Champions |
Date |
Location |
Event |
Luke Graham & Tarzan Tyler 1 |
June 3, 1971 |
New Orleans, Louisiana |
WWWF Live |
The Mongols   |
July 2, 1971 |
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania |
WWWF Live |
Luke Graham & Tarzan Tyler (2)   |
November 12, 1971 |
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania |
WWWF Live |
Karl Gotch & Rene Goulet   |
December 6, 1971 |
New York, New York |
WWWF Live |
Baron Mikel Scicluna & King Curtis Iaukea   |
February 1, 1972 |
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania |
WWWF Live |
Sonny King & Chief Jay Strongbow   |
May 22, 1972 |
New York, New York |
WWWF Live |
Toru Tanaka & Mr. Fuji   |
June 27, 1972 |
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania |
WWWF Live |
Tony Garea & Haystacks Calhoun   |
May 30, 1973 |
Hamburg, Pennsylvania |
WWWF Live |
Toru Tanaka & Mr. Fuji (2)   |
September 11, 1973 |
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania |
WWWF Live |
Tony Garea & Dean Ho   |
November 14, 1973 |
Hamburg, Pennsylvania |
WWWF Live |
Jimmy & Johnny Valiant   |
May 8, 1974 |
Hamburg, Pennsylvania |
All Star Wrestling |
Dominic DeNucci & Victor Rivera 2 |
May 13, 1975 |
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania |
WWWF Live |
The Blackjacks   |
August 26, 1975 |
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania |
WWWF Live |
Louis Cerdan & Tony Parisi   |
November 8, 1975 |
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania |
WWWF Live |
The Executioners 3 |
May 11, 1976 |
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania |
WWWF Live |
Chief Jay Strongbow & Billy White Wolf 4 |
December 7, 1976 |
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania |
WWWF Live |
Toru Tanaka & Mr. Fuji (3) 5 |
September 27, 1977 |
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania |
WWWF Live |
Dominic DeNucci & Dino Bravo   |
March 14, 1978 |
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania |
WWWF Live |
The Yukon Lumberjacks   |
June 26, 1978 |
New York, New York |
WWWF Live |
Tony Garea & Larry Zybysko   |
November 21, 1978 |
Allentown, Pennsylvania |
Championship Wrestling |
Johnny & Jerry Valiant 6 |
March 6, 1979 |
Allentown, Pennsylvania |
Championship Wrestling |
Ivan Putski & Tito Santana   |
October 22, 1979 |
New York, New York |
WWF Live |
The Samoans   |
April 12, 1980 |
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania |
WWF Live |
Bob Backlund & Pedro Morales 7 |
August 9, 1980 |
Flushing, New York |
Showdown At Shea 1980 |
The Samoans (2) 8 |
September 9, 1980 |
Allentown, Pennsylvania |
Championship Wrestling |
Tony Garea & Rick Martel   |
November 8, 1980 |
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania |
WWF Live |
The Moondogs 9 |
March 17, 1981 |
Allentown, Pennsylvania |
Championship Wrestling |
Tony Garea & Rick Martel (2)   |
July 21, 1981 |
Allentown, Pennsylvania |
Championship Wrestling |
Mr. Fuji & Mr. Saito 10 |
October 13, 1981 |
Allentown, Pennsylvania |
Championship Wrestling |
Jay & Jules Strongbow  |
June 28, 1982 |
New York, New York |
WWF Live |
Mr. Fuji & Mr. Saito (2)   |
July 13, 1982 |
Allentown, Pennsylvania |
Championship Wrestling |
Jay & Jules Strongbow (2) 11 |
October 26, 1982 |
Allentown, Pennsylvania |
Championship Wrestling |
The Samoans (3) 12 |
March 8, 1983 |
Allentown, Pennsylvania |
Championship Wrestling |
