List of WWE Tag Team Champions

This article is about the title holders for the title established in 2016 as the SmackDown Tag Team Championship and was renamed in 2024. For the holders of the title that briefly went by this name in 2002, see List of World Tag Team Champions (WWE, 1971–2010). For holders of the title that went by this name from 2002 to 2016 that is currently defended on Raw, see List of World Tag Team Champions (WWE).

The WWE Tag Team Championship is a professional wrestling world tag team championship contested in WWE on the SmackDown brand. Unveiled on the August 23, 2016, episode of SmackDown as the SmackDown Tag Team Championship, it was created to be the counterpart title to the then-WWE Tag Team Championship, which became exclusive to Raw as a result of the 2016 WWE draft and was subsequently renamed to Raw Tag Team Championship.^[1] Beginning in May 2022, the Raw and SmackDown titles were held and defended together as the Undisputed WWE Tag Team Championship until they were split at WrestleMania XL in April 2024. After their split, the Raw title was renamed as World Tag Team Championship while the SmackDown title became the WWE Tag Team Championship.

Current champions The Wyatt Sicks (Dexter Lumis and Joe Gacy).

The championship is generally contested in professional wrestling matches, in which participants execute scripted finishes rather than contend in direct competition. The inaugural champions were Heath Slater and Rhyno, who won the title in a tournament final at Backlash on September 11, 2016. The current champions are The Wyatt Sicks (Dexter Lumis and Joe Gacy), who are in their first reign, both as a team and individually. They defeated The Street Profits (Angelo Dawkins and Montez Ford) on the July 11, 2025, episode of SmackDown in Nashville, Tennessee.

As of August 12, 2025, overall there have been 37 reigns between 24 teams composed of 46 individual champions, and one vacancy. The New Day's Kofi Kingston and Xavier Woods have the most reigns at seven, both as a team and individually, and their seventh is the shortest reign for the title at 3 days (2 days as recognized by WWE); during their first six reigns, Big E was also recognized as champion under the Freebird Rule. The Usos (Jey Uso and Jimmy Uso) have the longest singular reign at 622 days for their fifth reign, and they have the longest combined reign as a team at 1,002 days, while individually, Jey has the longest combined reign at 1,011 days (1,010 days as recognized by WWE). The oldest champion is Shane McMahon, winning the title at 49 years old, while the youngest is Dominik Mysterio when he won it at 24.

Title history

Name	Years
WWE SmackDown Tag Team Championship	August 23, 2016 – April 19, 2024
Undisputed WWE Tag Team Championship[a]	May 20, 2022 – April 6, 2024
WWE Tag Team Championship	April 19, 2024 – present

Reigns

Key

No.	Overall reign number
Reign	Reign number for the specific team—reign numbers for the individuals are in parentheses, if different
Days	Number of days held
Days recog.	Number of days held recognized by the promotion
+	Current reign is changing daily

