List of Pro Wrestling Illustrated awards
Tag Team of the Year
The PWI Tag Team of the Year award recognizes the best tag team of the year. The Road Warriors (Animal and Hawk) have won a record four times.

List of Pro Wrestling Illustrated awards

Section Title: Tag Team of the Year
Table Section Text: The PWI Tag Team of the Year award recognizes the best tag team of the year. The Road Warriors (Animal and Hawk) have won a record four times.

Year	Winner	Runner-up	Second runner-up	Third runner-up

1972	Dick the Bruiser and The Crusher	N/A	N/A	N/A

1973	Nick Bockwinkel and Ray Stevens	N/A	N/A	N/A

1974	Jimmy and Johnny Valiant	N/A	N/A	N/A

1975	Gene and Ole Anderson	N/A	N/A	N/A

1976	The Executioners (#1 and #2)	Gene and Ole Anderson	Chief Jay Strongbow and Billy White Wolf	Jimmy and Johnny Valiant

1977	Gene and Ole Anderson (2)	Professor Tanaka and Mr. Fuji	Greg Gagne and Jim Brunzell	Ric Flair and Greg Valentine

1978	Ricky Steamboat and Paul Jones	The Yukon Lumberjacks (Yukon Eric and Yukon Pierre)	Mike Graham and Steve Keirn	Greg Gagne and Jim Brunzell

1979	Ivan Putski and Tito Santana	Jerry and Johnny Valiant	Paul Jones and Baron von Raschke	The Spoiler and Mark Lewin

1980	Jimmy Snuka and Ray Stevens	Mr. Wrestling and Mr. Wrestling II	The Wild Samoans (Afa and Sika)	Verne Gagne and Mad Dog Vachon

1981	The Fabulous Freebirds (Michael Hayes and Terry Gordy)	Rick Martel and Tony Garea	Mr. Fuji and Mr. Saito	Greg Gagne and Jim Brunzell

1982	Greg Gagne and Jim Brunzell	Mr. Fuji and Mr. Saito	The Fabulous Freebirds (Michael Hayes, Terry Gordy and Buddy Roberts)	Ole Anderson and Stan Hansen

1983	The Road Warriors (Hawk and Animal)	Kerry, Kevin and David Von Erich	The Fabulous Freebirds (Michael Hayes, Terry Gordy and Buddy Roberts)	Jack and Jerry Brisco

1984	The Road Warriors (2) (Hawk and Animal)	Kerry, Kevin and Mike Von Erich	The Fabulous Ones (Stan Lane and Steve Keirn)	The Rock 'n' Roll Express (Ricky Morton and Robert Gibson)

1985	The Road Warriors (3) (Hawk and Animal)	Ted DiBiase and Steve Williams	Ivan and Nikita Koloff	The British Bulldogs (Davey Boy Smith and Dynamite Kid)

1986	The Rock 'n' Roll Express (Ricky Morton and Robert Gibson)	The Road Warriors (Hawk and Animal)	The British Bulldogs (Davey Boy Smith and Dynamite Kid)	The Midnight Rockers (Shawn Michaels and Marty Jannetty)

1987	The Midnight Express (Bobby Eaton and Stan Lane)	The Hart Foundation (Bret Hart and Jim Neidhart)	The Road Warriors (Hawk and Animal)	The Rock 'n' Roll Express (Ricky Morton and Robert Gibson)

1988	The Road Warriors (4) (Hawk and Animal)	The Midnight Express (Bobby Eaton and Stan Lane)	Demolition (Ax and Smash)	The Brain Busters (Arn Anderson and Tully Blanchard)

1989	The Brain Busters (Arn Anderson and Tully Blanchard)	Demolition (Ax and Smash)	The Road Warriors (Hawk and Animal)	The Fabulous Freebirds (Michael Hayes and Jimmy Garvin)

1990	The Steiner Brothers (Rick and Scott Steiner)	Demolition (Ax and Smash)	Doom (Ron Simmons and Butch Reed)	The Road Warriors (Hawk and Animal)

1991	The Enforcers (Arn Anderson and Larry Zbyszko)	The Legion of Doom (Hawk and Animal)	The Steiner Brothers (Rick and Scott Steiner)	Jeff Jarrett and Robert Fuller

1992	Terry Gordy and Steve Williams	The Natural Disasters (Earthquake and Typhoon)	The Steiner Brothers (Rick and Scott Steiner)	Barry Windham and Dustin Rhodes

1993	The Steiner Brothers (2) (Rick and Scott Steiner)	The Hollywood Blonds (Steve Austin and Brian Pillman)	Money Inc. (Ted DiBiase and Irwin R. Schyster)	The Heavenly Bodies (Tom Prichard and Stan Lane)

1994	The Nasty Boys (Brian Knobs and Jerry Sags)	The Headshrinkers (Samu and Fatu)	The Public Enemy (Johnny Grunge and Rocco Rock)	Rock 'n' Roll Express (Ricky Morton and Robert Gibson)

1995	Harlem Heat (Booker T and Stevie Ray)	The Smoking Gunns (Billy and Bart Gunn)	Owen Hart and Yokozuna	The Steiner Brothers (Rick and Scott Steiner)