Rocky Johnson & Tony Atlas 13 |
November 15, 1983 |
Allentown, Pennsylvania |
Championship Wrestling |
The North-South Connection 14 |
April 17, 1984 |
Hamburg, Pennsylvania |
Championship Wrestling |
U.S. Express  
|
January 21, 1985 |
Hartford, Connecticut |
WWF Live |
The Iron Sheik & Nikolai Volkoff   |
March 31, 1985 |
New York, New York |
WrestleMania |
U.S. Express (2) 15 |
June 17, 1985 |
Poughkeepsie, New York |
Championship Wrestling |
The Dream Team   |
August 24, 1985 |
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania |
WWF Live |
The British Bulldogs   |
April 7, 1986 |
Rosemont, Illinois |
WrestleMania II |
The Hart Foundation 16 |
January 26, 1987 |
Tampa, Florida |
Superstars Of Wrestling |
Strike Force 17 |
October 27, 1987 |
Syracuse, New York |
Superstars Of Wrestling |
Demolition Ax & Smash  |
March 27, 1988 |
Atlantic City, New Jersey |
WrestleMania IV |
The Brainbusters 18 |
July 18, 1989 |
Worcester, Massachusetts |
Saturday Night's Main Event 22 |
Demolition Ax & Smash (2) 19 |
October 2, 1989 |
Wheeling, West Virginia |
Superstars Of Wrestling |
The Colossal Connection 20 |
December 13, 1989 |
Huntsville, Alabama |
Superstars Of Wrestling |
Demolition Ax & Smash (3) 21 |
April 1, 1990 |
Toronto, Ontario, Canada |
WrestleMania VI |
The Hart Foundation (2) 22 |
August 27, 1990 |
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania |
SummerSlam 1990 |
The Nasty Boys   |
March 24, 1991 |
Los Angeles, California |
WrestleMania VII |
Legion Of Doom   |
August 26, 1991 |
New York, New York |
SummerSlam 1991 |
Money Inc.   |
February 7, 1992 |
Denver, Colorado |
WWF Live |
The Natural Disasters 23 |
July 20, 1992 |
Worcester, Massachusetts |
Prime Time Wrestling |
Money Inc. (2) 24 |
October 13, 1992 |
Regina, Saskatchewan, Canada |
Wrestling Challenge |
The Steiner Brothers   |
June 14, 1993 |
Columbus, Ohio |
Wrestling Challenge |
Money Inc. (3)   |
June 16, 1993 |
Rockford, Illinois |
WWF Live |
The Steiner Brothers (2)   |
June 19, 1993 |
St. Louis, Missouri |
WWF Live |
The Quebecers   |
September 13, 1993 |
New York, New York |
Monday Night Raw |
Marty Jannetty & The 1-2-3 Kid   |
January 10, 1994 |
Richmond, Virginia |
Monday Night Raw |
The Quebecers (2)   |
January 17, 1994 |
New York, New York |
Monday Night Raw |
Men On A Mission   |
March 29, 1994 |
London, England |
WWF Live |
The Quebecers (3)   |
March 31, 1994 |
Sheffield, England |
WWF Live |
The Headshrinkers   |
April 26, 1994 |
Burlington, Vermont |
Monday Night Raw |
Two Dudes With Attitude 25 |
August 28, 1994 |
Indianapolis, Indiana |
WWF Live |
Bob Holly & The 1-2-3 Kid 26 |
January 22, 1995 |
Tampa, Florida |
1995 Royal Rumble |
The Smoking Gunns   |
January 23, 1995 |
Palmetto, Florida |
Monday Night Raw |
Owen Hart & Yokozuna   |
April 2, 1995 |
Hartford, Connecticut |
WrestleMania XI |
Two Dudes With Attitude (2) 27 |
September 24, 1995 |
Saginaw, Michigan |
In Your House 3 |
Owen Hart & Yokozuna (2) 28 |
September 25, 1995 |
Grand Rapids, Michigan |
Monday Night Raw |
The Smoking Gunns (2) 29 |
September 25, 1995 |
Grand Rapids, Michigan |
Monday Night Raw |
The BodyDonnas 30 |
March 31, 1996 |
Anaheim, California |
WrestleMania XII |
The Godwinns   |
May 19, 1996 |
New York, New York |
WWF Live |
The Smoking Gunns (3)   |
May 26, 1996 |
Florence, South Carolina |
Beware Of Dog: In Your House |
Owen Hart & The British Bulldog   |
