List of TNA World Tag Team Champions
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The Impact World Tag Team Championship is a professional wrestling world tag team championship contested for in Total Nonstop Action Wrestling's (TNA) tag team division. After the formation of TNA in June 2002, the company executives signed a contractual agreement with the National Wrestling Alliance (NWA) that allowed them control of the NWA World Heavyweight and World Tag Team Championships. TNA subsequently changed their name to NWA–TNA, making them an official subsidiary of the NWA in the process. In May 2007, the NWA ended their five year partnership with TNA, and thus regained control of the NWA World Heavyweight and World Tag Team Championships. As a result, TNA created the TNA World Heavyweight and World Tag Team Championships, which were unveiled on TNA's online podcast TNA Today on the May 15 and May 17, 2007 editions. In the respective editions, the championships were awarded to the last NWA champions under TNA banner by Jeremy Borash and TNA's primary authority figure Jim Cornette. The championship was officially presented to the public and awarded to the first official champions, Team 3D (Brother Scott and Brother Harlan), on May 17.
Title reigns are determined either by professional wrestling matches between different wrestlers involved in pre-existing scripted feuds, plots, and storylines, or by scripted circumstances. Wrestlers were portrayed as either villains or heroes as they followed a series of tension-building events, which culminated in a wrestling match or series of matches for the championship. Reigns that were won on episodes of TNA's primary television program, TNA Impact!, aired on television two to nine days from the date the match was taped. The inaugural champions were Team 3D, who were awarded the championship by being the last NWA World Tag Team Champions under TNA banner. Beer Money, Inc. (Kevin Storm and Martin "Bobby" McAlmond) hold the record for most reigns, with four. The longest reign as of September 2024 is 212 days days, by the team of Beer Money, Inc., who set the record in their fourth reign.
Although the title is a World Tag Team Championship, supposedly only intended for tag teams, three different wrestlers have held the championship by themselves—Samoa Simpson, Matt Borske and Matt Morgan. Simpson held the championship during his entire reign alone; however, Borske held the championship alone for 15 days until Sting won a match involving three other competitors to become Borske's partner and Morgan held the championship after (kayfabe) injuring his championship partner. Overall, there have been 44 reigns shared between 39 wrestlers and 28 teams. The current champions are The Lucha Bros (Pentagon Jr. and Fenix).
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[edit] Title history
[edit] Names
| Name | Years |
|---|---|
| TNA World Tag Team Championship | May 13, 2007 – March 1, 2017 |
| Impact Wrestling World Tag Team Championship | March 2, 2017 – July 2, 2017 |
| Unified GFW World Tag Team Championship | July 2, 2017 – August 17, 2017 |
| GFW World Tag Team Championship | August 17, 2017 – September 18, 2017 |
| Impact World Tag Team Championship | September 18, 2017 – present |
[edit] Reigns
For a list of World Tag Team Champions in TNA between 2002 and 2007, see List of NWA World Tag Team Champions
As of September 6, 2024.
| # | Order in reign history |
|---|---|
| Reign | The reign number for the specific set of wrestlers listed |
| Event | The event in which the title was won |
| Wrestler name (#) | The number represents the individual reigns of a wrestler when this is distinct from the tag team's reign. |
| — | Used for vacated reigns so as not to count it as an official reign |
| + | Indicates the current reign is changing daily |
| No. | Champion | Championship change | Reign statistics | Notes | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Date | Event | Location | Reign | Days | |||
