There have been many Titles recognized as the 'WWE Tag Team Championships'. To date there have been 4 versions of the titles. All championships at one point or another have carried the standard Tag Team Championship depending on what the status of the Tag Team Division/s are at the time.
WWF World Tag Team Championship (1977-2002)
For Title Lineage See WWF World Tag Team Championship
The World Tag Team Championship were the original Tag Team Championships in WWE and was originally known as the "World Wide Wrestling Federation (WWWF) World Tag Team Championship". Following the title's introduction in 1971, Luke Graham and Tarzan Tyler became the inaugural champions on June 3. In 1979, the title became known as the "World Wrestling Federation (WWF) World Tag Team Championship" when the promotion was renamed the World Wrestling Federation. It began to be referred to as the "WWF Tag Team Championship" for short in the mid 1990s.
In March 2001, the World Wrestling Federation purchased World Championship Wrestling. Soon after, "The Invasion" took place in which the WCW/ECW Alliance was ultimately dismantled. At WWE Survivor Series 2001, the title was unified with WCW Tag Team Championship in a Steel cage match. The WCW Tag Team Champions, the Dudley Boyz, defeated the WWF Tag Team Champions, the Hardy Boyz, and were named the last WCW Tag Team Champions while becoming the new WWF Tag Team Champions.
WWE World Tag Team Championship (2002-2009)
For Title Lineage See WWE World Tag Team Championship
After the WWF/WWE name change in 2002, the championship was subsequently referred to as the "World Wrestling Entertainment (WWE) Tag Team Championship". Then, during a period of open free agency after the Brand Extension, the Tag Team Champions were signed to appear and defend the title on the Raw brand only, leaving the SmackDown! brand without a tag team title. As a result, SmackDown! General Manager, Stephanie McMahon, commissioned a new WWE Tag Team Championship to be the exclusive tag team titles for the SmackDown! brand. With the introduction of the WWE World Heavyweight Championship on the Raw brand after the WWE Championship was moved to the SmackDown! brand, the Tag Team Championship on Raw was now being referred to as the "World Tag Team Championship". This was done so that the names of both tag team titles would mirror the names of the top championships on their respective brands. When the WWE Championship and World Heavyweight Championship switched brands during the 2005 WWE Draft Lottery, however, neither of the tag team titles was renamed.
WWE Tag Team Championship (2002-2009)
For Title Lineage See WWE Tag Team Championship (2002)
The championship was originally established on October 20, 2002, and the team of Kurt Angle and Chris Benoit were the inaugural champions. It was introduced for SmackDown as a second title for tag teams in the promotion to complement WWE's original World Tag Team Championship, which became exclusive to Raw. Both titles were unified in 2009 and were collectively referred to as the "Unified WWE Tag Team Championship" while officially remaining independently active until the World Tag Team Championship was formally decommissioned in 2010.
WWE [Unified] Tag Team Championship (2009-2016)
This version of the WWE Tag Team Championship was formed in 2010 when the WWE World Tag Team Championship which were WWEs original Tag Team Titles and at this point defended on WWE Raw, was unified with the WWE Tag Team Championship (SmackDown) to form the WWE Unified Tag Team Championship.
As the Unified WWE Tag Team Champions, the champions could appear on and defend the titles on any WWE brand. On August 16, 2010, the World Tag Team Championship was decommissioned in favor of continuing the lineage of the WWE Tag Team Championship following the presentation of new championship belts to then-champions David Hart Smith and Tyson Kidd of The Hart Dynasty. On August 18, 2014, the WWE Tag Team Championships' designs (along with the rest of the championships in WWE) were updated with the new logo. As a result of the 2016 draft, the championship became exclusive to Raw with a subsequent rename, and SmackDown created the WWE SmackDown Tag Team Championship as a counterpart title.
