WCW Tag Team Championship
# Wrestlers Reigns Date Days held Location Event
1 The Minnesota Wrecking Crew 1 January 29, 1975 106 Raleigh, NC Live event
2 Paul Jones and Wahoo McDaniel 1 May 15, 1975 27 Greensboro, NC Live event
3 The Minnesota Wrecking Crew 2 June 11, 1975 230 Raleigh, NC Live event
4 Rufus R. Jones n Wahoo McDaniel(2) 1 January 27, 1976 7 Columbia, SC Live event
5 The Minnesota Wrecking Crew 3 February 3, 1976 92 Raleigh, NC Live event
6 Dino Bravo and Mr. Wrestling 1 May 5, 1976 54 Raleigh, NC Live event
7 The Minnesota Wrecking Crew 4 June 28, 1976 181 Greenville, SC Live event
8 Ric Flair and Greg Valentine 1 December 26, 1976 133 Greensboro, NC Live event
9 The Minnesota Wrecking Crew 5 May 8, 1977 138 Charlotte, NC Live event
10 Rhodes, DustyDusty Rhodes and Dick Slater 1 September 23, 1977 21 Atlanta, GA Live event
11 The Minnesota Wrecking Crew 6 October 14, 1977 16 Atlanta, GA Live event
12 Ric Flair and Greg Valentine 2 October 30, 1977 153 Greensboro, NC Live event
— Vacated - April 1978 0 N/A N/A
13 Paul Jones (2) and Ricky Steamboat 1 April 23, 1978 45 Greensboro, NC Live event
14 Baron Von Raschke and Greg Valentine (3) 1 June 7, 1978 202 Raleigh, NC Live event
15 Paul Orndorff and Jimmy Snuka 1 December 26, 1978 123 Richmond, VA Live event
16 Paul Jones (3) and Baron Von Raschke (2) 1 April 28, 1979 102 N/A Live event
17 Ric Flair (3) and Blackjack Mulligan 1 August 8, 1979 14 Greensboro, NC Live event
18 Paul Jones (4) and Baron Von Raschke (3) 2 August 22, 1979 63 Raleigh, NC Live event
19 Ricky Steamboat (2) and Jay Youngblood 1 October 24, 1979 157 Raleigh, NC Live event
20 Ray Stevens and Greg Valentine (4) 19 March 29, 1980 42 Charlotte, NC Live event
21 Ricky Steamboat (3) and Jay Youngblood 2 May 10, 1980 43 Greensboro, NC Live event
22 Ray Stevens (2) and Jimmy Snuka (2) 1 June 22, 1980 158 Greensboro, NC Live event
23 Paul Jones (5) and Masked Superstar 1 November 27, 1980 87 Greensboro, NC Live event
24 Ivan Koloff and Ray Stevens (3) 1 February 22, 1981 28 Greensboro, NC Live event
25 Paul Jones (6) and Masked Superstar 2 March 22, 1981 40 Greensboro, NC Live event
26 The Minnesota Wrecking Crew 7 May 1, 1981 214 Richmond, VA Live event
— Vacated 0 December 1981 0 N/A N/A
27 Ole Anderson (8) and Stan Hansen 1 February 28, 1982 185 Atlanta, GA Live event
— Vacated 3 September 1982 0 N/A N/A
28 Don Kernodle and Sgt. Slaughter 1 September 1982 192 N/A Live event
29 Ricky Steamboat (4) and Jay Youngblood 3 March 12, 1983 98 Greensboro, NC Live event
30 Jack and Jerry Brisco 1 June 18, 1983 107 Greenville, SC Live event
31 Ricky Steamboat (5) and Jay Youngblood 4 October 3, 1983 18 Greenville, SC Live event
32 Jack and Jerry Brisco 2 October 21, 1983 34 Richmond, VA Live event
33 Ricky Steamboat (6) and Jay Youngblood 5 November 24, 1983 31 Greensboro, NC Starrcade (1983)
— Vacated 0 December 25, 1983 0 N/A N/A
34 Don Kernodle (2) and Bob Orton, Jr. 1 January 8, 1984 56 Charlotte, NC Live event
35 Wahoo McDaniel (3) and Mark Youngblood 1 March 4, 1984 31 Charlotte, NC Live event
36 Jack and Jerry Brisco 34 April 4, 1984 31 Spartanburg, SC Live event
37 Wahoo McDaniel (4) and Mark Youngblood 2 May 5, 1984 3 Greensboro, NC Live event
38 Don Kernodle (3) and Ivan Koloff (2) 1 May 8, 1984 165 Raleigh, NC Live event
39 Manny Fernandez and Dusty Rhodes (2) 1 October 20, 1984 149 Raleigh, NC Live event
40 Ivan (3) and Nikita Koloff 1 March 18, 1985 113 Fayetteville, NC Live event
41 The Rock 'n' Roll Express 1 July 9, 1985 96 Shelby, NC Live event
42 Ivan (4) and Nikita Koloff 2 October 13, 1985 46 Charlotte, NC Live event
43 The Rock 'n' Roll Express 2 November 28, 1985 66 Greensboro, NC Starrcade (1985)
44 The Midnight Express 1 February 2, 1986 195 Atlanta, GA Live event
45 The Rock 'n' Roll Express 3 August 16, 1986 112 Philadelphia, PA Live event
46 Manny Fernandez (2) and Rick Rude 1 December 6, 1986 171 Atlanta, GA Live event
47 The Rock 'n' Roll Express 4 May 26, 1987 126 N/A N/A
48 Arn Anderson and Tully Blanchard 1 September 29, 1987 180 Misenheimer, NC Live event
49 Lex Luger and Barry Windham 1 March 27, 1988 24 Greensboro, NC Clash of the Champions I
50 Arn Anderson and Tully Blanchard 2 April 20, 1988 143 Jacksonville, FL Live event
51 The Midnight Express* 1 September 10, 1988 49 Philadelphia, PA Live event
52 The Road Warriors 1 October 29, 1988 155 New Orleans, LA Live event
53 Varsity Club 1 April 2, 1989 35 New Orleans, LA Clash of the Champions VI: Ragin' Cajun
— Vacated 0 May 7, 1989 0 Nashville, TN WrestleWar (1989)
54 The Fabulous Freebirds 1 June 14, 1989 140 Fort Bragg, NC Clash of the Champions VII: Guts and Glory 55 The Steiner Brothers 1 November 1, 1989 199 Atlanta, GA World Championship Wrestling
56 Doom 1 May 19, 1990 281 Washington, D.C. Capital Combat
57 The Fabulous Freebirds 2 February 24, 1991 6 Phoenix, AZ WrestleWar (1991)
58 The Steiner Brothers 2 February 18, 1991 150 Montgomery, AL Power Hour
— Vacated July 18, 1991 0 N/A N/A WCW vacated the championship after Scott sustained a legitimate injury.
