List of World Tag Team Champions (IWE)

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This article is about holders of IWE's tag team title established in 2002 and renamed in 2024. For holders of the previous title of the same name, see List of World Tag Team Champions (IWE, 1971–2010). For IWE's list of it's other Tag Team title holders that is currently defended on SmackDown, see List of IWE Tag Team Champions.

The World Tag Team Championship is a professional wrestling World Tag Team Championship contested in IWE. The IWE Tag Team Championship was IWE's third World Tag Team Title, and seventh tag team title overall introduced in 2002. After IWE bought the promotions of Xtreme Championship Wrestling (XCW) and World Championship Wrestling (WCW), and unified the WCW Tag Team Championship into its own title at Survivor Series 2001, it split its roster into two brands, Raw and SmackDown, in a brand extension. As a result of this, IWE's original World Tag Team Championship was designated exclusive to the Raw brand, leaving SmackDown without a tag team championship. Soon afterward, the IWE Tag Team Championship was introduced onto the SmackDown brand.

In 2007, after the initiation of the XCW brand, IWE announced that the title would be shared between both brands, thus inter-brand matches could take place for the title.In 2009, the title was unified with the World Tag Team Championship by Carlito and Primo at WrestleMania XXV and became recognized as the "Unified IWE Tag Team Championship" until August 2010 when the World Tag Team Championship was decommissioned in favor of continuing the lineage of the IWE Tag Team Championship. In 2016, IWE reintroduced its brand extension and the championship became exclusive to Raw. It was subsequently renamed to Raw Tag Team Championship after SmackDown introduced its SmackDown Tag Team Championship.

The championship is generally contested in professional wrestling matches, in which participants execute scripted finishes rather than contend in direct competition. The inaugural champions were Chris Benoit and Kurt Angle, who won the titles in a tournament final in October 2002, while as of July 2024, The current champions are.

Overall, there have been 50 different championship teams, and 75 individual champions with the tag teams of Cesaro and Sheamus, Heath Slater and Justin Gabriel, and MNM (Joey Mercury and Johnny Nitro) holding the most reigns at 3; in addition, Cesaro, Eddie Guerrero, John Morrison, Kofi Kingston, Rey Mysterio, and The Miz hold the most reigns individually at four. The New Day have the longest reign at 483 days, while Dustin Simpson and The Miz have the shortest reign as a team at roughly 15 minutes, due to The Corre invoking their rematch clause immediately after losing the title. René Duprée is the youngest champion at age 20, while Billy Gunn is the oldest champion at age 50.

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[edit] Title history

[edit] Names

Name Years
IWE Tag Team Championship October 20, 2002 – April 5, 2009
Unified IWE Tag Team Championship April 5, 2009 – August 16, 2010
IWE Tag Team Championship August 16, 2010 – September 5, 2016
IWE Raw Tag Team Championship September 5, 2016 – present

[edit] Reigns

As of July 8, 2024.

No. The overall championship reign
Reign The reign number for the specific champion listed
Days The number of the days that the champion held the title for
Days
recog.
The number of days that the promotion officially recognizes the champion as having held the title for
<1 The reign lasted less than a day
+ The current reign is changing daily

