WWE: David Otunga & Michael McGillicutty and the 11 Worst Tag-Team Champs Ever

Tag team wrestling is not what it used to be. In fact, many argue that the division is at an all-time low.

From odd couples like Santino Marella and Vladimir Kozlov to thrown together teams like Heath Slater and Justin Gabriel, there is not a lot of consistency in tag teams anymore.

The current champs, David Otunga and Michael McGillicutty, are being deemed by some as one of the worst tag team champions in WWE history. That might be a little bit harsh considering all of the random tag teams that have happened in the history of the belts.

Whether they were the old World Tag Team Championships, the old-look WWE Tag Team Championships or these ugly penny-looking belts with centurion helmets on them, there have been some odd and downright bad teams that have been called champions before.

Here is a list of the 10 worst champions, as well as Otunga and McGillicutty. As fair as it may not be to these two, they are one of the worst all-time.

11) Charlie Haas and Rico

There have been so many odd couple tag teams, but few have become tag team champions. Rico was best friends with Miss Jackie, who was dating Charlie Haas in both storyline and real-life. Haas was not on board with teaming with Rico at first, but they ended up with tag team gold.

It would be the third time that Haas would be a WWE Tag Team Champion and the 56 days as champion with Rico would be the shortest of the three.

Their chemistry was not the best, and had it not been for Miss Jackie, the team would have torn apart at the seams. Logically, once the two seemed to really click as a unit, they would lose their tag team titles.

10) "Dashing" Cody Rhodes and Drew McIntyre

Why did McIntyre and Rhodes tag together? They were randomly thrown together at Night of Champions in a Tag Team Turmoil match.

The champions at that time were The Hart Dynasty, who came into WWE as a tag team. The Usos were also in the match and came into WWE in the same state. Santino Marella and Vladimir Kozlov was another odd couple tag team, but their styles seemed to work well.

Even Evan Bourne and Mark Henry, who had aligned on RAW episodes in the weeks prior, had complimenting styles.

Drew McIntyre and "Dashing" Cody Rhodes, however, had never teamed together, were never seen talking to one another and had gimmicks that would suggest that they would change in opposite areas of the arena.

Yet, they became tag team champions and held them for five weeks. The team that defeated them for the ugly penny belts will be brought up later.

9) Legion of Doom (with Heidenreich)

I love the Legion of Doom. I enjoyed Heidenreich. I did not, however, like LOD with Heidenreich whatsoever.

They could have easily had Road Warrior Animal and Heidenreich be a random tag team and get along with one another, but having Heidenreich be placed into the new Legion of Doom was, at least to me, disrespectful to the memory of the original edition of the group.

They even had Heidenreich begin to wear the face paint. I'm sure Hawk was thrilled about this...

8) Spirit Squad

I think that Spirit Squad was a good idea, which is why I must have liked Nexus so much. They were five young guys making a name for themselves by using one another.

It was the fact of them being male cheerleaders that made this very lame. It's one thing to have young guys dominating at least one aspect of RAW, but to have their flaw (and trait that brought them the most heat) be them cheering and having pom poms and megaphones in their titantron.

7) David Otunga and Michael McGillicutty

A team of the first two NXT season's runners-up is also a team of incomplete superstars.

The two represent one of the two avenues to gain immediate success in WWE: either having moderate fame (Otunga being engaged to Jennifer Hudson) or being related to a WWE alum (McGillicutty's father is the legendary Mr. Perfect).

McGillicutty has the in-ring ability but lacks the charisma, while Otunga oozes charisma and his moves are plain awful.

Together, they make one complete superstar that has what it takes. Instead, they are the current tag team champions that look to be teaming together to have the other person's strength rub off on them. This is about as close as one can get to a yin and yang comparison in WWE today.

6) Marty Jannetty and 1-2-3 Kid

Yes, that guy they are calling The 1-2-3 Kid in this picture is none other than Sean Waltman, known by many as X-Pac. The man to his right is Marty Jannetty, classically known as the other guy that Shawn Michaels was with in The Rockers.

The two were at opposite ends of their careers. Jannetty was washed up and didn't know it (although he probably should have), while Waltman was still coming into his own in sports entertainment.

The two defeated The Quebecers, one of the best WWF tag teams in the early 1990s, in a match on RAW in early 1994. One week later, the tag titles would be given back to the Quebecers from a loss in Madison Square Garden.

The 1-2-3 Kid was an awful gimmick by itself, but having him linked with Jannetty of all people is just plain strange.

5) Kenzo Suzuki and Renee Dupree

I still find this team a little odd. Outside of their themes, which oddly sounded naturally complimentary, there wasn't much that seemed compatible between these two. This would be the only title in WWE for Kenzo and one of two tag team belts that Dupree would hold.

Their inability to really work well as a team made it curious as to why the duo would team together, let alone win a championship together.

What makes it even odder is that this team held the titles for 91 days. Basically, for a total of eight weeks, these two teamed together as champions and still did not seem to grow any chemistry out of it.

4) Rico and Rikishi

I bet you even forgot that Rico and Rikishi were tag team champions together. It's easy to forget that.

Rico was coming out with Billy and Chuck as their manager during Judgment Day 2002.

Rico was named as Rikishi's random tag team partner for a tag team title match, meaning that Rico would compete against his friends. Rikishi did all the work he needed to do all by himself and won the titles.

Sixteen days later, Rico and Rikishi would give the belts back to Billy and Chuck.

3) David Otunga and John Cena

Drew McIntyre and "Dashing" Cody Rhodes faced John Cena and David Otunga, who were both a part of Nexus at the time, for the tag team belts at Bragging Rights 2010.

Cena did most of the dirty work, and Otunga was ecstatic that he was a champion in WWE.

Ironically, these two could have won the tag team titles back when Otunga hosted RAW and teamed with Cena. Instead, Otunga walked away and has been 100 percent heel ever since.

The next night on RAW, Otunga would be forced to lay down so that Heath Slater and Justin Gabriel could be given the championships.

2) Chief Morley and Lance Storm

William Regal and Lance Storm were the World Tag Team Champions from the night after Royal Rumble 2003 until March 24, when the titles were vacated due to an injury by Regal.

Chief Morley, known better as Val Venis, would take the belts and award them to Storm, making himself be his partner.

The following week would see their first title defense as a team, which they would lose to Kane and Rob Van Dam.

1) The Godwinns

Only The Godwinns can be labeled as the worst tag team champions in history.

A gimmick based upon redneck brothers, Phineas and Henry Godwinn would try to win a tournament at WrestleMania XII to win the vacated tag team titles, but would lose to The Bodydonnas. Seven weeks later, The Godwinns would win a title match at a live event in New York City to win their first tag team championships.

A week later, The Smoking Gunns would reclaim the championships that they were forced to vacate earlier in the year.

The Godwinns were not done just yet. At Badd Blood: In Your House, the team would win their second tag team titles over The Headbangers. This time around, it took just 48 hours for Legion of Doom to snatch them away. C

ollectively, the team had two tag team title reigns that lasted a total of nine days. It was simply pathetic.