OWW Top 50 Tag Teams of All Time

[chaoskid]

The OWW list of the top 50 wrestlers got me thinking, if us guys and girls can create a decent top 50 wrestlers, what about the top 50 tag teams?

So this is my personal list of the top 50 tag teams

1. Steiner brothers (rick & scott)
2. Road Warriors (animal and hawk)
3. Rock n Roll Express (Robert Gibson & ricky Morton)
4. British Bulldogs (Dynamite Kid &Davey Boy smith)
5. Hart Foundation (Bret Hart & Jim Neidhart)
6. DX (triple h & Shawn Michaels)
7. Midnight Express (bobby Eaton & stan Lane)
8. Demolition (ax and smash)
9. Edge & Christian
10. Dudley boys (Buh Buh Ray & Dvon)
11. Brothers of Destruction (undertaker & kane)
12. Steve Williams & terry gordy
13. Brain Busters (arn Anderson & Tully Blachard)
14. Freebirds (Michael Ps Hayes & Jimmy Garvin)
15. Outsiders (kevin nash & Scott Hall)
16. Hardy boys (Matt and Jeff)
17. Mega powers (Hogan & Savage)
18. Hollywood Blondes (steve Austin & Brian Pillman)
19. Motor City Machine guns (Alex Shelly & chris Sabin)
20. Beer Money (Robert Roode & James Storm)
21. Los guerreros (eddie & chavo jr)
22. Strike force (tito Santana & rick Martel)
23. New Age outlaws (Billy Gunn & Jesse james)
24. Kerry & kevin Von Erich
25. Terry & dory Funk
26. Doom (ron simmons & Butch Reed)
27. Nasty Boys (Brian Knobbs & jerry sags)
28. Pitbulls (pitbull 1 & 2)
29. Fantantics (Tommy rogers & bobby fulton)
30. Public Enemy (Rocco rock & Johnny grudge)
31. Dudes with Attitude (Shawn Michaels & diesel)
32. Rated RKO (edge & randy Orton)
33. Rock n Sock connection (Rock and Mankind)
34. Briscoes (jerry & jack Briscoe)
35. British bulldog and owen hart
36. AJ Styles & Christopher Daniels
37. The Rougeau Brothers (Jacque & Raymond)
38. America’s most wanted (james Storm & Chris Harris)
39. Powers of pain (warlord and Barbarian)
40. Money Inc (ted Dibiase & IRS)
41. Natural disasters (Earthquake & Typhoon)
42. John Morrison & Miz
43. SST (Fatu & Samu)
44. Heavenly Bodies (jimmy Del ray & Tom Prichard)
45. LAX (Homicide & Hernandaz
46. Paul London & Brian “Spanky” Kendrick
47. MNM (Nitro & Mercury)
48. Thrill Seakers (lance Storm & chris Jericho)
49. Twin Towers (big boss man and Akeem)
50. Masters of the powerbomb (sid vicious & vader)

[Turley]

exact same top 5 as me.......

[Veritas]

Chaos, could I ask you your reasoning behind ranking DX so high? I mean, the early DX we all know and love wasn't a tag team, it was a pair of singles wrestlers partnered up. In '97, Triple H and Shawn Michaels pursued separate singles careers as a duo. I don't think they even chased the Tag Team titles did they? The DX "tag team" is really only a few years old and, when you look at their history, they really haven't accomplished a damn thing together.

Thanks.

[Shockage]

The Freebirds would've left DX for dead, even with Chyna in the mix. I'm surprised that the Wild Samoans didn't make the list considering they've won over 20 tag team titles and were the first of the Island tag teams.

[NY Lucha Thug]

If you're going to put a DX tag team, you'd have to go with the New Age Outlaws.

[al1230]

We should either drop or cut DX. Like Shock said, put in the Samoans.
Also, APA {Simmons & JBL} should be in there.

[Turley]

yeah, thats why I cut it short at top 5 is the same. I agree with Truth in that I dont really see early DX as a tag team, to me, they were a stable.

