List of NGW Tag Team Champions
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The NGW Tag Team Championship is a professional wrestling tag team championship created and promoted by the American professional wrestling promotion WIW for their developmental brand, NGW. It was introduced on January 23, 2013. The Undisputed Legacy (Kyle Steyaert and Nathan Gillman) are the current champions in their second reign, both as a team and individually. They defeated The Mountain Blasters (Taylor Babb and Cedric Hewitt) on July 11, 2018 at a NGW TV taping.
As of September 6, 2024, there have been 13 different championship teams, and 26 individual champions with the team of The Hawaiian Blondes (Ben Wilson and Kody Baker) holding the most reigns at two. Individually, Jose Serrano, Wilson, and Baker have the most reigns, also at two. The inaugural champions were the American Abomination (Mark Semmler and Jose Serrano).
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[edit] Reigns
| Reign | The reign number for the wrestler listed |
|---|---|
| Location | The city in which the title was won |
| Event | The event in which the title was won |
| + | Indicates the current reign is changing daily |
| No. | Champion | Championship change | Reign statistics | Notes | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Date | Event | Location | Reign | Days | |||
| 1 | The American Abomination (Mark Semmler and Jose Serrano) | January 5, 2013 | NGW TV | 1 | 123 | Defeated The Hooper Family (Matt and Josh) in the finals of a tournament to crown first ever NGW Tag Team Champions. | |
| 2 | The Hooper Family (Matt Hooper and Josh Hooper) | May 7, 2013 | NGW TV | 1 | 78 | ||
| 3 | Jose Serrano (2) and Chas Gozelanski | July 23, 2013 | NGW TV | 1 | 86 | ||
| 4 | Chris Gomez and Cory Ward | October 1, 2013 | NGW TV | 1 | 352 | There reign ended on September 17, 2014. | |
| 5 | The Varsity Club (Devin Sullivan and Brett Hall) | September 16, 2014 | TakeOver II: Fatal Four Way | 1 | 340 | Though they won it one September 16, 2014 it was shown on September 17, 2014. | |
| 6 | The Hawaiian Blondes (Ben Wilson and Kody Baker) | August 22, 2015 | NGW Takeover: Bad Blood in Great Falls | 1 | 233 | This was a Fatal Four Way Tag Team Steel Cage match, also involving Jose Serrano and Chas Gozelanski and The Hopkins (James and Mark) | |
| 7 | The American Naturals (Keith Coleman and Brandon Branscum) | April 2, 2016 | NGW Takeover: Billings | Billings, Montana | 1 | 70 | |
| 8 | The Hawaiian Blondes (Ben Wilson and Kody Baker) | June 11, 2016 | NGW TakeOver: Apocalypse | 2 | 161 | ||
| 9 | OKR (Pat Morgan and Justin Kirkbride) | November 19, 2016 | NGW TakeOver: Welcome to Hell | 1 | 70 | This was a Two-out-of-three falls match. | |
| 10 | The Authors of Destruction (Abe Smith and Sean Thorton) | January 29, 2017 | NGW TakeOver: Belgrade | Belgrade, Montana | 1 | 204 | |
| 12 | InSanity (Christopher Gowan, Kenneth Brown and James Palmer) | August 19, 2017 | NGW TakeOver: Great Falls III | Great Falls, Montana | 1 | 126 | Gowan and Palmer won the match, but Brown was also recognized as champion under the Freebird Rule. |
| 13 | The Undisputed Legacy (Michael Drake, Braden Peterson, Kyle Steyaert and Nathan Gillman) | December 23, 2017 | NGW | Livingston, Montana | 1 | 186 | Gowan and Brown represented InSanity. Peterson and Steyaert won the match and were originally champions as a duo, but after Peterson was injured, Drake also became recognized as champion under the Freebird Rule in April 2018, with WIW crediting him as "the first ever double champion in NXT history" after he won the NGW Television Championship in the same night. However, on the April 14, 2018 episode of NGW, Gillman became recognized as champion in Drake's place, with Drake's reign becoming retroactively unrecognized. WIW recognizes this as a single uninterrupted reign for Peterson, Steyaert and Gillman, that began on December 23, 2017. |
| † | The Undisputed Legacy Braden Peterson and Kyle Steyaert) | December 23, 2017 | NGW | Livingston, Montana | 1 | 135 | |
| † | The Undisputed Legacy (Michael Drake, Braden Peterson and Kyle Steyaert) | April 7, 2018 | NGW TakeOver: SuperBrawl | Helena, Montana | 1 | 7 | Michael Drake has been recognized as a champion under the Freebird rule, after Braden Peterson suffered an injured left knee. |
| † | The Undisputed Legacy (Kyle Steyaert and Nathan Gillman) | April 14, 2018 | NGW | Helena, Montana | 1 | 74 | Nathan Gillman replaced Michael Drake and Braden Peterson as a champion. |
| 14 | The Mountain Blasters (Taylor Babb and Cedric Hewitt) | June 27, 2018 | NGW House show | Red Lodge, Montana | 1 | 14 | This was an Extreme Rules match. Kyle Steyaert and Nathan Gillman represented The Undisputed Legacy. |
| 13 | The Undisputed Legacy (Kyle Steyaert and Nathan Gillman) | July 11, 2018 | NGW | Butte, Montana | 2 | 199 | Aired on tape delay on July 13, 2019. |
