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129-726: As of 2024, WWE promotes three men's and one women's tag team championships. Two of the men's titles, the World Tag Team Championship on Raw and the WWE Tag Team Championship on SmackDown , are regarded as world tag team championships , while the third men's title is for WWE's developmental brand , NXT , the NXT Tag Team Championship . The WWE Women's Tag Team Championship is the only women's tag team championship in WWE and

258-586: A Winners Take All match to claim both championships and become recognized as the Undisputed WWE Tag Team Champions. WWE had billed the match as a championship unification match; however, both titles remained independently active. The Usos had defended both titles together across both brands as the Undisputed WWE Tag Team Championship , but on a couple of occasions in early 2023, they also defended

387-413: A face and Storm started dancing. He soon rejoined Morley, who had also become a face and reverted to his Val Venis character. Their reformed team began entering the ring with very attractive women but this time their tag team never got a push. Storm and Goldust then began teaming together for a short period of time. At Armageddon on December 14, Storm and Val Venis competed in a Tag Team Turmoil match for

516-483: A fatal four-way tag team elimination match to unify the tag team championships, with Jensen and Briggs recognized as the final NXT UK Tag Team Champions. 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

645-574: A unification match where the NXT title was unified into the WWE title, retiring the NXT title and subsequently making the WWE Women's Tag Team Championship available to NXT again. 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

774-429: 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. The following list shows the wrestlers that are currently holding all active tag team championships in WWE. The following list shows retired tag team championships and the final title holders before the belts were deactivated in WWE. The following lists shows

903-636: A Penalty Box match with Jim Duggan as special guest referee, In particular, Storm and Rection feuded with each other over Storm's "Canadian" Heavyweight Title, which Rection finally won and promptly returned to the United States Heavyweight Title name. At SuperBrawl Revenge on February 18, Storm faced The Cat where he lost and The Cat became the new Commissioner of WCW. At WCW's final PPV Greed on March 18, Team Canada (Lance Storm and Mike Awesome) defeated Konnan and Hugh Morrus. The pay-per-view event took place eight days before

1032-594: A Three-Way Dance. However they lost the titles to Tommy Dreamer and Masato Tanaka on February 26, 2000. During this time, Storm also gained a position as a booker in ECW and had a hand in much of the product content on television and pay-per-view . At Hardcore Heaven , Storm challenged his former tag team partner Justin Credible for the ECW World Heavyweight Championship but failed to win

1161-709: A WWF employee. Storm, portrayed as a serious, humourless heel, was in The Alliance and was the first WCW superstar to ever invade a WWF program, where he debuted on the May 28, 2001 episode of WWF Raw is War . At Invasion on July 22, Storm and Mike Awesome faced Edge and Christian in a losing effort. Storm received a modest push during the Invasion angle, as he would go on to win the WWF Intercontinental Championship from Albert on

1290-589: A face once again. This would turn out to be Storm's last appearance on Raw . In April 2004, Storm chose to retire from in-ring action. His last match was on April 19, 2004, and he faced Steven Richards at the Calgary Saddledome . He then accepted a position backstage with WWE, working as a wrestling trainer in Ohio Valley Wrestling , WWE's main developmental territory. On March 23, 2005, Storm came out of retirement to participate in

1419-554: A fan from the live audience. He then went out into the crowd and picked 10-year old Nicholas, and the two defeated Cesaro and Sheamus for the title. This made Nicholas the youngest WWE champion in history. Nicholas was also revealed to be the son of WWE referee, John Cone . The following night on Raw , the two relinquished the titles. During 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

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1548-707: A fatal-four-way tag team elimination match for the World Tag Team Championship but failed to win the titles. The next month, the duo won the World Tag Team Championship on two separate occasions. The first was by defeating Booker T and Goldust on the January 6, 2003 episode of Raw with help from Chief Morley , who was appointed "Raw Chief of Staff", but they lost the title at the Royal Rumble on January 19 to The Dudley Boyz . Storm and Regal began their second reign as World Tag Team Champions

1677-547: A flight, in a first round match of the Tag Team Championship tournament. Storm and Simmonz lost to eventual finalists A.J. Styles and Christopher Daniels . The next night, Storm lost to Doug Williams in a singles match. Storm has made rare indy appearances for Northern Ontario-based promotion Blood, Sweat & Ears . On December 3, 2006, in Mississauga, Ontario , he lost to Christian Cage and suffered

1806-758: A heel and on the January 17, 2002 edition of SmackDown! , Storm and Christian faced Rikishi in a 2 on 1 Over The Top Rope Challenge which Rikishi won. At the Royal Rumble on January 20, Storm competed in the Royal Rumble match where he was eliminated by Al Snow . At No Way Out on February 17, Storm and Christian competed in a Tag Team Turmoil match which was won by The APA . On the Sunday Night Heat before WrestleMania X8 , Storm, Mr. Perfect and Test lost to Rikishi, Scotty 2 Hotty and Albert in six-man tag team match. In June 2002 he formed The Un-Americans along with Christian , Test, and later William Regal . During this angle, Storm and Christian won

