The NXT Tag Team Championship is a professional wrestling tag team championship created and promoted by the American professional wrestling promotion WWE for their NXT brand. The inaugural championship team was British Ambition (Adrian Neville & Oliver Grey), who won a tournament final on the January 31, 2013 taping of NXT (aired February 13).
The current champions are Imperium (Fabian Aichner & Marcel Barthel), who are in their second reign both as a team and individually. They won the title by defeating MSK (Nash Carter & Wes Lee) in a Lumber Jack-o'-Lantern Tag Team Match at Halloween Havoc on October 26, 2021 in Orlando, Florida.
As of June 28, 2024, there have been 25 reigns between 21 teams composed of 43 individual champions, and two vacancies. The Undisputed Era as a stable have the most reigns at three, while individually, stable member Kyle O'Reilly has the most reigns, also at three. The inaugural champions were British Ambition (Adrian Neville & Oliver Grey). The team with the longest reign is The Ascension (Conor O'Brian/Konnor & Rick Victor/Viktor), who held the title for 364 days,[1][2] while the shortest reign belongs to Moustache Mountain (Tyler Bate & Trent Seven), who held the title for 2 days. However, due to tape delays, which are the dates that WWE recognizes for the NXT Tag Team Championship's history, they recognize that The Ascension's reign was 343 days and that Moustache Mountain's reign was 22 days, which remain the longest and shortest reigns, respectively. Tyler Bate was the youngest champion at 21, while Bobby Fish was the oldest at 42.
Title history
No. | Overall reign number |
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Reign | Reign number for the specific team—reign numbers for the individuals are in parentheses, if different |
Days | Number of days held |
Days recog. | Number of days held recognized by the promotion |
+ | Current reign is changing daily |
No. | Champion | Championship change | Reign statistics | Notes | Ref. | ||||
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Date | Event | Location | Reign | Days | Days recog. | ||||
1 | British Ambition (Adrian Neville & Oliver Grey) |
January 31, 2013 | NXT | Winter Park, FL | 1 | 91 | 83 | The championship was established on January 23, 2013. The British Ambition defeated The Wyatt Family (Luke Harper & Erick Rowan) in the tournament final to become the inaugural champions. Bo Dallas replaced Grey when he was injured, but was not recognized as champion. WWE recognizes their reign as beginning on February 13, 2013, and ending on May 8, 2013, both episodes of which aired on tape delay. |
[3] |
2 | The Wyatt Family (Luke Harper & Erick Rowan) |
May 2, 2013 | NXT | Winter Park, FL | 1 | 49 | 69 | Bo Dallas filled in for an injured Oliver Grey. WWE recognizes their reign as beginning on May 8, 2013, and ending on July 17, 2013, both episodes of which aired on tape delay. |
[4] |
3 | Adrian Neville (2) & Corey Graves | June 20, 2013 | NXT | Winter Park, FL | 1 | 84 | 76 | WWE recognizes their reign as beginning on July 17, 2013, and ending on October 2, 2013, both episodes of which aired on tape delay. | [5] |
4 | The Ascension (Conor O'Brian/Konnor & Rick Victor/Viktor) |
September 12, 2013 | NXT | Winter Park, FL | 1 | 364 | 343 | During their reign, their ring names were shortened to Konnor & Viktor, respectively.[6][7] WWE recognizes their reign as beginning on October 2, 2013, when the episode aired on tape delay. |
[8] |
5 | The Lucha Dragons (Kalisto & Sin Cara) |
September 11, 2014 | TakeOver: Fatal 4-Way | Winter Park, FL | 1 | 126 | 139 | WWE recognizes their reign as ending on January 28, 2015, when the following episode aired on tape delay. | [9] |
6 | [[Blake & Murphy]] | January 15, 2015 | NXT | Winter Park, FL | 1 | 219 | 205 | During their reign, their ring names were shortened to Blake & Murphy, respectively. WWE recognizes their reign as beginning on January 28, 2015, when the episode aired on tape delay. |
[10] |
7 | The Vaudevillains (Aiden English & Simon Gotch) |
August 22, 2015 | TakeOver: Brooklyn | Brooklyn, NY | 1 | 61 | 81 | WWE recognizes their reign as ending on November 11, 2015, when the following episode aired on tape delay. | [11] |
8 | The Revival (Dash Wilder & Scott Dawson) |
October 22, 2015 | NXT | Winter Park, FL | 1 | 162 | 142 | During their reign, Dash & Dawson were renamed to The Revival. WWE recognizes their reign as beginning on November 11, 2015, when the episode aired on tape delay. |
[12] |
9 | American Alpha (Chad Gable & Jason Jordan) |
April 1, 2016 | TakeOver: Dallas | Dallas, TX | 1 | 68 | 67 | [13] | |
10 | The Revival (Dash Wilder (2) & Scott Dawson (2)) |
June 8, 2016 | TakeOver: The End | Winter Park, FL | 2 | 164 | 164 | [14] | |
11 | #DIY (Johnny Gargano & Tommaso Ciampa) |
November 19, 2016 | TakeOver: Toronto | Toronto, ON, Canada | 1 | 70 | 69 | This was a Two out of Three Falls Match. | [15] |
