The World's Greatest Tag Team

The World's Greatest Tag Team or The Self-Proclaimed World's Greatest Tag Team is a professional wrestling Tag Team formally in the World Wrestling Entertainment. The members of this team consisted of Charlie Haas & Shelton Benjamin, who were captined by Kurt Angle.

The tag team made their debut on the December 26, 2002 edition of Smackdown!, Paul Heyman debuts the team under the name "Team Angle" as a 'gift' to his top client Kurt Angle. The team would soon go on to win tag team gold.

On June 12, 2003 Kurt Angle confronted Shelton Benjamin & Charlie 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 & Haas would refer to themselves as "The World's Greatest Tag Team", the self-proclaimed "World's Greatest Tag-Team" and went on to recapture the WWE Tag Team titles.

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

Championships/Accomplishments

• 2-Time WWE Tag Team Champions together
• During the time of "Team Angle" their mentor Kurt was the holder of the WWE Championship

Signature Moves

• Super Kick (Benjamin)/German Suplex Pin (Haas) Combo
• Inverted Atomic Drop (Haas)/Superkick (Benjamin)/Roll-over Pin (Haas) Combo
• Broken Arrow (Leap Frog Stun Gun)
• Double Arm Drag over the Knees
• Star Spangled Banner

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