WWE Tag Team Championship
Details
Current champion(s)	D-Generation X (Triple H and Shawn Michaels)
Date won	December 13, 2009
Promotion	World Wrestling Entertainment
Date established	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 Edge and Rey Mysterio (12 days) Oldest champion Road Warrior Animal (45 years, 272 days) Youngest champion René Duprée (20 years, 259 days) Heaviest champion The Big Show and Chris Jericho (711 lb (323 kg) Combined (Big Show 485 lb (220 kg) & Chris Jericho 226 lb (103 kg)) Lightest champion Paul London and Brian Kendrick (380 lb (170 kg) Combined (London 205 lb (93 kg) & Kendrick 175 lb (79 kg))

The World Wrestling Entertainment (WWE) Tag Team Championship is a professional wrestling world tag team championship in World Wrestling Entertainment. The title is currently unified with the World Tag Team Championship, and defended together as the Unified WWE Tag Team Championship. Because of this, the title is accessible to all three WWE brands. WWE Tag Team Championship reigns are determined by professional wrestling matches, in which competitors are involved in scripted rivalries. These narratives create feuds between the various competitors, which cast them as villains and heroes.

[edit] 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 defended on both the Raw and SmackDown! brands, while the remaining titles became exclusive to either brand. During a period of open free agency, the Tag Team Champions were signed to appear and defend the title on the Raw brand. The Tag Team Championship became exclusive to the Raw brand, 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 commissioned it to be the tag team title for the SmackDown! brand. She stated that the inaugural champions would be determined from an eight-team tournament. On October 20, 2002, the team of Kurt Angle and Chris Benoit defeated Rey Mysterio and Edge at No Mercy 2002 in the tournament final to become the first ever WWE Tag Team Champions.

On October 17, 2007, SmackDown! and ECW announced a talent sharing agreement, where wrestlers of either brand could appear on both shows. Since then, the title has been featured and defended on both brands. The titles first prominently appeared on ECW after John Morrison and The Miz began an eight-month-long reign on November 16, 2007.

On April 5, 2009 at WrestleMania XXV, WWE Tag Team Champions The Colóns (Carlito and Primo) defeated World Tag Team Champions John Morrison and The Miz to unify both titles into what WWE refers as the "Unified WWE Tag Team Championship".^[1] Neither title has, however, been announced as retired.^[2]

[edit] Reigns

The current champions are D-Generation X (Shawn Michaels and Triple H), who are in their first reign both as a team and individually. They won the titles at the inaugural WWE TLC: Tables, Ladders & Chairs pay-per-view event in San Antonio, Texas on December 13, 2009.^[3]

[edit] References

[edit] External links

Professional wrestling portal

• Official WWE Tag Team Title History
• WWE Tag Team Championship History