8 Best tag team matches in WWE history

#2 Rey Mysterio and Edge vs. Kurt Angle and Chris Benoit (No Mercy 2002)

Four of the Blue brand’s brightest Superstars of the time, producing a tag team clinic that’s still revered over today

WWE fans often go misty-eyed over the ‘SmackDown six’ from the early 2000s and this tag team classic is the perfect example of why. Four of the Blue brand’s brightest Superstars of the time, producing a tag team clinic that’s still revered over today.

Having just implemented the first WWE Draft, the Tag Team Titles were sent to Raw and thus a tournament was declared to determine new tag champs for Smackdown. Reluctantly paired together, Angle and Benoit had slowly built up a rapport and cohesion that saw them challenge two of WWE’s biggest babyfaces in Rey Mysterio and Edge for the crown.

For four Superstars perhaps better known for their singles accomplishments they put on a grade A tag classic. From Angle and Benoit isolating Mysterio in the early stages, to Edge getting the hot tags and trying to go toe-to-toe with the Olympic Gold Medallist, the match ebbed and flowed and took the crowd with them every step of the way. The flawless layout culminated in Edge’s attempt at an Ankle Lock backfire, and Angle reverse the move, force the Rated-R Superstar to tap out and walk out of Arkansas the victor in an almost perfect tag team display.