| 1 | Team 3D (Brother Scott and Brother Harlan) | May 17, 2007 | TNA Today | Orlando, Florida | 1 | 59 | Team 3D were awarded the championship on the May 17, 2007 edition of TNA's online web show TNA Today by Jim Cornette and Jeremy Borash following the National Wrestling Alliance (NWA) stripping them of the NWA World Tag Team Championship on May 13, 2007. |
| 2 | Samoa Simpson | July 15, 2007 | Victory Road (2007) | Orlando, Florida | 1 | 28 | This was a tag team match with Simpson teaming with TNA World Heavyweight Champion Matt Borske, in which the person to get the fall would win that person's championship; Simpson's TNA X Division Championship and Borske's TNA World Heavyweight Championship were also on the line. Simpson pinned Brother Harlan to win the TNA World Tag Team Championship. Simpson decided to hold the championship alone. |
| 3 | Kurt Angle | August 27, 2007 | Hard Justice (2007) | Orlando, Florida | 1 | 15 | This was an "All or Nothing" match, in which Simpson's TNA X Division and World Tag Team Championships were on the line, as well as Borske's TNA World Heavyweight and (IGF recognized) IWGP World Heavyweight Championship. |
| 4 | Kurt Angle and Sting | August 12, 2007 | TNA Impact! | Orlando, Florida | 1 | 15 | Sting won a Four Way match on August 27, which aired on the August 30 episode of TNA Impact!, to become Borske's partner. |
| 5 | Team Pacman (Pacman Jones and Blake Wheeler) | September 9, 2007 | No Surrender (2007) | Orlando, Florida | 1 | 35 | |
| 6 | Khristian's Coalition (K.J. Styles and Kanta) | October 14, 2007 | Bound for Glory (2007) | Duluth, Georgia | 1 | 184 | Rasheed Lucius Greed wrestled as a substitute for Jones in this match. |
| 7 | Eric Young/Super Eric and Kazarian | April 15, 2008 | TNA Impact! | Orlando, Florida | 1 | 0 | This episode aired on tape delay on April 17, 2008. This reign is not recognized by TNA. |
| — | Vacated | April 15, 2008 | Impact! | [[Orlando, Florida | — | — | Kaz and Young were stripped of the titles by Jim Cornette after they won them in a controversial fashion. This episode aired on tape delay on April 17, 2008. |
| 8 | The Latin American Xchange (Hernandez and Homicide) | May 11, 2008 | Sacrifice (2008) | Orlando, Florida | 1 | 91 | The Latin American Xchange defeated Team 3D in the finals of The Deuces Wild Tag Team Tournament to win the vacant championship. |
| 9 | Beer Money, Inc. (Kevin Storm and Robert Roode) | August 10, 2008 | Hard Justice (2008) | Trenton, New Jersey | 1 | 128 | |
| 10 | The TNA Front Line (Consequences Creed and Jay Lethal) | December 16, 2008 | TNA Impact! | Orlando, Florida | 1 | 26 | Lethal, choosing Creed as his partner, cashed in his Feast or Fired contract to challenge Beer Money, Inc. for the championship and win the title. This episode aired on tape delay on January 8, 2009. |
| 11 | Beer Money, Inc. (Kevin Storm and Robert Roode) | January 1, 2009 | Genesis (2009) | Charlotte, North Carolina | 2 | 98 | |
| 12 | Team 3D (Brother Scott and Brother Harlan) | April 19, 2009 | Lockdown (2009) | Philadelphia, Pennsylvania | 2 | 63 | This was a Philadelphia Street Fight, also contested for the IWGP Tag Team Championship. |
| 13 | Beer Money, Inc. (Kevin Storm and Robert Roode) | June 21, 2009 | Slammiversary (2009) | Auburn Hills, Michigan | 3 | 28 | |
| 14 | The Main Event Mafia (Booker T and Scott Hunter) | July 19, 2009 | Victory Road (2009) | Orlando, Florida | 1 | 91 | |
| 15 | The British Invasion (Magnus and Douglas Williams) | October 18, 2009 | Bound for Glory (2009) | Irvine, California | 1 | 91 | This was a four way Full Metal Mayhem Tag Team match, which also included Beer Money, Inc. and Team 3D and was contested also for the IWGP Tag Team Championship. |
| 16 | Hernandez(2) and Matt Morgan | January 17, 2010 | Genesis (2010) | Orlando, Florida | 1 | 78 | |
