The World's Greatest Tag Team

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The (Self-Proclaimed) World's Greatest Tag Team were a professional wrestling tag team formerly in World Wrestling Entertainment. The members of this team consisted of Charlie Haas and Shelton Benjamin, who were captained by Kurt Angle.

The tag team made their debut on the December 26, 2002 edition of SmackDown!. Paul Heyman introduced the team under the name Team Angle as a 'gift' to his top client Kurt Angle. The team would soon go on to win the WWE Tag Team Championship.

On June 12, 2003, Angle confronted Benjamin and Haas about a losing streak the group had been in for a couple of weeks and ends up firing them both from Team Angle.

Soon after the Benjamin and Haas would refer to themselves as The Best Damn Tag Team Period (a reference to the Fox Sports Net show The Best Damn Sports Show Period) and then The Self-Proclaimed World's Greatest Tag Team, or The World's Greatest Tag Team for short, and went on to recapture the WWE Tag Team Championship.

The group stayed together until March 22, 2004 when, during the Draft Lottery, Benjamin was drafted to the RAW brand thus breaking up The World's Greatest Tag Team.

Championships and accomplishments

• 2-Time WWE Tag Team Champions together
• During the time of Team Angle, their mentor Kurt was the holder of the WWE Championship.
• Won the 2003 Pro Wrestling Illustrated Tag Team of the Year Award.

Signature maneuvers

• Superkick (Benjamin)/German Suplex (Hass) Combo
• Inverted Atomic Drop (Haas)/Superkick (Benjamin)/Jackknife Pin (Haas) Combo
• Broken Arrow / The World's Greatest Double Team (Leapfrog Body Guillotine)
• Star Spangled Banner (Double arm drag over the knees)

Trivia

• The World's Greatest Tag Team are one of the three teams to have held the WWE Tag Team Titles twice
• A new "Team Angle" was formed by Kurt Angle for the 2004 Survivor Series pay per view, The team consisted of Kurt Angle, Mark Jindrak, Luther Reigns and Carlito Caribbean Cool

World Wrestling Entertainment Tag-Team Champions

Angle/Benoit | Edge/Mysterio | Guerreros (E. Guerrero/C. Guerrero) | Team Angle (Haas/Benjamin) | E. Guerrero/Tajiri | World's Greatest (Haas/Benjamin) | Guerreros (E. Guerrero/C. Guerrero) | Bashams (Doug/Danny) | Scotty/Rikishi | Haas/Rico | Dudleyz (B. Dudley/D. Dudley) | London/Kidman | Duprée/Suzuki | Van Dam/Mysterio | Bashams (Doug/Danny) | Mysterio/E. Guerrero | MNM (Nitro/Mercury) | LOD (Animal/Heidenreich | MNM (Nitro/Mercury)