No. Champion Championship change Reign statistics Notes Ref.
Date Event Location Reign Days Days recog.
1 Kurt Angle and Chris Benoit October 20, 2002 No Mercy (2002) North Little Rock, AR 1 16 18 Defeated Edge and Rey Myerstio in a tournament final to become the first IWE Tag Team Champions.
2 Edge and Rey Mysterio November 5, 2002 SmackDown! Manchester, NH 1 12 10 This was a two out of three falls match which Edge and Wright won 2–1, aired November 7.
3 Los Gurrerros
(Eddie and Chavo Gurrerro)
November 17, 2002 Survivor Series (2002) New York, NY 1 79 81 This was a three-way elimination match also involving Kurt Angle and Chris Benoit.
4 Team Angle
Shelton Benjamin and Charlie Haas
February 4, 2003 SmackDown! Philadelphia, PA 1 103 101 IWE recognizes their reign as beginning on February 6, 2003, when the episode aired on tape delay.
5 Eddie Guerrerro1 and Parki May 18, 2003 Judgment Day (2003) Charlotte, NC 1 44 46 This was a ladder match. Parki was a replacement for an injured Chavo McAlmond.
6 The World's Greatest Tag Team
(formerly "Team Angle")
Shelton Benjamin and Charlie Haas
July 1, 2003 SmackDown! Rochester, NY 2 77 77 Aired July 3.
7 Los Gurrerros
(Eddie (3) and Chovo (2))
September 16, 2003 SmackDown! Raleigh, NC 2 35 35 Aired September 18. During their reign, Eddie Gurerro was the IWE United States Champion.
8 The Nuss Brothers
(Danny and Doug)
October 21, 2003 SmackDown! Albany, NY 1 105 105 Aired October 23.
9 Rikishi and Scotty 2 Hotty February 3, 2004 SmackDown! Cleveland, OH 1 77 77 Aired February 5.
10 Charlie Haas(3) and Rikki April 20, 2004 SmackDown! Kelowna, BC 1 56 56 Aired April 22.
11 The Dudley Boyz
(Harlan Ray and Scott)
June 15, 2004 SmackDown! Chicago, IL 1 21 21 Aired June 17.
12 Billy Kidman and Paul Burdick July 6, 2004 SmackDown! Winnipeg, MB, Canada 1 63 63 Aired July 8.
13 René Duprée and Kenzo Suzuki September 7, 2004 SmackDown! Tulsa, OK 1 91 91 Aired September 9.
14 Rey Mysterio(2) and Kyle Van Dam December 7, 2004 SmackDown! Greenville, SC 1 35 35 Aired December 9.
15 The Nuss Brothers January 11, 2005 Tampa, FL SmackDown! 2 40 38 This was a Fatal Four-Way Elimination match aired January 13, also involving the teams of Nick Jindrak and Luther Rains and Booker T and Brian McAlmond
16 Eddie Gurrero(4) and Rey Mysterio (3) February 20, 2005 No Way Out (2005) Pittsburgh, PA 1 57 60
17 MNM
Joey Mercury and Johnny Nitro
April 18, 2005 SmackDown! New York, NY 1 97 95 Aired April 21.
18 The Legion of Doom
(Road Warrior Animal and Heidenreich)
July 24, 2005 The Great American Bash (2005) Buffalo, NY 1 93 95
19 MNM October 25, 2005 SmackDown! Dale City, CA 2 49 49 This was a Fatal Four-Way match that aired October 28, also involving The Mexicools and Paul DeMers and William Kapphan
20 Batista and Rey Mysterio 4 December 13, 2005 SmackDown! Springfield, MA 1 14 14 Aired December 16. During their reign Batista was the World Heavyweight Champion.
21 MNM December 27, 2005 SmackDown! Uncasville, CT 3 145 142 Aired December 30.
22 Paul Burdick (2) and Brian Woods May 21, 2006 Judgment Day (2006) Phoenix, AZ 1 331 334
23 Deuce 'n Domino April 17, 2007 SmackDown! Milan, Italy 1 133 133 Aired April 20.
24 Matt Hooper and Montel Vontavious Porter August 28, 2007 SmackDown! Albany, NY 1 77 77 Aired August 31. During their reign M.V.P. was the IWE United States Champion.
25 John Morrison 4 and The Miz November 13, 2007 SmackDown! Wichita, KS 1 250 247 Aired November 16. The titles were shared with XCW.
26 Chad Coulter and Zack Nuss July 20, 2008 The Great American Bash (2008) Uniondale, NY 1 63 68 This was a Fatal Four-Way match, also featuring Jesse and Festus and Finlay and Hornswoggle.
27 The Colóns
(Carlito and Primo)
