List of WCW World Tag Team Champions
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The WCW World Tag Team Championship was a professional wrestling World Tag Team Championship contested for in World Championship Wrestling (WCW). Originally, WCW was a member of the National Wrestling Alliance (NWA), which had numerous member prromotions. The NWA operated many tag team championships before one prime tag team title was established in 1993. One of those titles was the NWA World Tag Team Championship, which was operated by the NWA member Mid-Atlantic Championship Wrestling (MACW), the predecessor of WCW. The championship was created by MACW in 1975.
In January 1991, WCW (the former MACW) began the process of withdrawing as a member of NWA to become an independent promotion, thus the name of the title was changed to the WCW World Tag Team Championship. On July 12, 1992, the WCW World Tag Team Championship was unified with the NWA World Tag Team Championship, which was created earlier that year by the NWA as its prime tag team championship. In September 1993, WCW's withdrawal from the NWA was made official, and the NWA World Tag Team Championship was returned to the NWA; the title was reactivated by the NWA in 1995.[1]
In March 2001, all WCW assets were purchased by the then World Wrestling Federation (WWF) after AOL/Time Warner discontinued their involvement in wrestling programming.[2] After the purchase, the WWF continued the use of the championship as a part of a storyline called The Invasion, which involved a rivalry between former WCW wrestlers and original WWF wrestlers before the purchase of WCW.
Title reigns were determined either by professional wrestling matches with different tag teams, a duo of wrestlers, involved in pre-existing scripted feuds, plots and storylines or were awarded the title due to scripted circumstances. Wrestlers were portrayed as either villains or fan favorites as they followed a series of tension-building events, which culminated in a wrestling match or series of matches for the championship.[3] The inaugural champions, under the NWA, were The Minnesota Wrecking Crew (Gene and Ole Anderson), who were announced to have won the titles after winning a tournament in January 1975.[4]
Before the promotion's purchase, the final champions recognized by WCW were Sean O' Haire and Chuck Palumbo; they were also the first champions under the titles operation in the WWF. On November 18, 2001, the championship was deactivated after its use in the Invasion storyline. The title was unified with the WWF Tag Team Championship, and the final champions recognized by the WWF, were the Dudley Boyz (Bubba Ray and D-Von).[5] The title was won in Australia, Canada, Germany, and the United States. Harlem Heat (Booker T and Stevie Ray) held the most reigns as a tag team (10), and Booker T held the most individual reigns (11), which is the same amount of times the title was vacated. At 282 days, Doom's reign during WCW's NWA withdrawal was the longest in the championship's history. Overall, there were 143 title reigns.
Key
Reigns | The number of times a specific set of wrestlers have won the titles |
Event | The event promoted by the respective promotion in which the titles were won |
N/A | The information is not available or is unknown |
Wrestler name (#) | The number represents the number of times the wrestler has held the title individually |
— | Used for vacated reigns in order to not count it as an official reign |
Title history
# | Wrestlers (Tag team name) |
Reigns | Date | Days held | Location | Event | Notes |
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1 | The Minnesota Wrecking Crew (Gene Anderson and Ole Anderson) |
1 | January 29, 1975 | 106 | Raleigh, NC | House show | |
2 | Jones, PaulPaul Jones and Wahoo McDaniel | 1 | May 15, 1975 | 27 | Greensboro, NC | House show | |
3 | The Minnesota Wrecking Crew | 2 | June 11, 1975 | 230 | Raleigh, NC | House show | |
4 | Jones, Rufus R.Rufus R. Jones and Wahoo McDaniel (2) | 1 | January 27, 1976 | 7 | Columbia, SC | House show | |
5 | The Minnesota Wrecking Crew | 3 | February 3, 1976 | 92 | Raleigh, NC | House show | |
6 | Bravo, DinoDino Bravo and Mr. Wrestling | 1 | May 5, 1976 | 54 | Raleigh, NC | House show | |
7 | The Minnesota Wrecking Crew | 4 | June 28, 1976 | 181 | Greenville, SC | House show | |
8 | Flair, RicRic Flair and Greg Valentine | 1 | December 26, 1976 | 133 | Greensboro, NC | House show | |
9 | The Minnesota Wrecking Crew | 5 | May 8, 1977 | 138 | Charlotte, NC | House show | |
