The ECW World Tag Team Championship was a

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Extreme Championship Wrestling HHG Corporation, doing business as Extreme Championship Wrestling (ECW), was a professional wrestling promotion and media company that was based in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. The promotion was founded in 1992 by Tod Gordon as National Wrest ...

(ECW). It was introduced in

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(NWA) affiliate and ECW precursor,

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in 1992, but was established under ECW in 1994.

History

The ECW World Tag Team Championship was introduced on June 23, 1992 under Eastern Championship Wrestling, the precursor to ECW as the Eastern Championship Wrestling Tag Team Championship. This was during the time Eastern Championship Wrestling was a member of the NWA. In September 1994, Eastern Championship Wrestling seceded from the NWA, and became Extreme Championship Wrestling. The title was then established as a world tag team championship and became known as the Extreme Championship Wrestling World Tag Team Championship. On January 3, 1997, wrestling legend

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presented ECW World Tag Team Champions

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with brand-new title belts in Webster, Massachusetts. The championship continued to be defended within the promotion until April 2001, when ECW closed down. ECW's assets were subsequently purchased by

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(WWE). In 2006, WWE relaunched

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as a WWE brand that remained active until 2010. However, the tag team championship was not reactivated.

Inaugural championship tournament

Reigns

References

External links

ECW World Tag Team Championship at www.wrestling-titles.com

ECW World Tag Team Championship at WWE.com
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