Let’s look at the top five WCW tag teams. Will there be a WWE edition? Yes, and it’ll cover the same period of the early 90s to the early 2000s since WWE has decades of tag teams.
I mean going through every tag team combination from the 1960s until now and picking five? C’mon, folks. Just wait on Top 5 WWE Tag Teams of the 90s.
Let’s dive into these top five WCW tag teams from fifth to first.
The Filthy Animals (Rey Misterio Jr, Konnan, Billy Kidman, and Juventud Guerrera)
Exciting high flying was becoming all the rage towards the end of the 1990s and The Filthy Animals were an interchangeable team that personified that in WCW.
They were supposed to be like Degeneration-X in the WWE—which was supposed to be like the new World order in WCW. However, neither hit their marks, really.
At least DX was insanely popular. The Filthy Animals were enjoyable but they didn’t really reach DX level.
This team should’ve really operated under the Freebird Rule since each of their championship members was strong in tag action and each combination in the faction were solid teams.
The Nasty Boys (Brian Knobbs & Jerry Saggs)
These two had the nastiest names to match their tag team name. Knobbs and Saggs, ugh. They were a strong combo as the rough ass brawling tag team.
Against the likes of Harlem Heat and The Steiners, they really shined. Unfortunately, their momentum stopped in 1995.
In reality, they should’ve always been that threatening team that could snatch the Tag Team titles if they wanted. Especially if the match had a stipulation.
Steiner Brothers (Rick & Scott Steiner)
Prior to WCW being established, the Steiner Brothers were already an established team. Even after they came back from whatever the hell they were doing in WWE, the Steiners were one of the major WCW tag teams.
If you needed a rough but skilled tag team with the experience to take on international tag teams, you ran the Steiners first. They were the only reasonable choice.
As the 90s rolled on, the Steiners eventually broke up with Scott joining the new World order but they could’ve really been one of those tried and true tag teams in the late part of the decade.
Especially when WCW was testing teams and sticking people in the same faction together as a team—like our entry at the top.
The Outsiders (Kevin Nash & Scott Hall)
I have to say, this tandem and The Steiners are really the only two that could give our number one team a run for their money and only The Outsiders came close to their dominance.
This was the cool, charismatic team you want near your belts or as champions. Hall and Nash made a really good team.
Just like our number one team, they were particularly dominant scooping up tag team gold seven times. You could say “Well they lost the belts seven times” but WCW’s tag team division was no joke.
Of the 90s big three promotions’ tag divisions, WCW’s was absolutely brolic. Even though they had access to the book, they had to be a competent enough team to be put in position for the Tag Team titles.
After all, WCW was still a company that stood on strong wrestling outside of the main event.
The Most Dominant WCW Tag Team: Harlem Heat (Booker T & Stevie Ray)
This list has three particularly smooth tag team combinations and this is the first. Booker T and Stevie Ray were the perfect tandem.
You had the power brawling of Stevie Ray and Booker T who as perfectly balanced as they came. They could mix it up with roughly any team, be effective against them, and give the fans an exciting match.
Hell, they had matches on WCW Saturday Night against scrub teams that were smooth as silk. Yeah, they chewed those teams up but they looked clean while doing it.
I mean, they were over enough as a team and reliable enough that they managed ten reigns as champions.
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