PWI Tag Team of the Year

The PWI Tag Team of the Year Award, given yearly since 1972 by professional wrestling magazine Pro Wrestling Illustrated, recognizes the best tag team of the year as voted by readers of the magazine. The Road Warriors (Animal & Hawk) have won a record 4 times.
==Award winners and runners-up==
Year	Winners 	First runner-up 	Second runner-up 	Third runner-up
1972	Dick the Bruiser and The Crusher 	. 	. 	.
1973	Nick Bockwinkel and Ray Stevens 	. 	. 	.
1974	Jimmy and Johnny Valiant 	. 	. 	.
1975	Gene and Ole Anderson 	. 	. 	.
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 	Prof. 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 	Greg Gagne and Jim Brunzell 	Greg Gagne and Jim Brunzell
1982	Greg Gagne and Jim Brunzell 	Greg Gagne and Jim Brunzell 	Fabulous Freebirds (Michael Hayes and Terry Gordy) 	Ole Anderson and Stan Hansen
1983	The Road Warriors (Hawk and Animal) 	Kerry, Kevin, David Von Erich and Mike Von Erich 	The Fabulous Freebirds (Michael Hayes and Terry Gordy) 	Jack and Jerry Brisco
1984	The Road Warriors (Hawk and Animal) 	Kerry, Kevin, David Von Erich and Mike Von Erich 	The Fabulous Ones (Stan Lane and Steve Keirn) 	Rock 'n' Roll Express (Ricky Morton and Robert Gibson)
1985	The Road Warriors (Hawk and Animal) 	Ted DiBiase and Steve Williams 	Ivan and Nikita Koloff 	The British Bulldogs (Davey Boy Smith and Dynamite Kid)
1986	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) 	Rock 'n' Roll Express (Ricky Morton and Robert Gibson)
1988	The Road Warriors (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) 	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) 	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 (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 Knobbs and Jerry Sags) 	The Headshrinkers (Samu and Fatu) 	The Public Enemy (Johnny Grunge and Rocco Rock) 	The 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 (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) 	Sabu and Rob Van Dam 	Mankind and Kane 	Brothers of Destruction (The Undertaker and Kane)
1999	Kane and X-Pac 	The Hardy Boyz (Matt and Jeff Hardy) 	The Dudley Boyz (Bubba Ray and D-Von Dudley) 	Harlem Heat (Booker T and Stevie Ray)
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) 	Brothers of Destruction (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	Team Angle (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 	The Team 3D (Bubba Ray and D-Von Dudley) 	Briscoe Brothers (Jay and Mark Briscoe) 	Deuce 'n Domino
2008	Beer Money, Inc. (Robert Roode and James Storm) 	John Morrison and The Miz 	Cody Rhodes and Ted DiBiase 	The Latin American Xchange (Homicide and Hernandez)
2009	The Team 3D (Bubba Ray and D-Von Dudley) 	Beer Money, Inc. (Robert Roode and James Storm) 	Chris Jericho & The 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) 	Kings of Wrestling (Claudio Castagnoli and Chris Hero) 	Beer Money, Inc. (Robert Roode and James Storm)
2011	Beer Money, Inc. (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 (Kyle O'Reilly and Bobby Fish)
2014	The Usos (Jimmy Uso and Jey 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) 	Wolves (Davey Richards and Eddie Edwards) 	reDRagon (Bobby Fish and Kyle O'Relly)
2016	The New Day (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 (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)
2019	The Undisputed Era (Bobby Fish and Kyle O'Reilly) 	The Young Bucks (Matt and Nick Jackson) 	The Lucha Brothers (Rey Fenix and Pentagon Jr.) 	The New Day (Big E, Kofi Kingston and Xavier Woods)
2020	The Golden Role Models (Bayley and Sasha Banks) 	FTR (Cash Wheeler and Dax Harwood) 	Adam Page and Kenny Omega 	The Street Profits (Angelo Dawkins and Montez Ford)
2021	The Young Bucks (Matt and Nick Jackson) 	The Lucha Brothers (Penta El Zero Miedo and Rey Fenix) 	The Usos (Jimmy and Jey Uso) 	The New Day (Kofi Kingston and Xavier Woods)
2022	FTR (Cash Wheeler and Dax Harwood) 	The Usos (Jimmy and Jey Uso) 	The Acclaimed (Max Caster and Anthony Bowens) 	Motor City Machine Guns (Alex Shelly and Chris Sabin)
2023	FTR (Cash Wheeler and Dax Harwood) 	 	 	
==See also==
*Pro Wrestling Illustrated
*WWE
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