List of NXT Tag Team Champions
Two-time and current champions Kyle O'Reilly (left) and Roderick Strong (kneeling in front) with their stable The Undisputed Era
The NXT Tag Team Championship is a professional wrestling tag team championship competed for exclusively in NXT, WWE's developmental division.
As of October 18, 2018, there have been 16 different reigns by 14 different teams and 26 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 at two.[1] The inaugural champions were British Ambition (Adrian Neville and Oliver Grey). The team with the longest reign is The Ascension (Conor O'Brian/Konnor and Rick Victor/Viktor) at 364 days (WWE recognizes it as 344 days, but still the longest)[2][3] while the shortest reign is Moustache Mountain (Tyler Bate and Trent Seven) at 2 days (which WWE recognizes as 23, but still the shortest).[1] 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.
Reigns
| No. | Overall reign number |
|---|---|
| Reign | Reign number for the specific champion |
| Days | Number of days held |
| Days recog. |
Number of days held recognized by the promotion |
| + | Current reign is changing daily |
| No. | Champion | Championship change | Reign statistics | Notes | Ref. | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Date | Event | Location | Reign | Days | Days recog. | ||||
| 1 | British Ambition (Adrian Neville and Oliver Grey) |
January 31, 2013 | NXT | Winter Park, Florida | 1 | 91 | 84 | The title was established on January 23, 2013. The British Ambition defeated The Wyatt Family (Luke Harper and Erick Rowan) in the tournament final to become the inaugural champions. Bo Dallas replaced Grey when he was injured, but was not considered champion. WWE recognizes their reign as beginning on February 13, 2013, and ending on May 8, 2013, both episodes of which aired on tape delay. |
[4] |
| 2 | The Wyatt Family (Erick Rowan and Luke Harper) |
May 2, 2013 | NXT | Winter Park, Florida | 1 | 49 | 70 | Bo Dallas filled in for an injured Oliver Grey. WWE recognizes their reign as beginning on May 8, 2013, and ending on July 17, 2013, both episodes of which aired on tape delay. |
[5] |
| 3 | Adrian Neville (2) and Corey Graves | June 20, 2013 | NXT | Winter Park, Florida | 1 | 84 | 77 | WWE recognizes their reign as beginning on July 17, 2013, and ending on October 2, 2013, both episodes of which aired on tape delay. | [6] |
| 4 | The Ascension (Conor O'Brian/Konnor and Rick Victor/Viktor) |
September 12, 2013 | NXT | Winter Park, Florida | 1 | 364 | 344 | During their reign, their ring names were shortened to Konnor and Viktor, respectively.[7][8] WWE recognizes their reign as beginning on October 2, 2013, when the episode aired on tape delay. |
[9] |
| 5 | The Lucha Dragons (Kalisto and Sin Cara) |
September 11, 2014 | NXT TakeOver: Fatal 4-Way | Winter Park, Florida | 1 | 126 | 140 | WWE recognizes their reign as ending on January 28, 2015, when the following episode aired on tape delay. | [10] |
| 6 | Blake and Murphy (Wesley Blake/Blake and Buddy Murphy/Murphy) |
January 15, 2015 | NXT | Winter Park, Florida | 1 | 219 | 206 | During their reign, their ring names were shortened to Blake and Murphy, respectively. WWE recognizes their reign as beginning on January 28, 2015, when the episode aired on tape delay. |
[11] |
| 7 | The Vaudevillains (Aiden English and Simon Gotch) |
August 22, 2015 | NXT TakeOver: Brooklyn | Brooklyn, New York | 1 | 61 | 82 | WWE recognizes their reign as ending on November 11, 2015, when the following episode aired on tape delay. | [12] |
| 8 | The Revival (Dash Wilder and Scott Dawson) |
October 22, 2015 | NXT | Winter Park, Florida | 1 | 162 | 143 | During their reign, Dash and Dawson were renamed to The Revival. WWE recognizes their reign as beginning on November 11, 2015, when the episode aired on tape delay. |
[13] |
| 9 | American Alpha (Chad Gable and Jason Jordan) |
April 1, 2016 | NXT TakeOver: Dallas | Dallas, Texas | 1 | 68 | 68 | [14] | |
| 10 | The Revival (Dash Wilder and Scott Dawson) |
June 8, 2016 | NXT TakeOver: The End | Winter Park, Florida | 2 | 164 | 165 | [15] | |
| 11 | #DIY (Johnny Gargano and Tommaso Ciampa) |
November 19, 2016 | NXT TakeOver: Toronto | Toronto, Ontario | 1 | 70 | 70 | This was a two-out-of-three falls match. | [16] |
