WWE SmackDown Tag Team Championship
championship created and promoted by the American professional wrestling promotion WWE
The WWE SmackDown Tag Team Championship is a wrestling title owned by WWE. It was created for the SmackDown brand after the return of the brand extension. From May 20, 2022 to April 6, 2024 it was made into one with the WWE Raw Tag Team Championship as the Undisputed WWE Tag Team Championship. The first champions were Heath Slater and Rhyno. Austin Theory and Grayson Waller are the current champions and in their first reign.
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 Kevin Owens (left) and Sami Zayn (right) with both the SmackDown (blue) and Raw Tag Team Championship belts (red) in May 2023. | |||||||||||||||||||
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| Promotion | WWE | ||||||||||||||||||
| Brand | SmackDown | ||||||||||||||||||
| Date established | August 23, 2016 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Current champion(s) | Austin Theory and Grayson Waller | ||||||||||||||||||
| Date won | April 6, 2024 | ||||||||||||||||||
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History change
Tournament to crown the first champion (2016) change
With the return of the WWE Brand Extension in the middle of 2016,[1][2] a draft took place in July 19. The WWE Tag Team Champions The New Day (Big E, Kofi Kingston and Xavier Woods) was drafted to Raw. As a result, SmackDown Live was left without a tag team title.[3] On the August 23, 2016 episode of SmackDown Live, Shane McMahon introduced the SmackDown Tag Team Championship.[4] A tournament was created for determined the first champions.[4] The final match occurred at Backlash on September 11, 2016, and Heath Slater and Rhyno beat The Usos (Jey Uso and Jimmy Uso) to won the title.[5]
Tournament bracket change
| Quarterfinals SmackDown (8/23, 8/30)[4][6] | Semifinals SmackDown (9/6)[7] | Final Backlash (9/11) | ||||||||||||
| 1 | American Alpha (Chad Gable and Jason Jordan) | Pin | ||||||||||||
| 8 | Breezango (Fandango and Tyler Breeze) | 10:13 | ||||||||||||
| American Alpha† | Pin | |||||||||||||
| The Usos | 0:28 | |||||||||||||
| 5 | The Usos (Jey Uso and Jimmy Uso) | Pin | ||||||||||||
| 4 | The Ascension (Konnor and Viktor) | 3:49 | ||||||||||||
| The Usos | 10:02 | |||||||||||||
| Heath Slater and Rhyno | Pin | |||||||||||||
| 3 | The Hype Bros (Mojo Rawley and Zack Ryder) | Pin | ||||||||||||
| 6 | The Vaudevillains (Aiden English and Simon Gotch) | 2:50 | ||||||||||||
| The Hype Bros | 7:03 | |||||||||||||
| Heath Slater and Rhyno | Pin | |||||||||||||
| 7 | The Headbangers (Mosh and Thrasher) | 2:54 | ||||||||||||
| 2 | Heath Slater and Rhyno | Pin | ||||||||||||
† Chad Gable had a injury after beating The Usos and the American Alpha were removed from the final. The Usos then beat The Hype Bros at Backlash to replace American Alpha in the final.
Undisputed WWE Tag Team Championship (2022-2024) change
On the May 20, 2022, episode of SmackDown, reigning SmackDown Tag Team Champions The Usos defeated Raw Tag Team Champions RK-Bro (Randy Orton and Riddle) in a Winners Take All match to win both championships and become recognized as the Undisputed WWE Tag Team Champions. WWE called the match as a championship unification match; however, both titles remained independently active. The Usos defended both titles together across both brands as the Undisputed WWE Tag Team Championship, but on a couple of occasions in early 2023, they also defended the titles separately.
In the main event of WrestleMania 39 Night 1, The Usos defended the Undisputed WWE Tag Team Championship against the team of Kevin Owens and Sami Zayn. This subsequently made both the Raw and SmackDown titles the first tag team championships to be defended in the main event of WWE's biggest event, WrestleMania. At the event, Owens and Zayn defeated The Usos to become champions. The titles would again be defended in the main event of a pay-per-view and livestreaming event at Night of Champions the following month on May 27 when Owens and Zayn defeated The Bloodline (Roman Reigns and Solo Sikoa).
