WWE Women's Tag Team Championship

Inaugural champions

Bayley

Sasha Banks

Bayley and Sasha Banks—the inaugural, current, and record tying two-time champions; during their inaugural reign, they were known as The Boss 'n' Hug Connection

In 1989, the then-World Wrestling Federation (WWF, now WWE) abandoned the WWF Women's Tag Team Championship due to the lack of women's tag teams in the division. This remained true up through the 2000s. In the early 2010s, the women's division began growing, and in 2012, WWE.com ran an article supporting the resurrection of the Women's Tag Team Championship.[3] In 2014, The Bella Twins (Brie Bella and Nikki Bella) discussed a desire to establish a Divas Tag Team Championship—during this time until 2016, female performers were referred to as Divas and their top championship was the WWE Divas Championship.[4][5][6][7] The idea for a women's tag team championship was seemingly forgotten about until mid-2018; in an interview with Sky Sports, Stephanie McMahon stated that in regards to the titles debuting, "Not quite yet, but that's absolutely something we've heard loud and clear from our fan base and it's something we're keen on implementing as soon as we are able to."[8] Prior to the WWE's first all-female pay-per-view Evolution in October, speculations—including comments from current female wrestlers—arose that the promotion would debut the titles at the event.[9][10] Just prior to the event, Stephanie said that the titles would be coming "sooner than we think";[8] the titles, however, were not debuted at Evolution. Speculation died down after the event, however, on the December 3, 2018, episode of Monday Night Raw, when questioned by a fan about what they wanted to bring to the women's division in 2019, Bayley and Sasha Banks stated that they wanted to become the inaugural WWE Women's Tag Team Champions.[11]

During December 24, 2018 Raw, WWE Chairman Vince McMahon officially announced that a new Women's Tag Team Championship would be introduced in 2019.[12] On January 14, 2019, episode of Raw, the championship belts were unveiled by Alexa Bliss on her segment, "A Moment of Bliss". After the unveiling, Bliss announced that the inaugural champions would be decided at Elimination Chamber on February 17, 2019, in a tag team Elimination Chamber match, featuring three teams from Raw and three teams from SmackDown, making the title non-exclusive to either brand.[2][13][14] On the February 18 Raw, it was announced that the titles would also be defended on the NXT brand.[1]

To determine the three teams from Raw, qualification matches were held and began on the January 28 episode of Raw. The teams of Nia Jax & Tamina and The Riott Squad's Liv Morgan & Sarah Logan qualified by defeating the teams of Alexa Bliss & Mickie James and Natalya & Dana Brooke, respectively.[15] The following week, The Boss 'n' Hug Connection (Bayley and Sasha Banks) defeated Alicia Fox & Nikki Cross to win Raw's final spot.[16] No qualification matches were held to determine the three teams from SmackDown due to its smaller roster, and instead, each team declared their participation.[17] The team of Mandy Rose & Sonya Deville announced theirs on the January 29 episode of SmackDown Live,[18] The IIconics (Billie Kay and Peyton Royce) confirmed their entry via Twitter,[19] and Carmella & Naomi accepted the final spot on the February 5 episode.[20] The Boss 'n' Hug Connection would go on and win the match, lastly eliminating Rose & Deville by way of Banks submitting Deville, to become the inaugural champions.[1]

The title headlined a pay-per-view event for the first time at TLC: Tables, Ladders & Chairs 2019. The Kabuki Warriors (Asuka and Kairi Sane) defended the championship against Becky Lynch & Charlotte Flair in the first women's tag team Tables, Ladders, and Chairs match, where The Kabuki Warriors retained.[21]

The championship belts were unveiled by wrestler Alexa Bliss on January 14, 2019 episode of Raw. The belt features three plates on a white leather strap, which is smaller than the men's. The three plates are outlined in gold while the inner portion is mostly silver. The WWE logo is affixed at the top of the circular center plate, which has four protruding edges. At the center, the word "Tag Team" is prominently written in gold. Above that is a gold banner that reads "Women's" while below is a gold banner that reads "Champions". Similar to how the men's Raw and SmackDown Tag Team Championships are Greek inspired, the center plate is encircled by a meander pattern. There is also margent ornamentation in the inner circle. In what has become a prominent feature with WWE's other championship belts, the two side plates feature a removable center section that can be customized with the champion's logos; the default side plates feature the WWE logo on a globe.[13]

As of June 30, 2020, there have been six reigns between four teams composed of eight individual champions. The inaugural championship team was The Boss 'n' Hug Connection (Bayley and Sasha Banks). They are tied for the most reigns with the team of Alexa Bliss & Nikki Cross at two. The Kabuki Warriors (Asuka and Kairi Sane) have the longest reign at 171 or 172 days (180 days as recognized by WWE), while The Boss 'n' Hug Connection's first reign is the shortest reign at 49 days. Asuka is the oldest champion, winning the title at 38 years old, while Peyton Royce is the youngest, winning the title at 26.

The current champions are Bayley and Sasha Banks from SmackDown, who are in their record-tying second reign; during their first reign, they went by The Boss 'n' Hug Connection. They defeated Alexa Bliss and Nikki Cross on May 26, 2020 in Orlando, Florida during the SmackDown tapings (aired June 5).

As of June 30, 2020.

The Kabuki Warriors (Asuka and Kairi Sane) are the longest reigning champions at 171 or 172 days (180 days as recognized by WWE)

• Tag team championships in WWE

Notes

• Official Women's Tag Team Title History