10 | Rhodes, DustyDusty Rhodes and Dick Slater | 1 | September 23, 1977 | 21 | Atlanta, GA | House show | |
11 | The Minnesota Wrecking Crew | 6 | October 14, 1977 | 16 | Atlanta, GA | House show | |
12 | Ric Flair and Greg Valentine | 2 | October 30, 1977 | 153 | Greensboro, NC | House show | |
— | Vacated | 1 | April 1978 | 0 | N/A | N/A | Flair and Valentine were forced to vacate their championship by the NWA for continually ending their matches via disqualification. |
13 | Paul Jones (2) and Ricky Steamboat | 1 | April 23, 1978 | 45 | Greensboro, NC | House show | Jones and Steamboat won the titles in a tournament final involving ten other tag teams. |
14 | Raschke, Baron VonBaron Von Raschke and Greg Valentine (3) | 1 | June 7, 1978 | 202 | Raleigh, NC | House show | |
15 | Orndorff, PaulPaul Orndorff and Jimmy Snuka | 1 | December 26, 1978 | 123 | Richmond, VA | House show | |
16 | Paul Jones (3) and Baron Von Raschke (2) | 1 | April 28, 1979 | 102 | N/A | House show | The location of this title change is unknown. |
17 | Ric Flair (3) and Blackjack Mulligan | 1 | August 8, 1979 | 14 | Greensboro, NC | House show | |
18 | Paul Jones (4) and Baron Von Raschke (3) | 2 | August 22, 1979 | 63 | Raleigh, NC | House show | |
19 | Ricky Steamboat (2) and Jay Youngblood | 1 | October 24, 1979 | 157 | Raleigh, NC | House show | |
20 | Stevens, RayRay Stevens and Greg Valentine (4) | 1 | March 29, 1980 | 42 | Charlotte, NC | House show | |
21 | Ricky Steamboat (3) and Jay Youngblood | 2 | May 10, 1980 | 43 | Greensboro, NC | House show | |
22 | Ray Stevens (2) and Jimmy Snuka (2) | 1 | June 22, 1980 | 158 | Greensboro, NC | House show | |
23 | Paul Jones (5) and The Masked Superstar | 1 | November 27, 1980 | 87 | Greensboro, NC | House show | |
24 | Koloff, IvanIvan Koloff and Ray Stevens (3) | 1 | February 22, 1981 | 28 | Greensboro, NC | House show | |
25 | Paul Jones (6) and The Masked Superstar | 2 | March 22, 1981 | 40 | Greensboro, NC | House show | |
26 | The Minnesota Wrecking Crew | 7 | May 1, 1981 | 214 | Richmond, VA | House show | |
— | Vacated | 2 | December 1981 | 0 | N/A | N/A | Gene was legitimately injured, and as a result, the NWA forced the Minnesota Wrecking Crew to relinquish the titles. |
27 | Ole Anderson (8) and Stan Hansen | 1 | February 28, 1982 | 185 | Atlanta, GA | House show | Anderson and Hansen won the titles in a tournament final. |
— | Vacated | 3 | September 1982 | 0 | N/A | N/A | The NWA forced Anderson and Hansen to relinquish the championships. |
28 | Kernodle, DonDon Kernodle and Sgt. Slaughter | 1 | September 1982 | 192 | N/A | House show | Kernodle and Slaughter won the titles in a fictional tournament final. The promotion claimed that they had beaten Antonio Inoki and Giant Baba in Tokyo, Japan. |
29 | Ricky Steamboat (4) and Jay Youngblood | 3 | March 12, 1983 | 98 | Greensboro, NC | House show | |
30 | Jack Brisco and Jerry Brisco | 1 | June 18, 1983 | 107 | Greenville, SC | House show | |
31 | Ricky Steamboat (5) and Jay Youngblood | 4 | October 3, 1983 | 18 | Greenville, SC | House show | |
32 | Jack Brisco and Jerry Brisco | 2 | October 21, 1983 | 34 | Richmond, VA | House show | |
33 | Ricky Steamboat (6) and Jay Youngblood | 5 | November 24, 1983 | 31 | Greensboro, NC | Starrcade (1983) | |
— | Vacated | 4 | December 25, 1983 | 0 | N/A | N/A | The NWA vacated the title after Steamboat announced his retirement from professional wrestling. |
34 | Don Kernodle (2) and Bob Orton Jr. | 1 | January 8, 1984 | 56 | Charlotte, NC | House show | defeated Jimmy Valiant and Dory Funk, Jr. in a tournament final. |
35 | Wahoo McDaniel (3) and Mark Youngblood | 1 | March 4, 1984 | 31 | Charlotte, NC | House show | |
36 | Jack Brisco and Jerry Brisco | 3 | April 4, 1984 | 31 | Spartanburg, SC | House show | |
37 | Wahoo McDaniel (4) and Mark Youngblood | 2 | May 5, 1984 | 3 | Greensboro, NC | House show | |
38 | Don Kernodle (3) and Ivan Koloff (2) | 1 | May 8, 1984 | 165 | Raleigh, NC | House show | |
39 | Manny Fernandez and Dusty Rhodes (2) | 1 | October 20, 1984 | 149 | Raleigh, NC | House show | Ivan and Nikita Koloff turn on Don Kernodle after the match, seriously (kayfabe) injuring him. |
40 | Ivan Koloff (3) and Nikita Koloff | 1 | March 18, 1985 | 113 | Fayetteville, NC | House show | During this title reign, Krusher Krushchev (1) joined the Koloffs to form a three-man team, in which the NWA applied the Freebird Rule, allowing all three members to defend the title. |
