The PWG World Tag Team Championship is a professional wrestling world tag team championship owned and copyrighted by the Pro Wrestling Guerrilla (PWG) promotion; it is contested for in their tag team division. The championship was created and debuted on January 25, 2004, at PWG's Tango & Cash Invitational – Night Two event. [1] Originally called the PWG Tag Team Championship, the title was renamed to the PWG World Tag Team Championship in February 2006 after the title was defended outside the United States for the first and second time, when that month then-champions Davey Richards and Super Dragon defeated Cape Fear (El Generico and Quicksilver) in Essen, Germany at European Vacation – Germany and Arrogance (Chris Bosh and Scott Lost) in Orpington, England at European Vacation – England. [2] [3] The championship was later won for the first time outside the United States on October 27, 2007, at PWG's European Vacation II – England event—at that event, then-champions El Generico and Kevin Steen were defeated by Richards and Super Dragon in Portsmouth, England. [4] On June 16, 2017, Penta el Zero M and Rey Fenix successfully defended the title in Ciudad Nezahualcóyotl, Mexico. [5]
Title reigns are determined either by professional wrestling matches between different wrestlers involved in pre-existing scripted feuds and storylines, or by scripted circumstances. Wrestlers are portrayed as either villains or heroes as they follow a series of tension-building events, which culminate in a wrestling match or series of matches for the championship. All title changes happen at live events, which are released on DVD. The inaugural champions were B-Boy and Homicide, whom PWG recognized to have become the champions after defeating The American Dragon and Super Dragon in the finals of the Tango & Cash Invitational Tag Team Tournament on January 25, 2004, at PWG's Tango & Cash Invitational – Night Two event. [1] [6] As of June2024, The Young Bucks (Matt and Nick Jackson) hold the record for most reigns, with four. [7] [8] [9] Super Dragon holds the record for most reigns by a single competitor, with six. [10] [11] [12] [13] [14] [15] PWG publishes a list of successful championship defenses (victories against challengers for the championship) for each champion on their official website, unlike major professional wrestling promotions. As of June2024, The Young Bucks (Matt and Nick Jackson) have the most defenses, with 15; [7] Twelve teams are tied for having the least, with 0. [6] [13] [16] [17] [18] [19] [20] [21] [22] [23] At 645 days and counting, the Rascalz (Zachary Wentz and Dezmond Xavier) are the longest reigning champions in their first reign. The Unbreakable F'n Machines' (Brian Cage and Michael Elgin) only reign, Monster Mafia's (Ethan Page and Josh Alexander) only reign and the Beaver Boys' (Alex Reynolds and John Silver) only reign share the record for the shortest in the title's history at less than one day. [23] Overall, there have been 37 reigns, among 40 different wrestlers and 28 different teams, and four vacancies.
