Video: New Age Outlaws Win Their First Tag Team Titles

The first of many. I’m going to go on a limb and assume you know the New Age Outlaws. They’re one of the most successful tag teams of all time and the first ever five (and four for that matter) time Tag Team Champions in the WWF. While some of those reigns might run together, one of them had to come first. That just happened to be twenty years ago.

WWE has released a clip of the New Age Outlaws winning their first World Tag Team Titles from the Legion of Doom, who had come back to the company in a bit of a nostalgia run. This allowed the Outlaws to rebel against the legendary team, despite being a team who would seem to be little more than target practice for the Legion of Doom. Here’s the clip of the title change:

The Legion of Doom vs. The New Age Outlaws - World Tag Team Championship Match: Raw, Nov. 24, 1997

Opinion: It has to start somewhere. The New Age Outlaws winning the titles was one of the first major changes towards the Attitude Era with the far less dominant wrestlers being shifted out for the sake of the more entertaining acts. The Outlaws were far from technically sound but there’s no hiding the fact that they had a ton of charisma and the fans loved them. It took some time to get going but eventually it clicked and clicked hard.

Were you a New Age Outlaws fan? Should the Legion of Doom have been around longer? Let us know in the comments below.