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List of WCW World Tag Team Champions

Listing of professional wrestling champions for the WCW World Tag Team Championship

Summary

Listing of professional wrestling champions for the WCW World Tag Team Championship

[[The Dudley Boyz]] were the final WCW World Tag Team Champions.

The WCW World Tag Team Championship was a professional wrestling World Tag Team Championship contested for in World Championship Wrestling (WCW). Originally, WCW was a member of the National Wrestling Alliance (NWA), which had numerous member promotions. The NWA operated many tag team championships before one prime tag team title was established in 1982. One of those titles was the NWA World Tag Team Championship, which was operated by the NWA member Mid-Atlantic Championship Wrestling (MACW), the predecessor of WCW. The championship was created by MACW in 1975.

In January 1991, WCW (the former MACW after merging with Championship Wrestling from Georgia in 1985) began the process of withdrawing as a member of the NWA to become an independent promotion, thus the name of the title was changed to the WCW World Tag Team Championship. On July 12, 1992, the WCW World Tag Team Championship was unified with the NWA World Tag Team Championship, which was created earlier that year by the NWA as its prime tag team championship. In September 1993, WCW's withdrawal from the NWA was made official, and the NWA World Tag Team Championship was returned to the NWA; the title was reactivated by the NWA in 1995.

In March 2001, all WCW assets were purchased by the then World Wrestling Federation (WWF) after AOL/Time Warner discontinued their involvement in wrestling programming. After the purchase, the WWF continued the use of the championship as a part of a storyline called The Invasion, which involved a rivalry between former WCW wrestlers and original WWF wrestlers before the purchase of WCW.

Title reigns were determined either by professional wrestling matches with different tag teams, a duo of wrestlers, involved in pre-existing scripted feuds, plots and storylines or were awarded the title due to scripted circumstances. Wrestlers were portrayed as either villains or fan favorites as they followed a series of tension-building events, which culminated in a wrestling match or series of matches for the championship. The inaugural champions, under the NWA, were The Minnesota Wrecking Crew (Gene Anderson and Ole Anderson), who were announced to have won the titles after winning a tournament in January 1975.

Before the promotion's purchase, the final champions recognized by WCW were Sean O' Haire and Chuck Palumbo; they were also the first champions under the titles operation in the WWF. On November 18, 2001, the championship was deactivated after its use in the Invasion storyline. The title was unified with the WWF Tag Team Championship, and the final champions recognized by the WWF, were The Dudley Boyz (Bubba Ray Dudley and D-Von Dudley). The title was won in Australia, Canada, Germany, and the United States. Harlem Heat (Booker T and Stevie Ray) held the most reigns as a tag team (10), and Booker T held the most individual reigns (11), which is the same number of times the title was vacated. At 282 days, Doom's reign during WCW's NWA withdrawal was the longest in the championship's history. Overall, there were 143 title reigns.

Title history

Names

Name	Years
NWA World Tag Team Championship	January 29, 1975 – January 1991
WCW World Tag Team Championship	January 1991 – March 26, 2001
WCW Tag Team Championship	June 24, 2001 – November 18, 2001