September 22, 1996 |
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania |
Mind Games: In Your House |
Steve Austin & Shawn Michaels 31 |
May 26, 1997 |
Evansville, Indiana |
Raw Is War |
Steve Austin & Dude Love 32 |
July 14, 1997 |
San Antonio, Texas |
Raw Is War |
The Headbangers  
|
September 7, 1997 |
Louisville, Kentucky |
Ground Zero: In Your House |
The Godwinns (2)   |
October 5, 1997 |
St. Louis, Missouri |
Badd Blood: In Your House |
Legion Of Doom (2)   |
October 7, 1997 |
Topeka, Kansas |
Raw Is War |
New Age Outlaws   |
November 24, 1997 |
Fayetteville, North Carolina |
Raw Is War |
Cactus Jack & Chainsaw Charlie   |
March 29, 1998 |
Boston, Massachusetts |
WrestleMania XIV |
New Age Outlaws (2)   |
March 30, 1998 |
Albany, New York |
Raw Is War |
Kane & Mankind   |
July 13, 1998 |
East Rutherford, New Jersey |
Raw Is War |
Steve Austin & The Undertaker   |
July 26, 1998 |
Fresno, California |
Fully Loaded: In Your House |
Kane & Mankind (2) 33 |
August 10, 1998 |
Omaha, Nebraska |
Raw Is War |
New Age Outlaws (3) 34 |
August 30, 1998 |
New York, New York |
SummerSlam 1998 |
Ken Shamrock & Big Boss Man   |
December 14, 1998 |
Tacoma, Washington |
Raw Is War |
Owen Hart & Jeff Jarrett   |
January 25, 1999 |
Phoenix, Arizona |
Raw Is War |
X-Pac & Kane 35 |
April 5, 1999 |
Uniondale, New York |
Raw Is War |
The Acolytes 36 |
May 31, 1999 |
Moline, Illinois |
Raw Is War |
The Hardy Boyz 37 |
July 5, 1999 |
Fayetteville, North Carolina |
Raw Is War |
The Acolytes (2) 38 |
July 25, 1999 |
Buffalo, New York |
Fully Loaded 1999 |
X-Pac & Kane (2)   |
August 9, 1999 |
Rosemont, Illinois |
Raw Is War |
The Undertaker & The Big Show   |
August 22, 1999 |
Minneapolis, Minnesota |
SummerSlam 1999 |
The Rock & Sock Connection   |
August 30, 1999 |
Boston, Massachusetts |
Raw Is War |
The Undertaker & The Big Show (2) 39 |
September 9, 1999 |
Albany, New York |
SmackDown! |
The Rock & Sock Connection (2)   |
September 20, 1999 |
Houston, Texas |
Raw Is War |
New Age Outlaws (4) 40 |
September 23, 1999 |
Dallas, Texas |
SmackDown! |
The Rock & Sock Connection (3) 41 |
October 14, 1999 |
Birmingham, Alabama |
SmackDown! |
Crash & Hardcore Holly   |
October 18, 1999 |
Columbus, Ohio |
Raw Is War |
Mankind & Al Snow 42 |
November 4, 1999 |
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania |
SmackDown! |
New Age Outlaws (5)   |
November 8, 1999 |
State College, Pennsylvania |
Raw Is War |
The Dudley Boyz   |
February 27, 2000 |
Hartford, Connecticut |
No Way Out 2000 |
Edge & Christian 43 |
April 2, 2000 |
Anaheim, California |
WrestleMania 2000 |
Too Cool   |
May 29, 2000 |
Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada |
Raw Is War |
Edge & Christian (2) 44 |
June 25, 2000 |
Boston, Massachusetts |
2000 King Of The Ring |
The Hardy Boyz (2)   |
September 24, 2000 |
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania |
Unforgiven 2000 |
Edge & Christian (3)   |
October 22, 2000 |
Albany, New York |
No Mercy 2000 |
The Hardy Boyz (3) 45 |
October 23, 2000 |
Hartford, Connecticut |
Raw Is War |
Mr. Good Father & Mr. Buchanan   |
November 6, 2000 |
Houston, Texas |
Raw Is War |
Edge & Christian (4) 46 |
December 10, 2000 |
Birmingham, Alabama |
Armageddon 2000 |
The Rock & The Undertaker   |
December 18, 2000 |
Greenville, South Carolina |
Raw Is War |
Edge & Christian (5) 47 |
December 21, 2000 |
