ROH World Tag Team Championship
| ROH World Tag Team Championship | |||||||||||||||||||
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 ROH World Tag Team Championship belt (2005-2010, 2022-present) | |||||||||||||||||||
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| Promotion | Ring of Honor (ROH) All Elite Wrestling (AEW) | ||||||||||||||||||
| Date established | September 21, 2002 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Current champion(s) | FTR (Dax Harwood and Cash Wheeler) | ||||||||||||||||||
| Date won | April 1, 2022 | ||||||||||||||||||
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The ROH World Tag Team Championship is a professional wrestling world tag team championship contested for in the American professional wrestling promotion Ring of Honor. The championship is generally contested in professional wrestling matches, in which participants usually execute scripted finishes rather than contend in direct competition. FTR (Dax Harwood and Cash Wheeler) are the current champions in their first reign.
History
The ROH Tag Team Championship was introduced at Unscripted on September 21, 2002, where ROH held a tournament to crown the first champions. At the time, ROH did not have actually title belts, and instead presented Christopher Daniels and Donovan Morgan, the winners of the tournament, with a trophy.[1]
The title became the ROH World Tag Team Championship after then champions Austin Aries and Roderick Strong defeated Naruki Doi and Masato Yoshino on July 9, 2006, while on a tour in Japan with Dragon Gate and Pro Wrestling Noah.[2] Since then, the title has also been defended in the United Kingdom.
Since originating in 2002, the title belts were redesigned in 2003, 2005, 2010, 2012, and 2018.
On April 1, 2022, at Supercard of Honor XV, the 2005 design returned as the official ROH World Tag Team Championship belts.
Inaugural championship tournament (2002)
Teams:
- Da Hit Squad (Mafia and Monsta Mack)
- Divine Storm (Chris Divine and Quiet Storm)
- The Full Blooded Italians (James Maritato and Tony Mamaluke)
- The Natural Born Sinners (Boogalou and Homicide)
- The Prophecy (Christopher Daniels and Donovan Morgan)
- The S.A.T. (Joel and Jose Maximo)
- American Dragon and Michael Modest
- Dick Togo and Ikuto Hidaka
| Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Final | ||||||||||||
| The Prophecy | ||||||||||||||
| The S.A.T. | Pin | |||||||||||||
| The Prophecy | ||||||||||||||
| Togo/Hidaka | Pin | |||||||||||||
| The F.B.I. | Pin | |||||||||||||
| Togo/Hidaka | ||||||||||||||
| The Prophecy | ||||||||||||||
| Dragon/Modest | Pin | |||||||||||||
| Divine Storm | Pin | |||||||||||||
| Dragon/Modest | ||||||||||||||
| Dragon/Modest | Bye | |||||||||||||
| Da Hit Squad 1 | DNP | |||||||||||||
| Natural Born Sinners 1 | DNP | |||||||||||||
1 ^ Neither team was able to compete after being attacked by The Carnage Crew before the start of their scheduled match.
Source: [3]
Belt designs
Reigns
Overall, there have been 63 reigns among 65 different wrestlers and 38 different teams. The inaugural champions were The Prophecy (Christopher Daniels and Donovan Morgan), who defeated "The American Dragon" and Michael Modest on September 21, 2002, to become the champions. The team of Jay Lethal and Jonathan Gresham have the longest reign as champions with their first reign lasting roughly 400 days. The Briscoe Brothers (Jay Briscoe and Mark Briscoe) hold the record for the most reigns with 12 (both as a team and individually).
FTR (Dax Harwood and Cash Wheeler) are the current champions in their first reign both as a team and individually. They defeated The Briscoe Brothers (Jay Briscoe and Mark Briscoe) on April 1, 2022 in Garland, TX at Supercard of Honor XV.
References
- ^ J.D. Dunn (2006-03-31). "Dark Pegasus Video Review: Ring of Honor – Unscripted". 411Mania.com. Retrieved 2009-04-15.
Dragon and Modest destroy the tag team title trophy, but the Prophecy now holds all of the Ring of Honor titles
- ^ "Ring of Honor World Tag Team Championship". Ring of Honor. Retrieved April 30, 2012.
Aries & Strong defeated Masato Yoshino & Naruki Doi in Japan on 7/9/06 to make the ROH Tag Titles into World Tag Team Titles
- ^ "ROH Tag Team Championship Tournament (2002) results".
External links
- ROH World Tag Team Title History at Cagematch.net