Male WWWF United States Tag Team Championship (1958–1967) The
WWWF United States Tag Team Championship was the first men's tag team championship to be contested for in
WWE, at the time known as the
World Wide Wrestling Federation (WWWF). It was originally established in 1958 for
Capitol Wrestling Corporation (CWC) as a version of the
NWA United States Tag Team Championship and the inaugural champions were
Mark Lewin and
Don Curtis. When CWC seceded from the
National Wrestling Alliance (NWA) in 1963 and became the WWWF, the championship subsequently became the WWWF United States Tag Team Championship. In 1967,
WWWF World Heavyweight Champion Bruno Sammartino teamed with
Spiros Arion to win the belts. Due to Sammartino being the world champion, the team vacated the tag titles which were then abandoned.
WWF International Tag Team Championship (1969–1971, 1985) The
WWF International Tag Team Championship was the second men's tag team title to be contested in the company. For the two years following the abandonment of the WWWF United States Tag Team Championship, the WWWF had no tag team title until The Rising Suns (
Toru Tanaka and
Mitsu Arakawa) arrived in the promotion in September 1969 with the WWWF International Tag Team Championship, which they claimed to have won in a tournament in
Tokyo, Japan in June of that year. This became the WWWF's tag team title until 1971, mostly being held by The Mongols (
Bepo Mongol and
Geeto Mongol). When they left the WWWF in 1971, they took the titles with them. In May 1985, six years after the company was renamed
World Wrestling Federation (WWF),
Tatsumi Fujinami and
Kengo Kimura beat
Dick Murdoch and
Adrian Adonis in a tournament final in Japan for a revival of the rebranded WWF International Tag Team Championship only for the title to be abandoned again when relations between
New Japan Pro-Wrestling and the WWF fell out in October that year.
World Tag Team Championship (1971–2010) The original
World Tag Team Championship was the third men's tag team title to be contested in WWE, however, it was the first
world tag team championship to be established by the company. After the company lost the WWWF International Tag Team Championship, the WWWF established the WWWF World Tag Team Championship in 1971 and the inaugural champions were the team of
Luke Graham and
Tarzan Tyler. In 1979, the promotion became the World Wrestling Federation (WWF) and the tag titles were renamed the WWF Tag Team Championship until 1983 when they became the WWF World Tag Team Championship. After WWF's initial
brand extension in the spring of 2002 and the renaming of the company as
World Wrestling Entertainment (WWE), the tag titles became the WWE Tag Team Championship and champions
Billy and Chuck were drafted to the
SmackDown brand. That summer, however,
The Un-Americans (
Christian and
Lance Storm) would win the championship and shortly thereafter transfer it to the
Raw brand where it was later renamed the World Tag Team Championship. SmackDown subsequently established their own
WWE Tag Team Championship. After several years, in April 2009, the titles would be
unified as the Unified WWE Tag Team Championship, but both titles remained independently active. The champions defended the unified title across all brands until the World Tag Team Championship was formally decommissioned in August 2010 in favor of continuing the lineage of the newer WWE Tag Team Championship, which dropped the "unified" moniker. The final World Tag Team Champions were
The Hart Dynasty (
Tyson Kidd and
David Hart Smith), who continued on as the WWE Tag Team Champions.
WWF Intercontinental Tag Team Championship (1991) The
WWF Intercontinental Tag Team Championship was the fifth men's tag team title under the company's banner, but it was contested in the WWF-affiliated promotion
UWF Japan. By 1988, wrestling magazine
Pro Wrestling Illustrated was calling for the establishment of a secondary tag team championship (modelled on the
WCW United States Tag Team Championship) due to the glut of tag team competition in the promotion. This never took place, but in 1991, UWF Japan introduced the WWF Intercontinental Tag Team Championship, claimed by the team of
Perro Aguayo and
Gran Hamada. This title was abandoned when the affiliation ended later that same year, with Aguayo and Hamada as the only title holders.
WCW World Tag Team Championship (1975–2001) The
WCW World Tag Team Championship was established in 1975, originally contested under the NWA banner, then later,
World Championship Wrestling (WCW), and finally, the WWF. The title was originally a version of the
NWA World Tag Team Championship for
Mid-Atlantic Championship Wrestling, run by
Jim Crockett Promotions of the NWA. The
Minnesota Wrecking Crew (
Gene Anderson and
Ole Anderson) were the inaugural champions. It then became the world tag team championship of WCW when the promotion seceded from the NWA in 1991. In March 2001, the WWF bought rival company WCW, acquiring the WCW World Tag Team Championship, among other titles. It was subsequently defended on WWF programming—the fifth overall men's tag team title contested in the company—until
Survivor Series in November that year. At the event, reigning WCW Tag Team Champions
The Dudley Boyz (
Bubba Ray Dudley and
D-Von Dudley) defeated reigning WWF Tag Team Champions
The Hardy Boyz (
Jeff Hardy and
Matt Hardy) to unify the titles, retiring WCW's title in the process.
World Tag Team Championship (2002–present) The current
World Tag Team Championship was established in 2002 and is one of WWE's two currently active world tag team championships for the main roster, defended on the Raw brand. It was originally established as the WWE Tag Team Championship, being the sixth overall men's tag team title contested in the company, but the second world tag team championship established by WWE. As a result of the original World Tag Team Championship becoming exclusive to Raw in the 2002 brand extension, then-
SmackDown general manager Stephanie McMahon introduced the WWE Tag Team Championship and commissioned it to be the tag team title for the SmackDown brand. The inaugural champions were
Kurt Angle and
Chris Benoit. After several years, in April 2009, the WWE Tag Team Championship and World Tag Team Championship were unified as the Unified WWE Tag Team Championship, but both titles remained independently active. From May 2022 to April 2024, the title was held and defended together with the SmackDown Tag Team Championship as the Undisputed WWE Tag Team Championship, and both titles remained independently active. followed by the SmackDown title becoming the WWE Tag Team Championship.