1935-535: A losing effort. At Anarchy Rulz , Storm defeated Jerry Lynn. At November to Remember , The Impact Players and Rhino defeated Raven, Tommy Dreamer and The Sandman in the night's main event. At Guilty as Charged , The Impact Players defeated Tommy Dreamer and Raven for their first of two ECW World Tag Team Championship reigns. After losing the titles to Tommy Dreamer and Masato Tanaka they won them back at Living Dangerously where The Impact Players defeated Raven and Mike Awesome and Tommy Dreamer and Masato Tanaka in

2064-562: A match for the WCW Tag Team Championship against the Hardy Boyz at No Mercy on October 21, which Storm and The Hurricane lost. Eventually, at Rebellion on November 3, Storm and Justin Credible faced Billy and Chuck in a losing effort. At Survivor Series on November 18, Storm competed in an Immunity Battle Royal that was won by Test , where the winner could not be fired for a year. However, Team Alliance lost in

2193-508: A new design. At the center of the plate is WWE's logo placed over a globe, similar to the World Heavyweight Championship and Women's World Championship belts, albeit with a red background and placed on a shield flanked by two griffins in a similar manner to a coat of arms . Above the globe is a banner that reads "WORLD TAG TEAM" while below the globe is another banner that reads "CHAMPIONS", both in silver and with

2322-494: A performer. They say, never say never in this business, and because of that I won’t, but I think I left it all in the ring that night and I believe I wrote the final page in the 19-year long book that was the career of Lance Storm." In November 2009, Lance Storm announced he had accepted the position as the head booker of the Prairie Wrestling Alliance , a promotion that operates out of Edmonton . PWA and

2451-488: A red background. The plates are on black straps with metal endplates, and gold divider bars separate the center plate from the two side plates. The side plates are now customizable with the reigning champions' logo; the default side plates feature the WWE logo on a red globe. As of November 26, 2024, there have been 94 reigns between 72 teams composed of 103 individual champions, and one vacancy. The team of Cesaro and Sheamus and The New Day (Kofi Kingston and Xavier Woods) have

2580-473: A regular guest on podcasts available through the Figure Four Weekly / Wrestling Observer web site, as well as a frequent guest on the nationally airing Wrestling Observer Live radio show. In 2011, Storm and ten of his Storm Wrestling Academy students were featured in a ten-part reality television show, World of Hurt , which premiered on The Cave on May 1. In 2011, Storm published an E-book for

2709-637: 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

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2838-495: A result, WWE introduced the brand extension in March 2002 to divide its roster between the Raw and SmackDown! brands where wrestlers would exclusively perform on their respective weekly television programs. The original World Tag Team Championship initially became exclusive to SmackDown!, but was later reassigned to Raw, leaving the former without a tag team title. As a result, SmackDown! General Manager Stephanie McMahon introduced

2967-487: A second title for tag teams in the promotion to complement WWE's original World Tag Team Championship , which became exclusive to Raw. Both titles were unified in 2009 and were collectively referred to as the Unified WWE Tag Team Championship while officially remaining independently active until the original World Tag Team Championship was formally decommissioned in 2010. As a result of

3096-593: A six-man tag team match with Joey Mercury and Johnny Nitro against fellow ECW alumni Tommy Dreamer and the Dudley Boyz. On April 9, 2005, in Cloverport, Kentucky , Storm teamed with Matt Cappotelli to face Mercury and Nitro. Storm resigned from WWE in May 2005 and announced that he intended to open his own training school in his hometown of Calgary, the Storm Wrestling Academy, with

3225-578: A tag team known as the Thrillseekers. After Jericho was injured, Storm continued to compete in singles competition for a few months, even winning the "Beat the Champ" TV Title . He then left SMW and moved on to a Winnipeg-based West Four Wrestling Alliance, where he teamed once again with Jericho. In 1995, he began wrestling in Japan for WAR . He formed a tag team with Yuji Yasuraoka (with whom he held

3354-520: A tag team match, where they defeated Bully Ray and Dylan Knight. On August 27, 2011, Storm came out of retirement to work a short match with Tommy Dreamer . Storm returned to ROH again on March 30, 2012, for the Showdown in the Sun pay-per-view, losing to Mike Bennett when Maria Kanellis interfered. He wrestled Bennett again at the following ROH PPV, Border Wars , this time coming out victorious. At

3483-462: A team; individually, it is the first for McDonagh and third for Bálor. They won the title by defeating Awesome Truth ( The Miz and R-Truth ) on the June 24, 2024, episode of Raw . The championship was originally established as the WWE Tag Team Championship on October 3, 2002, and the team of Kurt Angle and Chris Benoit were the inaugural champions. It was introduced for the SmackDown brand as

3612-424: A third brand in 2006) announced a talent sharing agreement that enabled talent from either brand's roster to compete on both brands. As a result, the title became eligible to be contended and defended on both brands. In late 2008 through early 2009, reigning WWE Tag Team Champions The Colóns ( Carlito and Primo ) engaged in rivalry with reigning World Tag Team Champions John Morrison and The Miz , which resulted in

3741-517: A throat injury due to a stiff clothesline . On July 21, 2007, he defeated Christopher Daniels before defeating Robert Roode on August 11, 2007. On July 3, 2009, it was announced that Storm would be coming out of retirement to perform at two Ring of Honor shows on July 24 and 25, Death Before Dishonor VII: Nights 1 and 2 respectively. On July 24, Storm and fellow Canadian Kevin Steen defeated Chris Hero and Davey Richards and on July 25, Storm

