Here is the History of the WWF World Tag Team Title. Any Corrections can be mailed to WWFRI@hotmail.com
Champion |
Date |
Location |
Notes |
Luke Graham& |
06/71 |
New Orleans, LA |
Allegedly defeated Dick The Bruiser & The Sheik in a tournament to become the first champions. |
Karl Gotch & |
12/06/71 |
New York, NY |
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Baron Mikel Scicluna & King Curtis Iaukea |
02/01/72 |
Philadelphia, PA |
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Sonny King
& |
05/22/72 |
New York, NY |
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Toru Tanaka
& |
06/27/72 |
Philadelphia, PA |
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Tony Garea
& |
05/20/73 |
Hamburg, PA |
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Toru Tanaka
& |
09/11/73 |
Philadelphia, PA |
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Tony Garea
& |
11/14/73 |
Hamburg, PA |
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Jimmy Valiant
& |
05/08/74 |
Hamburg, PA |
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Dominic Denucci
& |
05/13/75 |
Philadelphia, PA |
On 06/01/75 Victor Rivera left the WWWF for the IWA and was stripped of his share of the titles. Denucci chose Pat Barrett as his new partner. |
Blackjack Lanza & |
08/26/75 |
Philadelphia, PA |
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Tony Parisi
& |
11/18/75 |
Philadelphia, PA |
Louis Cerdan is also known as Gino Brito. |
The Executioners |
05/11/76 |
Philadelphia, PA |
The Executioners were a masked team who were actually Killer Kowalski & Big John Studd, though they were never unmasked during their tenure. On 10/26/76 in Hamburg, PA they were stripped of the titles for interference by a 3rd Executioner ( a masked Nikolai Volkoff) in a match against Chief Jay Strongbow & Billy White Wolf. |
Chief Jay Strongbow & |
12/07/76 |
Philadelphia, PA |
Defeated The Executioners and the team of Nikolai Volkoff & Tor Kamata in a three team tournament to crown the new champions. In August of 1977 they were forced to vacate the titles when White Wolf was injured by Ken Patera. |
Toru Tanaka
& |
09/27/77 |
Philadelphia, PA |
Defeated Tony Garea & Larry Zybsko to win the vacant titles. |
Dominic Denucci
& |
03/14/78 |
Philadelphia, PA |
|
The Yukon Lumberjacks |
06/26/78 |
New York, NY |
The Yukon Lumbersjacks were Pierre & Eric. Eric is better known as Scott Irwin. |
Tony Garea
& |
11/21/78 |
Allentown, PA |
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Johnny Valiant
& |
03/06/79 |
Allentown, PA |
The World Wide Wrestling Federation (WWWF) Tag Team Championships were renamed the World Wrestling Federation (WWF) Tag Team Championship during the title reign of Johnny & Jerry Valiant. |
Ivan Putski
& |
10/22/79 |
New York, NY |
|
The Samoans (Afa & Sika) |
04/12/80 |
Philadelphia, PA |
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Bob Backlund
& |
08/09/80 |
New York, NY |
Backlund was the Heavyweight Champion when he and Pedro Morales won the tag title. He chose to vacate the tag title on 08/10/80 because he could not hold two championships at the same time. |
The Samoans (2) |
09/09/80 |
Allentown, PA |
Defeated Tony Garea & Rene Goulet to win the vacant titles. |
Tony Garea
& |
11/08/80 |
Philadelphia, PA |
|
The Moondogs (Rex & King) |
03/17/81 |
Allentown, PA |
On 05/01/81 King was replaced by Spot on the team as King was unable to enter the US from Canada. |
Tony Garea
& |
07/21/81 |
Allentown, PA |
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Mr. Fuji
& |
10/13/81 |
Allentown, PA |
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Chief Jay Strongbow
& |
06/28/82 |
New York, NY |
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Mr. Fuji
& |
07/13/82 |
Allentown, PA |
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Chief Jay Strongbow
& |
10/26/82 |
Allentown, PA |
|
The Samoans (3) |
03/08/83 |
Allentown, PA |
Sika was injured on 03/12/83 during a ten man tag match in Baltimore, MD, and was temporarily replaced by Samoan #3 |
Rocky Johnson
& |
11/15/83 |
Allentown, PA |
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Adrian Adonis
& |
04/17/84 |
Hamburg, PA |
