After joining Jim Crockett Promotions in the early 1960s, Rip Hawk met Swede Hanson, who was competing as a singles wrestler.
[8] They feuded with several teams, including Johnny Weaver and George Becker as well as the pairing of Paul Jones and Nelson Royal.
[4] They began wrestling in Texas, where they won the NWA Western States Tag Team Championship three times from 1976 to 1977.
While wrestling in Oregon, Pat Patterson heard many wrestlers tell him that he would be a natural fit as a tag team partner of Ray Stevens, who competed in San Francisco.
On April 8, 1967, they lost the belts to longtime rival Pepper Gomez and future World Wide Wrestling Federation Champion Pedro Morales.
[17] The pair were later reunited in the American Wrestling Association, where they won the AWA World Tag Team Championship on September 23, 1978.
[19] The following year, Patterson began competing primarily in the World Wrestling Federation, although he and Stevens continued to team occasionally in the AWA until late 1982.
[22] Managed by Sergeant Danny Davis,[23] the Bombers were the promotion's top heel tag team,[24] Their first championship came on June 15, 1979, when they won an infamous match against Jerry Lawler and Bill Dundee in Tupelo, Mississippi.
After the Blond Bombers controversially won the title, Lawler and Dundee attacked the new champions and fought with them in the concession stands.
[26] Meanwhile, the Fabulous Freebirds, who had been the region's number two heel tag team became faces and challenged the Bombers for the belts.
[28] Latham and Farris regained the belts in a rematch against The Jet Set but later dropped them to Rocky Brewer and Pat Rose.
[26] Latham soon left Tennessee to compete in the World Wrestling Federation, where he held the WWF Tag Team Championship as Spot, a member of The Moondogs.
[36] They defended the title against several team and entered into a feud with the Brisco Brothers (Jack and Jerry), who had held the belts together on seven previous occasions.
[34] This rivalry also included a singles match between St. John and Jack Brisco, in which their partners were handcuffed together outside of the ring to prevent interference.
St. John soon retired,[39] and Lane focused on building a career as a singles wrestler in Georgia before forming several other tag teams.
Later in his career, he teamed with former rival Steve Keirn to form The Fabulous Ones; he was also a member of The Midnight Express and The Heavenly Bodies.
[40] They won the OVW Southern Tag Team Championship on April 6, 2005, by defeating The Thrillseekers (Matt Cappotelli and Johnny Jeter).