3870-456: Is a men's professional wrestling world tag team championship created and promoted by the American promotion WWE , defended on the Raw brand division . It is one of two male tag team championships for WWE's main roster, along with the WWE Tag Team Championship on SmackDown . The current champions are The Judgment Day ( Finn Bálor and JD McDonagh ), who are in their first reign as

3999-689: Is defended across Raw, SmackDown, and NXT. 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

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4128-416: Is the youngest champion at 10 years old (also making him the youngest champion in WWE history), while R-Truth is the oldest champion at age 52. The current champions are The Judgment Day (Finn Bálor and JD McDonagh ). Individually, it is McDonagh's first reign and Bálor's third, and while it is their first time holding the title as a team. They won the title by defeating Awesome Truth (The Miz and R-Truth) on

4257-657: The 2016 WWE Draft , the championship became exclusive to Raw and was renamed as the Raw Tag Team Championship , with SmackDown creating their own counterpart, the SmackDown Tag Team Championship. From May 2022 until April 2024, both titles were held and defended together as the Undisputed WWE Tag Team Championship , with each maintaining their individual lineages. Under the Undisputed banner, both titles simultaneously became

4386-721: The Amazon Kindle , titled Storm Warning , which is a collection of columns from his website. He later released a second volume, titled Storm Front which covers stories from his WWE career from 2001 to 2004. Storm has made appearances on the WWE Network original The Edge and Christian Show, first playing the role of representative of WWE's PG department, then appearing briefly on the season finale. Storm has appeared two WWE video games in WWE SmackDown! Shut Your Mouth and WWE SmackDown! Here Comes The Pain during

4515-728: The Can-Am Express . Despite being the champions, the duo retained a rivalry and at CyberSlam in February 1998, Storm defeated Candido. At Living Dangerously in March 1998, Storm and Al Snow defeated Shane Douglas and Candido. At Wrestlepalooza in May 1998, Storm and Candido defeated the Hardcore Chair Swingin' Freaks (Balls Mahoney and Axl Rotten ) to retain the ECW World Tag Team Championship. In June 1998, Storm and Candido lost

4644-810: The Cruiserweight Championship , and the WCW Hardcore Championship in rapid succession, resulting in Storm becoming the first and only wrestler in WCW history to hold three titles simultaneously. As an affront to the fans, he renamed the titles to the Canadian Heavyweight Championship, 100 kg and Under Championship, and Saskatchewan Hardcore International Title (S.H.I.T.), respectively, complete with large Canadian flag stickers that covered

4773-595: The House of Hardcore promotion, losing to its founder Tommy Dreamer in a main event singles match. On November 9, 2013, Storm and Sean Waltman were defeated by Dreamer and Terry Funk at House of Hardcore 3. On June 14, 2014, Storm faced Mike Bennett in a losing effort at House of Hardcore 6. On December 15, 2013, Storm was defeated by Chris Hero at a Smash Wrestling event. On December 21, 2013, Storm defeated Dan Collins at an EWP Wrestling event. on September 20, 2014, Storm and Justin Credible faced Alex and Kyle Reynolds for

4902-710: The Impact Players . He stayed with ECW until 2000, then signed with World Championship Wrestling. In WCW, Storm won the United States, Cruiserweight and Hardcore Championships at the same time, renaming them as Canadian, 100 kg and Under Championship, and Saskatchewan Hardcore International Title. When WCW closed, his contract was bought by World Wrestling Federation (WWF), being involved in The Invasion storyline. He kept wrestling with WWF (later WWE) until 2005, when he left. Since then, Storm focused on

5031-638: 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. The WWF International Tag Team Championship

5160-607: The SmackDown Tag Team Championship on August 23, 2016. The WWE Tag Team Championship was subsequently renamed to Raw Tag Team Championship and The New Day were the first champions to hold the title under its new name. In 2019, WWE's developmental territory NXT became the promotion's third major brand when it was moved to the USA Network in September, thus making the NXT Tag Team Championship

5289-723: The WAR International Junior Heavyweight Tag Team Championship numerous times), as well as forming a trio with Nobutaka Araya and Koki Kitahara , with whom he held the WAR World Six-Man Tag Team Championship . In 1997, Storm joined Extreme Championship Wrestling (ECW), making his debut at Crossing the Line Again against Balls Mahoney . Early in his ECW career, he took part in a match against Rob Van Dam at Barely Legal where he

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5418-539: The WWE Tag Team Championship on July 21 at Vengeance by defeating Hollywood Hulk Hogan and Edge. On the August 5 edition of Raw , Storm and Christian retained the WWE Tag Team Championship against The Hardy Boyz by disqualification. On the August 12 edition of Raw , The Un-Americans and Triple H defeated Booker T , The Undertaker , Goldust and The Rock in an 8-man tag team match. At SummerSlam on August 25, Storm and Christian defeated Booker T and Goldust to retain

5547-624: The World Wrestling Federation / World Wrestling Entertainment (WWF/WWE), where he held a combined 14 total championships (including holding three titles simultaneously in WCW). Storm began his career in 1990, training with Chris Jericho . They worked together in Smoky Mountain Wrestling (SMW), forming a tag team known as the Thrillseekers. In 1997, Storm joined ECW, where he worked with Justin Credible as

