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 during the January 31, 2013, taping of NXT (aired February 13).
As of September16, 2024, there have been 38 reigns between 29 teams composed of 60 individual champions, and three vacancies. 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 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 delay, which are the air dates that WWE recognizes for the NXT Tag Team Championship's history, The Ascension's reign is regarded as lasting 343 days (still the longest) and that Moustache Mountain's reign was 22 days; as a result, MSK's (Nash Carter and Wes Lee) second reign of 6 days (5 days according to WWE) is recognized as the shortest. Tyler Bate was the youngest champion at 21, while Bobby Fish was the oldest at 42.
Nathan Frazer and Axiom are the current champions in their second reign, both as a team and individually. They won the title by defeating previous champions Chase U (Andre Chase and Ridge Holland) at No Mercy on September 1, 2024, in Denver, Colorado.
No. | Overall reign number |
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Reign | Reign number for the specific team—reign numbers for the individuals are in parentheses, if different |
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. | ||||
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Date | Event | Location | Reign | Days | Days recog. | ||||
1 | British Ambition (Adrian Neville and Oliver Grey) | January 31, 2013 | NXT | Winter Park, FL | 1 | 91 | 83 | 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 (Luke Harper and Erick Rowan) | May 2, 2013 | NXT | Winter Park, FL | 1 | 49 | 69 | 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 and Corey Graves | June 20, 2013 | NXT | Winter Park, FL | 1 (2, 1) | 84 | 76 | 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 | 364 | 343 | 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 | 126 | 139 | WWE recognizes their reign as ending on January 28, 2015, when the following episode aired on tape delay. | [9] |
6 | Wesley Blake and Buddy Murphy | January 15, 2015 | NXT | Winter Park, FL | 1 | 219 | 205 | 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 | 61 | 81 | 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 | 162 | 142 | 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 | 68 | 67 | [13] | |
10 | The Revival (Dash Wilder and Scott Dawson) | June 8, 2016 | TakeOver: The End | Winter Park, FL | 2 | 164 | 164 | [14] | |
11 | #DIY (Johnny Gargano and Tommaso Ciampa) | November 19, 2016 | TakeOver: Toronto | Toronto, ON, Canada | 1 | 70 | 69 | 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 | 203 | 202 | [16] | |
13 | Sanity (Eric Young and Alexander Wolfe) | August 19, 2017 | TakeOver: Brooklyn III | Brooklyn, NY | 1 | 102 | 123 | 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 | 180 | 180 | Eric Young and Killian Dain represented Sanity. Fish and 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] |
15 | Moustache Mountain (Tyler Bate and Trent Seven) | June 19, 2018 | United Kingdom Championship Tournament | London, England | 1 | 2 | 22 | Roderick Strong and 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. | [21] |
16 | The Undisputed Era (Kyle O'Reilly and Roderick Strong) | June 21, 2018 | NXT | Winter Park, FL | 2 (2, 2) | 219 | 198 | 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. | [22] |
17 | War Raiders (Hanson and Rowe) | January 26, 2019 | TakeOver: Phoenix | Phoenix, AZ | 1 | 95 | 109 | 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 (Ivar and Erik) voluntarily relinquished the title as they were no longer part of NXT. Aired on tape delay on May 15, 2019. | [24] |
18 | Street Profits (Montez Ford and Angelo Dawkins) | June 1, 2019 | TakeOver: XXV | Bridgeport, CT | 1 | 75 | 88 | This was a fatal four-way tag team ladder match for the vacant championship also involving Oney Lorcan and Danny Burch, The Undisputed Era (Bobby Fish and Kyle O'Reilly), and The Forgotten Sons (Wesley Blake and Steve Cutler). | [25] |
19 | The Undisputed Era (Bobby Fish and Kyle O'Reilly) | August 15, 2019 | NXT | Winter Park, FL | 3 (2, 3) | 185 | 172 | 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 | 87 | 86 | [27] | |