Championship Lineage
WWE Unified Tag Team Championship
- The Colóns (Carlito and Primo) - April 5, 2009 - WrestleMania 24
- Edge and Chris Jericho - June 28, 2009 - The Bash
- Jeri-Show (Chris Jericho and Big Show) - July 26, 2009 - Night of Champions
- D-Generation X (Triple H and Shawn Michaels) - December 13, 2009 - TLC
- ShoMiz (Big Show and The Miz) - February 8, 2010 - Raw
- The Hart Dynasty (David Hart Smith and Tyson Kidd) - April 26, 2010 - Raw
WWE Tag Team Championship
- Drew McIntyre and Cody Rhodes - September 19, 2010 - Night of Champions
- The Nexus (John Cena and David Otunga) - October 24, 2010 - Bragging Rights
- The Nexus (Heath Slater and Justin Gabriel) - October 25, 2010 - Raw
- Santino Marella and Vladimir Kozlov - December 6, 2010 - Raw
- The Corre (Heath Slater and Justin Gabriel) 2 - February 20, 2011 Elimination Chamber
- John Cena and The Miz - February 21, 2011 - Raw
- The Corre (Heath Slater and Justin Gabriel) 3 - February 21, 2011 - Raw
- Kane and Big Show - April 22, 2011 - SmackDown
- The New Nexus (David Otunga and Michael McGillicutty) - May 23, 2011 - Raw
- Air Boom (Evan Bourne and Kofi Kingston) - August 22, 2011 - Raw
- Primo & Epico - January 15, 2012 - Live Event
- Kofi Kingston and R-Truth - April 30, 2012 - Raw
- Team Hell No (Kane and Daniel Bryan) - September 16, 2012 - Night of Champions
- The Shield (Seth Rollins and Roman Reigns) - May 19, 2013 - Extreme Rules
- Cody Rhodes and Goldust - October 14, 2013 - Raw
- The New Age Outlaws (Road Dogg and Billy Gunn) - January 26, 2014 - Royal Rumble KickOff
- The Usos - (Jey Uso and Jimmy Uso) - March 3, 2014 - Raw
- Goldust and Stardust 2 - September 21, 2014 - Night of Champions
- The Miz and Damien Mizdow - November 23, 2014 - Survivor Series
- The Usos (Jey Uso and Jimmy Uso) 2 - December 29, 2014 - Raw
- Cesaro and Tyson Kidd - February 22, 2015 - Fastlane
- The New Day (Kofi Kingston and Big E with Xavier Woods) - April 26 2015 - Extreme Rules
- Prime Time Players Titus O'Neil and Darren Young - June 14 2015 - Money on the Bank
- The New Day (Kofi Kingston and Big E with Xavier Woods) - August 23 2015 - SummerSlam
WWE Raw Tag Team Championship (2016-present)
Championship Lineage
Lineage continued from above.
- Sheamus and Cesaro - December 18 2016 - RoadBlock: End of the Line
- The Club (Luke Gallows and Karl Anderson) - January 29 2017 - Royal Rumble KickOff
- The Hardy Boyz (Matt Hardy and Jeff Hardy) - April 2 2017 - WrestleMania 33
- Sheamus and Cesaro 2 - June 4, 2017 - Extreme Rules
- The Shield - Seth Rollins and Dean Ambrose - August 20 2017 - SummerSlam
- Sheamus and Cesaro 3 - November 6 2017 - Raw
- Seth Rollins and Jason Jordan - December 25 2017 - Raw
- Sheamus and Cesaro 4 - January 28 2018 - Royal Rumble
- Braun Strowman and Nicolas - April 8 2018 - WrestleMania 34
VACATED - April 9 2018 - Raw
- Matt Hardy and Bray Wyatt - April 20 2018 Greatest Royal Rumble
- The B Team (Curtis Axel and Bo Dallas) - July 15 2018 - Extreme Rules
- Dolph Ziggler and Drew McIntyre - September 3 2018 - Raw
- The Shield - Seth Rollins and Dean Ambrose - October 22 2018 - Raw
- AOP (Akam and Rezar) - November 5 2018 - Raw
- Chad Gable and Bobby Roode - December 10 2018 - Raw
- The Revival - Dash Wilder and Scott Dawson - February 11 2019 - Raw
- Curt Hawkins and Zack Ryder - April 7 2019 - WrestleMania 35