Name | Years |
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PWG Tag Team Championship | January 2004 – February 2006 |
PWG World Tag Team Championship | February 2006 – present |
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 |
Defenses | Number of successful defenses |
<1 | Reign lasted less than a day |
+ | Current reign is changing daily |
No. | Champion | Championship change | Reign statistics | Notes | Ref. | ||||
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Date | Event | Location | Reign | Days | Defenses | ||||
1 | B-Boy and Homicide | January 25, 2004 | Tango & Cash Invitational – Night Two | Santa Ana, CA | 1 | 28 | 0 [6] | B-Boy and Homicide defeated The American Dragon and Super Dragon in the finals of the Tango & Cash Invitational Tag Team Tournament to become the inaugural champions. | [1] |
2 | The X–Foundation (Joey Ryan and Scott Lost) | February 22, 2004 | Taste The Radness! | Santa Ana, CA | 1 | 34 | 0 [16] | [24] | |
3 | Chris Bosh and Quicksilver | March 27, 2004 | Kee_ The _ee Out Of Our _ool! | Santa Ana, CA | 1 | 21 | 0 [18] | [25] | |
4 | SBS (Excalibur and Super Dragon) | April 17, 2004 | PWG The Musical | Santa Ana, CA | 1 | 63 | 1 [11] | [26] | |
5 | The X–Foundation (Joey Ryan and Scott Lost) | June 19, 2004 | Rocktoberfest | Santa Ana, California | 2 | 77 | 0 [17] | [27] | |
6 | Arrogance (Chris Bosh (2) and Scott Lost (3)) | October 9, 2004 | Use Your Illusion III | Los Angeles, CA | 1 | 273 | 9 [28] | Scott Lost defeated Joey Ryan in a ladder match at The Next Show for control of the title on September 4, but chose Bosh to be his partner at Use Your Illusion III on October 9. | |
7 | The Aerial Xpress (Quicksilver (2) and Scorpio Sky) | July 9, 2005 | 2nd Annual PWG Bicentennial Birthday Extravaganza – Night One | Los Angeles, CA | 1 | 1 | 0 [19] | This was a Masks vs. Title match. | [29] |
— | Vacated | July 10, 2005 [19] | — | — | — | — | — | The Aerial Xpress were stripped of the championship as a result of Scorpio Sky taking a leave of absence from professional wrestling. | [19] |
8 | 2 Skinny Black Guys (El Generico and Human Tornado) | August 6, 2005 | Zombies (Shouldn't Run) | Los Angeles, CA | 1 | 56 | 1 [30] | 2SBG defeated Arrogance (Chris Bosh and Scott Lost) to win the vacant championship. | [31] |
9 | Davey Richards and Super Dragon (2) | October 1, 2005 | After School Special | Los Angeles, CA | 1 | 231 | 12 [10] | The title was renamed from the "PWG Tag Team Championship" to the "PWG World Tag Team Championship" following PWG's European Vacation tour of England and Germany in February 2006. | [2] [3] [32] |
10 | Arrogance (Chris Bosh (3) and Scott Lost (4)) | May 20, 2006 | Enchantment Under the Sea | Los Angeles, CA | 2 | 139 | 2 [33] | [34] | |
11 | B-Boy(2) and Super Dragon (3) | October 6, 2006 | Self–Titled | Reseda, Los Angeles, CA | 1 | 42 | 1 [12] | [35] | |
12 | Davey Richards (2) and Roderick Strong | November 17, 2006 | All Star Weekend IV – Night One | Reseda, Los Angeles, CA | 1 | 1 | 0 [20] | [36] | |
13 | B-Boy(3) and Super Dragon (4) | November 18, 2006 | All Star Weekend IV – Night Two | Reseda, Los Angeles, CA | 2 | 14 | 0 [13] | This was a four-way match, also involving The Kings of Wrestling (Chris Hero and Claudio Castagnoli) and The Motor City Machine Guns (Alex Shelley and Chris Sabin). | [37] |
