10 Biggest Tag Team Splits

2017 has seen some major tag team breakups. Some have been more devistating to see than others. A couple of them have actually made my top 10 biggest tag team splits. For the sake of being easier to access for people who haven't seen the splits, I'm sticking with WWE owned properties (specifically WCW, NXT, and WWE/F).

10) Team DIY - At Takeover Chicago, Johnny Gargano and Tommaso Ciampa, collectively known as #DIY, lost to Authors of Pain in a tag team ladder match for the NXT titles. As the two walked up the ramp, a great production decision was made to show the ending graphic WWE product all have in the bottom corner as #DIY walked up the ramp. Suddenly, Ciampa snapped and attacked his partner in one of the most vicious assaults in recent memory. While the team had competed in a match in the CruiserWeight Classic, and teased the split then, it was hard to believe these two would break up on NXT programming. I expected at best, they would be split by being drafted to different brands. Seeing Ciampa expose his "Psycho Killer" side on his best friend was easily the best finish to an NXT show I've ever seen.

9) The Outsiders - Scott Hall and Kevin Nash revolutionized wrestling together. The Outsiders were some of the hottest television segments in the Monday Night Wars, and the two of them were what sold the NWO, alongside Hollywood Hogan. The swerve of them being on opposite sides of the ring was compelling television I suppose, but inevitably relatively meaningless. The team would eventually reunite, and all was right with the wrestling world once again.

8) The Steiner Brothers - Scott Steiner turned on his own flesh and blood in a match against the Outsiders to align himself with the NWO. The Steiners were often seen as one of the biggest weapons WCW had in the war against the NWO, so this was a blow to both the Steiner family, but to WCW as a whole. Of course, from this we received Big Poppa Pump, one of the most memorable personas in the history of the WCW and eventually TNA.

7) Miz and Morrison - The Miz and John Morrison were a fledgling tossed together at first who proceeded to get themselve's over through the power of the Internet. Before Long Island Iced Z, there was The Dirt Sheet. The team quickly became the talk of the midcard/ECW. Then the WWE draft happened. In a match to determine a draft pick, John Morrison was unsuccessful in his attempt to cheat, getting The Miz disqualified. Not only did it win Raw a draft pick, that draft pick turned out to be The Miz. After embracing in the middle of the ring, The Miz proceeded to attack Morrison. The Mix has of course gone on to be a multi time champion and is one of the biggest heels in the WWE, but Morrison, now Johnny Mundo has certainly done well for himself outside of the WWE.

6) The Acolytes/APA - In 2004, Paul Heyman was running Smackdown. After catching Farooq laughing at him backstage, the team was informed that if they lost their match to the team of Rikishi and Scotty 2 Hotty, Farooq would be fired. The fact that the team lost to the man I consider to be one of the two worst talents in WWE history (Scotty 2 Hotty being one, Brian Christopher being the other), only adds insult to injury for me in this one. When the two got to the back, the Smackdown creative team wasted no time in turning Bradshaw into JBL. While still in his APA gear, Heyman mentioned Bradshaw's book, Fox News personality, and prowess as a financial analyst. When he stayed behind in the office as Farooq left, my heart broke. Farooq went on to have a long career as a backstage persona, even though he only ever uttered one word (Damn), and JBL became one of the most prominent heels of post-Attitude Era WWE.

5) The Hardy Boyz - The Hardys have split several times, and I actually believe each time it has been fairly surprising and certainly compelling. Similar to the Steiners, the fact that these two are real life brothers certainly adds to the impact. The storyline of the first split, where Matt became upset with Jeff's daredevil style in the ring made great sense, and Lita being the special guest ref in the blowoff match for this feud was a nice touch. The team splitting over Matt's jealousy of Jeff's popularity was also logical and compelling. Of course in TNA, the feud that created the Broken universe between these two was one of the best things in wrestling for all of last year.

4) Enzo And Cass - There are two reasons this is so high on my list. Firstly, the storyline actually took time to develop which is very strange in today's WWE. Secondly, these two. We're a novelty act from day one. I have no idea what splitting the two will do to benefit either of them, though I'm sure in the moment people had the same comments about some of my other entrants.

3) LOD 2000 - The Road Warriors, Legion of Doom, LOD 2000, or simply Hawk and Animal are arguably (and in the Figure Four Writers Block world) the greatest tag team of all time. These two should have never been broken up. Between this split involving Hawk's real life history of substance abuse and the fact that the team had been together for literally decades, this breakup ruined many a childhood memory for countless wrestling fans.

2) Chris Jericho and Kevin Owens - This one ranks so highly for me as I consider Chris Jericho one of the greatest of all time and probably my personal favorite. The friendship Angle with him and Kevin Owens was right up there with the Broken Universe for my favorite programming of last year. When the two of them split during the Festival of Friendship, we got a new look at Kevin Owens, going back to being vicious and looking out purely for himself. We also got to see Chris Jericho being able to play to the crowd a bit more once he became a face. While the storyline hadn't quite become stale, it added a fresh new layer that gave a big boost to what was already the best thing on Monday Night Raw.

1) The Rockers - Everyone has seen the barber shop window moment. One of the most iconic moments in the history of the WWF if not all of pro wrestling, this moment separated Marty Jannetty and Shawn Michaels. Of course Jannetty would go on to float through a mediocre career while Shawn Michaels went on to be regarded as one of the greatest of all time. To this day, any time a tag team breaks up, people ask "who is going to be the Jannetty?" This is clearly the biggest and most iconic breakups on the list.

Who did I miss? Who do you think was ranked too high or too low? Who do you think doesn't belong? Let me know in the comments, and as always, stay (too) sweet!