The ECW World Tag Team Championship was a professional wrestling world tag team championship contested for in Extreme Championship Wrestling (ECW).
Originally, ECW was known as Eastern Championship Wrestling when it was a member of the National Wrestling Alliance (NWA), an organization that had numerous member promotions. ECW withdrew as a member of the NWA in 1994 and renamed itself to Extreme Championship Wrestling. The championship remained active until April 2001, when ECW filed for bankruptcy. All of ECW's assets were later purchased by World Wrestling Entertainment (WWE) in mid-2003, including the copyrights to ECW's championships.
In May 2006, WWE extended its promotion by adding ECW as a third additional brand, the others being Raw and SmackDown!, in a storyline sports extension. The ECW World Heavyweight Championship was the only former ECW championship reactivated by WWE for the new brand. However, the title history was published by WWE on its website.
Title reigns were determined either by professional wrestling matches with different tag teams (a duo of wrestlers) or stables (a group of more than two wrestlers) using ring names, involved in pre-existing scripted feuds or were awarded the title due to scripted circumstances; the championship could have also been vacated by the promotion. Wrestlers were portrayed as either villains or heroes as they followed a series of tension-building events, which culminated in a wrestling match or series of matches for the championship.
The title was mostly won at live events in eight American states. The inaugural champions were The Super Destroyers (A. J. Petrucci and Doug Stahl), who won a tournament final at a live event to win the titles on June 23, 1992. Danny Doring and Roadkill, who won the titles on December 3, 2000, at the Massacre on 34th Street pay-per-view event, were the final wrestlers to have held the championship before ECW filed for bankruptcy. At 283 days, The Super Destroyers' first reign was the longest, while The Dudley Boyz' eighth reign and the team of Raven and Stevie Richards' second reign were the shortest, at less than one day. With eight reigns, The Dudley Boyz held the most reigns as a tag team and individually. Overall, there were 51 reigns among 31 teams.
Reigns Names NameYearsECW Tag Team ChampionshipJune 23, 1992 – September 18, 1993NWA-ECW Tag Team ChampionshipSeptember 18, 1993 – August 27, 1994ECW World Tag Team ChampionshipAugust 27, 1994 – April 11, 2001
Reigns
Combined reigns
By team RankTeamNo. of reignsCombined days and Rocco Rock 369Kronus and Saturn 335A. J. Petrucci and Doug Stahl283Sabu and Rob Van Dam244Buh Buh Ray and D-Von 230 and Lance Storm203 and New Jack168 and Raven136 and Roadkill129 and Mikey Whipwreck106Little Guido and Tony Mamaluke99, Johnny Hotbody, and Chris Michaels88 and Lance Storm79Raven and Stevie Richards78 and The Tazmaniac64 and The Sandman62 and Eddie Gilbert54 and Tracy Smothers48 and Tony Stetson43 and Dean Malenko42 and Balls Mahoney38Kronus and New Jack28 and Johnny Gunn21Sabu and The Tazmaniac21Pitbull #1 and Pitbull #221 and Raven8 and Masato Tanaka7 and Masato Tanaka5 and Larry Winters1 and Phil LaFon1 and Mikey Whipwreck1
By wrestler RankWrestlerNo. of reignsCombined days369369Kronus363Saturn335 291A. J. Petrucci28328382829Sabu26510Rob Van Dam244Buh Buh Ray Dudley230D-Von Dudley23013Raven22214New Jack19615Mustafa Saed16816Tommy Dreamer16417Little Guido14918Johnny Hotbody13119Roadkill129Danny Doring12921Mikey Whipwreck10722Cactus Jack 10623Tony Mamaluke9924Kevin Sullivan6425Chris Michaels8826The Tazmaniac8427Justin Credible7928Stevie Richards78The Sandman6262Eddie Gilbert545433Tracy Smothers4834Tony Stetson4435Balls Mahoney43Chris Benoit42Dean Malenko4238Johnny Gunn21Pitbull #121Pitbull #221Masato Tanaka12Mike Awesome8Larry Winters1Doug Furnas1Phil LaFon1Yoshihiro Tajiri1
References
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External links ECW World Tag Team Championship at www.wrestling-titles.com ECW World Tag Team Championship at WWE.com