Teams take turns sending a " raider " to the opposite team's half, where the goal is to tag or wrestle (" confine ") members of the opposite team before returning to the home half.

* Oscar, manager of the professional wrestling tag team Men on a Mission

Most team matches are governed by tag team rules ( see below ).

A tag team match in progress-Jeff Hardy kicks Eddie Fatu | Umaga, while their respective partners, Triple H and Randy Orton, encourage them and reach for the tags.

Some multi-wrestler matches allow for a set number of legal wrestlers, and a legal wrestler may tag out to any other wrestler, regardless of team.

Regardless of rules of tagging, you can not pin your own tag team partner, even if it is technically possible from the rules of the match ( e. g. Texas Tornado rules, or a three-way tag team match ).

This is called the Outlaw Rule because the first team to attempt to use that ( in an attempt to unfairly retain their tag team titles ) was the New Age Outlaws.

If all participants in a match continue to breach the referee's instructions, the match may end in a double disqualification, where both wrestlers or teams ( in a tag team match ) have been disqualified.

In the 1980s, mixed tag team matches began to take place, with a male and female on each team and a rule stating that each wrestler could only attack the opponent of the same gender.

If a tag was made, the other team had to automatically switch their legal wrestler as well.

Lucha libre is also known for its tag team wrestling matches, in which the teams are often made up of three members, instead of two as is common in the U. S.

Concepts such as " calling someone out ", " body slam ", " sleeper hold " and " tag team " are used even by those who do not watch professional wrestling.

* Professional wrestling tag team match types

Additionally, the professional wrestling tag team The Midnight Express dubbed their finishing move the Veg-O-Matic.

Professional wrestling promotion Osaka Pro Wrestling features two wrestlers using the ring names Hideyoshi and Masamune, who together form the tag team " Sengoku ".

* TnT ( professional wrestling ), a tag team, consisting of Tara and Brooke Tessmacher

Several games have also featured modes that involve teams of characters ; players form " tag teams " to fight matches in which combat is one-on-one, but a character may leave the arena to be replaced by a team mate.

* The S. A. T., a professional wrestling tag team

** Franchise tag, a designation of a player in the US National Football League whose contract is soon to expire that binds him to the team for one year at an enhanced salary

In August 1987, Big Daddy's career was blighted by tragedy after a turn of events during the final moments of a tag team match pitting himself and nephew Steve Crabtree ( billed as " Greg Valentine ") against King Kong Kirk and King Kendo.

Mysterio's uncle Misterio, Sr. also took on Juventud in a tag match: Misterio, Sr. and Mysterio, Jr., taking on Juventud and his father Fuerza Guerrera.

This led to a match at SuperBrawl IX where Mysterio and tag partner Konnan lost a " Hair vs.

Mysterio successfully defended his Cruiserweight Title against his tag team partner Kidman at Spring Stampede before losing the title on the April 19 episode of Nitro to Psicosis in a Fatal Four-Way match that also involved Juventud Guerrera and Blitzkrieg.

At The Great American Bash, they defeated Rednecks members Curt Hennig and Bobby Duncum, Jr. in a tag team match.

At Bash at the Beach, they defeated the Rednecks in a four-on-four Elimination tag team match when Mysterio pinned Hennig.

The Filthy Animals defeated the Dead Pool in a six-man tag team match at Road Wild and at Fall Brawl.

At Fall Brawl, the Filthy Animals fought the Thrillers to a no contest in an Elimination tag team match.

Mysterio reformed his tag team with Kidman and the two challenged for the World Tag Team Championship in a Triangle match at Halloween Havoc, facing the champions Natural Born Thrillers and the Boogie Knights, where the Thrillers retained.

They soon lost the tag titles to Los Guerreros in a Triple Threat Elimination match that also involved former champions Angle and Benoit at Survivor Series.

The match stemmed from Mysterio eliminating Big Show at Survivor Series, and ended as a " no contest " when Big Show's tag team partner Kane interfered in the match.

