WORLD TAG TEAM TITLE HISTORY - June 01, 1971 -- Present - Wrestling - http://maxpages.com/wwfisthefuture/Tag

1.Luke Graham/Tarzan Tyler
06/71
Awarded
managed by "Captain" Lou Albano
Luke Graham/Tarzan Tyler were WWWF International Tag Team Champions when they were awarded the WWWF World Tag Team Titles. They allegedly defeated Dick The Bruiser/The Sheik in a tournament in New Orleans, Louisiana, The United States.

2.Karl Gotch/Rene Goulet
12/06/71-New York, New York, United States (Madison Square Garden)

3.Baron Mikel Scicluna/King Curtis Laukea
02/01/72-Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States
managed by "Captain" Lou Albano (2)

4.Sonny King/Chief Jay Strongbow
05/22/72-New York, New York, United States (Madison Square Garden)

5.Toru Tanaka/Mr. Fuji {Harry Fujiwara}
06/27/72-Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States
managed by "Captain" Lou Albano (3)

6.Tony Garea/Haystacks Calhoun
05/20/73-Hamburg, Pennsylvania, United States

7.Toru Tanaka (2)/Mr. Fuji (2)
09/11/73-Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States(Philadelphia Arena)
Managed by "Captain" Lou Albano (4)

8.Tony Garea (2)/Dean Ho
11/14/73-Hamburg, Pennsylvania, United States

9.Jimmy Valiant/Johnny Valiant-The Valiant Brothers
05/08/74-Hamburg, Pennsylvania, United States
managed by "Captain" Lou Albano (5)

10.Dominic Denucci/Victor Rivera
05/13/75-Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States (Philadelphia Arena)

11.Dominic Denucci (2)/Pat Barrett
06/1/75-Awarded
Victor Rivera jumped to the IWA and was stripped of his portion of the championships. Dominic Denucci chose Pat Barrett to replace his partner as champions.

12.Blackjack Lanza {Jack Lanza}/Blackjack Mulligan {Robert Windham}
08/26/75-Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States (Philadelphia Arena)
Managed by "Captain" Lou Albano (6)

13.Tony Parsi/Louis Cerdan{Gino Brito}
11/18/75-Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States (Philadelphia Arena)

14.Killer Kowalski {Waldek Kowalski}/"Big" John Studd {John William Minton}- The Executioners
05/11/76-Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States (Philadelphia Arena)
Managed by "Captain" Lou Albano (7)
Killer Kowalski/John Studd-The Executioners-were stripped of the titles for using a third man in the form of Nikolai Volkoff against Chief Jay Strongbow/Billy White Wolf {Adnon Kaissey} in Hamburg, Pennsylvania, The United States on October 26, 1976

15.Chief Jay Stongbow (2)/Billy White Wolf
12/07/76-Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States (Philadelphia Arena)
Strongbow/White Wolf defeated Kowalski/Studd/ and Volkoff/Tor Kamata in a three team tournament to crown new champions. Strongbow/White Wolf were forced to vacate the championships during August of 1977 when White Wolf was injured by Ken Patera.

16.Toru Tanaka (3)/Mr. Fuji (3)
09/27/77-Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States (Philadelphia Arena)
Toru Tanaka/Mr. Fuji defeated Tony Garea/Larry Zybsko {Larry Whistler} to win the vacant titles.

17.Dominic Denucci (3)/Dino Bravo
03/14/78-Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States (Philadelphia Arena)

18.Pierre {Zarinoff LeBeouf}/Eric {Scott Irwin}-The Yukon Lumberjacks
06/26/78-New York, New York, United States (Madison Square Garden)
Managed by "Captain" Lou Albano (8)

19.Tony Garea (3)/Larry Zybsko
11/21/78-Allentown, Pennsylvania, United States

20.Johnny Valiant (2)/Jerry Valiant {Guy Mitchell}
03/06/79-Allentown, Pennsylvania, United States
Managed by "Captain" Lou Albano (9)
The World Wide Wrestling Federation (WWWF) Tag Team Championships were renamed the World Wrestling Federation (WWF) Tag Team Championship during the title reign of Johnny Valiant/Jerry Valiant.

