PWG World Tag Team Championship

PWG World Tag Team Championship
Details
Current champion(s) Appetite for Destruction (Kevin Steen and Super Dragon)[1]
Date won December 10, 2011[1]
Promotion Pro Wrestling Guerrilla
Date established January 25, 2004[2]
Other name(s) PWG Tag Team Championship

The PWG World Tag Team Championship is a professional wrestling world tag team championship contested for in the tag team division of the Pro Wrestling Guerrilla promotion. It was created and debuted on January 25, 2004 at PWG's Tango & Cash Invitational - Night Two event, where B-Boy and Homicide were crowned the inaugural champions.[2][3][4]

Being a professional wrestling championship, title reigns are not won legitimately; they are instead won via a scripted ending to a match or awarded to a wrestler because of a storyline. The title has been referred to as the PWG Tag Team Championship and as the PWG World Tag Team Championship since 2004. There have been a total of 25 reigns among 21 different wrestlers and 18 different teams.[2] The current champions are Appetite for Destruction (Kevin Steen and Super Dragon), who are collectively in their first reign as champions.[1]

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History

On January 25, 2004, Pro Wrestling Guerrilla debuted their version of a tag team championship, which they named the PWG Tag Team Championship.[2] B-Boy and Homicide won a two night tournament named the Tango & Cash Invitational to become the first champions at Tango & Cash Invitational - Night Two.[2][3][4] The championship was defended for the first time outside the United States on February 18, 2006 when then-champions, Davey Richards and Super Dragon, defeated Cape Fear (El Generico and Quicksilver) in Essen, Germany at PWG's European Vacation - Germany event.[5][6] After this event and one held on February 19, 2006 in Orpington, England where the championship was defended once again, PWG renamed the championship to the PWG World Tag Team Championship.[5][7] The championship later changed hands for the first time outside the United States on October 27, 2007 at PWG's European Vacation II - England event—at that event then-champions, Kevin Steen and El Generico were defeated by Davey Richards and Super Dragon in Portsmouth, England.[2][8][9]

Reigns

Main article: List of PWG World Tag Team Champions

The inaugural champions were B-Boy and Homicide, who won the championship by defeating the team of The American Dragon and Super Dragon in the finals of the Tango & Cash Invitational Tag Team Tournament on January 25, 2004 at PWG's Tango & Cash Invitational - Night Two event.[2][3][4] At 616 days, The Young Bucks' (Matt and Nick Jackson) first reign is the longest in the title's history.[2][10] The Aerial Xpress (Quicksilver and Scorpio Sky) and Davey Richards and Roderick Strong are tied for shortest in the title's history at 1 day.[2][11][12] PWG publishes a list of successful championship defenses (victories against challengers for the championship) for each champion on their official website, unlike most other professional wrestling promotions, for unknown reasons. As of February 2012, the Young Bucks have the most defenses, with 15;[5] 8 teams are tied for having the least, with 0. Those teams and reigns are B-Boy's and Homicide's only reign,[3] The X–Foundation/The Dynasty (Joey Ryan and Scott Lost)'s first and second reigns,[13][14] Chris Bosh's and Quicksilver's only reign,[15] The Aerial Xpress (Quicksilver and Scorpio Sky)'s only reign,[11] Davey Richards and Roderick Strong's only reign,[12] B-Boy and Super Dragon's second reign,[16] Jack Evans and Roderick Strong's only reign,[17] and The Age of the Fall (Jimmy Jacobs and Tyler Black)'s only reign.[18] The X–Foundation/The Dynasty (Joey Ryan and Scott Lost) hold the record for most reigns, with three.[2] As of February 2012, Appetite for Destruction (Kevin Steen and Super Dragon) are the current champions in their first reign as a team.[1][2] They defeated The Young Bucks (Matt Jackson and Nick Jackson) in a Guerrilla Warfare match on December 10, 2011, to win the championship.[1][19] Individually, this is the third reign for Steen and the sixth for Dragon.[2] Overall, there have been 25 reigns among 21 different wrestlers and 18 different teams.[2]

