Braun Strowman, Nicholas and the Strangest WWE Tag Team Pairings Ever

Believe it or not, Braun Strowman and Nicholas don't comprise the strangest tag team to compete in WWE.

When the monstrous Strowman took on The Bar at WrestleMania 34, he did so with a 10-year-old kid yanked from the crowd in his corner. That's a curveball no one saw coming. Just when you think you have seen everything, a child holds up a championship title at The Show of Shows.

Nicholas, though, is at least human.

A divine being and an oversized rabbit have been wrestlers' tag team partners in the past. The tag team division has seen its share of the bizarre beyond that too. It's been a place for comedy and for peripheral figures to get closer to the action. In that way, Nicholas and Strowman's alliance continued a tradition.

Read on for a look at some of the surprising squads to step between the ropes.

Bruno Sammartino and Battman

Bruno Sammartino recruited the most unexpected of sidekicks in the late '60s: a Batman ripoff.

For a stretch of his career, Tony Marino donned a black cowl as Battman to take advantage of The Caped Crusader's popularity. It would have been no surprise had the gimmick landed him in a low-card comedy spot, but he found himself fighting alongside the company's franchise player.

The burly, Italian-born powerhouse could have had any number of partners. Instead of a top star, Sammartino aligned with a guy with a silly superhero shtick. In a way, this was a precursor to The Rock's partnership with The Hurricane.

The odd couple won the International Tag Team Championships in 1969 before Sammartino moved on from the group.

Gene Okerlund and Hulk Hogan

Hulk Hogan and Gene Okerlund on screen together was a common sight for a long time. Okerlund often interviewed The Hulkster before his big matches. "Let me tell you something, Gene" became one of Hogan's most memorable refrains.

In 1984, though, their partnership moved from backstage to the ring. As seen on CageMatch.net, the announcer teamed with Hogan against George Steele and Mr. Fuji in Minneapolis.

Both men were balding. They had little in common beyond that, however.

Hogan was a bulking titan who could lift the monsters of the squared circle above his head. Okerlund looked more like an accountant than a wrestler. This was a pairing akin to a grizzly bear and a chipmunk. 

Okerlund later tagged with Sheamus on SmackDown in 2012 to create another eye-catching duo.

Pat Patterson and Gerald Brisco

In a different time, Pat Patterson and Gerald Brisco would have made a formidable pair. After all, the former was the inaugural intercontinental champion, and the latter was an amateur wrestling champ who had won titles in several territories. 

The Stooges formed well past each man's prime, however. When they first teamed together in 1998, they were a combined age of 109.

Patterson and Brisco served as Vince McMahon's cronies, portrayed as two bumbling executives who sometimes stepped into the ring. They often fought in handicap matches, but even then they didn't normally fare well.

J&J Security (Joey Mercury and Jamie Noble) played a similar role as Seth Rollins' henchmen, but they didn't have nearly as much gray on top.

Shawn Michaels and God

Shawn Michaels' list of former tag team partners is filled with icons and Hall of Famers. The Heartbreak Kid has battled alongside Triple H, John Cena, Ric Flair and Diesel. None of those fellows can hold a candle to his teammate at Backlash 2006 in terms of name power, however.

At that event, Michaels and "God" took on Vince and Shane McMahon in a farcical display.

WWE portrayed God as a beaming light on the entrance ramp. Michaels, as one might expect, did all the work when it came time to wrestle.

Despite having an all-powerful being in his corner, Michaels didn't snag the victory that night. 

Boogeyman and Little Boogeyman

Boogeyman is weird enough on his own. The spooky Superstar wears red face paint and an oversized clock around his neck. One could often see worms wiggling in his hands and mouth when he prowled the WWE landscape.

In 2007, WWE decided to double down on the act.

A man who more regularly wrestles as Short Sleeve Sampson played Boogeyman's smaller partner. The two often clashed with Finlay and Hornswoggle with little success. 

While Hornswoggle got some character background, as he was later revealed to be Mr. McMahon's illegitimate son, Little Boogeyman's history was all but unexplored. He was simply a mysterious facsimile who must have come from the same eerie corner of the world Boogeyman had.

Adam Rose and The Bunny

A wild party followed Adam Rose wherever he went, and that meant a number of strange characters often stood at his side. The lollipop-loving Superstar eventually moved one of those oddballs from the conga line to the ring.

A man dressed in a bunny suit teamed with Rose several times in 2014.

Their partnership was played for laughs. The announcers reveled in the ridiculousness of it all. When Rose and The Bunny took on Tyson Kidd and Natalya, WWE billed it as an "interspecies match." 

WWE never unmasked The Bunny on air. Whatever rivalry was brewing between the partners never developed before the company released Rose in 2016.

The company wasn't done with teaming wrestlers and guys in animal costumes, though, as The Miz tagged with a bear last year.

Braun Strowman and Nicholas

Leading up to WrestleMania 34, speculation simmered about who Strowman might choose as his partner to take on Cesaro and Sheamus for the Raw Tag Team Championships at the event.

Would it be Neville, who had been away from the ring for months? Maybe a Superstar who had recovered from injury, such as Big Cass or Samoa Joe, would step up. Would this be how WWE reintroduced Big Show to the mix?

Nope.

The Monster Among Men decided to instead stomp into the stands in search of a fan to fight with him. He chose a nervous young boy with long hair named Nicholas. With that selection, Strowman was out to prove he didn't need anybody by his side to beat The Bar.

He was right. Nicholas didn't need to assist him at all. Strowman blasted past the tag team champs on his own. 

It was a moment that will be forever remembered in WrestleMania lore, for better or worse. Neville or Big Show would have made for a more formidable partner, but their emergence wouldn't have been talked about nearly as much as a kid making WWE history as the company's youngest champ.