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 The Hurricane with the World Tag Team Championship belt |
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Hardcore Holly and Cody Rhodes | ||||||||||||||||||
| Date won | December 10 2007 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Promotion | World Wrestling Entertainment | ||||||||||||||||||
| Brand | RAW | ||||||||||||||||||
| Date created | 1971 | ||||||||||||||||||
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The World Tag Team Championship is a professional wrestling world tag team championship in World Wrestling Entertainment. It is the original world tag team title of WWE. Currently, it is exclusive to the RAW brand.
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History
The World Tag Team Championship 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. Then, in 1979, the name of the promotion was changed to World Wrestling Federation, thus the title was renamed the World Wrestling Federation (WWF) World Tag Team Championship. The title began to be referred to as the WWF Tag Team Championship for short in the mid 90s.[1] 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 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. After the WWF/WWE name change in 2002, the championship was subsequently referred to as the World Wrestling Enterainment (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 their title on the RAW brand only, leaving the SmackDown! brand without a tag team championship. As a result, SmackDown! General Manager, Stephanie McMahon, commissioned a new WWE Tag Team Championship to be the exclusive tag team title for the SmackDown! brand. With the introduction of the 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. However, when the WWE Championship and World Heavyweight Championship switched brands during the 2005 Draft Lottery, neither of the tag team titles were renamed.
Current champions
The current champions are Hardcore Holly and Cody Rhodes, who are in their first reign as a team. This is Holly's third individual reign and Rhodes' first. They defeated Lance Cade and Trevor Murdoch for the title on the December 10 2007 RAW 15th Anniversary Spectacular in Bridgeport, Connecticut.
See also
References
- ^ WWF World Tag Team title defended on RAW through 1997. Wrestling-Titles. Retrieved on 2007-06-23.
External links
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Brand Championships
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RAW: WWE • Intercontinental • World Tag Team • Women's SmackDown!: World Heavyweight • United States • Tag Team • Cruiserweight ECW: ECW |
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Developmental Championships
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Ohio Valley Wrestling: Heavyweight • Television • Southern Tag Team • Women's Florida Championship Wrestling: Southern Heavyweight |
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Other accomplishments
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Royal Rumble • Money in the Bank • King of the Ring • Diva Search |
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Championship lists
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List of current champions in WWE WWE (reigns) • Intercontinental (reigns) • World Tag Team (reigns) • Women's (reigns) World Heavyweight (reigns) • United States (reigns) • Tag Team (reigns) • Cruiserweight (reigns) ECW (reigns) |
