The AEW World Tag Team Championship is a men's professional wrestling world tag team championship created and promoted by the American promotion All Elite Wrestling (AEW). It is a standard tag team championship, being contested by teams of two wrestlers. Established on October 30, 2019, the inaugural champions were SoCal Uncensored (Frankie Kazarian and Scorpio Sky). The current champions are Private Party (Isiah Kassidy and Marq Quen), who are in their first reign, both as a team and individually. They defeated The Young Bucks (Matthew Jackson and Nicholas Jackson) during Fright Night Dynamite on October 30, 2024; had Private Party lost, they would have had to disband as a team.
| AEW World Tag Team Championship | |||||||||||||||||||
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 The AEW World Tag Team Championship belts | |||||||||||||||||||
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| Promotion | All Elite Wrestling | ||||||||||||||||||
| Date established | October 30, 2019 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Current champion(s) | Private Party (Isiah Kassidy and Marq Quen) | ||||||||||||||||||
| Date won | October 30, 2024 | ||||||||||||||||||
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History
editOn June 18, 2019, six months after the American professional wrestling promotion All Elite Wrestling (AEW) was founded,[1][2][3] a tournament was announced to crown the promotion's inaugural tag team champions. That same day, a three-way tag team match for AEW's event Fyter Fest on June 29 was scheduled,[4] featuring Best Friends (Trent? and Chuck Taylor), SoCal Uncensored (Frankie Kazarian and Scorpio Sky), and Private Party (Marq Quen and Isiah Kassidy) with the winning team advancing to All Out for an opportunity at a first round bye in the AEW World Tag Team Championship tournament.[5] Later, AEW's President and Chief executive officer Tony Khan announced that the tournament would occur on episodes of their TNT show, later revealed as Dynamite.[6] During the Buy In pre-show of Fyter Fest, Best Friends defeated Private Party and SoCal Uncensored to earn their spot at All Out.[7]
On July 11, AEW's Executive Vice President and wrestler Matt Jackson announced a second three-way tag team match to take place at Fight for the Fallen on July 13 with the winners facing Best Friends at All Out.[8] At Fight for the Fallen, The Dark Order (Evil Uno and Stu Grayson) defeated Jurassic Express (Jungle Boy and Luchasaurus) and Angélico and Jack Evans to advance to All Out.[9] At the event on August 31, The Dark Order defeated Best Friends to receive the first round bye in the tournament.[10]
Inaugural tournament
editThe first official match of the AEW World Tag Team Championship Tournament was announced on August 9, 2019, with The Young Bucks (Matt Jackson and Nick Jackson) facing Private Party (Marq Quen and Isiah Kassidy) on October 9 during the second episode of Dynamite in Boston, Massachusetts.[11] It was later announced that the semifinals for the tournament would take place on the October 23 episode in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania,[12] with the finals on the October 30 episode in Charleston, West Virginia.[13] On October 30, SoCal Uncensored (Frankie Kazarian and Scorpio Sky) defeated the Lucha Brothers (Pentagón Jr. and Rey Fénix) in the tournament final to become the inaugural champions.[14]
| Quarterfinals Dynamite October 9 and 16, 2019 | Semifinals Dynamite October 23, 2019 | Final Dynamite October 30, 2019 | ||||||||||||
| The Young Bucks (Matt Jackson and Nick Jackson) | Pin | |||||||||||||
| Private Party (Marq Quen and Isiah Kassidy) | 13:39 | |||||||||||||
| Private Party | Pin | |||||||||||||
| The Lucha Brothers | 12:24 | |||||||||||||
| The Lucha Brothers (Pentagón Jr. and Rey Fénix) | 11:31 | |||||||||||||
| Jurassic Express (Jungle Boy and Marko Stunt)[note 1] | Pin | |||||||||||||
| The Lucha Brothers | Pin | |||||||||||||
| SoCal Uncensored | 12:36 | |||||||||||||
| Best Friends (Trent? and Chuck Taylor) | Pin | |||||||||||||
| SoCal Uncensored (Frankie Kazarian and Scorpio Sky)[note 2] | 9:57 | |||||||||||||
| SoCal Uncensored | 13:59 | |||||||||||||
| The Dark Order | Pin | |||||||||||||
| The Dark Order (Evil Uno and Stu Grayson) | ||||||||||||||
| BYE[note 3] | ||||||||||||||
- ^ Stunt replaced Luchasaurus due to a hamstring injury.
- ^ Sky replaced Christopher Daniels after he was injured in an attack by The Lucha Brothers prior to the match.
- ^ The Dark Order defeated Best Friends (Trent? and Chuck Taylor) at All Out to receive a first round bye.