21 | Imperium (Fabian Aichner and Marcel Barthel) | May 13, 2020 | NXT | Winter Park, FL | 1 | 105 | 105 | Defeated Riddle and Timothy Thatcher, who substituted for Dunne, as Dunne (who lives in the UK) was not able to travel to the U.S. due to COVID-19 pandemic travel restrictions. | [28] |
22 | Breezango (Tyler Breeze and Fandango) | August 26, 2020 | NXT | Winter Park, FL | 1 | 56 | 56 | [29] | |
23 | Oney Lorcan and Danny Burch | October 21, 2020 | NXT | Orlando, FL | 1 | 153 | 152 | [30] | |
— | Vacated | March 23, 2021 | — | — | — | — | — | NXT General Manager William Regal vacated the championship after Danny Burch suffered a shoulder injury the week prior. | [31] [32] |
24 | MSK (Wes Lee and Nash Carter) | April 7, 2021 | TakeOver: Stand & Deliver Night 1 | Orlando, FL | 1 | 202 | 202 | This was a triple threat tag team match also involving Grizzled Young Veterans (Zack Gibson and James Drake) and Legado Del Fantasma (Raul Mendoza and Joaquin Wilde) for the vacant titles. | [33] |
25 | Imperium (Fabian Aichner and Marcel Barthel) | October 26, 2021 | NXT 2.0: Halloween Havoc | Orlando, FL | 2 | 158 | 157 | This was a Lumber Jack-O'-Lantern match. | [34] |
26 | MSK (Wes Lee and Nash Carter) | April 2, 2022 | Stand & Deliver | Dallas, TX | 2 | 6 | 5 | This was a triple threat tag team match also involving The Creed Brothers (Brutus Creed and Julius Creed). | [35] |
— | Vacated | April 8, 2022 | — | — | — | — | — | Title was vacated because of Nash Carter's release. | [36] |
27 | Pretty Deadly (Elton Prince and Kit Wilson) | April 12, 2022 | NXT 2.0 | Orlando, FL | 1 | 53 | 52 | This was a Gauntlet match also involving Legado Del Fantasma (Joaquin Wilde and Cruz Del Toro), Josh Briggs and Brooks Jensen, and Grayson Waller and Sanga, and The Creed Brothers (Brutus Creed and Julius Creed), who they last eliminated to win the vacant titles. | [37] |
28 | The Creed Brothers (Brutus Creed and Julius Creed) | June 4, 2022 | In Your House | Orlando, FL | 1 | 92 | 91 | If The Creed Brothers had lost, they would have to leave Diamond Mine. | [38] |
29 | Pretty Deadly (Elton Prince and Kit Wilson) | September 4, 2022 | Worlds Collide | Orlando, FL | 2 | 97 | 97 | This was a fatal four-way tag team elimination match also involving NXT UK Tag Team Champions Brooks Jensen and Josh Briggs, and Gallus (Mark Coffey and Wolfgang) to unify the NXT UK Tag Team Championship into the NXT Tag Team Championship. Pretty Deadly last eliminated The Creed Brothers to win both championships. The NXT UK Tag Team Championship was retired with Pretty Deadly going forward as the Unified NXT Tag Team Champions. | [39] |
30 | The New Day (Kofi Kingston and Xavier Woods) | December 10, 2022 | Deadline | Orlando, FL | 1 | 56 | 56 | [40] | |
31 | Gallus (Mark Coffey and Wolfgang) | February 4, 2023 | Vengeance Day | Charlotte, NC | 1 | 176 | 175 | This was a fatal four-way tag team match also involving Pretty Deadly (Elton Prince and Kit Wilson) and Chase U (Andre Chase and Duke Hudson). | [41] |
32 | Tony D'Angelo and Channing "Stacks" Lorenzo | July 30, 2023 | The Great American Bash | Cedar Park, TX | 1 | 86 | 86 | [42] | |
33 | Chase U (Andre Chase and Duke Hudson) | October 24, 2023 | NXT: Halloween Havoc Week 1 | Orlando, FL | 1 | 21 | 21 | [43] | |
34 | Tony D'Angelo and Channing "Stacks" Lorenzo | November 14, 2023 | NXT | Orlando, FL | 2 | 91 | 91 | [44] | |
35 | Bron Breakker and Baron Corbin | February 13, 2024 | NXT | Orlando, FL | 1 | 56 | 55 | [45] | |
36 | Nathan Frazer and Axiom | April 9, 2024 | NXT | Orlando, FL | 1 | 126 | 126 | [46] | |
37 | Chase U (Andre Chase and Ridge Holland) | August 13, 2024 | NXT | Orlando, FL | 2 (2, 1) | 19 | 18 | Andre Chase previously held the title as part of Chase U with stable member Duke Hudson. | [47] |
38 | Nathan Frazer and Axiom | September 1, 2024 | No Mercy | Denver, CO | 2 | 15+ | 15+ | [48] |
As of September16, 2024.
† | Indicates the current champion |
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1 Bobby 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.
1 Bobby 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.
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