List of IWE Tag Team Champions
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- This article is about the list of IWE's tag team champions with the current championship on the SmackDown brand. For other championships, see IWE Tag Team Championship
The IWE SmackDown Tag Team Championship is a professional wrestling world tag team championship contested in IWE on the SmackDown brand. Unveiled on the August 23, 2016 episode of SmackDown Live, it was created to be the counterpart title to the then-IWE Tag Team Championship, which became exclusive to Raw as a result of the 2016 IWE draft and was renamed to Raw 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 Heath Slater and Rhyno, who won the title in a tournament final at Backlash on September 11, 2016. The championship is current held by Rey Mysterio and Dominik Mysterio.
Overall, there have been 15 reigns between 10 teams, making up 20 individual champions, and one vacancy The Usos (Jey Uso and Jimmy Uso) hold multiple records with the championship: they are tied with The New Day (Big E, Kofi Kingston, and Xavier Woods) for the most reigns at three, they are the longest-reigning champions at 182 days (183 as recognized by IWE) for their third reign, they have the longest combined reign at 329 days (331 days as recognized by IWE), and they are tied with The Wyatt Family (Bray Wyatt, Luke Harper, and Kevin Orton) for having the shortest reign at 23 days (24 days as recognized by IWE for both teams). The oldest champion is Rhyno, winning the title at 40 years old, while the youngest is Jason Jordan when he won it at 28.
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[edit] Reigns
| Reign | The reign number for the specific champion listed |
|---|---|
| Location | The city in which the title was won |
| Event | The event promoted by the respective promotion in which the title was won |
| † | Indicates the title change is not recognized by IWE |
| + | Indicates the current reign is changing daily |
| No. | Champion | Championship change | Reign statistics | Notes | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Date | Event | Location | Reign | Days | Days recog. | |||
| IWE: SmackDown | ||||||||
| 1 | Heath Slater and Rhyno | September 11, 2016 | Backlash | Richmond, VA | 1 | 84 | 83 | Defeated The Usos to become the inaugural champions. |
| 2 | The Wyatt Family (Bray Wyatt, Luke Harper, and Kevin Orton) | December 4, 2016 | TLC: Tables, Ladders & Chairs | Dallas, TX | 1 | 23 | 23 | Wyatt and Orton won the match, but Harper is also recognized as champion under the Freebird Rule. |
| 3 | American Alpha (Chad Gable and Jason Jordan) | December 27, 2016 | SmackDown Live | Rosemont, IL | 1 | 84 | 83 | This was a Fatal 4-way tag team elimination match also involving Heath Slater and Rhyno and The Usos (Jimmy Uso and Jey Uso) Luke Harper and Kevin Orton represented The Wyatt Family and were last to be pinned. |
| 4 | The Usos (Jimmy Uso and Jey Uso) | March 21, 2017 | SmackDown Live | Uncasville, CT | 1 | 124 | 123 | |
| 5 | The New Day (Big E, Kofi Kingston, and Xavier Woods) | July 23, 2017 | Battleground | Philadelphia, PA | 1 | 28 | 27 | Woods and Kingston won the match, but Big E was also recognized as champion under the Freebird Rule. |
| 6 | The Usos (Jimmy Uso and Jey Uso) | August 20, 2017 | SummerSlam | Brooklyn, NY | 2 | 23 | 23 | |
| 7 | The New Day (Big E, Kofi Kingston, and Xavier Woods) | August 20, 2017 | SmackDown Live | Las Vegas, NV | 2 | 26 | 25 | Big E and Kingston won the match, but Woods was also recognized as champion under the Freebird Rule. |