References

  1. ^ a b c d e "Appetite for Destruction (Super Dragon & Kevin Steen)". Pro Wrestling Guerrilla.com. http://www.prowrestlingguerrilla.com/results/world_tag_team_champion/champion025.html. Retrieved 2011-12-11. 
  2. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r "Pro Wrestling Guerrilla World Tag Team Champions". Pro Wrestling Guerrilla.com. http://www.prowrestlingguerrilla.com/results/world_tag_team_champion/index.html. Retrieved 2009-05-17. 
  3. ^ a b c d e "Pro Wrestling Guerrilla World Champion". Pro Wrestling Guerrilla.com. http://www.prowrestlingguerrilla.com/results/world_tag_team_champion/champion001.html. Retrieved 2009-05-15. 
  4. ^ a b c d "Tango & Cash Invitational - Night 2". Pro Wrestling Guerrilla.com. http://www.prowrestlingguerrilla.com/results/2004/show0008.html. Retrieved 2009-05-15. 
  5. ^ a b c "Davey Richards & Super Dragon". Pro Wrestling Guerrilla.com. http://www.prowrestlingguerrilla.com/results/world_tag_team_champion/champion009.html. Retrieved 2009-05-15. 
  6. ^ Vetter, Chris (2006-06-01). "DVD Review: PWG, "European Vacation," Night 1, Feb. 18, 2006, with Styles-Storm, Bosh-Steen". PWTorch.com. http://pwtorch.com/artman2/publish/DVDs_-_VGames_-_Books_25/article_16937.shtml. Retrieved 2009-05-25. 
  7. ^ Vetter, Chris (2006-06-08). "DVD Review: PWG, "European Vacation," Night 2, Feb. 19, 2006, with Styles-Fleisch, Steen-Generico". PWTorch.com. http://pwtorch.com/artman2/publish/DVDs_-_VGames_-_Books_25/article_16996.shtml. Retrieved 2009-05-25. 
  8. ^ "Davey Richards & Super Dragon (2nd Reign)". Pro Wrestling Guerrilla.com. http://www.prowrestlingguerrilla.com/results/world_tag_team_champion/champion017.html. Retrieved 2009-05-16. 
  9. ^ Fraser, Theo (2007-10-28). "PWG European Vacation II Night 2: England Live Report". 411Mania.com. http://www.411mania.com/wrestling/news/62334/PWG-European-Vacation-II-Night-2:-England-Live-Report.htm. Retrieved 2009-05-25. 
  10. ^ "The Young Bucks (Matt & Nick Jackson)". Pro Wrestling Guerrilla.com. http://www.prowrestlingguerrilla.com/results/world_tag_team_champion/champion022.html. Retrieved 2009-05-16. 
  11. ^ a b "Aerial Xpress (Quicksilver & Scorpio Sky)". Pro Wrestling Guerrilla.com. http://www.prowrestlingguerrilla.com/results/world_tag_team_champion/champion007.html. Retrieved 2009-05-15. 
  12. ^ a b "Davey Richards & Roderick Strong". Pro Wrestling Guerrilla.com. http://www.prowrestlingguerrilla.com/results/world_tag_team_champion/champion012.html. Retrieved 2009-05-16. 
  13. ^ "X-Foundation (Scott Lost & Joey Ryan)". Pro Wrestling Guerrilla.com. http://www.prowrestlingguerrilla.com/results/world_tag_team_champion/champion002.html. Retrieved 2009-05-15. 
  14. ^ "X-Foundation (Scott Lost & Joey Ryan) (2nd Reign)". Pro Wrestling Guerrilla.com. http://www.prowrestlingguerrilla.com/results/world_tag_team_champion/champion005.html. Retrieved 2009-05-15. 
  15. ^ ""Photogenic" Chris Bosh & Quicksilver". Pro Wrestling Guerrilla.com. http://www.prowrestlingguerrilla.com/results/world_tag_team_champion/champion003.html. Retrieved 2009-05-15. 
  16. ^ "B-Boy & Super Dragon (2nd Reign)". Pro Wrestling Guerrilla.com. http://www.prowrestlingguerrilla.com/results/world_tag_team_champion/champion013.html. Retrieved 2009-05-16. 
  17. ^ "Jack Evans & Roderick Strong". Pro Wrestling Guerrilla.com. http://www.prowrestlingguerrilla.com/results/world_tag_team_champion/champion020.html. Retrieved 2009-05-16. 
  18. ^ "Age of the Fall (Tyler Black & Jimmy Jacobs)". Pro Wrestling Guerrilla.com. http://www.prowrestlingguerrilla.com/results/world_tag_team_champion/champion021.html. Retrieved 2009-05-16. 
  19. ^ "Fear". Pro Wrestling Guerrilla.com. http://www.prowrestlingguerrilla.com/results/2011/show0128.html. Retrieved 2011-12-11. 

External links

PWG World Tag Team Champions
B-Boy and Homicide  · The X–Foundation/The Dynasty (Joey Ryan and Scott Lost)  · Chris Bosh and Quicksilver  · SBS (Excalibur and Super Dragon)  · Arrogance (Chris Bosh and Scott Lost)  · The Aerial Xpress (Quicksilver and Scorpio Sky)  · 2 Skinny Black Guys (El Generico and Human Tornado)  · Davey Richards and Super Dragon  · B-Boy and Super Dragon  · Davey Richards and Roderick Strong  · Cape Fear (El Generico and Quicksilver)  · PAC and Roderick Strong  · El Generico and Kevin Steen  · Jack Evans and Roderick Strong  · The Age of the Fall (Jimmy Jacobs and Tyler Black)  · The Young Bucks (Matt Jackson and Nick Jackson)  · ¡Peligro Abejas! (El Generico and Paul London)  · Appetite for Destruction (Kevin Steen and Super Dragon) (current)