To bring a hardcore edge to this list of tag team finishers, please consider the case of The Eliminators. John Kronus delivers an earth-shaking 450 splash on D-Von as The Eliminators send a message to The Dudley Boyz at Barely Legal on April 13, 1997. To see how their climactic finale stacks up, WWE.com takes a look at 14 signature finishers that other tag teams have relied upon to rough up a rival in the ring. The backbreaker hold-diving elbow drop combination that Young & O’Neil execute brings them into elite company, as they join a proud tradition of sports-entertainment pairings who have used the power of teamwork to deliver a devastating knockout blow to their opponents.
Their “million dollar” charisma notwithstanding, the promising duo can distinguish themselves with the one thing they already have in common with some of the greatest duos in WWE history: a distinct tag team finishing maneuver. In the aftermath of their monumental win against United States Champion Santino Marella & Zack Ryder on the May 11 edition of SmackDown, the tag team of Darren Young & Titus O’Neil asked one simple question of the WWE Universe: “Do you all know the difference between and the rest of the tag teams here in WWE?”