. They won the championship back in July, and their second reign lasted for two months. They continued to compete on SmackDown!, until March 2004, when Benjamin was moved to the Raw brand as part of the Draft Lottery.

The team reformed in December 2006 on the Raw brand, and competed against numerous teams, although they were unsuccessful in winning the World Tag Team Championship. The team was split again in November 2007, when Benjamin moved to the ECW brand, but later reformed briefly back on SmackDown in May 2009. In 2010, the team reformed on the independent circuit, and began competing regularly for Ring of Honor (ROH), where they are former two-time ROH World Tag Team Champions.

  1. ^ a b c "The World's Greatest Tag Team Profile". Online World Of Wrestling. Archived from the original on 2008-10-06. Retrieved 2008-09-19.
  2. ^ Cite error: The named reference self-proclaimed was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  3. ^ Zeigler, Zack (2006-12-11). "Cena stands tall". World Wrestling Entertainment. Archived from the original on 2012-11-03. Retrieved 2009-08-10.
  4. ^ Cite error: The named reference Wrestling's was invoked but never defined (see the help page).