Somewhere in between were Edge and Rey Mexterio, who both had a bevy of tag team experience. Edge had held the WWE/World Tag Team championship 8 times, the aforementioned Edge-Hogan reign and seven times with his brother, Christian, upending Hall of Fame tandems like Too Cool and Bull Buchanan & The Goodfather. Rey had held the WCW Tag Team title with Billy Kidman and Juvi-Juice Newton-Guerrera, as well as the fabled WCW Cruiserweight Tag Team title (yes, it actually existed) with Kidman. Edge had been a WWE mainstay for years, managing to escape the daunting shadow of Gangrel to become a singles star. Rey had come to the 'Ent earlier in the year and impressed fans with his Mexicanranas and Chalupa con hilos, as well as his signature 619 move, named for, according to his theme music, his "pueblo".

For reasons yet to be determined, Edge and Rey decided to team up and go for the gold. Their first round match-up wasn't an easy one, though, as they had to face WWE Champion Brock Lesnar and Japanese Skillsaw Tajiri. Luckily, this was, if you can believe it, the first time Lesnar and Tajiri had ever tagged, or, presumably, met, so Edge and Rey were able to pull it out.

"Yeah, me and Tajiri never got off the ground in the U.S. We're still big in Japan, though."
-Brock Lesnar, from "Ranger Rick: A Tribute to Tajiri, Volume 2"

In the second round, Edge and Mysterious pulled off the upset of a lifetime, upending two halves of legitimately good tag teams, Reverend D-Von and Ron "Faarooq" Simmons (that's RFS to you).

"Damn"
-Ron "Faarooq" Simmons, from his article on BETFinancial.com

In the finals, Edge and My Stereo faced off against Kurt Angle and Chris Benoit. Would the plucky underdog fan favorites be able to upset quite possibly the best thrown together tag team ever?

Heck no.

Indeed, Edge and Misterio Jr. dispersed any comparisons to upstart tag tournament winners Bob Holly and The 1-2-3 Kid when Edge got caught in an Ankle lock and was tapping like a blind man taking his new cane for a spin.

But all was not lost. In a 2 out of 3 falls match, Edge and Mysterymachine captured the gold at historic Verizon Wireless Arena. The match was described as "great" by Michael Cole, and you know that Good Ol' M.C. throws around compliments like manhole covers.

"Oh my! What a great blurb! But DAMNIT, it can't end this soon! Not this way, not this way!"
-Michael Cole, from "Michael Cole's Greatest Hits"

Rey Mysterio dedicated his tag title reign to the Late Great Eddie Guerrero, doubly confusing as Eddie was alive at the time and, in fact, one of the men trying to take the gold off of Team Redgsterio.

"Yeah, I didn't think that was appropriate"
 -Randy Orton, Black Kettle Magazine

The reign was significant for Edge, too, as he proved he didn't need to ride the coattails of living legends like Hulk Hogan and Gangrel to be taken seriously.

"I gotta admit, I was a little jealous. I knew Edge was down with OPP because he had sex with my wife and all, but Other Pint-size Partners too?"
-Christian, in an interview with Pancakes Enthusiasts Society newsletter.

But Edge and Rey Mysterio were not to take their place in history next to tag team dynasties like Demolition and The Bodydonnas, as they dropped the titles 12 days later in a triple threat tag match to Los Guerreros.

Still, you all know that wasn't the end of the story. Edge and Rey Mysterio each went on to become top level stars, with Edge being the most watched WWE Champion of the last five years (no doubt a legitimate claim, as exaggeration is frowned upon in professional wrestling), and Rey Mysterio went on to win the World Heavyweight/plain ol' World Championship, becoming the most pinned champion of ALL TIME! As you can surmise, most wrestling historians (both of us) come back to this glorious and memorable tag title reign when determining when both Edge and Mysterio "made it", since previous to this they were on the fast track to Matt-Hardysville.

Well, until the Phoenix Suns trade Steve Nash for Kevin Nash, I am, in fact, James E. Couture

I'm almost positive.

(Late Great Eddie Guerrero, Oh my, and Damnit are registered trademarks of Michael Cole Corporation, LLC)