IWE Women's Tag Team Championship
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- This article is about the current tag team championship for IWE's women's division. For the historical championship, see IWF Women's Tag Team Championship.
IWE Women's Tag Team Championship | |
The IWE Women's Tag Team Championship belt with default side plates. | |
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Promotion | IWE |
Brand | Raw (2019–present) SmackDown (2019– present) NXT(2019–2021, 2023–present) |
Date established | December 24, 2018 |
Current champion(s) | Bianca Belair and Jade Cargill |
Date won | August 31, 2024 |
Statistics |
The IWE Women's Tag Team Championship is a professional wrestling women's tag team championship created and promoted by the American professional wrestling promotion IWE for the Raw and SmackDown brands. It will be the only championship of the second brand extension to be defended on multiple brands.
The championship was established on the December 24, 2018, episode of Monday Night Raw. It will be distinct from the IWF Women's Tag Team Championship, as it will not carry the lineage of the former title, which was contested from 1983–1989.
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History
In 2012, IWE.com ran an article supporting the resurrection of the Women's Tag Team Championship. Then in 2014, the Bella Twins discussed a desire to establish a Divas Tag Team Championship. The idea was then seemingly forgotten about until a December 2018 episode of Monday Night Raw, when the team of Bayley and Sasha Banks stated that they wanted to become the inaugural IWE Women's Tag Team Champions in 2019. During the December 24, 2018 episode of Raw, IWE Chairman Vince Matteson announced that a new Women's Tag Team Championship would be introduced in 2019; however, like other recent championships, the new championship does not carry the lineage of the original that was contested from 1983–1989.
On the January 14, 2019, episode of Raw, the championship belts were unveiled by Alexa Bliss on her segment, "A Moment of Bliss". After the unveiling, Bliss announced that the inaugural champions would be decided at Elimination Chamber on February 17, 2019, in a tag team Elimination Chamber match, featuring three teams from Raw and three teams from SmackDown, making the titles unaffiliated with either brand.
IWE Women's Tag Team Championship Tournament (2022)
After Sasha Banks and Naomi had been suspended indefinitely and the titles had been vacated, Michael Cole announced that there will be a tournament to declare the new champions.
Quarterfinals Raw (August 8 and 15) SmackDown (August 12 and 19) | Semifinals Raw (August 22) SmackDown (August 26) | Finals | |||||||||||
Tamina and Dana Brooke | 10:00 | ||||||||||||
Iyo Sky and Dakota Kai | Pin | ||||||||||||
Iyo Sky and Dakota Kai | Pin | ||||||||||||
Raw | |||||||||||||
Alexa Bliss and Asuka | 18:30 | ||||||||||||
Alexa Bliss and Asuka | Sub | ||||||||||||
Nikki A.S.H. and Doudrop | 9:00 | ||||||||||||
Iyo Sky and Dakota Kai | 11:30 | ||||||||||||
Raquel González and Aliyah | Pin | ||||||||||||
Raquel González and Aliyah | Pin | ||||||||||||
Shotzi and Xia Li | 9:35 | ||||||||||||
Raquel González and Aliyah | Pin | ||||||||||||
SmackDown | |||||||||||||
Natalya and Sonya Deville[e] | 8:00 | ||||||||||||
Toxic Attraction (Gigi Dolin and Jacy Jayne) (NXT) | Pin | ||||||||||||
Natalya and Sonya Deville | 8:48 |
Belt design
The championship belts were unveiled by wrestler Alexa Bliss on the January 14, 2019, episode of Raw. The belts feature three plates on a white leather strap, which is smaller than the men's titles. The three plates are outlined in gold while the inner portion is mostly silver. The IWE logo is affixed at the top of the circular center plate, which has four protruding edges. At the center, the word "Tag Team" is prominently written in gold. Above that is a gold banner that reads "Women's" while below is a gold banner that reads "Champions". Similar to how the men's Raw and IWE SmackDown Tag Team Championships are Greek inspired, the center plate is encircled by a meander pattern. There is also margent ornamentation in the inner circle. In what has become a prominent feature with IWE's championship belts, the two side plates feature a removable center section that can be customized with the champion's logos; the default side plates feature the IWE logo on a globe. Generally, the reigning team will have one side plate on each belt dedicated to each champion, unless the team has a name (e.g., The Kabuki Warriors)
Reigns
- Main article: List of IWE Women's Tag Team Champions
See also
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External links
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