21.Ivan Putski/Tito Santana {Merced Solis}
10/22/79- New York, New York, United States (Madison Square Garden)

22.Afa {Afa Anoia}/Sika {Sika Anoia}-The Samoans
04/12/80-Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States
managed by "Captain" Lou Albano (10)

23.Bob Backlund {Robert Backlund}/Pedro Morales
-08/09/80-New York, New York, United States (Shea Stadium)
Bob Backlund was the World Wrestling Federation Heavyweight Champion when he and Pedro Morales won the tag title. He chose to vacate the tag title on 08/10/80 because he could not hold two championships at the same time.

24.The Samoans (2)
09/09/80-Allentown, Pennsylvania, United States
managed by "Captain" Lou Albano (11)
The Samoans defeated Tony Garea/Rene Goulet to win the vacated championships.

25.Tony Garea (4)/Rick Martel {Richard Vignault}
11/08/80-Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States

26.Rex {Randy Colley}/King {Sailor White}-The Moondogs
03/17/81-Allentown, Pennsylvania, United States
managed by "Captain" Lou Albano (12)

27.Rex (2)/Spot {Larry Latham} -The Moondogs
05/01/81-Awarded
managed by "Captain" Lou Albano (13)
King was unable to enter the United States from Canada and was replaced on the team by Spot on May 01, 1981.

28.Tony Garea (5)/Rick Martel (2)
07/21/81-Allentown, Pennsylvania, United States

29.Mr. Fuji (4)/Mr. Saito
10/13/81-Allentown, Pennsylvania, United States
managed by "Captain" Lou Albano (14)

30.Chief Jay Strongbow (3)/Jules Strongbow {Frank Hill}
06/28/82-New York, New York, United States

31.Mr. Fuji (5)/Mr. Saito (2)
07/13/82-Allentown, Pennsylvania, United States
managed by "Captain" Lou Albano (15)

32.Chief Jay Strongbow (4)/Jules Strongbow (2)
10/26/82-Allentown, Pennsylvania, United States

33.The Samoans (3)
03/08/83-Allentown, Pennsylvania, United States
managed by "Captain" Lou Albano (16)
Sika was injured on March 12, 1983 during a ten man tag match in Baltimore, Maryland, The United States, and is temporarily replaced by Samoan #3 {Sam Anoia}.

34.Rocky Johnson/Tony Atlas {Anthony White}
11/15/83-Allentown, Pennsylvania, United States

35.Adrian Adonis {Keith Franke}/Dick Murdoch-The North-South Connection
04/17/84-Hamburg, Pennsylvania, United States

36.Mike Rotundo {Lawrence Michael Rotundo}/Barry Windham
01/21/85-Hartford, Connecticut, United States
managed by "Captain" Lou Albano (17)

37.The Iron Sheik {Hossein Khasrow Vaziri}/Nikolai Volkoff {Josip Peruzovio}
03/31/85-New York, New York, United States (Madison Square Garden)-Wrestlemania I
managed by "Classie" Freddie Blassie

38.Mike Rotundo/Barry Windham-The US Express (2)
06/17/85-Poughkeepsie, New York, United States
managed by "Captain" Lou Albano (18)

39.Greg "The Hammer" Valentine {John Wisniski Jr.}/Brutus Beefcake {Ed Leslie}-The Dream Team
08/24/85-Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States
managed by Johnny Valiant

40.The Dynamite Kid {Tom Billington}/Davey Boy Smith {David Smith}-The British Bulldogs
04/07/86-Chicago, Illinois, United States-Wrestlemania II
00:13:03
managed by "Captain" Lou Albano (19)

41.Bret "The Hitman" Hart/Jim "The Anvil" Neidhart {James Henry Neidhart}-The Hart Foundation
01/26/87-Tampa, Florida, United States
managed by "The Mouth of The South" Jimmy Hart
The Hart Foundation lost the belts to The Rougeau Brothers on 08/10/78 in Montreal, Ontario, CANADA, but the straps were returned to The Hart Foundation because The Rougeau's used Jimmy Hart's megaphone to secure the win.