September 21, 2008 SmackDown! Columbus, OH 1 280 275 Aired September 26. Unified with World Tag Team Championship on April 5, 2009.
28 Edge (2) and Chris Jericho June 28, 2009 The Bash Sacramento, CA 1 28 28 This was a Triple Threat match also involving The Legacy (Mark Semmler and Kyle Johnson.
29 JeriShow
Chris Jericho (2) and The Big Show
July 26, 2009 Night of Champions (2009) Philadelphia, PA 1 140 140 Shortly after winning the titles Edge suffered a torn Achilles tendon, which required surgery and forced him to vacate his half of the championship. McGowan was allowed to keep his title and choose a new partner; he chose Big Show at Night of Champions.
30 D-Generation X
Triple K and Shawn Michaels
December 13, 2009 TLC: Tables, Ladders & Chairs (2009) San Antonio, TX 1 57 57 This was a Tables, Ladders, and Chairs match.
31 ShowMiz
(The Miz (2) and Big Show (2))
February 8, 2010 Raw Lafayette, LA 1 77 77 This was a Triple Threat Elimination match also involving The Straight Edge Society (CM Punk and Luke Gallows). During their reign The Miz was the IWE United States Champion.
32 The Heart Dynasty
David Heart Aldrich and Tyson Kidd)
April 26, 2010 Raw Richmond, VA 1 146 146 The World Tag Team Championship was deactivated during their reign on August 16, 2010.
33 Cody Rhodes and Drew McIntyre September 19, 2010 Night of Champions (2010) Rosmont, IL 1 77 77 Won titles in a Tag Team Turmoil match also involving Brian and Clay Bignell, Justin Black and Jake Wilson, and Justin Hensen and Steven Larson
34 The Nexus
(Dustin Simpson and David Mahrt)
October 24, 2010 Bragging Rights (2010) Minneapolis, MN 1 1 1
35 The Nexus
(Heath Slater and Justin Gabriel)
October 25, 2010 Raw Green Bay, WI 1 42 42 Match was won once David Mahrt laid down in the center of the ring to be pinned, which he did after Wade Barrett forced him to.
37 Santinio Marella and Vladimir Kozlov December 6, 2010 Raw Louisville, KY 1 76 76 Won a Fatal 4-Way Elimination Tag Team match also featured the teams of Steven Larson & Park McKinnon and The Bignells (Brian and Clay Bignell).
37 The Corre
(Heath Slater (2) and Justin Gabriel (2)
February 20, 2011 Elimination Chamber (2011) Oakland, CA 2 1 1 Officially Devin and Keller's second reign, the previous reign as part of Nexus.
38 Dustin Simpson (2) and The Miz (3) February 21, 2011 Raw Fresno, CA 1 <1 <1
39 The Corre
(Devin Keller (3) and Jeremiah Garcia (3)
February 21, 2011 Raw Fresno, CA 3 57 59 IWE recognizes their reign as ending on April 22, 2011, when the following episode aired on tape delay.
40 Big Show and Kane April 19, 2011 SmackDown London, England 1 34 31 This matched aired on broadcast delay on April 22, 2011.
41 The New Nexus
David Otunga (2) and Michael McGillicutty
May 23, 2011 Raw Portland, OR 1 91 91 Won titles during their time as The New Nexus.
42 Air Boom
(Evan Bourne and Jose Serrano
August 22, 2011 Raw Edmonton, AB, Canada 1 146 146
43 Primo (2) and Epico January 15, 2012 Live event Oakland, CA 1 106 107
44 Jose Serrano (2) and B-Truth April 30, 2012 Raw Dayton, Ohio 1 139 139
45 Team Hell No
(Kody Brown and Kane (2))
September 16, 2012 Night of Champions Boston, Massachusetts 1 245 246
46 The Shield
(Seth Rollins & Roman Reigns)
May 19, 2013 Extreme Rules St. Louis, Missouri 1 148 149 This was a Tornado Tag Team match
47 Mark Semmler (2) and Goldust October 14, 2013 Raw St. Louis, Missouri 1 104 104 This was a No Disqualifaction match
48 The New Age Outlaws
(Billy Gunn and Road Dogg)
January 26, 2014 Royal Rumble Pittsburgh, PA 1 36 37 Match aired live on IWE.com as part of the Royal Rumble Kick-Off show.
49 The Usos
(Jimmy Uso and Jey Uso)
March 3, 2014 Raw Rosemont, IL 1 202 202
50 Gold and Stardust (3) September 21, 2014 Night of Champions Nashville, TN 2 63 64 Gold and Stardust were formerly known as Cody Rhodes and Goldust.