5676-697: The independent circuit . At Hardcore Homecoming on November 4, 2005, in Philadelphia , Pennsylvania , Storm interfered in a steel cage match between Justin Credible and Jerry Lynn , helping Credible defeat Lynn. At the December 3, 2005 Ring of Honor show Steel Cage Warfare in New York, New York , Storm congratulated World Champion Bryan Danielson following a successful title defense against Rocky Romero . On April 1, 2006, at Better Than Our Best , Storm returned to Ring of Honor to face Danielson for

5805-459: The "Unified" moniker, received a new single set of belts, and continued to be defended on any brand. The brand extension was discontinued on August 29, 2011, but it was revived on July 19, 2016. The following is a list of dates indicating the transitions of the current World Tag Team Championship between the Raw, SmackDown, and ECW brands. The original design of the title belt when it was introduced as

5934-401: The "unified" moniker, subsequently became the sole tag team championship in WWE, available to any brand before the first brand extension ended in August 2011. The NXT Tag Team Championship is the tag team championship of WWE's developmental territory , NXT . The title was established in January 2013 and the inaugural champions were British Ambition ( Adrian Neville and Oliver Grey ). It is

6063-464: The "unified" moniker, subsequently became the sole tag team championship in WWE, available to any brand. The first brand extension then ended in August 2011. Following the reintroduction of the brand extension in July 2016, reigning champions The New Day ( Big E , Kofi Kingston , and Xavier Woods ) were drafted to the Raw brand, making the championship exclusive to Raw. In response, SmackDown created

6192-564: The 2016 WrestleCon , losing to Matt Hardy , in what would be his final match. In March 2019, Storm revealed he was working with Impact Wrestling as a producer. He was also part of the Rebellion PPV where he was chosen to be the special guest referee for the World Championship match involving Johnny Impact and Brian Cage . The latter won the match and became the champion. On November 2, 2019, Storm announced that he

6321-634: The Cruiserweight and Hardcore titles by presenting them to his Team Canada stablemates Elix Skipper and Carl Ouellet , respectively. At Halloween Havoc on October 29, Storm and Jim Duggan lost to General Rection in a Handicap match losing the WCW United States Heavyweight Championship and to free Major Gunns from Team Canada. On the November 13 edition of Nitro , Storm defeated General Rection to win

6450-742: The ECW World Tag Team Championship to Sabu and Rob Van Dam. On the July 22, 1998 episode of ECW Hardcore TV , Storm walked out on Candido during a title match against Sabu and Van Dam, thus ending their team and beginning a feud between the two men. On the September 5, 1998 episode of Hardcore TV , Storm introduced his valet Tammy Lynn Bytch , a parody of Candido's real life girlfriend Tammy Lynn Sytch , who appeared in ECW to side with Candido and feuded with Bytch. Storm and Candido feuded until late 1998. At November to Remember , Storm defeated Jerry Lynn with Mikey Whipwreck as special guest referee. Following his feud with Candido, Storm joined forces with his trainee Justin Credible in February 1999 at Crossing

6579-614: The July 23 episode of Raw is War . He lost the title a month later to Edge at SummerSlam on August 19. Storm formed a tag team with The Hurricane and feuded with the Hardy Boyz over the WWF and WCW Tag Team Titles for the next few months; at Unforgiven on September 23, Storm and The Hurricane competed in a Fatal Four-Way Elimination match for the WWF Tag Team Championship but failed to win, this later included

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6708-606: The June 24, 2024, episode of Raw in Indianapolis, Indiana . Lance Storm Lance Timothy Evers ( / ˈ ɛ v ər s / ; born April 3, 1969), known professionally by his ring name Lance Storm , is a Canadian retired professional wrestler . He is signed to Total Nonstop Action Wrestling , where he works as a producer. He is best known for his tenures in Extreme Championship Wrestling (ECW), World Championship Wrestling (WCW), and

6837-645: The June 29 tapings of Ring of Honor Wrestling , Bennett defeated Storm following interference from "Brutal" Bob and Maria in the final match of their trilogy. On January 18, 2013, Storm worked for the Hart Legacy promotion in Calgary, taking part in a six-man tag team match, where Storm and the Killer Elite Squad ( Davey Boy Smith, Jr. and Lance Archer ) defeated Bobby Lashley , Chris Masters and Johnny Devine . On June 22, Storm worked for

6966-608: The Line '99 . The duo formed a tag team named The Impact Players . At Living Dangerously , The Impact Players faced Tommy Dreamer and Shane Douglas in a losing effort. The stable joined Storm and his valet (now renamed Dawn Marie) with Credible and his manager Jason . They first feuded with Jerry Lynn and Sabu in singles matches and by late 1999, they had begun a violent feud with Tommy Dreamer and The Sandman. The team brutalized many singles stars during this period as well. At Hardcore Heaven , Storm defeated Tommy Dreamer. At Heat Wave , The Impact Players faced Rob Van Dam and Jerry Lynn in

7095-407: 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

7224-459: The PWS tag team championship but failed to win the titles. On October 3, 2015, at WWE's Live from MSG special event, Storm was acknowledged in the crowd by Chris Jericho , thus making his first WWE appearance since 2005. On March 16, 2016, Storm challenged Jay Lethal for the ROH World Championship in a losing effort for the Prairie Wrestling Alliance (PWA) 15th Anniversary Show. On April 2, 2016, Storm, managed by Missy Hyatt , took part in