I think that Sting and Luger could get a mention on there somewhere. Great list though.

[Shockage]

I think MCMG and Beer Money have easily surpassed Masters of the Powerbomb, MNM and the Thrillseekers. Both MCMG and BM have been together for close to 5 years

[chaoskid]

Like the top 50 wrestlers its all about opinions, the way I see it that Dx in the form of triple H and shawn michaels have been dominate as a unit, I rate them very highly but I will admit that I left out the Rockers as an oversight but that happens with any top 50 list. It will be interesting to see if anyone else put their own list of top 50 tag teams to see what their opinion is

[Shockage]

If the talent pool was deep at the time I would agre,e but who exactly were they dominant against, the Spirit Squad? the McMahons? I believe a ranking should also come with an impressive and credible resume of showing the caliber of talent that the tag teams were up against.

[Rated R]

The top 5 on the list is good, some questionnable tag teams put in like people have said about DX being so high up. As well as a few others that seemed to have made their way pretty high up the list, if we were going international with it it would be difficult to exclude Kawada & Akira Taue as Williams & Gordy have been put pretty high up for a team that didn't as I recall make a big enough impact in America. Same with Eddie Guerrero & Art Barr that I would say deserve to be there more so than a few teams there. But as I said the top 5 is good and I would say accurate in most wrestling fan's list for the top tag teams.

[Shockage]

Good to see The Dudleys get the recognition at a satisfying #10 but before Edge & Christian? I know Edge & Christian were already teaming before signing with the WWF, but their prominence in the WWF didn't last long, maybe 2 years max before splitting into singles. That doesn't compare to what the Dudleys accomplished in their 13 years together. I would probably argue Eaton and Lane's ranking ahead of Dudleys as well on the reason that the Lane/Eaton version of the Midnights lasted 3 years in the one organization.

[thenige83]

I think I probably would have put Eddie and Art Close to the the top 5 if not part of the top 5 (just my opinion). I would have added Harlem Heat somewhere on the list as well. I think APA and the rockers deserve a spot somewhere toward the middle of the list.

[NY Lucha Thug]

I think Edge and Christian were known more for their antics and ability to make the crowd angry than their actual wrestling. Those pot shots at the local towns with the 5 second poses were more memorable to me than any matches they had.

[Kid Kash]

Chaos, you don't have the Heart Throbs on there?

The Express would be my #1. Ricky Morton was sensational and Gibson was pretty bloody good himself.

[Veritas]

1. The Steiner Brothers
2. The Freebirds (Michael Hayes, Terry Gordy, & Buddy Roberts)
3. The Rock N Roll Express (Ricky Morton & Robert Gibson)
4. The Midnight Express (Bobby Eaton & Stan Lane)
5. The Road Warriors
6. The Brain Busters (Arn Anderson & Tully Blanchard)
7. The British Bulldogs (Dynamite Kid & Davey Boy Smith)
8. The Hart Foundation (Bret Hart & Jim Neidhart)
9. The Rockers (Shawn Michaels & Marty Jannetty)
10. The Hollywood Blondes (Steve Austin & Brian Pillman)
11. Nick Bockwinkel & Ray Stevens
12. The Wild Samoans
13. Money, Inc (Ted DiBiase & IRS)
14. Ricky Steamboat & Jay Youngblood
15. The High Flyers (Greg Gagne & Jim Brunzell)
16. Los Guerreros
17. Beer Money, Inc
18. World's Greatest Tag Team (Shelton Benjamin & Charlie Haas)
19. Jack & Jerry Brisco
20. Kerry & Kevin Von Erich
21. America's Most Wanted (Chris Harris & James Storm)
22. The Funk Brothers (Terry & Dory Funk Jr)
23. Badd Company (Pat Tanaka & Paul Diamond)
24. Chris Benoit & Dean Malenko
25. The Heavenly Bodies (Jimmy Del Ray & Tom Pritchard)
26. The Midnight Express (Bobby Eaton & Dennis Condrey)
27. Samoan Swat Team (Fatu & Samu)
28. Chris Adams & Gino Hernandez
29. Harlem Heat (Booker T & Stevie Ray)
30. The Minnesota Wrecking Crew (Arn & Ole Anderson)
31. Demolition
32. Edge & Christian
33. The Rougeau Brothers (Jaques & Raymond Rogue)
34. The Fabulous Ones (Steve Keirn & Stan Lane)
35. The Enforcers (Arn Anderson & Larry Zbyszko)
36. The Dudley Boyz
37. Rey Mysterio & Billy Kidman
38. The Briscoe Brothers (Mark & Jay Briscoe)
39. The East-West Connection (Adrian Adonis & Jesse Ventura)
40. The Kings of Wrestling (Claudio Castagnoli & Chris Hero)
41. The Eliminators (John Kronus & Perry Saturn)
42. Motor City Machine Guns
43. The Impact Players (Lance Storm & Justin Credible)
44. The Sheepherders
45. The Fabulous Freebirds (Michael Hayes & Jimmy Garvin)
46. Barry Windham & Curt Hennig
47. The Hardy Boyz
48. The New Age Outlaws (Billy Gunn & Jesse James)
49. Paul London & Brian Kendrick
50. The Naturals (Chase Stevens & Andy Douglas)

