Top Wrestling Tag Teams of All-Time

The original Dudley clan included Chubby Dudley, Dances with Dudley, Dudley Dudley, Little Spike Dudley and Sign Guy Dudley. Somehow, the pairing of militant D-Von Dudley and stuttering Buh-Buh Ray Dudley became the most successful tag team in ECW history. The "brothers" then went to WWE, where they won seven more titles (plus a WCW title during the Invasion in 2001). This is one of those teams where the partners gel perfectly despite being nearly useless as singles wrestlers. WWE tried splitting them up in 2002, making D-Von a preacher and Buh-Buh a knockoff of Dusty Rhodes. Both gimmicks failed and the brothers got back together. Their finisher is the Dudley Death Drop (3D), in which D-Von launches the opponent into a Diamond cutter by Buh-Buh. The duo is competing in Total Non-stop Action (TNA) as Team 3D.

9 - HARLEM HEAT - Stevie Ray and Booker T

This brother duo from Houston emerged as one of the best teams in WCW history, winning the tag team title a record 10 times. Both guys were big, but Booker was the speed guy, while Stevie specialized in power moves. Their finisher was the Big Apple, in which Stevie picked up an opponent, who was met by a jumping sidekick from Booker. The team split when Stevie joined the New World Order (NWO). Booker went on to win six World titles, while Stevie became an announcer who called people "fruit booty."

8 - DEMOLITION - Ax & Smash

This team entered the WWE in the late 80s as total ripoffs of The Road Warriors, with the muscles, painted faces and leather costumes. Nobody expected them to be any good, let alone capture the WWE tag team title three times. Demolition also holds the record for the longest tag team title reign (15 months). Their finisher was the Demolition drop, in which Smash held the opponent over his knee for an elbow smash off the ropes by Ax.

7 - HARDY BOYZ - Jeff & Matt

After years of toiling as cannon fodder on WWE television, the Hardys finally earned a contract in the mid-90s and started winning some matches. Their high-flying style has influenced countless other wrestlers and spawned an outstanding series of TLC (tables, ladders and chairs) matches against Edge & Christian and The Dudley Boyz. Their finishers are Matt's "Twist of Fate" neckbreaker and Jeff's "Swanton Bomb" flipping dive from the top rope.

6 - STEINER BROTHERS - Rick & Scott

The All-American wrestling brothers from Michigan University won seven NWA tag team titles and three WWE tag team titles. The Steiners succeeded on their individual wrestling skills, because they almost never performed double-team moves. Scott would almost always start the match before tagging in Rick, who would crawl around the ring barking at his opponents. After some brawling and suplexes by Rick, Scott finished off the opponent with the Frankensteiner, a jumping headscissors that dropped the opponent right on his head.

5 - HART FOUNDATION - Bret "The Hit Man" Hart & Jim "The Anvil" Neidhart

This was the classic pairing of a powerhouse (Neidhart) and a technical wrestler (Hart). Their versatility led to great matches with Demolition, The Brain Busters, The Killer Bees and especially The British Bulldogs. The Foundation excelled as heels with manager Jimmy Hart and later as babyfaces. Their finisher was the Hart Attack (a bear hug by The Anvil and a running clothesline by The Hit Man).

4 - BRITISH BULLDOGS - Davey Boy Smith & Dynamite Kid

This was the coolest team in wrestling when I first starting watching in 1985. They were fast, strong and did some wicked double-teams. They only captured one WWE tag team title, but if it weren't for Dynamite's back injury, they could have stayed on top for a lot longer. They sometimes came to the ring with a real bulldog named Matilda. Their finisher was Davey Boy pressing Dynamite over his head and tossing him into huge flying headbutt on their opponent.

3 - THE ROAD WARRIORS - Hawk & Animal

The Road Warriors came together as part of Paul Ellering's "Legion of Doom" stable in the mid-80s. They became one of the most successful and influential tag teams ever. The Warriors captured the tag team titles in the AWA, NWA and WWE. They also inspired other muscled-up, face-painted tag teams like Demolition and The Powers of Pain. Their finisher was the Doomsday Device, which saw Hawk clothesline the opponent off Animal's shoulders. The only reason the Warriors are not No. 1 is because they were often chasing the champions, and their title reigns were short.

2 - BRAIN BUSTERS - Tully Blanchard & Arn Anderson

Two of the original Four Horsemen, Tully & Arn put on a tag-team wrestling clinic every time. They excelled at keeping their opponents in their corner and cheating behind the referee's back. After winning the NWA tag team title twice, they jumped to the WWE and finally ended the long reign of Demolition. Their separate finishers were a slingshot suplex by Tully and a spinebuster by Arn. At Wrestlemania 5 against Strike Force, they destroyed Tito Santana with a huge spike piledriver.

1 - THE MIDNIGHT EXPRESS

Beautiful Bobby Eaton and Loverboy Dennis Condrey were one of the top teams in the NWA in the mid-80s along with manager Jim Cornette. When Condrey disappeared from the wrestling scene, Sweet Stan Lane replaced him - and the team got even better. The Express had some amazing matches against The Road Warriors, The Rock & Roll Express and The Fantastics. They won the NWA tag team titles three times. The Midnights had several finishers - including the Flapjack (double elevated face slam), the Veg-O-Matic (legdrop off the ropes) and the Double Goozle (clothesline/cutblock combination).

HONORABLE MENTION - Edge & Christian, The Wild Samoans (Afa & Sika), The Fabulous Freebirds (Michael Hayes, Terry Gordy & Buddy Roberts), The New Age Outlaws (Road Dogg & Billy Gunn), The Rock & Roll Express (Ricky Morton & Robert Gibson).