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Greatest Tag Matches in Company History

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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
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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.
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Don't disrespect CSC vs. Prince Nana & Jacobs Ladder.
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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)
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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.
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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
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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
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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
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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) *****
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The three way Ladder War belongs somewhere on this list.
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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.
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