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ROH World Tag Team Championship 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. The championship is generally contested in professional wrestling matches, i ...
is a
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; it is contested for in their
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division. The championship was created and debuted on September 21, 2002, at ROH's Unscripted
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. At said event, the championship was represented by a trophy, which was destroyed by American Dragon &
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after they were defeated by
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Christopher Daniels Daniel Christopher Covell (born March 24, 1970), better known by the ring name Christopher Daniels, is an American semi-retired professional wrestler. He is signed to All Elite Wrestling (AEW) and is the Head of Talent Relations. He is best kno ...
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Donovan Morgan Andrew Vassos (born January 10, 1976) is an American professional wrestler, better known by his ring name, Donovan Morgan. Best known for his near five-year run as a Pro Wrestling NOAH mainstay in Japan and Ring of Honor in the United States, M ...
), who had just become the inaugural champions. Daniels and Morgan were awarded physical belts later in 2002. Originally called the ROH Tag Team Championship, the title was renamed to the ROH World Tag Team Championship in July 2006 after the title was defended in Japan for the first time earlier that month, when then-champions,
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, defeated
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to retain the championship. Title reigns are determined either by
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as they followed a series of tension-building events, which culminated in a wrestling match or series of matches for the championship. Reigns that were won on pay-per-view events aired on tape delay up to weeks or months apart. Reigns that were won at live events were released on DVD. Title changes that occurred on ROH's primary television program, ''
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'', air up to three to five weeks apart. The inaugural champions were The Prophecy (Daniels & Morgan), whom ROH recognized to have become the champions after defeating American Dragon & Michael Modest on September 21, 2002, at ROH's Unscripted event in the final of a one-night tournament.
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) are the current champions in their thirteen reign both as a team and individually. They defeated FTR (
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) in a Double Dog Collar Match on December 10, 2022 in
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. ROH publishes a list of defenses for each champion on their official website, unlike most other
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s. As of , The Briscoe Brothers' fourth reign and Austin Aries' and Roderick Strong's only reign are tied for most defenses, with 18. The Briscoe Brothers' second, third, and sixth reigns, Dan Maff's and B. J. Whitmer's first reign,
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) first reign,
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Johnny Kashmere John Kashmer (born November 6, 1978), better known by the ring name Johnny Kashmere, is an American professional wrestler. Kashmere has competed in Ring of Honor, Combat Zone Wrestling, Assault Championship Wrestling, and NWA New Jersey, and in J ...
) only reign and the
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' only reign are all tied for the least defenses, with zero. At 441 days, The Foundation's (
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) first reign is the longest in the title's history. Overall, there have been 64 reigns among 65 different wrestlers and 38 different teams.


Title history


Names


Reigns


Combined reigns

As of , .


By team


By wrestler


Notes

:1. This event was a live event that was later released on DVD. :2. Dan Maff's and B. J. Whitmer's first reign was won while they were in the
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, while their second was won while they were no longer involved. :3.
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) fourth defense is not recognized by ROH because it was defended at a
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, which was not sanctioned by ROH. :4. This event was a pay-per-view that later aired on tape delay. :5. Each reign is ranked highest to lowest; reigns with the exact number mean they are tied for that certain rank


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External links


ROH World Tag Team Title History
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