5 teams most likely to become the inaugural WWE Women's Tag Team Champions

When Vince McMahon squeezes into a Santa suit on Christmas Eve, inevitably it's going to be something big. The billionaire WWE owner dressed up like the big man in red (not Kane, but Santa) to provide the WWE Universe with a well deserved Christmas present.

Next year, we'll see the return of the Women's Tag Team Championships. McMahon grumbled through a bushy white Santa beard as presents glistened by the fireside, "Coming this year we're gonna have new tag team champions on the women's division."

The move has long been expected,with Stephanie McMahon announcing last summer that it would likely happen, "Sooner than we think." Some women on the roster have taken to podcasts and television to speculate on what the division might look like and what its overall impact would be on the world of professional wrestling. One thing is certain, with the women's division overflowing with an abundance of talent, the time is ripe for the new WWE Women's Tag Team Champions.

Join us as we take a look at the 5 likeliest teams to become the inaugural champions.

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#5. The Bella Twins

Nikki and Brie Bella: The Bella Twins

No two women have been linked throughout their wrestling careers like Nikki and Brie Bella. Perhaps it was destiny. The two are identical twins and have been partners since conception. Nikki and Brie Bella are known as much for finishing each others sentences, as they are for their ever constant love spats.

The Bellas already have a rich history teaming with one another and mirror one another to such an extent that they have been known to replace each other in matches by pulling off the ever frustrating and often successful Twin Magic.

The two also co-own a thriving business and co-star on two reality shows (Total Bellas and Total Divas). While they aren't exactly full-time wrestlers anymore, The Bellas have competed recently and on a big stage. The two are also quite obviously in tip top physical condition.

Brie was the target of criticism recently when she accidentally gave Liv Morgan a concussion on RAW courtesy of some devastatingly misplaced Yes Kicks. Nikki Bella stood toe-to-toe with Ronda Rousey in the main event of Evolution, WWE's first ever all women's pay-per-view, but while Bella undoubtedly made history that evening, she came up short in her quest to dethrone the RAW Women's Champion. Brie Bella has never held a world title on any level.

Despite being surefire WWE Hall of Famers, The Bella Twins find themselves in an unusual position. In 2019, Nikki and Brie Bella will be looking for redemption. Brie Bella is forever linked to Nikki, the longest reigning WWE Divas Champion in history, but has failed in her own quest of achieving championship gold.

Despite having hundreds of safe matches, Brie has also been unfairly maligned as being dangerous in the ring. Could the two women look to once again silence their doubters and detractors by becoming the inaugural women's tag team champions? They certainly have the talent and the chemistry to do so.

#4. The IIconics

Bilie Kay and Peyton Royce: The IIconics

Billie Kay and Peyton Royce were a force to be reckoned with in NXT and when they made their SmackDown Live debut right after WrestleMania 34, they looked to continue that trend on the main roster.

The duo targetted their sights on then SmackDown Women's Champion Charlotte Flair, who had just successfully defended her championship against Asuka at WrestleMania 34. The IIconics attacked Flair leaving her incapacitated and ripe for Carmella's successful Money in the Bank cash-in. With their debut, they had changed wrestling history.

Since then, The IIconics have slowly disappeared from atop SmackDown and found themselves floundering on the mid-card, a forgotten component of WWE's talent heavy women's division.

Lost in WWE's storyline hell, the two women are far from making an impact in the SmackDown Women's Championship rankings, but that could change with the inception of WWE Women's Tag Team Championships.

Make no mistake about it. Their recent failures don't mean the two Australian natives won't make an impact in the WWE. They are better together than apart and are built better for tag team success than singles glory. Having attended the same wrestling school in Australia, the two women have been inseparable ever since. They even make their way to the ring holding hands.

It would be difficult for most other pairings to match their chemistry, as Kay and Royce have been inseparable best friends for years now, both inside the WWE and outside. The two know their careers need a shot of life and the new Tag Team Championships may be just what the doctor ordered.