7353-399: The Raw title became the World Tag Team Championship while the SmackDown title became the WWE Tag Team Championship. The NXT UK Tag Team Championship was the tag team championship for the NXT UK brand, a sister brand of NXT based in the United Kingdom. It was the ninth overall men's tag team title contested in the company, and the inaugural champions were James Drake and Zack Gibson . It

7482-429: 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

7611-432: 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. On the June 23, 2023, episode of SmackDown , reigning WWE Women's Tag Team Champions Ronda Rousey and Shayna Baszler defeated the reigning NXT Women's Tag Team Champions Alba Fyre and Isla Dawn in

7740-436: The September 23 episode of Raw . Eventually, the Un-Americans broke apart on the September 30 episode of Raw after they each lost their respective matches, leading to a brawl involving all the members of the group. Storm continued teaming with Regal as a regular tag team with the same anti-American gimmick ; Storm would represent Canada and Regal represented England. At Armageddon on December 15, Storm and Regal competed in

7869-437: The SmackDown titles while Awesome Truth ( The Miz and R-Truth ) retrieved the Raw titles. 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

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7998-406: The Storm Wrestling Academy had also begun working together very closely. On April 3, 2010, Storm came out of retirement to wrestle his friend Bryan Alvarez at a Tulalip Championship Wrestling event. Storm was defeated in the match, which he wrestled under a mask as The Ideal Canadian. On March 19, 2011, Storm made a return to the ring at PWA's 10th anniversary show, teaming with Brother Devon in

8127-428: The Tag Team banner read "World Wrestling Entertainment" in small print. On both sides of the center plate were two side plates. The inner side plates featured the WWE scratch logo and were encircled with the meander pattern, while the outer side plates featured a single Spartan helmet facing inward. A version with two name plates on the center plate, one for each champion, had been created but was not used. In August 2014,

8256-431: 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

8385-459: The Unified WWE Tag Team Championship on any brand until August 2010. That month, the Anonymous Raw General Manager announced that the World Tag Team Championship would be decommissioned in favor of continuing the WWE Tag Team Championship, which received a new, single set of championship belts, which were presented to reigning champions The Hart Dynasty ( Tyson Kidd and David Hart Smith ) by Bret Hart . The WWE Tag Team Championship, which dropped

8514-430: The Unified WWE Tag Team Championship on any brand until August 2010. That month, the Anonymous Raw General Manager announced that the original World Tag Team Championship would be decommissioned in favor of continuing the WWE Tag Team Championship. The Hart Dynasty (Tyson Kidd and David Hart Smith) were subsequently the final team recognized as the Unified WWE Tag Team Champions. The WWE Tag Team Championship, which dropped

8643-413: 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 WWE Tag Team Championship, which dropped the "unified" moniker. The first brand extension then ended in August 2011. With the reintroduction of

8772-514: The WCW United States Heavyweight Championship back. At Mayhem on November 26, General Rection defeated Storm for the title. At Starrcade on December 17, Storm defeated Ernest Miller . Storm's stable Team Canada feuded with General Rection 's stable, the Misfits In Action , for several months. At Sin on January 14, 2001, Team Canada (Lance Storm, Mike Awesome and Elix Skipper) (with Major Gunns) defeated The Filthy Animals ( Konnan , Rey Mysterio, Jr. and Billy Kidman ) (with Tygress ) in

8901-404: The WWE Tag Team Champions. 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

9030-463: The WWE Tag Team Championship and commissioned it to be the tag team title for the SmackDown! brand on October 3, 2002. She also announced that the inaugural champions would be determined from an eight-team tournament. At No Mercy on October 20, 2002, the team of Kurt Angle and Chris Benoit defeated Rey Mysterio and Edge in the tournament final to become the inaugural WWE Tag Team Champions. On October 17, 2007, SmackDown! and ECW (which became

9159-421: The WWE Tag Team Championship featured a design that was similar to the 1985 to 2002 version of the original World Tag Team Championship, with gold plates on black straps. It featured a similar center plate with an eagle and crown designs alongside a blue globe at the center. On top, it featured the company's scratch logo on a blue background. The gold text in the blue ribbon read "World Wrestling Entertainment" while

9288-654: 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

9417-449: 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

9546-661: The World Championship in Chicago , Illinois . Prior to the event, Storm commended Bryan Danielson and said that he is the one person to make him come out of retirement. Danielson defeated Storm by submission to retain the championship. ROH fans were appreciative of Storm's efforts and chanted "You've still got it" as a tribute. May 26 and 27 saw Storm work for the United Kingdom -based wrestling promotion One Pro Wrestling (1PW). On May 26, he teamed with Andy Boy Simmonz, who substituted for Justin Credible due to Credible missing

9675-493: The World Tag Team Championship which was won by Ric Flair and Batista. From December 2003 to March 2004, Storm mainly competed on Sunday Night Heat . Storm eventually turned heel once again by betraying the fans. This happened when he told them of how he was sick and tired of pleasing them with his dancing and how it was just a waste of his time on an episode of Raw following the 2004 WWE draft lottery , only to be squashed by Rhyno immediately thereafter, thus turning Rhyno into

9804-458: The World Tag Team Championship with the SmackDown title becoming the WWE Tag Team Championship. From 1971 until 2002, WWE 's original World Tag Team Championship was the primary men's world tag team championship of the professional wrestling promotion. Following The Invasion storyline, WWE's roster doubled in size due to the influx of wrestlers from the former promotions, World Championship Wrestling and Extreme Championship Wrestling . As

