The Best WWE Tag Teams Ever, According To Ranker

Posted by Noelle Montes on Friday, May 17, 2024

Tag team wrestling has had more than its fair share of ups and downs in the history of sports entertainment. Sometimes, WWE treats tag team wrestling as a side act, as though it’s just an appetizer before the main course. Other times, it uses tag teams to find the next big thing, with Shawn Michaels, Bret Hart, and Roman Reigns as great examples.

The tag teams on this list, though, prove that tag team wrestling can absolutely be a draw and can even steal the show from the singles competitors. This list comes from Ranker, voted on by fans. The order on Ranker might have changed since it posted this article, but this is the order as it was at the time of writing. With that aside, let’s get into it.

UPDATE: 2022/07/11 13:30 EST BY Shawn S.Lealos

Fans' opinions of wrestlers change over the years, and the WWE tag team rankings at Ranker have also changed since this article went live. There are also teams on Ranker's page that were never actually prominent teams in WWE and thus have been left off this list including The Outsiders & Harlem Heat. One of the best tag teams of the last decade jumped into the discussion and several other teams deserve mention thanks to both their contributions in WWE and their status as legendary tag teams as far as the company is concerned. While WWE still often treats tag team wrestling as a lesser form of entertainment, fans still often love it, and that is clear when looking at the most beloved and talented teams in WWE history.

13 The Rockers

The Rockers were exciting for only a short time in WWE before the company saw the value of Shawn Michaels and broke the team up to send Shawn on his journey to the world championship. While they never won a tag team title in WWE, fans still recognize the talent and excitement they brought to the ring every time they stepped into it.

RELATED: 5 Best WWE Tag Team Champions Ever (& Their Best Match)Shawn Michaels and Marty Jannetty won titles together, just not in WWE. They were former AWA World Tag Team Champions before signing with WWE and actually won the WWE tag team titles from the Hart Foundation, although the company reversed the decision and erased it from the records. Only Shawn saw further success after their breakup though, as he is a multi-time WWE Hall of Fame star.

12 The New Age Outlaws

The New Age Outlaws had a fun run as a tag team, but things blew up for them when they joined D-Generation X. "Road Dogg" Jesse James was mostly a side act with Jeff Jarrett when he came up in WWE while Billy Gunn was already a tag team specialist in the Smoking Gunns.

Both wrestlers took it to a new level together. DX helped them fight dirty in their feud with Mick Foley and Terry Funk, and they signed on and remained loyal members for years. The duo held the WWE tag team titles six times and went into the WWE Hall of Fame with DX.

11 The Steiner Brothers

In the 1990s, many considered Rick and Scott Steiner the greatest tag team in the entire world. Rick was a tag team star before his brother joined WCW and then the two formed a dominant team, with Rick the brawler and Scott the athletic one.

The Steiner Brothers won the NWA tag team championship and then proved themselves in Japan by winning the IWGP Tag Team Championship. They went to WWE and won the tag titles there and then returned to WCW and won more tag titles there. By the time they broke up, the Steiner Brothers won 11 world tag team titles and are now in the WWE Hall of Fame.

10 The Usos

The Usos are arguably the best tag team in WWE today. For years, most fans considered The New Day as the best tag team in WWE over the last decade, and Ranker fans still rank them higher. However, while New Day is mostly a fun comedy act now, it is Jimmy and Jay Uso who hold the fort as the most dominant tag team in WWE.

Members of the Samoan Dynasty, The Usos are this generation's version of the Wild Samoans or Samoan Swat Team, but they are more talented in the ring than even those legends. The Usos are eight-time WWE tag team champions and are getting better by the year.

9 The British Bulldogs

The Dynamite Kid and Davey Boy Smith were two hard-nosed athletes who fought with absolute grit every time they entered the ring. They had a blue-collar persona inspired by their upbringing in industrial England. The two trained in the famous Hart Family Dungeon, classifying them among some of the most elite pro wrestlers in the sport’s history.

Besides being fantastic athletes, their bulldog mascot Matilda was always a joy for the kids in the audience to see. Their wrestling and their presentation made them fan favorites in their time and have kept them there today.