41 | The Rock 'n' Roll Express (Robert Gibson and Ricky Morton) |
1 | July 9, 1985 | 96 | Shelby, NC | House show | Defeated Ivan Koloff and Krusher Khrushchev. |
42 | Ivan Koloff (4) and Nikita Koloff | 2 | October 13, 1985 | 46 | Charlotte, NC | House show | |
43 | The Rock 'n' Roll Express | 2 | November 28, 1985 | 66 | Greensboro, NC | Starrcade (1985) | |
44 | The Midnight Express (Dennis Condrey and Bobby Eaton) |
1 | February 2, 1986 | 195 | Atlanta, GA | Superstars on the Superstation | |
45 | The Rock 'n' Roll Express | 3 | August 16, 1986 | 112 | Philadelphia, PA | House show | |
46 | Manny Fernandez (2) and Rick Rude | 1 | December 6, 1986 | 171 | Atlanta, GA | World Championship Wrestling | This title change aired on tape delay that evening. |
47 | The Rock 'n' Roll Express | 4 | May 26, 1987 | 126 | Spokane, WA (see note) | N/A | Awarded in a phantom match in Spokane, WA, defeating (kayfabe) defeated Fernandez and Ivan Koloff (substituting for Rude after he left for the WWF). An earlier match against Fernandez and Rude was also shown. |
48 | Arn Anderson and Tully Blanchard | 1 | September 29, 1987 | 180 | Misenheimer, NC | NWA Pro Wrestling | Match was no disqualification. The Midnight Express attacked the Rock 'n' Roll Express en route to the ring, injuring Ricky Morton. Robert Gibson wrestled most of the match solo, but when an injured Morton returned to the ring, he was immediately put into a submission hold by Blanchard. Gibson surrendered rather than risk further injury to Morton. This title change aired on tape delay. |
49 | Lex Luger and Barry Windham | 1 | March 27, 1988 | 24 | Greensboro, NC | Clash of the Champions I | |
50 | Arn Anderson and Tully Blanchard | 2 | April 20, 1988 | 143 | Jacksonville, FL | TV Taping | Windham turned on Luger and joined the Four Horsemen. This title change aired on tape delay. |
51 | The Midnight Express (Bobby Eaton (2) and Stan Lane) |
1 | September 10, 1988 | 49 | Philadelphia, PA | House show | Anderson and Blanchard left for the WWF after this match. |
52 | The Road Warriors (Animal and Hawk) |
1 | October 29, 1988 | 155 | New Orleans, LA | House show | |
53 | Varsity Club (Mike Rotunda and "Dr. Death" Steve Williams) |
1 | April 2, 1989 | 35 | New Orleans, LA | Clash of the Champions VI: Ragin' Cajun | Referee Teddy Long fast-counted Road Warrior Hawk's shoulders on the mat, beginning Long's eventual heel turn that would see him fired as a referee and become a manager. |
— | Vacated | 5 | May 7, 1989 | 0 | Nashville, TN | WrestleWar (1989) | The NWA forced Rotunda and Williams to relinquish the titles due to Varsity Club members Kevin Sullivan and Dan Spivey attacking special referee Nikita Koloff during the WrestleWar '89 title defense against the Road Warriors. |
54 | The Fabulous Freebirds (Jimmy Garvin and Michael Hayes) |
1 | June 14, 1989 | 140 | Fort Bragg, NC | Clash of the Champions VII: Guts and Glory | Defeated The Midnight Express in a tournament final. |
55 | The Steiner Brothers (Rick Steiner and Scott Steiner) |
1 | November 1, 1989 | 199 | Atlanta, GA | World Championship Wrestling | This title change aired on tape delay on November 18, 1989. |
56 | Doom (Butch Reed and Ron Simmons) |
1 | May 19, 1990 | 281 | Washington, D.C. | Capital Combat | Title renamed the WCW World Tag Team Championship during this reign following WCW breaking ties with the NWA. |
57 | The Fabulous Freebirds | 2 | February 24, 1991 | -6 | Phoenix, AZ | WrestleWar (1991) | Lost the titles at a TV taping 6 days before winning them. |
58 | The Steiner Brothers | 2 | February 18, 1991 | 152 | Montgomery, AL | WCW Pro | This title change aired on tape delay on March 9, 1991. |
— | Vacated | 6 | July 20, 1991 | 0 | N/A | World Championship Wrestling | Stripped of titles after Scott sustained a legitimate biceps injury. |
59 | The Enforcers (Arn Anderson (3) and Larry Zbyszko) |
1 | September 5, 1991 | 75 | Augusta, GA | Clash of the Champions XVI: Fall Brawl | Defeated Rick Steiner and Bill Kazmaier in a tournament final. |
60 | Ricky Steamboat (7) and Dustin Rhodes | 1 | November 19, 1991 | 58 | Savannah, GA | Clash of the Champions XVII | |
61 | Arn Anderson (4) and Bobby Eaton (3) | 1 | January 16, 1992 | 108 | Jacksonville, FL | House show | |
62 | The Steiner Brothers | 3 | May 3, 1992 | 63 | Chicago, IL | House show | |