14 | Cape Fear (El Generico (2) and Quicksilver (3)) | December 2, 2006 | Passive Hostility | Reseda, Los Angeles, CA | 1 | 98 | 2 [38] | [39] | |
— | Vacated | March 10, 2007 [38] | — | — | — | — | — | Cape Fear were stripped of the championship as a result of Quicksilver sustaining a career-ending injury. | [38] |
15 | Pac and Roderick Strong (2) | May 20, 2007 | Dynamite Duumvirate Tag Team Title Tournament – Night 2 | Burbank, CA | 1 | 70 | 1 [40] | Pac and Strong defeated The Briscoe Brothers (Jay and Mark Briscoe) in the finals of the Dynamite Duumvirate Tag Team Title Tournament to win the vacant championship. | [41] |
16 | El Generico (3) and Kevin Steen | July 29, 2007 | Giant–Size Annual #4 | Burbank, CA | 1 | 90 | 2 [42] | [43] | |
17 | Davey Richards (3) and Super Dragon (5) | October 27, 2007 | European Vacation II – England | Portsmouth, Hampshire, England | 2 | 92 | 1 [14] | [4] | |
— | Vacated | January 27, 2008 [14] | — | — | — | — | — | Davey Richards and Super Dragon were stripped of the championship after they failed to defend it on three separate occasions against The Dynasty (Joey Ryan and Scott Lost). | [14] |
18 | The Dynasty (Joey Ryan (3) and Scott Lost (5)) | January 27, 2008 | Pearl Habra | La Habra Heights, CA | 3 | 54 | 3 [44] | The Dynasty (formerly The X–Foundation) were awarded the vacant championship. | [14] [44] |
19 | El Generico (4) and Kevin Steen | March 21, 2008 | 1.21 Gigawatts | Reseda, Los Angeles, CA | 2 | 58 | 2 [45] | [46] | |
20 | Jack Evans and Roderick Strong (3) | May 18, 2008 | Dynamite Duumvirate Tag Team Title Tournament – Night 2 | Burbank, CA | 1 | 49 | 0 [21] | [47] | |
21 | The Age of the Fall (Jimmy Jacobs and Tyler Black) | July 6, 2008 | Life During Wartime | Reseda, Los Angeles, CA | 1 | 56 | 0 [22] | El Generico filled in for Jack Evans, who was unable to appear at the event. | [48] |
22 | The Young Bucks (Matt Jackson and Nick Jackson) | August 31, 2008 | All-Star Weekend VII – Night Two | Reseda, Los Angeles, CA | 1 | 616 | 15 [7] | [49] | |
23 | ¡Peligro Abejas! (El Generico (5) and Paul London) | May 9, 2010 | DDT4 | Reseda, Los Angeles, CA | 1 | 335 | 5 [50] | [51] | |
24 | The Young Bucks (Matt Jackson and Nick Jackson) | April 9, 2011 | Card Subject to Change III | Reseda, Los Angeles, CA | 2 | 245 | 5 [8] | Ricochet filled in for Paul London, who was unable to appear at the event. | [52] |
25 | Appetite for Destruction (Kevin Steen (3) and Super Dragon (6)) | December 10, 2011 | Fear | Reseda, Los Angeles, CA | 1 | 167 | 0 [15] | This was a Guerrilla Warfare match. | [53] |
— | Vacated | May 25, 2012 [54] | Death to All But Metal | Reseda, Los Angeles, CA | — | — | — | Kevin Steen and Super Dragon vacated the title due to Dragon being sidelined with a fractured heel. | [54] |
26 | Super Smash Brothers (Player Uno and Stupefied) | May 25, 2012 | Death to All But Metal | Reseda, Los Angeles, CA | 1 | 232 | 2 [54] | Super Smash Brothers defeated The Young Bucks (Matt Jackson and Nick Jackson) in a No Disqualification match to win the vacant championship. | [55] |
27 | Unbreakable F'n Machines (Brian Cage and Michael Elgin) | January 12, 2013 | DDT4 | Reseda, Los Angeles, CA | 1 | <1 | 0 [23] | [56] | |