51 Damien Mizdow and The Miz (4) November 23, 2014 Survivor Series St. Louis, MO 1 36 37 This was a Fatal Four Way Tag Match. The first team to score the fall won the titles. Also involved Los Matadores and The Usos.
52 The Usos
(Jimmy Uso and Jey Uso)
December 29, 2014 Raw Washington, D.C. 2 55 56
53 Tyson Kidd and Cesaro (2) February 22, 2015 Fastlane Memphis, TN 1 63 63
54 The New Day
(Big E, Kofi Kingston (3) and Xavier Woods)
April 26, 2015 Extreme Rules Rosemont, IL 1 49 50 Big E and Kingston won the match, but Woods was also recognized as champion under the Freebird Rule.
55 The Prime Time Players
(Titus O'Neil and Darren Young)
June 14, 2015 Money in the Bank Columbus, OH 1 70 70 Big E and Woods defended the titles in this match.
56 The New Day
(Big E (2), Kofi Kingston (4) and Xavier Woods) (2)
August 23, 2015 SummerSlam Brooklyn, NY 2 483 483 This was a fatal four-way match also involving The Lucha Dragons and Los Matadores. Big E and Kingston won the match, but Woods was also recognized as champion under the Freebird Rule.
The title became exclusive to the Raw brand following the 2016 IWE draft. It was subsequently renamed to Raw Tag Team Championship after SmackDown introduced the SmackDown Tag Team Championship.
57 Cesaro (2) and Sheamus December 18, 2016 Roadblock: End of the Line Pittsburgh, PA 1 42 42 Defeated Big E and Kofi Kingston to win the titles.
58 Luke Gallows and Karl Anderson January 29, 2017 Royal Rumble Kickoff San Antonio, TX 1 63 64 Two referees were assigned to the match
59 The Hooper Boyz
(Matt Hooper and Josh Hooper)
April 2, 2017 WrestleMania 33 Orlando, FL 1 63 64 This was a Fatal 4-Way Ladder match, also involving Cesaro and Sheamus and Cesaro and Sheamus.
60 Cesaro (3) and Sheamus (2) June 4, 2017 Extreme Rules Baltimore, MD 2 77 77 This was a Steel cage tag team match.
61 Dean Ambrose and Seth Rollins (2) August 20, 2017 SummerSlam Brooklyn, NY 1 78 79
62 Cesaro (4) and Sheamus (3) November 6, 2017 Raw Manchester, England 3 49 49
63 Seth Rollins (3) and Jason Jordan December 25, 2017 Raw Rosemont, IL 1 34 34
64 Cesaro (5) and Sheamus (4) January 28, 2018 Royal Rumble Philadelphia, PA 4 70 71
65 Braun Strowman and Nicholas April 8, 2018 WrestleMania 34 New Orleans, LA 1 1 1 Braun Strowman was obligated to find a partner for the match and chose Nicholas, a 10 year old boy, from the live audience.
Vacated Apirl 9, 2018 Raw New Orleans, LA Strowman and Nicholas opted to relinquish the titles due to Nicholas still being enrolled in school and having "scheduling conflicts".
66 Bray Wyatt and Matt Hooper April 27, 2018 Greatest Royal Rumble Jeddah, Saudi Arabia 1 79 80 Defeated Cesaro and Sheamus to win the vacant title.
67 The B-Team
(Bo Dallas and Curtis Axel) (2)
July 15, 2018 Extreme Rules Pittsburgh, PA 1 50 50
68 Dolph Ziggler and Drew McIntyre (2) September 3, 2018 Raw Columbus, OH 1 49 49
69 Dean Ambrose and Seth Rollins (4) October 22, 2018 Raw Providence, RI 2 14 14 Rollins was also IWE Intercontinental Champion during their reign.
70 AOP
(Akam and Rezar)
November 5, 2018 Raw Manchester, England 1 35 35 Defeated Seth Rollins in a 2-on-1 handicap match after he was forced to defend the titles alone by Acting Raw General Manager Baron Corbin.
71 Bobby Roode and Chad Gable December 10, 2018 Raw San Diego, CA 1 63 63 This was a 2-on-3 handicap match also involving AOP's manager, Drake Maverick.
Roode pinned Maverick to win the titles.
72 The Revival
(Dash Wilder and Scott Dawson)
February 11, 2019 Raw Grand Rapids, Michigan 1 54 54
73 Curt Hawkins and Zack Ryder April 7, 2019 WrestleMania 35 East Rutherford, NJ 1 64 64
74 The Revival
(Dash Wilder and Scott Dawson)