63 | Terry Gordy and Steve Williams (2) | 1 | July 5, 1992 | 59 | Atlanta, GA | House show | On July 12, 1992, Gordy and Williams won the NWA World Tag Team Championship, which was regarded as unified with the WCW World Tag Team Championship; from here until the withdrawal of WCW from the NWA, the two titles are defended together. |
64 | Barry Windham (2) and Dustin Rhodes (2) | 1 | September 21, 1992 | 58 | Atlanta, GA | Saturday Night | This title change aired on tape delay on October 3, 1992. |
65 | Ricky Steamboat (8) and Shane Douglas | 1 | November 18, 1992 | 104 | Macon, GA | Clash of the Champions XXI | |
66 | The Hollywood Blonds (Steve Austin and Brian Pillman) |
1 | March 2, 1993 | 169 | Macon, GA | WCW Worldwide | This title change aired on tape delay on March 27, 1993. |
67 | Arn Anderson (5) and Paul Roma | 1 | August 18, 1993 | 32 | Daytona, FL | Clash of the Champions XXIV | Anderson and Roma are stripped of the NWA Tag Team Championship on September 1, 1993 following WCW's withdrawal from the NWA. WCW and NWA Tag Team Championships are hereafter no longer defended together. |
68 | The Nasty Boys (Jerry Sags and Brian Knobbs) |
1 | September 19, 1993 | 15 | Houston, TX | Fall Brawl (1993) | |
69 | Marcus Alexander Bagwell and 2 Cold Scorpio | 1 | October 4, 1993 | 20 | Columbus, GA | Saturday Night | This title change aired on tape delay on October 23, 1993. |
70 | The Nasty Boys | 2 | October 24, 1993 | 210 | New Orleans, LA | Halloween Havoc (1993) | |
71 | Cactus Jack and Kevin Sullivan | 1 | May 22, 1994 | 56 | Philadelphia, PA | Slamboree (1994) | |
72 | Pretty Wonderful (Paul Roma (2) and Paul Orndorff (2)) |
1 | July 17, 1994 | 70 | Orlando, FL | Bash at the Beach (1994) | |
73 | Stars and Stripes (Marcus Alexander Bagwell (2) and The Patriot) |
1 | September 25, 1994 | 28 | Atlanta, GA | Main Event | |
74 | Pretty Wonderful (Paul Roma (3) and Paul Orndorff (3)) |
2 | October 23, 1994 | 24 | Detroit, MI | Halloween Havoc (1994) | |
75 | Stars and Stripes (Marcus Alexander Bagwell (3) and The Patriot) |
2 | November 16, 1994 | 22 | Jacksonville, FL | Clash of the Champions XXIX | |
76 | Harlem Heat (Booker T and Stevie Ray) |
1 | December 8, 1994 | 164 | Atlanta, GA | Saturday Night | This title change aired on tape delay on January 14, 1995. |
77 | The Nasty Boys | 3 | May 21, 1995 | 34 | St. Petersburg, FL | Slamboree | See next reign for explanation. |
78 | Harlem Heat | 2 | May 3, 1995 | 28 | Orlando, FL | WCW WorldWide | This title change aired on tape delay on June 24, 1995. When the episode of WorldWide featuring this match was shot on May 3, Harlem Heat were still the champions as Slamboree did not occur until eighteen days later. While the reign of the Nasty Boys technically ended before it began due to the taping schedule, the team's official reign length is 33 days. |
79 | Dick Slater (2) and Bunkhouse Buck | 1 | June 21, 1995 | 57 | Atlanta, GA | Saturday Night | This title change aired on tape delay on July 22, 1995. Like the two previous reigns, the tapings were done far enough in advance for the champions not to have won the titles; when the match was taped, the Nasty Boys were still the champions and Harlem Heat's regaining of the titles on WorldWide had not yet aired. |
80 | Harlem Heat | 3 | September 17, 1995 | 1 | Asheville, NC | Fall Brawl (1995) | |
81 | The American Males (Marcus Bagwell (4) and Scotty Riggs) |
1 | September 18, 1995 | 9 | Johnson City, TN | Nitro | |
82 | Harlem Heat | 4 | September 27, 1995 | 117 | Atlanta, GA | Saturday Night | This title change aired on tape delay on October 28, 1995. |
83 | Sting and Lex Luger (2) | 1 | January 22, 1996 | 154 | Las Vegas, NV | Nitro | |
84 | Harlem Heat | 5 | June 24, 1996 | 30 | Charlotte, NC | Nitro | |
85 | The Steiner Brothers | 4 | July 24, 1996 | 3 | Cincinnati, OH | House show | |
86 | Harlem Heat | 6 | July 27, 1996 | 58 | Dayton, OH | House show | |
87 | The Public Enemy (Johnny Grunge and Rocco Rock) |
1 | September 23, 1996 | 8 | Birmingham, AL | Nitro | |
88 | Harlem Heat | 7 | October 1, 1996 | 26 | Canton, OH | Saturday Night | This title change aired on tape delay on October 5, 1996. |
89 | The Outsiders (Kevin Nash and Scott Hall) |
1 | October 27, 1996 | 90 | Las Vegas, NV | Halloween Havoc (1996) | |
90 | The Steiner Brothers | 5 | January 25, 1997 | 2 | Cedar Rapids, IA | Souled Out (1997) | |
91 | The Outsiders | 2 | January 27, 1997 | 27 | Las Vegas, NV | Nitro | WCW President Eric Bischoff stripped the Steiner Brothers of the titles and returned them to The Outsiders due to WCW referee Randy Anderson, who was not an official referee for Souled Out, counting the fall. |
