The WCW World Tag Team Championship was a professional wrestling World Tag Team Championship contested for in World Championship Wrestling (WCW). Originally, WCW was a member of the National Wrestling Alliance (NWA), which had numerous member promotions. The NWA operated many tag team championships before one prime tag team title was established in 1982. One of those titles was the NWA World Tag Team Championship, which was operated by the NWA member Mid-Atlantic Championship Wrestling (MACW), the predecessor of WCW. The championship was created by MACW in 1975.

In January 1991, WCW (the former MACW after merging with Championship Wrestling from Georgia in 1985) began the process of withdrawing as a member of the NWA to become an independent promotion, thus the name of the title was changed to the WCW World Tag Team Championship. On July 12, 1992, the WCW World Tag Team Championship was unified with the NWA World Tag Team Championship, which was created earlier that year by the NWA as its prime tag team championship. In September 1993, WCW's withdrawal from the NWA was made official, and the NWA World Tag Team Championship was returned to the NWA; the title was reactivated by the NWA in 1995.

In March 2001, all WCW assets were purchased by the then World Wrestling Federation (WWF) after AOL/Time Warner discontinued their involvement in wrestling programming. After the purchase, the WWF continued the use of the championship as a part of a storyline called The Invasion, which involved a rivalry between former WCW wrestlers and original WWF wrestlers before the purchase of WCW.

Title reigns were determined either by professional wrestling matches with different tag teams, a duo of wrestlers, involved in pre-existing scripted feuds, plots and storylines or were awarded the title due to scripted circumstances. Wrestlers were portrayed as either villains or fan favorites as they followed a series of tension-building events, which culminated in a wrestling match or series of matches for the championship. The inaugural champions, under the NWA, were The Minnesota Wrecking Crew (Gene Anderson and Ole Anderson), who were announced to have won the titles after winning a tournament in January 1975.

Before the promotion's purchase, the final champions recognized by WCW were Sean O' Haire and Chuck Palumbo; they were also the first champions under the titles operation in the WWF. On November 18, 2001, the championship was deactivated after its use in the Invasion storyline. The title was unified with the WWF Tag Team Championship, and the final champions recognized by the WWF, were The Dudley Boyz (Bubba Ray Dudley and D-Von Dudley). The title was won in Australia, Canada, Germany, and the United States. Harlem Heat (Booker T and Stevie Ray) held the most reigns as a tag team (10), and Booker T held the most individual reigns (11), which is the same number of times the title was vacated. At 282 days, Doom's reign during WCW's NWA withdrawal was the longest in the championship's history. Overall, there were 143 title reigns.

Title history Names NameYearsNWA World Tag Team ChampionshipJanuary 29, 1975 – January 1991WCW World Tag Team ChampionshipJanuary 1991 – March 26, 2001WCW Tag Team ChampionshipJune 24, 2001 – November 18, 2001

Reigns

Combined reigns ¤The exact length of one title reign is uncertain, so the shortest possible length is used.

By team RankTeamNo. ofreignsCombineddays1.Minnesota Wrecking Crew 7992¤2.The Steiner Brothers 75233.Harlem Heat 104704.Rock 'n' Roll Express 44005.Ricky Steamboat and Jay Youngblood 53476.Arn Anderson and Tully Blanchard23237.Ric Flair and Greg Valentine2286¤8.Doom 12829.The Nasty Boys 325910.The Outsiders 524411.The Outsiders with Syxx123112.Sean O'Haire and Chuck Palumbo 120513.The Midnight Express (Dennis Condrey and Bobby Eaton)119514.Sgt. Slaughter and Don Kernodle1193¤15.Ole Anderson and Stan Hansen1185¤16.Baron von Raschke and Greg Valentine1177¤17.Jack Brisco and Jerry Brisco317218.The Hollywood Blonds116919.Ivan Koloff and Don Kernodle1165Baron von Raschke and Paul Jones216521.Jimmy Snuka and Ray Stevens115822.Road Warriors115523.Sting and Lex Luger115424.Dusty Rhodes and Manny Fernandez1150Manny Fernandez and Rick Rude115026.Jimmy Snuka and Paul Orndorff1148¤27.The Fabulous Freebirds213428.Paul Jones and Masked Superstar212729.Ivan Koloff and Nikita Koloff (with Krusher Khrushchev)111330.Arn Anderson and Bobby Eaton110831.Shane Douglas and Ricky Steamboat110432.The Giant and Scott Hall19833.Pretty Wonderful29434.Miracle Violence Connection17835.Enforcers17536.Kenny Kaos and Rick Steiner174The Mamalukes27038.Jersey Triad16239.The Perfect Event35940.Dustin Rhodes and Ricky Steamboat158Dustin Rhodes and Barry Windham15842.Bunkhouse Buck and Dick Slater15743.Don Kernodle and Bob Orton Jr.156Cactus Jack and Kevin Sullivan15645.Mr. Wrestling and Dino Bravo15446.Mark Jindrak and Sean O'Haire25247.KroniK250Stars and Stripes25049.The Midnight Express (Bobby Eaton and Stan Lane)149Brothers of Destruction14951.Ivan Koloff and Nikita Koloff14652.Paul Jones and Ricky Steamboat14553.Ray Stevens and Greg Valentine14254.Billy Kidman and Rey Misterio Jr.14155.Creative Control/Harris Brothers 34056.The Insiders23657.Varsity Club135Kevin Nash and Sting135The Filthy Animals (Juventud Guerrera and Rey Misterio Jr.)13560.Wahoo McDaniel and Mark Youngblood23361.Arn Anderson and Paul Roma13262.Buff Bagwell and Shane Douglas12963.Ray Stevens and Ivan Koloff128The Filthy Animals (Billy Kidman and Konnan)12865.Wahoo McDaniel and Paul Jones12766.Dudley Boyz12667.Lex Luger and Barry Windham12468.Raven and Perry Saturn12269.Curt Hennig and Barry Windham12170.Marcus Bagwell and 2 Cold Scorpio120The West Texas Rednecks (Barry Windham and Kendall Windham)12072.The Giant and Sting11873.Chris Benoit and Dean Malenko115Crowbar and David Flair115The Hardy Boyz11576.Ric Flair and Blackjack Mulligan11477.Booker T and Test11378.American Males1979.The Public Enemy1880.Wahoo McDaniel and Rufus R. Jones17Dusty Rhodes and Dick Slater17Diamond Dallas Page and Bam Bam Bigelow1783.The Filthy Animals (Konnan and Rey Misterio Jr.)16Goldberg and Bret Hart16Chris Benoit and Perry Saturn1686.Boogie Knights1487.Lex Luger and The Giant11The Great Muta and Vampiro1189.The Misfits in Action1<1