8 The Hart Foundation

Before fans knew Bret Hart as “The Best There Is, Best There Was, and Best There Ever Will Be,” he was a tag team specialist alongside his brother-in-law, Jim “The Anvil” Neidhart.

RELATED: Top 10 Best Hart Foundation Matches, According To Cagematch.netThe two were tremendously adept in the ring and balanced each other out very well; Bret’s technical style complemented Neidhart’s powerhouse strength. Together, they earned the respect of their rivals and fans, and proved that wrestling prowess runs in the family.

7 The Brothers Of Destruction

What’s scarier than a monster? Two monsters! Though The Undertaker and Kane have quite the aggressive sibling rivalry, they made an incredibly powerful duo when they put their differences aside.

The two were already both feared and revered on their own, so as a tag team, they struck absolute terror into their opponents’ minds. Kane and Undertaker are more well-known for their singles' feuds, and it wasn’t often that we saw the Brothers of Destruction team up. However, both are so immensely popular that their infrequent tag team competition doesn’t stop them from being a fan favorite.

6 Edge and Christian

Edge and Christian are two lifelong best friends from Toronto, Canada. The two are a very decorated tag team with seven World Tag Team Championship reigns under their belts. Besides their championship success, the two are most known for their success in ladder matches. They captured their first championship in a ladder match against the Hardy's at WrestleMania 2000 and defeated both the Hardy's and Dudley's in the first-ever TLC match at SummerSlam.

The rematch between the three of them at WrestleMania X-Seven (which Edge and Christian also won) remains widely recognized as one of the best tag matches in WWE history. Whether you loved to hate them or just loved them, fans have to admit that Edge and Christian were two of the best of their generation.

5 The Dudley Boyz

Bubba Ray and D-Von, known together as the Dudley Boyz, were two of the hardest-hitting athletes of their time. The two made a name for themselves in ECW and later delivered classics against duos like the Hardy Boyz and Edge and Christian.

The team started as a tongue-in-cheek joke, with Bubba being Caucasian and D-Von being Black, but the pair insisting they were brothers. However, their aggression in the ring was no laughing matter and is largely why the Dudley Boyz remain a fan favorite tag team today.

4 D-Generation X

Shawn Michaels and Triple H are two real-life best friends who brought their backstage relationship into the ring. Together, they were both crude and chaotic. Their childish sense of humor and the pranks they pulled on Mr. McMahon became cornerstones of the Attitude Era. Given their antics and their in-ring talent, it’s no wonder that D-Generation X made it so high up on the list.

RELATED: 10 Things WWE Wants You To Forget About D-Generation XThe two reunited in 2006 and picked up right where they left off, tormenting their opponents (and their boss) just as much as they used to. Though they only had one tag team title reign in 2009, Michaels and Triple H’s creation is undoubtedly one of the most influential tag teams in WWE history.

3 The Hardy Boyz

Daredevils, tag-team pioneers, and fashion icons, the Hardy Boyz, are one of the most iconic tag teams of all time, in any company. Jeff and his older brother Matt had outstanding success in the WWE as a tag team and as singles' competitors, mostly because of their reckless in-ring style that wowed audiences across the globe.

Given the influence that the Hardy Boyz had on tag team wrestling and their iconic sense of style (particularly Jeff’s), the two brothers are understandably near the top of the list of the WWE’s best tag teams.

2 Legion Of Doom

Hawk and Animal, also known as the Road Warriors, are without a doubt one of the most dominant tag teams in pro wrestling history. The two made their WWE debut in 1990 and became World Tag Team Championships by the next year.

With this win, Hawk and Animal became the only tag team in history to win tag team titles in AWA, NWA, and WWE. The pair was wildly popular at their peak, and evidently, their popularity continues to this day.

1 The New Day

The trio of Big E, Xavier Woods, and Kofi Kingston have been the most consistently popular act in WWE for the better part of the last decade. Besides being fan favorites, they’re also the most decorated WWE tag team currently wrestling; they’ve won the Raw Tag Team Championship four times, and the SmackDown Tag Team Championship seven times.

No matter where they go, the New Day brings an endless amount of smiles. It’s no wonder that they’ve made their way to the top of the list.

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