List of NXT Tag Team Champions

The NXT Tag Team Championship is a professional wrestling tag team championship created and promoted by the American professional wrestling promotion WWE for their NXT brand. The inaugural championship team was British Ambition (Adrian Neville and Oliver Grey), who won a tournament final on the January 31, 2013 taping of NXT (aired February 13). The current champions are Imperium's Fabian Aichner and Marcel Barthel, who are in their first reign as a team. They won the title on the May 13, 2020 episode of NXT by defeating Matt Riddle and Timothy Thatcher, who was filling in for Pete Dunne because of a travel ban due to the COVID-19 pandemic.

Current champions Imperium - Marcel Barthel and Fabian Aichner

As of June 15, 2020, there have been 21 reigns between 18 teams composed of 37 individual champions, and one vacancy. The Undisputed Era as a stable have the most reigns at three, while individually, stable member Kyle O'Reilly has the most reigns, also at three. 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,[1][2] while the shortest reign belongs to Moustache Mountain (Tyler Bate and Trent Seven), who held the title for 2 days. However, due to tape delays, which are the dates that WWE recognizes for the NXT Tag Team Championship's history, they recognize that The Ascension's reign was 343 days and that Moustache Mountain's reign was 22 days, which are still the longest and shortest reigns regardless. 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 42.

Reigns
Key
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 DaysDays recog.
1 British Ambition
(Adrian Neville and Oliver Grey)		 January 31, 2013 NXT Winter Park, FL 1 9183 The championship 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 recognized as 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.		 [3]
2 The Wyatt Family
(Erick Rowan and Luke Harper)		 May 2, 2013 NXT Winter Park, FL 1 4969 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.		 [4]
3 Adrian Neville (2) and Corey Graves June 20, 2013 NXT Winter Park, FL 1 8476 WWE recognizes their reign as beginning on July 17, 2013, and ending on October 2, 2013, both episodes of which aired on tape delay. [5]
4 The Ascension
(Conor O'Brian/Konnor and Rick Victor/Viktor)		 September 12, 2013 NXT Winter Park, FL 1 364343 During their reign, their ring names were shortened to Konnor and Viktor, respectively.[6][7]
WWE recognizes their reign as beginning on October 2, 2013, when the episode aired on tape delay.		 [8]
5 The Lucha Dragons
(Kalisto and Sin Cara)		 September 11, 2014 TakeOver:
Fatal 4-Way		 Winter Park, FL 1 126139 WWE recognizes their reign as ending on January 28, 2015, when the following episode aired on tape delay. [9]
6 Blake and Murphy
(Wesley Blake and Buddy Murphy)		 January 15, 2015 NXT Winter Park, FL 1 219205 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.		 [10]
7 The Vaudevillains
(Aiden English and Simon Gotch)		 August 22, 2015 TakeOver: Brooklyn Brooklyn, NY 1 6181 WWE recognizes their reign as ending on November 11, 2015, when the following episode aired on tape delay. [11]
8 The Revival
(Dash Wilder and Scott Dawson)		 October 22, 2015 NXT Winter Park, FL 1 162142 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.		 [12]
9 American Alpha
(Chad Gable and Jason Jordan)		 April 1, 2016 TakeOver: Dallas Dallas, TX 1 6867 [13]
10 The Revival
(Dash Wilder (2) and Scott Dawson (2))		 June 8, 2016 TakeOver: The End Winter Park, FL 2 164164 [14]
11 #DIY
(Johnny Gargano and Tommaso Ciampa)		 November 19, 2016 TakeOver: Toronto Toronto, ON 1 7069 This was a two out of three falls match. [15]
12 The Authors of Pain
(Akam and Rezar)		 January 28, 2017 TakeOver:
San Antonio		 San Antonio, TX 1 203202 [16]
13 Sanity
(Alexander Wolfe and Eric Young)		 August 19, 2017 TakeOver:
Brooklyn III		 Brooklyn, NY 1 102123 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.		 [17]
14 The Undisputed Era
(Adam Cole, Bobby Fish, Kyle O'Reilly, and Roderick Strong)		 November 29, 2017 NXT Winter Park, FL 1 180180 Eric Young & Killian Dain represented Sanity.
Fish & 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 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 that same night. On the April 11 tapings of NXT, Strong replaced Fish and Cole, with him and O'Reilly subsequently holding and defending the titles as a duo. WWE recognizes this as a single uninterrupted reign for all four men beginning on December 20, 2017, when the episode aired on tape delay.[18]		 [19][20][21]
15 Moustache Mountain
(Tyler Bate and Trent Seven)		 June 19, 2018 United Kingdom Championship Tournament London, England 1 222 Roderick Strong & 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.		 [22]
16 The Undisputed Era
(Kyle O'Reilly (2) and Roderick Strong (2)		 June 21, 2018 NXT Winter Park, FL 2 219198 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.
17 War Raiders/The Viking Experience/The Viking Raiders
(Hanson/Ivar and Rowe/Erik)		 January 26, 2019 TakeOver: Phoenix Phoenix, AZ 1 95109 During their reign, their team was renamed to The Viking Experience (and individual ring names to Ivar and Erik, respectively) when they were drafted to the Raw brand during the 2019 WWE Superstar Shake-up. The following week, their team name was again changed to The Viking Raiders. The title did not move to Raw, but the team remained champions until they voluntarily relinquished the title on the May 1, 2019 taping of NXT (aired on tape delay on May 15, the date WWE recognizes as the end date of their reign). [23]
— Vacated May 1, 2019 NXT Winter Park, FL — —— The Viking Raiders (Erik and Ivar) voluntarily relinquished the title as they were no longer part of NXT. Aired on tape delay on May 15, 2019. [24]
18 Street Profits
(Angelo Dawkins and Montez Ford)		 June 1, 2019 TakeOver: XXV Bridgeport, CT 1 7588 This was a four-way tag team ladder match for the vacant championship also involving Oney Lorcan & Danny Burch, The Undisputed Era (Kyle O'Reilly and Bobby Fish), and The Forgotten Sons (Wesley Blake and Steve Cutler). [25]
19 The Undisputed Era
(Bobby Fish (2) and Kyle O'Reilly (3))		 August 15, 2019 NXT Winter Park, FL 3 185172 WWE recognizes their reign as beginning on August 28, 2019, when the episode aired on tape delay. [26]
20 The BroserWeights
(Matt Riddle and Pete Dunne)		 February 16, 2020 TakeOver: Portland Portland, OR 1 8786 [27]
21 Imperium
(Fabian Aichner and Marcel Barthel)		 May 13, 2020 NXT Winter Park, FL 1 33+33+ Defeated Riddle and Timothy Thatcher, who substituted for Dunne, as Dunne (who lives in the UK) was not able to be in the U.S. due to the COVID-19 pandemic travel ban . [28]

