The History of the WWF Tag Team Championship

The History of the WWF Tag Team Championship
(third in a series; there is a more complicated lineage to the WWF tag belts that goes back to the 50s, we’ll use the official company history before the counterhistory takes over)

LUKE GRAHAM/TARZAN TYLER d. Dick the Bruiser/The Original Sheik (6/71, NYC)
KARL GOTCH/RENE GOULET (12/71, Philly)
BARON MIKEL SCICLONA/KING CURTIS (2/72, NYC)
CHIEF JAY STRONGBOW/SONNY KING (5/72, NYC)
MR. FUJI/PROFESSOR TANAKA (6/72, Philly)
TONY GAREA/HAYSTACKS CALHOUN (5/73, Hamburg PA)
MR. FUJI/PROFESSOR TANAKA [2] (9/73, Philly)
TONY GAREA [2]/DEAN HO (11/73, Hamburg)
VALIANT BROTHERS (5/74, Hamburg)
DOMINIC DENUCCI/VICTOR RIVERA (5/75, Philly)
BLACKJACKS (8/75, Philly)
TONY PARISI/LOUIS CERDAN (11/75, Philly)
EXECUTIONERS (5/76, Philly)
(stripped of titles)
CHIEF JAY STRONGBOW [2]/BILLY WHITE WOLF (12/76)
(White Wolf injured, titles vacated)
MR. FUJI/PROFESSOR TANAKA [3] d. Tony Garea/Larry Zbysko (9/77, Philly)
DOMINIC DENUCCI [2]/DINO BRAVO (3/78, Philly)
YUKON LUMBERJACKS (6/78, NYC)
TONY GAREA [3]/LARRY ZBYSKO (11/78, Allentown)
VALIANT BROTHERS [2] (3/79, Allentown)
TITO SANTANA/IVAN PUTSKI (10/79, NYC)
THE SAMOANS (4/80, Allentown)
BOB BACKLUND/PEDRO MORALES (8/80, NYC)
(title vacated, Backlund already WWF Champ, belts can’t be held concurrently)
SAMOANS [2] d. Tony Garea/Rene Goulet (9/80, Allentown)
TONY GAREA [4]/RICK MARTEL (11/80, Philly)
25. MOONDOGS (3/81, Allentown)
TONY GAREA [5]/RICK MARTEL [2] (7/81, Allentown)
MR. FUJI [4]/SAITO (10/81, Allentown)
THE STRONGBOWS (Jay-3) (06/82, NYC)
MR. FUJI [5]/SAITO [2] (07/82, Allentown)
THE STRONGBOWS [2] [Jay-4] (10/82 Allentown)
THE SAMOANS [3] (3/83 Allentown)
TONY ATLAS/ROCKY JOHNSON (11/83, Allentown)
DICK MURDOCH/ADRIAN ADONIS (4/84, Hamburg)
BARRY WINDHAM/MIKE ROTUNDO (1/85, Hartford)
IRON SHEIK/NIKOLAI VOLKOFF (2/85, NYC)
TITO SANTANA [2]/BRUTUS BEEFCAKE (Wrestlemania 1985 NYC)
THE HART FOUNDATION: BRET HART/BRITISH BULLDOG (Wrestlemania II, 1986, Chicago)
ROUGEAU BROTHERS (Survivor Series ’87, Cleveland)
BRAINBUSTERS (Survivor Series, ’88 Cleveland)
THE ROCKERS (Royal Rumble ’89, Houston)
BRAINBUSTERS [2] (Wrestlemania V 1989, Atlantic City)
THE ROCKERS [2] (Summer Slam ’89, ERutherford)
RODDY PIPER/JAKE ROBERTS (Royal Rumble ’90 Orlando)
MARTY JANNETTY [3]/RICK RUDE (Wrestlemania VI 1990, Toronto)
ORIENT EXPRESS (Summer Slam ’90, Philly)
ROAD WARRIORS (Survivor Series ’90, Hartford)
MONEY INC.: MIKE ROTUNDO [2]/TED DIBIASE (Royal Rumble ’92, Albany)
STEINER BROTHERS (Survivor Series ’92, Cleveland)
QUEBECERS: JACQUES ROUGEAU [2]/PIERRE OULETTE (Royal Rumble ’94 Providence)
50. BAM BAM BIGELOW/LEX LUGER (Wrestlemania X, 1994, NYC)
THE HART FOUNDATION V2: BRET HART [2]/JIM NEIDHART (Survivor Series ’94, San Antonio)
THE BRITISH EMPIRE: BRITISH BULLDOG [2]/BOB BACKLUND [2] (Royal Rumble ’95 Tampa)
SMOKING GUNNS (Wrestlemania XI 1995 Hartford)
RAZOR RAMON/DIESEL (Survivor Series ’95 DC)
STEVE AUSTIN/DUSTIN RHODES (Royal Rumble ’96 Fresno)
BART GUNN [2]/MARC MERO (Summer Slam ’96 Cleveland)
THE HART FOUNDATION V3: BRITISH BULLDOG [3]/OWEN HART (Royal Rumble ’97 San Antonio)
ROAD WARRIORS [2] (Summer Slam ’97 ERutherford)
NATION OF DOMINATION: THE ROCK/D LO BROWN (Survivor Series ’97 Montreal)
CACTUS JACK/TERRY FUNK (Royal Rumble ’98 San Jose)
NEW AGE OUTLAWS: BILLY GUNN [2]/ROAD DOGG (Wrestlemania XIV 1998 Boston)
NATION OF DOMINATION [2] (Summer Slam ’98 NYC)
HARDY BOYS (Wrestlemania XV 1999 Philly)
DUDLEY BOYS (Survivor Series ’99 Detroit)
HARDYS [2] (Wrestlemania XVI 2000 Anaheim)
EDGE/CHRISTIAN (Summer Slam ’00 Raleigh)
TAZ/RAVEN (Royal Rumble ’01 New Orleans)
DUDLEYS [2] (Wrestlemania XVII 2001 Houston)
THE HART FOUNDATION V4: CHRIS JERICHO/LANCE STORM (Royal Rumble ’02 Atlantic City)
CHRIS BENOIT/EDDY GUERRERO (Summer Slam ’02 Long Island)
TEAM ANGLE: CHARLIE HAAS/SHELTON BENJAMIN (Royal Rumble ’03 Boston)
SHAWN MICHAELS [3]/HUNTER HEARST HELMSLEY (Wrestlemania XIX 2003 Seattle)
HAAS/BENJAMIN [2] (Royal Rumble ’04, Philly)
RIC FLAIR/LEVIATHAN (Wrestlemania XX 2004 NYC)
75. REY MYSTERIO, Jr./ROB VAN DAM (Summer Slam ’04 Toronto)
SHELTON BENJAMIN [3]/KURT ANGLE (Survivor Series ’04 Cleveland)
THE SPREEKILLERS: SHANE HELMS/RHYNO (Royal Rumble ’05 Fresno)
RANDY ORTON/JOHN CENA (Wrestlemania XXI 2005 Los Angeles)
BOOKER T/THE NEOCON GEORGE HERBERT WALKER BRADSHAW (Survivor Series ’05 Detroit)
DEAD MEN WALKING: KANE/THE GIANT PAUL~ (Wrestlemania XXII 2006 Chicago)