WCW World Tag Team Championship
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The WCW World Tag Team Championship was the major tag team title in World Championship Wrestling from 1991 to 2001, when the promotion closed.
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[edit] History
The first WCW World Tag Team Champions were Doom, who held the version of the NWA World Tag Team Championship that was created by Mid Atlantic Championship Wrestling and subsequently recognized by WCW. This version of the NWA World Tag Team Championship was renamed the WCW World Tag Team Championship in January 1991. From July 1992 to September 1993, the WCW World Tag Team Championship was unified with the current version of the NWA World Tag Team Championship, but the titles were split when WCW left the National Wrestling Alliance.
The last WCW World Tag Team Champions (with WCW as an independent company) were Sean O'Haire and Chuck Palumbo, who went on to the World Wrestling Federation in the March 2001 sale to defend the title there.
Under WWF ownership, the title was still defended and held mostly by WWF stars until a unification match with the WWF Tag Team Championship (now known as the World Tag Team Championship) between the Hardy Boyz and the Dudley Boyz. By virtue of a win in that cage match, The Dudley Boyz won both championships, and thus were the last WCW World Tag Team Champions.
[edit] Statistics
| Record: | Record holder: | Record number: | Notes: |
| Most reigns as a team | Harlem Heat (Booker T and Stevie Ray) | 10 | N/A |
| Most reigns as an individual | Booker T | 11 | Booker held the title ten times with Stevie Ray, and one time in the WWF with Test. |
| Longest reign | The Outsiders (Kevin Nash and Scott Hall) | 351 days | They held the title a total of six times in WCW. |
| Shortest reign | Lt. Loco and Cpl. Cajun | c. Less than half an hour | Loco and Cajun would defeat Sean O'Haire & Mark Jindrak for the title, but would quickly lose them back in rematch ordered minutes later. |
| Oldest individual champion | Paul Orndorff | 45 years | Orndorff won the title for the second time with Paul Roma in October 1994. His first reign occurred with Roma a few months prior when he was 44 years old. |
| Youngest individual champion | Mark Jindrak | 23 years | Won title with Sean O'Haire. |
| Heaviest champions | The Giant & Lex Luger | 792 lb (The Giant 507 lb & Lex Luger 285 lb) | If one takes all three members of the Jersey Triad as an official tag team, than their total weight was 868 lb. |
| Lightest champions | Rey Misterio Jr. and Billy Kidman | 360 lb. Combined (165 lb. and 195 lb) | N/A |
[edit] Trivia
- Despite their status as an accomplished tag team, The Road Warriors never held the WCW World Tag Team Championship.
- Chris Benoit, Mick Foley, and the Dudley Boyz (Bubba Ray Dudley & D-Von Dudley), are the only individuals to hold the WCW Tag Team Championship, WWF Tag Team Championship, and the ECW Tag Team Championship. Benoit and the Dudley Boyz have also held the Smackdown-exclusive WWE Tag Team Championship in addition.
- The only female to hold the WCW Tag team titles was Judy Bagwell, though she never actually participated in a single match.
[edit] See also
- World Championship Wrestling
- List of WCW World Tag Team Champions
- List of WCW World Tag Team Championship reigns by length
- World Tag Team Championship
