{"id":33257,"date":"2018-12-25T18:00:41","date_gmt":"2018-12-25T23:00:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lwosonprowrestling.ms.lastwordonsports.com\/?p=33257"},"modified":"2018-12-28T16:56:22","modified_gmt":"2018-12-28T21:56:22","slug":"the-hot-tag-18-75-51","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/prowrestling\/2018\/12\/25\/the-hot-tag-18-75-51\/","title":{"rendered":"The Hot Tag 100 ’18 (75-51)"},"content":{"rendered":"

Compiled by Jamie Greer; rankings voted on by full LWOPW staff.<\/em><\/p>\n

We continue our annual tag team series with the second part of the\u00a0Hot Tag 100 ’18<\/strong><\/em>, looking once again at the best tag teams of the past year in wrestling around the world, from major to indie. Last year, The Young Bucks finished #1 on the list – will the Jackson brothers repeat? We’ll have to find out! The Hot Tag 100 is a four-part series, with each part focusing on 25 of the entries, counting down. This part looks at #75 down through #51.<\/p>\n

For the purpose of context, the dates are from\u00a0November 1, 2017 through November 1, 2018<\/strong>. We then took the last month to tabulate our rankings internally and do the write up. The criteria we used was as follows: Kayfabe narrative (so winning championships will offer more strength to those who never won, although strong feuds and showings will also count), strength of booking\/visibility (so larger promotions will get a bit more prestige in the rankings), skill level, and overall \u201cbuzz\u201d throughout that year. We realize that no one will agree completely with this ranking \u2013 and nor should they. After all, wrestling is a form of entertainment and should be entirely subjective by the beholder. But we had a blast compiling this list and look forward to seeing how 2019\u2019s list looks!<\/p>\n

(EDITOR\u2019S NOTE:\u00a0<\/em><\/strong>This list incorporates traditional two-person tag teams, including men\u2019s, women\u2019s, and intergender; it does not include 6-man tag teams, although trios that employ the Freebird Rule, where rotating 2-person units compete, are included.\u00a0Number in parenthesis next to name indicates ranking the previous year (DNR indicates \u2018Did Not Rank\u2019. To check out many of our entrants, check out\u00a0how to watch other indies in North & South America<\/a>and\u00a0the rest of the world<\/a>)<\/em><\/p>\n

#75. American Gunz (Ethan HD & Mike Santiago)\u00a0<\/strong>(DNR)<\/h3>\n

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Titles Held:<\/strong> DEFY Tag Team (98+ days)<\/p>\n

Veterans of the Pacific Northwest indie scene, American Gunz<\/strong> are former 4x West Coast Wrestling Connection (WCWC)<\/strong> Tag Champs in Oregon and 2x Elite Canadian Championship Wrestling (ECCW)<\/strong> Tag Team Champs in Vancouver. In September, they won the\u00a0DEFY 8X Tag Team Grand Prix Tournament<\/strong><\/em>, becoming the DEFY Tag Team Champs in the process. Since then they’ve defended against Bandido & Flamita<\/strong> and LAX<\/strong> to end the year still DEFY Tag Team Champions.<\/p>\n