The Best Tag Team Rivalry In Wrestling History?

[Mack_Swagger]

Tag teams play a big part in wrestling history. There's no one without the other. Something companies like the WWE forgot for the longest time up unti'l now. But my question is, what was the best tag team rivalrie in wrestling history?

My may get heat for this personal answer. But in my opinion, it would have to be the APA vs the Dudley Boyz. The Dudley Boyz debuted in the then-WWF feuding against the APA (Faarooq & Bradshaw). And from then on out for years they would feud with each other for the WWF tag team title's or over something else.

But in your own opinion, what was the best & greatest tag team rivalrie in wrestling history?

[BigThunder]

Even though I think the Rock N' Roll Express is overrated, it's still got to be RnR Express vs. the Midnight Express. The matches involving these four men (five counting Cornette) came as close as anyone has to writing a textbook on how to do a tag team match.

The other one that comes to mind, though it goes beyond a four man feud, is the Freebirds vs. the Von Erichs.

[matman8540]

I agree with the Rock & Roll Express vs the Midnight Express. They battled on TBS for almost 3 or 4 years. The best rivalry in the WWF/E was the Hardyz vs Edge & Christian vs the Dudleyz. Thanks to them, it helped bring a very innovative match to the forefront; TLC.

[wooooo]

The Dudleyz and the Acolytes, lol really?

I would probably say The Hardys vs E&C as they both rose up together and also went on to have big singles feuds with eachother over the next 10 years

[FlairFan2003]

I never got into Demolition, they were such a rip off of The Road Wariors, not as entertaining on the mic (Hawk was great in character during promos) or as athletic in the ring.

Midnight Express vs R&R Express were always great matches, back and forth, back when tag team wrestling really helped sell tickets and drive interest. The ME vs Road Warriors was also good because of the dramatic contrast in styles, the bad @#$ bikers and their super smart, deadly assasin like manager against the vintage chicken @#$& heels and their extremely wimpy, obnoxious manager. Both teams could go in the ring. The ME were legit enough that you didnt easily buy The LOD stomping them but at the same time you couldnt believe they were good enough to beat the LOD, it made you watch just to see how it would end.

R&R Express vs Tully Blanchard/Arn Anderson delivered some great matches, playing on the rivalry that existed a year earlier between the R&R guys and Ric Flair, Tully & Arn's co hort in The Horsemen. Tully & Arn had some excellent matches vs The Rockers in WWE although that feud was never as big a part of the show as what they did with R&R. Kind of funny in a way, WWE trying to replicate the dynamic between The Horsemen & R&R Express by having them wrestle essentially a R&R rip off team in The Rockers, the guys involved could flat out wrestle however, regardless of gimmicks

Hart Foundation vs British Bulldogs in the 80s was WWE's answer to Midnight Express vs Rock & Roll Express, with HF playing the skilled but cowardly heels, lead by their own obnoxious and extremely wimpy southern manager. In WWE this was pretty big circa 86 range, the matches were good, but not as intense as ME vs R&R. Some of that may have been limitations WWE had in general on performers back then, preferring a shorter, simpler, more power oriented match style over the more athletic, storytelling heavy style popular in the NWA. Certainly Brett Hart could wrestle as well as anyone in the US.

The Frrebirds vs Von Erichs and The Horsemen vs Dusty Rhodes/SuperPowers were more like gang warfare, 3 on 3, 4 on 4, etc matches that really were about the sum of the individuals and their rivalries more than a simple tag team feud. There were some big matches to be sure, and great moments, but this was not traditional tag team wrestling.

Although it was shortlived, The Mega Powers (Hogan & Savage) vs Million Dollar Team (DiBiase & Andre) certainly was big feud and big payoff match. I give it an honorable mention for how big the fued got at its height although it essentially served the purpose of furthering the eventual Savage heel turn and Hogan-Savage feud.

There are a lot of other feuds from way back when that were entertaining, that was just a period when tag teams and their feuds got equal time with singles feuds, when The Harts vs Bulldogs was getting top billing many times underneath Hogan in WWE, when R&R Express vs Midnight Express was amost equal to Ric Flair's matches in the NWA, a time when the wrestling shows in general typically had as many 4 major, top level fueds at a time, all promoted and pushed in a way that made them almost equal to what the two "Top Guys" were doing at the time. It helped make the product more entertaining, and quite frankly gave you something to be interested in when Hogan wasnt around.

[The Fabulous Rougeau's]

For fued I have to go with Hardy's/Dudley's/Edge and Christian. It seemed as though these teams worked together in some fashion for about a year and a half and they always produced some of the best hardcore tag team matches I can remember.

Looking at it from a different perspective, I would say that the team that had the best rise out of nothing to tag team dominance was the New Age Outlaws. I remember watching them on shows like Shotgun Saturday Night in early to mid 97. These guys wrestled in South Park shirts and were so innovative and entertaining for the time. By the end of 97 they were regularly going over on LOD and beginning to cement themselves as the top team. They had a interesting relationship with the original DX and seemed as though they would have fit the team perfectly. Fast forward a few months and the day after WrestleMania XIV and they become apart of DX along with X-Pac. Now as faces, they still remained entertaining and continued to be a top team throughout 98 until they started going their own ways in 99.

That two year span in 97-98, I don't think I ever saw a team be so new, fresh, innovative and entertaining as the Outlaws.

[justtxyank]

I'm sure Midnights vs Rock and Roll was great but my exposure to it was limited so I'm not going to list it.

Here are ones I put up for consideration:

1) Steiners vs Outsiders: This was awesome in WCW. Matches were main eventing Nitro, Steiners were mega over, Outsiders were mega over, screwjobs, etc. Just a well done tag team feud.

2) Hart Foundation vs Rockers: On quality of matches alone

3) Edge and Christian vs Hardys: The epic tag feud of this century thus far for sure. Dudleys and APA were in there at various points as well. Probably safe to call it the WWF Attitude Tag Title Series. Even had great moments with Kane & Taker, Taker & Big Show (loved them!) and New Age Outlaws and Rock & Sock at various points.

[Foshinzo]

Speaking of the Midnight Express, if wasn't much of a feud, but their match with Arn Anderson & Tully Blanchard was one of the best pops I've ever heard. I've only ever seen it on tape, but it is still an amazing pop, especially for non-WWF shows, at that time.

As for recent memory, I really liked the WGTT v Kings of Wrestling feud from 2010. Those matches had that physicality that I miss from older wrestling, and both were two of the best teams in the business. If there's one thing Jim Cornette knows how to draw money with, it's tag teams. This feud is the most recent great one that I can think of.

[crippler]

The Best Tag Team Feud was The Hart Foundation vs The British Bulldogs. This feud really took off after The Hart Foundation won the Tag team championship and Danny Davis screwed the Bulldog as the referee.

[pkrebel]

Originally Posted by matman8540

I agree with the Rock & Roll Express vs the Midnight Express. They battled on TBS for almost 3 or 4 years. The best rivalry in the WWF/E was the Hardyz vs Edge & Christian vs the Dudleyz. Thanks to them, it helped bring a very innovative match to the forefront; TLC.

I was about to say the same thing, when I think of my early memories of Wrestling this fued always sticks out in my mind. I personally never forget Ladder Match between 3 when Edge and Christian walked away with the Titles.