In Pro Wrestling today, there are few tag teams headline the show. In the WWE, the tag team division as a whole is put on the shelf, while most wrestlers focus on solo careers. During the 1970s and 1980s, fans had some of the best tag teams in the history of the business. Most teams, specialized in tag team wrestling, or they used their success in the tag team division to launch mega-star solo runs, such as Bret Hart and Shawn Michaels. This list encompasses the 1970s to current period in wrestling. I am sure, 'The Revival' currently in WWE will find themselves on this list in a few years. I have went back and archived everyone on this list watching matches on youtube or the WWE Network. Those in the Top 5, could in their era, be the main event in their territory on a card. As homage to The Jim Cornette, I find it interesting that wrestling had the best tag teams during the territory days. #1, the RocknRoll Express, and #2 The Midnight Express (both versions under Jim Cornette) are the standard of tag-team wrestling. They simply were the best in their era by outdrawing any Tag-Team of the era headlining many venues. Tag teams in this era can be considered textbook material to study of today's tag-teams and solo wrestlers because of the storytelling in the ring. Simply, both heel and face teams made each other better.
GURU'S TOP 20 GREATEST TAG TEAMS OF ALL-TIME
1. The Rocknroll Express
2. The Midnight Express
3. Legion Of Doom, The Road Warriors
4. The Fabulous Freebirds
5. Demolition
6. Tully Blanchard and Arn Anderson (The Brain Busters, 4 horseman)
7. 'The Crusher' Lisowski and Dick 'The Bruiser'
8. The British Bulldogs
9. The Hart Foundation
10. The Minnesota Wrecking Crew (Ole & Arn Anderson)
11. The Rockers
12. The Fantastics
13. Harlem Heat
14. The Wild Samoans
15. The Hardy Boys
16. Edge and Christian
17. The Steiner Brothers
18. The Blackjacks
19. The Dudley Boyz
20. The New Day
Honorable Mentions
For G.O.A.T. Tag Teams
A.P.A., Owen Hart & British Bulldog, New Age Outlaws, DX(Shawn Michaels & Triple H)
The Rock & Sock Connection, The Mega Powers, The Outsiders, The Hollywood Blondes
Paul London & The Brain Kendrick, The Brothers Of Destruction, Team Hell No,
The Heavenly Bodies, Owen Hart & Yokozuna, The Young Bucks, & The World's Greatest Tag Team
Marvelous Mike, Guru Of Pro Wrestling
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