Charlotte, North Carolina |
SmackDown! |
The Dudley Boyz (2)   |
January 21, 2001 |
New Orleans, Louisiana |
2001 Royal Rumble |
The Hardy Boyz (4)   |
March 5, 2001 |
Washington, District Of Columbia |
Raw Is War |
Edge & Christian (6)   |
March 19, 2001 |
Albany, New York |
Raw Is War |
The Dudley Boyz (3)   |
March 19, 2001 |
Albany, New York |
Raw Is War |
Edge & Christian (7) 48 |
April 1, 2001 |
Houston, Texas |
WrestleMania X-Seven |
The Undertaker & Kane 49 |
April 19, 2001 |
Nashville, Tennessee |
SmackDown! |
Steve Austin & Triple H   |
April 29, 2001 |
Rosemont, Illinois |
Backlash 2001 |
Chris Benoit & Chris Jericho   |
May 21, 2001 |
San Jose, California |
Raw Is War |
The Dudley Boyz (4) 50 |
June 21, 2001 |
Orlando, Florida |
SmackDown! |
The Acolytes (3)   |
July 9, 2001 |
Atlanta, Georgia |
Raw Is War |
Diamond Dallas Page & Chris Kanyon 51 |
August 9, 2001 |
Los Angeles, California |
SmackDown! |
The Undertaker & Kane (2)   |
August 19, 2001 |
San Jose, California |
SummerSlam 2001 |
The Dudley Boyz (5)   |
September 17, 2001 |
Nashville, Tennessee |
Raw Is War |
The Rock & Chris Jericho   |
October 22, 2001 |
Kansas City, Missouri |
Raw |
Booker T & Test 52 |
November 1, 2001 |
Cincinnati, Ohio |
SmackDown! |
The Hardy Boyz (5)   |
November 12, 2001 |
Boston, Massachusetts |
Raw |
The Dudley Boyz (6) 53 |
November 18, 2001 |
Greensboro, North Carolina |
Survivor Series 2001 |
Spike Dudley & Tazz   |
January 7, 2002 |
New York, New York |
Raw |
Billy Gunn & Chuck Palumbo 54 55 56 |
February 21, 2002 |
Rockford, Illinois |
SmackDown! |
Rikishi Phatu & Rico Costantino   |
May 19, 2002 |
Nashville, Tennessee |
Judgment Day 2002 |
Billy Gunn & Chuck Palumbo (2) 57 |
June 6, 2002 |
Oklahoma City, Oklahoma |
SmackDown! |
Edge & Hulk Hogan 58 |
July 4, 2002 |
Boston, Massachusetts |
SmackDown! |
Lance Storm & Christian 59 |
July 21, 2002 |
Detroit, Michigan |
Vengeance 2002 |
Kane & Hurricane Helms   |
September 23, 2002 |
Anaheim, California |
Raw |
Chris Jericho & Christian 60 |
October 14, 2002 |
Montreal, Quebec, Canada |
Raw |
Booker T & Goldust 61 |
December 15, 2002 |
Fort Lauderdale, Florida |
Armageddon 2002 |
Lance Storm & William Regal   |
January 6, 2003 |
Phoenix, Arizona |
Raw |
The Dudley Boyz (7)   |
January 19, 2003 |
Boston, Massachusetts |
2003 Royal Rumble |
Lance Storm & William Regal (2) 62 |
January 20, 2003 |
Providence, Rhode Island |
Raw |
Kane & Rob Van Dam 63 |
March 31, 2003 |
Seattle, Washington |
Raw |
La Resistance   |
June 15, 2003 |
Houston, Texas |
Bad Blood 2003 |
The Dudley Boyz (8) 64 |
September 21, 2003 |
Hershey, Pennsylvania |
Unforgiven 2003 |
Ric Flair & Dave Bautista   |
December 14, 2003 |
Orlando, Florida |
Armageddon 2003 |
Booker T & Rob Van Dam   |
February 16, 2004 |
Bakersfield, California |
Raw |
Ric Flair & Dave Bautista (2)   |
March 22, 2004 |
Detroit, Michigan |
Raw |
Chris Benoit & Edge   |
April 19, 2004 |
Calgary, Alberta, Canada |
Raw |
Sylvain Grenier & Rob Conway   |
May 31, 2004 |
Montreal, Quebec, Canada |
Raw |
Chris Benoit & Edge (2)   |
October 19, 2004 |
Milwaukee, Wisconsin |
Taboo Tuesday 2004 |
Sylvain Grenier & Rob Conway (2)   |
November 1, 2004 |
Peoria, Illinois |
Raw |
William Regal & Eugene Dinsmore 65 |
November 15, 2004 |
Indianapolis, Indiana |
Raw |
Sylvain Grenier & Rob Conway (3) 66 |
January 16, 2005 |
Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada |
WWE Live |
William Regal & Yoshihiro Tajiri 67 |
February 7, 2005 |
Saitama, Japan |
Raw |
Hurricane Helms & Rosie 68 |
May 1, 2005 |
Manchester, New Hampshire |
Backlash 2005 |
Lance Cade & Trevor Murdoch   |
September 18, 2005 |
Oklahoma City, Oklahoma |
Unforgiven 2005 |
Kane & The Big Show   |
November 1, 2005 |
San Diego, California |
Taboo Tuesday 2005 |
The Spirit Squad 69 |
April 3, 2006 |
Rosemont, Illinois |
Raw |
Ric Flair & Roddy Piper   |
November 5, 2006 |
Cincinnati, Ohio |
Cyber Sunday 2006 |
Rated-RKO   |
November 13, 2006 |
Manchester, England |
Raw |
John Cena & Shawn Michaels   |
January 29, 2007 |
Dallas, Texas |
Raw |
Matt Hardy & Jeff Hardy (6) 70 |
April 2, 2007 |
Dayton, Ohio |
Raw |
Lance Cade & Trevor Murdoch (2)   |
June 4, 2007 |
Tampa, Florida |
Raw |
Brian Kendrick & Paul London   |
September 5, 2007 |
Cape Town, South Africa |
Raw SummerSlam Tour |
Lance Cade & Trevor Murdoch (3)   |
September 8, 2007 |
Johannesburg, South Africa |
Raw SummerSlam Tour |
Hardcore Holly & Cody Rhodes   |
December 10, 2007 |
Bridgeport, Connecticut |
Raw 15th Anniversary |
Ted DiBiase Jr. & Cody Rhodes 71 |
June 29, 2008 |
Dallas, Texas |
Night Of Champions 2008 |
John Cena & Dave Bautista   |
August 4, 2008 |
Knoxville, Tennessee |
Raw |
Ted DiBiase Jr. & Cody Rhodes (2)   |
August 11, 2008 |
Richmond, Virginia |
Raw |
CM Punk & Kofi Kingston   |
October 27, 2008 |
Tucson, Arizona |
Raw |
John Morrison & Mike Mizanin   |
December 13, 2008 |
Hamilton, Ontario, Canada |
WWE SuperShow |
The Colons 72 |
April 5, 2009 |
Houston, Texas |
WrestleMania XXV |
Edge & Chris Jericho 73 |
June 28, 2009 |
Sacramento, California |
The Bash 2009 |
Chris Jericho & The Big Show 74 |
July 26, 2009 |
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania |
Night Of Champions 2009 |
1: Defeat Dick The Bruiser & The Sheik in a Tournament Final to become inaugural World Wide Wrestling Federation World Tag Team Champions. |
2: Rivera jumps to the IWA in June 1975, is replaced by Pat Barrett. |
3: Title Vacated on October 26, 1976, due to the use of a third member (Nikolai Volkoff) vs. Strongbow & Billy White Wolf, Hamburg, PA. |
4: Defeats The Executioners and Volkoff & Tor Kamata in Three Team Tournament. Title Vacated in August 1977 after White Wolf is injured by Ken Patera. |
5: Defeats Tony Garea & Larry Zybysko. |
6: Match taped to air March 24, 1979. Renamed to World Wrestling Federation World Tag Team Championship, Summer 1979. |
7: Titles abandoned on August 10, 1980, after Backlund wins the WWF World Title, and he is unable to hold 2 titles at once. |
8: Defeat Tony Garea & Rene Goulet in a Tournament Final. |
9: Moondog Spot replaces Moondog King, May 1981. |
10: Match taped to air October 17, 1981. |
11: Match taped to air October 30, 1982. |
12: Match taped to air March 12, 1983. Sika is replaced by Sam Anoia due to injury, March 12, 1983, Baltimore, MD. |
13: Match taped to air December 9, 1983. |
14: Match taped to air May 19, 1984. |
15: Match taped to air July 13, 1985. |
16: Match taped to air February 7, 1987. |
17: Match taped to air November 7, 1987. |
18: Match taped to air July 29, 1989. |
19: Match taped to air November 4, 1989. |
20: Match taped to air December 30, 1989. |
21: Demolition Crush replaces Smash due to health problems. |