92 | Lex Luger (3) and The Giant | 1 | February 23, 1997 | 1 | Daly City, CA | SuperBrawl VII (1997) | |
93 | The Outsiders | 3 | February 24, 1997 | 231 | Sacramento, CA | Nitro | WCW President Eric Bischoff returned the titles to The Outsiders as Luger was not medically cleared to wrestle at SuperBrawl. Syxx (1) also gets credited with a reign as the nWo invoked "Wolfpac Rules" and named Syxx as champion after an injury to Nash.[6][7] |
94 | The Steiner Brothers | 6 | October 13, 1997 | 91 | Tampa, FL | Nitro | Defeated Hall and Syxx for the titles. |
95 | The Outsiders | 4 | January 12, 1998 | 28 | Jacksonville, FL | Nitro | |
96 | The Steiner Brothers | 7 | February 9, 1998 | 13 | El Paso, TX | Nitro | |
97 | The Outsiders | 5 | February 22, 1998 | 84 | Daly City, CA | SuperBrawl VIII (1998) | The Outsiders win the titles after Scott turned on Rick and joined the nWo. |
98 | Sting (2) and The Giant (2) | 1 | May 17, 1998 | 18 | Worcester, MA | Slamboree (1998) | Sting and Giant won the titles after Hall turned on Nash and hit him with one of the title belts. |
— | Vacated | 7 | June 4, 1998 | 0 | Peoria, IL | Thunder | WCW vacated the titles after the tag team of Sting and The Giant was split up. |
99 | Sting (3) and Kevin Nash (6) | 1 | June 14, 1998 | 36 | Baltimore, MD | The Great American Bash (1998) | Sting won the championships in a singles match against The Giant, in which the winner would take control of the Tag Team Championship and choose a partner to defend with; on the following night's Nitro broadcast in Uniondale, NY, Sting chose Nash. |
100 | Scott Hall (6) and The Giant (3) | 1 | July 20, 1998 | 98 | Salt Lake City, UT | Nitro | |
101 | Rick Steiner (8) and Marcus Bagwell (5)/Kenny Kaos/Judy Bagwell | 1 | October 25, 1998 | 71 | Las Vegas, NV | Halloween Havoc (1998) | Steiner and Buff Bagwell [8] defeated The Giant and Scott Steiner, who subbed for an injured Hall.[9] Since Bagwell turned on Steiner during the match, Steiner was allowed to pick a new championship partner, and chose Kaos the next night on Nitro. Following an injury to Kaos, Steiner was allowed to pick another new championship partner, and (due to feuding with Bagwell and the NWO) chose Judy Bagwell (mother of Buff Bagwell)[8] |
— | Vacated | 8 | January 4, 1999 | 48 | Atlanta, GA | Nitro | WCW vacated the championship after Steiner sustained a legitimate injury. |
102 | Barry Windham (3) and Curt Hennig | 1 | February 21, 1999 | 21 | Oakland, CA | SuperBrawl IX (1999) | Defeated Chris Benoit and Dean Malenko in a tournament final. |
103 | Chris Benoit and Dean Malenko | 1 | March 14, 1999 | 15 | Louisville, KY | Uncensored (1999) | |
104 | The Filthy Animals (Rey Misterio Jr. and Billy Kidman) | 1 | March 29, 1999 | 41 | Toronto, Ontario | Nitro | |
105 | Raven and Perry Saturn | 1 | May 9, 1999 | 22 | St. Louis, MO | Slamboree (1999) | Title won in a tag-team triangle match also involving the team of Chris Benoit and Dean Malenko. |
106 | The Jersey Triad (Diamond Dallas Page, Bam Bam Bigelow and Chris Kanyon) |
1 | May 31, 1999 | 8 | Houston, TX | Nitro | Page and Bigelow defeated Saturn and Chris Kanyon (serving as an injury substitute for Raven) when Kanyon turned on Saturn. Kanyon was then given a share of the title, and the "Freebird Rule" was placed in effect. |
107 | Chris Benoit (2) and Perry Saturn (2) | 1 | June 10, 1999 | 3 | Syracuse, NY | Thunder | Defeated Page and Kanyon for the title |
108 | The Jersey Triad | 2 | June 13, 1999 | 62 | Baltimore, MD | The Great American Bash (1999) | Page and Kanyon won the title, with Bigelow also defending via the "Freebird Rule" |
109 | Harlem Heat | 8 | August 14, 1999 | 9 | Sturgis, SD | Road Wild (1999) | Defeated Bigelow and Kanyon for the title |
110 | West Texas Rednecks (Barry Windham (4) and Kendall Windham) |
1 | August 23, 1999 | 20 | Las Vegas, NV | Nitro | |
111 | Harlem Heat | 9 | September 12, 1999 | 36 | Winston-Salem, NC | Fall Brawl (1999) | |
112 | The Filthy Animals (Konnan and Rey Misterio Jr. (2)) | 1 | October 18, 1999 | 6 | Philadelphia, PA | Nitro | |
— | Vacated | 9 | October 24, 1999 | 0 | Las Vegas, NV | Halloween Havoc (1999) | WCW vacated the titles after Misterio Jr. sustained a legitimate leg injury. |
113 | Harlem Heat | 10 | October 24, 1999 | 1 | Las Vegas, NV | Halloween Havoc (1999) | Titles won in a Triple Threat Street Fight against Konnan & Billy Kidman and Brian Knobs & Hugh Morrus. |
114 | The Filthy Animals (Konnan (2) and Billy Kidman (2)) | 1 | October 25, 1999 | 28 | Phoenix, AZ | Nitro | |