| 12 | The Authors of Pain (Akam and Rezar) |
January 28, 2017 | NXT TakeOver: San Antonio | San Antonio, Texas | 1 | 203 | 203 | [17] | |
| 13 | Sanity (Alexander Wolfe and Eric Young) |
August 19, 2017 | NXT TakeOver: Brooklyn III | Brooklyn, New York | 1 | 102 | 124 | The match started with Killian Dain as Wolfe's partner; however, Young was tagged in instead, effectively replacing Dain. Dain also defended the title, but was not recognized as champion. WWE recognizes their reign as ending on December 20, 2017, when the following episode aired on tape delay. |
[18] |
| 14 | The Undisputed Era (Bobby Fish, Kyle O'Reilly and Roderick Strong) |
November 29, 2017 | NXT | Winter Park, Florida | 1 | 202 | 181 | Eric Young and Killian Dain represented Sanity. Fish and O'Reilly won the match and were originally champions as a duo. However, after Fish suffered a torn ACL and torn MCL in his left knee, he was replaced by Adam Cole, who at NXT TakeOver: New Orleans on April 7, 2018 was considered champion with Fish and O'Reilly under the Freebird Rule, with WWE crediting him as "the first ever double champion in NXT history" after he won the NXT North American Championship in the same night. On the April 11 tapings of NXT, Strong became recognized as champion in Cole's place, with Cole's reign becoming retroactively unrecognized. WWE recognizes this as a single uninterrupted reign for Fish, O'Reilly, and Strong, beginning on December 20, 2017, when the episode aired on tape delay.[19] |
[20] [21] [22] |
| 15 | Moustache Mountain (Tyler Bate and Trent Seven) |
June 19, 2018 | NXT U.K. Championship | London, England | 1 | 2 | 23 | Roderick Strong and Kyle O'Reilly represented The Undisputed Era. Aired on tape delay on June 26, 2018. WWE recognizes their reign as ending on July 11, 2018, when the following episode aired on tape delay. |
[23] |
| 16 | The Undisputed Era (Kyle O'Reilly and Roderick Strong) |
June 21, 2018 | NXT | Winter Park, Florida | 1 | 119+ | 98+ | Won by submission when Tyler Bate threw in the towel. WWE recognizes their reign as beginning on July 11, 2018, when the episode aired on tape delay. | |
Combined reigns
Two-time champions The Revival: Dash Wilder (left) and Scott Dawson (right); the first team to have held the NXT Tag Team Championship on more than one occasion
The longest reigning NXT Tag Team Champions The Ascension: Konnor (left) and Viktor (right); their reign lasted for 364 days, although WWE recognizes it as 344 days due to tape delay
As of October 18, 2018.
| † | Indicates the current champion |
|---|
By team
| Rank | Team | No. of reigns |
Combined days | Combined days recognized by WWE |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The Ascension (Conor O'Brian/Konnor and Rick Victor/Viktor) | 1 | 364 | 344 |
| 2 | The Revival (Dash Wilder and Scott Dawson) | 2 | 326 | 308 |
| 3 | Blake and Murphy (Buddy Murphy/Murphy and Wesley Blake/Blake) | 1 | 219 | 206 |
| 4 | The Authors of Pain (Akam and Rezar) | 1 | 203 | |
| 5 | The Undisputed Era1 (Bobby Fish, Kyle O'Reilly and Roderick Strong) | 1 | 202 | 181 |
| 6 | The Lucha Dragons (Kalisto and Sin Cara) | 1 | 126 | 140 |
| 7 | The Undisputed Era † (Kyle O'Reilly and Roderick Strong) | 1 | 119+ | 98+ |
| 8 | Sanity (Alexander Wolfe and Eric Young) | 1 | 102 | 124 |
| 9 | British Ambition (Adrian Neville and Oliver Grey) | 1 | 91 | 84 |
| 10 | Adrian Neville and Corey Graves | 1 | 84 | 77 |
| 11 | #DIY (Johnny Gargano and Tommaso Ciampa) | 1 | 70 | |
| 12 | American Alpha (Chad Gable and Jason Jordan) | 1 | 68 | |
| 13 | The Vaudevillains (Aiden English and Simon Gotch) | 1 | 61 | 82 |
| 14 | The Wyatt Family (Erick Rowan and Luke Harper) | 1 | 49 | 70 |
| — | The Undisputed Era (Adam Cole, Bobby Fish, Kyle O'Reilly, and Roderick Strong)1 | 1 | 4 | — |
| 15 | Moustache Mountain (Tyler Bate and Trent Seven) | 1 | 2 | 23 |
1Bobby Fish and Kyle O'Reilly of The Undisputed Era won the titles on November 29, 2017. Adam Cole became co-champion under the Freebird Rule on April 7, 2018. However, four days later on NXT, Roderick Strong took his place, with Cole's reign becoming retroactively unrecognized. WWE recognizes this as a single uninterrupted reign for Fish, O'Reilly, and Strong.