Combined reigns
Under various formations, The Undisputed Era (Kyle O'Reilly, Roderick Strong, Adam Cole, and Bobby Fish) holds the record for most reigns as a team at 3 and most combined days as champions at 606 days (550 as recognized by WWE due to tape delay).
The Ascension (Konnor and Viktor) have the longest single reign, lasting for 364 days (343 days as recognized by WWE due to tape delay)

As of June 15, 2020.

† Indicates the current champion

By team
Rank Team No. of
reigns		 Combined
days		 Combined days
rec. by WWE
1 The Undisputed Era1
(1st reign: Adam Cole, Bobby Fish, Kyle O'Reilly, and Roderick Strong)
(2nd reign: O'Reilly and Strong)
(3rd reign: Fish and O'Reilly)		3606550
2 The Ascension
(Conor O'Brian/Konnor and Rick Victor/Viktor)		1364343
3 The Revival
(Dash Wilder and Scott Dawson)		2326306
4 Blake and Murphy
(Buddy Murphy/Murphy and Wesley Blake/Blake)		1219205
5 The Authors of Pain
(Akam and Rezar)		1203202
6 The Lucha Dragons
(Kalisto and Sin Cara)		1126139
7 Sanity
(Alexander Wolfe and Eric Young)		1102123
8 War Raiders/The Viking Experience/The Viking Raiders
(Hanson/Ivar and Rowe/Erik)		195109
9 British Ambition
(Adrian Neville and Oliver Grey)		19183
10 The BroserWeights
(Matt Riddle and Pete Dunne)		18786
11 Adrian Neville and Corey Graves18476
12 Street Profits
(Angelo Dawkins and Montez Ford)		17588
13 #DIY
(Johnny Gargano and Tommaso Ciampa)		17069
14 American Alpha
(Chad Gable and Jason Jordan)		16867
15 The Vaudevillains
(Aiden English and Simon Gotch)		16181
16 The Wyatt Family
(Erick Rowan and Luke Harper)		14969
17 Imperium
(Fabian Aichner and Marcel Barthel) †		133+
18 Moustache Mountain
(Tyler Bate and Trent Seven)		1222

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; WWE recognizes this as a single 180-day long uninterrupted reign for all four men. The Freebird Rule was not applied to the group's subsequent reigns.

By wrestler
Individually, Kyle O'Reilly of The Undisputed Era holds the record for most reigns at 3 and is the longest combined reigning champion at 606 days (550 days as recognized by WWE due to tape delay).
Rank Wrestler No. of
reigns		 Combined
days		 Combined days
rec. by WWE
1 Kyle O'Reilly13606550
2 Bobby Fish12387352
3 Conor O'Brian/Konnor1364343
Rick Victor/Viktor1364343
5 Dash Wilder2326306
Scott Dawson2326306
7 Roderick Strong12288378
8 Buddy Murphy/Murphy1219205
Wesley Blake/Blake1219205
10 Akam1203202
Rezar1203202
12 Adrian Neville2175159
13 Kalisto1126139
Sin Cara1126139
15 Alexander Wolfe1102123
Eric Young1102123
17 Hanson/Ivar195109
Erik/Rowe195109
19 Oliver Grey19183
20 Matt Riddle18786
Pete Dunne18786
22 Corey Graves18476
23 Angelo Dawkins17588
Montez Ford17588
25 Johnny Gargano17069
Tommaso Ciampa17069
27 Chad Gable16867
Jason Jordan16867
29 Aiden English16181
Simon Gotch16181
31 Erick Rowan14969
Luke Harper14969
33 Fabian Aichner †133+
Marcel Barthel †133+
35 Adam Cole114180
36 Tyler Bate1222
Trent Seven1222

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 in place of Fish. However, four days later on NXT, Roderick Strong took his place; WWE recognizes this as a single 180-day long uninterrupted reign for all four men.

See also

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