[quote name='xilly']To be even more fair, these guys weren't exactly *nobodies* in the story lines. At that time, Billy Gunn still had some popularity from the Smoking Gunns days, and Road Dogg still had some buzz from being that guy who actually sang Jeff Jarrett's theme song.[/QUOTE]
I'm going to disagree. Farooq and Bradshaw were thrown together at first, and Farooq had been a big part of the WWF during the NOD stuff - but at the time they first paired up those two, both had spent a good period of time doing absolutely nothing.
When I say "nobodies," I mean that in the time frame when they formed the tag team. I mean that in the sense that nobody in any crowd at the time would have said "oh, did you notice Rockabilly wasn't on the show tonight? That really sucks."
Pointing out Jesse James' background as "The Roadie" more emphasizes my point than diminishes it.