115 | Creative Control (Gerald and Patrick) |
1 | November 22, 1999 | 15 | Auburn Hills, MI | Nitro | |
116 | Bret Hart and Goldberg | 1 | December 7, 1999 | 6 | Madison, WI | Thunder | Both men achieved the Triple Crown at the same time with this win. |
117 | The Outsiders (Kevin Nash (7) and Scott Hall (7)) |
6 | December 13, 1999 | 14 | New Orleans, LA | Nitro | |
— | Vacated | 10 | December 27, 1999 | 0 | Houston, TX | Nitro | WCW vacated the titles after Hall sustained a legitimate injury. |
118 | David Flair and Crowbar | 1 | January 3, 2000 | 15 | Greenville, SC | Nitro | Defeated Kevin Nash and Scott Steiner in a tournament final. |
119 | The Mamalukes (Johnny the Bull and Big Vito) |
1 | January 18, 2000 | 25 | Evansville, IN | Thunder | |
120 | The Harris Brothers (formerly Creative Control) (Ron Harris and Don Harris) |
2 | February 12, 2000 | 1 | Oberhausen, Germany | House show | |
121 | The Mamalukes | 2 | February 13, 2000 | 35 | Leipzig, Germany | House show | |
122 | The Harris Brothers | 3 | March 19, 2000 | 22 | Miami, FL | Uncensored (2000) | |
— | Vacated | 11 | April 10, 2000 | 0 | Denver, CO | Nitro | WCW Presidents Vince Russo and Eric Bischoff vacated every WCW championship during WCW's reboot. |
123 | Shane Douglas (2) and Buff Bagwell (6) | 1 | April 16, 2000 | 29 | Chicago, IL | Spring Stampede | Defeated The Total Package and Ric Flair in a tournament final. |
124 | KroniK (Brian Adams and Bryan Clark) |
1 | May 15, 2000 | 15 | Biloxi, MS | Nitro | |
125 | Perfect Event (Shawn Stasiak and Chuck Palumbo) |
1 | May 30, 2000 | 40 | Nampa, ID | Thunder | This title change aired on tape delay. |
126 | KroniK | 2 | July 9, 2000 | 35 | Daytona Beach, FL | Bash at the Beach (2000) | |
127 | Dark Carnival (The Great Muta and Vampiro) |
1 | August 13, 2000 | 1 | Vancouver, British Columbia | New Blood Rising (2000) | |
128 | The Filthy Animals (Rey Misterio Jr. (3) and Juventud Guerrera) |
1 | August 14, 2000 | 35 | Kelowna, British Columbia | Nitro | |
— | Vacated | 12 | September 18, 2000 | 0 | Ontario, Canada | Nitro | Misterio Jr. and Guerrera were forced to relinquish the titles by WCW. |
129 | Sean O'Haire and Mark Jindrak | 1 | September 25, 2000 | 14 | Uniondale, NY | Nitro | O'Haire and Jindrak won the titles in a battle royal. |
130 | Misfits in Action (Lieutenant Loco and Corporal Cajun) |
1 | October 9, 2000 | 0 | Sydney, Australia | Thunder | |
131 | Sean O'Haire and Mark Jindrak | 2 | October 9, 2000 | 38 | Sydney, Australia | Thunder | |
132 | Alex Wright and General Rection | 1 | November 16, 2000 | 4 | Oberhausen, Germany | Millennium Final | |
133 | Perfect Event | 2 | November 20, 2000 | 6 | Augusta, GA | Nitro | |
134 | The Insiders (Diamond Dallas Page (3) and Kevin Nash (8)) |
1 | November 26, 2000 | 8 | Milwaukee, WI | Mayhem (2000) | |
135 | Perfect Event | 3 | December 4, 2000 | 13 | Lincoln, NE | N/A | WCW Commissioner Mike Sanders awarded Stasiak and Palumbo the titles after The Insiders were forced to vacate the titles. |
136 | The Insiders (Diamond Dallas Page (4) and Kevin Nash (9)) |
2 | December 17, 2000 | 28 | Washington, D.C. | Starrcade (2000) | |
137 | Natural Born Thrillers (Chuck Palumbo (4) and Sean O'Haire (3)) |
1 | January 14, 2001 | 205 | Indianapolis, IN | Sin | This title reign by Palumbo and O'Haire was the final recognized by WCW before its assets were bought by the WWF; titles renamed to WCW Tag Team Championship. |
138 | The Brothers of Destruction (Kane and The Undertaker) |
1 | August 7, 2001 | 49 | Los Angeles, CA | SmackDown | This title change aired on tape delay. |
139 | Booker T (11) and Test | 1 | September 25, 2001 | 13 | Dayton, OH | SmackDown | This title change aired on tape delay. |
140 | The Hardy Boyz (Jeff Hardy and Matt Hardy) |
1 | October 8, 2001 | 15 | Indianapolis, IN | Raw | |
141 | The Dudley Boyz (Bubba Ray Dudley and D-Von Dudley) |
1 | October 23, 2001 | 26 | Omaha, NE | SmackDown! | |
- | Unified | - | November 18, 2001 | - | Survivor Series | N/A | Unified with the WWF Tag Team Championship when the Dudley Boyz beat the Hardy Boyz . |
List of top combined reigns
¤ | The exact length of one title reign is uncertain, so the shortest possible length is used. |
By team
Rank | Team | No. of reigns | Combined days |
---|---|---|---|
1. | The Minnesota Wrecking Crew | 7 | 992¤ |
2. | The Steiner Brothers | 7 | 520 |
3. | Harlem Heat | 10 | 470 |
4. | The Rock 'n' Roll Express | 4 | 400 |
