2019 Tag Team of the Year

Tag Team of the Year

10) Undisputed Era (Kyle O’Reilly and Bobby Fish)

This team was a solid and consistent team all year. They had many good matches and a few great matches. They had a couple matches in my 4+ Star Matches list.

9) DAMNATION (Daisuke Sasaki and Soma Takao)

DAMNATION have been one of the bright points of DDT last year. They have had a couple of matches in my 4+ Stars Matches list. I really enjoy their chemistry and their moveset.

8) Eita and Big R Shimizu

My favorite sleaze tag team of the year. I have always enjoyed big guy-small guy tag team dynamics. They have had a few matches on my 4+ Stars Matches list. These two are proper dickheads and it’s awesome. R.E.D’s feud with pretty much all of Dragon Gate has been very entertaining and these two are at the center of it.

7) Roppongi 3K (SHO, YOH)

A boring pick for sure but they are the most consistent team all year in all of New Japan. They have a few matches on my 4+ Star Matches list. There is a lot of interesting things going on with these story wise that will play into their eventual single runs. But meanwhile they are a fun team.

6) The Young Bucks (Nick and Matt Jackson)

The biggest tag team draw in professional wrestling for sure. They are important to the business with their success with AEW. They have also had a few 4+ matches as well. It’s been a stagnant year for them but they still put on good matches.

5) Momo Watanabe and Utami Hayashishita

This team flew under the radar last year in STARDOM. Considering they only tagged for less than half of the year they did great. They had many 4+ star matches this year. This is a perfect pairing of two wrestlers with similar personalities. 

4) Violent Giants (Suwama and Shuji Ishikawa)

Violent Giants are always in the running for tag team of the year. They’ve been my favorite team for a few years now. They are easily AJPW’s best tag team even with the promotion’s decent tag division. They had a few 4+ star matches and a lot of other good matches as well.

3) NEO Biishiki-gun (Misao and Sakisama)

I absolutely loved this team last year in TJP. They had incredible charisma together and with their opponents. Despite only having one 4 star match last year, they were consistently a highlight of their promotion. 

2) AXIZ (Go Shiozaki and Katsuhiko Nakajima)

AXIZ was great last year in Pro Wrestling NOAH. They had a couple of 4+ star matches last year. Their charisma, especially Nakajima’s, was unmatched by any tag team this year. 

1) Konami and Jungle Kyona

This team was great in STARDOM. Definitely the high point of their tag division. They received a couple of 4+ star ratings from me this year. They are a big part of my love for Tokyo Cyber Squad. I enjoy their dynamic, Konami being the smaller and more technically sound wrestler while Jungle is the powerhouse of the team.