Unified WWE Tag Team Championship (2009–2010) (
Primo and
Carlito), who unified the
World Tag Team Championship and
WWE Tag Team Championship as the Unified WWE Tag Team Championship The
Unified WWE Tag Team Championship was the term used in WWE to refer to both the original World Tag Team Championship and previous WWE Tag Team Championship being held and defended together by the same team, but both titles were independently active. The titles were held together under the "unified" banner from April 2009 to August 2010, with a total of six teams holding the titles during this time, with one individual,
Chris Jericho, holding them twice as he held the unified title with two different teams. The holders of the Unified WWE Tag Team Championship appeared and defended the titles across all three brands at the time: Raw, SmackDown, and
ECW—the latter of which was established in May 2006 but disbanded in February 2010. In September 2019, it became regarded as one of WWE's main titles for male tag teams when NXT became recognized as WWE's third major brand. However, NXT reverted to being WWE's developmental brand in September 2021.
WWE Tag Team Championship (2016–present) (left) and
Heath Slater (right), who won the title as the SmackDown Tag Team Championship. The
WWE Tag Team Championship was established in 2016 and is one of WWE's two currently active world tag team championships for the main roster, representing the SmackDown brand. It is the eighth overall men's tag team title contested in the company, but the third world tag team championship established by WWE. Originally established as the SmackDown Tag Team Championship, its creation came as a result of the reintroduction of the brand extension in July 2016, when the previous WWE Tag Team Championship became exclusive to Raw and was renamed the Raw Tag Team Championship, thus SmackDown created the SmackDown Tag Team Championship as its counterpart title.
Heath Slater and Rhyno were the inaugural champions.
Undisputed WWE Tag Team Championship (2022–2024) with the Undisputed WWE Tag Team Championships. The
Undisputed WWE Tag Team Championship was the term used in WWE to refer to both the Raw Tag Team Championship and SmackDown Tag Team Championship being held and defended together by the same team. From May 2022 to April 2024, the holders of the Undisputed WWE Tag Team Championship could appear and defend the titles on both the Raw and SmackDown brands. On the May 20, 2022, episode of
SmackDown, reigning SmackDown Tag Team Champions
The Usos (
Jey Uso and
Jimmy Uso) defeated reigning Raw Tag Team Champions
RK-Bro (
Randy Orton and
Riddle) in a
Winners Take All match to become recognized as the Undisputed WWE Tag Team Champions. Although WWE billed the match as a unification match, both titles remained independently active. There were four teams that were recognized as the Undisputed WWE Tag Team Champions, with one team and three individuals recognized twice. Jey Uso held the undisputed title with two different partners, while
The Judgment Day (
Finn Bálor and
Damian Priest) were the only team to hold the undisputed title twice. They were also the final team recognized as undisputed champions as at
WrestleMania XL Night 1 on April 6, 2024, they defended the titles in a
Six-Pack Tag Team Ladder match in which both sets of titles by two separate teams had to be retrieved for the match to end. The titles were subsequently split as
A-Town Down Under (
Austin Theory and
Grayson Waller) retrieved the SmackDown titles while
Awesome Truth (
The Miz and
R-Truth) retrieved the Raw titles.
Female WWF Women's Tag Team Championship (1983–1989) The
WWF Women's Tag Team Championship was the company's first women's tag team championship, established in 1983. In 1983, reigning
NWA Women's World Tag Team Champions Velvet McIntyre and
Princess Victoria joined the WWF. As the WWF had withdrawn from the NWA, which owned the championship, McIntyre and Victoria were recognized as the first WWF Women's Tag Team Champions. The championship continued until 1989, when the promotion abandoned it due to lack of performers in the division.
The Glamour Girls (
Leilani Kai and
Judy Martin) were the final champions.
WWE Women's Tag Team Championship (2018–present) The Boss 'n' Hug Connection (
Sasha Banks and
Bayley) The
WWE Women's Tag Team Championship was introduced on the December 24, 2018. December 24, 2018, episode of
Raw and is the only women's tag team championship in WWE, shared by the Raw, SmackDown, and NXT brands. After three decades of not having a women's tag team championship and with large support from fans and female wrestlers alike, the WWE Women's Tag Team Championship was established and then debuted in 2019.
The Boss 'n' Hug Connection (
Bayley and
Sasha Banks) became the inaugural champions at
Elimination Chamber in February. The title was originally established to be defended across the Raw, SmackDown, and NXT brands. However, in March 2021, after a dispute over the title, the
NXT Women's Tag Team Championship was established, thus the WWE Women's Tag Team Championship became no longer available to NXT.
NXT Women's Tag Team Championship (2021–2023) The
NXT Women's Tag Team Championship was the women's tag team championship of WWE's developmental brand NXT. The title was established on the March 10, 2021, episode of
NXT, where NXT General Manager
William Regal unveiled the championship, naming
Dakota Kai and
Raquel González as the first champions, due to the controversial ending of their match for the WWE Women's Tag Team Championship the week prior and their having won the first Women's
Dusty Rhodes Tag Team Classic. It would be a short-lived championship, as two years later on the June 23, 2023, episode of
SmackDown, reigning WWE Women's Tag Team Champions Ronda Rousey and Shayna Baszler defeated reigning NXT Women's Tag Team Champions Alba Fyre and Isla Dawn in a
unification match where the NXT title was unified into the WWE title, subsequently retiring the NXT title with Fyre and Dawn recognized as the final champions. ==Champions==