The WWE Tag Team Championship is a world tag team championship created by WWE, defended on the SmackDown brand division. Unveiled on the August 23, 2016 episode of SmackDown, it was created to be the counterpart title to the then-WWE Tag Team Championship, which became exclusive to Raw as a result of the 2016 WWE draft.
The championship was originally established as the SmackDown Tag Team Championship. From May 2022 until April 2024, both titles were held and defended together as the Undisputed WWE Tag Team Championship, with each maintaining their individual lineages. The titles were then split at WrestleMania XL in April 2024 with the SmackDown Tag Team Championship subsequently renamed as the WWE Tag Team Championship with the Raw titles becoming the World Tag Team Championship.
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| No. | Champion | Championship change | Reign statistics | Notes | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Date | Event | Location | Reign | Days | |||
| 1 | Heath Slater and Rhyno | September 11, 2016 | Backlash | Richmond, VA | 1 | 83 | As a result of the 2016 WWE draft, the WWE Tag Team Championship became exclusive to Raw. In response, SmackDown established the SmackDown Tag Team Championship; Raw's title was subsequently renamed.
Slater and Rhyno defeated The Usos (Jey Uso and Jimmy Uso) in the finals of an eight-team tournament to become the inaugural champions. |
| 2 | The Wyatt Family(Bray Wyatt, Luke Harper, and Randy Orton) | December 4, 2016 | TLC: Tables, Ladders & Chairs | Dallas, TX | 1 | 23 | Wyatt and Orton won the match, but Harper was also recognized as champion under the Freebird Rule. |
| 3 | American Alpha(Chad Gable and Jason Jordan) | December 27, 2016 | SmackDown | Rosemont, IL | 1 | 83 | Luke Harper and Randy Orton represented The Wyatt Family. |
| 4 | The Usos(Jey Uso and Jimmy Uso) | March 21, 2017 | SmackDown | Uncasville, CT | 1 | 123 | |
| 5 | The New Day(Big E, Kofi Kingston, and Xavier Woods) | July 23, 2017 | Battleground | Philadelphia, PA | 1 | 27 | Kingston and Woods won the match, but Big E was also recognized as champion under the Freebird Rule. |
| 6 | The Usos
(Jey Uso and Jimmy Uso) |
August 20, 2017 | SummerSlamKickoff | Brooklyn, NY | 2 | 23 | Big E and Xavier Woods represented The New Day. |
| 7 | The New Day
(Big E, Kofi Kingston, and Xavier Woods) |
September 12, 2017 | SmackDown | Las Vegas, NV | 2 | 25 | Big E and Kingston won the match, but Woods was also recognized as champion under the Freebird Rule. |
| 8 | The Usos
(Jey Uso and Jimmy Uso) |
October 8, 2017 | Hell in a Cell | Detroit, MI | 3 | 182 | Big E and Xavier Woods represented The New Day. |
| 9 | The Bludgeon Brothers(Harper and Rowan) | April 8, 2018 | WrestleMania 34 | New Orleans, LA | 1 | 135 | Harper was previously known as Luke Harper. |
| 10 | The New Day
(Big E, Kofi Kingston, and Xavier Woods) |
August 21, 2018 | SmackDown | Brooklyn, NY | 3 | 55 | Kingston and Woods won the match, but Big E was also recognized as champion under the Freebird Rule. |
| 11 | The Bar(Cesaro and Sheamus) | October 16, 2018 | SmackDown 1000 | Washington, D.C. | 1 | 102 | Big E and Xavier Woods represented The New Day. |
| 12 | The Miz and Shane McMahon | January 27, 2019 | Royal Rumble | Phoenix, AZ | 1 | 21 | |
| 13 | The Usos
(Jey Uso and Jimmy Uso) |
February 17, 2019 | Elimination Chamber | Houston, TX | 4 | 51 | |
| 14 | The Hardy Boyz(Jeff Hardy and Matt Hardy) | April 9, 2019 | SmackDown | Brooklyn, NY | 1 | 20 | |