I'll admit that mine is strictly US based. I've seen some Japanese and Lucha stuff and I absolutely loved the little I've seen of Eddie & Art but not enough to give fair rankings there.

[Shockage]

Chaos, you don't have the Heart Throbs on there?

and the Dicks too

[Kid Kash]

Were they those dudes who oiled themselves up a lot? They deserve a spot on the list.

[Shockage]

Yeah, and they dressed like chip and dales with the bow tie and black pants lol

[wrestlemania365.com]

Here is my top 50 tag teams:

1. Hawk & Animal "The Road Warriors" "Legion of Doom"

2. Rick & Scott "The Steiner Brothers"

3. Dick the Bruiser & The Crusher

4. Jack & Jerry "The Brisco Brothers"

5. Dory & Terry "The Funk Brothers"

6. Afa & Sika "The Wild Samoans"

7. Michael Hayes, Terry Gordy, & Buddy Roberts "The Fabulous Freebirds"

8. Ax & Smash "Demolition"

9. Ray & Devon " The Dudley Boys" "Team 3D"

10. Dr. Death Steve Williams & Terry "Bam Bam" Gordy

11. Ricky Morton & Robert Gibson "Rock n Roll Express "

12. Arn Anderson & Tully Blanchard

13. Bret Hitman Hart & Jim the Anvil Neidhart "The Hart Foundation"

14. IRS & Ted DiBiase "Money Inc."

15. Davey Boy Smith & Dynamite Kid "The British Bulldogs"

16. Shawn Michaels & Marty Jannetty "The Rockers" "The Midnight Rockers"

17. Mr. Fugi & Prof. Tanaka

18. Bobby Eaton & Dennis Condrey "Midnite Express"

19. Ole & Gene Anderson " The Minnesota Wrecking Crew"

20. Jimmy, Johnny, & Jerry "The Valiant Brothers"

21. Mad Dog & Butcher "The Vachon Brothers"

22. Booker T. & Stevie Ray "Harlem Heat" "Ebony Express"

23. Knobs & Sags "The Nasty Boys"

24. Fatu & Samu " Samoan Swat Team" "Head Shrinkers"

25. Stan Lane & Bobby Eaton "Midnite Express"

26. Edge & Christian

27. Matt & Jeff "The Hardy Boys"

28. Scott Hall & Kevin Nash "The Outsiders"

29. Billy Gunn & Jesse James " New Age Outlaws" "James Gang" " VKM"

30. Farooq & Bradshaw "APA" "Acolytes"

31. Ron Simmons & Butch Reed "Doom"

32. Michael Hayes & Jimmy Garvin "The Fabulous Freebirds"

33. Luke Williams & Butch Miller "Sheepherders" " Bushwackers"

34. Kevin, Kerry, & David " Von Erich Brothers"

35. Earthquake & Typhoon "Natural Disasters"

36. Hawk & Kensuke Sasaki "Hell Raisers"

37. Ivan & Nikita Koloff

38. Steve Williams & Mike Rotunda " The Varsity Club"

39. Arn & Ole Anderson "The Minnesota Wrecking Crew"

40. Vader & Bam Bam Bigelow

41. Steve Kiern & Stan Lane "The Fabulous Ones"

42. Owen Hart & Davey Boy Smith

43. Arn Anderson & Bobby Eaton

44. Dan Kroffatt ( Phil LaFon) & Doug Furnas

