World Tag Team Championship (WWE, 1971–2010)

Statistics
First champion(s)	Luke Graham and Tarzan Tyler
Final champion(s)	The Hart Dynasty ; (David Hart Smith and Tyson Kidd)
Most reigns	As tag team (8 reigns): The Dudley Boyz ; (Bubba Ray Dudley and D-Von Dudley); As individual (12 reigns): Edge ;
Longest reign	Demolition ; (Smash and Ax); (1st reign, 478 days)
Shortest reign	Edge and Christian ; (6th reign, <1 hour)
Oldest champion	Ric Flair ; (57 years, 253 days)
Youngest champion	René Duprée ; (19 years, 182 days)
Heaviest champion	The Spirit Squad ; (Johnny, Kenny, Mikey, Mitch, and Nicky); (1,445 lb (655 kg) combined)
Lightest champion	Paul London and Brian Kendrick ; (380 lb (170 kg) combined)

World Tag Team Championship
World Tag Team Championship
	Replica version of the World Tag Team Championship belt's longest-used design
Details
Promotion	World Wrestling Entertainment
Date established	June 3, 1971
Date retired	August 16, 2010; (unified with the WWE World Tag Team Championship)
Other name(s)
	WWWF World Tag Team Championship; (1971–1979); WWF World Tag Team Championship; (1979–1983); WWF Tag Team Championship; (1983–2002); WWE Tag Team Championship; (2002); World Tag Team Championship; (2002–2010); Unified WWE Tag Team Championship ; (2009–2010);
First champion(s)
Statistics
First champion(s)	Luke Graham and Tarzan Tyler
Final champion(s)	The Hart Dynasty ; (David Hart Smith and Tyson Kidd)
Most reigns	As tag team (8 reigns): The Dudley Boyz ; (Bubba Ray Dudley and D-Von Dudley); As individual (12 reigns): Edge ;
Longest reign	Demolition ; (Smash and Ax); (1st reign, 478 days)
Shortest reign	Edge and Christian ; (6th reign, <1 hour)
Oldest champion	Ric Flair ; (57 years, 253 days)
Youngest champion	René Duprée ; (19 years, 182 days)
Heaviest champion	The Spirit Squad ; (Johnny, Kenny, Mikey, Mitch, and Nicky); (1,445 lb (655 kg) combined)
Lightest champion	Paul London and Brian Kendrick ; (380 lb (170 kg) combined)

Last updated April 23, 2024

The World Tag Team Championship was the original professional wrestling world tag team championship in the World Wrestling Entertainment (WWE) promotion, and the company's third tag team championship overall. Originally established by the then-World Wide Wrestling Federation (WWWF) on June 3, 1971 (renamed World Wrestling Federation/WWF in 1979), it served as the only title for tag teams in the promotion until the then-WWF bought World Championship Wrestling (WCW) in March 2001, which added their tag team championship. Both titles were unified in November 2001, retiring WCW's championship and continuing WWF's.

In 2002, the company was renamed WWE. Following the introduction of the WWE brand extension, where wrestlers and championships became exclusive to a WWE brand, the World Tag Team Championship became exclusive to the Raw brand, while a second WWE Tag Team Championship (now also known as the World Tag Team Championship as of April 2024) was established for the SmackDown brand. Both titles were unified in 2009 into the Unified WWE Tag Team Championship, but remained independently active until the original World Tag Team Championship was decommissioned in 2010 in favor of continuing the newer championship.

The championship was contested in professional wrestling matches. Bouts for the title headlined WWF events including In Your House 3, Fully Loaded: In Your House, and 2001's Backlash. The inaugural champions were the team of Luke Graham and Tarzan Tyler, and the final champions were The Hart Dynasty (David Hart Smith and Tyson Kidd).