| — | Vacated | April 30, 2019 | SmackDown | Columbus, OH | — | — | The Hardy Boyz (Jeff Hardy and Matt Hardy) vacated the title due to Jeff suffering a knee injury that required surgery. |
| 15 | Daniel Bryan and Rowan | May 7, 2019 | SmackDown | Louisville, KY | 1 | 68 | Defeated The Usos (Jey Uso and Jimmy Uso) to win the vacant title. |
| 16 | The New Day
(Big E, Kofi Kingston, and Xavier Woods) |
July 14, 2019 | Extreme Rules | Philadelphia, PA | 4 | 62 | Big E and Woods won the match. At the time, Kingston was the reigning WWE Champion and he was not recognized as tag team champion with Big E and Woods, but after The New Day won their sixth title on April 17, 2020, Kingston was retroactively credited for this reign under the Freebird Rule. |
| 17 | The Revival(Dash Wilder and Scott Dawson) | September 15, 2019 | Clash of Champions | Charlotte, NC | 1 | 54 | Big E and Xavier Woods represented The New Day. |
| 18 | The New Day
(Big E, Kofi Kingston, and Xavier Woods) |
November 8, 2019 | SmackDown | Manchester, England | 5 | 110 | Big E and Kingston won the match. At the time, Woods was inactive due to injury and he was not recognized as champion with Big E and Kingston, but after The New Day won their sixth title on April 17, 2020, Woods was retroactively credited for this reign under the Freebird Rule. |
| 19 | The Miz and John Morrison | February 27, 2020 | Super ShowDown | Riyadh, Saudi Arabia | 1 | 50 | Big E and Kofi Kingston represented The New Day. |
| 20 | The New Day
(Big E, Kofi Kingston, and Xavier Woods) |
April 17, 2020 | SmackDown | Orlando, FL | 6 | 92 | During this reign, Woods was inactive due to injury, but was credited for this reign under the Freebird Rule. |
| 21 | Shinsuke Nakamura and Cesaro | July 19, 2020 | The Horror Show at Extreme Rules | Orlando, FL | 1 | 82 | Big E and Kofi Kingston represented The New Day. |
| 22 | The New Day
(Kofi Kingston and Xavier Woods) |
October 9, 2020 | SmackDown | Orlando, FL | 7 | 2 | Kingston and Woods won the titles as part of The New Day with Big E; however, the two were drafted to the Raw brand as part of the 2020 WWE Draft immediately after their win, splitting them from Big E and marking their first reign without him. |
| 23 | The Street Profits(Angelo Dawkins and Montez Ford) | October 12, 2020 | Raw | Orlando, FL | 1 | 88 | As a result of the 2020 WWE Draft, The New Day were drafted to Raw while then-Raw Tag Team Champions The Street Profits were drafted to SmackDown. To keep the branded championships on their respective brands, WWE official Adam Pearce had the two teams exchange championships. |
| 24 | Dolph Ziggler and Robert Roode | January 8, 2021 | SmackDown | St. Petersburg, FL | 1 | 127 | |
| 25 | Rey and Dominik Mysterio | May 16, 2021 | WrestleMania Backlash | Tampa, FL | 1 | 62 | |
| 26 | The Usos
(Jey Uso and Jimmy Uso) |
July 18, 2021 | Money in the Bank Kickoff | Fort Worth, TX | 5 | 622 | On the May 20, 2022, episode of SmackDown, The Usos defeated Raw Tag Team Champions RK-Bro (Randy Orton and Riddle) in a Winner Takes All match. With that, they then became recognized as the Undisputed WWE Tag Team Champions. |
| 27 | Kevin Owens and Sami Zayn | April 1, 2023 | WrestleMania 39 | Inglewood, CA | 1 | 154 | |
| 28 | The Judgment Day (Finn Bálor and Damian Priest) | September 2, 2023 | Payback | Pittsburgh, PA | 1 | 35 | |
| 29 | Cody Rhodes and Jey Uso | October 7, 2023 | Fastlane | Indianapolis, IN | 1 | 9 | |
| 30 | The Judgment Day (Finn Bálor and Damian Priest) | October 16, 2023 | Raw | Oklahoma City, OK | 2 | 85+ | |