ROH World Tag Team Championship

Statistics
First champion(s)	The Prophecy; (Christopher Daniels and Donovan Morgan)
Most reigns	The Briscoe Brothers; (Jay Briscoe and Mark Briscoe); (13 reigns)
Longest reign	Kings of Wrestling; (Chris Hero and Claudio Castagnoli); (363 days)
Shortest reign	The Prophecy; (Dan Maff and B. J. Whitmer); and; The Briscoe Brothers; (Jay Briscoe and Mark Briscoe); (<1 days)
Oldest champion	Dustin Rhodes; (55 years, 122 days)
Youngest champion	Mark Briscoe; (18 years, 287 days)
Heaviest champion	War Machine; (Hanson and Ray Rowe); (550 lb (250 kg))
Lightest champion	Special K; (Izzy and Dixie); (340 lb (150 kg))

ROH World Tag Team Championship
ROH World Tag Team Championship
	The original belt design used from years 2002–2010 and 2022–2023.
Details
Promotion	Ring of Honor (ROH); All Elite Wrestling (AEW)
Date established	September 21, 2002
Current champion(s)	The Sons of Texas; (Dustin Rhodes and Sammy Guevara)
Date won	August 17, 2024
Other name(s)
	ROH Tag Team Championship; (2002–2006); ROH World Tag Team Championship; (2006–present);
First champion(s)
Statistics
First champion(s)	The Prophecy; (Christopher Daniels and Donovan Morgan)
Most reigns	The Briscoe Brothers; (Jay Briscoe and Mark Briscoe); (13 reigns)
Longest reign	Kings of Wrestling; (Chris Hero and Claudio Castagnoli); (363 days)
Shortest reign	The Prophecy; (Dan Maff and B. J. Whitmer); and; The Briscoe Brothers; (Jay Briscoe and Mark Briscoe); (<1 days)
Oldest champion	Dustin Rhodes; (55 years, 122 days)
Youngest champion	Mark Briscoe; (18 years, 287 days)
Heaviest champion	War Machine; (Hanson and Ray Rowe); (550 lb (250 kg))
Lightest champion	Special K; (Izzy and Dixie); (340 lb (150 kg))

The ROH World Tag Team Championship is a professional wrestling world tag team championship contested for in the American professional wrestling promotion Ring of Honor (ROH). The current champions are Dustin Rhodes and Sammy Guevara who are in their first reign as a team and individually.

History

The ROH Tag Team Championship was introduced at Unscripted on September 21, 2002, where ROH held a tournament to crown the first champions. At the time, ROH did not have title belts, and instead presented Christopher Daniels and Donovan Morgan, the winners of the tournament, with a trophy.^[1]^[2]

The title became the ROH World Tag Team Championship after then champions Austin Aries and Roderick Strong defeated Naruki Doi and Masato Yoshino on July 9, 2006, while on a tour in Japan with Dragon Gate and Pro Wrestling Noah.^[3] Since then, the title has also been defended in the United Kingdom.

On December 10, 2022 at Final Battle The Briscoe Brothers became record setting 13-time champions.^[4] During their reign, Jay Briscoe died in a car accident on January 17, 2023.^[5] His brother kept the title until it was vacated at Supercard of Honor on March 21, 2023.^[6]

Inaugural championship tournament (2002)

Tournament bracket

Quarterfinals
ROH Wrestling tapings

Semifinals
ROH Wrestling tapings

Final
ROH Wrestling tapings

The Prophecy
(Christopher Daniels and Donovan Morgan)

The S.A.T.
(Joel Maximo and Jose Maximo)

The Prophecy
(Christopher Daniels and Donovan Morgan)

Dick Togo and Ikuto Hidaka

The Full Blooded Italians aka The F.B.I.
(James Maritato and Tony Mamaluke)

Dick Togo and Ikuto Hidaka

The Prophecy
(Christopher Daniels and Donovan Morgan)

American Dragon and Michael Modest

Divine Storm
(Chris Divine and Quiet Storm)

American Dragon and Michael Modest

Bye

Da Hit Squad
(Mafia and Monsta Mack) ¹

DNP

The Natural Born Sinners
(Boogalou and Homicide) ¹

DNP

1 ^ Neither team was able to compete after being attacked by The Carnage Crew before the start of their scheduled match.