Belt design
editThe AEW World Tag Team Championship belts were designed by Ron Edwardsen of Red Leather Belts. They have five gold plates on a black leather strap. The center plate has a blue globe at its center. At the center of the globe is AEW's logo, below the logo is a black banner that says "TAG TEAM" in gold, and below that is a nameplate for the reigning champions. Above the globe is a black banner that says "WORLD" in gold and below the globe is another black banner that says "CHAMPION" in gold. On either side of the center plate are two side plates each that each prominently display AEW's logo. The inner side plates additionally have a wrestler performing a piledriver while the outer side plates show a wrestler performing a standing choke hold. After FTR (Dax Harwood and Cash Wheeler) first won the title in September 2020, the belts received a minor update with a relief AEW logo on the center plate.[15]
Reigns
editAs of November 16, 2024, there have been 15 reigns between 12 teams composed of 24 individual champions and one vacancy. The inaugural champions were SoCal Uncensored (Frankie Kazarian and Scorpio Sky). The Young Bucks (Matt/Matthew Jackson and Nick/Nicholas Jackson) have the most reigns at three, both as a team and individually. The Young Bucks are also the longest reigning champions for their first reign, which lasted 302 days, and they have the longest combined reign at 522 days. Sting and Darby Allin have the shortest reign at 25 days as they vacated the title due to Sting's retirement. Sting is also the oldest champion at 64 while Jungle Boy is the youngest at 24.
Private Party (Isiah Kassidy and Marq Quen) are the current champions in their first reign, both as a team and individually. They defeated The Young Bucks (Matthew Jackson and Nicholas Jackson) during Fright Night Dynamite on October 30, 2024; had Private Party lost, they would have had to disband as a team.[16]
References
edit- ^ Pratt, Emily (January 1, 2019). "The Young Bucks And Cody Officially Announced All Elite Wrestling And Released Some Details". Uproxx. Retrieved February 8, 2019.
- ^ Fritz, Brian (January 8, 2019). "Shad and Tony Khan comment on launch of All Elite Wrestling". Sportingnews. Retrieved February 8, 2019.
- ^ All Elite Wrestling [@AEWrestling] (June 18, 2019). "#AEW x @CEOgaming #FyterFest Sat, June 29th #DaytonaBeach #BestFriends vs #SCU vs #PrivateParty @BRLive" (Tweet). Retrieved June 18, 2019 – via Twitter.
- ^ FITE TV [@FiteTV] (June 18, 2019). "Does this heighten your level of Excitement? @AEWrestling #FyterFest is now availableon #FITETV in select countries! Join us on June 29 for this monumental event that will exceed expectations!" (Tweet). Retrieved June 18, 2019 – via Twitter.
- ^ "AEW Announces Triple Threat Tag Team Match for Fyter Fest With Major Stipulation". Retrieved 2019-06-19.
- ^ "Tony Khan of All Elite Wrestling". Archived from the original on 2019-06-19. Retrieved 2019-06-19.
- ^ "FREE MATCH - Private Party vs SCU vs Best Friends - The Buy In AEW Fyter Fest". Youtube. Retrieved August 12, 2019.
- ^ Jackson, Matt [@MattJackson13] (July 11, 2019). "FFTF Match Announcement" (Tweet). Retrieved August 12, 2019 – via Twitter.
- ^ All Elite Wrestling [@AEWrestling] (July 22, 2019). "#AEWAllOut" (Tweet). Retrieved August 12, 2019 – via Twitter.
- ^ Powell, Jason (August 31, 2019). "AEW All Out results: Powell's live review of Chris Jericho vs. Hangman Page to become the first AEW Champion, Pentagon Jr. and Fenix vs. The Young Bucks in a ladder match for the AAA Tag Titles, Cody vs. Shawn Spears, Kenny Omega vs. Pac". Pro Wrestling Dot Net. Retrieved August 31, 2019.
- ^ "Matt Jackson Announces A Huge Match For #AEWBoston". YouTube. August 9, 2019. Retrieved August 12, 2019.
- ^ All Elite Wrestling [@AEWrestling] (August 20, 2019). "The Semi-Finals of the #AEW World Tag Team Title Tournament will take place, when @AEWonTNT comes to the @Petersen_Events Center on Wednesday, October 23rd - Tix on sale this Friday, Aug, 23rd at Noon Et" (Tweet). Retrieved August 20, 2019 – via Twitter.
- ^ Harris, Jeffrey (August 21, 2019). "AEW Will Crown Inaugural Tag Team Champions on October 30 TNT Show". 411mania. Retrieved August 24, 2019.
- ^ Powell, Jason (October 30, 2019). "10/30 AEW Dynamite TV results: Powell's live review of the Chris Jericho and Cody contract signing for Full Gear, Pentagon Jr. & Rey Fenix vs. Frankie Kazarian & Scorpio Sky in the tournament finals to become the first AEW Tag Champions, Hangman Page vs. Sammy Guevara". Pro Wrestling Dot Net. Retrieved October 31, 2019.
- ^ Edwardsen, Ron [@RonnieBmore] (September 10, 2020). "Relief logo stacked in the main plates" (Tweet). Retrieved August 31, 2023 – via Twitter.
- ^ Powell, Jason (October 30, 2024). "AEW Dynamite results (10/30): Powell's live review of The Young Bucks vs. Private Party for the AEW Tag Titles, Swerve Strickland vs. Shelton Benjamin, Kamille vs. Kris Statlander, Adam Cole vs. Buddy Matthews". Pro Wrestling Dot Net. Retrieved October 30, 2024.
Notes
editExternal links
edit- AEW World Tag Team Championship history
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