22: The Rockers (Shawn Michaels & Marty Jannetty) defeat The Hart Foundation for the titles at a WWF Live Event on October 30, 1990 in San Francisco, CA, but the change was not recognized, and the belts are returned to The Hart Foundation. These changes are not recognized by the WWF/E, but are useful as footnotes. |
23: Match taped to air September 14, 1992. |
24: Match taped to air November 1, 1992. |
25: Michaels & Diesel split up, and the titles are vacated on November 23, 1994, San Antonio, TX. |
26: Defeat Bam Bam Bigelow & Tatanka in a Tournament Final. |
27: Defeat Yokozuna & Davey Boy Smith, who subbed for a late Owen Hart. |
28: Gorilla Monsoon forces Michaels & Diesel to forefeit the titles back to Yokozuna & Hart. |
29: Titles are vacated due to Billy Gunn's neck surgery, February 15, 1996. |
30: Defeat The Godwinns in a Tournament Final. |
31: Michaels forefits his title, a Tournament is held with the winners meeting Austin & a partner for the titles, June 16, 1997. |
32: Defeat Tournament Winners Owen Hart & The British Bulldog. Austin forefits the title due to neck injury at Ground Zero: In Your House, September 7, 1997, Louisville, KY. The titles are held up in a Four Way match with Hart & Bulldog, The Headbangers, The Godwinns and Legion Of Doom the same night. |
33: Defeat Austin & Undertaker, The Rock & D'Lo Brown and New Age Outlaws in a Four Corners Match. |
34: Defeats Mankind 2-on-1 after Kane no-shows in a No Disqualification Match. |
35: Match taped March 30, 1999. |
36: Match taped May 25, 1999. |
37: Match taped June 29, 1999. |
38: Defeat The Hardy Boyz & Michael Hayes in an "Acolyte Rules" Handicap Match. |
39: Match taped September 7, 1999. |
40: Match taped September 21, 1999. |
41: Match taped October 12, 1999. |
42: Match taped November 2, 1999. |
43: Defeats The Dudley Boyz and The Hardy Boyz in a Triangle Ladder Match. |
44: Defeats Too Cool, T & A and The Hardy Boyz in a Four Corners Match. |
45: After Commissioner Mick Foley disallowed Edge & Christian a title shot at the Hardys, they disguised two hired jobbers as "Los Conquistadors" to gain the #1 Contendership for the Tag Team Titles, and at No Mercy, Edge & Christian disguised themselves as "Los Conquistadors" and won the titles, October 22, 2000, Albany, NY. However, to make it seem as if Edge & Christian were not really the Conquistadors, they had the two jobbers come out the next night and allow Edge to pin them in a Handicap Match, to "win" the titles from the Conquistadors. However, the Hardys ended up dressing up as Los Conquistadors, and defeated Edge for the belts. |
46: Defeats Mr. Good Father & Mr. Buchanan, Road Dogg Jesse James & K-Kwik and The Dudley Boyz in a Four Corners Match. |
47: Match taped December 19, 2000. |
48: Defeats The Dudley Boyz and The Hardy Boyz in a Tables, Ladders & Chairs Match. |
49: Match taped April 17, 2001. |
50: Match taped June 19, 2001. |
51: Match taped August 7, 2001. |
52: Match taped October 30, 2001. |
53: Defeat The Hardy Boyz in a Unification Match, to unify their WCW Tag Team Championship into the WWF Tag Team Championships\. |
54: Match taped February 19, 2002. |
55: The WWF Tag Team Titles becomes exclusive to the SmackDown! brand, after Billy Gunn & Chuck Palumbo are selected 5th by SmackDown!, 9th overall, in the March 25, 2002 WWF Brand Extension Draft. |
