10 Best Wrestling Tag Teams Of 2021

Likewise, New Japan Pro-Wrestling isn't what it once was. The state of that company post-pandemic era is abysmal, minus one or two shining lights. It still appeals to a handful of diehard fans, but it'll never again reach the heights of the mid-to-late-2010s.

But.

In the doubles division, Suzuki-gun's Dangerous Tekkers pairing of Zack Sabre Jr. and Taichi have been a surprising highlight of 2021. Their matches, while not exactly blow away encounters in this era of the star ratings, were wrestled with conviction. ZSJ is believable as a technical master, which is brought to the forefront by Taichi not being too great on his own. Next to The Technical Wizard, though, this goes unnoticed, as he works well in a tag team where his singles talent can be hidden.

Wars with the Guerrillas of Destiny and Los Ingobernables de Japon's Tetsuya Naito and SANADA, both of whom traded the IWGP Tag Team Championships with ZSJ and Taichi, were highlights of New Japan's tag team output in 2021. Though not often in contention for the best active tag team moniker, Dangerous Tekkers have breathed new life into the heavyweight tag division, a division that has been bereft of such intensity since the Young Bucks departed in 2019.

For that, they must be commended.