Bubba Ray and D-Von Dudley (AKA The Dudley Boyz... as billed from Dudleyville) returned to action this past Monday night on Raw. The brothers hadn’t seen proper ring action in over a decade—though Bubba Ray did make a surprise appearance this past January in the Royal Rumble match—but that didn’t stop them from taking on (and defeating) WWE Tag-Team Champions The New Day.

The belts weren’t on the line for that match, but the company is definitely hinting at a possible Championship for the Dudleys. The Boyz are one of the most decorated tag-teams in WWE history, having held the Championship belts a record nine times. One more win, which could come later this month at the appropriately titled PPV event WWE Night of Champions, would give the Dudleys a nice even ten.

This got us thinking: Which other long-forgotten wrestling tag teams would we love to see dragged out of retirement? Unfortunately, a lot of those old tag teams suffer from DPS (Dead Partner Syndrome): T&A (Test), Los Guerreros (Eddie Guerrero), The British Bulldogs (Davey Boy Smith), etc.

Still, there are a good number of retired tag team partners existing aboveground. Here are five we’d love to see return to ring action.

The APA (The Acolytes Protection Agency)

If you’ve been reading my wrestling-centric posts here on MySpace for the past few months, you should be well aware that I love me some JBL. The APA—consisting of JBL (John “Bradshaw” Layfield) and Faarooq (Ron Simmons) debuted in 1998 as The Acolytes. Over time, The APA would join Mideon, Viscera, The Brood (Gangrel, Edge, and Christian), and Paul Bearer to become a part of The Undertaker’s Ministry of Darkness. But the tag team’s true greatness came when it was just JBL and Faarooq. Not only were they brutal wrestlers, but they were also hilarious on the mic. They won the Championship belts three times during their six-year run, which ended in 2004. But even now, 11 years later, these two guys continue to have a great dynamic each and every time they get together. JBL inducted Simmons into the Hall of Fame in 2012, and this past January The APA staged a mini-reunion when they teamed up with the nWo Wolfpac and the New Age Outlaws to attack The Ascension. DAMN!

Edge & Christian

Okay, I know what you’re thinking: "Good idea, Shady, but if Edge (Adam Copeland) ever wrestles again he just might fucking die in the ring." And you’re right, due to Edge’s previous neck injuries, which forced him into early retirement, Edge should probably never again see ring action. But should he ever again be willing to risk, you know, paralysis and/or death, he should do it alongside his tag-team partner and real-life best friend Christian (William Reso). The Rated-R Superstar and Captain Charisma went through a long list of many different tag-team iterations over the years (as mentioned above, they once wrestled alongside Gangrel in The Brood), but they were at their best when they weren’t being bogged down by gimmicks and instead just being themselves. You could tell these two guys loved what they were doing for a living, and they especially loved doing it together (which brought them seven tag-team Championships throughout their careers). And, honestly, isn’t that what any of us want?

Demolition

Yes, their current combined age is 122, but face paint has a way of covering up all that oldness! Ax (Bill Eadie) is 67 years old and Smash (Barry Darsow) is 55, but who gives a fuck? Ric Flair taught Jesus Christ how to wrestle over 2,000 years ago and he still shows up in the ring every once in awhile. Sure, he mainly showboats, sweats through his suit, and yells “WOOO!!!” to the crowd ad nauseam, but that’s neither here nor there. Demolition won the Championship belts three times in their four-year run (1987 to 1991). At that time, their creepy-long tongues and even creepier bondage gear outfits were the visual equivalent of watching a freight train plow through a day care. And let’s be honest, who wouldn’t want to see a 67-year-old grandfather in face paint and bondage gear?

The Killer Bees

The Killer Bees—consisting of “Jumpin’” Jim Brunzell and B. Brian Blair—wrestled in the then-WWF for three years (1985 to 1988), but never won a Championship. Both men are still alive—Brunzell is 66 and Blair is 58—but just being alive isn’t enough to warrant a comeback. What is enough to warrant a comeback are those black-and-yellow nut-hugger trunks they wore! I’m assuming neither of them were ever able to father children.

Lita & Trish

These fine ladies are, hands-down, the two most talented female wrestlers in the history of the business. And like Edge and Christian, they’re also great friends in real life. Their head-to-head matches are the stuff of legend—believe it or not, they were Diva matches you didn’t want to go to the bathroom during—but there was also a period of time when Lita and Trish wrestled alongside each other as tag-team partners. They had a lot of good matches together throughout their respective careers, but one of the oddest came at Armageddon in 2003. Billed as the “Battle of the Sexes,” the match pitted Trish and Lita against Chris Jericho and Christian. In the end, Christian pinned Trish for the win, which just further proves that wrestling is fake. Because everyone knows that if that match had happened in real life, Lita and Trish would’ve dispatched Y2J and Conquistador Dos in record time.