#3. Ronda Rousey and Natalya

Ronda Rousey and Natalya Neidhart

Since making her WWE debut shortly after the inaugural Women's Royal Rumble, Rousey has been linked to Natalya Neidhart. Natalya, after all, was instrumental in Rousey's training. She readied her for the world of professional wrestling and helped ease her transition from UFC to the squared circle.

Natalya did an amazing job preparing her friend and Rousey has since gone on to make history as an impeccable in-ring performer and RAW Women's Champion.

Natalya is known as being one of the best technical wrestlers in the WWE. She's also seen as the matriarch of the women's division. She is the Superstar to go to when one needs advice or support.

When someone is struggling, WWE's front office will usually pair that wrestler with Natalya, who will not only help the struggling performer in the ring, but outside of it as well. Natalya's wrestling acumen is extensive and while she has had her title reigns, those were less than memorable. Natalya is ready for something bigger, for history.

Natalya deserves to occupy the same territory as the Ronda Rousey's of the world and she can do that by becoming one half of the first ever WWE Women's Tag Team Champions. Yes, Rousey already holds the RAW Women's Championship and doesn't need another title, but that won't stop her.

She is an apex predator and just the thought of dominating yet another WWE division will give her incentive to set her sights on championship glory. The two women are talented enough to win the championships and dominate the division for years to come.

#2. Nia Jax and Tamina

Tamina Snuka and Nia Jax

Wrestling pulsates its way through the bloodline of these two women. Tamina Snuka is the daughter of WWE Hall of Famer Jimmy Snuka. Nia Jax is Dwayne "The Rock" Johnson's cousin. While the two are not blood related, both are a part of the legendary Anoa'i dynasty.

Upon her return to the WWE just before Evolution, Tamina has had her sights set on Nia Jax. At first, it looked like the two women would head into a marquee feud against one another, but the more they occupied the same ring, the more their similarities could not be ignored. Eventually Tamina would join Nia Jax and stand steadfast and loyal at her side. Of course, this made the already dominant Jax all the more dangerous.

While Tamina is content at Jax's side for now, she deserves more than just being seen as a grunt, a sidekick, or an also ran. The two women could use their size (they have a combined weight of nearly 500 pounds) and strength to their advantage. Imagine Tamina and Nia Jax against most women's tag team champion contenders? How would The Bellas or The IIconics even stand a chance against women so massive and so powerful?

#1. Sasha Banks and Bayley

Sasha Banks and Bayley

Necessity is a master motivator. Sasha Banks and Bayley are arguably the two biggest stars in NXT history. Before they made their way to RAW, the two women already had what many considered to be two of the greatest matches in women's wrestling history. They were supposed to hit the main stage and dominate in the same way they had in NXT.

They weren't exactly unsuccessful. Banks and Bayley have combined for 5 RAW Women's Championship reigns, which is impressive, but none of those reigns are exactly memorable. Bayley's lone reign lasted a mere 76 days and came to a halt courtesy of Alexa Bliss.

Banks' longest run with the Title came at a mere 27 days. In fact, her combined four championship runs were only for a period of 82 days. While holding the RAW Women's Championship is an undoubtedly impressive feat and holding it 4 times seems historic, the reigns deserve further scrutiny and fail to compare to those of Alexa Bliss, Charlotte Flair, and Ronda Rousey.

After a falling out and one of the worst feuds in wrestling history, Banks and Bayley are back to being best friends and neither have been shy about their desire for women's tag team gold, even before Vince McMahon made the historic announcement on RAW. Bayley told Dana Warrior of Total Warriors, "We just want something that we can all work towards and if we aren’t in that championship spotlight like Ronda [Rousey] or Asuka now on SmackDown that there’s something more to work towards because there’s so many talented women on the roster and not all of us can go for that championship run."

When Sasha Banks heard rumours of women's tag team championships this summer, she told SkySports, "That’s a dream come true too and to work with my best friend, it’s an honor..." Banks continued, "For me I think the next focus is being a tag team champion. That’s the goal. That’s something I really want to work for and if we get those titles, I want to make sure that’s the most important title in the WWE."

Sasha Banks and Bayley don't just want the inaugural Women's Tag Team Championships. They need them and that makes them the most dangerous duo on the roster.