Established on January 23, 2013, the inaugural championship team was British Ambition (Adrian Neville and Oliver Grey).

In June 2012, WWE established NXT as their developmental territory, replacing Florida Championship Wrestling (FCW).

[1] On the January 31 taping of NXT (aired February 13), British Ambition (Adrian Neville and Oliver Grey) defeated The Wyatt Family (Luke Harper and Erick Rowan) in the tournament final to become the inaugural champions.

[5] On June 8, 2016, The Revival (Scott Dawson and Dash Wilder) became the first team to hold the championship on more than one occasion when they defeated American Alpha (Chad Gable and Jason Jordan) at TakeOver: The End.

[6] In September 2021, WWE revamped NXT and returned the brand to its original function as a developmental territory.

[9] The NXT Tag Team Championship became the first WWE championship to be defended in Total Nonstop Action Wrestling, where Nathan Frazer and Axiom successfully defended the titles against The Rascalz (Zachary Wentz and Trey Miguel) on the January 23, 2025, episode of Impact!.

[10] The original NXT Tag Team Championship belts featured a simple design.

The new title belts were unveiled at TakeOver: Orlando that same night and given to the winners of their respective matches.

Coming in line with WWE's other championship belts, the updated design features side plates with a removable center section that can be customized with the champion's logo; the default side plates feature the WWE logo.

The team with the longest reign is The Ascension (Conor O'Brian/Konnor and Rick Victor/Viktor), who held the title for 364 days,[14][15] while the shortest reign belongs to Moustache Mountain (Tyler Bate and Trent Seven), who held the title for 2 days.