Tag team championships in WWE
It was originally established in 1958 for Capitol Wrestling Corporation (CWC) as a version of the NWA United States Tag Team Championship and the inaugural champions were Mark Lewin and Don Curtis.
In 1967, WWWF World Heavyweight Champion Bruno Sammartino teamed with Spiros Arion to win the belts.
[4] After WWF's initial brand extension in the spring of 2002 and the renaming of the company as World Wrestling Entertainment (WWE), the tag titles became the WWE Tag Team Championship and champions Billy and Chuck were drafted to the SmackDown brand.
[5] The champions defended the unified title across all brands until the World Tag Team Championship was formally decommissioned in August 2010 in favor of continuing the lineage of the newer WWE Tag Team Championship, which dropped the "unified" moniker.
It was subsequently defended on WWF programming—the fifth overall men's tag team title contested in the company—until Survivor Series in November that year.
[5] The champions defended the unified title across all brands until the World Tag Team Championship was formally decommissioned in August 2010 in favor of continuing the lineage of the WWE Tag Team Championship, which dropped the "unified" moniker.
The holders of the Unified WWE Tag Team Championship appeared and defended the titles across all three brands at the time: Raw, SmackDown, and ECW—the latter of which was established in May 2006 but disbanded in February 2010.
[5] At WrestleMania 25 in April 2009, reigning WWE Tag Team Champions The Colóns (Carlito and Primo) defeated reigning World Tag Team Champions John Morrison and The Miz, and thus unified the titles into what became known as the Unified WWE Tag Team Championship, the umbrella term for what officially remained two active championships that were now collectively defended.
The title was established in January 2013 and the inaugural champions were British Ambition (Adrian Neville and Oliver Grey).
It was the ninth overall men's tag team title contested in the company, and the inaugural champions were James Drake and Zack Gibson.
From May 2022 to April 2024, the holders of the Undisputed WWE Tag Team Championship could appear and defend the titles on both the Raw and SmackDown brands.
In 1983, reigning NWA Women's World Tag Team Champions Velvet McIntyre and Princess Victoria joined the WWF.
The Boss 'n' Hug Connection (Bayley and Sasha Banks) became the inaugural champions at Elimination Chamber in February.
The title was established on the March 10, 2021, episode of NXT, where NXT General Manager William Regal unveiled the championship, naming Dakota Kai and Raquel González as the first champions, due to the controversial ending of their match for the WWE Women's Tag Team Championship the week prior and their having won the first Women's Dusty Rhodes Tag Team Classic.
[29] It would be a short-lived championship, as two years later on the June 23, 2023, episode of SmackDown, reigning WWE Women's Tag Team Champions Ronda Rousey and Shayna Baszler defeated reigning NXT Women's Tag Team Champions Alba Fyre and Isla Dawn in a unification match where the NXT title was unified into the WWE title, subsequently retiring the NXT title with Fyre and Dawn recognized as the final champions.
[30][31] The following list shows the wrestlers that are currently holding all active tag team championships in WWE.
The following list shows retired tag team championships and the final title holders before the belts were deactivated in WWE.
The following list shows the longest reigning champion for each tag team championship created and/or promoted by WWE.
The following lists shows the wrestlers with the most reigns for each tag team championship created and/or promoted by WWE.
The following lists shows the wrestlers with the most reigns for each tag team championship created and/or promoted by WWE.
The following list shows the male wrestlers who have the most tag team championship reigns in total as individuals, combining all titles they have held as recognized by WWE.
The following list shows the female wrestlers who have the most reigns in total for women's tag team championships, combining all titles they have held as recognized by WWE.
