NXT Tag Team Championship
| NXT Tag Team Championship | |||||||||||||||||||
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 The NXT Tag Team Championship belt with default side plates (2017–present) | |||||||||||||||||||
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| Promotion | WWE | ||||||||||||||||||
| Brand | NXT | ||||||||||||||||||
| Date established | January 23, 2013 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Current champion(s) | The Undisputed Era (Kyle O'Reilly and Roderick Strong) | ||||||||||||||||||
| Date won | June 21, 2018 | ||||||||||||||||||
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The NXT Tag Team Championship is a professional wrestling tag team championship created and promoted by the American professional wrestling promotion WWE for their developmental brand, NXT. It is the seventh overall male tag team championship to have existed in the WWE. Introduced on January 23, 2013, the inaugural champions were the British Ambition (Adrian Neville and Oliver Grey). The current champions are The Undisputed Era (Kyle O'Reilly and Roderick Strong), who are in their second reign.
History
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The championship was introduced on the January 23, 2013, episode of NXT where it was announced by special guest Shawn Michaels that there would be a tournament to crown the inaugural champions.[1] On the January 31, 2013 taping of NXT (aired on February 13), the British Ambition (Adrian Neville and Oliver Grey) defeated The Wyatt Family (Luke Harper and Erick Rowan) to become the inaugural champions.[2] However, in the first defense of the title, Neville and Bo Dallas defended the NXT Tag Team Championship against The Wyatt Family due to Grey being injured, where they lost. Dallas was not recognized as champion.[3][4] On the June 20 taping (aired July 17), Neville and Corey Graves defeated The Wyatt Family for the titles, making Neville the first person to hold the title on more than one occasion.[5] On June 8, 2016, The Revival (Scott Dawson and Dash Wilder) became the first team to hold the championship on more than one occasion when they defeated American Alpha (Chad Gable and Jason Jordan) at NXT TakeOver: The End.
On April 1, 2017, at WrestleMania Axxess, NXT General Manager William Regal announced that all of the NXT title belts would be redesigned. The new title belts were unveiled at NXT TakeOver: Orlando that same night and given to the winners of their respective matches. As a result, the NXT Tag Team Championship's updated design are the first-ever tag team title belts in WWE with removable side plates; the default side plates feature the WWE logo, which are customized with the current champion's logos as a similarity of the name plate feature.[6]
Inaugural tournament
| Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Final | ||||||||||||
| The Wyatt Family (Luke Harper and Erick Rowan) | Pin[7] | |||||||||||||
| Percy Watson and Yoshi Tatsu | ||||||||||||||
| The Wyatt Family (Luke Harper and Erick Rowan) | Pin[7] | |||||||||||||
| Bo Dallas and Michael McGillicutty | ||||||||||||||
| Bo Dallas and Michael McGillicutty | Pin[7] | |||||||||||||
| Primo & Epico | ||||||||||||||
| The Wyatt Family (Luke Harper and Erick Rowan) | ||||||||||||||
| British Ambition (Adrian Neville and Oliver Grey) | Pin | |||||||||||||
| British Ambition (Adrian Neville and Oliver Grey) | Pin[7] | |||||||||||||
| 3MB (Drew McIntyre and Heath Slater) | ||||||||||||||
| British Ambition (Adrian Neville and Oliver Grey) | Pin[7] | |||||||||||||
| Kassius Ohno and Leo Kruger | ||||||||||||||
| Kassius Ohno and Leo Kruger | Sub[7] | |||||||||||||
| Alex Riley and Derrick Bateman | ||||||||||||||
Reigns
As of November 16, 2024, there have been 14 different championship teams, and 29 individual champions with the team of The Revival (Scott Dawson and Dash Wilder) and The Undisputed Era (Kyle O'Reilly and Roderick Strong) holding the most reigns at two. Individually, Adrian Neville, Dawson, Wilder, O'Reilly and Strong have the most reigns, also at two.[5] The inaugural champions were the British Ambition (Adrian Neville and Oliver Grey). The team with the longest reign is The Ascension (Conor O'Brian/Konnor and Rick Victor/Viktor) who held the title for 364 days (WWE recognizes it as 344 days)[8][9] while the shortest reign belongs to Moustache Mountain (Tyler Bate and Trent Seven), who held the title for two days. However, due to tape delays, which are the dates that WWE recognizes for the NXT Tag Team Championship's history, they will recognize Moustache Mountain's reign at 15 days (beginning on June 26, 2018 and ending on July 11, 2018). Tyler Bate holds the record as the youngest champion when he won it at 21, while the oldest is Bobby Fish when he won it at 38.
The current champions are The Undisputed Era (Kyle O'Reilly and Roderick Strong), who in their second reign both as a team and as individuals. They defeated Moustache Mountain (Tyler Bate and Trent Seven) at the NXT tapings in Winter Park, Florida on June 21, 2018 (aired July 11).
Notes
- ^ WWE officially recognizes it as 344 days
References
General
Specific
- ^ Bishop, Matt. "WWE NXT: HBK kicks off tag title tournament". SLAM! Wrestling. Retrieved January 25, 2013.
- ^ James, Justin. "James's WWE NXT results 2/13 – Week 33: First NXT tag champions crowned, Paige vows to take over the show". Pro Wrestling Torch. Retrieved 24 February 2013.
- ^ Santiago, Andres (3 May 2013). "WWE NXT spoilers from Winter Park, FL: John Cena and more". Pro Wrestling Insider. Retrieved 3 May 2013.
- ^ James, Justin. "JAMES'S WWE NXT REPORT 5/8 Week 45: Wyatt Family captures Tag Titles, Ohno turning face?, Sandow in action, Paige vs. Summer Rae feud continues, Overall Reax". Pro Wrestling Torch. Retrieved June 2, 2013.
- ^ a b Caldwell, James (21 June 2013). "WWE News: NXT spoilers for summer episodes – first NXT Women's champ, Flair, more, plus NXT TV in the U.S.?". Pro Wrestling Torch. Retrieved 26 June 2013.
- ^ WWE (April 1, 2017). "EXCLUSIVE: WWE NXT General William Regal arrives at WrestleMania Axxess with a HUGE announcement regarding NXT TakeOver: Orlando!". Facebook. Retrieved April 1, 2017.
- ^ a b c d e f Santiago, Andres (2013-01-11). "DX invades DX taping: Complete WWE NXT spoilers from Florida". Pro Wrestling Insider. Retrieved 2013-02-01.
- ^ "JAMES'S WWE NXT REPORT 10/2: New NXT Tag champions". PWTorch. 2013-02-10. Retrieved 2013-10-20.
- ^ Caldwell, James. "NXT news: NXT Title match result, Kenta gets new ring name, new Tag Champs, main roster champ wrestles, more". Pro Wrestling Torch. Retrieved 13 September 2014.