By wrestler
| Rank | Wrestler | No. of reigns |
Combined days | Combined days recognized by WWE |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Conor O'Brian/Konnor | 1 | 364 | 344 |
| Rick Victor/Viktor | 1 | 364 | 344 | |
| 3 | Dash Wilder | 2 | 326 | 308 |
| Scott Dawson | 2 | 326 | 308 | |
| 5 | Kyle O'Reilly1 † | 2 | 321+ | 279+ |
| 6 | Buddy Murphy/Murphy | 1 | 219 | 206 |
| Wesley Blake/Blake | 1 | 219 | 206 | |
| 8 | Akam | 1 | 203 | |
| Rezar | 1 | 203 | ||
| 10 | Bobby Fish1 | 1 | 202 | 181 |
| 11 | Roderick Strong1 † | 2 | 192+ | 279+ |
| 12 | Adrian Neville | 2 | 175 | 161 |
| 13 | Kalisto | 1 | 126 | 140 |
| Sin Cara | 1 | 126 | 140 | |
| 15 | Alexander Wolfe | 1 | 102 | 124 |
| Eric Young | 1 | 102 | 124 | |
| 17 | Oliver Grey | 1 | 91 | 84 |
| 18 | Corey Graves | 1 | 84 | 77 |
| 19 | Johnny Gargano | 1 | 70 | |
| Tommaso Ciampa | 1 | 70 | ||
| 21 | Chad Gable | 1 | 68 | |
| Jason Jordan | 1 | 68 | ||
| 23 | Aiden English | 1 | 61 | 82 |
| Simon Gotch | 1 | 61 | 82 | |
| 25 | Erick Rowan | 1 | 49 | 70 |
| Luke Harper | 1 | 49 | 70 | |
| — | Adam Cole1 | 1 | 4 | — |
| 27 | Tyler Bate | 1 | 2 | 23 |
| Trent Seven | 1 | 2 | 23 | |
1Bobby Fish and Kyle O'Reilly of The Undisputed Era won the titles on November 29, 2017. Adam Cole became co-champion under the Freebird Rule on April 7, 2018. However, four days later on NXT, Roderick Strong took his place, with Cole's reign becoming retroactively unrecognized. WWE recognizes this as a single uninterrupted reign for Fish, O'Reilly and Strong, but not that Cole ever held the title.
References
General
Specific
- 1 2 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.
- ↑ "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.
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- ↑ "WWE NXT: October 2, 2013". Retrieved 18 October 2016.
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- ↑ "The Lucha Dragons first reign". WWE. Retrieved 11 September 2014.
- ↑ Parry, Josh (January 15, 2015). "NXT spoilers from Full Sail University". Pro Wrestling Torch. Retrieved January 15, 2015.
- ↑ Pappola, Ryan. "The Vaudevillains (w/ Blue Pants) def. Blake and Murphy (w/Alexa Bliss) - NXT Tag Team Championship Match". WWE.com. Retrieved 23 August 2015.
- ↑ Twiss, Andrew. "COMPLETE WWE NXT SPOILERS FROM FULL SAIL UNIVERSITY". PWInsider.com. Retrieved 23 October 2015.
- ↑ Caldwell, James. "4/1 "NXT Takeover: Dallas" Results – CALDWELL'S Complete Live Report". Pro Wrestling Torch. Retrieved April 1, 2016.
- ↑ Caldwell, James. "6/8 "NXT Takeover" Results – CALDWELL'S Complete Live Report on "The End"". Pro Wrestling Torch. Retrieved June 8, 2016.
- ↑ James, Justin. "JAMES' NXT TAKEOVER: TORONTO REVIEW 11/19: Nakamura vs. Joe, Asuka vs. James, #DIY vs. The Revival, and more". Pro Wrestling Torch. Retrieved November 19, 2016.
- ↑ Powell, Jason. "1/28 Powell's NXT Takeover: San Antonio Live Review – Shinsuke Nakamura vs. Bobby Roode for the NXT Title, DIY vs. Authors of Pain for the NXT Tag Titles, Asuka vs. Nikki Cross vs. Billie Kay vs. Peyton Royce for the NXT Women's Title". Pro Wreslting Dot Net. Retrieved January 28, 2017.
- ↑ Zimmerman, Zack. "8/19 Zim's NXT Takeover: Brooklyn III live review – Bobby Roode vs. Drew McIntyre for the NXT Title, Asuka vs. Ember Moon for the NXT Women's Title, Authors of Pain vs. Sanity for the NXT Tag Titles, homecoming". Pro Wrestling Dot Net. Retrieved August 19, 2017.
- ↑ http://www.wwe.com/shows/wwenxt/2018-04-25
- ↑ "Title change occurs during NXT tapings at Full Sail University". WWE. Retrieved November 29, 2017.
- ↑ James, Justin. "12/20 NXT TV Report: Dunne vs. Bate makes this the must-see show of the year, plus Sanity vs. Fish & O'Reilly, Strong vs. Lars". Pro Wrestling Torch. Retrieved December 20, 2017.
- ↑ http://www.wwe.com/classics/titlehistory/nxt-tag-team-championship
- ↑ "Moustache Mountain win NXT Tag Team Titles from Undisputed ERA in London". WWE. June 19, 2018. Retrieved June 19, 2018.
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