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Throughout the years, tag team mismatches in professional wrestling have always been a thing to look out for and it's not every day that you find a duo that instantly clicks with each other despite being very unsuited in the first place. Now, for example, if you ask me, I feel the newly formed alliance between Robert Roode and Dolph Ziggler is random and is only serving as a filler tag team. On the other hand, however, the duo of Braun Strowman and Seth Rollins have proved us the exact opposite having won the RAW Tag Team Titles and instantly clicking with each other a few weeks prior.
Mismatched tag teams often lead to a comical duo, who are likely to pull off hilarious acts or are likely to be destined for greatness. At times, unlikely pairings have also helped in reviving a particular superstar's career, as well.
With all that being said, here are 5 unlikely WWE duos who have won the Tag Team Championships during their tenure with WWE.
Honorable Mention: Seth Rollins and Braun Strowman
On the August 20th episode of WWE RAW, Seth Rollins and Braun Strowman teamed up to challenge for Karl Anderson and Luke Gallows' WWE Raw Tag Team Championships after Strowman had initially saved Rollins from a beatdown at the hands of The O.C.
Initially, fans had thought that the two men were paired up to set up a Universal Championship between them, however, WWE pulled a major swerve on us as Rollins and Strowman shocked the WWE Universe and won the Raw Tag Titles from Gallows and Anderson.
Eventually, this did set up a Universal Championship match between Rollins and Strowman for Clash of Champions, however, that had meant that the duo was also going to pull off double duty at the event by putting their Raw Tag Titles on the line, as well.
#5 Jason Jordan and Seth Rollins
After disbanding from long-term American Alpha tag team partner Chad Gable, former one half of the NXT Tag Team Champions, Jason Jordan was drafted over to Monday Night RAW, where he was revealed as the kayfabe son of Kurt Angle. Shortly afterward, Jordan was involved in feuds against the likes of Elias and The Miz. In December of 2017 though, Jordan replaced an injured Dean Ambrose and started teaming up with Ambrose's fellow Shield stablemate Seth Rollins.
Jordan and Rollins' alliance certainly felt very odd but surprisingly enough, the duo did have amazing chemistry alongside each other and on 25th December, 2017, the duo pulled off a major shock when they defeated Cesaro and Sheamus to win the RAW Tag Team Championship. With this win, Jason Jordan became the first WWE Superstar in history to win the RAW, SmackDown, and NXT Tag Team Championships.
However, at Royal Rumble, Jordan and Rollins eventually lost the titles back to The Bar, as the former was eventually written off TV due to his neck injury.
#4 Erick Rowan and Daniel Bryan
In November of 2018, Daniel Bryan adopted a completely new persona when he low-blowed A.J. Styles on SmackDown Live to win the WWE Championship in one of the most shocking manners possible. Now establishing himself as a heel, Bryan started labeling himself as The New Daniel Bryan, who then went on to face Brock Lesnar at the Survivor Series pay-per-view.
At the 2019 Royal Rumble pay-per-view, Bryan successfully retained his WWE Championship over A.J. Styles but this time, fans were left absolutely stunned when Erick Rowan of all people made his return from sidelines and helped Bryan walk away still as the WWE Champion.
After a successful title defense over Ali and Kevin Owens at Fastlane, Bryan would lose the WWE Title to Kofi Kingston at WrestleMania 35. This eventually led to an eco-friendly Daniel Bryan and his giant sidekick Erick Rowan entering the SmackDown Live Tag Team Title picture, as on 7th May, the duo won the vacant SmackDown Live Tag Team Championships by beating The Usos.
What initially felt like the most random tag team of all time, surprisingly worked out pretty well and huge credits to Daniel Bryan himself for that.
#3 Team Hell- Kane and Daniel Bryan
Daniel Bryan and unlikely tag teams have surely become a thing over the years in WWE now. After all, Team Hell No was one of the most likable and fan-favorite teams in WWE history.
Following a match with each other at SummerSlam 2012, Kane and Bryan were suffering from anger management issues, as a result of which then-RAW General Manager AJ Lee would ask both men to join Dr. Shelby's anger management classes and eventually asked the two to "hug it out". This led to the formation of Team Hell No, who despite a lot of bickering and disagreement between themselves even during matches would end up winning all their bouts.
After a win over the Prime Time Players, Kane and Bryan would eventually challenge and win the WWE Tag Team Championships from then-champion Kofi Kingston and R-Truth in what is considered as one of the most shocking and dramatic wins of all time in WWE.
#2 Stone Cold Steve Austin and Dude Love
On 26th May, 1997, Stone Cold Steve Austin formed an alliance with the returning Shawn Michaels in their feud against The Hart Foundation, given that the two men had a common enemy in The Harts.
Both Austin and Michaels eventually won the WWF Tag Team Championship from Owen Hart and The British Bulldog who were representing The Hart Foundation. This also marked Austin's first title win in the WWF, however, it wouldn't last too long, as HBK had to vacate the title due to an injury. Later in the same night though, a tournament was held in order to determine which team would face Austin and a partner of his choosing for the vacant championships. Austin's refusal to pick a partner, led to Hart and Bulldog winning the tournament as The Texas Rattlesnake decided to wrestle the match by himself.
But, later in the contest, Austin eventually received a helping hand from the ever-charismatic Dude Love, who came out to assist Austin, who accepted his invitation. Austin and Love would make history as they would go on to win the tag titles on their very first night, making Austin a two-time champion, as well.
With Dude Love being more of a comedy character and Austin being more of the badass in WWE, this was surely a very odd pairing, however, it sure did work out to an extent.
#1 The Rock 'n' Sock Connection
Since the 1998 Survivor Series pay-per-view, both Rock and Mankind had been bitter rivals, however, the following year, the two men formed a very unlikely alliance when The Rock had challenged both The Undertaker and Big Show after the two men attacked The Great One in the first place.
With The Rock scheduled to face both Undertaker and Show, Mankind offered a helping hand to his former foe and his offer was eventually accepted by The Rock as well. Later in the same night, both Rock and Mankind won the WWF Tag Team Championships and stunned the WWE Universe after they had pinned The Big Show for a historic win following a double People's Elbow.
Following their initial run, The Rock 'n' Sock Connection would go on to reunite on several notable occasions and eventually cemented their place as one of the most loveable and popular tag teams in WWE history.