28 | The Young Bucks (Matt Jackson and Nick Jackson) | January 12, 2013 | DDT4 | Reseda, Los Angeles, CA | 3 | 561 | 5 [9] | [56] | |
29 | World's Cutest Tag Team (Candice LeRae and Joey Ryan (4)) | July 27, 2014 | Eleven | Reseda, Los Angeles, CA | 1 | 299 | 3 [57] | This was a Guerrilla Warfare match. | |
30 | Monster Mafia (Ethan Page and Josh Alexander) | May 22, 2015 | DDT4 | Reseda, Los Angeles, CA | 1 | <1 | 0 | [58] | |
31 | Beaver Boys (Alex Reynolds and John Silver) | May 22, 2015 | DDT4 | Reseda, Los Angeles, CA | 1 | <1 | 0 | [58] | |
32 | Andrew Everett and Trevor Lee | May 22, 2015 | DDT4 | Reseda, Los Angeles, CA | 1 | 35 | 0 | [58] | |
33 | The Young Bucks (Matt Jackson and Nick Jackson) | June 26, 2015 | Mystery Vortex III: Rock & Shock the Nation | Reseda, Los Angeles, CA | 4 | 631 | 6 | [59] | |
34 | Lucha Brothers (Penta el Zero M and Rey Fenix) | March 18, 2017 | Nice Boys (Don't Play Rock 'n Roll) | Reseda, Los Angeles, CA | 1 | 216 | 2 | This was a three-way match, also involving Matt Sydal and Ricochet. | [60] [61] |
35 | The Chosen Bros (Jeff Cobb and Matt Riddle) | October 20, 2017 | All Star Weekend 13 – Night One | Reseda, Los Angeles, CA | 1 | 182 | 1 | [62] | |
36 | The Rascalz (Dezmond Xavier and Zachary Wentz) | April 20, 2018 | All Star Weekend 14 – Night One | Reseda, Los Angeles, CA | 1 | 1,255 | 8 | This was a three-way match, also involving The Young Bucks (Matt and Nick Jackson). | |
— | Vacated | September 26, 2021 | — | — | — | — | — | Dezmond Xavier and Zachary Wentz vacated the title due to signing with WWE. | |
37 | The Kings of the Black Throne (Brody King and Malakai Black) | September 26, 2021 | Threemendous VI | Los Angeles, CA | 1 | 985+ | 1 | Defeated Black Taurus and Demonic Flamita to win the vacant titles. | [63] |
As of June7, 2024.
† | Indicates the current champions |
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Rank | Wrestler | No. of reigns | Combined defenses | Combined days |
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1 | Matt Jackson | 4 | 31 | 2,053 |
Nick Jackson | 4 | 31 | 2,053 | |
3 | Dezmond Xavier | 1 | 8 | 1,255 |
Zachary Wentz | 1 | 8 | 1,255 | |
5 | Brody King † | 1 | 1 | 985+ |
Malakai Black † | 1 | 1 | 985+ | |
7 | El Generico | 5 | 12 | 637 |
8 | Super Dragon | 6 | 15 | 609 |
9 | Scott Lost | 5 | 14 | 578 |
10 | Joey Ryan | 4 | 6 | 464 |
11 | Chris Bosh | 3 | 11 | 433 |
12 | Paul London | 1 | 5 | 335 |
13 | Davey Richards | 3 | 13 | 324 |
14 | Kevin Steen | 3 | 4 | 315 |
15 | Candice LeRae | 1 | 3 | 299 |
16 | Player Uno | 1 | 2 | 232 |
Stupefied | 1 | 2 | 232 | |
18 | Penta el Zero M | 1 | 2 | 216 |
Rey Fenix | 1 | 2 | 216 | |
20 | Jeff Cobb | 1 | 1 | 182 |
Matt Riddle | 1 | 1 | 182 | |
22 | Roderick Strong | 3 | 1 | 121 |
23 | Quicksilver | 3 | 2 | 120 |
24 | B-Boy | 3 | 1 | 84 |
25 | Pac | 1 | 1 | 71 |
26 | Excalibur | 1 | 1 | 63 |
27 | Human Tornado | 1 | 1 | 56 |
Jimmy Jacobs | 1 | 0 | 56 | |
Tyler Black | 1 | 0 | 56 | |
30 | Jack Evans | 1 | 0 | 49 |
31 | Andrew Everett | 1 | 0 | 35 |
Trevor Lee | 1 | 0 | 35 | |
33 | Homicide | 1 | 0 | 28 |
34 | Scorpio Sky | 1 | 0 | 1 |
35 | Alex Reynolds | 1 | 0 | <1 |
Brian Cage | 1 | 0 | <1 | |
Ethan Page | 1 | 0 | <1 | |
John Silver | 1 | 0 | <1 | |
Josh Alexander | 1 | 0 | <1 | |
Michael Elgin | 1 | 0 | <1 |
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