Reigns

(Gene and Ole Anderson) (Gene and Ole Anderson) (Gene and Ole Anderson) (Gene and Ole Anderson) (Gene and Ole Anderson) (Gene and Ole Anderson) (Gene and Ole Anderson) (Ivan (3) and Nikita Koloff) (Robert Gibson and Ricky Morton) (Ivan (4) and Nikita Koloff) (Robert Gibson and Ricky Morton) (Dennis Condrey and Bobby Eaton) (Robert Gibson and Ricky Morton) (Robert Gibson and Ricky Morton) (Bobby Eaton (2) and Stan Lane) (Animal and Hawk) (Mike Rotunda and "Dr. Death" Steve Williams) (Jimmy Garvin and Michael Hayes) (Rick Steiner and Scott Steiner) (Butch Reed and Ron Simmons) (Michael Hayes and Jimmy Garvin) (Rick and Scott Steiner) (Arn Anderson (3) and Larry Zbyszko) (Rick and Scott Steiner) (Steve Austin and Brian Pillman) (Jerry Sags and Brian Knobbs) (Jerry Sags and Brian Knobbs) (Paul Roma (2) and Paul Orndorff (2)) (Marcus Alexander Bagwell (2) and The Patriot) (Paul Roma (3) and Paul Orndorff (3)) (Marcus Alexander Bagwell (3) and The Patriot (2)) (Booker T and Stevie Ray) (Jerry Sags and Brian Knobbs) (Booker T and Stevie Ray) (Booker T and Stevie Ray) (Marcus Alexander Bagwell (4) and Scotty Riggs) (Booker T and Stevie Ray) (Booker T and Stevie Ray) (Rick and Scott Steiner) (Booker T and Stevie Ray) (Johnny Grunge and Rocco Rock) (Booker T and Stevie Ray) (Kevin Nash and Scott Hall) (Rick and Scott Steiner) (Kevin Nash and Scott Hall) (Kevin Nash, Scott Hall and Syxx (1)) Syxx also gets credited with a reign as the nWo invoked "Wolfpac Rules" and named Syxx as champion after an injury to Nash on October 13, 1997. (Rick and Scott Steiner) (Kevin Nash and Scott Hall) (Rick and Scott Steiner) (Kevin Nash and Scott Hall)

Since Bagwell turned on Steiner during the match, Steiner was allowed to pick a new championship partner, and chose Kaos the next night on Nitro. After Kaos was injured, Steiner then chose Bagwell's mother, Judy, as his new championship partner on November 9, 1998 as a psychological ploy against Buff Bagwell. (Diamond Dallas Page (2), Bam Bam Bigelow (2), and Chris Kanyon) (Booker T and Stevie Ray) (Barry Windham (4) and Kendall Windham) (Booker T and Stevie Ray) (Konnan and Rey Misterio Jr. (2)) (Booker T and Stevie Ray) (Konnan (2) and Billy Kidman (2)) (Gerald and Patrick) (Kevin Nash (7) and Scott Hall (7)) (Johnny the Bull and Big Vito) (Ron and Don Harris) (Johnny the Bull and Big Vito) (Ron and Don Harris) (Brian Adams and Bryan Clark) (Shawn Stasiak and Chuck Palumbo) (Brian Adams and Bryan Clark) (The Great Muta and Vampiro) (Rey Misterio Jr. (3) and Juventud Guerrera) (Lieutenant Loco and Corporal Cajun) (Alex Wright and Disco Inferno) (Shawn Stasiak and Chuck Palumbo) (Diamond Dallas Page (3) and Kevin Nash (8)) (Shawn Stasiak and Chuck Palumbo) (Diamond Dallas Page (4) and Kevin Nash (9)) (Chuck Palumbo (4) and Sean O'Haire (3)) (Kane and The Undertaker) (Jeff and Matt Hardy) (Bubba Ray and D-Von Dudley)

