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TNA, or Impact Wrestling as they are known, is having a hard time at the moment. In fact, has been having a hard time a lot in recent years, whether it be wrestlers leaving the company, bad business decisions or poor attendance, it left the company under a lot of criticism.
But now and in the past, they've had one hell of a roster that have given us some of the greatest matches and moments over the last 16 years. Other than women's wrestling in the late 2000's and early 2010's, something else they have often upstaged WWE in has been tag team wrestling. Impact Wrestling has had some of the all-time greatest tag teams and tag team matches in the history of professional wrestling.
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That brings me to this list of the Top 10 TNA greatest tag teams in the history of TNA Impact Wrestling.
Honourable Mentions:
Decay, AJ Styles and Tomko, Team Canada, The Naturals, 3Live Kru, The Dirty Heels, The BroMans and The British Invasion.
#10 The Wolves
Eddie Edwards and Davey Richards are one of the best tag teams in the recent history of Impact Wrestling.
The former two-time ROH Tag Team Champions made their debut for Impact Wrestling alongside MVP during the first week of Genesis special of Impact Wrestling, and it didn't take long for The Wolves to win Tag Team gold in February, albeit a short reign, but later regained them in April.
Overall, The Wolves held the TNA Tag Team Championships 5 times, and had a tremendous series of Full Metal Mayhem (TLC) matches with The Hardy Boyz and Team 3D. They also had excellent encounters with Austin Aries and Bobby Roode, as well as The BroMans and more. The two also had a solid feud against each other, following their split in 2016.
#9 Triple X
Christopher Daniels, Low Ki and Elix Skipper joined together as the trio stable, Triple X, during the very early days of TNA. They joined together while apart of a larger faction, Vince Russo's Sports Entertainment Xtreme.
Triple X were 3-time NWA Tag Team Champions during their time together, holding the belts under the 'Freebird rule'. They had a very memorable on and off feud with America's Most Wanted, from late 2002 until December 2004. The two teams fought in the first ever Steel Cage match in TNA history, and the first ever 6 sided Cage match in company history.
After being forced to break up following their stipulation Cage match at Turning Point 2004, the trio would reunite in 2007. The stipulation from Turning Point was that they could never team together again, however they 'found a clause' in the stipulation. Due to Low Ki leaving TNA in 2005, and returning in 2006 under a new contract, they could get back together.
While fans were happy about this at the time, their second run wouldn't be anywhere near as exciting as the first and they came to an end when Low Ki quit the company, again, and Elix Skipper being released from his contract shortly thereafter.
#8 The Bad Influence
Christopher Daniels and Kazarian first came together in TNA as members of the stable Fortune in 2011.
The two officially became a team in 2012 when Daniels turned on fellow Fortune member AJ Styles and convinced Kaz to also later turn heel on AJ, siding with Daniels in their feud. Daniels and Kaz would defeat Magnus and Samoa Joe to win the TNA World Tag Team Championship for the first time at Sacrifice 2012.
The Bad Influence, as they were known, would win the Tag Team titles once more in TNA, and have memorable matches with AJ Styles, Kurt Angle, Austin Aries and Bobby Roode, and The Wolves, among more.
They departed Impact Wrestling in 2014 and have since become a mainstay team in Ring of Honor, and throughout the independent scene, now known as The Addiction.
#7 AJ Styles & Christopher Daniels
Christopher Daniels is probably the greatest star in TNA Impact Wrestling history to have never been World Heavyweight Champion in the organization. Daniels was kept down quite a bit, but it wasn't all bad as he became one of the best tag team wrestlers in company history, with even this being his third straight entry on this list.
After having an excellent series of matches in TNA in 2005, AJ Styles and Christopher Daniels came together as a team in 2006 to oppose Samoa Joe, and Jeff Jarrett's stable Planet Jarrett. AJ and Daniels would then pursue NWA Tag Team Champions America's Most Wanted, and eventually defeat them for the Tag Team titles at Slammiversary 2006.
AJ and Daniels would then feud with LAX, whom they traded the titles with on occasions before LAX won the final title match between them at Bound For Glory 2006. The matches AJ and Daniels had with LAX are regarded as among the best tag team matches in company history. The team quietly disbanded the following month. The would have short one time only reunions from 2007 - 2011, as well as re-opening their legendary feud several times.
#6 The Hardy Boyz
Not only one of the greatest tag teams in WWE history, and of all time, but Matt and Jeff Hardy seemed to have their most interesting tag team run in TNA Impact Wrestling.
After briefly reuniting in TNA in 2011, Matt and Jeff Hardy had a fully fledged tag team reunion in 2014. They immediately entered into a friendly feud and fellow fan favourite team The Wolves, challenging them for the TNA Tag Team Championships. They would have a memorable trio series of matches also involving Team 3D, and would eventually win their first TNA Tag Team titles in March 2015.
