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The Unified WWE Tag Team Championship is the term used to refer to the unified World Tag Team and WWE Tag Team professional wrestling championships. Both titles are owned by the World Wrestling Entertainment (WWE) professional wrestling promotion. The term first came into existence after WWE's WrestleMania XXV pay-per-view event. At the event, which was held on April 5, 2009, then-World Tag Team Champions John Morrison and The Miz were defeated by then-WWE Tag Team Champions The Colóns (Carlito and Primo) in a Lumberjack match to unify both titles.[1]
Being a professional wrestling championship, it was not won legitimately; it was instead won via a scripted ending to a match or awarded to a wrestler because of a storyline. All title changes occurred at WWE-promoted events. The inaugural champions were The Colóns, who defeated Johnn Morrison and The Miz on April 5, 2009 at WrestleMania XXV. The Hart Dynasty (Tyson Kidd and David Hart Smith) are the current champions in their first reign. Indivdually, Tyson Kidd and David Hart Smith are both in their first reign. Overall, there have been 6 reigns shared between 10 wrestlers, which are made up 6 different teams.
Title history
edit# | Order in reign history |
Reign | The reign number for the specific set of wrestlers listed |
Event | The event in which the title was won |
Wrestler name (#) | The number represents the individual reigns of a wrestler when this is distinct from the tag team's reign. |
— | Used for vacated reigns so as not to count it as an official reign |
N/A | The information is not available or is unknown |
+ | Indicates the current reign is changing daily |
Names
editWorld Tag Team Championship
editWWWF World Tag Team Championship | 1971 — 1979 |
WWF World Tag Team Championship/WWF Tag Team Championship | 1979 — May 2002 |
WWE Tag Team Championship | May 2002 — October 2002 |
World Tag Team Championship | October 2002 — present |
Unified WWE Tag Team Championship | April 2009 — present |
WWE Tag Team Championship
editWWE Tag Team Championship | October 2002 — present |
Unified WWE Tag Team Championship | April 2009 — present |
Reigns
edit# | Wrestlers (Tag team name) |
Reign | Date | Days held |
Location | Event | Notes | Ref. |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | The Colóns (Carlito and Primo) |
1 | April 5, 2009 | 84 | Houston, Texas | WrestleMania XXV | WWE Tag Team Champions The Colóns defeated World Tag Team Champions John Morrison and The Miz in a Lumberjack match to unify both titles. | [2] |
2 | Chris Jericho and Edge | 1 | June 28, 2009 | 28 | Sacramento, California | The Bash (2009) | This match also included The Legacy (Cody Rhodes and Ted DiBiase) | [3] |
3 | Chris Jericho and The Big Show | 1 | July 26, 2009 | 140 | Philadelphia, Pennsylvania | Night of Champions (2009) | Edge suffered a torn achilles tendon, which required surgery. As a result, Jericho was allowed to choose a new partner. The Big Show was revealed as Edge's replacement at Night of Champions. Jericho's reign began on June 28, 2009, while The Big Show's began on July 26, 2009. | [4] |
4 | D-Generation X (Triple H ad Shawn Michaels) |
1 | December 13, 2009 | 57 | San Antonio, Texas | WWE TLC: Tables, Ladders & Chairs | This was a Tables, Ladders, and Chairs match. | [5] |
5 | ShoMiz (The Miz and The Big Show (2)) |
1
|
February 8, 2010 | 77 | Lafayette, LA | Raw | This was a Triple Threat Elimination match also involving The Straight Edge Society (CM Punk and Luke Gallows). | [6] |
6 | The Hart Dynasty (Tyson Kidd and David Hart Smith) |
1
|
April 26, 2010 | 5236+ | Richmond, Virginia | Raw | [7] |
List of combined reigns
edit† | Indicates the current champions |
By team
editRank[N 1] | Team | # of reigns | Combined days |
---|---|---|---|
1 | Chris Jericho and The Big Show | 1 | 140 |
2 | The Colóns (Carlito and Primo) |
1 | 84 |
3 | ShoMiz (The Miz and The Big Show) |
1 | 77 |
6 | The Hart Dynasty (Tyson Kidd and David Hart Smith) |
1 | 5236+ |
5 | D-Generation X (Shawn Michaels and Triple H |
1 | 57 |
6 | Chris Jericho and Edge | 1 | 28 |
By wrestler
editRank[N 1] | Wrestler | # of reigns | Combined days |
---|---|---|---|
1 | The Big Show | 2 | 217 |
2 | Chris Jericho | 1 | 168 |
3 | Carlito | 1 | 84 |
3 | Primo | 1 | 84 |
5 | The Miz | 1 | 77 |
6 | Tyson Kidd | 1 | 5236+ |
6 | David Hart Smith | 1 | 5236+ |
8 | Shawn Michaels | 1 | 57 |
8 | Triple H | 1 | 57 |
10 | Edge | 1 | 28 |
Footnotes
editReferences
edit- General
- Benaka, Matt. "World Tag Team Title History". Wrestling Title Histories by Gary Will and Royal Duncan. Solie.org. Retrieved 2009-12-16.
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- "WWE Tag Team Championship history". World Wrestling Entertainment. WWE.com. Retrieved 2009-12-16.
- Specific
- ^ Burdick, Michael (2009-04-05). "Results: Brothers united". World Wrestling Entertainment. Retrieved 2009-09-26.
- ^ "The Colons' first reign". World Wrestling Entertainment. Retrieved 2009-08-27.
- ^ "Edge and Chris Jericho's first reign". World Wrestling Entertainment. Retrieved 2009-08-27.
- ^ "Chris Jericho and The Big Show's first reign". World Wrestling Entertainment. Retrieved 2009-08-27.
- ^ "D-Generation X's first reign". World Wrestling Entertainment. Retrieved 2009-12-15.
- ^ "ShoMiz's first reign". World Wrestling Entertainment. Retrieved 2010-05-01.
- ^ "The Hart Dynasty's first reign". World Wrestling Entertainment. Retrieved 2010-05-01.