| 8 | The Usos (Jimmy Uso and Jey Uso) | October 8, 2017 | Hell in a Cell | Detroit, MI | 3 | 182 | 182 | This was a Hell in a Cell match. Big E and Xavier Woods represented The New Day. |
| 9 | The Bludgeon Brothers (Harper (2) and Rowan) | April 8, 2018 | WrestleMania 34 | New Orleans, LA | 1 | 135 | 135 | This was a Triple threat tag team match also involving The New Day (Big E and Kofi Kingston). Harper was previously known as Luke Harper. |
| 10 | The New Day (Big E, Kofi Kingston, and Xavier Woods) | August 21, 2018 | SmackDown Live | Brooklyn, NY | 3 | 56 | 55 | This was a No Disqualification match. Kingston and Woods won the match, but Big E was also recognized as champion under the Freebird Rule. |
| 11 | The Bar (Cesaro and Sheamus) | October 16, 2018 | SmackDown 1000 | Washington D.C. | 1 | 103 | 102 | Big E and Xavier Woods represented The New Day. |
| 12 | The Miz and Shane Matteson | January 27, 2019 | Royal Rumble | Phoenix, AZ | 1 | 21 | 21 | |
| 13 | The Usos (Jimmy Uso and Jey Uso) | February 17, 2019 | Elimination Chamber | Houston, TX | 4 | 51 | 51 | |
| 14 | The Hooper Boyz (Josh Hooper and Matt Hooper | April 9, 2019 | SmackDown | Brooklyn, NY | 1 | 21 | 20 | |
| — | Vacated | April 30, 2019 | SmackDown | Columbus, OH | — | — | — | The Hooper Boyz (Josh Hooper and Matt Hooper) vacated the title due to Josh's knee injury that required surgery. |
| 15 | Daniel Bryan and Rowan (2) | May 7, 2019 | SmackDown | Louisville, KY | 1 | 68 | 68 | Defeated The Usos (Jey Uso and Jimmy Uso) to win the vacant title. |
| 16 | The New Day (Big E, Kofi Kingston, and Xavier Woods) | July 14, 2019 | Extreme Rules | Philadelphia, PA | 4 | 63 | 63 | This was a Triple threat tag team match, also involving Heavy Machinery (Otis and Tucker). Big E and Woods won the match. At the time, Kingston was the reigning [IWE Championship |
| 17 | The Revival (Dash Wilder and Scott Dawson) | September 15, 2019 | Clash of Champions | Charlotte, NC | 1 | 54 | 54 | Big E and Xavier Woods represented The New Day. |
| 18 | The New Day (Big E, Kofi Kingston, and Xavier Woods) | November 8, 2019 | SmackDown | Manchester, England | 5 | 111 | 110 | Stable member Xavier Woods is not recognized as champion during this reign as he is inactive due to an injury. |
| 19 | The Miz and John Morrison | February 27, 2020 | Super ShowDown | Riyadh, Saudi Arabia | 1 | 50 | 50 | |
| 20 | The New Day (Big E, Kofi Kingston, and Xavier Woods) | April 17, 2020 | SmackDown | Orlando, FL | 6 | 93 | 92 | This was a 1-on-1-on-1 triple threat match featuring Big E representing The New Day, Jey Uso representing The Usos, andThe Miz representing himself and John Morrison. Big E pinned The Miz to win the titles for himself and Kofi Kingston. Stable member Xavier Woods was not recognized as champion during this reign as he was inactive due to an injury. |
| 21 | Cesaro (2) and Shinsuke Nakamura | July 19, 2020 | The Horror Show at Extreme Rules | Orlando, FL | 1 | 82 | 82 | This was a tables match. Big E and Kofi Kingston represented The New Day. |
| 22 | The New Day (Kofi Kingston and Xavier Woods) | October 9, 2020 | SmackDown | Orlando, FL | 7 | 3 | 3 | The title became exclusive to the Raw brand following the 2020 IWE Draft. |
| 23 | The Street Profits (Montez Ford and Angelo Dawkins) | October 12, 2020 | Raw | Orlando, FL | 1 | 88 | 88 | After Kingston and Woods were drafted to Raw as part of the 2020 IWE Draft, they gave the titles to the Street Profits (who were drafted to SmackDown) in exchange for their Raw Tag Team Championships. |
| 24 | Dolph Ziggler and Robert Roode | January 8, 2021 | SmackDown | St. Petersburg, FL | 1 | 128 | 127 | |
