The World Tag Team Championship is the name usually given to the primary tag team championships in professional wrestling promotions .
5-573: The name of the promotion often precedes the term "world tag team championship" as the complete name of the title. Examples of this included the ECW World Tag Team Championship, WCW World Tag Team Championship, and WWF World Tag Team Championship. However, some are also correctly known simply as the "World Tag Team Championship" without bearing the name of an organization. In some cases, this occurs in organizations where other world tag team championships are also competed for, as
10-475: Is not won or lost competitively, but instead the championship is scripted by the decision of the bookers of a wrestling promotion. The title is awarded after the chosen champion "wins" a match to maintain the illusion that professional wrestling is a competitive sport. NWA Canadian Tag Team Championship The NWA Canadian Tag Team Championship is a National Wrestling Alliance -sanctioned tag team professional wrestling championship based mainly in
15-742: The Extreme Canadian Championship Wrestling promotion , although the title has been contested for in the Canadian Wrestling Federation, NWA Green Mountain and NWA Quebec . The NWA Canadian Tag Team titles will be defended under the NWA Atlantic Banner in Atlantic Canada. The titles are owned by Torture Chamber Pro Wrestling Dojo along with NWA British Commonwealth Heavyweight Championship . There had previously been
20-622: The name and use a more suitable term such as "trios" or "six-man tag" to indicate a championship for tag teams with three members. Promotions can also recognize subordinate titles to World Tag Team Championships that are often designated as regional, national, or international championships. Examples of these subordinate titles include the NWA Canadian Tag Team Championship and WWF International Tag Team Championship , which are national and international subordinates respectively. A professional wrestling championship
25-472: Was the case in WCW in the early 1990s and WWE in the 2000s. The term "world tag team championship" can apply to any world tag team championship in general or to a specific one in particular, though this often creates confusion over which tag team championship is being referenced when the term is used. Due to the variations of tag team wrestling, other World Tag Team Championships may exclude the "tag team" portion of
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