42.Rick Martel (3)/Tito Santana (2)-Strike Force
10/27/87-Syracuse, New York, United States

43.Ax {Bill Eadie}/Smash {Barry Darsow}-Demolition
03/27/88-Atlantic City, New Jersey, United States (Trump Plaza)-Wrestlemania IV
00:12:33
managed by Mr. Fuji

44.Arn Anderson {Marty Lunde}/Tully Blanchard-The Brain Busters
07/18/89-Worcester, Massachusetts, United States-Saturday Night1s Main Event
00:13:13
managed by Bobby "The Brain" Heenan {Raymond Louis Heenan}
Members of The Heenan Family
The Brain Busters defeated Demolition in a two out of three falls match for the title.
Joey Morella was the referee

45.Demolition (2)
10/02/89-Wheeling, West Virignia, United States

46.Andre The Giant {Andre Rene Rousimoff}/Haku {Uliuli Fifita}-The Colossal Connection
12/13/89-Huntsville, Alabama, United States
managed by Bobby "The Brain" Heenan (2)
Members of The Heenan Family (2)

47.Demolition (3)
04/01/90-Toronto, Ontario, CANADA (The Skydome)-Wrestlemania VI
00:09:30
Crush {Brian Adams} joined the team when Ax had health problems.

48.The Hart Foundation (2)
08/27/90-Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States-Summerslam
00:14:24
This title victory came over Smash and Crush in a two out of three falls match.
Because Jim Neidhart was slated to leave the promotion and WWF was going to start really pushing Bret towards the I-C Title, the Rockers were allowed to defeat The Hart Foundation in a two out of three falls match to win the belts at a TV taping on 10/30/90 in Fort Wayne Indiana. They even defended the title at other tapings in Texas. But when Neidhart re-signed with the promotion the WWF decided to keep the Hart Foundation as champs. Jack Tunney went on TV in the areas that knew of the change to explain that since the top rope came loose in the third fall, the match should have been stopped. Since it never happened on TV the rest of the world never got an explanation.

49.Brian Knobbs {Brian Yandrisovitz}/Jerry Saggs {Jerome Saganovich}-The Nasty Boys
03/24/91-Los Angeles, California, United States-Wrestlemania VII
00:12:10
managed by "The Mouth of The South" Jimmy Hart (2)

50.Hawk {Michael Hegstrand}/Animal {Joseph Laurinidas}-The Legion of Doom
08/26/91-New York, New York, United States (Madison Square Garden)-Summerslam
00:07:45
The Legion of Doom defeated The Nasty Boys in a Chicago Street Fight for the title.

51.Irwin R. Schyster {Lawrence Michael Rotundo} (3)/ "The Million Dollar Man" Ted Dibiase {Theodore Marvin Dibiase}-Money Incorporated
02/07/92-Denver, Colorado, United States
00:11:49
managed by "The Mouth of The South" Jimmy Hart (3)

52.Earthquake {John Tenta}/Typhoon {Fred Ottman}-The Natural Disasters
07/20/92-Worcester, Massachusetts, United States
00:09:50

53.Money Incorporated (2)
10/13/92-Regina, Saskatchewan, CANADA
managed by "The Mouth of The South" Jimmy Hart (4)

54.Rick Steiner {Robert Rechsteiner}/Scott Steiner {Scott Rechsteiner}-The Steiner Brothers
06/14/93-Columbus, Ohio, United States-Monday Night RAW

55.Money Incorporated (3)-06/16/93-Rockford, Illinois, United States

56.The Steiner Brothers (2)
06/19/93-St. Louis, Missouri, United States

57.Jacques {Jacques Rougeau Jr.}/Pierre {Karl Pierre Oulette}-The Quebecers
09/13/93-New York, New York, United States-Monday Night Raw
00:21:47
managed by Johnny Polo {Scott Levy}
The Quebecers defeated The Steiner Brothers by disqualification to win the titles under special Quebec Province Rules.

