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Tag teams are one of the most important factors in all of pro wrestling. The tag team division is one of the biggest parts of the roster and show.
Tag teams have been a major part of all shows for decades and have often been the very best part of the show, with jaw dropping matches from the like of the Road Warriors, The Hardy Boyz, Dudley Boyz, Edge & Christian, Hart Foundation, British Bulldogs and many more.
We have even had many dream tag teams over the years in WWE that saw some of the all-time greats team up for a while, including Hulk Hogan and Randy Savage, Stone Cold Steve Austin and Triple H, The Rock and The Undertaker, John Cena and Shawn Michaels and more. However, it is not just in WWE and WCW where we have seen such amazing names come together, but in Impact Wrestling as well.
While we haven't seen much, we have seen some pretty big names join together as a dream team for a match or two. So here are three dream tag teams that happened in Impact Wrestling.
#3 Rick Steiner & Road Warrior Animal
When you are listing out the top ten, maybe even top five tag teams of all-time, there are always two teams that make everyone's lists: The Road Warriors and the Steiner Brothers.
Scott Steiner had joined TNA Wrestling in 2006. After a year long run as a heel backup for Jeff Jarrett and Christian Cage, he would turn babyface in 2007 when Rick Steiner joined the company.
The Steiner Brothers reformed at a time in TNA when they had a good mix of new, up and coming tag teams, and veteran teams. And while the Steiner Brothers are one of the best ever, arguably the best ever goes to the Dudley Boyz, or Team 3D as they were in TNA.
So naturally, a feud was started between the two legendary teams, which was to see a dream tag team match between them at TNA's anniversary pay-per-view, Slammiversary.
The match didn't happen however, as just a week before the event, Scott Steiner would suffer a severe throat injury, putting him on the bench for a month. It was announced that Rick would have a replacement partner at Slammiversary, and he was revealed to be none other than arguably one half of the best tag team ever, Road Warrior Animal.
The match between them wasn't a match of the year candidate by any means, but it was sheer fun at being the Dudley Boyz vs. A Road Warrior and a Steiner. Team 3D would defeat them to retain the TNA Tag Team titles.
#2 Kurt Angle & AJ Styles
AJ Styles and Kurt Angle are without a doubt the two best wrestlers in the history of TNA Impact Wrestling.
Both men have done it all in TNA, so much so that the company has often had to come up with filler material for them, just so they would have something to do until creative could think of better. That wasn't the case for AJ Styles here, but was for Kurt Angle.
Styles, at the time, was involved in a long standing feud with the then TNA Tag Team Champions Christopher Daniels and Kazarian. At the Sacrifice pay-per-view, Daniels and Kazarian cost Styles his match against Kurt Angle and during a post match beatdown, Angle made the save.
The two would then form an alliance, which saw them challenge and defeat Daniels and Kazarian for the TNA Tag Team Championships at Slammiversary. Their title reign would last just 18 days before they lost them back to Daniels and Kazarian.
Angle and Styles would still team together for a few more months, having unsuccessful rematches with them at TNA No Surrender and Bound For Glory, before quietly disbanding.
#1 Kurt Angle & Sting
Kurt Angle is still probably the biggest acquisition in TNA history. Just under a year before he signed with the company, TNA had also managed to sign 'The Icon' Sting away from his early retirement.
So when Angle signed, TNA immediately set plans in motion for the biggest dream match in the company's history and one of the biggest dream matches ever, Kurt Angle vs. Sting. But before the dream match, came the dream team.
Kurt Angle would defeat Samoa Joe in the history making 'Winner Takes All' match for all of TNA's titles at Hard Justice 2007. With Angle now a tag team champion without a partner, TNA held a fatal four-way match to decide his new partner, which would be won by Sting.
The title reign would not last long however as they would lose the titles to Ron 'R-Truth' Killings and NFL star Adam 'Pacman' Jones at No Surrender, ending their reign at 2 weeks. Sting's tensions with Angle's wife and valet Karen had caused Angle to turn on Sting in the match, costing them the titles.
While the team didn't last long, it was still two of wrestling's biggest icons becoming tag team champions, and a good way to put their huge feud in gear. Angle and Sting would also reunite occasionally for tag team matches during their time in the Main Event Mafia faction.
What makes Sting special? His first AEW opponent opens up RIGHT HERE.
