| TNA Knockouts Tag Team Championship | |||||||||||
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The TNA Knockouts Tag Team Championship belts (September 2009 — Present) |
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| Current champion(s) | Gail Kim and Madison Rayne[1] | ||||||||||
| Date won | October 26, 2011[2] (aired November 3, 2011[3]) |
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| Promotion | Total Nonstop Action Wrestling (TNA) | ||||||||||
| Date established | August 20, 2009[4] | ||||||||||
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The TNA Knockouts Tag Team Championship is a professional wrestling women's tag team championship owned by the Total Nonstop Action Wrestling (TNA) promotion. It is contested for exclusively by teams consisting of two female wrestlers in TNA, known as knockouts, in TNA's women's division. It and the TNA Women's Knockout Championship are the only women's championships contested for in TNA.
The creation of the championship was announced on August 20, 2009 during a backstage segment on TNA's primary television program TNA Impact!.[4] Like most professional wrestling championships, the title is won via the result of a scripted match. Sarita and Taylor Wilde were the inaugural champions. They won a four week tournament to crown the first champions. Gail Kim and Madison Rayne are the current champions in their first reign as a team, after defeating TnT (Brooke Tessmacher and Tara) on October 26, 2011, at the tapings of the November 3 edition of Impact Wrestling to win the title.[1]
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TNA Knockout, or just Knockout for short, is the term used by TNA to refer to its onscreen female employees; this is similar to TNA's main rival World Wrestling Entertainment and their Divas pseudonym. TNA's first women's accomplishment was announced at TNA's first weekly pay-per-view event on June 19, 2002.[5] It was called the "Miss TNA" crown. The holder of the crown was determined in a lingerie battle royal on June 19, 2002, which aired on June 26, 2002. The participants in the match were Alexis Laree, Elektra, Erin Bray, Francine, Miss Joni, Sasha, Shannon, Taylor Vaughn, and Teresa Tyler.[6] Vaughn last eliminated Elektra to win the crown.[7] The TNA Knockout of the Year is another award in TNA given to the knockout who achieved the most or had the best run that year.[8] The most recent Knockout of the Year was Gail Kim in 2007;[8] no award was given out in 2008. In October 2007 at TNA's Bound for Glory PPV event, TNA established their first women's championship, with Gail Kim winning a 10 knockout gauntlet match to become the first TNA Women's Knockout Champion.[9] Ms. Brooks, Christy Hemme, Awesome Kong, Roxxi Laveaux, Talia Madison, Shelly Martinez, Jackie Moore, O.D.B., and Angel Williams were also involved in the match.[9] Two dvds on the topic of the TNA Knockouts have been released by TNA. The first was named "Knockouts: The Ladies of TNA Wrestling Vol.1" and was released on August 29, 2006.[10] "Knocked Out: The Women of TNA Wrestling" was the second, being released on October 7, 2008.[10]
On the August 20, 2009 episode of Impact!, backstage interviewer Lauren, who was standing with and about to interview Christy Hemme, Tara, Taylor Wilde, and Sarita, announced that TNA were planning to host an eight-team single elimination tag team tournament to crown the first-ever TNA Knockouts Tag Team Champions.[11] After a four-way match consisting of Hemme, Traci Brooks, Sarita, and Awesome Kong, TNA commentators Mike Tenay and Taz announced that the first round match of the tournament would take place on the August 27 episode of Impact! with Kong and Raisha Saeed facing Brooks and Sharmell.[11][12] Kong and Saeed wound up winning the match, and moving to the next round of the tournament.[13] On the September 3 episode of Impact!, the team of Hemme and Tara defeated the team of Hamada and Sojournor Bolt to move onto round two of the tournament.[14] The next week on Impact!, the team of Sarita and Taylor Wilde defeated Alissa Flash and Daffney to also advance to round two.[15] Later in that same episode, Angelina Love and Velvet Sky (collectively known as The Beautiful People) defeated the team of Madison Rayne and Roxxi.[16] Round two began on the September 17 episode of Impact!, with the encounters of Kong and Saeed versus Sarita and Wilde and The Beautiful People versus Hemme and Tara. The first bout pitted Hemme and Tara against The Beautiful People, with the latter being victorious.[17] Sarita and Wilde won the second encounter over Kong and Saeed.[18] The finals for the tournament were then set for TNA's No Surrender PPV event, with The Beautiful People versus Sarita and Wilde.[19] Sarita and Wilde defeated Madison Rayne, a substitute for Angelina Love who had been released from her contract prior to the event, and Velvet Sky (also collectively known as The Beautiful People) on September 20 at No Surrender to become the first official TNA Knockouts Tag Team Champions.[20]
| Round One (TNA Impact!) |
Round Two (TNA Impact!) |
Finals (No Surrender) |
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| Awesome Kong and Raisha Saeed | Pin | ||||||||||||
| The Main Event Mafia (Sharmell and Traci Brooks) |
03:00[13] | ||||||||||||
| Awesome Kong and Raisha Saeed | 03:00[21] | ||||||||||||
| Sarita and Taylor Wilde | Pin | ||||||||||||
| Sarita and Taylor Wilde | Pin | ||||||||||||
| Alissa Flash and Daffney | 05:00[22] | ||||||||||||
| Sarita and Taylor Wilde | Pin | ||||||||||||
| The Beautiful People (Madison Rayne and Velvet Sky) |
05:00[20] | ||||||||||||
| The Beautiful People (Angelina Love and Velvet Sky) |
Pin | ||||||||||||
| Madison Rayne and Roxxi | 03:00[22] | ||||||||||||
| The Beautiful People (Angelina Love and Velvet Sky) |
Pin | ||||||||||||
| Christy Hemme and Tara | 04:00[21] | ||||||||||||
| Hamada and Sojournor Bolt | 7:25 | ||||||||||||
| Christy Hemme and Tara | Pin | ||||||||||||
The actual physical title belts were first shown at No Surrender. The belts introduced have a red strap with two small gold plates and one large gold plate. In the center of each plate stands a figure resembling a globe made out of gold. On the outer edge of the plate are red gems, which circle the entire plate. The center golden plate of the belt has TNA's official logo engraved in the very center with the words "Knockouts Tag Team" above it and the words "Wrestling Champion" below.[N 1]
The inaugural champions were Sarita and Wilde, who defeated The Beautiful People (Rayne and Sky) in the finals of an eight-team tournament to crown the first TNA Knockouts Tag Team Champions.[20] At 141 days, The Beautiful People (Rayne, Sky, and Lacey Von Erich) hold the record for the longest reign in the title's history. Awesome Kong's and Hamada's only reign holds the record for the shortest reign in the title's history at 63 days. As of March 2012, Gail Kim and Madison Rayne are the current champions in their first reign as a team, after defeating TnT (Brooke Tessmacher and Tara) on October 26, 2011, at the tapings of the November 3 edition of Impact Wrestling to win the title.[1][2] Individually, this is the first reign for Kim and the second for Rayne. Overall, there have been 8 reigns shared between 13 wrestlers and 8 teams.