The second occasion that they would win the Tag Team titles happened during the most entertaining time in their career, as the 'Broken Hardyz'. During this time they became the most talked about thing about Impact Wrestling and for a while, the most talked about superstars, particularly Matt, in the wrestling world.
#5 L.A.X
L.A.X formed in 2005, Konnan led Homicide, Apolo and Machete. This version of the group didn't last long due to Apolo and Machete departing TNA, but they bounced back pretty quickly when K-Dog introduced Hernandez.
Homicide and Hernandez brought a new hot gimmick to TNA in 2006, arguably the hottest gimmick in wrestling at the time, where they refused to wrestle, claiming that Latinos were "discriminated" against in TNA. They had some exciting feuds with the like of AJ Styles and Christopher Daniels, whom they traded the TNA Tag Team titles with. They eventually turned face and had some hot feuds with Team 3D, Triple X and the Motor City Machine Guns.
Homicide and Hernandez split as a team in 2009 when Hernandez was in line for a big solo push. They were 3 time Tag Team Championships. L.A.X reunited in Impact Wrestling in March 2017 when Konnan and Homicide returned to the company, accompanied by new members, Ortiz, Santana and Diamante.
Thus far they have been 3-time Impact Tag Team Champions and have had solid encounters with Decay, Laredo Kid and Garza Jr. and Reno Scum, among more.
#4 Team 3D
Team 3D, or the Dudley Boyz, don't need much of an introduction, as they are possibly the very best tag team in the history of the industry.
When they were released by WWE in 2005, these former WWE World Tag Team, WWE Tag Team, ECW Tag Team and WCW Tag Team Champions signed with TNA and debuted on the first Spike TV episode of Impact, and were immediately thrust into the spotlight.
The Dudley's would feud with just about every top team in TNA over the next 8 years, including memorable matches and angles with Jeff Jarrett, Kurt Angle, the Main Event Mafia, Christian Cage, the Hardy Boyz, America's Most Wanted, Beer Money, the Motor City Machine Guns, The Wolves, L.A.X and many more.
They were the two main members of the huge Aces and Eights angle, which dominated Impact for over a year and both would have solo runs, including Brother Ray, as Bully Ray, becoming a 2-time TNA World Champion. They were 3 time Tag Team Champions in TNA.
#3 America's Most Wanted
America's Most Wanted, James Storm and Chris Harris were the original TNA tag team. They joined up on the second ever TNA show on June 26, 2002, and remained partners for the next 5 years.
AMW won their first of 6 NWA Tag Team titles on the September 18, 2002, TNA show. They really held the first couple years of TNA's tag team division together, especially in their on again/off again feud with Triple X.
The two teams fought in the first ever Steel Cage match in TNA history, and the first ever 6-sided Cage match in company history, the latter of which is regarded as the best tag team match in company history, and one of the overall best matches in company history.
They would go onto have many more thrilling matches and feuds with AJ Styles and Christopher Daniels, Team 3D, Team Canada, The Naturals and many more. They split in December 2006 when Storm turned heel on Harris.
#2 Beer Money Inc.
James Storm and Robert Roode were pretty much just thrown together back in 2008 because creative had no other plans for them at the time. They were not meant to last together very long, but ended up having amazing chemistry, and remained a team for over three years.
It didn't take very long for the newly named Beer Money Inc. to defeat L.A.X for their first TNA Tag Team titles in June 2008. Beery Money would feud with Team 3D, the Motor City Machine Guns, L.A.X, and the Main Event Mafia, among more.
In 2010 they joined the Fortune stable, where they were regularly in the main event with the like of Kurt Angle, Rob Van Dam, Jeff Hardy, Sting and more. The two split up in 2011 when a jealous Bobby Roode cheated to defeat James Storm for the World Heavyweight Championship.
Beer Money reunited for a short time in 2015, where they won the Tag Team titles yet again, and mostly feuded with Decay, before Bobby Roode left the company after signing with WWE. Overall they were 5 times TNA Tag Team Champions, with one of their reigns lasting 212 days, a company record.
#1 The Motor City Machine Guns
Alex Shelly and Chris Sabin were the other pair that was thrown together and became something very special Alex and Chris had been X Division stars for years before teaming together.
After briefly working together while wrestling as opponents in an Xscape match at the annual Lockdown pay-per-view they became regulars in the tag team division. The duo formed the Motor City Machine Guns, and quickly became one of TNA's most popular and promising acts.
Despite being TNA's best tag team, they would only ever hold the TNA Tag Team Championship once during their four years in teaming together on Impact. The MCMG regularly wrestled the best matches of the night and had memorable matches and feuds with Team 3D, Beer Money and The Young Bucks.
Chris Sabin missed almost a year of action from 2011 - 2012, and when they reunited in 2012 after his return, they only wrestled a few matches together before Alex was granted his requested contract release, thus ending the team. They would, however, reunite on the independent scene in 2016 and have been teaming together ever since on the Indies, and in Ring of Honor.
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