History

Origins

When the World Wide Wrestling Federation (WWWF) formed in 1963, their first tag team championship was the WWWF United States Tag Team Championship, which was originally an NWA championship established in 1958 and used by the WWWF's predecessor, Capitol Wrestling Corporation. After then-WWWF World Heavyweight Champion Bruno Sammartino and his tag team partner Spiros Arion won the titles in 1967, the WWWF United States Tag Team Championship was abandoned and deactivated due to Sammartino being the world champion.^[1] Two years later, The Rising Suns (Toru Tanaka and Mitsu Arakawa) arrived in the WWWF with the WWWF International Tag Team Championship, which they claimed to have won in a tournament in Tokyo in June of that year. This became the WWWF's tag team title until 1971 when The Rising Suns left the WWWF and took the titles with them.^[2]

The WWWF then established their own original world tag team championship, the "WWWF World Tag Team Championship" in 1971. Following the title's introduction, Luke Graham and Tarzan Tyler became the inaugural champions on June 3. In 1979, the title became known as the "WWF Tag Team Championship" when the promotion was renamed World Wrestling Federation (WWF). It was subsequently renamed "WWF World Tag Team Championship" in 1983, but was often referred to as the "WWF Tag Team Championship" for short.^[3]

In March 2001, the WWF purchased World Championship Wrestling (WCW) and its championships were now also defended on WWF programming. Soon after, "The Invasion" took place in which the WCW/ECW Alliance was ultimately dismantled. The title was temporarily unified for the first time at SummerSlam when WCW Tag Team Champions Kane and The Undertaker defeated Chris Kanyon and Diamond Dallas Page for the WWF Tag Team Championship in a title-for-title steel cage match. Both titles remained independently active during this reign. At Survivor Series, the title was unified again with the WCW Tag Team Championship in a steel cage match when WCW Tag Team Champions The Dudley Boyz defeated WWF Tag Team Champions The Hardy Boyz. This time, the WCW Tag Team Championship was deactivated with The Dudley Boyz recognized as the final champions and they reigned as the new WWF Tag Team Champions.

Brand split and unification

After the WWF/WWE name change in 2002, the championship was subsequently renamed "WWE Tag Team Championship". During the initial WWE brand extension, the WWE Tag Team Championship was assigned to the SmackDown! brand as the reigning champions at the time of the initial expansion, Billy and Chuck, were both drafted to SmackDown! together. In July of that year, shortly after defeating Hollywood Hulk Hogan and Edge for the titles, the reigning champion team of Lance Storm and Christian (The Un-Americans) left SmackDown! for Raw, leaving SmackDown! without a tag team title. As a result, then-SmackDown! General Manager Stephanie McMahon commissioned a new tag team title, also called the WWE Tag Team Championship, to be the exclusive tag team titles for the SmackDown! brand. With the introduction of the World Heavyweight Championship on the Raw brand after the WWE Championship became exclusive to SmackDown!, the WWE Tag Team Championship on Raw was renamed "World Tag Team Championship". This was done so that the names of both tag team titles would mirror the names of the top championships on their respective brands. When the WWE Championship and World Heavyweight Championship switched brands during the 2005 WWE draft lottery, however, neither of the tag team titles were renamed.

In late 2008 through early 2009, WWE Tag Team Champions The Colóns (Carlito and Primo) engaged in rivalry with World Tag Team Champions John Morrison and The Miz, with the two teams exchanging victories in non-title matches and retaining their respective titles against each other.^[4]^[5] On the March 17 episode of ECW on Syfy , it was announced that at WrestleMania 25, both teams would defend their titles against each other and the winning team would hold both titles.^[6] The Colóns defeated Morrison and Miz, and thus unified the titles into the Unified WWE Tag Team Championship, although both championships remained independently active.^[7]

As the Unified WWE Tag Team Championship, the champions could appear and defend the titles on any WWE brand, regardless of the brand that the holders belonged to.^[8] On August 16, 2010, the World Tag Team Championship was decommissioned in favor of continuing the lineage of the WWE Tag Team Championship (which dropped the "unified" moniker) with Bret Hart presenting new championship belts to the final World Tag Team Champions, The Hart Dynasty (David Hart Smith and Tyson Kidd).^[9] In April 2024, the WWE Tag Team Championship, which had been renamed to Raw Tag Team Championship in 2016, took on the World Tag Team Championship name.^[10]

Brand designation history

Following the events of the WWE brand extension, an annual WWE draft was established, in which select members of the WWE roster were reassigned to a different brand.^[11] After the World Tag Team Championship was unified with the WWE Tag Team Championship as the Unified WWE Tag Team Championship, the champions could appear and defend the titles on any WWE brand.^[12]^[13]

