A wrestling show is incomplete without some quality tag team wrestling. Tag team wrestling has a separate fanbase, as it is pretty fun to watch different wrestlers team up and face each other. Thus, it is essential for a wrestling company to have a tag team division to prosper.
8 Tag Team Partners Who Drifted Apart After Retirement
In wrestling, it is inevitable for tag team partners to go their separate ways. These former tag partners drifted apart from each other completely.Companies usually have proper tag teams as part of their tag team division, but sometimes we see random wrestlers teaming up, especially in WWE. While some pairings last a while, we have also seen tag teams that partnered up for just one night.
10 Jake Roberts & The Undertaker Teamed Up In WWE In 1991
They Faced The Duo Of Randy Savage & Jim Duggan
- The Undertaker And Jake Roberts Won The Match By Disqualification
- A Proper Tag Team Between These Two Would Have Been Fun To Watch
- They Would Later Feud With Each Other And Had A Match At WrestleMania 8
Jake Roberts and The Undertaker faced each other at WrestleMania 8, where Roberts passed the torch to The Deadman by putting him over. However, not many people know that before their feud, they actually teamed up once.
Towards the end of 1991, the duo of 'Taker and Roberts faced the duo of Jim Duggan & Randy Savage. It was a 7-minute match which ended in disqualification, after Savage attacked the two with a steel chair. It really is a shame 'Taker and Roberts didn't team up more, as they would definitely have made for a fun duo.
9 Kane & Edge Teamed Up On WWE Raw In 2002
They Faced The Duo Of Kurt Angle & Booker T
- Kane & Edge Won The Match By Pinfall
- Both Kane And Edge Had Many Different Partners, But Surprisingly Never Formed A Proper Tag Team Together
- They Had Many Matches Against Each Other Over The Years
Both Kane and Edge were frequently part of the WWE tag team division. The two men won many tag team titles with different partners. However, the two wrestlers teamed up only once, despite their WWE careers overlapping.
Edge Vs Kane: A WWE Feud Done Poorly, Twice
Edge and Kane are two of WWE's most entertaining superstars, but in their two feuds together, neither was able to overcome horrible booking.The only instance of them teaming up was on an episode of Raw in 2002, when they faced the team of Booker T & Kurt Angle. Kane & Edge were victorious, after Edge hit the Edgecution on Angle and pinned him. It is quite surprising WWE never went ahead with the idea of Kane and Edge as a tag team.
8 Randy Savage & Mr. Perfect Teamed Up At WWE Survivor Series 1992
They Faced The Duo Of Ric Flair & Razor Ramon
- Mr. Perfect & Randy Savage Won The Match By Disqualification
- Initially, Savage's Partner Was The Ultimate Warrior, But He Was Fired Just Before The Event
- Mr. Perfect And Savage Rarely Crossed Paths In WWE
Mr. Perfect and Randy Savage were two top stars and among the best of the roster during the WWE Golden Era. However, the two men never really crossed paths in WWE, and neither teamed up often, having only one match together as a team.
They faced the duo of Razor Ramon and Ric Flair. Initially, Savage's partner was going to be The Ultimate Warrior, but he got fired just before the event, and got replaced by Perfect. It was a pretty good contest, but the DQ ending was quite disappointing to see.
7 Goldberg & Kevin Nash Teamed Up On WCW Nitro In 1998
They Faced The Duo Of Hollywood Hulk Hogan & The Giant
- Goldberg & Kevin Nash Won The Match By Pinfall
- Goldberg Was Mostly A Solo Wrestler And Didn't Team Up Often
- Nash Broke Goldberg's 173 Match-Winning Streak At Starrcade 1998
Goldberg and Kevin Nash were big rivals in WCW, and faced each other many times. In fact, it was Kevin Nash who broke Goldberg's famous 173 match-winning streak. Many people seem to have forgotten the one time they teamed up.
Before becoming rivals, Goldberg and Nash partnered to face the team of Hollywood Hulk Hogan and The Giant on an episode of Nitro in 1998. The match was pretty bad with a confusing ending, as Goldberg pinned Curt Hennig to win the match, who wasn't even part of the contest.
6 Randy Orton & The Great Khali Teamed Up On WWE Raw In 2012
They Faced The Duo Of Cody Rhodes & Wade Barrett
- Randy Orton & The Great Khali Won The Match By Pinfall
- Their Pairing Sounds Odd, And Thus They Only Teamed Up Once
- Khali And Orton Never Had A Proper Feud Against Each Other
Randy Orton and The Great Khali is among the oddest pairings one could think of. Thus, it is not surprising to know at all that the two wrestlers teamed up only once. In fact, their only match as tag team partners is also forgotten.