12 | The Authors of Pain (Akam & Rezar) |
January 28, 2017 | TakeOver: San Antonio | San Antonio, TX | 1 | 203 | 202 | [16] | |
13 | SAnitY (Eric Young & Alexander Wolfe) |
August 19, 2017 | TakeOver: Brooklyn III | Brooklyn, NY | 1 | 102 | 123 | The match started with Killian Dain as Wolfe's partner; however, Young was tagged in instead, effectively replacing Dain. Dain also defended the title, but was not recognized as champion. WWE recognizes their reign as ending on December 20, 2017, when the following episode aired on tape delay. |
[17] |
14 | The Undisputed Era (Adam Cole, Bobby Fish, Kyle O'Reilly & Roderick Strong) |
November 29, 2017 | NXT | Winter Park, FL | 1 | 180 | 180 | Eric Young & Killian Dain represented SAnitY. Fish & O'Reilly won the match and were originally champions as a duo. However, after Fish suffered a torn ACL and torn MCL in his left knee, he was replaced by Adam Cole, who at TakeOver: New Orleans on April 7, 2018 was considered champion with Fish and O'Reilly under the Freebird Rule, with WWE crediting him as "the first-ever double champion in NXT history" after he won the NXT North American Championship that same night. On the April 11 tapings of NXT, Strong replaced Fish and Cole, with him and O'Reilly subsequently holding and defending the titles as a duo. WWE recognizes this as a single uninterrupted reign for all four men beginning on December 20, 2017, when the episode aired on tape delay.[18] |
[19][20] |
15 | Moustache Mountain (Tyler Bate & Trent Seven) |
June 19, 2018 | United Kingdom Championship Tournament | London, England | 1 | 2 | 22 | Roderick Strong & Kyle O'Reilly represented The Undisputed Era. Aired on tape delay on June 26, 2018. WWE recognizes their reign as ending on July 11, 2018, when the following episode aired on tape delay. |
[21] |
16 | The Undisputed Era (Kyle O'Reilly (2) & Roderick Strong (2)) |
June 21, 2018 | NXT | Winter Park, FL | 2 | 219 | 198 | Won by submission when Tyler Bate threw in the towel. WWE recognizes their reign as beginning on July 11, 2018, when the episode aired on tape delay. | |
17 | War Raiders/The Viking Experience/The Viking Raiders (Hanson & Rowe) |
January 26, 2019 | TakeOver: Phoenix | Phoenix, AZ | 1 | 95 | 109 | During their reign, their team was renamed to The Viking Experience (and individual ring names to Ivar & Erik, respectively) when they were drafted to the Raw brand during the 2019 WWE Superstar Shake-up. The following week, their team name was again changed to The Viking Raiders. The title did not move to Raw, but the team remained champions until they voluntarily relinquished the title on the May 1, 2019 taping of NXT (aired on tape delay on May 15, the date WWE recognizes as the end date of their reign). | [22] |
— | Vacated | May 1, 2019 | NXT | Winter Park, FL | — | — | — | The Viking Raiders (Ivar & Erik) voluntarily relinquished the title as they were no longer part of NXT. Aired on tape delay on May 15, 2019. | [23] |
18 | Street Profits (Montez Ford & Angelo Dawkins) |
June 1, 2019 | TakeOver: XXV | Bridgeport, CT | 1 | 75 | 88 | This was a Four-Way Tag Team Ladder Match for the vacant championship also involving Oney Lorcan & Danny Burch, The Undisputed Era (Bobby Fish & Kyle O'Reilly), and The Forgotten Sons (Wesley Blake & Steve Cutler). | [24] |
19 | The Undisputed Era (Bobby Fish (2) & Kyle O'Reilly (3)) |
August 15, 2019 | NXT | Winter Park, FL | 3 | 185 | 172 | WWE recognizes their reign as beginning on August 28, 2019, when the episode aired on tape delay. | [25] |
20 | The BroserWeights (Matt Riddle & Pete Dunne) |
February 16, 2020 | TakeOver: Portland | Portland, OR | 1 | 87 | 86 | [26] | |
21 | Imperium (Fabian Aichner & Marcel Barthel) |
May 13, 2020 | NXT | Winter Park, FL | 1 | 105 | 105 | Defeated Riddle & Timothy Thatcher, who substituted for Dunne, as Dunne (who lives in the UK) was not able to travel to the U.S. due to COVID-19 pandemic travel restrictions. | [27] |
22 | Breezango (Tyler Breeze & Fandango) |
August 26, 2020 | NXT | Winter Park, FL | 1 | 56 | 56 | [28] | |
23 | Oney Lorcan & Danny Burch | October 21, 2020 | NXT | Orlando, FL | 1 | 153 | 152 | [29] | |
— | Vacated | March 23, 2021 | — | — | — | — | — | NXT General Manager William Regal vacated the championship after Danny Burch suffered a shoulder injury the week prior. | [30][31] |
24 | MSK (Wes Lee & Nash Carter) |
April 7, 2021 | TakeOver: Stand & Deliver Night 1 |
Orlando, FL | 1 | 202 | 202 | This was a three-way tag team match also involving Grizzled Young Veterans (Zack Gibson and James Drake) and Legado Del Fantasma (Raul Mendoza and Joaquin Wilde) for the vacant titles. | [32] |
25 | Imperium (Fabian Aichner & Marcel Barthel) |
October 26, 2021 | Halloween Havoc | Orlando, FL | 2 | 976+ | 976+ | This was a Lumber Jack-O'-Lantern Match. | [33] |
Combined reigns
As of June 28, 2024.
