There are a few telltale signs that the end of the year is fast approaching: a change in cold, cold weather, the frenzied rush of Christmas shopping, and the release of Pro Wrestling Illustrated’s Top 100 lists. To close out 2024, Pro Wrestling Illustrated has released its top tag teams of 2024, and in their fifth annual rankings of the global tag team wrestling scene, WWE’s Bianca Belair and Jade Cargill top the rankings.
In its self-proclaimed “highly anticipated (and widely debated) tag team rankings list,” Pro Wrestling Illustrated recognized 10 teams as the best in the pro wrestling game. Belair and Cargill top this year’s rankings, and for good reason. Not only did the two win the WWE Women’s Tag Team Championships multiple times, but they also scored a victory at WrestleMania XL.
Right behind Belair and Cargill in the standings was the “WWE NXT” team of Nathan Frazer and Axiom. Frazer and Axiom have also become tag team champions multiple times, with two fairly lengthy reigns as NXT tag team champions in the past year. NJPW’s Bishamon, consisting of Hirooki Goto and Yoshi-Hashi, rounds out Pro Wrestling Illustrated’s top three tag teams. Bishamon added two more IWGP Tag Team Championships to his resume in 2024, having now held the titles five times together.
The Young Bucks took fourth place in the tag team standings, Mikey Nichols and Shane Haste of NJPW’s The Mighty Don’t Kneel (TMDK) followed AEW’s EVPs in fifth place, while Ace Austin and Chris Bey from ABC took sixth place. AJPW’s Saito Brothers, consisting of Jun and Rei Saito, were ranked seventh overall and were followed by Jacob Fatu, Tama Tonga and Tonga Loa of Solo Sikoa’s Bloodline. STARDOM’s Crazy Star’s Mei Seira and Suzu Suzuki boasted a ninth-place finish, and FTR rounded out the top ten.
