WWE's Attitude Era is widely received as the greatest period in WWE history. The strength and depth that WWE had on their roster were strong with the likes of Steve Austin, The Rock, Triple H, and The Undertaker at the top of their games. Whilst, the main event scene was red-hot, the tag team division in the Attitude Era was filled with many exceptional tag teams.
Despite the tag team division being strong in the Attitude Era, several makeshift teams held the WWE Tag Team Championship. Some Tag Team Champions that held the championships had underwhelming reigns with the gold, but some of the best Tag Team Champions in the Attitude Era had multiple and long reigns as champions.
10 Worst: Chris Kanyon & DDP
Chris Kanyon and DDP were no strangers to each other as they held the WCW World Tag Team Championship in WCW. However, on the August 9, 2001, edition of SmackDown, Kanyon and DDP defeated the Acolytes for the WWE Tag Team Championship with some assistance from Test. Their Tag Team Championship reign was a transitional one as they held the gold for just 12 days.
They put their WWE Tag Team Championship on the line against the Brothers of Destruction in a title-for-title match at SummerSlam 2001 in a steel cage match. Kanyon and DDP's time as WWE Tag Team Champions was forgettable with Undertaker and Kane beating them for the titles to go alongside their WCW Tag Team Championship.
9 Best: Billy & Chuck
Billy Gunn is one of the greatest Tag Team Champions in WWE history, and in late 2001 Billy allied with Chick Palumbo, who is another tag team specialist. Billy and Chuck were two-time WWE Tag Team Champions, and they defeated Spike Dudley and Tazz to kickstart their first reign in February 2002.
Billy and Chuck were fighting Tag Team Champions, and they were the last team until The Usos, two decades later to defend the titles on Raw and SmackDown in the same week. Billy and Chuck held the WWE Tag Team Championship for three months, and during that time they retained the titles at WrestleMania 18 and Backlash 2002.
8 Worst: The Rock & The Undertaker
Former WWE Champions The Rock and The Undertaker were rivals in the past but they had common enemies in Edge and Christian. On an episode of Raw in December 2000, Rock and Undertaker surprisingly combined to beat Edge and Christian for the WWE Tag Team Championship.
Their WWE Tag Team Championship reign was not long for this world as they dropped the titles back to Edge and Christian on the following episode of SmackDown. It was strange for Rock and Undertaker to win the titles in the first place considering they were going for Kurt Angle's WWE Championship.
7 Best: The Hardy Boyz
The Hardy Boyz are arguably the most popular tag team in the Attitude Era. Fans would go berserk for the Hardys because of their high-risk style of wrestling and with Lita by their side as a trio, Team Xtreme worked well together. However, in the Attitude Era, the Hardys won the WWE Tag Team Championship five times.
The Hardys defeated the likes of the Acolytes, Edge and Christian, the Dudley Boyz, and Booker T and Test for their WWE Tag Team Championship reigns in the Attitude Era. The Hardys were involved in a plethora of memorable Tag Team Championship bouts in this era, and they had decent runs with the strap.
6 Worst: Booker T & Test
The Alliance's Booker T and Test formed a short partnership in the fall of 2001, and they won the WCW Tag Team Championship from the Brothers of Destruction and then dropped the titles to The Hardys. However, a month later, Booker T and Test defeated Chris Jericho and The Rock for the WWE Tag Team Championship.
Booker and Test held the titles for 13 days, and once again, the Hardys were responsible for ending their Tag Team Championship reigns. Despite being stablemates, Booker and Test didn't have the best chemistry as Tag Team Champions.
5 Best: The Dudley Boyz
The Dudley Boyz are one of the most decorated tag teams in WWE history, and they added the WWE Tag Team Championship to their collection when they defeated the New Age Outlaws at No Way Out 2000. The Dudleys walked into back-to-back WrestleManias in 2000 and 2001 as Tag Team Champions but they dropped the titles to Edge and Christian both times.
The Dudleys had fantastic WWE Tag Team Championship matches with the likes of the Hardys and Edge and Christian. Those three teams shaped the tag team division in the Attitude Era, and the Dudleys were the final WCW Tag Team Champions when they unified the titles with the WWE Tag Team Championship at Survivor Series 2001.
4 Worst: Al Snow & Mankind
Real-life close friends Al Snow and Mankind briefly teamed up in the fall of 1999. On the November 4, 1999, episode of SmackDown, Snow, and Mankind ended the Holly Cousins' WWE Tag Team Championship reign. However, Snow and Mankind were never going to have a long run with the titles.
It was good to see Snow and Mankind interacting on TV but they didn't need the WWE Tag Team Championship. Their title reign was curtailed on the following edition of Raw by the New Age Outlaws.
3 Best: The New Age Outlaws
Road Dogg and Billy Gunn formed the New Age Outlaws in late 1997 and it was the best thing to happen in both wrestlers' careers, they were floundering on the card and this saved their careers. The New Age Outlaws won the WWE Tag Team Championship five times in the Attitude Era, and they beat the Legion of Doom for their first WWE Tag Team Championship reign.
The Outlaws joined D-Generation X on the Raw after WrestleMania 14, and they feuded with the likes of the Nation, the Corporation, and the Dudley Boyz among others. The Outlaws held the WWE Tag Team Championship collectively for 468 days which comfortably places them in the top 10 of the all-time longest WWE Tag Team Championship reigns.
2 Worst: Cactus Jack & Chainsaw Charlie
Cactus Jack and his friend Terry Funk known as Chainsaw Charlie at the time were feuding with the New Age Outlaws. At WrestleMania 14, Cactus and Charlie upset the New Age Outlaws for the WWE Tag Team Championship in a tag team dumpster match.
Cactus and Charlie's WWE Tag Team Championship reign was forgettable as they dropped the titles back to the Outlaws on the following episode of Raw in a tag team steel cage match. It was a huge night in the wrestling business as the Outlaws joined DX alongside X-Pac with Triple H as the undisputed leader.
1 Best: Edge & Christian
No team won more Tag Team Championships than Edge and Christian in the Attitude Era. The real-life best friends won the WWE Tag Team Championship seven times. Their first WWE Tag Team Championship reign began at WrestleMania 16 when they defeated the Dudley Boyz and the Hardy Boyz in a triangle ladder match.
Edge and Christian clinched five of their seven WWE Tag Team Championship reigns in 2000 with four of their victories coming on pay-per-view. Edge and Christian did a magnificent job as WWE Tag Team Champions, and one of their biggest victories was at SummerSlam 2000 when they defeated the Hardys and the Dudleys in a successful title defense in the first TLC match.