5 Best Tag Team Partners Of Randy Orton's Career (& The 5 Worst)
Randy Orton isn't just known for his singles competition. Orton is also an accomplished tag team wrestler, but he didn't gel with all his partners!They partnered on an episode of Raw in 2012 to take on the Intercontinental Champion Cody Rhodes & Wade Barrett. In the end, Khali tagged himself in and hit Cody Rhodes with a chop to win the match for his team. After the match, Orton hit Khali with an RKO.
5 John Cena & Sting Teamed Up On WWE Raw In 2015
They Faced The Duo Of Seth Rollins & The Big Show
- John Cena & Sting Won The Match By Submission
- Cena & Sting Formed A Pretty Cool Tag Team
- Sting Wrestled Only 4 Matches In WWE
Sting had an extremely short WWE career, wrestling just 4 matches in the company. One of those was a tag team match, where he teamed up with John Cena, forming a dream team. They teamed up to face The Big Show & Seth Rollins on an episode of Raw in 2015.
Initially, it was a singles match between Sting and The Big Show, but it turned into a tag team match after Rollins' interference. The match wasn't anything special, but seeing Sting and Cena team up on Raw was a huge attraction. In the end, Sting applied the Scorpion Deathlock on Rollins, and made him tap out.
4 Roman Reigns & The Undertaker Teamed Up At WWE Extreme Rules 2019
They Faced The Duo Of Shane McMahon & Drew McIntyre
- Roman Reigns & The Undertaker Won The Match By Pinfall
- Their Pairing Was Odd, But Worked
- Reigns Had Defeated Undertaker Two Years Earlier At WrestleMania 33
Roman Reigns is one of the only two wrestlers to have defeated The Undertaker at WrestleMania, having defeated The Deadman at WrestleMania 33. That wasn't their only match together, as they had another match in 2019, but this time as tag team partners instead.
They faced the duo of Shane McMahon & Drew McIntyre at Extreme Rules 2019. It was a No Holds Barred match and had many memorable spots. Their pairing was very cool, and they won the match after 'Taker hit the Tombstone Piledriver on Shane.
3 Brock Lesnar & Shinsuke Nakamura Teamed Up At NJPW Circuit 2006 Acceleration
They Faced The Duo Of Akebono & Riki Choshu
- Brock Lesnar & Shinsuke Nakamura Won The Match By Pinfall
- Lesnar Rarely Teamed Up With Anyone
- Lesnar & Nakamura Had Faced Each Other A Month Before For Lesnar's IWGP World Heavyweight Title, Where Lesnar Won
Brock Lesnar rarely had tag team matches, and the fact that he teamed up with Shinsuke Nakamura once might be a surprising fact for many. Nakamura and Lesnar didn't have any matches in WWE, they had a couple in NJPW in 2006, one against each other, and one as partners.
10 Random Tag Team Featuring Current WWE Wrestlers You Forgot About
Tag team wrestling leads to some truly random tandems, and you may have forgotten about some of these featuring current WWE wrestlers.They teamed up a month after their one-on-one match, to face the duo of Akebono & Riki Choshu at NJPW Circuit 2006 Acceleration. Lesnar was the IWGP World Heavyweight Champion at the time, and thus, him and Nakamura won the bout, which was pretty fun to watch.
2 Bret Hart & The Ultimate Warrior Teamed Up In WWE In 1992
They Faced The Duo Of Papa Shango & Kamala
- Bret Hart & The Ultimate Warrior Won The Match By Pinfall
- The Ultimate Warrior Was Fired From WWE The Following Month
- Bret Hart Hated The Ultimate Warrior
It is astounding to know that Bret Hart and The Ultimate Warrior teamed up, considering how much Bret hated Warrior. But, they did in fact team up once, in an unreleased match in October 1992, to face the team of Papa Shango & Kamala.
Bret was the WWE Champion at the time, and Warrior would be gone from the company the following month. The match was nothing special, but Warrior and Bret teaming up was very rare to see. Bret & Warrior obviously took the win after Warrior hit the Splash on Shango.
1 The Rock & John Cena Teamed Up At WWE Survivor Series 2011
They Faced The Duo Of The Miz & R-Truth
- The Rock & John Cena Won The Match By Pinfall
- The Rock And John Cena Were Two Huge Stars, And Them Teaming Up Was A Huge Moment
- They Faced Each Other In The Main Events Of The Next Two WrestleManias
The Rock and John Cena are among the biggest stars in the wrestling world. Thus, it was a huge moment when they teamed up, even if it was for just one night. The two men teamed up at Survivor Series 2011, to take on the team of The Miz and R-Truth.
10 Wrestlers You Forgot Teamed With John Cena
John Cena is known for being an all-time great singles star but he's actually had a bunch of tag partners you may have forgotten about.The Rock and Cena were booked to face each other in the main event of WrestleMania 28 the following year, and thus made for an interesting tag team. It was also The Rock's first wrestling match in over 7 years. It was quite entertaining to see the two stars as a team, and The Rock pinned Miz to win the match for his team. After the match, The Rock hit a Rock Bottom on Cena.
