Greatest tag teams in wrestling: Tag team wrestling isn’t what it once was and that’s something of a shame. In the late 1980s and early ‘90s, the tag team divisions of various promotions were incredibly strong, so much so that the NWA had the U.S. tag titles and fans openly said that the WWE needed a secondary title as well. It’s faded as time has gone on but there’s still some life to it all and can still provide fun.
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Watching four guys going at it and working together, it’s a fun sight and has long provided some great entertainment and excitement for wrestling fans.
Over the years, we’ve seen slews of fantastic tag teams, so ranking the best of the bunch is a tricky thing to say the least. It’s not just the number of championships won or longevity; there’s also how the teams worked, the quality of their opponents and their impact on wrestling itself. Some of these guys had tons of championships, others barely any but they all provided fans with some stunning action. Here are the 25 best tag teams wrestling has ever produced, all of whom worked to make the business so lively and why tag team wrestling, no matter how low it can get, will never truly go away.
25. The New Age Outlaws
They were just two guys lost completely in the lower cards who were tossed together just to have something to do, but Jesse James and Billy Gunn shocked everyone by upsetting the Legion of Doom for the WWE tag team titles in 1997 and managing to hold onto them. Clicking well as a team, they would really take off as part of DX with that famous mantra on the mic – “Ladies and gentlemen, boys and girls, children of all ages” – that helped them get massively over and dominate the tag title scene for the better part of two years.
In TNA, they took on the name of the Voodoo Kin Mafia for wild antics before a return to WWE and getting another run as the champs. Whacky and wild, they obviously enjoyed riling up any opponents in their way, with their success helping to shape the Attitude Era. Not bad for two guys never meant to get over at all.
24. The Brisco Brothers
In 1983, having done just about everything else in wrestling on their own, Jack and Jerry Brisco decided that becoming a heel tag team was something to try. The brothers had worked together before, holding the Florida tag titles eight times but that was as faces, both highly popular, especially former World champion Jack. They kept to that before slowly showing off harsher means in matches and finally ambushing tag champions Ricky Steamboat and Jay Youngblood, stealing Youngblood’s prized Indian headdress in the process. That made them instantly hated and kicked off an epic feud, with the youngsters going against the Briscos’ fabulous technical work and ability to break the rules to keep the belts on them.
Both men knew how to work a crowd, they just shifted that for heel methods of cheating behind the ref’s back and being arrogant in promos, thus making the program work beautifully. It ended with the faces regaining the titles at Starrcade but the brothers still showcased their amazing drive and ability to hang with most any team, regardless of age. Blood was thicker than water and in the case of the Briscos, it landed them plenty of gold along the way.
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