WWE Tag Team Championship

For the original WWE Tag Team Championship that was active from 1971 through 2010, see World Tag Team Championship (WWE).

WWE Tag Team Championship
Justin Gabriel as WWE Tag Team Champion in 2010
Details
Current champion(s)	Team Hell No (Daniel Bryan & Kane)
Date won	September 16, 2012
Promotion	WWE
Date created	October 20, 2002
Other name(s)	Unified WWE Tag Team Championship
Statistics Most reigns (as team) MNM (Joey Mercury and Johnny Nitro) (3 reigns) (as individual) Eddie Guerrero, Rey Mysterio and Johnny Nitro/John Morrison (4 reigns) First champion(s) Kurt Angle and Chris Benoit Longest reign Paul London and Brian Kendrick (331 days) Shortest reign John Cena and David Otunga (1 day) Oldest champion Road Warrior Animal (45 years, 272 days) Youngest champion René Duprée (20 years, 259 days) Heaviest champion Big Show and Kane (808 lb) Combined (Big Show (485 lb) & Kane (323 lb)) Lightest champion Air Boom (Evan Bourne and Kofi Kingston) (377 lb) Combined (Bourne (165 lb) & Kingston (212 lb))

The WWE Tag Team Championship is the professional wrestling world tag team championship of WWE, and it's shared by both brands. From April 5, 2009 to August 16, 2010 it was made into one with the World Tag Team Championship until the other title was retired.

History

After the Brand Extension in World Wrestling Entertainment, the WWE Undisputed Championship and WWE Women's Championship became the only titles allowed to be fought for on both the Raw and SmackDown! brands, while the remaining titles were made where they could only be fought for on their own brands. Originally a part of the SmackDown brand after the company's first brand extension in the spring of 2002, the Tag Team Championship was moved to the Raw brand that following summer. The Tag Team Championship became apart of the Raw brand only, leaving the SmackDown! brand without a tag team title. As a result, SmackDown General Manager Stephanie McMahon, introduced the new "WWE Tag Team Championship" and made it the tag team title for the SmackDown! brand. She stated that the first champions would be the winners of an eight-team tournament. On October 20, 2002, the team of Kurt Angle and Chris Benoit beat Rey Mysterio and Edge at No Mercy 2002 in the tournament final to become the first ever WWE Tag Team Champions.

The Colóns as the Unified WWE Tag Team Champions

On October 17, 2007, SmackDown! and ECW announced a talent sharing agreement that made it where talent from either brand's roster can compete on both brands. As a result, the title became to be fought for on both brands. In late 2008 through early 2009, WWE Tag Team Champions The Colóns (Carlito and Primo) engaged in rivalry with the World Tag Team Champions John Morrison and The Miz, which resulted in the announcement on the March 17 edition of ECW that at WrestleMania XXV both teams would fight for their titles against each other and the winning team would hold both titles.

The result was the Unified WWE Tag Team Championship, a combination of the two titles though both were kept active by themselves (and thus keeping their own title histories), they were defended as one by one tag team. The champions could appear on and defend the titles on any WWE brand. Though eventually, on August 16, 2010, the World Tag Team Championship was retired in favor of continuing the history of the WWE Tag Team Championship following the introduction of new championship belts to then-champions David Hart Smith and Tyson Kidd of The Hart Dynasty. The champions can still compete on any brand.

Current champions

The current champions are Team Hell No, made up of Daniel Bryan and Kane, who are in their first reign as a team. This is also the first time Bryan has held the title. Kane has held the title once before with Big Show. They won the titles from R-Truth and Kofi Kingston ar Night of Champions on September 16, 2012.

Other websites

• WWE Tag Team Championship official title history