No.	Champion	Championship change			Reign statistics			Notes	Ref.
		Date	Event	Location	Reign	Days	Days recog.
	WWE: SmackDown
1	Heath Slater and Rhyno	September 11, 2016	Backlash	Richmond, VA	1	84	83	As a result of the reintroduction of the brand split and the 2016 WWE draft, the WWE Tag Team Championship became exclusive to Raw. In response, SmackDown established the SmackDown Tag Team Championship; Raw's title was subsequently renamed. Slater and Rhyno defeated The Usos (Jey Uso and Jimmy Uso) in the finals of an eight-team tournament to become the inaugural champions.	[2]
2	The Wyatt Family (Bray Wyatt, Luke Harper, and Randy Orton)	December 4, 2016	TLC: Tables, Ladders & Chairs	Dallas, TX	1	23	23	Wyatt and Orton won the match, but Harper was also recognized as champion under the Freebird Rule.	[3][4]
3	American Alpha (Chad Gable and Jason Jordan)	December 27, 2016	SmackDown	Rosemont, IL	1	84	83	This was a fatal four-way tag team elimination match, also involving Heath Slater and Rhyno and The Usos (Jey Uso and Jimmy Uso). Luke Harper and Randy Orton represented The Wyatt Family and were last to be pinned.	[5]
4	The Usos (Jey Uso and Jimmy Uso)	March 21, 2017	SmackDown	Uncasville, CT	1	124	123		[6]
5	The New Day (Big E, Kofi Kingston, and Xavier Woods)	July 23, 2017	Battleground	Philadelphia, PA	1	28	27	Kingston and Woods won the match, but Big E was also recognized as champion under the Freebird Rule.	[7]
6	The Usos (Jey Uso and Jimmy Uso)	August 20, 2017	SummerSlam Kickoff	Brooklyn, NY	2	23	23	Big E and Xavier Woods represented The New Day.	[8]
7	The New Day (Big E, Kofi Kingston, and Xavier Woods)	September 12, 2017	SmackDown	Las Vegas, NV	2	26	25	This was a Sin City Street Fight. Big E and Kingston won the match, but Woods was also recognized as champion under the Freebird Rule.	[9]
8	The Usos (Jey Uso and Jimmy Uso)	October 8, 2017	Hell in a Cell	Detroit, MI	3	182	182	This was a Hell in a Cell match. Big E and Xavier Woods represented The New Day.	[10]
9	The Bludgeon Brothers (Harper and Rowan)	April 8, 2018	WrestleMania 34	New Orleans, LA	1 (2, 1)	135	135	This was a triple threat tag team match, also involving The New Day's Big E and Kofi Kingston who the Bludgeons pinned. Harper was previously known as Luke Harper.	[11]
10	The New Day (Big E, Kofi Kingston, and Xavier Woods)	August 21, 2018	SmackDown	Brooklyn, NY	3	56	55	This was a No Disqualification match. Kingston and Woods won the match, but Big E was also recognized as champion under the Freebird Rule.	[12]
11	The Bar (Cesaro and Sheamus)	October 16, 2018	SmackDown 1000	Washington, D.C.	1	103	102	Big E and Xavier Woods represented The New Day.	[13]
12	The Miz and Shane McMahon	January 27, 2019	Royal Rumble	Phoenix, AZ	1	21	21		[14]
13	The Usos (Jey Uso and Jimmy Uso)	February 17, 2019	Elimination Chamber	Houston, TX	4	51	51		[15]
14	The Hardy Boyz (Jeff Hardy and Matt Hardy)	April 9, 2019	SmackDown	Brooklyn, NY	1	21	20		[16]
—	Vacated	April 30, 2019	SmackDown	Columbus, OH	—	—	—	The Hardy Boyz (Jeff Hardy and Matt Hardy) vacated the title due to Jeff suffering a knee injury that required surgery.	[17]
15	Daniel Bryan and Rowan	May 7, 2019	SmackDown	Louisville, KY	1 (1, 2)	68	68	Defeated The Usos (Jey Uso and Jimmy Uso) to win the vacant title.	[18]
16	The New Day (Big E, Kofi Kingston, and Xavier Woods)	July 14, 2019	Extreme Rules	Philadelphia, PA	4	63	62	This was a triple threat tag team match, also involving Heavy Machinery (Otis and Tucker). Big E and Woods won the match. At the time, Kingston was the reigning WWE Champion and he was not recognized as tag team champion with Big E and Woods, but after The New Day won their sixth title on April 17, 2020, Kingston was retroactively credited for this reign under the Freebird Rule.	[19][20][21][22]
17	The Revival (Dash Wilder and Scott Dawson)	September 15, 2019	Clash of Champions	Charlotte, NC	1	54	54	Big E and Xavier Woods represented The New Day.	[23]
18	The New Day (Big E, Kofi Kingston, and Xavier Woods)	November 8, 2019	SmackDown	Manchester, England	5	111	110	Big E and Kingston won the match. At the time, Woods was inactive due to injury and he was not recognized as champion with Big E and Kingston, but after The New Day won their sixth title on April 17, 2020, Woods was retroactively credited for this reign under the Freebird Rule.	[24]
19	The Miz and John Morrison	February 27, 2020	Super ShowDown	Riyadh, Saudi Arabia	1 (2, 1)	50	50	Big E and Kofi Kingston represented The New Day.	[25]
