British Bulldogs

[8.0] "Revolutionary tag team for the WWF in the mid 80's. Their hard going style eventually caught up with them. Post Dynamite Kid injury, they lost some of the luster and then Vince McMahon went to the big book of gimmicks and insisted on giving them a mascot to make them appeal to the kiddies. Everything came to a head at Survivor Series 88 when Dynamite got them both fired. Years later we would learn how shitty both guys were behind the scenes but 1986 was their peak. Hard living and bad behavior derailed the Bulldogs relatively early."

[9.0] "9/10 from me, Accomplishments - 8.5, Charisma/Character Work - 9, In-Ring Chemistry - 9.5, Longevity - 10 and Move-Set - 8.5 = 9/10."

[8.0] "I guess I never felt this team as much as others. Even when I go back and watch the early WWF material, it still doesn't hit me like so many others tell me it should. Yes there are some very good matches, especially with The Hart Foundation & The Dream Team but in the grand scheme of things, they just don't measure up. This might have much to do with Dynamite Kid being injured twice during their run in the WWF, leaving Smith with substitutions ranging from poor to right at passable. It also has much to do with their competition at that time & the WWF just being how it was then. I prefer Davey Boy Smith as a singles competitor and sometimes that's all I can think when I rewatch. For every "very good" this team does, it ALL comes with some form of asterisk, 7.75"

[10.0] "One of the all-time best. Could definitely make the case for all-time top ten without a doubt. Amazing talent. Love me some Dynamite Kid"

[9.0] "Great tag team. Had a ton of good matches in WWE. Good combination with Smith being the power and Dynamite Kid being a good high pace technical wrestler."

[6.0] "For the most part I will be basing my Wrestler ratings on five criteria four of which are based on in-ring ability and the last on charisma. I believe these five criteria are pro wrestling's version of Tommy Lasorda's criteria of "five points" in baseball. For pro wrestling those five criteria are power, speed, technical ability, hardcore & charisma. British Bulldogs' score: Power: 7 Speed: 7 Technical: 6 Hardcore: 6 Charisma: 6 for a total of 32 and an average of 6.4 rounded down to 6."

[9.0] "In their prime, the British Bulldogs were absolutely amazing. It is such a shame they never really got to show it for any decent length of time in an American company"

[10.0] "One of the best and most influential tag teams in the history of professional wrestling. Others have utilized the words innovative, revolutionize, and modernize, and all three are 100% on the money. Great technical wrestlers who also brought a combination of explosive athleticism (Dynamite Kid) and remarkable power (Davey Boy Smith). Classic matches across multiple companies and a clear influence over what the entire industry would become."

[9.0] "So much of the Bulldogs' mark on the industry is still being echoed today. They really helped revolutionize & modernize tag wrestling."

[8.0] "Were better before they got to the WWF. Not good mic skills but innovative double team skills. They got worse with time though."

[9.0] "One of the best tag team ever made. Two of the best technical wrestlers of all time doing an awesome work, is the form how I can describe this"

[8.0] "Tremendous tag team until 1987 or so: after that injuries (especially for Dynamite Kid) and personal issues (for both) made them a shadow of their former selves but they were still better than 90% of the WWF roster in the ring. Sadly with fame both men became even harder to work with than before and you could clearly see that poor attitude in matches with folks like Nikolai Volkoff and the Iron Sheik, folks the two Britons obviously considered below their level. At one point they were given a dog to walk to the ring for reasons unknown and sadly most folks still remember them better for the dog than for the tremendous workers both men were."

[8.0] "The Bulldogs were a great team, but their overall rating is hurt by the fact they were pretty lousy on the mic and never had a sustained money drawing run."

[9.0] "An iconic team, it cannot be denied. It's unfortunate they had some issues with being unprofessional, especially Dynamite Kid, but when it came to the ring they pretty much always performed on a top level."