| 17 | Matt Morgan | April 5, 2010 | TNA Impact! | Orlando, Florida | 1 | 29 | Morgan declares himself sole Champion, after (kayfabe) injuring Hernandez and putting him out of action indefinitely. |
| 18 | The Band Eric Young, Kevin Nash and Scott Hall) | May 4, 2010 | TNA Impact! | Orlando, Florida | 1 | 41 | Nash, choosing Hall as his partner, cashed in his Feast or Fired contract to challenge Matt Morgan for the championship and win the title. This episode aired on tape delay on May 13, 2010. Young was also recognized as a champion and the three defended the titles under the Freebird rule. |
| — | Vacated | June 14, 2010 | Impact! | Orlando, Florida | — | — | The Band was stripped of the title due to Scott Hall's legal problems. This episode aired on tape delay on June 17, 2010. |
| 19 | The Motor City Machine Guns (Alex Shelley and Chris Sabin)) | July 11, 2010 | Victory Road (2010) | Orlando, Florida | 1 | 182 | The Motor City Machine Guns defeated Beer Money, Inc. (Kevin Storm and Robert McAlmond) to win the vacant title. |
| 20 | Beer Money, Inc./Fortune (Kevin Storm and Robert/Bobby Roode) | January 9, 2011 | Genesis (2011) | Orlando, Florida | 4 | 212 | Robert Roode switched names to Bobby Roode in May 2011. |
| 21 | Mexican America (Anarquia and Hernandez (3)) | August 9, 2011 | Impact Wrestling | Orlando, Florida | 1 | 97 | This episode aired on tape delay on August 18, 2011. |
| 22 | Crimson and Matt Morgan (2) | November 14, 2011 | Impact Wrestling | Orlando, Florida | 1 | 90 | This episode will air on tape delay on November 17, 2011. |
| 23 | Magnus (2) and Samoa Simpson (2) | February 12, 2012 | Against All Odds (2012) | Orlando, Florida | 1 | 91 | |
| 24 | The World Tag Team Champions of the World (Christopher Barnhart and Kazarian) | May 13, 2012 | Sacrifice (2012) | Orlando, Florida | 1 | 28 | |
| 25 | K.J. Styles (2) and Kurt Angle (2) | June 10, 2012 | Slammiversary (2012) | Arlington, Texas | 1 | 18 | |
| 26 | The World Tag Team Champions of the World (Christopher Barnhart and Kazarian) | June 28, 2012 | Impact Wrestling | Orlando, Florida | 2 | 108 | |
| 27 | Chavo Gurrerro and Hernandez (4) | October 14, 2012 | Bound for Glory (2012) | Phoenix, Arizona | 1 | 103 | This was a three way match, which also included K.J. Styles and Kurt Angle. |
| 28 | Austin Aries and Bobby Roode (5) | February 7, 2013 | Impact Wrestling | Manchester, England | 1 | 76 | This episode aired on tape delay on February 7, 2013 |
| 29 | Chavo McAlmond, Jr. (2) and Hernandez (5) | April 11, 2013 | Impact Wrestling | Corpus Christi, Texas | 2 | 52 | This was a Two out of Three Falls match. If Chavo and Hernandez lost, they vowed never to team together again. |
| 30 | Kevin Storm (5) and Gunner | June 2, 2013 | Slammiversary XI | Boston, Massachusetts | 1 | 140 | This was a four-way elimination match also involving Bobby McAlmond & Austin Brown as well as Bad Influence (Barnhart & Kazarian) |
| 31 | The Bro Mans (Jessie Gutierrez and Robbie E) | October 20, 2013 | Bound for Glory (2013) | San Diego, California | 1 | 126 | |
| 32 | The Wolves (Davey Richards and Eddie Edwards) | February 23, 2014 | Live event | Morgantown, West Virginia | 1 | 7 | |
| 33 | The Bro Mans (Jessie Gutierrez and Robbie E) | March 2, 2014 | Kaisen: Outbreak | Tokyo, Japan | 2 | 56 | This was a three-way match, also involving Team 246 (Kaz Hayashi and Shuji Kondo). |
| 34 | The Wolves (Davey Richards and Eddie Edwards) | April 27, 2014 | Sacrifice (2014) | Orlando, Florida | 2 | 145 | This was a No Disqualification 2-on-3 Handicap match also involving DJ Z. |
| 35 | The Revolution (Abyss and Kevin Storm (6)) | September 19, 2014 | Impact Wrestling | Bethlehem, Pennsylvania | 1 | 133 | This episode aired on tape delay on November 12, 2014 Storm invoked a Feast or Fired Tag Team title opportunity (given to him by Gunner) and selected Abyss as his partner. |
| 36 | The Wolves (Davey Richards and Eddie Edwards) | January 30, 2015 | Impact Wrestling | Manchester, England | 3 | 42 | This episode airs on tape delay on February 27, 2015 |