60 The Enforcers 1 September 5, 1991 75 Augusta, GA Clash of the Champions XVI: Fall Brawl 61 Ricky Steamboat (7) and Dustin Rhodes 1 November 19, 1991 58 Savannah, GA Clash of the Champions XVII
62 Arn Anderson (4) and Bobby Eaton (3) 1 January 16, 1992 108 Jacksonville, FL Live event
63 The Steiner Brothers 3 May 3, 1992 63 Chicago, IL Live event
64 Terry Gordy and Steve Williams (2) 1 July 5, 1992 59 Atlanta, GA Live event
65 Barry Windham (2) and Dustin Rhodes (2) 1 September 2, 1992 77 Atlanta, GA Saturday Night
66 Ricky Steamboat (8) and Shane Douglas 1 November 18, 1992 104 Macon, GA Clash of the Champions XXI
67 The Hollywood Blonds 1 March 2, 1993 169 Macon, GA Power Hour
68 Arn Anderson (5) and Paul Roma 1 August 18, 1993 32 Daytona, FL Clash of the Champions XXIV
69 The Nasty Boys 1 September 19, 1993 15 Houston, TX Fall Brawl (1993)
70 Marcus Bagwell and 2 Cold Scorpio 1 October 4, 1993 20 Columbus, GA Saturday Night
71 The Nasty Boys 2 October 24, 1993 210 New Orleans, LA Halloween Havoc (1993)
72 Cactus Jack and Kevin Sullivan 1 May 22, 1994 56 Philadelphia, PA Slamboree (1994)
73 Pretty Wonderful 1 July 17, 1994 70 Orlando, FL Bash at the Beach (1994)
74 Stars 'n' Stripes 2 September 25, 1994 28 Atlanta, GA Saturday Night
75 Pretty Wonderful 2 October 23, 1994 24 Detroit, MI Halloween Havoc (1994)
76 Stars 'n' Stripes 2 November 16, 1994 22 Jacksonville, FL Clash of the Champions XXIX
77 Harlem Heat 1 December 8, 1994 164 Atlanta, GA Saturday Night
78 The Nasty Boys 3 May 21, 1995 18 St. Petersburg, FL Slamboree
79 Harlem Heat 2 May 3, 1995 80 Orlando, FL WCW WorldWide
80 Dick Slater (2) and Bunkhouse Buck 1 July 22, 1995 57 Atlanta, GA Saturday Night
81 Harlem Heat 3 September 17, 1995 1 Asheville, NC Fall Brawl (1995)
82 The American Males 1 September 18, 1995 9 Johnson City, TN Nitro
83 Harlem Heat 4 September 27, 1995 117 Atlanta, GA Saturday Night
84 Sting and Lex Luger (2) 1 January 22, 1996 154 Las Vegas, NV Nitro
85 Harlem Heat 5 June 24, 1996 30 Charlotte, NC Nitro
86 The Steiner Brothers 4 July 24, 1996 3 Cincinnati, OH Live event
87 Harlem Heat 6 July 27, 1996 58 Dayton, OH Live event
88 The Public Enemy 1 September 23, 1996 14 Birmingham, AL Nitro
89 Harlem Heat 7 October 7, 1996 20 Canton, OH Nitro
90 The Outsiders 1 October 27, 1996 90 Las Vegas, NV Halloween Havoc (1996)
91 The Steiner Brothers 5 January 25, 1997 2 Cedar Rapids, IA Souled Out (1997)
92 The Outsiders 2 January 27, 1997 27 Las Vegas, NV Nitro
93 Lex Luger (3) and The Giant 1 February 23, 1997 1 Daly City, CA SuperBrawl VII (1997)
94 The Outsiders 3 February 24, 1997 231 Sacramento, CA Nitro
95 The Steiner Brothers 6 October 13, 1997 91 Tampa, FL Nitro
96 The Outsiders 4 January 12, 1998 28 Jacksonville, FL Nitro
97 The Steiner Brothers 7 February 9, 1998 13 El Paso, TX Nitro
98 The Outsiders 5 February 22, 1998 84 Daly City, CA SuperBrawl VIII (1998)
99 Sting (2) and The Giant (2) 1 May 17, 1998 18 Worcester, MA Slamboree (1998)
— Vacated 0 June 4, 1998 0 Peoria, IL Thunder
100 Sting (3) and Kevin Nash (6) 1 June 14, 1998 36 Baltimore, MD The Great American Bash (1998) 101 Scott Hall (6) and The Giant (3) 1 July 20, 1998 98 Salt Lake City, UT Nitro
102 Rick Steiner (8) and Kenny Kaos 1 October 26, 1998 70 Phoenix, AZ Nitro
— Vacated 0 January 4, 1999 48 Atlanta, GA Nitro
103 Barry Windham (3) and Curt Hennig 1 February 21, 1999 21 Oakland, CA SuperBrawl IX (1999)
104 Chris Benoit and Dean Malenko 1 March 14, 1999 15 Louisville, KY Uncensored (1999)
105 Rey Misterio, Jr. and Billy Kidman 1 March 29, 1999 41 Toronto, Ontario Nitro
106 Raven and Perry Saturn 1 May 9, 1999 22 St. Louis, MO Slamboree (1999)
107 The Jersey Triad 1 May 31, 1999 8 Houston, TX Nitro
108 Chris Benoit (2) and Perry Saturn (2) 1 June 8, 1999 5 Syracuse, NY Thunder
109 The Jersey Triad 2 June 13, 1999 62 Baltimore, MD The Great American Bash (1999)
110 Harlem Heat 8 August 14, 1999 9 Sturgis, SD Road Wild (1999)
111 West Texas Rednecks 1 August 23, 1999 20 Las Vegas, NV Nitro
112 Harlem Heat 9 September 12, 1999 36 Winston-Salem, NC Fall Brawl (1999)