5. | Ricky Steamboat and Jay Youngblood | 5 | 347 |
6. | Arn Anderson and Tully Blanchard | 2 | 323 |
7. | Ric Flair and Greg Valentine | 2 | 286¤ |
8. | Doom | 1 | 282 |
9. | The Nasty Boys | 3 | 259 |
10. | The Outsiders | 5 | 244 |
11. | The Outsiders with Syxx | 1 | 231 |
12. | Sean O'Haire and Chuck Palumbo | 1 | 205 |
13. | The Midnight Express (Dennis Condrey and Bobby Eaton) | 1 | 195 |
14. | Sgt. Slaughter and Don Kernodle | 1 | 193¤ |
15. | Ole Anderson and Stan Hansen | 1 | 185¤ |
16. | Baron Von Raschke and Greg Valentine | 1 | 177¤ |
17. | Jack Brisco and Jerry Brisco | 3 | 172 |
18. | Hollywood Blonds | 1 | 169 |
19. | Ivan Koloff and Don Kernodle | 1 | 165 |
Baron Von Raschke and Paul Jones | 2 | 165 | |
21. | Jimmy Snuka and Ray Stevens | 1 | 158 |
22. | Road Warriors | 1 | 155 |
23. | Lex Luger and Sting | 1 | 154 |
24. | Dusty Rhodes and Manny Fernandez | 1 | 150 |
Manny Fernandez and Rick Rude | 1 | 150 | |
26. | Jimmy Snuka and Paul Orndorff | 1 | 148¤ |
27. | The Fabulous Freebirds | 2 | 134 |
28. | Paul Jones and Masked Superstar | 2 | 127 |
29. | Ivan Koloff and Nikita Koloff (with Krusher Khrushchev) | 1 | 113 |
30. | Arn Anderson and Bobby Eaton | 1 | 108 |
31. | Shane Douglas and Ricky Steamboat | 1 | 104 |
32. | The Giant and Scott Hall | 1 | 098 |
33. | Pretty Wonderful | 1 | 094 |
34. | Terry Gordy and Steve Williams | 1 | 078 |
35. | Enforcers | 1 | 075 |
36. | The Jersey Triad | 2 | 072 |
37. | Kenny Kaos and Rick Steiner | 1 | 070 |
The Mamalukes | 2 | 070 | |
39. | Perfect Event | 3 | 059 |
40. | Dustin Rhodes and Ricky Steamboat | 1 | 058 |
Dustin Rhodes and Barry Windham | 1 | 058 | |
42. | Bunkhouse Buck and Dick Slater | 1 | 057 |
43. | Don Kernodle and Bob Orton, Jr. | 1 | 056 |
Cactus Jack and Kevin Sullivan | 1 | 056 | |
45. | Mr. Wrestling and Dino Bravo | 1 | 054 |
46. | Mark Jindrak and Sean O'Haire | 2 | 052 |
47. | KroniK | 2 | 050 |
Stars and Stripes | 2 | 050 | |
49. | The Midnight Express (Bobby Eaton and Stan Lane) | 1 | 049 |
The Brothers of Destruction | 1 | 049 | |
51. | Ivan Koloff and Nikita Koloff | 1 | 046 |
52. | Paul Jones and Ricky Steamboat | 1 | 045 |
53. | Ray Stevens and Greg Valentine | 1 | 042 |
54. | Filthy Animals (Billy Kidman and Rey Misterio, Jr.) | 1 | 041 |
55. | Creative Control/Harris Brothers | 3 | 040 |
56. | The Insiders | 2 | 036 |
57. | The Varsity Club | 1 | 035 |
Kevin Nash and Sting | 1 | 035 | |
Filthy Animals (Juventud Guerrera and Rey Misterio, Jr.) | 1 | 035 | |
60. | Wahoo McDaniel and Mark Youngblood | 2 | 033 |
61. | Arn Anderson and Paul Roma | 1 | 032 |
62. | Buff Bagwell and Shane Douglas | 1 | 029 |
63. | Ray Stevens and Ivan Koloff | 1 | 028 |
Filthy Animals (Billy Kidman and Konnan) | 1 | 028 | |
65. | Wahoo McDaniel and Paul Jones | 1 | 027 |
66. | The Dudley Boyz | 1 | 026 |
67. | Lex Luger and Barry Windham | 1 | 024 |
68. | Raven and Perry Saturn | 1 | 022 |
69. | West Texas Rednecks (Curt Hennig and Barry Windham) | 1 | 021 |
70. | Marcus Bagwell and 2 Cold Scorpio | 1 | 020 |
West Texas Rednecks (Barry Windham and Kendall Windham) | 1 | 020 | |
72. | The Giant and Sting | 1 | 018 |
73. | Chris Benoit and Dean Malenko | 1 | 015 |
Crowbar and David Flair | 1 | 015 | |
The Hardy Boyz | 1 | 015 | |
76. | Ric Flair and Blackjack Mulligan | 1 | 014 |
77. | Booker T and Test | 1 | 013 |
78. | The American Males | 1 | 009 |
79. | The Public Enemy | 1 | 008 |
80. | Wahoo McDaniel and Rufus R. Jones | 1 | 007 |
Dusty Rhodes and Dick Slater | 1 | 007 | |
82. | Filthy Animals (Konnan and Rey Misterio, Jr.) | 1 | 006 |
Goldberg and Bret Hart | 1 | 006 | |
84. | Disco Inferno and Alex Wright | 1 | 004 |
85. | Chris Benoit and Perry Saturn | 1 | 003 |
86. | Lex Luger and The Giant | 1 | 001 |
The Great Muta and Vampiro | 1 | 001 | |
88. | Misfits in Action | 1 | 000 (<30 min) |
By wrestler
Rank | Wrestler | No. of reigns | Combined Days |
---|---|---|---|
1 | Ole Anderson | 8 | 1,162 |
2 | Gene Anderson | 7 | 977 |
3 | Rick Steiner | 8 | 592 |
4 | Scott Hall | 7 | 572 |
5 | Ricky Steamboat | 8 | 554 |
6 | Kevin Nash | 9 | 546 |
7 | Arn Anderson | 5 | 538 |
8 | Greg Valentine | 4 | 530 |
9 | Scott Steiner | 7 | 521 |
10 | Booker T | 11 | 452 |
11 | Stevie Ray | 10 | 439 |
12 | Don Kernodle | 3 | 413 |
13 | Robert Gibson | 4 | 400 |
Ricky Morton | 4 | 400 | |
15 | Baron Von Raschke | 3 | 367 |
16 | Paul Jones | 6 | 364 |
17 | Ivan Koloff | 4 | 352 |
Bobby Eaton | 3 | 352 | |
19 | Jay Youngblood | 5 | 347 |
20 | Tully Blanchard | 2 | 323 |