Date of transition	Brand	Notes
March 25, 2002	SmackDown	WWF Tag Team Champions Billy and Chuck were drafted to SmackDown during the 2002 WWF Draft. In May 2002, the WWF was renamed WWE and the championship was subsequently renamed WWE Tag Team Championship.
July 29, 2002	Raw	The Un-Americans (Christian and Lance Storm) won the championship and transferred to Raw, bringing the title with them. The championship was subsequently renamed World Tag Team Championship. A new WWE Tag Team Championship was created for SmackDown.
December 12, 2008	ECW	The World Tag Team Championship was moved to ECW after John Morrison and The Miz, members of the ECW brand, won the championship. However, due to a talent exchange agreement between Raw and ECW, teams from either brand could challenge for the title.
April 5, 2009	N/A	At WrestleMania 25, The Colóns unified the World Tag Team Championship and WWE Tag Team Championship as the Unified WWE Tag Team Championship. Both titles remained active and were defended on any brand until August 16, 2010 when the World Tag Team Championship was decommissioned in favor of continuing the lineage of the WWE Tag Team Championship, which dropped the "unified" moniker.

Belt designs

Shawn Michaels with the second WWF Tag Team Championship design.

CM Punk with the third design of the WWE World Tag Team Championship.

The original WWWF World Tag Team Championship design is similar to the WWF Women's Tag Team Championships, but to represent difference the leather of the title is dark blue other than red and it has the word world at the top instead of the word lady.^[14]

The original WWF World Tag Team championship designs to year 2002 was gold and had a gold center plate with two gold side plates on each side. The center plate is square shaped with a light blue world in the middle of it with gold outlining's in it with the word world that's red in the middle of it that also has gold outlining with the words tag team wrestling champions at the bottom of it in very fancy designing with the letter w representing WWE at the top with a red slanted lining at the bottom of it. The side plates of the title are upward tall rectangular shaped with two men wrestling outlined in gold in the center also with the letter w representing WWE at the top with a red slanted lining at the bottom of it and the leather was black. At one time the belt was silver with gold outlining as well with the same design.^[14]

The 2002 to 2010 design of the World Tag Team Championships were very similar to the to 2002 design but instead of the world background in the middle of the title being blue is red and the words tag team at the top and the word champions at the bottom to represent a more hardcore heavyweight historical difference.^[14]

Reigns

The inaugural champions were Crazy Luke Graham and Tarzan Tyler, who defeated Dick the Bruiser and The Sheik on June 3, 1971. The record for longest reign was held by Demolition, whose first reign lasted 478 days. Three teams tied for a record with shortest reigns. Jules Strongbow and Chief Jay Strongbow had their titles taken away shortly after winning them on June 28, 1982 when it was determined that Mr. Fuji, one half of the reigning champions with Mr. Saito, was pinned with a foot on the ropes. Owen Hart and Yokozuna lost their titles on September 25, 1995, to the Smoking Gunns shortly after having the titles returned to them. On March 19, 2001, Edge and Christian defeated The Hardy Boyz to win the titles only to lose them later that night to The Dudley Boyz.

The Dudley Boyz held the record for most reigns as a team with eight. Edge held the record for overall reigns as an individual with 12, seven with Christian. He also won the titles with Hulk Hogan, Chris Benoit, Randy Orton, and Chris Jericho (after the titles were unified).

The final champions were The Hart Dynasty (David Hart Smith and Tyson Kidd), who won the titles from ShoMiz (Big Show and The Miz) on the April 26, 2010 episode of Raw .^[15] After the World Tag Team Championship was deactivated, the duo continued to serve as the WWE Tag Team Champions until their loss at Night of Champions on September 19, 2010, to Drew McIntyre and Cody Rhodes.^[16]

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References

General

"World Tag Team Championship title history". WWE . Retrieved September 19, 2010.
"WWE Tag Team Championship title history". WWE . Retrieved September 19, 2010.