113 Konnan and Rey Misterio, Jr. (2) 1 October 18, 1999 6 Philadelphia, PA Nitro
— Vacated - October 24, 1999 0 Las Vegas, NV Halloween Havoc (1999)
114 Harlem Heat 10 October 24, 1999 1 Las Vegas, NV Halloween Havoc (1999)
115 Konnan (2) and Billy Kidman (2) 1 October 25, 1999 28 Phoenix, AZ Nitro
116 Creative Control 1 November 22, 1999 15 Auburn Hills, MI Nitro
117 Bret Hart and Goldberg 1 December 7, 1999 6 Madison, WI Thunder
118 The Outsiders 6 December 13, 1999 14 New Orleans, LA Nitro
— Vacated 10 December 27, 1999 0 Houston, TX Nitro
119 David Flair and Crowbar 1 January 3, 2000 15 Greenville, SC Nitro
120 The Mamalukes 1 January 18, 2000 25 Evansville, IN Thunder
121 The Harris Brothers 2 February 12, 2000 1 Oberhausen, Germany Live event
122 The Mamalukes 2 February 13, 2000 35 Leipzig, Germany Live event
123 The Harris Brothers 3 March 19, 2000 22 Miami, FL Uncensored (2000)
---- Vacated 11 April 10, 2000 0 Denver, CO Nitro
124 Shane Douglas (2) and Buff Bagwell (5) 1 April 16, 2000 29 Chicago, IL Spring Stampede
125 KroniK 1 May 15, 2000 15 Biloxi, MS Nitro
126 Perfect Event 1 May 30, 2000 40 Nampa, ID Thunder
127 KroniK 2 July 9, 2000 35 Daytona Beach, FL Bash at the Beach (2000)
128 Dark Carnival 1 August 13, 2000 1 Vancouver, British Columbia New Blood Rising (2000)
129 The Filthy Animals 1 August 14, 2000 35 Kelowna, British Columbia Nitro
— Vacated - September 18, 2000 0 Ontario, Canada Nitro
130 Sean O'Haire and Mark Jindrak 1 September 25, 2000 14 Uniondale, NY Nitro
131 Misfits in Action 1 October 9, 2000 0 Sydney, Australia Nitro
132 Sean O'Haire and Mark Jindrak 2 October 9, 2000 38 Sydney, Australia Nitro
133 Alex Wright and General Rection 1 November 16, 2000 4 Oberhausen, Germany Millennium Final
134 Perfect Event 2 November 20, 2000 6 Augusta, GA Nitro
135 The Insiders 1 November 26, 2000 8 Milwaukee, WI Mayhem (2000)
136 Perfect Event 3 December 4, 2000 13 Lincoln, NE N/A
137 The Insiders 2 December 17, 2000 28 Washington, D.C. Starrcade (2000)
138 Natural Born Thrillers 1 January 14, 2001 205 Indianapolis, IN Sin
139 The Brothers of Destruction 1 August 7, 2001 49 Los Angeles, CA SmackDown!
140 Booker T (11) and Test 1 September 25, 2001 13 Dayton, OH SmackDown!
141 The Hardy Boyz 1 October 8, 2001 15 Indianapolis, IN Raw
142 The Dudley Boyz 1 October 23, 2001 26 Omaha, NE SmackDown!
Tag team name Wrestlers
The Minnesota Wrecking Crew Gene Anderson and Ole Anderson
The Rock 'n' Roll Express Robert Gibson and Ricky Morton
The Midnight Express Dennis Condrey and Bobby Eaton
The Midnight Express* Bobby Eaton and Stan Lane
The Road Warriors Animal and Hawk
Varsity Club Mike Rotunda and Steve Williams
The Fabulous Freebirds Jimmy Garvin and Michael Hayes
The Steiner Brothers Rick Steiner and Scott Steiner
Doom Butch Reed and Ron Simmons
The Enforcers Arn Anderson (3) and Larry Zbyszko
The Hollywood Blonds Steve Austin and Brian Pillman
The Nasty Boys Jerry Sags and Brian Knobbs
Pretty Wonderful Paul Roma (2) and Paul Orndorff (2)
Stars N Stripes Marcus Alexander Bagwell (2) and The Patriot
Harlem Heat Booker T and Stevie Ray
The American Males Marcus Bagwell (4) and Scotty Riggs
The Public Enemy Johnny Grunge and Rocco Rock
The Outsiders Kevin Nash and Scott Hall
The Jersey Triads Diamond Dallas Page, Bam Bam Bigelow and Kanyon
West Texas Rednecks Barry Windham (4) and Kendall Windham
Creative Control Gerald and Patrick
The Mamalukes Johnny the Bull and Big Vito
The Harris Brothers Ron Harris and Don Harris (formerly Creative Control)
KroniK Brian Adams and Bryan Clark
Perfect Event Shawn Stasiak and Chuck Palumbo
Dark Carnival The Great Muta and Vampiro
The Filthy Animals Rey Misterio, Jr. (3) and Juventud Guerrera
Misfits In Action Lieutenant Loco and Corporal Cajun
The Insiders Diamond Dallas Page (3) and Kevin Nash (8)
Natural Born Thrillers Chuck Palumbo (4) and Sean O'Haire (3)
The Brothers of Destruction Kane and The Undertaker
The Hardy Boyz Jeff and Matt Hardy
The Dudley Boyz Bubba Ray and D-Von Dudley
Notes
Vacated Flair and Valentine were forced to vacate their championship by the NWA for continually ending their matches via disqualification.
