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After revisiting KENTA & Richards vs. Aries & Strong this weekend, I find this to be a topic worth exploring. What would be considered the best tag matches in ROH's 15-year history?

Caveats: 2-on-2 showdowns, no gimmick matches

Of course I'll start with my top 3 through 2006, all of which I consider MOTYC:

Low Ki & Samoa Joe vs. Homicide & Kenta Kobashi - Unforgettable
Austin Aries & Roderick Strong vs. Briscoe Bros. - Unified
KENTA & Davey Richards vs. Austin Aries & Roderick Strong - Honor Reclaims Boston

Other ****+ classics through November 2006 include:

Austin Aries & Jack Evans vs. Samoa Joe & Bryan Danielson - Third Anniversary Celebration Pt. 2
Samoa Joe & Jay Lethal vs. Low Ki & Homicide - Punk: The Final Chapter
Austin Aries & Roderick Strong vs. Bryan Danielson & Jay Lethal - Tag Wars 2006
Bryan Danielson & Samoa Joe vs. KENTA & Naomichi Marufuji - Best in the World 2006
Austin Aries & Jack Evans vs. Matt Sydal & AJ Styles - Supercard of Honor
Austin Aries & Roderick Strong vs. Samoa Joe & Matt Sydal - Weekend of Champions Night 1

There has to be a few Ring Crew Express or Dark City Fight Club matches on the list. If only Bobby Dempsey and Grizzly Redwood had a larger body of work together.

Don't disrespect CSC vs. Prince Nana & Jacobs Ladder.

The Briscoes vs The Murder City Machine Guns (Good Times, Great Memories)
reDRagon vs The Young Bucks (War of the Worlds)
The American Wolves vs Bryan Danielson & Tyler Black (Tag Title Classic)
The Motor City Machine Guns vs The Briscoes (Return Engagement)
The Age of The Fall vs The Motor City Machine Guns (Tag Wars 2008)

If gimmick matches count Ladder War 1 followed by the DBD V Night 1 Street Fight are my favorites. If we're just talking regular tag matches I'd have to go with either the Unforgettable tag or the Tokyo Summit Japanese tag.

These 5 matches come immediately to my mind:
Aries & Strong vs Briscoes - Unified
Briscoes vs Guns - Good Times Great Memories
American Wolves vs Danielson, Black - Tag Title Classic
Kings of Wrestling vs Briscoes - The Big Bang
Young Bucks vs reDRagon - War of the Worlds 2014

Eddie Edwards & Adam Cole vs. Davey Richards & Kyle O'Reilly- 12th Anniversary Show: Young Wolves Rising
Briscoes vs. Kings of Wrestling- The Big Bang
Tyler Black & Bryan Danielson vs. the American Wolves- Tag Title Classic
Low Ki & Samoa Joe vs. Kenta Kobashi & Homicide- Unforgettable
American Wolves vs. Kings of Wrestling- Tag Title Classic II
Young Bucks vs. reDRagon- War of the Worlds 2014
Briscoes vs. Motor City Machine Guns- Return Engagement
Briscoes vs. Motor City Machine Guns- Good Times, Great Memories
Briscoes vs. Aries & Strong- Unified
Briscoes vs. All-Night Express- Honor Takes Center Stage: Chapter 2
Aries & Strong vs. Davey Richards & KENTA- Honor Reclaims Boston
American Wolves vs. the House of Truth- Tag Team Turmoil 2011
Kings of Wrestling vs. Wrestling's Greatest Tag Team- Honor Takes Center Stage: Chapter 1
Tyler Black & KENTA vs. Austin Aries & Katsuhiko Nakajima- Take No Prisoners 2009

1st MCMG vs. Briscoes Good Times Great Memories 2007

2nd Kings of Wrestling vs. American Wolves Tag Title Classic 2

3rd Samoa Joe & Bryan Danielson vs. KENTA & Marufuji

4th Austin Aries & Roderick Strong vs. Briscoes

5th Austin Aries & Bryan Danielson vs. AOTF

6th Briscoes vs. Steenerico Fighting Spirit

22: reDRagon vs The Young Bucks (13th Anniversary: Winner Takes All) ****1/4
21: Adam Cole & Eddie Edwards vs Team Ambition (10th Anniversary Show - Young Wolves Rising) ****1/4
20: reDRagon vs The American Wolves (Supercard Of Honor VII) ****1/4
19: Bryan Danielson & Samoa Joe vs KENTA & Naomichi Marufuji (Best In The World) ****1/4
18: The Age Of The Fall vs Austin Aries & Bryan Danielson (Respect Is Earned II) ****1/4
17: Homicide & Kenta Kobashi vs Low Ki & Samoa Joe (Unforgettable) ****1/4
16: The Briscoes vs The Kings Of Wrestling (The Big Bang!) ****1/4
15: Generation Next vs Blood Generation (Better Than Our Best) ****1/4
14: AJ Styles & Matt Sydal vs Generation Next (Supercard Of Honor) ****1/4
13: AJ Styles & The Amazing Red vs The Briscoes (Night Of Champions) ****1/2
12: The Motor City Machine Guns vs Austin Aries & Bryan Danielson (Fueling The Fire) ****1/2
11: The Briscoes vs Naruki Doi & SHINGO (The Fifth Year Festival: Liverpool) ****1/2
10: The Briscoes vs Claudio Castagnoli & Matt Sydal (Respect Is Earned 2007) ****1/2
9: The Briscoes vs Davey Richards & Matt Sydal (Anarchy In The UK) ****1/2
8: Bryan Danielson & Takeshi Morishima vs KENTA & Nigel McGuinness (Respect Is Earned 2007) ****1/2
7: Austin Aries & Roderick Strong vs The Briscoes (Unified) ****1/2
6: The Briscoes vs The Second City Saints (Reborn: Stage Two) ****1/2
5: The Motor City Machine Guns vs The Age Of The Fall (Tag Wars 2008) ****1/2
4: The Young Bucks vs reDRagon (War Of The Worlds) ****1/2
3: The Motor City Machine Guns vs The Briscoes (Return Engagement) ****3/4
2: The Briscoes vs The Murder City Machine Guns (Good Times, Great Memories) ****3/4
1: Bryan Danielson & Tyler Black vs The American Wolves (Tag Title Classic) *****

The three way Ladder War belongs somewhere on this list.

famicommander wrote: ↑Tue Feb 06, 2018 7:22 pm The three way Ladder War belongs somewhere on this list.

They were talking about no-gimnick matches, so they weren't counting Ladder matches.