DPW Worlds Tag Team Championship

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DPW Worlds Tag Team Championship
Details
Promotion Deadlock Pro-Wrestling
Date establishedMarch 17, 2022
Current champion(s)Speedball x Something
(Mike Bailey and Jake Something)
Date wonDecember 10, 2024
Statistics
First champion(s)The Reality x NDA
(Patrick Scott & Chance Rizer)
Most reignsAll title holders (1)
Longest reignThe Reality x NDA
(Patrick Scott & Chance Rizer) (238 days)
Shortest reign The Motor City Machine Guns
(Alex Shelley and Chris Sabin) (91 days)

The DPW Worlds Tag Team Championship is a men's professional wrestling world tag team championship owned and promoted by Deadlock Pro-Wrestling (DPW). The Reality x NDA (Patrick Scott & Chance Rizer) were the inaugural champions. The current champions are Speedball x Something (Mike Bailey and Jake Something), who are in their first reign as a team and individually. They defeated The Motor City Machine Guns (Chris Sabin and Alex Shelley) at DPW Live 5 on March 10, 2024. The titles have been defended in the main event of four major DPW events.

Contents

History

The DPW Worlds Tag Team Championship was first announced on the March 17, 2022 edition of DPW Fire by Chris Danger. The inaugural champions would be decided at DPW Forever between The Workhorsemen (Anthony Henry and JD Drake) and The Reality x NDA (Patrick Scott and Chance Rizer), the latter team of whom would be the winners.[ citation needed ]

Reigns

As of March18, 2024, there have been four reigns between four teams composed of eight individual champions.

Key
No.Overall reign number
ReignReign number for the specific team—reign numbers for the individuals are in parentheses, if different
DaysNumber of days held
DefensesNumber of successful defenses
<1Reign lasted less than a day
+Current reign is changing daily
No.ChampionChampionship changeReign statisticsNotesRef.
DateEventLocationReignDaysDefenses
1The Reality x NDA
(Patrick Scott and Chance Rizer)
April 16, 2022 Forever Raleigh, North Carolina 12384Defeated The Workhorsemen (JD Drake & Anthony Henry) to become the inaugural champions. Aired on tape delay on April 23. [1]
2Violence Is Forever
(Dominic Garrini and Kevin Ku)
December 10, 2022 1st Anniversary Winston-Salem, North Carolina 11906Aired on tape delay on December 17. [2]
3The Workhorsemen
(Anthony Henry and JD Drake)
June 18, 2023 Tag Festival Durham, North Carolina 11752This was a four-way tag team elimination match also featuring Best Bros (Baliyan Akki and Mei Suruga) and Above The Rest (Gabriel Skye and Tristen Thai). Aired on tape delay on June 24. [3]
4 The Motor City Machine Guns
(Alex Shelley and Chris Sabin)
December 10, 2023 2nd Anniversary Durham, North Carolina 1911Aired on tape delay on December 16. [4]
5Speedball x Something
(Mike Bailey and Jake Something)
March 10, 2024 Live 5 Berwyn, Illinois 18+0 [5]


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