Combined reigns

By team

Rank	Team	No. of
reigns	Combined
days
1.	The Minnesota Wrecking Crew	7	992¤
2.	The Steiner Brothers	7	523
3.	Harlem Heat	10	470
4.	The Rock 'n' Roll Express	4	400
5.	Ricky Steamboat and Jay Youngblood	5	347
6.	Arn Anderson and Tully Blanchard	2	323
7.	Ric Flair and Greg Valentine	2	286¤
8.	Doom	1	282
9.	The Nasty Boys	3	259
10.	The Outsiders	5	244
11.	The Outsiders with Syxx	1	231
12.	Sean O'Haire and Chuck Palumbo	1	205
13.	The Midnight Express (Dennis Condrey and Bobby Eaton)	1	195
14.	Sgt. Slaughter and Don Kernodle	1	193¤
15.	Ole Anderson and Stan Hansen	1	185¤
16.	Baron von Raschke and Greg Valentine	1	177¤
17.	Jack Brisco and Jerry Brisco	3	172
18.	Hollywood Blonds	1	169
19.	Ivan Koloff and Don Kernodle	1	165
Baron von Raschke and Paul Jones	2	165
21.	Jimmy Snuka and Ray Stevens	1	158
22.	The Road Warriors	1	155
23.	Sting and Lex Luger	1	154
24.	Dusty Rhodes and Manny Fernandez	1	150
Manny Fernandez and Rick Rude	1	150
26.	Jimmy Snuka and Paul Orndorff	1	148¤
27.	The Fabulous Freebirds	2	134
28.	Paul Jones and Masked Superstar	2	127
29.	Ivan Koloff and Nikita Koloff (with Krusher Khrushchev)	1	113
30.	Arn Anderson and Bobby Eaton	1	108
31.	Shane Douglas and Ricky Steamboat	1	104
32.	The Giant and Scott Hall	1	98
33.	Pretty Wonderful	2	94
34.	Terry Gordy and Steve Williams	1	78
35.	Enforcers	1	75
36.	Kenny Kaos and Rick Steiner	1	74
The Mamalukes	2	70
38.	The Jersey Triad	1	62
39.	The Perfect Event	3	59
40.	Dustin Rhodes and Ricky Steamboat	1	58
Dustin Rhodes and Barry Windham	1	58
42.	Bunkhouse Buck and Dick Slater	1	57
43.	Don Kernodle and Bob Orton Jr.	1	56
Cactus Jack and Kevin Sullivan	1	56
45.	Mr. Wrestling and Dino Bravo	1	54
46.	Mark Jindrak and Sean O'Haire	2	52
47.	KroniK	2	50
Stars and Stripes	2	50
49.	The Midnight Express (Bobby Eaton and Stan Lane)	1	49
The Brothers of Destruction	1	49
51.	Ivan Koloff and Nikita Koloff	1	46
52.	Paul Jones and Ricky Steamboat	1	45
53.	Ray Stevens and Greg Valentine	1	42
54.	(Billy Kidman and Rey Misterio Jr.)	1	41
55.	Creative Control/Harris Brothers	3	40
56.	The Insiders	2	36
57.	The Varsity Club	1	35
Kevin Nash and Sting	1	35
The Filthy Animals (Juventud Guerrera and Rey Misterio Jr.)	1	35
60.	Wahoo McDaniel and Mark Youngblood	2	33
61.	Arn Anderson and Paul Roma	1	32
62.	Buff Bagwell and Shane Douglas	1	29
63.	Ray Stevens and Ivan Koloff	1	28
The Filthy Animals (Billy Kidman and Konnan)	1	28
65.	Wahoo McDaniel and Paul Jones	1	27
66.	The Dudley Boyz	1	26
67.	Lex Luger and Barry Windham	1	24
68.	Raven and Perry Saturn	1	22
69.	(Curt Hennig and Barry Windham)	1	21
70.	Marcus Bagwell and 2 Cold Scorpio	1	20
The West Texas Rednecks (Barry Windham and Kendall Windham)	1	20
72.	The Giant and Sting	1	18
73.	Chris Benoit and Dean Malenko	1	15
Crowbar and David Flair	1	15
The Hardy Boyz	1	15
76.	Ric Flair and Blackjack Mulligan	1	14
77.	Booker T and Test	1	13
78.	The American Males	1	9
79.	The Public Enemy	1	8
80.	Wahoo McDaniel and Rufus R. Jones	1	7
Dusty Rhodes and Dick Slater	1	7
Diamond Dallas Page and Bam Bam Bigelow	1	7
83.	The Filthy Animals (Konnan and Rey Misterio Jr.)	1	6
Goldberg and Bret Hart	1	6
Chris Benoit and Perry Saturn	1	6
86.	The Boogie Knights	1	4
87.	Lex Luger and The Giant	1	1
The Great Muta and Vampiro	1	1
89.	Misfits in Action	1