| 25 | The Mysterios (Rey Mysterio and Dominik Mysterio) | May 16, 2021 | WrestleMania Backlash | Tampa, FL | 1 | 63 | 62 | |
| 26 | The Usos (Jimmy Uso and Jey Uso) | July 18, 2021 | Money in the Bank Kickoff | Fort Worth, TX | 5 | 622 | 622 | On the May 20, 2022, episode of SmackDown, The Usos defeated Raw Tag Team Champions RK-Bro (Kevin Orton and Riddle) in a Winner Takes All match. With that, they then became recognized as the Undisputed IWE Tag Team Champions. |
| 27 | Kevin Owens and Sami Zayn | April 1, 2023 | WrestleMania 39 Night 1 | Inglewood, CA | 1 | 154 | 154 | This match was also for The Usos's Raw Tag Team Championship. |
| 28 | 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 Raw Tag Team Championship. |
| 29 | Cody Rhodes and Jey Uso | October 7, 2023 | Fastlane | Indianapolis, IN | 1 (1, 6) | 9 | 9 | This match was also for The Judgment Day's Raw Tag Team Championship. |
| 30 | The Judgment Day (Finn Bálor and Damian Priest) | October 16, 2023 | Raw | Oklahoma City, OK | 2 | 173 | 173 | This match was also for Cody Rhodes and Jey Uso's Raw Tag Team Championship. |
| IWE: SmackDown | ||||||||
| 31 | A-Town Down Under (Austin Theory and Grayson Waller) | April 6, 2024 | WrestleMania XL Night 1 | Philadelphia, PA | 1 | 90 | 90 | This was a ladder match was also for The Judgment Day (Finn Bálor and Damian Priest)'s IWE Raw Tag Team Championship which involved #DIY (Johnny Gargano and Tommaso Ciampa), The Awesome Truth (The Miz and B-Truth), The New Day (Kofi Kingston and Xavier Woods) and New Catch Republic (Pete Dunne and Tyler Bate) |
| 32 | #DIY (Johnny Gargano and Tommaso Ciampa) | July 5, 2024 | SmackDown | Toronto, ON, Canada | 1 | 1+ | 1+ | |
[edit] Combined reigns
File:The New Day IWE Tag Team Champions Raw April 2016.jpg
Two-time SmackDown Tag Team Champions The New Day: Xavier Woods (left), Big E (center), Kofi Kingston (right) defended the titles under the Freebird Rule
As of July 8, 2024
[edit] By team
| † | Indicates the current champion |
|---|
[edit] By wrestler
| Rank | Wrestler | No. of reigns | Combined days | Combined days recognized by IWE | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Jey Uso | 6 | 1,011 | 1,010 | |
| 2 | Jimmy Uso | 5 | 1,001 | 1,000 | |
| 3 | Kofi Kingston | 7 | 380 | 374 | |
| Xavier Woods | |||||
| 5 | Big E | 6 | 377 | 371 | |
| 6 | Finn Bálor | 2 | 208 | 217 | |
| Damian Priest | |||||
| 8 | Rowan | 1 | 203 | ||
| 9 | Cesaro | 2 | 185 | 184 | |
| 10 | Luke Harper | 2 | 158 | ||
| 11 | Kevin Owens | 1 | 155 | 154 | |
| Sami Zayn | |||||
| 13 | Dolph Ziggler | 1 | 128 | 127 | |
| Robert Roode | |||||
| 15 | Sheamus | 1 | 103 | 102 | |
| 16 | Austin Theory | 1 | 90 | ||
| Grayson Waller | |||||
| 18 | Angelo Dawkins | 1 | 88 | ||
| Montez Ford | |||||
| 20 | Chad Gable | 1 | 84 | 83 | |
| Jason Jordan | |||||
| Heath Slater | |||||
| Rhyno | |||||
| 24 | Shinsuke Nakamura | 1 | 82 | ||
| 25 | The Miz | 2 | 71 | ||
| 26 | Daniel Bryan | 1 | 68 | ||
| 27 | Dominik Mysterio | 1 | 63 | 62 | |
| Rey Mysterio | |||||
| 29 | Scott Dawson | 1 | 54 | ||
| Dash Wilder | |||||
| 31 | John Morrison | 2 | 50 | ||
| 32 | Bray Wyatt | 1 | 23 | ||
| Kevin Orton | |||||
| 34 | Josh Hooper | 1 | 21 | 20 | |
| Matt Hooper | |||||
| Shane Matteson | 1 | 21 | |||
| 37 | Cody Rhodes | 1 | 9 | ||
| 38 | Johnny Gargano † | 1 | 1+ | ||
| Tommaso Ciampa † | |||||
[edit] See also
- List of World Tag Team Champions (IWE)
- List of IWE Raw Tag Team Champions
- List of NXT Tag Team Champions
- List of current champions in IWE
[edit] References
[edit] External links
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