Post by Big Time Fights on Aug 29, 2020 6:38:32 GMT
The World Tag Team Championship was introduced on August 25th, 2016 in the finals of the Summer Tag League and has served as the top prize for tandems ever since.
The Streak (Kenshin Takamura & Matt Pulver) were the inaugural champions. While no two teams have won the title twice, Matt Pulver and Alexander Irvine share the record for most individual reigns with three. The Demon Brigade (Tokyo Zombie & GRIM) hold the record for longest reign at 236 days, successfully defending the titles three times. The shortest reign belongs to Frank Dylan James & Shinjiro Nakama, who held the belts for 21 days before being forced to vacate them due to an injury.
A championship win (and each successful defense) earns each member of the team $100,000.
THE STREAK
KENSHIN TAKAMURA & MATT PULVER
8/25/2016 in Tokyo, Japan - 56 Days as ChampionsDefeat Julian Cutlass & Alexander Irvine by pinfall (Pulver on Irvine) in the Summer Tag League final to become the first champions.
V1 - defeat Robb Daniels & Ben Chrenshaw by pinfall (Pulver on Daniels) on 9/15/2016 in Seattle, Washington.
BLACK LION'S ROAD
JULIAN CUTLASS & ALEXANDER IRVINE
10/20/2016 in Chicago, Illinois - 126 Days as Champions
Defeat Kenshin Takamura & Matt Pulver by pinfall (Irvine on Pulver) to become the second champions.
V1 - defeat James Edwards & Hammerstein by pinfall (Irvine on Hammerstein) on 12/1/2016 in Duluth, Minnesota.
V2 - defeat Kraken & AJ Knight by pinfall (Irvine on Knight) on 1/19/2017 in Barrie, Ontario.
THE MAT MITES
MATT PULVER [2] & LA CUCARACHA
2/23/2017 in Toledo, Ohio - 91 Days as Champions
Defeat Julian Cutlass & Alexander Irvine by pinfall (Cucaracha on Irvine) to become the third champions.
V1 - defeat Ben Chrenshaw & AJ Knight by disqualification due to outside interference on 3/23/2017 in Buffalo, New York.
ALEXANDER IRVINE [2] & BEN CHRENSHAW
5/25/2017 in Oshawa, Ontario - 70 Days as Champions
Defeat Matt Pulver & La Cucaracha by corner stoppage (Chrenshaw on Cucaracha) to become the fourth champions.
V1 - defeat Carl Whitaker & Richard Drake by tapout submission (Chrenshaw on Drake) on 6/15/2017 in Rochester, New York.
*** Irvine & Chrenshaw are stripped of the belts on 8/3/2017 for focusing on their respective singles aspirations ***
THE MIDNIGHT HORSEMEN
HAMMERSTEIN & SCOTTY LATIMER
8/31/2017 in Green Bay, Wisconsin - 42 Days as Champions
Defeat Kevin Moss & Mark Storm by pinfall (Hammerstein on Storm) in the Summer Tag League final to become the fifth champions.
THE HARDLINERS
ELI BUCHANAN & CARL WHITAKER
10/12/2017 in Timmins, Ontario - 126 Days as Champions
Defeat Hammerstein & Scotty Latimer by pinfall (Buchanan on Latimer) to become the sixth champions.
MATT PULVER [3] & JAMES EDWARDS
2/15/2018 in Sandusky, Ohio - 31 Days as Champions
Defeat Eli Buchanan & Carl Whitaker by tapout submission (Pulver on Buchanan) to become the seventh champions.
DEMON BRIGADE
TOKYO ZOMBIE & GRIM
3/18/2018 in Osaka, Japan - 236 Days as Champions
Defeat Matt Pulver & James Edwards by pinfall (Zombie on Edwards) to become the eighth champions.
V1 - defeat Masatake Kawamata & David Troy by pinfall (GRIM on Kawamata) on 5/31/2018 in Tokyo, Japan.
V2 - defeat Alexander Irvine & Justin Seville by referee stoppage (GRIM on Seville) on 9/16/2018 in Fukuoka, Japan.
V3 - defeat Mike Musket & Jun Vegas by pinfall (GRIM on Musket) on 10/14/2018 in Fukuoka, Japan.
FRANK DYLAN JAMES & SHINJIRO NAKAMA
11/9/2018 in Osaka, Japan - 21 Days as Champions
Defeat Tokyo Zombie & GRIM by pinfall (James on GRIM) to become the ninth champions.
*** Titles are vacated on 11/30/2018 due to an injury to Nakama ***
GO GENSAI & FRANK DYLAN JAMES [2]
12/14/2018 in Tokyo, Japan - 88 Days as Champions
Defeat Mushigihara & AJ Knight by referee stoppage (Gensai on Mushigihara) to become the tenth champions.
V1 - defeat Hammerstein & Thunder Mask by pinfall (Gensai on Mask) on 2/21/2019 in Manila, Philippines.
ALEXANDER IRVINE [3] & AJ KNIGHT
3/12/2019 in Berlin, Germany - 32 Days as Champions
Defeat Go Gensai & Frank Dylan James by pinfall (Knight on Gensai) to become the eleventh champions.
DEMON BRIGADE
GRIM [2] & FALCON HAMADA
4/13/2019 on the TOUKON Sakura Maru in the Pacific Ocean - 77 Days as Champions
Defeat Alexander Irvine & AJ Knight by pinfall (GRIM on Irvine) to become the twelfth champions.
BILLY DANIELSON & AJ KNIGHT [2]
6/29/2019 in Tokyo, Japan - 64 Days as Champions
Defeat GRIM & Falcon Hamada by pinfall (Knight on Hamada) to become the thirteenth champions.
V1 - defeat Red Tiger Kid & Naoki Ojima by tapout submission (Danielson on Ojima) on 7/20/2019 in Chicago, Illinois.
*** Titles are vacated on 9/1/2019 due to an injury to Danielson. ***
HAMMERSTEIN [2] & JAMES EDWARDS [2]
11/23/2020 in St. Louis, Missouri - 70 Days as Champions
Defeat Mushigihara & Jack Mace by technical submission (Edwards on Mushigihara) to become the fourteenth champions.
V1 - defeat Dutch Mills and Bobby Lancaster by pinfall (Edwards on Mills) on 12/14/2020 in St. Louis, Missouri.
V2 - defeat Joe Bailey & Josh Williams by pinfall (Hammer on Bailey) on 1/11/2021 in Chicago, Illinois.
LARIAT INCORPORATED
MACK BRODY & RYAN SAMUELS
2/1/2021 in Chicago, Illinois - ?? Days as Champions
Defeat Hammerstein & James Edwards by pinfall (Samuels on Hammerstein) to become the fifteenth champions.