Source: ^[7]

Belt designs

ROH World Tag Team Championship belts (left to right): first design (2002–2010, 2022–2023) and second design (2010–2012).

Since originating in 2002, the title belts were introduced in 2003 and redesigned in 2005, 2010, 2012, 2018, and 2023. On March 31, 2023, the sixth belt design debuted at Supercard of Honor.^[8]

The sixth design of the ROH World Tag Team Championship from years 2018 to 2022 is sort of like a circle like repetitive round crown on all five plates of the belt that is gold with red and silver diamonds all around the center and side plates (two side plates per side equaling to four side plates total) with also gold wording in the middle with black outlining on them and on the side of the belts plates that say ROH Tag Team but in the main middle center plate separating it from the sides has the extra words World and champions in the middle.^[9]

Reigns

Current champions The Sons of Texas (Dustin Rhodes and Sammy Guevara)

Overall, there have been 69 reigns among 73 different wrestlers and 42 different teams. The inaugural champions were The Prophecy (Christopher Daniels and Donovan Morgan), who defeated American Dragon and Michael Modest on September 21, 2002, to become the champions. The team of Jay Lethal and Jonathan Gresham have the longest reign as champions with their first reign lasting 441 days. The Briscoes (Jay Briscoe and Mark Briscoe) hold the record for the most reigns with 13 (both as a team and individually).

The current champions are The Sons of Texas (Dustin Rhodes and Sammy Guevara), who are in their first reign both as a team and individually. They defeated The Undisputed Kingdom (Mike Bennett and Matt Taven) on August 17, 2024 at Collision in Arlington, Texas to win the titles.

Notes

References

^ J.D. Dunn (2006-03-31). "Dark Pegasus Video Review: Ring of Honor – Unscripted". 411Mania.com. Retrieved 2009-04-15. Dragon and Modest destroy the tag team title trophy, but the Prophecy now holds all of the Ring of Honor titles
^ ROH Unscripted. Ring of Honor. 2002. Archived from the original on 2008-09-07. Retrieved 2009-04-17.
^ "Ring of Honor World Tag Team Championship". Ring of Honor. Retrieved April 30, 2012. Aries & Strong defeated Masato Yoshino & Naruki Doi in Japan on 7/9/06 to make the ROH Tag Titles into World Tag Team Titles
^ Powell, Jason (December 10, 2022). "ROH Final Battle results: Powell's live review of FTR vs. The Briscoes in a Double Dog Collar match for the ROH Tag Team Titles, Chris Jericho vs. Claudio Castagnoli for the ROH Championship, Mercedes Martinez vs. Athena for the ROH Women's Title, Daniel Garcia vs. Wheeler Yuta for the ROH Pure Rules Title". Pro Wrestling Dot Net. Archived from the original on March 30, 2023. Retrieved December 10, 2022.
^ "Pro wrestler Jay Briscoe killed in crash on Delaware highway while taking daughters to cheerleading practice". NBC News.
^ "Mark Briscoe toma una decisión sobre el futuro de los Campeonatos por Parejas de ROH (SPOILERS)". March 9, 2023. Archived from the original on March 9, 2023. Retrieved March 9, 2023.
^ Staff, Cagematch.net. "ROH Tag Team Championship Tournament (2002) results". Cagematch.net. Retrieved September 23, 2002.
^ Tessier, Colin (March 31, 2023). "New ROH World Tag Team Champions Crowned At ROH Supercard Of Honor". Wrestle Zone. Retrieved April 2, 2023.
^ Belts, Wick. "ROH World Tag Team Championship Replica Review". YouTube. Retrieved April 18, 2023.

External links

ROH World Tag Team Championship title history at Cagematch.net

[1] J.D. Dunn (2006-03-31). "Dark Pegasus Video Review: Ring of Honor – Unscripted". 411Mania.com. Retrieved 2009-04-15. Dragon and Modest destroy the tag team title trophy, but the Prophecy now holds all of the Ring of Honor titles

[2] ROH Unscripted. Ring of Honor. 2002. Archived from the original on 2008-09-07. Retrieved 2009-04-17.