Specific

↑ "United States Tag Team Title (Capitol/WWWF)". Wrestling-Titles.com.
↑ "WWWF/WWF International Tag Team Title". Wrestling-Titles.com.
↑ "WWF World Tag Team title defended on RAW through 1997". Wrestling-Titles. Retrieved June 23, 2007.
↑ Burdick, Michael (January 23, 2009). "The Rumbling of Foul Play". WWE . Retrieved November 26, 2009.
↑ Burdick, Michael (February 13, 2009). "Prelude to Satan's Structure". WWE . Retrieved November 26, 2009.
↑ Medalis, Kara (March 17, 2009). "Extremely lucky night". WWE . Retrieved November 26, 2009.
↑ "WWE Tag Team Champions def. World Tag Team Champions (New Unified Tag Team Champions)". WWE. April 5, 2009. Retrieved May 10, 2012.
↑ Sitterson, Aubrey (April 27, 2009). "Judgment is coming". WWE . Retrieved December 14, 2009.
↑ Schadler, Kyle (February 12, 2012). "Abandoned: The History of WWE's World Tag Team Championship, Pt. 2". Bleacher Report. Retrieved September 13, 2016.
↑ Lambert, Jeremy (April 15, 2024). "New WWE World Tag Team Championships Presented To R-Truth And Miz On 4/15 WWE Raw". Fightful. Retrieved April 15, 2024.
↑ Dee, Louie (June 7, 2007). "Draft History". World Wrestling Entertainment . Retrieved December 21, 2008.
↑ Sitterson, Aubrey (April 27, 2009). "Judgment is coming". WWE . Retrieved December 14, 2009.
↑ "History of the World Tag Team Championship: Carlito & Primo". WWE. Archived from the original on April 8, 2009. Retrieved April 6, 2009.
1 2 3 PENA, ADAN. "Every WWE Tag Team Championship Belt Design, Ranked Worst To Best". Thesportster.com. Retrieved April 4, 2024.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
↑ Adkins, Greg (February 8, 2010). "Results:Raw's pit stomp". WWE. Retrieved March 7, 2010.
↑ "WWE Tag Team Championship history: Drew McIntyre and Cody Rhodes". WWE . Retrieved September 20, 2010.

Notes

↑ From April 2009 to August 2010, the title had been held and defended together with the WWE Tag Team Championship as the Unified WWE Tag Team Championship. Both titles had remained independently active until the original World Tag Team Championship was retired in favor of the WWE Tag Team Championship, which dropped the "unified" moniker.
↑ In tandem with the WWE Tag Team Championship.

External links

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[4] "WWWF/WWF International Tag Team Title". Wrestling-Titles.com.

[W-T-5] "WWF World Tag Team title defended on RAW through 1997". Wrestling-Titles. Retrieved June 23, 2007.

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[7] Burdick, Michael (February 13, 2009). "Prelude to Satan's Structure". WWE . Retrieved November 26, 2009.

[8] Medalis, Kara (March 17, 2009). "Extremely lucky night". WWE . Retrieved November 26, 2009.

[9] "WWE Tag Team Champions def. World Tag Team Champions (New Unified Tag Team Champions)". WWE. April 5, 2009. Retrieved May 10, 2012.

[10] Sitterson, Aubrey (April 27, 2009). "Judgment is coming". WWE . Retrieved December 14, 2009.

[11] Schadler, Kyle (February 12, 2012). "Abandoned: The History of WWE's World Tag Team Championship, Pt. 2". Bleacher Report. Retrieved September 13, 2016.

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[Unified-15] "History of the World Tag Team Championship: Carlito & Primo". WWE. Archived from the original on April 8, 2009. Retrieved April 6, 2009.

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[17] Adkins, Greg (February 8, 2010). "Results:Raw's pit stomp". WWE. Retrieved March 7, 2010.

[18] "WWE Tag Team Championship history: Drew McIntyre and Cody Rhodes". WWE . Retrieved September 20, 2010.