By wrestler

Rank	Wrestler	No. of
reigns	Combined
days
1	Ole Anderson	8	1,162
2	Gene Anderson	7	977
3	Rick Steiner	8	597
4	Scott Hall	7	571
5	Ricky Steamboat	8	554
6	Kevin Nash	9	546
7	Arn Anderson	5	538
8	Greg Valentine	4	530
9	Scott Steiner	7	523
10	Booker T	11	483
11	Stevie Ray	10	470
12	Don Kernodle	3	413
13	Robert Gibson	4	400
Ricky Morton	4	400
15	Baron von Raschke	3	367
16	Paul Jones	6	364
17	Ivan Koloff	4	352
Bobby Eaton	3	352
19	Jay Youngblood	5	347
20	Tully Blanchard	2	323
21	Manny Fernandez	2	320
22	Ric Flair	3	300
23	Jimmy Snuka	2	281
Butch Reed	1	281
Ron Simmons	1	281
26	Chuck Palumbo	4	264
27	Sean O'Haire	3	257
28	Syxx	1	231
29	Ray Stevens	3	228
30	Paul Orndorff	3	217
31	Jerry Sags	3	207
Brian Knobs	3	207
32	Sting	3	206
34	Dennis Condrey	1	195
35	Sgt. Slaughter	1	192
36	Stan Hansen	1	185
37	Lex Luger	3	179
38	Jack Brisco	3	172
Jerry Brisco	3	172
40	Rick Rude	1	171
41	Dusty Rhodes	2	170
42	Steve Austin	1	169
Brian Pillman	1	169
44	Nikita Koloff	2	159
45	Animal	1	155
Hawk	1	155
47	Jimmy Garvin	2	134
Michael Hayes	2	134
49	Shane Douglas	2	133
50	The Masked Superstar	2	127
51	Paul Roma	3	126
52	Barry Windham	4	123
53	Dustin Rhodes	2	116
54	The Giant	3	114
55	Krusher Khrushchev	1	113
56	Marcus Alexander Bagwell/Marcus Bagwell/Buff Bagwell	5	107
57	Diamond Dallas Page	4	105
58	Steve Williams	2	94
59	Rey Mysterio Jr.	3	82
60	Dick Slater	2	78
61	Larry Zbyszko	1	75
62	Kenny Kaos	1	74
63	Billy Kidman	2	69
Bam Bam Bigelow	2	70
65	Wahoo McDaniel	4	68
66	Chris Kanyon	1	62
67	Johnny the Bull	2	60
Big Vito	2	60
69	Terry Gordy	1	78
Shawn Stasiak	3	59
71	Bunkhouse Buck	1	57
72	Bob Orton Jr.	1	56
Cactus Jack	1	56
Kevin Sullivan	1	56
75	Dino Bravo	1	54
Mr. Wrestling	1	54
77	Mark Jindrak	2	52
78	The Patriot	2	50
Brian Adams	2	50
Bryan Clark	2	50
81	Stan Lane	1	49
Kane	1	49
The Undertaker	1	49
84	Gerald/Ron Harris	3	38
Patrick/Don Harris	3	38
86	Mike Rotunda	1	35
Juventud Guerrera	1	35
88	Mark Youngblood	2	34
Konnan	2	34
90	Perry Saturn	2	28
91	Bubba Ray Dudley	1	26
D-Von Dudley	1	26
93	Raven	1	22
94	Chris Benoit	2	21
Curt Hennig	1	21
95	2 Cold Scorpio	1	20
Kendall Windham	1	20
98	Dean Malenko	1	15
David Flair	1	15
Crowbar	1	15
Jeff Hardy	1	15
Matt Hardy	1	15
103	Blackjack Mulligan	1	14
104	Test	1	13
105	Scotty Riggs	1	9
106	Johnny Grunge	1	8
Rocco Rock	1	8
108	Rufus R. Jones	1	7
109	Bret Hart	1	6
Goldberg	1	6
111	Alex Wright	1	4
Disco Inferno	1	4
113	The Great Muta	1	1
Vampiro	1	1
115	Lieutenant Loco	1
Corporal Cajun	1

Footnotes

- This title reign is included twice for the purpose of showing the different recognitions by WCW and the WWF.

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