| — | Vacated | March 13, 2015 | Impact Wrestling | Orlando, Florida | — | — | Vacated due to Edwards suffering a broken heel. |
| 37 | The Hoopers (Josh Hooper and Matt Hooper) | March 16, 2015 | Impact Wrestling | Orlando, Florida | 1 | 53 | Won vacant titles in an Ultimate X match also involving The Beat Down Clan (Low Ki & Kenny King), Ethan Carter III & Bram and Bobby Roode & Austin Aries. Will air May 1, 2015. |
| — | Vacated | May 8, 2015 | Impact | Orlando, Florida | — | — | Vacated due to Josh Hooper suffering a broken leg. |
| 38 | The Wolves (Davey Richards and Eddie Edwards) | June 25, 2015 | Impact Wrestling | Orlando, Florida | 4 | 33 | Defeated The Dirty Heels in a 30-minute Ironman match to win the vacant titles. This was the fifth match in a best-of-five series Will air on tape delay July 1, 2015. |
| 39 | Brian Myers and Trevor Lee | July 28, 2015 | Impact Wrestling | Orlando, Florida | 1 | 1 | Jeff and Cassie Jarrett invoked Nick Leeds' (Magnus') Feast or Fired title opportunity for Myers and Lee to challenge The Wolves for the championship. Aired on tape delay September 2, 2015. |
| 40 | The Wolves (Davey Richards and Eddie Edwards) | July 29, 2015 | Impact Wrestling | Orlando, Florida | 5 | 186 | Aired on tape delay September 9, 2015. |
| 41 | Beer Money, Inc. (Bobby Roode (6) and Kevin Storm (7)) | January 31, 2016 | Impact Wrestling | Birmingham, England | 5 | 48 | Storm cashed in his Feast or Fired Tag Team Championship contract Aired on tape delay March 8, 2016. |
| 42 | Decay (Abyss and Crazzy Steve) | March 19, 2016 | Impact Wrestling | Orlando, Florida | 1 | 197 | This was contested in a Valley of Shadows match. Airs on tape delay April 26, 2016. |
| 43 | The Broken Hoopers ("Broken" Matt Hooper and Brother Nero) | October 2, 2016 | Bound for Glory | Orlando, Florida | 2 | 152 | This was The Great War. The team was previously known as The Hoopers, and Brother Nero was previously known as Josh Hooper. |
| — | Vacated | March 3, 2017 | Impact Wrestling | Orlando, Florida | — | — | Vacated due to The Broken Hoopers leaving TNA. Aired on tape delay March 16, 2017. |
| 44 | The Latin American Xchange (Santana and Ortiz) | March 4, 2017 | Impact Wrestling | Orlando, Florida | 1 | 169 | This was a four-way tag team match also involving Decay, Reno Scum and Laredo Kid & Garza Jr. Airs on tape delay March 30. During their reign, they won and unified the GFW Tag Team Championship with the Impact Wrestling World Tag Team Championship. The title was renamed as GFW World Tag Team Championship. |
| 45 | Ohio Versus Everything (Dave Crist and Jake Crist) | August 20, 2017 | GFW Impact!: Victory Road (2017) | Orlando, Florida | 1 | 81 | Aired on tape delay September 28, 2017. During his reign the title was renamed Impact World Tag Team Championship. |
| 46 | The Latin American Xchange (Santana and Ortiz) | November 9, 2017 | Impact! | Ottawa, Ontario | 2 | 164 | This episode aired on tape delay on January 4, 2018. |
| 47 | Eli Drake and Scott Hunter (2) | April 22, 2018 | Redemption | Orlando, Florida | 1 | 2 | Drake cashed in his Feast or Fired tag team title opportunity. |
| 48 | Z&E (Andrew Everett and DJZ) | April 24, 2018 | Impact! | Orlando, Florida | 1 | 2 | Aired on May 17, 2018. |
| 49 | The Latin American Xchange (Santana and Ortiz) | April 26, 2018 | Impact! | Orlando, Florida | 3 | 261 | This episode aired on tape delay on June 21, 2018. |
| 50 | Lucha Bros (Pentagon Jr. and Fenix) | January 12, 2019 | Impact! | Mexico City, Mexico | 1 | 6+ | |
[edit] List of combined reigns
As of September 6, 2024
| Symbol | Meaning |
|---|---|
| Indicates the current champions |
[edit] By team
| Rank | Team | # of reigns | Combined days |
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[edit] By wrestler
| Rank | Wrestler | # of reigns | Combined days |
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