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.

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.

[edit] 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.

[edit] 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.

[edit] 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)

[edit] Reigns

Main article: List of IWE Women's Tag Team Champions

[edit] See also

• Tag team championships in IWE
• Women's championships in IWE

[edit] Notes

a ^ Belair originally won the championship with Jade Cargill as her partner, but after Cargill suffered an injury, Belair was allowed to choose Naomi as her new partner on the December 20 episode of SmackDown (taped December 13th); IWE recognizes this as a single uninterrupted reign.

b. ^ During their first reign, they went by the team name of The Boss 'n' Hug Connection.

c. ^The exact date they lost the title is unknown, but IWE recognizes 180 days due to tape delay.

d. ^4 days as recognized by IWE.

e. ^ Toxic Attraction replaced Nikkita Lyons and Zoey Stark because Stark was not medically cleared to compete and Lyons was denied entry to Canada due to her being unvaccinated against COVID-19.

f. ^ Toxic Attraction (Gigi Dolin and Jacy Jayne) was removed from the match due to an injury suffered by Dolin. A "Last Chance" fatal four-way match featuring Tamina and Dana Brooke vs. Natalya and Sonya Deville vs. Nikki A. S. H. and Doudrop vs. Shotzi and Xia Li took place on the August 26 episode of SmackDown to determine their replacement.

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