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Mike Rotundo
& |
01/21/85 |
Hartford, CT |
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The Iron Sheik
& |
03/31/85 |
New York, NY |
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Mike Rotundo
& |
06/17/85 |
Poughkeepsie, NY |
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Greg Valentine
& |
08/24/85 |
Philadelphia, PA |
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The British Bulldogs |
04/07/86 |
Chicago, IL |
The British Bulldogs were Davey Boy Smith (currently wrestling as The British Bulldog) & The Dynamite Kid. |
Bret Hart
& |
01/26/87 |
Tampa, FL |
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Rick Martel
& |
10/27/87 |
Syracuse, NY |
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Demolition (Ax & Smash) |
03/27/88 |
Atlantic City, NJ |
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Arn Anderson
& |
07/18/89 |
Worcester, MA |
|
Demolition (2) |
10/02/89 |
Wheeling, WV |
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Andre The Giant
& |
12/13/89 |
Huntsville, AL |
|
Demolition (3) |
04/01/90 |
Toronto, OT |
Crush joined the team when Ax had health problems. |
Bret Hart
& |
08/27/90 |
Philadelphia, PA |
Because Jim Neidhart was slated to leave the promotion and WWF, the Rockers (Marty Jannetty & Shawn Michaels) were allowed to defeat The Hart Foundation in a two out of three falls match to win the belts at a TV taping on 10/30/90 in Fort Wayne IN. They even defended the title at other tapings in Texas. But when Neidhart re-signed with the promotion the WWF decided to keep the Hart Foundation as champs. Jack Tunney went on TV in the areas that knew of the change to explain that since the top rope came loose in the third fall, the match should have been stopped. Since it never happened on TV the rest of the world never got an explanation. |
The Nasty Boys (Brian Knobbs & Jerry Saggs) |
03/24/91 |
Los Angeles, CA |
|
The Legion of Doom (Hawk & Animal) |
08/26/91 |
New York, NY |
The Legion of Doom were also known as The Road Warriors. |
Irwin R. Schyster
& |
02/07/92 |
Denver, CO |
Schyster has also been known as Mike Rotundo in the WWF. |
Earthquake
& |
07/20/92 |
Worcester, MA |
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Irwin R. Schyster
& |
10/13/92 |
Regina, SK |
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Rick & Scott Steiner |
06/14/93 |
Columbus, OH |
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Irwin R. Schyster & |
06/16/93 |
Rockford, IL |
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Rick & Scott Steiner (2) |
06/19/93 |
St. Louis, MO |
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The Quebecers |
09/13/93 |
New York, NY |
The Quebecers were Jacques Rougeau (a.k.a. The Mountie & Pierre Oulette). They defeated The Steiner Brothers by disqualification to win the titles under special Quebec Province Rules. |
Marty Jannetty
& |
01/10/94 |
Richmond, VA |
The 1-2-3 Kid is known now as X-Pac. |
The Quebecers (2) |
01/17/94 |
New York, NY |
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Mo & Mable |
03/29/94 |
London, England |
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The Quebecers (3) |
03/31/94 |
Sheffield, England |
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The Headshrinkers (Fatu & Samu) |
04/26/94 |
Burlington, VT |
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Shawn Michaels & |
08/28/94 |
Indianapolis, IN |
Diesel is known now as Kevin Nash. Michaels and Diesel split up on 11/23/94 thus vacating the championships. |
The 1-2-3 Kid
& |
01/22/95 |
Tampa, FL |
Defeated Bam Bam Bigelow & Tatanka in the finals of an eight man tournament to crown new champions. |
The Smokin' Gunns (Billy & Bart Gunn) |
01/23/95 |
Palmetto, FL |
|
Owen Hart
& |
04/02/95 |
Hartford, CT |
|
Shawn Michaels & |
09/24/95 |
Saginaw, MI |
Owen Hart was replaced by Davey Boy Smith when Hart no showed the event. During the match, Hart arrived and was pinned by Diesel for the win. The Title was returned to Hart & Yokozuna on 09/25/95 when it was realized that Hart was not part of the tag team champions when he was pinned by Diesel. |
The Smokin' Gunns (2) |
09/25/95- |
Grand Rapids, MI |