13 Jones and Steamboat won the titles in a tournament final involving ten other tag teams.
16 The location of this title change is unknown.
Vacated Gene was legitimately injured, and as a result, the NWA forced the Minnesota Wrecking Crew to relinquish the titles.
27 Anderson and Hansen won the titles in a tournament final.
Vacated The NWA forced Anderson and Hansen to relinquish the championships.
28 Kernodle and Slaughter won the titles in a fictional tournament final. The promotion claimed that they had beaten Antonio Inoki and Giant Baba in Tokyo, Japan.
Vacated The NWA vacated the title after Steamboat announced his retirement from professional wrestling.
34 Kernodle and Orton, Jr. won the titles in a tournament final.
40 During this title reign, Krusher Krushchev (1) joined the Koloff's to form a three-man tag team, in which the NWA applied the freebird rule allowing all three members to defend the titles.
41 Defeated Ivan Koloff and Krusher Khrushchev.
47 The NWA announced that The Rock 'n' Roll Express won the titles in a match, but in reality, Rude left for the WWF and the NWA awarded The Rock 'n' Roll Express the titles.
Vacated The NWA forced Rotunda and Williams to relinquish the titles for misconduct during a title defense.
54 Garvin and Hayes won the titles in a tournament final.
55 This title change aired on tape delay on November 18, 1989.
56 This reign by Doom is the final recognized reign by the NWA. Reigns from this point forward are recognized by WCW. Doom was awarded the new WCW World Tag Team Championship by WCW because they were the original Tag Team Champions before WCW withdrew from the NWA.
58 This title change aired on tape delay on March 9, 1991.
60 Anderson and Zbyszko won the titles in a tournament final.
65 This title change aired on tape delay on October 3, 1992.
67 This title change aired on tape delay on March 27, 1993.
70 This title change aired on tape delay on October 23, 1993
77 This title change aired on tape delay on January 14, 1995.
79 This title change aired on tape delay on June 24, 1995. The title change was recorded on May 3, 1995, 18 days before the Nasty Boys officially won the titles.
80 This title change aired on tape delay on July 22, 1995.
83 This title change aired on tape delay on October 28, 1995.
92 WCW President Eric Bischoff stripped the Steiner Brothers of the titles and returned them to The Outsiders due to WCW referee Randy Anderson, who was not an official referee for Souled Out, counting the fall.
94 WCW President Eric Bischoff returned the titles to The Outsiders as Luger was not medically cleared to wrestle at SuperBrawl.
Syxx (1) also gets credited with a reign as the nWo invoked "Wolfpac Rules" and named Syxx as champion after an injury to Nash.
95 Defeated Hall and Syxx for the titles
Vacated WCW vacated the titles after the tag team of Sting and The Giant was split up.
100 Sting won the championships in a singles match against The Giant, in which the winner would take control of the Tag Team Championship and choose a partner to defend with; on the following night's Nitro broadcast in Uniondale, NY, Sting chose Nash.
102 Steiner won the championship at Halloween Havoc with Buff Bagwell as his tag team partner, defeating The Giant and Scott Steiner, who subbed for an injured Hall. Since Bagwell turned on Steiner during the match he was allowed to pick a new partner; he chose Kaos as his partner the next night on Nitro.
Vacated WCW vacated the championship after Steiner sustained a legitimate injury.
103 Defeated Chris Benoit and Dean Malenko in a tournament final.
106 Title won in a tag-team triangle match also involving the team of Chris Benoit and Dean Malenko.
108 This title change aired on tape delay.
109 WCW placed the freebird rule in effect for this title reign, allowing all three members to defend the titles.
Vacated WCW vacated the titles after Misterio, Jr. sustained a legitimate leg injury.
114 Titles won in a Triple Threat Street Fight against Konnan & Billy Kidman and Brian Knobbs & Hugh Morrus.
Vacated WCW vacated the titles after Hall sustained a legitimate injury.
119 Defeated Kevin Nash and Scott Steiner in a tournament final.
Vacated WCW Presidents Vince Russo and Eric Bischoff vacated every WCW championship during WCW's reboot.
124 Defeated Lex Luger and Ric Flair in a tournament final.
126 This title change aired on tape delay.
Vacated Misterio, Jr. and Guerrera were forced to relinquish the titles by WCW.
130 O'Haire and Jindrak won the titles in a battle royal
136 WCW Commissioner Mike Sanders awarded Stasiak and Palumbo the titles after The Insiders were forced to vacate the titles.
138 This title reign by Palumbo and O'Haire was the final recognized by WCW before its assets were bought by the WWF; titles renamed to WCW Tag Team Championship
139 This title change aired on tape delay.
140 This title change aired on tape delay.
142 The WCW Tag Team Championship and WWF Tag Team Championship, which were both held by The Dudley Boyz at Survivor Series, November 18, 2001, beating the Hardy Boyz (WWF Tag Team Champions), were unified. As a result, the WCW Tag Team Title was deactivated while the WWF Tag Team Title remained active.
