Top 10 tag teams of the 1980s

The Freebirds were one of the biggest draws in wrestling history
The Freebirds were one of the biggest draws in wrestling history

#9 The US Express

The US Express with Captain Lou Albano
The US Express with Captain Lou Albano

Second generation star Barry Windham and Mike Rotundo (father of Bray Wyatt) formed the US Express while working in the Florida territories. Their squeaky clean image and whitebread appearance made them logical babyfaces during the 1980s.

US Express is best known for losing the WWF tag team titles to Iron Sheik and Nikolai Volkoff at the first ever Wrestlemania. They would go their separate ways, with Whindam ending up with the Four Horsemen and Rotundo joining the Varsity Club, both working as single stars.

Fun fact: The US Express was the first act to have Real American as their theme song, but when the team split the Rick Derringer-produced anthem was gifted to Hulk Hogan, with whom the song has been associated with ever since.

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