5 Best Tag Team Partners Of Big Boss Man's Career (& 5 Worst)
While big main-event stars are the lifeblood of the wrestling business for being the biggest draws in the company, midcard wrestlers are often considered to be the unsung heroes of the wrestling business. Many mid-card wrestlers are there to ensure that top wrestlers have consistent and credible opponents to wrestle, and need to be on top of their game.
At one point, The Big Boss Man was one of the most hated wrestlers on the WWE roster. Fans were quick to give him big reactions for his heinous and despicable actions, which gave him a long career as a mid-card performer. While The Big Boss Man may not have been a top wrestler, he surely kept a consistent career as a reliable mid-card wrestler who is fondly remembered by wresting audiences long after his passing in 2004.
10 Best - Bull Buchanan
During the Attitude Era, the once traditional police officer Big Boss Man returned with a much angrier demeanour. Now clad in a SWAT-style uniform, the Boss Man twirled around his nightstick with more brutality and aggression than he had during his earlier nineties run.
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In 2000, Boss Man introduced the large, menacing, agile Bull Buchanan as his protege. Despite not having any explanation for their partnership, they achieved a solid amount of success for their short partnership. Unfortunately, this would be one of the final success points of Boss Man's WWE career.
9 Worst - Prince Albert
As a member of Vince McMahon's Corporation stable, The Big Boss Man was often sent to settle scores on behalf of his boss. While he was a strong performer in his prime, the Boss Man did not always get the upper hand during these feuds and would look like a fool.
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When The Corporation developed a hatred for Test following his relationship with Stephanie McMahon, Boss Man was sent in to settle the score and teamed alongside Prince Albert to help him. Ultimately, the team failed to take out Test in a series of matches. Embarrassingly, Test and Albert would even wind up teaming together for a successful run not two months later, proving how ineffective this team really was.
8 Best - The Midnight Express
Prior to arriving in WWE and becoming a police officer, The Big Boss Man was known as Big Bubba Rogers. Making his name travelling through National Wrestling Alliance territories, Rogers would team alongside the Midnight Express in the Mid-South Wrestling territory.
At the time, the Midnight Express consisted of Bobby Eaton and Dennis Condrey, and Rogers became their third member as they continued their feud against the Rock n' Roll Express. The feud consisted of a revolving door of partners, including Dusty Rhodes and Ronnie Garvin, creating many exciting matches.
7 Worst - Tugboat
Survivor Series 1990 is most well-known for the debut of The Undertaker, which created a thirty-year legacy of one of WWE's most important characters. The event is certainly not remembered for one of the Golden Era's most unimportant tag team developments, which was The Big Boss Man and the sailing Tugboat.
Leading up to the event, The Boss Man and Tugboat teamed together in a series of uninteresting matchups, and then they landed on Hulk Hogan's team. Even during their pay-per-view debut, they were both inconsequential in the match and were both eliminated unceremoniously.
6 Best - Steve Williams
Dr. Death Steve Williams may not have had the most impactful WWE career, but he was an important American figure in Japanese wrestling for several years. As a top prospect due to his hard-hitting nature, Williams thrived in All-Japan Pro Wrestling and was a mainstay in their tag team division.
After teaming with Terry Gordy in the annual World's Strongest Tag Determination League for several years, Williams teamed with Big Bubba Rogers in 1993. While they did not win the tournament, the two big men smashed their way to fourth place and had a great showing that helped set them up for the future.
5 Worst - Booker T
Following his most successful run during the Attitude Era, The Big Boss Man disappeared from WWE television in 2001. Following the Invasion ending, The Big Boss Man randomly reappeared to support Booker T and Vince McMahon against "Stone Cold" Steve Austin in a very short-lived resurgence.
Booker T and Boss Man's team only lasted for two matches, and despite them being against high-profile opponents, it was clear that his best days were behind him. Now appearing in a suit and tie, fans were not sure how to react and the entire return wound up falling very flat.
4 Best - Akeem
While the gimmick of Akeem The African Dream hardly ends up on any "best-of" lists when it comes to wrestling, there is no denying that his partnership with The Big Boss Man was successful. Known as the Twin Towers, Akeem and Boss Man used their size and strength to move up the WWE tag team division in 1989.
Including a dominant win at WrestleMania 5 against The Rockers, the Twin Towers were on their way up the division and challenged Demolition numerous times for the World Tag Team Championships. Ultimately, Boss Man decided to go on a singles run instead of continuing as a team, but they surely would have continued their success.
3 Worst - Avalanche
The Big Boss Man is most recognizable for his multiple runs in WWE, however, he did have his longest stint while in WCW as both The Boss and Big Bubba Rogers. Despite the stint lasting longer than his time in WWE, he was not nearly as successful in the company.
With no championships to his credit, The Boss was mainly used as a mid-card wrestler who was easily defeated by bigger stars. For instance, The Boss was paired with Avalanche to be cannon fodder for the team of Randy Savage and Sting in 1995. According to Cagematch.net, they only managed to win one match as a team during their entire year-long run together.
2 Best - Ken Shamrock
While The Big Bossman became most famous for his exploits in the Hardcore Championship division, he holds the distinction of being one of the few double title holders in WWE history. Boss Man won his one and only tag team championship in 1998 while he teamed with Ken Shamrock, who also became a double champion with the win.
The team represented Vince McMahon's Corporation team who were striving to control every championship in the company. While the team's championship reign was short-lived at only forty-two days, it remained as the only time the Big Boss Man was able to win a championship with a partner.
1 Worst - The Dungeon Of Doom
When it comes to cartoonish and hokey wrestling gimmicks, WCW's Dungeon of Doom remains one of the strangest of all time. Comprised of some of WCW's strangest wrestlers, the group initially came together to defeat Hulk Hogan and send him out of WCW, but ultimately failed in their mission.
Boss Man entered the group following their failure in 1996 and was not an impactful member of the group. His most memorable - and infamous - contribution during this time was feuding with former dungeon member John Tenta. While there were many bad factors about the Dungeon of Doom, this was among their worst and wound up receiving the award for worst wrestling feud of the year.
