diff --git a/web3/_utils/method_formatters.py b/web3/_utils/method_formatters.py
index d66852ed9d..eb7e70ddaa 100644
--- a/web3/_utils/method_formatters.py
+++ b/web3/_utils/method_formatters.py
@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@
     Collection,
     Dict,
     Iterable,
+    Iterator,
     NoReturn,
     Tuple,
     TypeVar,
@@ -35,7 +36,6 @@
     is_string,
     to_checksum_address,
     to_list,
-    to_tuple,
 )
 from eth_utils.toolz import (
     complement,
@@ -120,6 +120,29 @@
 
 TValue = TypeVar("TValue")
 
+AnyFilter = Union[
+    AsyncBlockFilter,
+    AsyncTransactionFilter,
+    AsyncLogFilter,
+    BlockFilter,
+    TransactionFilter,
+    LogFilter,
+]
+
+TFilter = TypeVar(
+    "TFilter",
+    AsyncBlockFilter,
+    AsyncTransactionFilter,
+    AsyncLogFilter,
+    BlockFilter,
+    TransactionFilter,
+    LogFilter,
+)
+
+FilterResultFormatter = Callable[
+    [Union["AsyncEth", "Eth"], RPCEndpoint, TValue], TFilter
+]
+
 
 def bytes_to_ascii(value: bytes) -> str:
     return codecs.decode(value, "ascii")
@@ -1094,11 +1117,10 @@ def subscription_formatter(value: Any) -> Union[HexBytes, HexStr, Dict[str, Any]
 }
 
 
-@to_tuple
 def combine_formatters(
     formatter_maps: Collection[Dict[RPCEndpoint, Callable[..., TReturn]]],
     method_name: RPCEndpoint,
-) -> Iterable[Callable[..., TReturn]]:
+) -> Iterator[Callable[..., TReturn]]:
     for formatter_map in formatter_maps:
         if method_name in formatter_map:
             yield formatter_map[method_name]
@@ -1194,14 +1216,7 @@ def filter_wrapper(
     module: Union["AsyncEth", "Eth"],
     method: RPCEndpoint,
     filter_id: HexStr,
-) -> Union[
-    AsyncBlockFilter,
-    AsyncTransactionFilter,
-    AsyncLogFilter,
-    BlockFilter,
-    TransactionFilter,
-    LogFilter,
-]:
+) -> AnyFilter:
     if method == RPC.eth_newBlockFilter:
         if module.is_async:
             return AsyncBlockFilter(filter_id, eth_module=cast("AsyncEth", module))
@@ -1227,19 +1242,20 @@ def filter_wrapper(
         )
 
 
-FILTER_RESULT_FORMATTERS: Dict[RPCEndpoint, Callable[..., Any]] = {
+FILTER_RESULT_FORMATTERS: Dict[
+    RPCEndpoint, FilterResultFormatter[HexStr, AnyFilter]
+] = {
     RPC.eth_newPendingTransactionFilter: filter_wrapper,
     RPC.eth_newBlockFilter: filter_wrapper,
     RPC.eth_newFilter: filter_wrapper,
 }
 
 
-@to_tuple
 def apply_module_to_formatters(
-    formatters: Iterable[Callable[..., TReturn]],
+    formatters: Iterable[FilterResultFormatter[TValue, TFilter]],
     module: "Module",
-    method_name: Union[RPCEndpoint, Callable[..., RPCEndpoint]],
-) -> Iterable[Callable[..., TReturn]]:
+    method_name: RPCEndpoint,
+) -> Iterator[Callable[[TValue], TFilter]]:
     for f in formatters:
         yield partial(f, module, method_name)