9933-466: The announcement on the March 17 episode of ECW that at WrestleMania 25 , both teams would defend their titles against each other and the winning team would hold both titles. The Colóns defeated Morrison and Miz, and thus unified the titles into what became known as the Unified WWE Tag Team Championship , the umbrella term for what officially remained two active championships that were now collectively defended. The championships would be defended as

10062-539: The belts' faceplates. Storm then formed the group called Team Canada in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada during New Blood Rising on August 13, where he defended the WCW United States Heavyweight Championship in a match with Mike Awesome. The match was refereed by the Canadian Jacques Rougeau , who enabled Storm to defeat Awesome and retain his title by constantly changing the rules. Following

10191-493: The belts, along with all other pre-existing championship belts in WWE at the time, received a minor update, replacing the scratch logo with WWE's current logo that was originally used for the WWE Network that launched earlier that year in February. According to well-known belt maker Dave Millican, who designed and created the belts, he wanted to go with either nickel, silver, or gold for the plates, but WWE, in particular Stephanie McMahon, wanted copper to do something different that

10320-410: The bottom read "TAG TEAM" in a blue background and "CHAMPIONS" in blue text. The inner side plates were gold and featured two wrestlers grappling with the WWE logo at the top on a blue background, while the outer side plates were simply the company logo on a blue background. In August 2010, the WWE Tag Team Championship received a redesign, replacing the previous design that had been used in tandem with

10449-546: The brand extension in July 2016 and the subsequent draft that month , the championship became exclusive to Raw and was renamed the Raw Tag Team Championship, and SmackDown created the SmackDown Tag Team Championship as its counterpart title. 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. With

10578-512: 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

10707-556: 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,

10836-488: The final episode of Nitro and three days before the final episode of Thunder . On the final episode of Nitro , Team Canada (Lance Storm and Mike Awesome ) challenged for the WCW World Tag Team Championship against Sean O'Haire and Chuck Palumbo but failed to win the titles. When WCW was purchased by the World Wrestling Federation (WWF) in 2001, Storm's contract was kept and he became

10965-401: 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. The WWE Women's Tag Team Championship was introduced on the December 24, 2018, episode of Raw and is the only women's tag team championship in WWE, shared by

11094-410: The first semester beginning in September 2005. He returned to WWE for one night on May 30, 2005, and faced Maven on Sunday Night Heat . Storm wrestled one last time on a WWE-promoted show at ECW One Night Stand on June 12, 2005, where he defeated his close friend and former tag team partner Chris Jericho with the help of Justin Credible . Since leaving WWE, Storm has made several appearances on

11223-448: The first tag team championships to be defended in the main event of WWE's flagship event, WrestleMania , which occurred as the main event of WrestleMania 39 Night 1 in April 2023. The titles would again be defended in the main event of a pay-per-view and livestreaming event at Night of Champions the following month. The titles were then split at WrestleMania XL in April 2024 with the Raw Tag Team Championship subsequently renamed as

11352-529: 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. The WCW World Tag Team Championship was established in 1975, originally contested under

11481-500: The inaugural championship on January 7, 1991. The title was abandoned at an unknown date, without ever being lost to another team. The length of their reign can thus not be determined. Titles are listed in order of creation. The following list shows the top 10 tag team championship reigns in WWE history. The following list shows the longest reigning champion for each tag team championship created and/or promoted by WWE. Titles are listed in order of creation. The following lists shows

11610-503: The inaugural holders for each tag championship created and/or promoted by WWE. The following list shows the top 10 tag team championship reigns in WWE history. The following list shows the longest reigning champion for each tag team championship created and/or promoted by WWE, with the exception of the WWF Intercontinental Tag Team Championship . The team of Perro Aguayo and Gran Hamada won

11739-631: The independent circuit as well as his training school, the Storm Wrestling Academy, in Calgary, Alberta , Canada. Lance Timothy Evers was born in Sarnia , Ontario, Canada, on April 3, 1969. Evers graduated from West Ferris Secondary School in North Bay, Ontario , and attended Wilfrid Laurier University School of Business and Economics in Waterloo , playing volleyball throughout. Lance Storm

11868-464: The main event and Storm was fired (in storyline ) along with the rest of the Alliance roster by Vince McMahon . Storm eventually got his job back officially on the December 17 edition of Raw when he defeated The Rock with help from Test in a match that earned him a WWF contract. On the December 27 episode of SmackDown! , Storm and Kurt Angle lost to The Rock and Rob Van Dam. Storm remained

11997-465: The main event of a pay-per-view and livestreaming event at Night of Champions the following month on May 27 when Owens and Zayn retained the titles against The Bloodline ( Roman Reigns and Solo Sikoa ). At WrestleMania XL Night 1 on April 6, 2024, The Judgment Day ( Finn Bálor and Damian Priest ) defended the Undisputed WWE Tag Team Championship in a Six-Pack Tag Team Ladder match in which both sets of championships had to be retrieved for

12126-408: 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

12255-432: The match as a unification match, both titles remained independently active. For the vast majority of title defenses between May 2022 and April 2024, the titles were defended together, but there were a couple of occasions in early 2023 where the titles were defended separately. 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

