WWE Tag Team Championship

Infobox championship

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championshipname= WWE Tag Team Championship
currentholder= Carlito and Primo Colóncite web | first = Adam | last = Martin | url = http://www.wrestleview.com/news2008/1222057185.shtml | title = Friday Night Smackdown Tapings - Columbus (Last show on CW) | date = 2008-09-22 | accessdate = 2008-09-22 | publisher = WrestleView.com]
won= September 21 2008
aired= September 26 2008
promotion= World Wrestling Entertainment
brand= SmackDown
created= October 20 2002
mostreigns= (as team) MNM small|(Joey Mercury and Johnny Nitro) (3 reigns)(as individual) Eddie Guerrero, Rey Mysterio, and Johnny Nitro/John Morrison (4 reigns)
firstchamp=Kurt Angle and Chris Benoit
longestreign= Paul London and Brian Kendrick (331 days)
shortestreign= Edge and Rey Mysterio (12 days)
oldest= Road Warrior Animal (45 years, 272 days)
youngest= René Duprée (20 years, 259 days)
heaviest= Rikishi and Scotty 2 Hotty
(620 lbs Combined
(Rikishi 400 lb & Hotty 220 lb)
lightest= Paul London and Brian Kendrick
(380 lbs Combined
(London 205 lbs & Kendrick 175 lbs)The World Wrestling Entertainment (WWE) Tag Team Championship is a professional wrestling world tag team championship in World Wrestling Entertainment. The belts are exclusive to the SmackDown brand.

History

After the Brand Extension in World Wrestling Entertainment, the WWE Undisputed Championship and WWE Women's Championship became the only titles allowed to be defended on both the Raw and SmackDown! brands, while the remaining titles became exclusive to either brand. During a period of open free agency, the Tag Team Champions were signed to appear and defend the title on the Raw brand. The Tag Team Championship became exclusive to the Raw brand, leaving the SmackDown! brand without a tag team title. As a result, SmackDown General Manager Stephanie McMahon, introduced the new WWE Tag Team Championship and commissioned it to be the tag team title for the SmackDown! brand. She stated that the inaugural champions would be determined from an eight-team tournament. On October 20, 2002, the team of Kurt Angle and Chris Benoit defeated Rey Mysterio and Edge at No Mercy 2002 in the tournament final to become the first ever WWE Tag Team Champions.

On October 17, 2007, Smackdown! and ECW announced a talent sharing agreement, where wrestlers of either brand could appear on both shows. Since then, the title has been featured and defended on both brands. The titles first prominently appeared on ECW after The Miz and John Morrison began an eight-month-long reign on November 16, 2007.

Current champions

The current champions are Carlito and Primo Colón, who are both in their first reigns as champions. They defeated reigning champions Curt Hawkins and Zack Ryder in a tag team match on the September 26, 2008 edition (taped September 21) of "SmackDown!" in Columbus, Ohio.

See also

*List of WWE Tag Team Champions
*List of WWE Tag Team Championship reigns by length

References

External links

* [http://www.wwe.com/inside/titlehistory/wwetag/ WWE Tag Team Title History]