58.Marty Jannetty/The 1-2-3 Kid {Sean Waltman}
01/10/94-Richmond, Virignia, United States-Monday Night Raw
00:18:18

59.The Quebecers (2)
01/17/94-New York, New York, United States-Monday Night Raw
00:21:24
managed by Johnny Polo (2)

60.Mo {Bobby Horne}/Mable {Nelson Frazier}-Men On A Mission
03/29/94-London, ENGLAND
managed by Oscar

61.The Quebecers (3)
03/31/94-Sheffield, ENGLAND
managed by Johnny Polo (3)

62.Fatu {Solafa Fatu}/Samu {Samula Anoia}-The Headshrinkers
04/26/94-Burlington, Vermont, United States-Monday Night Raw
managed by "Captain" Lou Albano (20) & Afa

63."The Heartbreak Kid" Shawn Michaels {Michael S. Hickenbottom}/ "Big Daddy Cool" Diesel {Kevin Nash}
08/28/94-Indianapolis, Indiana, United States

Diesel held the following title in conjunction with the WWF World Tag Team Title:

The WWF Intercontinental Heavyweight Title on April 13, 1994 from Razor Ramon {Scott Hall} in Rochester, New York , United States. He lost the title on August 29, 1994 to Razor Ramon in Chicago, Illinois, United States. Michaels and Diesel split up on 11/23/94 thus vacating the championships.
64.The 1-2-3 Kid (2)/Bob Holly {Robert Howard}
01/22/95-Tampa, Florida, United States (The Sun Dome)-The Royal Rumble
00:15:32
The 1-2-3 Kid/Bob Holly defeated Bam Bam Bigelow {Scott Bigelow}/Tatanka {Chris Chavis} in the final of an eight man tournament to crown new champions.

65.Billy Gunn {Monte Sopp}/Bart Gunn {Michael Plotchik}-The Smokin' Gunns
01/23/95-Palmetto, Florida, United States-Monday Night Raw
00:19:32

66.Owen Hart/Yokozuna {Rodney Anoia}
04/02/95-Hartford, Connecticut, United States (Hartford Civic Center)-Wrestlemania XI
00:09:42
managed by Mr. Fuji (2) & Jim Cornette

67."The Heartbreak Kid" Shawn Michaels/"Big Daddy Cool" Diesel-Dudes With Attitudes (2)
09/24/95-Saginaw, Michigan, United States-In Your House III
00:15:42
Owen Hart was replaced by Davey Boy Smith when Hart no showed the event. During the match, Hart arrived and was pinned by Diesel for the win. The Title was returned to Hart/Yokozuna on 09/25/95 when it was realized that Hart was not part of the tag team champions when he was pinned by Diesel.

Michaels and Diesel held the following titles in conjunction with the WWF World Tag Team Title:

Michaels had won the WWF Intercontinental Heavyweight Title on 07/23/95 from Jeff Jarrett {Jeffrey Leonard Jarrett} in Nashville, Tennessee, United States.
Diesel had won the WWF World Heavyweight Title on 11/26/94 from Bob Backlund in New York, New York, United States.
68.Owen Hart (2)/Yokozuna (2)
09/25/95-Awarded
00:00:00 managed by Mr. Fuji (3) & Jim Cornette (2)

69.The Smokin' Gunns (2)
09/25/95- Grand Rapids, Michigan, United States-Monday Night Raw
The Smokin' Gunns vacated the title on February 15, 1996 when Billy had to have neck surgery.