| # | Order in reign history |
| Reign | The reign number for the specific set of wrestlers listed |
| Event | The event in which the title was won |
| + | Indicates the current reign is changing daily |
| # | Wrestlers (Tag team name) |
Reign | Date | Days held |
Location | Event | Notes | Ref |
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| 1 | Sarita and Taylor Wilde | 1 | September 20, 2009 | 106 | Orlando, Florida | No Surrender (2009) | Sarita and Wilde defeated The Beautiful People (Madison Rayne and Velvet Sky) in the finals of an eight-team tournament to crown the first TNA Knockouts Tag Team Champions. | [20][23] |
| 2 | Awesome Kong and Hamada | 1 | January 4, 2010 | 63 | Orlando, Florida | TNA Impact! | [24] | |
| — | Vacated | — | March 8, 2010 | — | Orlando, Florida | TNA Impact! | Title held up after the championship was allegedly not defended for 30 days. | [25] |
| 3 | Lacey Von Erich, Madison Rayne, and Velvet Sky (The Beautiful People) |
1 | March 8, 2010 | 141 | Orlando, Florida | TNA Impact! | Rayne and Sky defeated the teams of Sarita and Taylor Wilde, Angelina Love and Tara in a three-way match to win the vacant championship. Von Erich was also recognized as a champion and the three defended the title under the Freebird rule. | [25][26] |
| 4 | Hamada (2) and Taylor Wilde (2) | 1 | July 27, 2010 | 132 | Orlando, Florida | TNA Impact! | Hamada and Wilde defeated Lacey Von Erich and Velvet Sky. This episode aired on tape delay on August 5, 2010. | [27][28] |
| — | Vacated | — | December 6, 2010 | — | Orlando, Florida | TNA Impact! | Title held up after the championship was not defended for 30 days. This episode aired on tape delay on December 9, 2010. | [29][30] |
| 5 | Angelina Love and Winter | 1 | December 9, 2010 | 94 | Orlando, Florida | TNA Impact! | Love and Winter defeated Madison Rayne and Tara in the finals of a four-team tournament to win the vacant title. This episode aired on tape delay on December 23, 2010. | [31][32] |
| 6 | Rosita and Sarita (2) (Mexican America) |
1 | March 13, 2011 | 121 | Orlando, Florida | Victory Road (2011) | [33] | |
| 7 | Brooke Tessmacher and Tara (TnT) |
1 | July 12, 2011 | 106 | Orlando, Florida | Impact Wrestling | This episode aired on tape delay on July 21, 2011. | [34][35] |
| 8 | Gail Kim and Madison Rayne (2) | 1 | October 26, 2011 | 139+ | Macon, Georgia | Impact Wrestling | This episode aired on tape delay on November 3, 2011. | [2][3] |
As of March 13, 2012
| † | Indicates the current champions |
| Rank | Team | # of reigns | Combined days |
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| 1 | Lacey Von Erich, Madison Rayne, and Velvet Sky (The Beautiful People) |
1 | 141 |
| 2 | Hamada and Taylor Wilde | 1 | 132 |
| 3 | Rosita and Sarita (Mexican America) |
1 | 121 |
| 4 | Sarita and Taylor Wilde | 1 | 106 |
| 4 | Brooke Tessmacher and Tara (TnT) |
1 | 106 |
| 6 | Angelina Love and Winter | 1 | 94 |
| 7 | Gail Kim and Madison Rayne† | 1 | 139+ |
| 8 | Awesome Kong and Hamada | 1 | 63 |
| Rank | Wrestler | # of reigns | Combined days |
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| 1 | Taylor Wilde | 2 | 238 |
| 2 | Sarita | 2 | 227 |
| 3 | Madison Rayne† | 2 | 280+ |
| 4 | Hamada | 2 | 195 |
| 5 | Lacey Von Erich | 1 | 141 |
| 5 | Velvet Sky | 1 | 141 |
| 7 | Rosita | 1 | 121 |
| 8 | Brooke Tessmacher | 1 | 106 |
| 8 | Tara | 1 | 106 |
| 10 | Angelina Love | 1 | 94 |
| 10 | Winter | 1 | 94 |
| 12 | Gail Kim† | 1 | 139+ |
| 13 | Awesome Kong | 1 | 63 |
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