| 14 | The War Varsity/The War Raiders Varsity (Kellen Gilreath/Gilreath and Daniel Carbon/Carbon) | January 29, 2019 | NGW TakeOver: Hamilton | Hamilton, Montana | 1 | 108 | During their reign, their team was renamed to The War Raiders Varisty (and individual ring names to Gilreath and Carbob, respectively) when they were drafted to the Rage brand during the 2019 WIW Superstar Shake-up draft. The title did not move to Rage, but the team remained champions until they voluntarily relinquished the title on the May 15, 2019 taping of NGW (aired on tape delay on May 17, the date WIW recognizes as the end date of their reign). |
| — | Vacated | May 15, 2019 | NGW | Butte, Montana | — | — | Aired on tape delay on May 17, 2019. |
| 15 | The Street Dohlen's (Dawson Dohlen and Coner Dolan) | June 1, 2019 | NGW TakeOver XXV: A New Era | Helena, Montana | 1 | 90 | This was a four-way tag team ladder match also involving Lucas Bazacas and Kyle Beto, The Undisputed Legacy (Braden Peterson and Kyle Steyaert), and The Forgotten Core (Cory Ward and Aaron Hampson) for the vacant championship. |
| 16 | The Undisputed Legacy (Braden Peterson (2) and Kyle Steyaert (3)) | August 30, 2019 | NGW | Butte, Montana | 3 | 170 | |
| 17 | Antony Speranza and Jon Orthmeyer | February 16, 2020 | NGW TakeOver: Plains | Plains, Montana | 1 | 112 | |
| 18 | BVN (Andrew Krank and Billy Shephard) | June 7, 2020 | NGW TakeOver: In Your House | Kalispell, Montana | 1 | 82 | |
| 19 | The Bad Boys (Bob Thennis and Chris Riley) | August 27, 2020 | NGW | Helena, Montana | 1 | 63 | |
| 20 | Rob Truax and Dylan Cornish | October 29, 2020 | NGW | Helena, Montana | 1 | 160 | |
| 21 | CSK (Travis Pilon and Matt Njos) | April 7, 2021 | TakeOver: Rise & Extricate Night 1 | Helena, Montana | 1 | 203 | This was a triple threat match also involving Young and Grizzled (Phillip Legg and Casey Lee) and Legado Del Hunt (Josh Montemayor and Eric Wood) |
| 22 | Imperatrix (Andrew Krank and Billy Shephard) | October 27, 2021 | Halloween Mayhem | Helena, Montana | 2 | 157 | This was a Jack-o-Lantern Asylum match. Krank and Shephard was formerly known as BVN. |
| 23 | CSK (Travis Pilon and Matt Njos) | April 2, 2022 | Rise & Extricate | Butte, Montana | 2 | 12 | This was a triple threat tag team that also involving The Veach Brothers (Richard Veach and Ross Veach). |
| 24 | Pretty Killers (Ross Rowsey and Michael Chandler) | April 14, 2022 | NGW | Helena, MT | 1 | 51 | |
| 25 | The Christofferson Brothers (Ryan Christofferson and Tyler Christofferson) | June 4, 2022 | In Your House | Helena, MT | 1 | 92 | |
| 26 | Pretty Killers (Ross Rowsey and Michael Chandler) | September 4, 2022 | When Worlds Collide | Helena, MT | 2 | 97 | This was a fatal four-way tag team elimination match, also involving NGW MD Tag Team Champions Paul Chanandiri and Chris Monteith, and Colossal (Lance Parsley and Curtis Gardner) to unify the NGW MD Tag Team Championship into the NGW Tag Team Championship. Pretty Killers last eliminated The Christofferson Brothers to win both championships. The NGW MD Tag Team Championship was retired with Pretty Killers going forward as the Unified NGW Tag Team Champions. |
| 27 | The Doomsday (Steve Britz and Brandon) | December 10, 2022 | Doomsday | Helena, MT | 1 | 56 | |
| 28 | Colossal (Lance Parsley and Curtis Gardner) | February 4, 2023 | Punishment Day | Great Falls, MT | 1 | 176 | This was a fatal four-way tag team match, also involving Pretty Killers (Ross Rowsey and Michael Chandler) and Varsity University (Matt Clark and Austin York) |
| 29 | Carl Honadel and Tomothy Rogers | July 30, 2023 | The Big American Bash | Colstrip, MT | 1 | 88 | |
| 30 | Varsity University (Matt Clark and Austin York) | October 26, 2023 | Halloween Mayhem Week 1 | Helena, MT | 1 | 21 | |
| 31 | Carl Honadel and Tomothy Rogers | November 16, 2023 | NGW | Helena, MT | 2 | 91 | |
| 32 | Brendan McGuire and Eli Eason | February 15, 2024 | NGW | Helena, Montana | 1 | 56 | |
| 33 | Zack Lubek and Spencer Davis | April 11, 2024 | NGW | Helena, Montana | 1 | 23+ | |
[edit] Combined reigns
As of September 6, 2024.
| † | Indicates the current champion |
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[edit] By team
1 Braden Peterson, Kyle Steyaert of The Undisputed Legacy won the titles on December 23, 2017. Michael Drake became co-champion under the April 7, 2018, but seven days later on NGW, Nathan Gillman took his place, with Drake's reign becoming retroactively unrecognized. IWE recognizes this as a single uninterrupted reign, and as such considers that Fish, O'Reilly, and Strong are champions since November 29, 2017, but that Drake never held the title.
[edit] By wrestler
1 Braden Peterson, Kyle Steyaert of The Undisputed Legacy won the titles on December 23, 2017. Michael Drake became co-champion under the April 7, 2018, but seven days later on NGW, Nathan Gillman took his place, with Drake's reign becoming retroactively unrecognized. IWE recognizes this as a single uninterrupted reign, and as such considers that Fish, O'Reilly, and Strong are champions since November 29, 2017, but that Cole never held the title.
[edit] See also
- NGW Championship
- NGW Women's Championship
- WIW World Tag Team Championship
- WIW Heavyweight Tag Team Championship
- List of current champions in WIW