1 The Minnesota Wrecking Crew 1 January 29, 1975 106 Raleigh, NC Live event
2 Paul Jones and Wahoo McDaniel 1 May 15, 1975 27 Greensboro, NC Live event
3 The Minnesota Wrecking Crew 2 June 11, 1975 230 Raleigh, NC Live event
4 Rufus R. Jones n Wahoo McDaniel(2) 1 January 27, 1976 7 Columbia, SC Live event
5 The Minnesota Wrecking Crew 3 February 3, 1976 92 Raleigh, NC Live event
6 Dino Bravo and Mr. Wrestling 1 May 5, 1976 54 Raleigh, NC Live event
7 The Minnesota Wrecking Crew 4 June 28, 1976 181 Greenville, SC Live event
8 Ric Flair and Greg Valentine 1 December 26, 1976 133 Greensboro, NC Live event
9 The Minnesota Wrecking Crew 5 May 8, 1977 138 Charlotte, NC Live event
10 Rhodes, DustyDusty Rhodes and Dick Slater 1 September 23, 1977 21 Atlanta, GA Live event
11 The Minnesota Wrecking Crew 6 October 14, 1977 16 Atlanta, GA Live event
12 Ric Flair and Greg Valentine 2 October 30, 1977 153 Greensboro, NC Live event
— Vacated - April 1978 0 N/A N/A
13 Paul Jones (2) and Ricky Steamboat 1 April 23, 1978 45 Greensboro, NC Live event
14 Baron Von Raschke and Greg Valentine (3) 1 June 7, 1978 202 Raleigh, NC Live event
15 Paul Orndorff and Jimmy Snuka 1 December 26, 1978 123 Richmond, VA Live event
16 Paul Jones (3) and Baron Von Raschke (2) 1 April 28, 1979 102 N/A Live event
17 Ric Flair (3) and Blackjack Mulligan 1 August 8, 1979 14 Greensboro, NC Live event
18 Paul Jones (4) and Baron Von Raschke (3) 2 August 22, 1979 63 Raleigh, NC Live event
19 Ricky Steamboat (2) and Jay Youngblood 1 October 24, 1979 157 Raleigh, NC Live event
20 Ray Stevens and Greg Valentine (4) 19 March 29, 1980 42 Charlotte, NC Live event
21 Ricky Steamboat (3) and Jay Youngblood 2 May 10, 1980 43 Greensboro, NC Live event
22 Ray Stevens (2) and Jimmy Snuka (2) 1 June 22, 1980 158 Greensboro, NC Live event
23 Paul Jones (5) and Masked Superstar 1 November 27, 1980 87 Greensboro, NC Live event
24 Ivan Koloff and Ray Stevens (3) 1 February 22, 1981 28 Greensboro, NC Live event
25 Paul Jones (6) and Masked Superstar 2 March 22, 1981 40 Greensboro, NC Live event
26 The Minnesota Wrecking Crew 7 May 1, 1981 214 Richmond, VA Live event
— Vacated 0 December 1981 0 N/A N/A
27 Ole Anderson (8) and Stan Hansen 1 February 28, 1982 185 Atlanta, GA Live event
— Vacated 3 September 1982 0 N/A N/A
28 Don Kernodle and Sgt. Slaughter 1 September 1982 192 N/A Live event
29 Ricky Steamboat (4) and Jay Youngblood 3 March 12, 1983 98 Greensboro, NC Live event
30 Jack and Jerry Brisco 1 June 18, 1983 107 Greenville, SC Live event
31 Ricky Steamboat (5) and Jay Youngblood 4 October 3, 1983 18 Greenville, SC Live event
32 Jack and Jerry Brisco 2 October 21, 1983 34 Richmond, VA Live event
33 Ricky Steamboat (6) and Jay Youngblood 5 November 24, 1983 31 Greensboro, NC Starrcade (1983)
— Vacated 0 December 25, 1983 0 N/A N/A
34 Don Kernodle (2) and Bob Orton, Jr. 1 January 8, 1984 56 Charlotte, NC Live event
35 Wahoo McDaniel (3) and Mark Youngblood 1 March 4, 1984 31 Charlotte, NC Live event
36 Jack and Jerry Brisco 34 April 4, 1984 31 Spartanburg, SC Live event
37 Wahoo McDaniel (4) and Mark Youngblood 2 May 5, 1984 3 Greensboro, NC Live event
38 Don Kernodle (3) and Ivan Koloff (2) 1 May 8, 1984 165 Raleigh, NC Live event
39 Manny Fernandez and Dusty Rhodes (2) 1 October 20, 1984 149 Raleigh, NC Live event
40 Ivan (3) and Nikita Koloff 1 March 18, 1985 113 Fayetteville, NC Live event
41 The Rock 'n' Roll Express 1 July 9, 1985 96 Shelby, NC Live event
42 Ivan (4) and Nikita Koloff 2 October 13, 1985 46 Charlotte, NC Live event
43 The Rock 'n' Roll Express 2 November 28, 1985 66 Greensboro, NC Starrcade (1985)
44 The Midnight Express 1 February 2, 1986 195 Atlanta, GA Live event
45 The Rock 'n' Roll Express 3 August 16, 1986 112 Philadelphia, PA Live event
46 Manny Fernandez (2) and Rick Rude 1 December 6, 1986 171 Atlanta, GA Live event
47 The Rock 'n' Roll Express 4 May 26, 1987 126 N/A N/A
48 Arn Anderson and Tully Blanchard 1 September 29, 1987 180 Misenheimer, NC Live event
49 Lex Luger and Barry Windham 1 March 27, 1988 24 Greensboro, NC Clash of the Champions I
50 Arn Anderson and Tully Blanchard 2 April 20, 1988 143 Jacksonville, FL Live event
51 The Midnight Express* 1 September 10, 1988 49 Philadelphia, PA Live event
52 The Road Warriors 1 October 29, 1988 155 New Orleans, LA Live event
53 Varsity Club 1 April 2, 1989 35 New Orleans, LA Clash of the Champions VI: Ragin' Cajun
— Vacated 0 May 7, 1989 0 Nashville, TN WrestleWar (1989)
54 The Fabulous Freebirds 1 June 14, 1989 140 Fort Bragg, NC Clash of the Champions VII: Guts and Glory 55 The Steiner Brothers 1 November 1, 1989 199 Atlanta, GA World Championship Wrestling
56 Doom 1 May 19, 1990 281 Washington, D.C. Capital Combat
57 The Fabulous Freebirds 2 February 24, 1991 6 Phoenix, AZ WrestleWar (1991)
58 The Steiner Brothers 2 February 18, 1991 150 Montgomery, AL Power Hour
— Vacated July 18, 1991 0 N/A N/A WCW vacated the championship after Scott sustained a legitimate injury.
