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Kurt Angle and Chris Benoit
- The inaugural champions were Kurt Angle and Chris Benoit, who won the title in a tournament final at No Mercy on October 20, 2002.
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On April 5, 2009, at WrestleMania XXV, The Colóns unified the WWE Tag Team Championship with the original World Tag Team Championship. The titles remained independently active, but were collectively defended on any brand as the Unified WWE Tag Team Championship.
Under the Undisputed banner, both titles simultaneously became 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 first champions were Luke Graham and Tarzan Tyler and the final champions were The Hart Dynasty ( David Hart Smith and Tyson Kidd ). The team with the most reigns was The Dudley Boyz ( Bubba Ray Dudley and D-Von Dudley) with eight, while individually, Edge had the most at 12.
As a result of its long-standing prestige, there have been countless battles over the World Tag Team Championship, including the Hart Foundation/Demolition Best-of-three Match at SummerSlam 1990, Owen Hart and Yokozuna's victory over The Smokin' Gunns at WrestleMania XI, and the amazing TLC Matches featuring Edge & Christian, The Dudleys and ...
December 8, 1966. – Spiros Arion & Antonio Pugliese defeated WWWF U.S. Tag Team Champions Baron Mikel Scicluna & Smasher Sloan to win the titles. July 1967: Pugliese left the United States. Spiros Arion chose Arnold Skaaland as his new tag team partner to defend the WWWF U.S. Tag Team Championship. Atlantic City, NJ. Convention Hall. July 10, 1967.
Established in 2002, the WWE Tag Team Championships were considered the most prestigious prize in tag team wrestling. The championships were created by SmackDown General Manager Stephanie McMahon when it was decided that the World Tag Team Championships would be exclusive to the Raw brand.
The World Tag Team Championship was the original professional wrestling world tag team championship in the World Wrestling Entertainment promotion, and the promotion's third tag team championship overall.