[3] "Ring of Honor World Tag Team Championship". Ring of Honor. Retrieved April 30, 2012. Aries & Strong defeated Masato Yoshino & Naruki Doi in Japan on 7/9/06 to make the ROH Tag Titles into World Tag Team Titles

[FB2022-4] Powell, Jason (December 10, 2022). "ROH Final Battle results: Powell's live review of FTR vs. The Briscoes in a Double Dog Collar match for the ROH Tag Team Titles, Chris Jericho vs. Claudio Castagnoli for the ROH Championship, Mercedes Martinez vs. Athena for the ROH Women's Title, Daniel Garcia vs. Wheeler Yuta for the ROH Pure Rules Title". Pro Wrestling Dot Net. Archived from the original on March 30, 2023. Retrieved December 10, 2022.

[5] "Pro wrestler Jay Briscoe killed in crash on Delaware highway while taking daughters to cheerleading practice". NBC News.

[6] "Mark Briscoe toma una decisión sobre el futuro de los Campeonatos por Parejas de ROH (SPOILERS)". March 9, 2023. Archived from the original on March 9, 2023. Retrieved March 9, 2023.

[7] Staff, Cagematch.net. "ROH Tag Team Championship Tournament (2002) results". Cagematch.net. Retrieved September 23, 2002.

[8] Tessier, Colin (March 31, 2023). "New ROH World Tag Team Champions Crowned At ROH Supercard Of Honor". Wrestle Zone. Retrieved April 2, 2023.

[9] Belts, Wick. "ROH World Tag Team Championship Replica Review". YouTube. Retrieved April 18, 2023.

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v t e Ring of Honor World Tag Team Champions
2000s	The Prophecy (Christopher Daniels and Donovan Morgan) A.J. Styles and Amazing Red The Backseat Boyz (Johnny Kashmere and Trent Acid) Special K (Dixie and Izzy) Briscoe Brothers (Jay Briscoe and Mark Briscoe) Second City Saints (CM Punk and Colt Cabana) The Prophecy (B. J. Whitmer and Dan Maff) The Rottweilers/Havana Pitbulls (Ricky Reyes and Rocky Romero) B. J. Whitmer and Jimmy Jacobs Carnage Crew (H. C. Loc and Tony DeVito) Sal Rinauro and Tony Mamaluke Austin Aries and Roderick Strong Kings of Wrestling (Chris Hero and Claudio Castagnoli) Christopher Daniels and Matt Sydal Naruki Doi and Shingo Age of the Fall (Jimmy Jacobs and Tyler Black) No Remorse Corps (Davey Richards and Rocky Romero) El Generico and Kevin Steen American Wolves (Davey Richards and Eddie Edwards)
2010s	Wrestling's Greatest Tag Team (Charlie Haas and Shelton Benjamin) All Night Express (Rhett Titus and Kenny King) S.C.U.M. (Jimmy Jacobs and Steve Corino) reDRagon (Bobby Fish and Kyle O'Reilly) Forever Hooligans (Alex Koslov and Rocky Romero) The Young Bucks (Matt Jackson and Nick Jackson) The Addiction (Christopher Daniels and Frankie Kazarian) The Kingdom/Undisputed Kingdom/The OGK (Matt Taven and Michael/Mike Bennett) War Machine (Hanson and Raymond Rowe) Hardys (Jeff Hardy and Matt Hardy) Motor City Machine Guns (Alex Shelley and Chris Sabin) SoCal Uncensored (Frankie Kazarian and Scorpio Sky) Villain Enterprises (Brody King and PCO) Guerrillas of Destiny (Tama Tonga and Tanga Loa) The Foundation (Jay Lethal and Jonathan Gresham)
2020s	La Faccion Ingobernable (Dragon Lee and Kenny King) The Foundation (Rhett Titus and Tracy Williams) Violence Unlimited (Chris Dickinson and Homicide) FTR (Cash Wheeler and Dax Harwood) Lucha Brothers (Rey Fénix and Penta El Zero Miedo) Aussie Open (Kyle Fletcher and Mark Davis) Better Than You Bay Bay (Adam Cole and MJF) Sammy Guevara and Dustin Rhodes (current)