60 The Enforcers 1 September 5, 1991 75 Augusta, GA Clash of the Champions XVI: Fall Brawl 61 Ricky Steamboat (7) and Dustin Rhodes 1 November 19, 1991 58 Savannah, GA Clash of the Champions XVII
62 Arn Anderson (4) and Bobby Eaton (3) 1 January 16, 1992 108 Jacksonville, FL Live event
63 The Steiner Brothers 3 May 3, 1992 63 Chicago, IL Live event
64 Terry Gordy and Steve Williams (2) 1 July 5, 1992 59 Atlanta, GA Live event
65 Barry Windham (2) and Dustin Rhodes (2) 1 September 2, 1992 77 Atlanta, GA Saturday Night
66 Ricky Steamboat (8) and Shane Douglas 1 November 18, 1992 104 Macon, GA Clash of the Champions XXI
67 The Hollywood Blonds 1 March 2, 1993 169 Macon, GA Power Hour
68 Arn Anderson (5) and Paul Roma 1 August 18, 1993 32 Daytona, FL Clash of the Champions XXIV
69 The Nasty Boys 1 September 19, 1993 15 Houston, TX Fall Brawl (1993)
70 Marcus Bagwell and 2 Cold Scorpio 1 October 4, 1993 20 Columbus, GA Saturday Night
71 The Nasty Boys 2 October 24, 1993 210 New Orleans, LA Halloween Havoc (1993)
72 Cactus Jack and Kevin Sullivan 1 May 22, 1994 56 Philadelphia, PA Slamboree (1994)
73 Pretty Wonderful 1 July 17, 1994 70 Orlando, FL Bash at the Beach (1994)
74 Stars 'n' Stripes 2 September 25, 1994 28 Atlanta, GA Saturday Night
75 Pretty Wonderful 2 October 23, 1994 24 Detroit, MI Halloween Havoc (1994)
76 Stars 'n' Stripes 2 November 16, 1994 22 Jacksonville, FL Clash of the Champions XXIX
77 Harlem Heat 1 December 8, 1994 164 Atlanta, GA Saturday Night
78 The Nasty Boys 3 May 21, 1995 18 St. Petersburg, FL Slamboree
79 Harlem Heat 2 May 3, 1995 80 Orlando, FL WCW WorldWide
80 Dick Slater (2) and Bunkhouse Buck 1 July 22, 1995 57 Atlanta, GA Saturday Night
81 Harlem Heat 3 September 17, 1995 1 Asheville, NC Fall Brawl (1995)
82 The American Males 1 September 18, 1995 9 Johnson City, TN Nitro
83 Harlem Heat 4 September 27, 1995 117 Atlanta, GA Saturday Night
84 Sting and Lex Luger (2) 1 January 22, 1996 154 Las Vegas, NV Nitro
85 Harlem Heat 5 June 24, 1996 30 Charlotte, NC Nitro
86 The Steiner Brothers 4 July 24, 1996 3 Cincinnati, OH Live event
87 Harlem Heat 6 July 27, 1996 58 Dayton, OH Live event
88 The Public Enemy 1 September 23, 1996 14 Birmingham, AL Nitro
89 Harlem Heat 7 October 7, 1996 20 Canton, OH Nitro
90 The Outsiders 1 October 27, 1996 90 Las Vegas, NV Halloween Havoc (1996)
91 The Steiner Brothers 5 January 25, 1997 2 Cedar Rapids, IA Souled Out (1997)
92 The Outsiders 2 January 27, 1997 27 Las Vegas, NV Nitro
93 Lex Luger (3) and The Giant 1 February 23, 1997 1 Daly City, CA SuperBrawl VII (1997)
94 The Outsiders 3 February 24, 1997 231 Sacramento, CA Nitro
95 The Steiner Brothers 6 October 13, 1997 91 Tampa, FL Nitro
96 The Outsiders 4 January 12, 1998 28 Jacksonville, FL Nitro
97 The Steiner Brothers 7 February 9, 1998 13 El Paso, TX Nitro
98 The Outsiders 5 February 22, 1998 84 Daly City, CA SuperBrawl VIII (1998)
99 Sting (2) and The Giant (2) 1 May 17, 1998 18 Worcester, MA Slamboree (1998)
— Vacated 0 June 4, 1998 0 Peoria, IL Thunder
100 Sting (3) and Kevin Nash (6) 1 June 14, 1998 36 Baltimore, MD The Great American Bash (1998) 101 Scott Hall (6) and The Giant (3) 1 July 20, 1998 98 Salt Lake City, UT Nitro
102 Rick Steiner (8) and Kenny Kaos 1 October 26, 1998 70 Phoenix, AZ Nitro
— Vacated 0 January 4, 1999 48 Atlanta, GA Nitro
103 Barry Windham (3) and Curt Hennig 1 February 21, 1999 21 Oakland, CA SuperBrawl IX (1999)
104 Chris Benoit and Dean Malenko 1 March 14, 1999 15 Louisville, KY Uncensored (1999)
105 Rey Misterio, Jr. and Billy Kidman 1 March 29, 1999 41 Toronto, Ontario Nitro
106 Raven and Perry Saturn 1 May 9, 1999 22 St. Louis, MO Slamboree (1999)
107 The Jersey Triad 1 May 31, 1999 8 Houston, TX Nitro
108 Chris Benoit (2) and Perry Saturn (2) 1 June 8, 1999 5 Syracuse, NY Thunder
109 The Jersey Triad 2 June 13, 1999 62 Baltimore, MD The Great American Bash (1999)
110 Harlem Heat 8 August 14, 1999 9 Sturgis, SD Road Wild (1999)
111 West Texas Rednecks 1 August 23, 1999 20 Las Vegas, NV Nitro
112 Harlem Heat 9 September 12, 1999 36 Winston-Salem, NC Fall Brawl (1999)