- The Revival - Dash Wilder and Scott Dawson (2) - June 10 2019 - Raw
- Luke Gallows and Karl Anderson (2) - July 29, 2019 - Raw
- Braun Strowman and Seth Rollins - August 19, 2019 - Raw
- Robert Roode and Dolph Ziggler - September 15 2019 - Clash of Champions
- The Viking Raiders (Erik and Ivar) - October 4 2019 - Raw
- Seth Rollins and Buddy Murphy - January 20 2020 - Raw
- The Street Profits (Angelo Dawkins and Montez Ford) - March 2 2020 - Raw
- The New Day - October 12 2020 - Raw (Title Swap)
- The Hurt Business (Cedric Alexander and Shelton Benjamin) - December 20 2020 - TLC
- The New Day - March 15 2021 - Raw
- A.J. Styles and Omos - April 10 2021 - WrestleMania
- RK-Bro (Randy Orton and Riddle) - August 21 2021 - SummerSlam
- Alpha Academy (Chad Gable and Otis) - January 10 2022 - Raw
- RK-Bro (Randy Orton and Riddle) - March 7 2022 - Raw
WWE SmackDown Tag Team Championship
The WWE SmackDown Tag Team Championship is championship created and promoted by the WWE on the SmackDown brand. It is a counter title to the WWE Tag Team Championship on Raw. General Manager Daniel Bryan announced the championship via Twitter, along with the WWE SmackDown Women's Championship too, and officially unveiled the titles in person on the the August 23, 2016 episode of SmackDown Live.
Championship Lineage
New Lineage
- Heath Slater and Rhino - September 11 2016 - Backlash
- Randy Orton and Bray Wyatt - December 4 2016 - TLC
- American Alpha (Chad Gable and Jason Jordan) - December 27 2016 - SmackDown Live
- The Usos (Jimmy Uso and Jey Uso) - March 21 2017 - SmackDown Live
- The New Day (Kofi Kingston and Xavier Woods with Big E) - July 23 2017 - BattleGround
- The Usos (Jimmy Uso and Jey Uso) 2 - August 20 2017 - SummerSlam
- The New Day 2 - September 12 2017 - WWE SmackDown Live
- The Usos (Jimmy Uso and Jey Uso) 3 - October 8 2017 - Hell in a Cell
- The Bludgeon Brothers (Luke Harper and Erick Rowan) - April 8 2018 - WrestleMania 34
- The New Day 2 - August 21 2018 - WWE SmackDown Live
- The Bar (Cesaro and Sheamus) - October 16 2018 - SmackDown 1000
- Shane McMahon and The Miz - January 27 2019 - Royal Rumble
- The Usos (Jimmy Uso and Jey Uso) 4 - February 17 2019 - Elimiation Chamber
- The Hardy Boyz (Matt Hardy and Jeff Hardy) - April 9 2019 - SmackDown Live
VACATED - April 30 2019 - Jeff Hardy was injured and needed surgery.
- Erick Rowan and The New Daniel Bryan - May 7 2019 - SmackDown Live
- The New Day (Xavier Woods and Big E) 3 - July 14 2019 - Extreme Rules
- The Revival - Dash Wilder and Scott Dawson - September 15 2019 - Clash of Champions
- The New Day (Kofi Kingston and Big E) (4) - November 8 2019 - Friday Night SmackDown
- The Miz and John Morrison - February 27 2020 - Super ShowDown
- The New Day - April 17 2020 2019 - Friday Night SmackDown
- Cesaro and Shinsuke Nakamura - July 19 2020 - Extreme Rules: Horror Show
- The New Day - October 9 2020 - Friday Night SmackDown
- The Street Profits (Angelo Dawkins and Montez Ford) - October 12 2020 - Raw (Title Swap)
- Dolph Ziggler and Robert Roode - January 8 2021 - SmackDown
- The Mysterios (Rey Mysterio and Dominik Mysterio) - May 16, 2021 - WrestleMania Backlash
- The Usos (Jey Uso and Jimmy Uso) - July 18, 2021 - Money in the Bank Kickoff
Videos
- 2010 08-16 Two Titles Become One
- 2016 08-23 SmackDown Titles Unveiled
- 2016 12-19 New Raw Tag Belts
- 2020 10-12 Tag Team Swap