20	The New Day (Big E, Kofi Kingston, and Xavier Woods)	April 17, 2020	SmackDown	Orlando, FL	6	93	92	This was a triple threat match between Big E representing The New Day, Jey Uso representing The Usos, and The Miz representing himself and John Morrison. Big E pinned The Miz to win the titles. During this reign, Woods was inactive due to injury, but was credited for this reign under the Freebird Rule.	[26]
21	Shinsuke Nakamura and Cesaro	July 19, 2020	The Horror Show at Extreme Rules	Orlando, FL	1 (1, 2)	82	82	This was a tables match. Big E and Kofi Kingston represented The New Day.	[27]
22	The New Day (Kofi Kingston and Xavier Woods)	October 9, 2020	SmackDown	Orlando, FL	7	3	2	Kingston and Woods won the titles as part of The New Day with Big E; however, the two were drafted to the Raw brand as part of the 2020 WWE Draft immediately after their win, splitting them from Big E and marking their first reign without him.	[28]
23	The Street Profits (Angelo Dawkins and Montez Ford)	October 12, 2020	Raw	Orlando, FL	1	88	88	As a result of the 2020 WWE Draft, The New Day (Kofi Kingston and Xavier Woods) were drafted to Raw while then-Raw Tag Team Champions The Street Profits were drafted to SmackDown. To keep the branded championships on their respective brands, WWE official Adam Pearce had the two teams exchange championships.	[29]
24	Dolph Ziggler and Robert Roode	January 8, 2021	SmackDown	St. Petersburg, FL	1	128	127		[30]
25	Rey Mysterio and Dominik Mysterio	May 16, 2021	WrestleMania Backlash	Tampa, FL	1	63	62		[31]
26	The Usos (Jey Uso and Jimmy Uso)	July 18, 2021	Money in the Bank Kickoff	Fort Worth, TX	5	622	622	On the May 20, 2022, episode of SmackDown, The Usos defeated Raw Tag Team Champions RK-Bro (Randy Orton and Riddle) in a Winners Take All match, subsequently becoming recognized as the Undisputed WWE Tag Team Champions. WWE's official title history incorrectly lists their reign as ending on April 2, 2023.	[32][33]
	WWE: Raw and SmackDown
27	Kevin Owens and Sami Zayn	April 1, 2023	WrestleMania 39 Night 1	Inglewood, CA	1	154	153	This match was also for The Usos' (Jey Uso and Jimmy Uso) Raw Tag Team Championship.	[34]
28	The Judgment Day (Finn Bálor and Damian Priest)	September 2, 2023	Payback	Pittsburgh, PA	1	35	35	This was a Steel City Street Fight that was also for Kevin Owens and Sami Zayn's Raw Tag Team Championship.	[35]
29	Cody Rhodes and Jey Uso	October 7, 2023	Fastlane	Indianapolis, IN	1 (1, 6)	9	9	This match was also for The Judgment Day's (Finn Bálor and Damian Priest) Raw Tag Team Championship.	[36]
30	The Judgment Day (Finn Bálor and Damian Priest)	October 16, 2023	Raw	Oklahoma City, OK	2	173	172	This match was also for Cody Rhodes and Jey Uso's Raw Tag Team Championship.	[37]
	WWE: SmackDown
31	A-Town Down Under (Austin Theory and Grayson Waller)	April 6, 2024	WrestleMania XL Night 1	Philadelphia, PA	1	90	90	This was a Six-Pack Tag Team Ladder match for both the SmackDown Tag Team Championship and the Raw Tag Team Championship also featuring The Awesome Truth (The Miz and R-Truth), #DIY (Johnny Gargano and Tommaso Ciampa), The New Day (Kofi Kingston and Xavier Woods), and New Catch Republic (Pete Dunne and Tyler Bate). Both sets of titles were hung separately above the ring and the match continued until both sets of titles were won. The Miz and R-Truth won the Raw Tag Team Championship while Theory and Waller won the SmackDown Tag Team Championship. On the April 19, 2024, episode of SmackDown, the title was renamed to WWE Tag Team Championship.	[38]
32	#DIY (Johnny Gargano and Tommaso Ciampa)	July 5, 2024	SmackDown	Toronto, ON, Canada	1	28	28		[39]
33	The Bloodline (Tama Tonga and Jacob Fatu/Tonga Loa)	August 2, 2024	SmackDown	Cleveland, OH	1	84	84	Tama Tonga and Jacob Fatu originally won the championship, but Bloodline leader Solo Sikoa ordered Fatu to relinquish his half of the title to fellow Bloodline member Tonga Loa (who forms the tag team The Tongans with Tama) on the August 23 episode of SmackDown so that Fatu could be Sikoa's personal enforcer; WWE recognizes this as a single uninterrupted reign for The Bloodline.	[40][41]
34	The Motor City Machine Guns (Alex Shelley and Chris Sabin)	October 25, 2024	SmackDown	Brooklyn, NY	1	42	42		[42]
35	#DIY (Johnny Gargano and Tommaso Ciampa)	December 6, 2024	SmackDown	Minneapolis, MN	2	98	98		[43]
36	The Street Profits (Angelo Dawkins and Montez Ford)	March 14, 2025	SmackDown	Barcelona, Spain	2	119	119		[44]
37	The Wyatt Sicks (Dexter Lumis and Joe Gacy)	July 11, 2025	SmackDown	Nashville, TN	1	32+	32+		[45]