12384-488: The match to end. As a result, the championships were split with Awesome Truth ( The Miz and R-Truth ) winning the Raw Tag Team Championship while A-Town Down Under ( Austin Theory and Grayson Waller ) won the SmackDown titles. A week later on the April 15 episode of Raw , the Raw Tag Team Championship was renamed as the World Tag Team Championship with a new set of championship belts. The SmackDown Tag Team Championship

12513-406: The match, the semi-retired Canadian wrestler Bret Hart came to the ring and hugged Storm and Rougeau. At Fall Brawl on September 17, Storm defeated General Rection with Jim Duggan as the referee, with Duggan turning on M.I.A and joining Team Canada. He also attempted to win the World Heavyweight Championship , but was defeated by champion Booker T on each occasion. Storm eventually awarded

12642-483: The most reigns as a team at four, while individually, Kingston and Seth Rollins have the most with six. The New Day's second reign is also the longest reign at 483 days and they are the only team to hold the championship for over one consecutive year—Big E is also credited for this reign as during New Day's first two reigns, Big E, Kingston, and Woods were all recognized as champion under the Freebird Rule (Big E

12771-426: The new World Tag Team Champions starting Storm's fourth tag team title reign. The following week on the March 31 episode of Raw , Storm and Morley faced Kane and Rob Van Dam and The Dudley Boyz in a 3-Way Elimination match, dropping the titles to Kane and Van Dam. At Judgment Day on May 18, Storm competed in a Battle Royal for the vacant WWE Intercontinental Championship which was won by Christian. From there, Storm

12900-418: The next night on Raw by defeating the Dudley Boyz with help from Morley again. At No Way Out on February 23, Storm and Regal defeated Kane and Rob Van Dam to retain the titles. On the March 24 episode of Raw , Morley announced that since the belts had not been defended in 30 days due to Regal's legitimate health problems, the duo would be stripped of the title. Morley immediately named himself and Lance Storm

13029-555: The original World Tag Team Championship to represent the Unified WWE Tag Team Championship since April 2009. The belts were on black straps with copper plates. Taking inspiration from Greece , the center plate was dominated by two Spartan helmets facing outward and it was encircled with a meander pattern. At the top of the center plate was the WWE scratch logo and at the bottom was a banner that read "Tag Team" on one line and "Champions" below that; above

13158-706: 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

13287-434: 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

13416-427: The separation of the Undisputed WWE Tag Team Championship, the Raw Tag Team Championship was renamed as the World Tag Team Championship on April 15, 2024, followed by the SmackDown title becoming the 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

13545-420: The seventh overall men's tag team title to be contested in the company. 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. The WWE Tag Team Championship was established in 2016 and is one of WWE's two currently active world tag team championships for

13674-427: The silver plates on blue straps design of the SmackDown Tag Team Championship belts. While all other WWE championship belts were updated to feature customizable side plates for the champion's logos, the Raw and SmackDown tag titles lacked these features. On the April 15, 2024, episode of Raw , in conjunction with the Raw Tag Team Championship being renamed to World Tag Team Championship, the championship belts received

13803-417: The third major tag team title for men in WWE. However, this recognition was reversed when NXT reverted to its original function as a developmental brand in September 2021. At WrestleMania 34 on April 8, 2018, reigning Raw Tag Team Champions Cesaro and Sheamus were scheduled to defend the title against Braun Strowman and a partner of his choosing. At the event, Strowman revealed that his partner would be

13932-538: The time: Raw, SmackDown, and ECW —the latter of which was established in May 2006 but disbanded in February 2010. At WrestleMania 25 in April 2009, reigning WWE Tag Team Champions The Colóns ( Carlito and Primo ) defeated reigning World Tag Team Champions John Morrison and The Miz , and thus unified the titles into what became known as the Unified WWE Tag Team Championship, the umbrella term for what officially remained two active championships that were now collectively defended. The championships would be defended as

14061-562: The title to be abandoned again when relations between New Japan Pro-Wrestling and the WWF fell out in October that year. The original World Tag Team Championship was the fourth 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

14190-515: The title. After the company began to suffer financial hardships, Storm left ECW for World Championship Wrestling (WCW) in order to support his family. Storm left ECW in May 2000 to join WCW, where he became a singles wrestler. He made his first appearance on the June 19, 2000 episode of Nitro and quickly became one of WCW's most prominent stars, winning the WCW United States Heavyweight Championship ,

14319-533: The titles separately. In the main event of WrestleMania 39 Night 1, The Usos (Jey Uso and Jimmy Uso) defended the Undisputed WWE Tag Team Championship against the team of Kevin Owens and Sami Zayn . This subsequently made both the Raw and SmackDown titles the first tag team championships to be defended in the main event of WWE's flagship event, WrestleMania . At the event, Owens and Zayn defeated The Usos to become champions. The titles would again be defended in

14448-430: The titles that they won to achieve this record. The following list shows the female wrestlers who have the most reigns in total for women's tag team championships, combining all titles they have held as recognized by WWE. This list also shows the titles that they won to achieve this record (minimum of three reigns). World Tag Team Championship (WWE) As an individual (6 reigns): The World Tag Team Championship

14577-482: 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 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

14706-435: The titles, retiring WCW's title in the process. 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