At WrestleMania XL Night 1 on April 6, 2024, the Undisputed WWE Tag Team Championship was defended in a Six-Pack Tag Team Ladder match in which both sets of titles had to be retrieved to win. The titles were split as Austin Theory and Grayson Waller retrieved the SmackDown titles while The Awesome Truth (The Miz and R-Truth) retrieved the Raw titles.[8]
Reigns change
| No. | Overall reign number |
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| Reign | Reign number for the specific champion |
| 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. | ||||
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| Date | Event | Location | Reign | Days | Days recog. | ||||
| 1 | Heath Slater and Rhyno | September 11, 2016 | Backlash | Richmond, VA | 1 | 84 | 83 | As a result of the 2016 WWE draft, the WWE Tag Team Championship became exclusive to Raw, so SmackDown created the SmackDown Tag Team Championship; Raw's title was then renamed. Slater and Rhyno defeated The Usos (Jey and Jimmy Uso) in the tournament final to become the first champions. | [5] |
| 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. | [9][10] |
| 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 and Jimmy Uso). Luke Harper and Randy Orton represented The Wyatt Family and were last to be pinned. | [11] |
| 4 | The Usos (Jey Uso and Jimmy Uso) | March 21, 2017 | SmackDown | Uncasville, CT | 1 | 124 | 123 | [12] | |
| 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. | [13] |
| 6 | The Usos (Jey Uso and Jimmy Uso) | August 20, 2017 | SummerSlam | Brooklyn, NY | 2 | 23 | 23 | Match aired live on WWE Network and YouTube as part of the SummerSlam Kickoff show. Big E and Xavier Woods represented The New Day. | [14] |
| 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[broken anchor]. Big E and Kingston won the match, but Woods was also recognized as champion under the Freebird Rule. | [15] |
| 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. | [16] |
| 9 | The Bludgeon Brothers (Harper (2) and Rowan) | April 8, 2018 | WrestleMania 34 | New Orleans, LA | 1 | 135 | 135 | This was a triple threat tag team match, also involving The New Day (represented by Big E and Kofi Kingston). Harper was previously known as Luke Harper. | [17] |
| 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[broken anchor]. Kingston and Woods won the match, but Big E was also recognized as champion under the Freebird Rule. | [18] |
| 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. | [19] |
| 12 | The Miz and Shane McMahon | January 27, 2019 | Royal Rumble | Phoenix, AZ | 1 | 21 | 21 | [20] | |
| 13 | The Usos (Jey Uso and Jimmy Uso) | February 17, 2019 | Elimination Chamber | Houston, TX | 4 | 51 | 51 | [21] | |
| 14 | The Hardy Boyz (Jeff Hardy and Matt Hardy) | April 9, 2019 | SmackDown | Brooklyn, NY | 1 | 21 | 20 | [22] | |
| — | 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. | [23] |
| 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. | [24] |
| 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. | [25][26][27][28] |
| 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. | [29] |
| 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. | [30] |
| 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. | [31] |
| 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. | [32] |
| 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[broken anchor]. Big E and Kofi Kingston represented The New Day. | [33] |
| 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. | [34] |
| 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. | [35] |
| 24 | Dolph Ziggler and Robert Roode | January 8, 2021 | SmackDown | St. Petersburg, FL | 1 | 128 | 127 | [36] | |
| 25 | The Mysterios (Rey Mysterio and Dominik Mysterio | May 16, 2021 | WrestleMania Backlash | Tampa, Florida, FL | 1 | 63 | 62 | [37] | |
| 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, becoming recognized as the Undisputed WWE Tag Team Champions. WWE mistakenly recognizes their reign as ending on April 2, 2023. | [38][39] |
| 27 | Kevin Owens and Sami Zayn | April 1, 2023 | WrestleMania 39 Night 1 | Inglewood, CA | 1 | 154 | 154 | This match was also for The Usos' Raw Tag Team Championship. WWE's official title history mistakenly lists the date as April 2, 2023. | [40] |
| 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. | [41] |
| 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 Raw Tag Team Championship. | [42] |
| 30 | The Judgment Day (Finn Bálor and Damian Priest) | October 16, 2023 | Raw | Oklahoma City, OK | 2 | 173 | 173 | This match was also for Cody Rhodes and Jey Uso's Raw Tag Team Championship. | [43] |
| 31 | A-Town Down Under (Austin Theory and Grayson Waller) | April 6, 2024 | WrestleMania XL Night 1 | Philadelphia, PA | 1 | 66+ | 66+ | 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 Awesome Truth won the Raw Tag Team Championship while Theory and Waller won the SmackDown Tag Team Championship. | [8] |
Combined reigns change
As of June 11, 2024.
