World Tag-team Championship

The World Tag Team Championship is a Professional Wrestling Tag Team Championship . It is World Wrestling Entertainment 's original tag team championship and is currently exclusive on its '' RAW '' brand.

HISTORY

The belt was originally known as the WWWF (World Wide Wrestling Federation) World Tag Team Championship. Luke Graham and Tarzan Tyler were the first team to hold this belt, when they were awarded the belts on June 3 , 1971 from on a fictitious tournament. Along with the renaming of the promotion, the belt was renamed the '''WWF World Tag Team Championship''' (more often called the '''WWF Tag Team Championship''' during the Attitude era) in 1979 . Due to the World Wrestling Federation's lawsuit with the World Wildlife Fund and eventual renaming to World Wrestling Entertainment, the title was briefly called the '''WWE World Tag Team Championship''' in 2002 .

After the promotion's Brand Extension in 2002 , the reigning WWF World Tag Team Champions at the time, Billy Gunn and Chuck Palumbo , were drafted as a tandem by Vince McMahon to the '' SmackDown! '' brand. During the title's brief history on ''SmackDown!'' it was held by the tandems of Rikishi and Rico , regained by Billy and Chuck, won by Hulk Hogan and Edge , and then by Lance Storm and Christian . Later that year, Storm and Christian left ''SmackDown!'' and joined the '' RAW '' brand, bringing the tag team title with them and making it de facto ''RAW''-exclusive.

Shortly thereafter, ''SmackDown!'' General Manager Stephanie McMahon announced that a tag team tournament would be held to determine a new champions for a ''SmackDown!''-exclusive tag team championship. The new title was named the WWE Tag Team Championship , while the older belt on ''RAW'' belt was renamed to the World Tag Team Championship so that each tag belt would be named consistently with respect to the respective show's heavyweight belt (the World Heavyweight Championship on ''RAW'' and the WWE Championship on ''SmackDown!''). The current name of this title, like the World Heavyweight Championship, does not have the WWE prefix attached to it. Towards the end of 2002 new belts were designed to differentiate the two nearly-identical championship belts, with each show having various parts that were colored to match the show's colors (red for ''RAW'' and blue for ''SmackDown!''). While the World Tag Team Championship belts would be completely redesigned, the WWE Tag Team Championship belts still use the same basic shape of the old World Tag Team Championship, but with an updated look

FACTS AND TRIVIA

Big Show and Kane are the tallest champions at 7 foot each

Spike Dudley and Tazz are the shortest champions at 5'7 (Spike) and 5'9 (Tazz)

Ric Flair is the oldest competitor to ever capture the World Tag Team Championship. He was 55 years old when he won the title for the second time with Batista in March 2004 . His first reign with Batista occurred four months prior when he was 54 years old. They won the titles for the very first time together at ''Armageddon 2003'' .

Renee Dupree is the youngest person to hold the title at 19 1/2 years of age. Kenny of the Spirit Squad is the second youngest at 20 years and 18 days.

The team of Ax and Smash ( Demolition ) hold the record for the longest World Tag Team title reign. They held the World Tag Team Championship for 478 days -- approximately sixteen months. They also became the second team in the WWF to win the World Tag Team Championship belts three times (Along with Toru Tanaka & Mr. Fuji ) when they won the title from the Colossial Connection, and their record would stand strong until Billy Gunn and Road Dogg broke it in 1998 .

Owen Hart and Yokozuna hold the record for the shortest championship reign; after regaining the titles from Diesel and Shawn Michaels on September 25, 1995, following a technicality (recognized as a separate tag team title reign from their earlier reign that started on April 2), they lost the titles to The Smokin' Gunns in under an hour. They barely beat out Edge And Christian , who won the titles on March 19 , 2001 , and proceeded to lose them again less than two hours later.

At ''Survivor Series 2001'' the title was unified with the WCW World Tag Team Championship , when the Dudley Boyz defeated the Hardy Boyz in a Steel Cage Match . This was not the first time the WCW and WWF World Tag Team Championships were held by the same Tag Team , however, as The Undertaker and Kane held both the WWF and WCW World Tag Team championships after winning the former at ''SummerSlam 2001'' , also in a steel cage match.

Billy Gunn and Edge have the record for, individually, the most World Tag Team Championship reigns, ten. Gunn held the title three times with Bart Gunn , five times with Road Dogg Jesse James , and twice with Chuck . Edge held the title seven times with Christian , once with Hulk Hogan , and twice with Chris Benoit . Edge has also been a one time WWE Tag Team Champion with Rey Mysterio , bringing his total up to eleven.

The Dudley Boyz hold the record for the most team acquisitions of the belts, each being crowned champions eight times. They are also one-time WWE Tag Team Champions .

When Triple H won the World Tag Team Championship at ''Backlash 2001'' , it made him the second Grand Slam Champion in WWE history.

CURRENT CHAMPIONS

The current champions are all five members of the Spirit Squad . Kenny and Mikey defeated Big Show and Kane on WWE RAW on April 3 , 2006 . Kenny was able to score a flying legdrop after the Squad came and delivered the Cheerleader toss. By "executive edict," any two members of the Spirit Squad are allowed to defend the title in a match, giving Johnny , Nicky and Mitch a reign as well. This is the team's first reign together. This marks the first time in WWE history that five men have simultaneously held the championships.

SEE ALSO

List Of World Tag Team Champions

List Of World Tag Team Championship Reigns By Length

EXTERNAL LINKS

WWE.com - World Tag Team Championship

Wrestling-Titles.com: WWE World Tag Team Title

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