5 famous tag teams who are now split between WWE and AEW

The creation of AEW has seen many WWE Superstars leave in a new adventure. The latter has released an unprecedented number of talents due to their extensive budget cut since the onset of the Covid-19 pandemic.

With the indiscriminate release of backstage personnel and on-screen talent, even stars like Braun Strowman lost their jobs. Some of them have selected AEW as their new home.

In an amusing situation, many well-known tag teams have been divided in the last few years, and now they find themselves on opposite sides of the WWE-AEW dichotomy. One member usually remains in the Vince McMahon-led organization and another sharpens their trade in the rising AEW.

The following list will highlight five such tag teams who were once prosperous, but now the members find themselves working on two different companies.

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#5 WWE star Liv Morgan and AEW star Ruby Soho (The Riott Squad)

Ruby Soho has undergone a rejuvenation in her vital role as a top-tier threat to reigning AEW Women's Champion Britt Baker. Using a name inspired by a famous Rancid song, Soho is far apart from her WWE days when she hardly received opportunities to succeed.

In WWE, Soho played a similar punk-inspired gimmick under the ring name Ruby Riott and received only a handful of title matches in the years she spent there.

Her WWE career was spent mostly in a faction involving Sarah Logan and Liv Morgan, which later evolved into a tag team involving Riott and Morgan. Morgan still wrestles in WWE and receives a mild push from time to time, although she, like Riott, has never won a championship in the company.

#4 WWE star Harry Smith and AEW star Lance Archer (Killer Elite Squad)

While current AEW stars Archer and Smith were never an official tag team in WWE, they earned enormous success while teaming in Japan as the Killer Elite Squad. In NJPW, the tag team was part of Suzuki-gun, a history that was recalled during the rivalry between Moxley and Suzuki.

Archer is one of AEW's best monster heels, with Jake 'The Snake' Roberts as his manager. Meanwhile, the son of The British Bulldog has signed with WWE. Curiously, WWE has not used him yet, keeping him on the sidelines.

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#3 WWE Hall of Famer Kane and AEW star Bryan Danielson (Team Hell No)

Bryan Danielson is presently exhibiting his mastery over the art of pro wrestling in AEW, where an instant classic against Kenny Omega has verified his usefulness. He accomplished tall success in WWE as well, becoming the world champion multiple times.

Daniel Bryan also had his share of fun in the tag team division, especially in a celebrated comic team with the monstrous Kane. Team Hell No achieved much success with their behind-the-scenes and in-ring segments. They remain the gold standard of comic tag teams today.

Kane is no longer an active WWE performer, but he still maintains a deal with WWE with brief appearances. Thus, the members of Team Hell No are dividing into two different promotions.

#2 WWE star Jeff Hardy and AEW star Matt Hardy (The Hardy Boyz)

Matt Hardy leads the peace-disrupting Hardy Family Office faction in AEW. The faction is yet to receive a push as they often come off as annoying.

However, few would dare to contradict the importance of the The Hardy Boyz in WWE. Beginning as teenagers, the duo breathed life into the company's tag team divisions and their high-risk actions were consistently cheered by the WWE audience.

Currently, Jeff Hardy has been drafted into WWE SmackDown Live and he has already spoken of a "new beginning" in the blue brand.

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#1 WWE stars Kyle O'Reilly and Roderick Strong and AEW star Adam Cole (The Undisputed Era)

Adam Cole is relishing his life in AEW. The former WWE NXT Champion has assembled joined his NJPW friends as part of The Elite and is currently undefeated in the company.

His longest-running NXT Championship run was wielded with the assistance of The Undisputed Era, the most dominant faction in AEW history. Since the implosion, Roderick Strong has found his role as the leader of his own faction.

Bobby Fish wrestles in MLW and has appeared in AEW. Former stablemate Kyle O'Reilly, though, is stumbling in WWE NXT, with his feud with Adam Cole being his latest remarkable NXT rivalry yet. O'Reilly is still a top-tier talent and may win the NXT Title in the near future.