Too Cool: Another Underrated Tag Team/Stable

Good choice, Milenko.

I would agree, to some extent. I would argue that this was the besrt team to not rely on Tables, Ladders, and Chairs (oh my!... sorry) to get themselves over. They were over as soon as they added the break dancing.

However, they by themselves wouldn't get over. It took the gimmick of the white boys that can dance, and one fat, fat, fat, fucking fat ass. The problem was, once you got behind the gimmick, there just wasn't too much really going for these men. They were fairly bland in the ring, and just too small to be convinced that these men were on the same level of the Hardys, E&C, and The Dudleys. These men were even smaller than the Hardys... That should tell you boat loads about the size of these wrestlers. And once the act of the dancing got a bit hackneyed, we simply didn't care anymore.

Also, Too Cool's popularity was heavily based upon Rikishi. For some reason, wrestling fans found it extremely funny to watch this man dance. And even more horrifying, these fans also found it funny to watch this fat man sit on other people's heads, thong and all. We loved it when he would do it to folks like Stephanie and Kurt Angle. But what happened as soon as it got old to the fans? And then, even more to the point, what happened when Rikishi turned heel? There's only so many times you can watch a fat ass sit on another guy's head, and it be funny. once Rikishi lost his steam, Too Cool became more or less an after thought. Did you ever notice the correlation between Tool Cool's popularity, and the date that Rikishi turned heel?

Milenko, I know you've said you started watching from 2002 on in. Well, do you remember the team of "Too Hot" by chance? Same guys, same talent... And they absolutely fucking floundered. And even more so, let's watch Too Cool without Rikishi...

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I forgot Edge and Christian used to come through the ring from the stands... Pretty cool. Anyway, the best part of that match was the Holly's commentary. That should speak volumes.

Now let's throw one timely fat ass into the equation, and also an Olympic Gold Medalist to get some well deserved heat.

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Doesn't that look so much better?

By themselves, Too Cool was average, but with Rikishi? Yes, they were an underrated stable/tag team.