14835-419: The titles. On the September 9 edition of Raw , Storm and Christian defeated Kane and Bradshaw when Regal hit Bradshaw with a pair of brass knuckles and joined the group. At Unforgiven on September 22, The Un-Americans (Storm, Christian, Regal, and Test) faced Kane, Goldust, Booker T, and Bubba Ray Dudley in a losing effort. Storm and Christian lost the WWE Tag Team Championship to Kane and The Hurricane on

14964-536: 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 Undisputed WWE Tag Team Championship in a Six-Pack Tag Team Ladder match in which both sets of titles had to be retrieved to win. The titles were subsequently split as A-Town Down Under ( Austin Theory and Grayson Waller ) retrieved

15093-420: The wrestlers with the most reigns for each tag team championship created and/or promoted by WWE. The following lists shows the wrestlers with the most reigns for each tag team championship created and/or promoted by WWE. The following list shows the male wrestlers who have the most tag team championship reigns in total as individuals, combining all titles they have held as recognized by WWE. This list also shows

15222-575: Was booed by the crowd for two visibly "weak" chair shots to Van Dam. At Heat Wave , Storm faced Taz for the ECW World Television Championship but failed to win the title. At November to Remember in November 1997, Storm and Chris Candido defeated Tommy Rogers and Jerry Lynn . The following month, at Better Than Ever , Storm and Candido won the ECW World Tag Team Championship from

15351-483: Was briefly involved in a storyline in which Stone Cold Steve Austin , an authority figure, encouraged the fans to chant "boring" during Storm's matches including one with Storm losing to newcomer Garrison Cade on the June 16 episode of Raw thanks to Austin bringing out a pillow and blanket and snoring loudly into the microphone, and other distracting antics. Storm eventually found help from Goldust who helped improve Storm's charisma , which eventually turned Storm into

15480-454: Was defeated by Hero in a one-on-one grudge match. Following the match, Storm cut an emotional promo, and later announced his belief that this would be his last match, saying "I shared this match with people who share my love and respect for this business, and I am now home being Lance Evers with the family I will share the rest of my life with. I still have my school, and I will always be a part of this business, but I truly believe I am now done as

15609-549: Was established in 2018, however, after the announcement of the closure of NXT UK, the title was retired when it was unified into the NXT Tag Team Championship at Worlds Collide in September 2022. At the event, Pretty Deadly (Elton Prince and Kit Wilson) defeated Gallus ( Mark Coffey and Wolfgang ), reigning NXT Tag Team Champions The Creed Brothers (Brutus Creed and Julius Creed), and reigning NXT UK Tag Team Champions Brooks Jensen and Josh Briggs in

15738-438: Was established, in which select members of WWE's roster are reassigned to a different brand. After the WWE Tag Team Championship was unified with the World Tag Team Championship as the Unified WWE Tag Team Championship, the champions could appear and defend the titles on any WWE brand. The World Tag Team Championship was decommissioned in August 2010, leaving the WWE Tag Team Championship as WWE's sole tag team title, which dropped

15867-411: Was not done elsewhere. In August 2016, after the reintroduction of the brand split and the creation of the SmackDown Tag Team Championship, the WWE Tag Team Championship was renamed to Raw Tag Team Championship. The belts then received an update on December 19 that year to reflect the name change. They featured the same physical design, but the plates were silver and the straps changed to red, countering

15996-437: 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. From May 2022 to April 2024, the title was held and defended together with the Raw Tag Team Championship as the Undisputed WWE Tag Team Championship, and both titles remained independently active. Shortly after the titles were split at WrestleMania XL ,

16125-482: Was returning to WWE to work as a producer. On the February 7, 2020 episode of SmackDown he appeared in a prerecorded video shown during "The Dirt Sheet". Storm was suspended from the company on April 15, 2020, due to COVID-19 cutbacks. In February 2022, it was announced that Storm would be returning to Impact Wrestling as a producer. Storm writes a monthly column for British wrestling and MMA publication Fighting Spirit magazine . Since 2005, Lance has been

16254-446: Was split from the team in the 2020 WWE Draft ). John Cena and The Miz's sole reign is the shortest reign at 9 minutes, due to The Corre invoking their rematch clause immediately after losing the title. As a team, The New Day (across its two different variants of team members) also have the longest combined reign at 627 days, while Kingston individually has the longest combined reign at 912 days (910 days as recognized by WWE). Nicholas

16383-492: Was the third 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

16512-434: Was then renamed as the WWE Tag Team Championship with its own new set of belts on the April 19 episode of SmackDown . The WWE Tag Team Championship Tournament was a tournament held to crown the inaugural WWE Tag Team Champions for the SmackDown brand. It concluded at No Mercy on October 20, 2002, and was won by the team of Kurt Angle and Chris Benoit. Following the events of the WWE brand extension , an annual WWE draft

16641-980: Was trained by Ed Langley and Brad Young of the Hart Brothers Wrestling Camp at the Silver Dollar Action Centre in Calgary , where he became friends with fellow student Chris Jericho . Jericho has stated that despite the name of the school, the only involvement any of the Hart brothers had in their training was a "thirty-minute cameo" by Keith Hart to collect the student's fees. Lance would later debut against Jericho in 1990 as "Lance T. Storm". Early on, he mainly wrestled in Calgary but also spent time in Japan in Wrestling Association "R" . Along with Jericho, Storm debuted in Smoky Mountain Wrestling in 1994, forming

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