113 Konnan and Rey Misterio, Jr. (2) 1 October 18, 1999 6 Philadelphia, PA Nitro
— Vacated - October 24, 1999 0 Las Vegas, NV Halloween Havoc (1999)
114 Harlem Heat 10 October 24, 1999 1 Las Vegas, NV Halloween Havoc (1999)
115 Konnan (2) and Billy Kidman (2) 1 October 25, 1999 28 Phoenix, AZ Nitro
116 Creative Control 1 November 22, 1999 15 Auburn Hills, MI Nitro
117 Bret Hart and Goldberg 1 December 7, 1999 6 Madison, WI Thunder
118 The Outsiders 6 December 13, 1999 14 New Orleans, LA Nitro
— Vacated 10 December 27, 1999 0 Houston, TX Nitro
119 David Flair and Crowbar 1 January 3, 2000 15 Greenville, SC Nitro
120 The Mamalukes 1 January 18, 2000 25 Evansville, IN Thunder
121 The Harris Brothers 2 February 12, 2000 1 Oberhausen, Germany Live event
122 The Mamalukes 2 February 13, 2000 35 Leipzig, Germany Live event
123 The Harris Brothers 3 March 19, 2000 22 Miami, FL Uncensored (2000)
---- Vacated 11 April 10, 2000 0 Denver, CO Nitro
124 Shane Douglas (2) and Buff Bagwell (5) 1 April 16, 2000 29 Chicago, IL Spring Stampede
125 KroniK 1 May 15, 2000 15 Biloxi, MS Nitro
126 Perfect Event 1 May 30, 2000 40 Nampa, ID Thunder
127 KroniK 2 July 9, 2000 35 Daytona Beach, FL Bash at the Beach (2000)
128 Dark Carnival 1 August 13, 2000 1 Vancouver, British Columbia New Blood Rising (2000)
129 The Filthy Animals 1 August 14, 2000 35 Kelowna, British Columbia Nitro
— Vacated - September 18, 2000 0 Ontario, Canada Nitro
130 Sean O'Haire and Mark Jindrak 1 September 25, 2000 14 Uniondale, NY Nitro
131 Misfits in Action 1 October 9, 2000 0 Sydney, Australia Nitro
132 Sean O'Haire and Mark Jindrak 2 October 9, 2000 38 Sydney, Australia Nitro
133 Alex Wright and General Rection 1 November 16, 2000 4 Oberhausen, Germany Millennium Final
134 Perfect Event 2 November 20, 2000 6 Augusta, GA Nitro
135 The Insiders 1 November 26, 2000 8 Milwaukee, WI Mayhem (2000)
136 Perfect Event 3 December 4, 2000 13 Lincoln, NE N/A
137 The Insiders 2 December 17, 2000 28 Washington, D.C. Starrcade (2000)
138 Natural Born Thrillers 1 January 14, 2001 205 Indianapolis, IN Sin
139 The Brothers of Destruction 1 August 7, 2001 49 Los Angeles, CA SmackDown!
140 Booker T (11) and Test 1 September 25, 2001 13 Dayton, OH SmackDown!
141 The Hardy Boyz 1 October 8, 2001 15 Indianapolis, IN Raw
142 The Dudley Boyz 1 October 23, 2001 26 Omaha, NE SmackDown!
Tag team name Wrestlers
The Minnesota Wrecking Crew Gene Anderson and Ole Anderson
The Rock 'n' Roll Express Robert Gibson and Ricky Morton
The Midnight Express Dennis Condrey and Bobby Eaton
The Midnight Express* Bobby Eaton and Stan Lane
The Road Warriors Animal and Hawk
Varsity Club Mike Rotunda and Steve Williams
The Fabulous Freebirds Jimmy Garvin and Michael Hayes
The Steiner Brothers Rick Steiner and Scott Steiner
Doom Butch Reed and Ron Simmons
The Enforcers Arn Anderson (3) and Larry Zbyszko
The Hollywood Blonds Steve Austin and Brian Pillman
The Nasty Boys Jerry Sags and Brian Knobbs
Pretty Wonderful Paul Roma (2) and Paul Orndorff (2)
Stars N Stripes Marcus Alexander Bagwell (2) and The Patriot
Harlem Heat Booker T and Stevie Ray
The American Males Marcus Bagwell (4) and Scotty Riggs
The Public Enemy Johnny Grunge and Rocco Rock
The Outsiders Kevin Nash and Scott Hall
The Jersey Triads Diamond Dallas Page, Bam Bam Bigelow and Kanyon
West Texas Rednecks Barry Windham (4) and Kendall Windham
Creative Control Gerald and Patrick
The Mamalukes Johnny the Bull and Big Vito
The Harris Brothers Ron Harris and Don Harris (formerly Creative Control)
KroniK Brian Adams and Bryan Clark
Perfect Event Shawn Stasiak and Chuck Palumbo
Dark Carnival The Great Muta and Vampiro
The Filthy Animals Rey Misterio, Jr. (3) and Juventud Guerrera
Misfits In Action Lieutenant Loco and Corporal Cajun
The Insiders Diamond Dallas Page (3) and Kevin Nash (8)
Natural Born Thrillers Chuck Palumbo (4) and Sean O'Haire (3)
The Brothers of Destruction Kane and The Undertaker
The Hardy Boyz Jeff and Matt Hardy
The Dudley Boyz Bubba Ray and D-Von Dudley
Notes
Vacated Flair and Valentine were forced to vacate their championship by the NWA for continually ending their matches via disqualification.