Mysterio continued to feud with Raw's World Tag Team Champions, even finding a tag team partner in World Heavyweight Champion Batista who, along with Mysterio, would be set to face Raw's Kane and The Big Show in a tag match at Armageddon.

He would return one week later on the August 31 edition of Smackdown, defeating Cody Rhodes. At Night Of Champions, Mysterio would lose a fatal-four way title match against Sin Cara, Cody Rhodes, and the eventual winner, The Miz. The following day on Raw, Sin Cara and Mysterio teamed up to defeat Epico and Primo in a tag team match, after which they were attacked by the Prime Time Players ( Darren Young and Titus O ' Neil ).

Storm formed a tag team with The Hurricane and feuded with the Hardy Boyz over the WWF and WCW Tag Team Titles for the next few months ; this included a match at No Mercy, which Storm's team lost.

Van Dam formed a tag team with Booker T. The two teamed for the first time on the January 19 episode of Raw when they defeated Christian and Matt Hardy to qualify for a battle royal where the winner of the battle royal would get the # 30 spot in the 2004 Royal Rumble match.

As a tag team wrestler, Hardy is an eight-time champion, having held six World Tag Team Championships, one WWE Tag Team Championship, and one WCW Tag Team Championship.

Apart from his success as a tag team wrestler, Hardy is a one-time world heavyweight champion, having won the ECW Championship in 2008.

Shortly after Hardy sent in a tape for the World Championship Wrestling ( WCW ) Amateur Challenge using the ring name High Voltage, a tag team named High Voltage began competing in WCW, causing Hardy to change his name to Surge.

After breaking away from Gangrel, Hardy and Jeff were briefly managed by Terri Runnels, after they won her services in the first ever tag team ladder match.

Throughout the year, the Hardy Boyz continued to win as a tag team, winning the WWF Tag Team Titles two more times, and the WCW Tag Team Championship during the Invasion.

At the SummerSlam PPV event on August 27, 2000, the duo successfully defended the tag team title in the first-ever TLC match against The Hardy Boyz and The Dudley Boyz.

Young refused the offer and in the main event of the evening, teamed up with Rob Van Dam and Jeff Hardy to defeat the Band in a six man tag team steel cage match.

Young refused the offer and in the main event of the evening, teamed up with Rob Van Dam and Jeff Hardy to defeat the Band in a six man tag team steel cage match.

After the match, when Matt Hardy argued with Cade and Murdoch, they attacked Matt and Jeff with the tag belts, becoming heels again.

Helms went on to feud with Jimmy Wang Yang over the Cruiserweight Title, after a tag team match in which Matt Hardy and Yang defeated Helms and Sylvan.

As a tag team wrestler, Hardy is a six-time World Tag Team Champion and a one-time WCW Tag Team Champion.

When the team was finally brought up to WWF television, after months of ' jobbing ' and live events, they formed the acrobatic tag team called the Hardy Boyz.

This stable did not last long, however, and on October 17, 1999 at No Mercy, the Hardy Boyz won the managerial services of Terri Runnels in the finals of the Terri Invitational Tournament in the WWF's first ever tag team ladder match against Edge and Christian.

After years in the tag team division, Hardy took on The Undertaker in a ladder match for the Undisputed Championship.

Hardy began an on and off tag team with Triple H, which eventually led to a respectful feud between the two.

After the event, Anderson turned face and eventually managed to convince the skeptical Hardy that he really had changed, after which the two went on to form a tag team.

At Slammiversary VIII Hardy and Anderson, now known as Enigmatic Assholes, defeated Beer Money, Inc. ( Robert Roode and James Storm ) in a tag team match.

As the match concept was originally conceptualized around the tag teams of the Hardy Boyz, the Dudley Boyz, and Edge and Christian, the particular weapons of ladders, tables, and chairs were, respectively, seen as unique to each team's style.

At the following day's tapings of the February 10 episode of Impact !, Styles made an in – ring return from his hip injury, teaming with Kurt Angle in a tag team match, where they defeated Jeff Hardy and Jeff Jarrett.

After the return of Haku at the same event, Rikishi and Haku formed a tag team, and feuded with The Undertaker and Kane and The Hardy Boys.