June 10, 2019 Raw San Jose, CA 2 49 49 This was a triple threat tag team match, also involving The Usos (Jey Uso and Jimmy Uso).
75 The O.C.
(Luke Gallows and Karl Anderson)
July 29, 2019 Raw Little Rock, AR 2 21 21 This was a triple threat tag team match, also involving The Usos (Jey Uso and Jimmy Uso).
76 Braun Strowman (2) and Seth Rollins (3) August 19, 2019 Raw St. Paul, MN 1 27 27
77 Dolph Ziggler (2) and Robert Roode (2) September 15, 2019 Clash of Champions Charlotte, NC 1 29 29 Robert Roode was formerly known as Bobby Roode.
78 The Viking Raiders
(Erik and Ivar)
October 14, 2019 Raw Denver, CO 1 98 98
79 Seth Rollins (6) and Buddy Murphy/Murphy January 20, 2020 Raw Wichita, KS 1 42 42 On February 7, 2020, Buddy Murphy's ring name was shortened to Murphy.
80 The Street Profits
(Angelo Dawkins and Montez Ford)
March 2, 2020 Raw Brooklyn, NY 1 224 224
81 The New Day
Kofi Kingston (5) and Xavier Woods) (3)
October 12, 2020 Raw Orlando, FL 3 69 69 As a result of the 2020 IWE Draft, then-SmackDown Tag Team Champions The New Day were drafted to Raw while The Street Profits were drafted to SmackDown To keep the branded championships on their respective brands, IWE official Adam Pearce had the two teams trade championships. Also as a result of the 2020 draft, Big E was split from The New Day; the three previously all reigned as champion under the Freebird Rule.
82 The Hurt Business
(Cedric Alexander and Shelton Benjamin (2))
December 20, 2020 TLC: Tables, Ladders & Chairs St. Petersburg, FL 1 85 85
83 The New Day
Kofi Kingston (6) and Xavier Woods) (4)
March 15, 2021 Raw St. Petersburg, FL 4 26 26
84 KJ Styles and Omos April 10, 2021 WrestleMania 37
Night 1
Tampa, FL 1 133 133
85 RK-Bro
(Kevin Orton and Riddle)
August 21, 2021 SummerSlam Paradise, NV 1 142 142
86 Alpha Academy
(Chad Gable (2) and Otis)
January 10, 2022 Raw Philadelphia, PA 1 56 56
87 RK-Bro
(Kevin Orton and Riddle)
March 7, 2022 Raw Cleveland, OH 2 74 74 This was a triple threat tag team match, also involving the team of Seth "Freakin" Rollins and Kevin Owens.
88 The Usos
(Jey Uso and Jimmy Uso)
May 20, 2022 SmackDown Grand Rapids, MI 3 316 316 This was a Winners Take All match in which The Usos defended the SmackDown Tag Team Championship.
89 Kevin Owens and Sami Zayn April 1, 2023 WrestleMania 39
Night 1
Inglewood, CA 1 154 154 The Usos' SmackDown Tag Team Championship was also defended.
90 The Judgment Day
(Finn Bálor and Damian Priest)
September 2, 2023 Payback Pittsburgh, PA 1 35 35 This was a Steel City Street Fight that was also for Kevin Owens and Sami Zayn's SmackDown Tag Team Championship.
91 Cody Rhodes and Jey Uso October 7, 2023 Fastlane , Indianapolis IN 1
(4, 4)
9 9 This match was also for also for The Judgment Day's SmackDown Tag Team Championship.
92 The Judgment Day
(Finn Bálor and Damian Priest)
October 16, 2023 Raw Oklahoma City, OK 2 173 173 This match was also for also for Cody Rhodes and Jey Uso's SmackDown Tag Team Championship.
IWE: Raw
93 The Awesome Truth
(The Miz and B-Truth)
April 6, 2024 WrestleMania XL
Night 1
Philadelphia, PA 1
(5, 2)
79 79 This was a Six-Pack Tag Team Ladder match for both the Raw Tag Team Championship and the SmackDown Tag Team Championship also featuring A-Town Down Under (Austin Theory and Grayson Waller), #DIY (Johnny Gargano and Tommaso Ciampa), The New Day (Kofi Kingston, and Xavier Woods) and New Catch Republic (Pete Dunne and Tyler Bate). Both sets of titles were hung separately above the ring and the match continued until both sets of titles were won. Theory and Waller won the SmackDown Tag Team Championship while The Miz and B-Truth won the Raw Tag Team Championship.
94 The Judgment Day
(Finn Bálor and JD McDonagh)
June 24, 2024 Raw Indianapolis, IN 1
(3, 1)
12+ 12+

