The WCW World Tag Team Championships had a long history filled with historic moments. There were many very talented tandems in WCW, but only the best ones managed to win the tag titles.
However, it's one thing to win tag team gold and another thing to have a good, long title reign. At that time there were many fleeting champions, who won the titles and dropped them in weeks, or even days. But there were also a handful of tag teams who managed to hold the titles for a long time, establishing their supremacy over others. For the purpose of the article, Doom's 281-day reign wasn't included, because the tag team titles were renamed during their time as champions after WCW broke ties with NWA.
10 Ricky Steamboat & Shane Douglas – 105 Days
On November 18, 1992, at Clash Of The Champions, Ricky Steamboat and Shane Douglas defeated Barry Windham and Dustin Rhodes to win the World Tag Team Titles.
Steamboat and Douglas understood each other very well and created a pretty good team. They successfully defended the title nine times on TV, defeating teams like Big Van Vader and Rick Rude, and Flyin' Brian and Steve Austin. However, the latter got their revenge and eventually ended the reign of Ricky Steamboat and Shane Douglas.
9 The Dangerous Alliance – 108 Days
The Dangerous Alliance (Arn Anderson and Beautiful Bobby Eaton) won the Tag Team Championship after defeating Dustin Rhodes and Ricky Steamboat in a Best Two Out Of Three Falls match.
Their first title defense was at SuperBrawl II against The Steiner Brothers. The match was quite fun and Anderson and Bobby won by disqualification. But a couple of months later The Steiner Brothers and The Dangerous Alliance faced each other again, this time on a house show, and the Steiners took the titles.
8 Harlem Heat – 117 Days
Harlem Heat (Booker T and Stevie Ray) were WCW World Tag Team Champions 10 times, no other tandem managed to win the titles more than them. This was their fourth title reign, which began on September 27, 1995 when they defeated American Males (Marcus Alexander Bagwell and Scotty Riggs) at Saturday Night Taping.
As usual, Booker T and Stevie Ray delivered solid title matches and had a very good reign. After 117 days, Lex Luger and Sting defeated Harlem Heat to win the belts on Monday Nitro.
7 The Steiner Brothers – 152 Days
On February 18, 1991, at WCW Power Hour, The Steiner Brothers defeated The Fabulous Freebirds (Jimmy Garvin and Michael Hayes) to become World Tag Team Champions for the first time in their careers.
This reign was not as good as it sounds, as although Rick and Scott Steiner held the titles for 118 days, they only had one televised defense. The Steiner Brothers defeated Lex Luger and Sting in a truly flawless match at SuperBrawl. Unfortunately, a month later the brothers had to vacate the title when Scott got injured.
6 Lex Luger & Sting – 154 Days
Truth be told, there was always a big difference in talent between Lex Luger and Sting. Luger was an ordinary wrestler while Sting was one of the best in the world. That said, Sting was always the star of the matches and was the one who stole the show. However, you could say that Lex Luger did a great job being Sting's right-hand man.
This title reign began when they defeated Harlem Heat in January 1996. Luger and Sting defended the title several times and were great champions. Finally, they lost the title to Harlem Heat on episode 41 of Monday Nitro.
5 Harlem Heat – 164 Days
This was Booker T and Stevie Ray's first title reign and interestingly was also the longest. On December 8, 1994 at WCW Saturday Night, Harlem Heat, accompanied by Sister Sherri, defeated Stars And Stripes (Marcus Alexander Bagwell & The Patriot) to win tag team gold.
No one expected Booker T and Stevie Ray to hold the titles for so long. They had a solid reign, with some interesting matches, including their loss to The Nasty Boys (Brian Knobbs & Jerry Sags) at Slamboree 1995.
4 The Hollywood Blonds – 169 Days
The Hollywood Blonds were a truly fantastic team consisting of Flyin' Brian Pillman and Stunning Steve Austin. Both were very charismatic and incredibly talented wrestlers. They took the titles from Ricky Steamboat and Shane Douglas on March 3, 1993.
Probably The Hollywood Blonds' best match was at Beach Blast 1993, when they defeated Arn Anderson and Paul Roma to retain the titles. After that, Pillman suffered an injury, so Lord Steven Regal replaced him. Austin and Regal lost the titles to Anderson and Roma at Clash Of The Champions #24.
3 The Natural Born Thrillers - 205 Days
Individually Chuck Palumbo and Sean O'Haire were not the most talented superstars, but together they were truly amazing, capable of great things. The Natural Born Thrillers won the WCW World Tag Team Championship on January 14, 2001 when they defeated The Insiders (Diamond Dallas Page and Kevin Nash).
They held the titles for nearly seven months, but their reign came to an end when Palumbo and O'Haire lost to Kane and The Undertaker on episode number 104 of Smackdown.
2 The Nasty Boys – 210 Days
Like The Natural Born Thrillers, as singles stars Brian Knobbs and Jerry Sags were never a threat to anyone. However, when they joined forces, it was totally different. The Nasty Boys were three-time WCW World Tag Team Champions.
Their best reign was the second, which lasted 210 days and began when The Nasty Boys defeated 2 Cold Scorpio and Marcus Alexander Bagwell at Halloween Havoc 1993. Knobbs and Sags delivered several amazing matches, even when they lost the titles they put on a great show, in that terrific bout against Cactus Jack and Kevin Sullivan at Spring Stampede 1994.
1 The Outsiders – 231 Days
The Outsiders (Kevin Nash & Scott Hall) had the longest WCW World Tag Team Championship reign in history. They had dropped the titles to Lex Luger and The Giant at SuperBrawl VII, but the next day Eric Bischoff returned the belts to Nash and Hall to begin a new reign.
Kevin Nash and Scott Hall established a dominance never seen before and held the titles for most of 1997. Finally, The Steiner Brothers managed to defeat The Outsiders on the October 13, 1997 episode of Monday Nitro.