† | Indicates the current champion |
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By team
1Bobby Fish & Kyle O'Reilly of The Undisputed Era won the titles on November 29, 2017. Adam Cole became co-champion under the Freebird Rule on April 7, 2018. However, four days later on NXT, Roderick Strong took his place; WWE recognizes this as a single 180-day long uninterrupted reign for all four men. The Freebird Rule was not applied to the group's subsequent reigns.
By wrestler
Rank | Wrestler | No. of reigns |
Combined days |
Combined days rec. by WWE |
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1 | Kyle O'Reilly1 | 3 | 606 | 550 |
2 | Bobby Fish1 | 2 | 387 | 352 |
3 | Conor O'Brian | 1 | 364 | 343 |
Rick Victor | 1 | 364 | 343 | |
5 | Dash Wilder | 2 | 326 | 306 |
Scott Dawson | 2 | 326 | 306 | |
7 | Roderick Strong1 | 2 | 288 | 378 |
8 | Buddy Murphy | 1 | 219 | 205 |
Wesley Blake | 1 | 219 | 205 | |
10 | Akam | 1 | 203 | 202 |
Rezar | 1 | 203 | 202 | |
12 | Nash Carter | 1 | 202 | |
Wes Lee | 1 | 202 | ||
14 | Adrian Neville | 2 | 175 | 159 |
15 | Oney Lorcan | 1 | 153 | 152 |
Danny Burch | 1 | 153 | 152 | |
17 | Kalisto | 1 | 126 | 139 |
Sin Cara | 1 | 126 | 139 | |
19 | Fabian Aichner † | 2 | 1,081+ | |
Marcel Barthel † | 2 | 1,081+ | ||
21 | Eric Young | 1 | 102 | 123 |
Alexander Wolfe | 1 | 102 | 123 | |
23 | Hanson/Ivar | 1 | 95 | 109 |
Erik/Rowe | 1 | 95 | 109 | |
25 | Oliver Grey | 1 | 91 | 83 |
26 | Matt Riddle | 1 | 87 | 86 |
Pete Dunne | 1 | 87 | 86 | |
28 | Corey Graves | 1 | 84 | 76 |
29 | Montez Ford | 1 | 75 | 88 |
Angelo Dawkins | 1 | 75 | 88 | |
31 | Johnny Gargano | 1 | 70 | 69 |
Tommaso Ciampa | 1 | 70 | 69 | |
33 | Chad Gable | 1 | 68 | 67 |
Jason Jordan | 1 | 68 | 67 | |
35 | Aiden English | 1 | 61 | 81 |
Simon Gotch | 1 | 61 | 81 | |
37 | Tyler Breeze | 1 | 56 | |
Fandango | 1 | 56 | ||
39 | Luke Harper | 1 | 49 | 69 |
Erick Rowan | 1 | 49 | 69 | |
41 | Adam Cole1 | 1 | 4 | 180 |
42 | Tyler Bate | 1 | 2 | 22 |
Trent Seven | 1 | 2 | 22 |
1Bobby Fish & Kyle O'Reilly of The Undisputed Era won the titles on November 29, 2017. Adam Cole became co-champion under the Freebird Rule on April 7, 2018 in place of Fish. However, four days later on NXT, Roderick Strong took his place; WWE recognizes this as a single 180-day long uninterrupted reign for all four men.
See also
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