The Smokin' Gunns vacated the title on February 15, 1996 when Billy had to have neck surgery. |
The Body Donnas |
03/31/96 |
Anaheim, CA |
The Body Donnas were Skip (aka Chris Candido) & Zip (aka Tom Pritchard). They defeated The Godwinn Brothers in the finals of an eight team tournament to claim the vacant title. |
The Godwinn Brothers |
05/19/96 |
New York, NY |
The Godwinns were Henry O. Godwinn (Mark Canterbury who wrestled under his real name in the WWF in early 1999) & Phinneus I. Godwinn (Dennis Knight who is presently known as Mideon) |
The Smokin' Gunns (3) |
05/26/96 |
Florence, SC |
|
Owen Hart
& |
09/22/96 |
Philadelphia, PA |
|
Shawn Michaels
& |
05/26/97 |
Evansville, IN |
Michaels was forced out of action due to an "injury" shortly after he and Steve Austin won the title. Rather than stripping the title, the WWF set up an eight team tournament. The winners of the tournament would face Austin and his choice of a partner due to Michaels' injury. Austin left it up to the WWF to pick his partner. |
Steve Austin
& |
07/14/97 |
San Antonio, TX |
Austin & Dude Love defeated
Owen Hart & |
The Headbangers (Mosh & Thrasher) |
09/07/97 |
Louisville, KY |
Defeated The Legion of Doom, The Godwinns and The British Bulldog & Owen Hart in an four corner elimination match to win the vacant titles. |
The Godwinn Brothers (2) |
10/05/97 |
St. Louis, MO |
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The Legion of Doom (2) |
10/07/97 |
Topeka, KS |
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The New Age Outlaws (Billy Gunn & "Road Dogg" Jesse James) |
11/24/97 |
Fayetville, NC |
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Cactus Jack &
|
03/29/98 |
Boston, MA |
Cactus Jack is one of the 3 personas of Mick Foley. |
The New Age Outlaws (2) |
03/30/98 |
Albany, NY |
|
Mankind & Kane |
07/13/98 |
East Rutherford, NJ |
Mankind is one of the 3 personas of Mick Foley. |
The Undertaker & Steve Austin |
07/26/98 |
Fresno, CA |
|
Mankind & Kane (2) |
08/10/98 |
Omaha, NE |
Win the titles in a Four Corners match vs. New Age Outlaws, Owen Hart & Rocky Maivia and the Undertaker & Steve Austin. |
The New Age Outlaws (3) |
08/30/98 |
New York, NY |
Mankind is forced by Kane's defection to face the Outlaws in a handicap match |
Ken Shamrock
& |
12/14/98 |
Tacoma, WA |
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Owen Hart
& |
01/25/99 |
Phoenix, AZ |
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Kane & X-Pac |
04/05/99 |
Uniondale, NY |
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The Acolytes |
05/25/99 |
Moline, IL |
The Acolytes are Faarooq (aka Ron Simmons) & Bradshaw (aka Justin Hawk Bradshaw) |
Jeff & Matt Hardy |
06/29/99 |
Fayetteville, NC |
|
The Acolytes (2) |
07/25/99 |
Buffalo, NY |
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Kane & X-Pac (2) |
07/09/99 |
Chicago, IL |
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The Big Show & The Undertaker |
08/22/99 |
Minneapolis, MN |
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Mankind & The Rock |
08/30/99 |
Boston, MA |
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The Big Show & The Undertaker (2) |
09/07/99 |
Albany, NY |
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Mankind & The Rock (2) |
09/20/99 |
Houston, TX |
Defeat Big Show & Mideon & Viscera in "The Dark Side Rules" match which meant any of Undertaker's followers could be involved. |
The New Age Outlaws (4) |
09/21/99 |
Dallas, TX |
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Mankind & The Rock (3) |
10/12/99 |
Birmingham, AL |
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The Hollys (Bob & Crash) |
10/18/99 |
Columbus, OH |
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Mankind & Al Snow |
11/2/99 |
Philidelphia, PA |
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The New Age Outlaws |
2/27/00 |
State College, PA |
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The Dudley Boyz |
4/2/00 |
Hartford, CT |
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Edge &Christian |
|
Anaheim, CA |
Edge & Christian win the tag team titles after defeating both the Dudley Boyz and the Hardy Boyz in a triple threat triangle ladder match. |