ECW World Tag Team Championship

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ECW World Tag Team Championship
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The ECW World Tag Team Championship belt (last redesign)
Details
Promotion Extreme Championship Wrestling
Date establishedAugust 27, 1994
Date retiredApril 4, 2001
Other name(s)
  • NWA-ECW Tag Team Championship
  • ECW World Tag Team Championship
  • ECW Tag Team Championship (official name listed in WWE website)
Statistics
First champion(s) The Super Destroyers
Final champion(s) Danny Doring and Roadkill
Most reigns The Dudley Boyz (8)
Longest reignThe Super Destroyers (283 days)
Shortest reignThe Super Destroyers, Raven and Stevie Richards, The Dudley Boyz (<1 day)
Oldest champion Kevin Sullivan (44 years)
Youngest champion Chris Candido (21 years)

The ECW World Tag Team Championship was a professional wrestling world tag team championship in Extreme Championship Wrestling (ECW). It was introduced in National Wrestling Alliance (NWA) affiliate and ECW precursor, Eastern Championship Wrestling in 1992, but was established under ECW in 1994.

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History

The ECW World Tag Team Championship was introduced on June 23, 1992 under Eastern Championship Wrestling, the precursor to ECW as the Eastern Championship Wrestling Tag Team Championship. [1] This was during the time Eastern Championship Wrestling was a member of the NWA. In September 1994, Eastern Championship Wrestling seceded from the NWA, and became Extreme Championship Wrestling. The title was then established as a world tag team championship and became known as the Extreme Championship Wrestling World Tag Team Championship. [2] On January 3, 1997, wrestling legend Killer Kowalski presented ECW World Tag Team Champions The Eliminators with brand-new title belts in Webster, Massachusetts. The championship continued to be defended within the promotion until April 2001, when ECW closed down. ECW's assets were subsequently purchased by World Wrestling Entertainment (WWE). [3] In 2006, WWE relaunched ECW as a WWE brand that remained active until 2010. [4] However, the tag team championship was not reactivated. [5] [6]

Inaugural championship tournament

Semifinals Finals
      
1 The Night Breed
(Max Thrasher and Glen Osbourne)
Pin
4 The Flames
(Mr. Anthony and Mr. Perez)
The Night Breed
The Super DestroyersPin
3 J.T. Smith and Jimmy Jannetty
2 The Super Destroyers Pin

Reigns

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