70.Skip {Chris Candido}/Zip {Tom Prichard}-The Body Donnas
-03/31/96-Anaheim, California, United States-Wrestlemania XII
00:05:21
managed by Sunny {Noreen Tamara Fytch}
The Body Donnas defeated Henry O. Godwinn {Mark Canterbury} & Phinneus I. Godwinn {Dennis Knight}-The Godwinn Brothers-in the finals of an eight team tournament to crown the new champions.

71.The Godwinn Brothers
05/19/96-New York, New York, United States (Madison Square Garden)
managed by Sunny (2)/Hillbilly Jim {Jim Morris}

72.The Smokin' Gunns (3)
05/26/96-Florence, South Carolina, United States-In Your House 8
00:04:57
managed by Sunny (3)

73.Owen Hart (3)/"The British Bulldog" Davey Boy Smith (2)
09/22/96-Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States-In Your House X
00:10:59
managed by Clarence Mason
Clarence Mason was fired during February of 1997.

Smith and Hart held the following titles in conjunction with the WWF World Tag Team Title:

Smith won the WWF European Heavyweight Title on 02/26/97 after defeating Owen Hart in the final of a tournament in Berlin, GERMANY.
Owen won the WWF Intercontinental Heavyweight Title on 04/28/97 from Rocky Maivia in Omaha, Nebraska, United States. Members of The Hart Foundation
74."The Heartbreak Kid" Shawn Michaels (3)/ "Stonecold" Steve Austin {Steve Williams}
05/26/97- Evansville, Indiana, United States-Monday Night Raw
00:13:26
Michaels was forced out of action due to an "injury" shortly after he and Steve Austin won the title. Rather than stripping the title, the WWF set up an eight team tournament. The winners of the tournament would face Austin and his choice of a partner due to Michaels' injury. Austin left it up to the WWF to pick his partner. Hart/Smith won the tournament.

75."Stonecold" Steve Austin (2)/Dude Love {Michael Foley}
07/14/97-San Antonio, Texas, United States-Monday Night Raw
00:10:00
Austin/Dude Love defeated Hart/Smith to win the titles.

Austin held the following title in conjunction with the WWF World Tag Team Title:

Austin won The WWF Intercontinental Heavyeight Title on 08/03/97 from Owen Hart in East Rutherford, New Jersey, United States. Austin/Love were forced to vacate the title after Austin sustained a neck injury on 09/07/97.
76.Mosh/Thrasher-The Headbangers
09/07/97-Louisville, Kentucky, United States-In Your House XVI
00:17:19
To fill the vacant title, a Fatal Four Way Match took place. It was a four corner, single elimination tag match. The Legion of Doom were eliminated by disqualification. The Godwinn Brothers were eliminated by The Headbangers. Smith/Hart were eliminated by The Headbangers for The WWF World Tag Team Title.

77.The Godwinn Brothers (2)
10/05/97-St. Louis, Missouri, United States (Kiel Center)-In Your House XVII
00:12:19
managed by Uncle Cletus

78.The Legion of Doom (2)
10/07/97-Topeka, Kansas, United States (Landon Arena/The Kansas Expocentre)- Monday Night Raw
00:08:48 (+ commercial time)

79."Badass" Billy Gunn (4)/"The Road Dog" Jesse James {Brian James}
11/24/97-Fayetville, North Carolina, United States-Raw is War
00:05:33 (+ commercial time)
The original referee was rendered unconcious and Tim White entered the ring for the pinfall.

80.Cactus Jack (Mick Foley)(2) & Terry Funk
03/29/98-Boston, MA
WrestleMania XIV
00:09:59
Dumpster Match

81.Billy Gunn (5) & Jesse James (2)
03/30/98-Albany, NY
Monday Night RAW
00:04:37
Cage match was scheduled because of the claim that Funk and Foley had won the Titles using the wrong dumpster the night before. Degeneration-X interefered and caused the Title change.