45. Rob Van Dam & Sabu

46. Adrian Adonis & Jesse Ventura "East-West Connection"

47. Steve Austin & Brian Pillman "The Hollywood Blonds"

48. Dusty Rhodes & Dick Murdock "The Outlaws"

49. Bobby Fulton & Tommy Rogers "The Fantastics"

50. Ray Stevens & Pat Patterson

[JayDavidHavok]

I think Edge and Christian were known more for their antics and ability to make the crowd angry than their actual wrestling. Those pot shots at the local towns with the 5 second poses were more memorable to me than any matches they had.

Not like anyone will remeber TLC right?

[Shockage]

From what I remember of TLC, the Dudleys and Hardyz contributed more to it.

[Shockage]

I like the last 3 lists. Here's mine

1. The Steiner Brothers
2. The British Bulldogs
3. The Road Warriors
4. The Rock n Roll Express
5. The Dudley Boyz/Team 3D
6. The Freebirds (Hayes, Gordy & Roberts)
7. The Wild Samoans
8. Toshiaki Kawada & Akira Taue
9. Demolition
10. Tully Blanchard & Arn Anderson
11. The Hart Foundation
12. The Midnight Express (Lane & Eaton)
13. Steve Williams & Terry Gordy
14. The Outsiders
15. The Minnesota Wrecking Crew (Ole & Gene Anderson)
16. Mr. Fuji & Professor Toru Tanaka
17. The Outlaws (Dusty Rhodes & Dick Murdoch)
18. The Samoan Swat Team/Headshrinkers
19. Doom
20. Jack & Jerry Brisco
21. Nick Bockwinkel & Ray Stevens
22. Bruiser & Crusher
    
23. The Fabulous Ones (Stan Lane & Steve Kairn)
24. Ricky Steamboat & Jay Youngblood
25. The Hardyz
26. Harlem Heat
27. Money Inc.
28. Dory, Jr. & Terry Funk
29. Kerry & Kevin Von Erich
30. The Motor City Machine Guns
31. Bam Bam Bigelow & Vader
32. The Sheepherders/Bushwhackers
33. Beer Money
34. Chris Adams & Gino Hernandez
35. The Hollywood Blonds
36. The Rockers
37. Owen Hart & Davey Boy Smith
38. Mike Rotundo & Barry Windham
39. Strike Force (Santana & Martel)
40. Eddie Guerrero & Art Barr
41. The High Flyers (Greg Gagne & Jim Brunzell)
42. Rick Martel & Tony Garea
43. Charlie Haas & Shelton Benjamin
44. Americas Most Wanted
45. The Briscoes
46. The Fabulous Rougeau Brothers
47. Jimmy Snuka & Paul Orndorff
48. Doug Furnas & Phil Lafon
49. The Fantastics
    
50. The Islanders (Haku & Tama)

[NY Lucha Thug]

Not like anyone will remeber TLC right?

Those weren't real matches, they were spot fests. As entertaining as they were, it doesn't exactly take a lot of skill to fall off of something high.

[Goldie79]

4 lists so far... if we get a few more we could tot up the results and release an official OWW top 50 tag teams post