56: After a copyright lawsuit with the World Wildlife Fund, the World Wrestling Federation, including all events and titles, becomes known as World Wrestling Federation Entertainment, or WWE, as of May 6, 2002. |
57: Match taped June 4, 2002. |
58: Match taped July 2, 2002. |
59: The WWE Tag Team Titles become exclusive to the Raw brand, after Lance Storm & Christian, along with Chris Jericho and Test, sign with Raw, Raw, July 29, 2002, Greensboro, NC. |
60:
The WWE World Tag Team Championship is renamed to simply the World Tag Team Championship after the SmackDown! brand comes up with it's own set of Tag Team Titles, No Mercy 2002, October 20, 2002, North Little Rock, AR; however, to avoid confusion with the original WWE World Tag Team Championship, the title will be referred to as the WWE Raw Tag Team Championship on the Wrestling Millennium Network. |
61: Defeats Chris Jericho & Christian, Lance Storm & William Regal and The Dudley Boyz in a Four Corners Elimination Match. Booker & Goldust eliminated Storm & Regal 2nd, and Jericho & Christian last to win the titles. |
62: Morley, the Chief of Staff for the Raw brand, names himself Co-Champion with Storm, after Regal suffers a stomach virus, and forefits his title, Raw, March 24, 2003, Sacramento, CA. |
63: Defeat Storm & Morley in the final fall of a Triangle Match, after first eliminating The Dudley Boyz. |
64: Defeat La Resistance & Rob Conway in a Handicap Tag Team Tables Match. |
65: Defeat Sylvain Grenier & Rob Conway and Yoshihiro Tajiri & Rhyno in a Triangle Match. |
66: Defeat William Regal & Jonathan Coachman, who subbed for an injured Eugene Dinsmore. |
67: Match taped February 4, 2005. |
68: Defeat Sylvain Grenier & Rob Conway in the finals of a Tag Team Turmoil, also including Regal & Tajiri, The Heart Throbs and Simon Dean & Maven Huffman. |
69: Kenny Doane & Mikey Mondo win the titles, but are allowed to defend the belts with any combination of The Spirit Squad (Doane, Mondo, Johnny Jeter, Nicky Nemeth and Nick Mitchell). |
70: Last eliminate Lance Cade & Trevor Murdoch in a 10 Team Battle Royal, also including John Cena & Shawn Michaels, Chavo Guerrero Jr. & Gregory Helms, Brian Kendrick & Paul London, Johnny Nitro & Mike Mizanin, William Regal & Dave Taylor, The Sandman & Tommy Dreamer, Kevin Thorn & Marcus Cor Von and Val Venis & Viscera, to win the titles. First won the titles under the name The Hardy Boyz, but are listed separately to highlight the fact that they became an interbrand tag team, with Matt Hardy a member of SmackDown!, and Jeff Hardy a member of Raw, and did not represent one specific brand together as a team. |
71: Rhodes turns on Holly and sides with DiBiase during a title match, leaving Holly to defend the titles alone in a Handicap Match. |
72: Defeats Morrison & Mizanin in a Unification Match to unify the WWE Raw Tag Team Titles with their WWE SmackDown! Tag Team Titles. Rather than unifying one set of belts into another, The Colons defend both sets of belts simultaneously as the unified WWE Tag Team Championship. With the titles unified, the belts are no longer exclusive to any single brand, and can be defended across Raw, SmackDown! and ECW. |
73: Defeat The Colons and Ted DiBiase Jr. & Cody Rhodes in a Triple Threat Match to win the titles. |
74: Edge is stripped of his title after tearing his Achilles tendon on July 3, 2009, but Jericho is allowed to keep the titles and select a new partner, not breaking his original reign. |