21 | Manny Fernandez | 2 | 320 |
22 | Ric Flair | 3 | 300 |
23 | Jimmy Snuka | 2 | 281 |
Butch Reed | 1 | 281 | |
Ron Simmons | 1 | 281 | |
26 | Chuck Palumbo | 4 | 264 |
27 | Sean O'Haire | 3 | 257 |
28 | Syxx | 1 | 231 |
29 | Ray Stevens | 3 | 228 |
30 | Paul Orndorff | 3 | 217 |
31 | Sting | 3 | 208 |
32 | Jerry Sags | 3 | 207 |
Brian Knobs | 3 | 207 | |
34 | Dennis Condrey | 1 | 195 |
35 | Sgt. Slaughter | 1 | 192 |
36 | Stan Hansen | 1 | 185 |
37 | Lex Luger | 3 | 179 |
38 | Jack Brisco | 3 | 172 |
Jerry Brisco | 3 | 172 | |
40 | Rick Rude | 1 | 171 |
41 | Dusty Rhodes | 2 | 170 |
42 | Steve Austin | 1 | 169 |
Brian Pillman | 1 | 169 | |
44 | Nikita Koloff | 2 | 159 |
45 | Animal | 1 | 155 |
Hawk | 1 | 155 | |
47 | Jimmy Garvin | 2 | 134 |
Michael Hayes | 2 | 134 | |
49 | Shane Douglas | 2 | 133 |
50 | The Masked Superstar | 2 | 127 |
51 | Paul Roma | 3 | 126 |
52 | Barry Windham | 4 | 123 |
53 | The Giant | 3 | 117 |
54 | Dustin Rhodes | 2 | 116 |
55 | Krusher Khrushchev | 1 | 113 |
56 | Marcus Alexander Bagwell/Marcus Bagwell/Buff Bagwell | 6 | 109 |
57 | Diamond Dallas Page | 4 | 106 |
58 | Steve Williams | 2 | 94 |
59 | Rey Mysterio, Jr. | 3 | 82 |
60 | Dick Slater | 2 | 78 |
61 | Larry Zbyszko | 1 | 75 |
62 | Kenny Kaos | 1 | 70 |
Bam Bam Bigelow | 2 | 70 | |
Chris Kanyon | 2 | 70 | |
65 | Billy Kidman | 2 | 69 |
66 | Wahoo McDaniel | 4 | 68 |
67 | Johnny the Bull | 2 | 60 |
Big Vito | 2 | 60 | |
69 | Terry Gordy | 1 | 59 |
Shawn Stasiak | 2 | 59 | |
71 | Bunkhouse Buck | 1 | 57 |
72 | Bob Orton, Jr. | 1 | 56 |
Cactus Jack | 1 | 56 | |
Kevin Sullivan | 1 | 56 | |
75 | Dino Bravo | 1 | 54 |
Mr. Wrestling | 1 | 54 | |
77 | Mark Jindrak | 2 | 52 |
78 | The Patriot | 2 | 50 |
Brian Adams | 2 | 50 | |
Bryan Clark | 2 | 50 | |
81 | Stan Lane | 1 | 49 |
Kane | 1 | 49 | |
The Undertaker | 1 | 49 | |
84 | Gerald/Ron Harris | 3 | 38 |
Patrick/Don Harris | 3 | 38 | |
86 | Mike Rotunda | 1 | 35 |
Juventud Guerrera | 1 | 35 | |
88 | Mark Youngblood | 2 | 34 |
Konnan | 2 | 34 | |
90 | Perry Saturn | 2 | 27 |
91 | Bubba Ray Dudley | 1 | 26 |
D-Von Dudley | 1 | 26 | |
93 | Raven | 1 | 22 |
94 | Curt Hennig | 1 | 21 |
95 | 2 Cold Scorpio | 1 | 20 |
Chris Benoit | 2 | 20 | |
Kendall Windham | 1 | 20 | |
98 | Dean Malenko | 1 | 15 |
David Flair | 1 | 15 | |
Crowbar | 1 | 15 | |
Jeff Hardy | 1 | 15 | |
Matt Hardy | 1 | 15 | |
103 | Blackjack Mulligan | 1 | 14 |
104 | Test | 1 | 13 |
105 | Scotty Rigs | 1 | 9 |
106 | Johnny Grunge | 1 | 8 |
Rocco Rock | 1 | 8 | |
108 | Rufus R. Jones | 1 | 7 |
109 | Bret Hart | 1 | 6 |
Goldberg | 1 | 6 | |
111 | Alex Wright | 1 | 4 |
General Rection | 1 | 4 | |
113 | The Great Muta | 1 | 1 |
Vampiro | 1 | 1 | |
115 | Lieutenant Loco | 1 | 0 |
Corporal Cajun | 1 | 0 |
Footnotes
- ^ - This title reign is included twice for the purpose of showing the different recognitions by WCW and the WWF.
References
- General
- "Mid-Atlantic Title History (NWA World Tag Team Championship Title History 1975-1978)". Mid-Atlantic Gateway. Retrieved May 24, 2008.
- "NWA World Tag Team Championship Title History (1975-)". Wrestling Title Histories by Royal Duncan and Gary Will. Solie's Title History. Retrieved November 15, 2008.
- "WCW World Tag Team Championship History (1980-2000)". World Championship Wrestling. Wayback Machine. Archived from the original on November 10, 2000. Retrieved January 10, 2009.
- "WCW World Tag Team Championship Title History (1991-2001)". Wrestling Title Histories by Royal Duncan & Gary Will. Solie's Title Histories. Retrieved November 15, 2008.
- Specific
- ↑ "WCW World Tag Team Championship History". Wrestling Title Histories by Royal Duncan & Gary Will. Solie's Title Histories. Retrieved November 15, 2008.
- ↑ "WWE Entertainment, Inc. acquires WCW from Turner Broadcasting". World Wrestling Entertainment Corporate. March 23, 2001. Retrieved May 24, 2008.
- ↑ Grabianowski, Ed. "How Pro Wrestling Works". HowStuffWorks. Retrieved December 2, 2008.
- ↑ "Mid-Atlantic Title History (NWA World Tag Team Championship)". Mid-Atlantic Gateway. Retrieved May 24, 2008.
- ↑ "WWE Survivor Series 2001 Results". World Wrestling Entertainment. Retrieved May 24, 2008.
The Dudleys def. The Hardy Boyz to unify the WCW and World Tag Team Championships
- ↑ "Freebird Rule". WWE. Retrieved 2014-05-05.
- ↑ "Freebird Rule". WWE. Retrieved 2014-05-05.
- ↑ 8.0 8.1 "Steiner's crazy title reign". WWE. Retrieved 2014-05-05.
- ↑ "History of Halloween Havoc". Amazon.com. Retrieved 2014-05-05.
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