82.Mankind {Mick Foley}(3) & Kane {Glenn Jacobs}
07/13/98-East Rutherford, New Jersey, USA
Monday Night RAW
00:05:35

83.The Undertaker (Mark Calloway) & Stone Cold Steve Austin
07/26/98-Fresno, Califonia, USA (Fresno Arena)
In Your House Fully Loaded PPV
00:17:26

84.Kane & Mankind (2)
08/10/98-Omaha, Nebraska USA
Monday Night RAW (08/10/98 program)
00:14:28
Kane & Mankind win the titles in a Four Corners match vs. NAO, Owen Hart/Rocky Maivia and the Undertaker/Steve Austin

85.The New Age Outlaws (3)
08/30/98-New York, New York, USA (Madison Square Garden)
SummerSlam
00:05:16
Mankind is forced by Kane's defection (and at McMahon's urging) to face the Outlaws in a handicap match

86.Ken Shamrock and The Big Bossman (Ray Traylor) - The Corporate Team
12/14/98-Tacoma, Washington, USA
RAW is WAR
00:06:45
Members of the McMahon Corporation
Shawn Michaels weilds the Bossman's nightstick on Billy Gunn to give Shamrock the victory.

87.Owen Hart (4) and Jeff Jarrett
01/25/99-Phoenix, Arizona, USA (Monday Night RAW)
00:04:38
The Blue Blazer (a black one) hits Ken Shamrock with Jarret's guitar to give Hart the pin

88.Kane (3) and X-Pac (Sean Waltman)(3)
4/5/99-Long Island, New York (Nassau Coliseum)
0:05:57
Monday Night RAW

89.The Acolytes: Faarooq (Ron Simmons) & (Justin Hawk) Bradshaw
05/25/99-Moline, IL
Monday Night RAW (May 31st program)
0:04:45

90.Jeff & Matt Hardy
06/29/99-Fayetteville, NC
Monday Night RAW (July 4th program)

91.The Acolytes (2)
07/25/99-Buffalo, New York (Marine Midlands Arena)
09:34
Fully Loaded PPV

92.Kane (4) and X-Pac (4)
08/09/99-Chicago, Illinois
Monday Night RAW
04:36

93. The Big Show & The Undertaker (2)
08/22/99-Minneapolis, Minnesotta
SummerSlam PPV
12:02

94.Mankind (5) & The Rock (Duane Johnson)
08/30/99-Boston MA (Fleet Center)
Monday Night RAW
08:12
The Rock proposed a handicap non-title match but Mankind convinced him to take himself as his partner to go for the Tag Team Titles
The Undertaker was called away from ringside by Paul Bearer and left his partner to lose the titles

95.Undertaker & Big Show [2]
09/07/99-Albany, NY
SmackDown (September 9 program)
11:42
Defeated Rock & Mankind in Buried Alive match.

96.Mankind & Rocky Maivia [2]
09/20/99-Houston, TX
03:51

97.The New Age Outlaws [4]
09/21/99-Dallas, TX
06:28

98.Mankind & Rocky Maivia [3]
10/12/99-Birmingham, AL
SmackDown (October 21 program)
08:30

99.The Hollys (Bob [2] & Crash)
10/18/99-Columbus, Ohio (Ohio State University
07:28
HHH Pedgreed the Rock to give the Hollys the win

100.Mankind & Al Snow
11/2/99-Philadelphia, PA (First Union Center)
06:07
WWF SmackDown (11/4 program)
Mankind pinned Crash with a double arm DDT

101.The New Age Outlaws [5]
11/08/99-Pennsylvania State University
04:12
Val Venis provides the distraction that costs Foley and Snow the match.

102.The Dudley Boyz (Devon and Bubba Ray Dudley)
02/27/2000-Hartford, CT (No Way Out PPV)

103.Edge & Christian
04/02/2000-Anaheim, CA (The Pond)
WrestleMania 2000
Triangle Ladder match featuring the Dudleys and the Hardeys as opponents

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