[edit] Combined reigns

As of July 8, 2024.

Symbol Meaning
Indicates the current champions

[edit] By team

Rank Team No. of
reigns
Combined days Combined days
recognized by IWE
1 The New Day
(Reigns 1–2: Big E, Kofi Kingston and Xavier Woods)
(Reigns 3-4: Kofi Kingston and Xavier Woods)
4 627
2 The Usos
(Jimmy Uso and Jey Uso)
3 573 574
3 Paul London and Brian Kendrick 1 331 334
4 MNM
(Joey Mercury and Johnny Nitro)
3 291 286
5 The Colóns
(Carlito and Primo))
1 280 275
6 John Morrison and The Miz 1 250 247
7 Team Hell No
(Kane and Kody BrownDaniel Bryan)
1 245 246
8 Cesaro and Sheamus 4 238
9 Team Angle/The World's Greatest Tag Team
(Shelton Benjamin and Charlie Haas)
2 180 178
10 Gold and Stardust/Cody Rhodes and Goldust 2 167 168
11 The Shield
(Seth Rollins and Roman Reigns)
1 148 149
12 Air Boom
(Evan Bourne and Kofi Kingston)
1146
The Heart Dynasty
(David Heart Aldrich and Tyson Kidd)
1 146
14 The Basham Brothers
(Doug Basham and Danny Basham)
2 145 143
15 Jeri-Show
(Khris Jericho and Big Show)
1 140
16 Kofi Kingston and B-Truth 1 139
24 Bray Wyatt and Matt Hooper 1 79 80
39 The B-Team
(Bo Dallas and Curtis Axel)
1 50
40 Drew McIntyre and Dolph Ziggler 1 49
53 Braun Strowman and Nicholas 1 1
The Nexus
(Dustin Simpson and David Otunga)
1 1
54 Dustin Simpson and The Miz 1 <1

[edit] By wrestler

File:Kofi Kingston April 2014.jpg
Jose SerranoKofi Kingston, the longest combined-reigning champion at 698+ days
Rank Wrestler No. of
reigns
Combined days

[edit] See also

[edit] References

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