13 Jones and Steamboat won the titles in a tournament final involving ten other tag teams.
16 The location of this title change is unknown.
Vacated Gene was legitimately injured, and as a result, the NWA forced the Minnesota Wrecking Crew to relinquish the titles.
27 Anderson and Hansen won the titles in a tournament final.
Vacated The NWA forced Anderson and Hansen to relinquish the championships.
28 Kernodle and Slaughter won the titles in a fictional tournament final. The promotion claimed that they had beaten Antonio Inoki and Giant Baba in Tokyo, Japan.
Vacated The NWA vacated the title after Steamboat announced his retirement from professional wrestling.
34 Kernodle and Orton, Jr. won the titles in a tournament final.
40 During this title reign, Krusher Krushchev (1) joined the Koloff's to form a three-man tag team, in which the NWA applied the freebird rule allowing all three members to defend the titles.
41 Defeated Ivan Koloff and Krusher Khrushchev.
47 The NWA announced that The Rock 'n' Roll Express won the titles in a match, but in reality, Rude left for the WWF and the NWA awarded The Rock 'n' Roll Express the titles.
Vacated The NWA forced Rotunda and Williams to relinquish the titles for misconduct during a title defense.
54 Garvin and Hayes won the titles in a tournament final.
55 This title change aired on tape delay on November 18, 1989.
56 This reign by Doom is the final recognized reign by the NWA. Reigns from this point forward are recognized by WCW. Doom was awarded the new WCW World Tag Team Championship by WCW because they were the original Tag Team Champions before WCW withdrew from the NWA.
58 This title change aired on tape delay on March 9, 1991.
60 Anderson and Zbyszko won the titles in a tournament final.
65 This title change aired on tape delay on October 3, 1992.
67 This title change aired on tape delay on March 27, 1993.
70 This title change aired on tape delay on October 23, 1993
77 This title change aired on tape delay on January 14, 1995.
79 This title change aired on tape delay on June 24, 1995. The title change was recorded on May 3, 1995, 18 days before the Nasty Boys officially won the titles.
80 This title change aired on tape delay on July 22, 1995.
83 This title change aired on tape delay on October 28, 1995.
92 WCW President Eric Bischoff stripped the Steiner Brothers of the titles and returned them to The Outsiders due to WCW referee Randy Anderson, who was not an official referee for Souled Out, counting the fall.
94 WCW President Eric Bischoff returned the titles to The Outsiders as Luger was not medically cleared to wrestle at SuperBrawl.
Syxx (1) also gets credited with a reign as the nWo invoked "Wolfpac Rules" and named Syxx as champion after an injury to Nash.
95 Defeated Hall and Syxx for the titles
Vacated WCW vacated the titles after the tag team of Sting and The Giant was split up.
100 Sting won the championships in a singles match against The Giant, in which the winner would take control of the Tag Team Championship and choose a partner to defend with; on the following night's Nitro broadcast in Uniondale, NY, Sting chose Nash.
102 Steiner won the championship at Halloween Havoc with Buff Bagwell as his tag team partner, defeating The Giant and Scott Steiner, who subbed for an injured Hall. Since Bagwell turned on Steiner during the match he was allowed to pick a new partner; he chose Kaos as his partner the next night on Nitro.
Vacated WCW vacated the championship after Steiner sustained a legitimate injury.
103 Defeated Chris Benoit and Dean Malenko in a tournament final.
106 Title won in a tag-team triangle match also involving the team of Chris Benoit and Dean Malenko.
108 This title change aired on tape delay.
109 WCW placed the freebird rule in effect for this title reign, allowing all three members to defend the titles.
Vacated WCW vacated the titles after Misterio, Jr. sustained a legitimate leg injury.
114 Titles won in a Triple Threat Street Fight against Konnan & Billy Kidman and Brian Knobbs & Hugh Morrus.
Vacated WCW vacated the titles after Hall sustained a legitimate injury.
119 Defeated Kevin Nash and Scott Steiner in a tournament final.
Vacated WCW Presidents Vince Russo and Eric Bischoff vacated every WCW championship during WCW's reboot.
124 Defeated Lex Luger and Ric Flair in a tournament final.
126 This title change aired on tape delay.
Vacated Misterio, Jr. and Guerrera were forced to relinquish the titles by WCW.
130 O'Haire and Jindrak won the titles in a battle royal
136 WCW Commissioner Mike Sanders awarded Stasiak and Palumbo the titles after The Insiders were forced to vacate the titles.
138 This title reign by Palumbo and O'Haire was the final recognized by WCW before its assets were bought by the WWF; titles renamed to WCW Tag Team Championship
139 This title change aired on tape delay.
140 This title change aired on tape delay.
142 The WCW Tag Team Championship and WWF Tag Team Championship, which were both held by The Dudley Boyz at Survivor Series, November 18, 2001, beating the Hardy Boyz (WWF Tag Team Champions), were unified. As a result, the WCW Tag Team Title was deactivated while the WWF Tag Team Title remained active.