Combined reigns

As of August 12, 2025.

Inaugural champions Heath Slater and Rhyno.

Five-time champions The Usos (Jey Uso and Jimmy Uso); their fifth reign was the longest reign at 622 days, which is also the longest male tag team championship reign in WWE history, and as a team, they have the longest combined reign at 1,002 days.

Record seven-time champions The New Day: Xavier Woods (left) and Kofi Kingston (right) are recognized for all seven reigns, while Big E (center) is only recognized for the first six reigns where he reigned alongside Kingston and Woods under the Freebird Rule.

By team

†	Indicates the current champions

Rank	Team	No. of reigns	Combined days	Combined days rec. by WWE
1	The Usos (Jey Uso and Jimmy Uso)	5	1,002	1,001
2	The New Day (Big E, Kofi Kingston, and Xavier Woods)	6	376	375
3	The Judgment Day (Finn Bálor and Damian Priest)	2	208	207
4	The Street Profits (Angelo Dawkins and Montez Ford)	2	207
5	Kevin Owens and Sami Zayn	1	154	153
6	The Bludgeon Brothers (Harper and Rowan)	1	135
7	Dolph Ziggler and Robert Roode	1	128	127
8	#DIY (Johnny Gargano and Tommaso Ciampa)	2	126
9	The Bar (Cesaro and Sheamus)	1	103	102
10	A-Town Down Under (Austin Theory and Grayson Waller)	1	90
11	American Alpha (Chad Gable and Jason Jordan)	1	84	83
	Heath Slater and Rhyno	1	84	83
14	Shinsuke Nakamura and Cesaro	1	82
15	Daniel Bryan and Rowan	1	68
16	Rey Mysterio and Dominik Mysterio	1	63	62
	The Tongans (Tama Tonga and Tonga Loa)[b]	1	63
17	The Revival (Dash Wilder and Scott Dawson)	1	54
18	The Miz and John Morrison	1	50
19	The Motor City Machine Guns (Alex Shelley and Chris Sabin)	1	42
20	The Wyatt Sicks † (Dexter Lumis and Joe Gacy)	1	32+
21	The Wyatt Family (Bray Wyatt, Luke Harper, and Randy Orton)	1	23
22	The Hardy Boyz (Jeff Hardy and Matt Hardy)	1	21	20
	The Bloodline (Tama Tonga and Jacob Fatu)[c]	1	21
	The Miz and Shane McMahon	1	21
24	Cody Rhodes and Jey Uso	1	9

By wrestler

Individually, Jey Uso has the longest combined reign at 1,011 days (1,010 days as recognized by WWE).

Rank	Wrestler	No. of reigns	Combined days	Combined days rec. by WWE
1	Jey Uso	6	1,011	1,010
2	Jimmy Uso	5	1,002	1,001
3	Kofi Kingston	7	380	373
	Xavier Woods
5	Big E	6	377	371
6	Finn Bálor	2	208	207
	Damian Priest
8	Angelo Dawkins	2	207
	Montez Ford
10	Rowan	2	203
11	Cesaro	2	185	184
12	Luke Harper	2[d]	158
13	Kevin Owens	1	154	153
	Sami Zayn
15	Dolph Ziggler	1	128	127
	Robert Roode
17	Johnny Gargano	2	126
	Tommaso Ciampa
19	Sheamus	1	103	102
20	Austin Theory	1	90
	Grayson Waller
22	Chad Gable	1	84	83
	Heath Slater	1	84	83
	Jason Jordan	1	84	83
	Rhyno	1	84	83
	Tama Tonga	1	84
27	Shinsuke Nakamura	1	82
28	The Miz	2	71
29	Daniel Bryan	1	68
30	Dominik Mysterio	1	63	62
	Rey Mysterio
	Tonga Loa	1	63
33	Dash Wilder	1	54
	Scott Dawson
35	John Morrison	1	50
36	Alex Shelley	1	42
	Chris Sabin
38	Joe Gacy †	1	32+
	Dexter Lumis †
40	Bray Wyatt	1	23
	Randy Orton
42	Jacob Fatu	1	21
	Jeff Hardy	1	21	20
	Matt Hardy
	Shane McMahon	1	21
46	Cody Rhodes	1	9

See also

• Tag team championships in WWE

Notes

1. In tandem with the then-WWE Raw Tag Team Championship.
2. Tama Tonga originally won the championship with Jacob Fatu, but Bloodline leader Solo Sikoa had Fatu relinquish his half of the title to fellow group member Tonga Loa so that Fatu could be Sikoa's personal enforcer.
3. Tama Tonga originally won the championship with Jacob Fatu, but Bloodline leader Solo Sikoa had Fatu relinquish his half of the title to fellow group member Tonga Loa so that Fatu could be Sikoa's personal enforcer.
4. In his second reign, Luke Harper's ring name was shortened to Harper.