The AEW World Tag Team Championship is a

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created and promoted by the

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(AEW). It is a standard tag team championship, being contested by teams of two wrestlers. Established on June 18, 2019, the inaugural champions were

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(

Frankie Kazarian Frank Benedict Gerdelman (born August 4, 1977) is an American Professional wrestling, professional wrestler and musician currently signed to All Elite Wrestling (AEW), performing under the ring name Frankie Kazarian. In addition, Kazarian also pe ...

and

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). The current champions are The Acclaimed (

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and

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), who are in their first reign, both as a team and individually.

History

On June 18, 2019, six months after the American

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(AEW) was founded, a tournament was announced to crown the promotion's inaugural tag team champions. That same day, a

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for AEW's event

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on June 29 was scheduled, featuring Best Friends ( Trent? and Chuck Taylor),

(

and

), and Private Party (Marq Quen and Isiah Kassidy) with the winning team advancing to All Out for an opportunity at a first round bye in the AEW World Tag Team Championship tournament. Later, AEW's

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and

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announced that the tournament would occur on episodes of their

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show, later revealed as ''

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''. During the ''Buy In'' pre-show of Fyter Fest, Best Friends defeated Private Party and SoCal Uncensored to earn their spot at All Out. On July 11, AEW's

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and wrestler Matt Jackson announced a second three-way tag team match to take place at Fight for the Fallen on July 13 with the winners facing Best Friends at All Out. At Fight for the Fallen,

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(

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and Stu Grayson) defeated

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( Jungle Boy and

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) and

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to advance to All Out. At the event on August 31, The Dark Order defeated Best Friends to receive the first round bye in the tournament.

Inaugural tournament

The first official match of the AEW World Tag Team Championship Tournament was announced on August 9, 2019, with

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(Matt Jackson and Nick Jackson) facing Private Party (Marq Quen and Isiah Kassidy) on October 9 during the second episode of ''Dynamite'' in Boston, Massachusetts. It was later announced that the semifinals for the tournament would take place on the October 23 episode in

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, with the finals on the October 30 episode in

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. On October 30, SoCal Uncensored (Frankie Kazarian and Scorpio Sky) defeated

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( Pentagón Jr. and

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) in the tournament final to become the inaugural champions.

Reigns

As of , , there have been nine reigns between eight teams composed of 16 individual champions. The inaugural champions were SoCal Uncensored (Frankie Kazarian and Scorpio Sky). The Young Bucks (Matt Jackson and Nick Jackson) hold four records with the championship: they have the most reigns at two, both as a team and individually, they are both the longest reigning and shortest reigning champions, with their first reign lasting 302 days while their second reign was 28 days, and they have the longest combined reign at 330 days. Kazarian is the oldest champion at 42 while Jungle Boy is the youngest at 24. The current champions are The Acclaimed (

and

), who are in their first reign, both as a team and individually. They defeated Swerve In Our Glory ( Keith Lee and

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) at ''Dynamite'': Grand Slam on September 21, 2022, in

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Combined reigns

As of , . WMC AEWBUCKS-CHAMP

By team

By wrestler

References

External links

AEW World Tag Team Championship history
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