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v t e WWE World Tag Team Champions (1971–2010)
1970s	Luke Graham and Tarzan Tyler Karl Gotch and Rene Goulet King Curtis Iaukea and Mikel Scicluna Chief Jay Strongbow and Sonny King Mr. Fuji and Professor Tanaka Haystacks Calhoun and Tony Garea Dean Ho and Tony Garea Valiant Brothers (Jimmy Valiant and Johnny Valiant) Dominic DeNucci and Pat Barrett/Víctor Rivera The Blackjacks (Blackjack Lanza and Blackjack Mulligan) Louis Cerdan and Tony Parisi Executioners (Executioner #1 and Executioner #2) Billy White Wolf and Chief Jay Strongbow Dino Bravo and Dominic DeNucci Yukon Lumberjacks (Lumberjack Eric and Lumberjack Pierre) Larry Zbyszko and Tony Garea Valiant Brothers (Jerry Valiant and Johnny Valiant) Ivan Putski and Tito Santana
1980s	Wild Samoans (Afa and Sika) Bob Backlund and Pedro Morales Rick Martel and Tony Garea Moondogs (Moondog Rex and Moondog King/Moondog Spot) Mr. Fuji and Mr. Saito Chief Jay Strongbow and Jules Strongbow Soul Patrol (Rocky Johnson and Tony Atlas) North-South Connection (Adrian Adonis and Dick Murdoch) U.S. Express (Barry Windham and Mike Rotundo) The Iron Sheik and Nikolai Volkoff Dream Team (Brutus Beefcake and Greg Valentine) The British Bulldogs (Davey Boy Smith and Dynamite Kid) The Hart Foundation (Bret Hart and Jim Neidhart) Strike Force (Rick Martel and Tito Santana) Demolition (Ax, Crush, and Smash) Brain Busters (Arn Anderson and Tully Blanchard) Colossal Connection (André the Giant and Haku)
1990s	The Nasty Boys (Brian Knobbs and Jerry Sags) Legion of Doom (Animal and Hawk) Money Inc. (Irwin R. Schyster and Ted DiBiase) The Natural Disasters (Earthquake and Typhoon) Steiner Brothers (Rick Steiner and Scott Steiner) The Quebecers (Quebecer Jacques and Quebecer Pierre) 1-2-3 Kid and Marty Jannetty Men on a Mission (Mabel and Mo) Headshrinkers (Fatu and Samu) Two Dudes with Attitudes (Diesel and Shawn Michaels) The 1-2-3 Kid and Bob Holly Smoking Gunns (Bart Gunn and Billy Gunn) Owen Hart and Yokozuna Bodydonnas (Skip and Zip) The Godwinns (Henry O. Godwinn and Phineas I. Godwinn) Owen Hart and the British Bulldog Shawn Michaels and Stone Cold Steve Austin Dude Love and Stone Cold Steve Austin The Headbangers (Mosh and Thrasher) New Age Outlaws (Billy Gunn and Road Dogg) Cactus Jack and Chainsaw Charlie Kane and Mankind Stone Cold Steve Austin and The Undertaker Big Boss Man and Ken Shamrock Jeff Jarrett and Owen Hart Kane and X-Pac Acolytes Protection Agency (Bradshaw and Faarooq) Hardy Boyz (Jeff Hardy and Matt Hardy) The Unholy Alliance (Big Show and The Undertaker) Rock 'n' Sock Connection (Mankind and The Rock) Holly Cousins (Crash Holly and Hardcore Holly) Al Snow and Mankind
2000s	Dudley Boyz (Bubba Ray Dudley and D-Von Dudley) Edge and Christian Too Cool (Grandmaster Sexay and Scotty 2 Hotty) Right to Censor (Bull Buchanan and The Goodfather) The Rock and The Undertaker Brothers of Destruction (The Undertaker and Kane) Two-Man Power Trip (Stone Cold Steve Austin and Triple H) Chris Benoit and Chris Jericho Diamond Dallas Page and Chris Kanyon Chris Jericho and The Rock Booker T and Test Spike Dudley and Tazz Billy and Chuck Rico and Rikishi Edge and Hulk Hogan The Un-Americans (Christian and Lance Storm) The Hurricane and Kane Chris Jericho and Christian Booker T and Goldust Lance Storm and William Regal Chief Morley and Lance Storm Kane and Rob Van Dam La Résistance (René Duprée and Sylvain Grenier) Evolution (Batista and Ric Flair) Booker T and Rob Van Dam Chris Benoit and Edge La Résistance (Robért Conway and Sylvain Grenier) Eugene and William Regal Tajiri and William Regal The Hurricane and Rosey Lance Cade and Trevor Murdoch Big Show and Kane Spirit Squad (Johnny, Kenny, Mikey, Mitch, and Nicky) Roddy Piper and Ric Flair Rated-RKO (Edge and Randy Orton) John Cena and Shawn Michaels Paul London and Brian Kendrick Cody Rhodes and Hardcore Holly The Legacy (Cody Rhodes and Ted DiBiase Jr.) Batista and John Cena CM Punk and Kofi Kingston John Morrison and the Miz The Colóns (Carlito and Primo) Chris Jericho and Edge Jeri-Show (Big Show and Chris Jericho) D-Generation X (Shawn Michaels and Triple H)
2010s	ShoMiz (Big Show and The Miz) The Hart Dynasty (David Hart Smith and Tyson Kidd)