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The first champions Heath Slater and Rhyno.
Record seven-time SmackDown Tag Team Champions The New Day: Xavier Woods (left) and Kofi Kingston (right) are listed for all seven reigns, while Big E (center) is only listed for the first six reigns where he reigned alongside Kingston and Woods under the Freebird rule.
By team change
| † | Indicates the current champions |
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| Rank | Team | No. of reigns | Combined days | Combined days rec. by WWE |
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| 1 | The Usos (Jey Uso and Jimmy Uso) | 5 | 1,002 | 1,001 |
| 2 | The New Day (Reigns 1–6: Big E, Kofi Kingston, and Xavier Woods) (7th reign: Kofi Kingston and Xavier Woods) | 7 | 380 | 373 |
| 3 | The Judgment Day (Finn Bálor and Damian Priest) | 2 | 208 | 390 |
| 4 | Kevin Owens and Sami Zayn | 1 | 154 | 160 |
| 5 | The Bludgeon Brothers (Harper and Rowan) | 1 | 135 | |
| 6 | Dolph Ziggler and Robert Roode | 1 | 128 | 127 |
| 7 | The Bar (Cesaro and Sheamus) | 1 | 103 | 102 |
| 8 | The Street Profits (Angelo Dawkins and Montez Ford) | 1 | 88 | |
| 9 | American Alpha (Chad Gable and Jason Jordan) | 1 | 84 | 83 |
| Heath Slater and Rhyno | ||||
| 11 | Shinsuke Nakamura and Cesaro | 1 | 82 | |
| 12 | Daniel Bryan and Rowan | 1 | 68 | |
| 13 | Rey Mysterio and Dominik Mysterio | 1 | 63 | 62 |
| 14 | The Revival (Dash Wilder and Scott Dawson) | 1 | 54 | |
| 15 | The Miz and John Morrison | 1 | 50 | |
| 16 | A-Town Down Under † (Austin Theory and Grayson Waller) | 1 | 66+ | |
| 17 | The Wyatt Family (Bray Wyatt, Luke Harper, and Randy Orton) | 1 | 23 | |
| 18 | The Hardy Boyz (Jeff Hardy and Matt Hardy) | 1 | 21 | 20 |
| The Miz and Shane McMahon | 1 | 21 | ||
| 20 | Cody Rhodes and Jey Uso | 1 | 9 | |
By wrestler change
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| Rank | Wrestler | No. of reigns | Combined days | Combined days rec. by WWE |
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| 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 | 390 |
| Damian Priest | ||||
| 8 | Rowan | 2 | 203 | |
| 9 | Cesaro | 2 | 185 | 184 |
| 10 | Luke Harper | 2[b] | 158 | |
| 11 | Kevin Owens | 1 | 154 | 160 |
| Sami Zayn | ||||
| 13 | Dolph Ziggler | 1 | 128 | 127 |
| Robert Roode | ||||
| 15 | Sheamus | 1 | 103 | 102 |
| 16 | Angelo Dawkins | 1 | 88 | |
| Montez Ford | ||||
| 18 | Chad Gable | 1 | 84 | 83 |
| Heath Slater | ||||
| Jason Jordan | ||||
| Rhyno | ||||
| 22 | Shinsuke Nakamura | 1 | 82 | |
| 23 | The Miz | 2 | 71 | |
| 24 | Daniel Bryan | 1 | 68 | |
| 25 | Dominik Mysterio | 1 | 63 | 62 |
| Rey Mysterio | ||||
| 27 | Dash Wilder | 1 | 54 | |
| Scott Dawson | ||||
| 29 | John Morrison | 1 | 50 | |
| 3ü | Austin Theory † | 1 | 66+ | 66+ |
| Grayson Waller † | ||||
| 32 | Bray Wyatt | 1 | 23 | |
| Randy Orton | ||||
| 34 | Jeff Hardy | 1 | 21 | 20 |
| Matt Hardy | ||||
| Shane McMahon | 1 | 21 | ||
| 36 | Cody Rhodes | 1 | 9 | |
Notes change
- ↑ During their first six reigns, Big E, Kofi Kingston, and Xavier Woods were all recognized as champion under the Freebird Rule, but during their seventh reign, only Kingston and Woods were recognized as champion as Big E was split from the team as a result of the 2020 WWE Draft.
- ↑ In his second reign Luke Harper's ring name was shortened to Harper.
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