10 Best Wrestling Tag Team Matches Ever

6. The Midnight Express vs. The Fantastics (NWA Worldwide - 14 May 1988)

Teams like the Midnight Express, Fantastics, and Rock 'N' Roll Express represent one of tag team wrestling's most revered periods. That classic southern style still informs and provides the blueprint for many of today's bouts, particularly in the United States, but it's hard to go back. If you're a modern wrestling fan spoiled by the embarrassment of hyper-athletic riches at your fingertips, bouts that once registered as all-timers might not resonate as strongly as they did in the '70s or '80s.

In wrestling as in any other artform, going back is hard. Such is the nature of evolution.

This particular Midnights vs. Fantastics bout transcends such concerns. It is a perfect, timeless execution of a classic formula from four of its greatest practitioners with Stan Lane, long considered the Midnight Express' lesser half, particularly impressive in the way he elevated himself, coming through with burning intensity.

Bobby Fulton and Tommy Rogers often brought out genuine viciousness in Lane and Bobby Eaton, with this bout presenting the Midnight at their most ruthless. Coupled with the eyeball-popping high spots (for the era), sublime storytelling, and immaculate work, this undertow helps make this the definitive southern-style tag.