1996	Harlem Heat (2) (Booker T and Stevie Ray)	The Eliminators (Perry Saturn and John Kronus)	The Steiner Brothers (Rick and Scott Steiner)	The Gangstas (New Jack and Mustapha Saed)

1997	The Outsiders (Scott Hall and Kevin Nash)	The Steiner Brothers (Rick and Scott Steiner)	The Legion of Doom (Hawk and Animal)	Lex Luger and The Giant

1998	The New Age Outlaws (Road Dogg and Billy Gunn)	Rob Van Dam and Sabu	Mankind and Kane	The Brothers of Destruction (The Undertaker and Kane)

1999	Kane and X-Pac	The Hardy Boyz (Matt and Jeff Hardy)	Harlem Heat (Booker T and Stevie Ray)	The Dudley Boyz (Bubba Ray and D-Von Dudley)

2000	The Hardy Boyz (Matt and Jeff Hardy)	Edge and Christian	The Dudley Boyz (Bubba Ray and D-Von Dudley)	KroniK (Brian Adams and Bryan Clark)

2001	The Dudley Boyz (Bubba Ray and D-Von Dudley)	The Brothers of Destruction (The Undertaker and Kane)	The Hardy Boyz (Matt and Jeff Hardy)	The Acolytes (Bradshaw and Faarooq)

2002	Billy and Chuck	Booker T and Goldust	3-Minute Warning (Rosey and Jamal)	Kurt Angle and Chris Benoit

2003	The World's Greatest Tag Team (Charlie Haas and Shelton Benjamin)	America's Most Wanted (Chris Harris and James Storm)	The Dudley Boyz (Bubba Ray and D-Von Dudley)	Los Guerreros (Eddie and Chavo Guerrero)

2004	America's Most Wanted (Chris Harris and James Storm)	La Résistance (Sylvain Grenier and Robert Conway)	The Dudley Boyz (Bubba Ray and D-Von Dudley)	Charlie Haas and Rico

2005	MNM (Joey Mercury and Johnny Nitro)	The Naturals (Chase Stevens and Andy Douglas)	Road Warrior Animal and Heidenreich	America's Most Wanted (Chris Harris and James Storm)

2006	A.J. Styles and Christopher Daniels	Paul London and Brian Kendrick	D-Generation X (Shawn Michaels and Triple H)	Big Show and Kane

2007	Paul London and Brian Kendrick	Team 3D (Brother Ray and Brother Devon)	The Briscoe Brothers (Jay and Mark Briscoe)	Deuce 'n Domino

2008	Beer Money, Inc. (Robert Roode and James Storm)	John Morrison and The Miz	Ted DiBiase and Cody Rhodes	The Latin American Xchange (Homicide and Hernandez)

2009	Team 3D (2) (Brother Ray and Brother Devon)	Beer Money, Inc. (Robert Roode and James Storm)	Chris Jericho and Big Show	D-Generation X (Shawn Michaels and Triple H)

2010	The Motor City Machine Guns (Alex Shelley and Chris Sabin)	The Hart Dynasty (Tyson Kidd and David Hart Smith)	The Kings of Wrestling (Claudio Castagnoli and Chris Hero)	Beer Money, Inc. (Robert Roode and James Storm)

2011	Beer Money, Inc. (2) (Bobby Roode and James Storm)	Wrestling's Greatest Tag Team (Charlie Haas and Shelton Benjamin)	Air Boom (Evan Bourne and Kofi Kingston)	Kings of Wrestling (Claudio Castagnoli and Chris Hero)

2012	Kofi Kingston and R-Truth	Bad Influence (Christopher Daniels and Frankie Kazarian)	Team Hell No (Daniel Bryan and Kane)	Samoa Joe and Magnus

2013	The Shield (Seth Rollins and Roman Reigns)	Cody Rhodes and Goldust	Team Hell No (Daniel Bryan and Kane)	reDRagon (Bobby Fish and Kyle O'Reilly)

2014	The Usos (Jey and Jimmy Uso)	reDRagon (Bobby Fish and Kyle O'Reilly)	The Wolves (Davey Richards and Eddie Edwards)	Gold and Stardust (Goldust and Stardust)

2015	The New Day (Big E, Kofi Kingston and Xavier Woods)	The Young Bucks (Matt and Nick Jackson)	The Wolves (Davey Richards and Eddie Edwards)	reDRagon (Bobby Fish and Kyle O'Reilly)

2016	The New Day (2) (Big E, Kofi Kingston and Xavier Woods)	The Young Bucks (Matt and Nick Jackson)	Enzo and Cass (Enzo Amore and Big Cass)	The Revival (Dash Wilder and Scott Dawson)

2017	The Young Bucks (Matt and Nick Jackson)	The Bar (Cesaro and Sheamus)	The Shield (Dean Ambrose and Seth Rollins)	The Usos (Jey and Jimmy Uso)

2018	The Young Bucks (2) (Matt and Nick Jackson)	The New Day (Big E, Kofi Kingston and Xavier Woods)	The Undisputed Era (Kyle O'Reilly and Roderick Strong)	LAX (Ortiz and Santana)

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The Enforcers won the Tag Team Championship in the Pro Wrestling Illustrated Tag Team of the Year in 1991.

final_sentence: The Enforcers won the Tag Team Championship in the Pro Wrestling Illustrated Tag Team of the Year in 1991.