By wrestler

RankWrestlerNo. ofreignsCombineddays1 Ole Anderson 8 1,1622 Gene Anderson 7 9773 Rick Steiner 8 5974 Scott Hall 7 5715 Ricky Steamboat 8 5546 Kevin Nash 9 5467 Arn Anderson 5 5388 Greg Valentine 4 5309 Scott Steiner 7 52310 Booker T 11 48311 Stevie Ray 10 47012 Don Kernodle 3 41313 Robert Gibson 4 400 Ricky Morton 4 40015 Baron von Raschke 3 36716 Paul Jones 6 36417 Ivan Koloff 4 352 Bobby Eaton 3 35219 Jay Youngblood 5 34720 Tully Blanchard 2 32321 Manny Fernandez 2 32022 Ric Flair 3 30023 Jimmy Snuka 2 281 Butch Reed 1 281 Ron Simmons 1 28126 Chuck Palumbo 4 26427 Sean O'Haire 3 25728 Syxx 1 23129 Ray Stevens 3 22830 Paul Orndorff 3 21731 Jerry Sags 3 207 Brian Knobs 3 20732 Sting 3 20634 Dennis Condrey 1 19535 Sgt. Slaughter 1 19236 Stan Hansen 1 18537 Lex Luger 3 17938 Jack Brisco 3 172 Jerry Brisco 3 17240 Rick Rude 1 17141 Dusty Rhodes 2 17042 Steve Austin 1 169 Brian Pillman 1 16944 Nikita Koloff 2 15945 Animal 1 155 Hawk 1 15547 Jimmy Garvin 2 134 Michael Hayes 2 13449 Shane Douglas 2 13350 The Masked Superstar 2 12751 Paul Roma 3 12652 Barry Windham 4 12353 Dustin Rhodes 2 11654 The Giant 3 11455 Krusher Khrushchev 1 11356 Marcus Alexander Bagwell/Marcus Bagwell/Buff Bagwell 5 10757 Diamond Dallas Page 4 10558 Steve Williams 2 9459 Rey Mysterio Jr. 3 8260 Dick Slater 2 7861 Larry Zbyszko 1 7562 Kenny Kaos 1 7463 Billy Kidman 2 69 Bam Bam Bigelow 2 7065 Wahoo McDaniel 4 6866 Chris Kanyon 1 6267 Johnny the Bull 2 60 Big Vito 2 6069 Terry Gordy 1 78 Shawn Stasiak 3 5971 Bunkhouse Buck 1 5772 Bob Orton Jr. 1 56 Cactus Jack 1 56 Kevin Sullivan 1 5675 Dino Bravo 1 54 Mr. Wrestling 1 5477 Mark Jindrak 2 5278 The Patriot 2 50 Brian Adams 2 50 Bryan Clark 2 5081 Stan Lane 1 49 Kane 1 49 The Undertaker 1 4984 Gerald/Ron Harris 3 38Patrick/Don Harris 3 3886 Mike Rotunda 1 35 Juventud Guerrera 1 3588 Mark Youngblood 2 34 Konnan 2 3490 Perry Saturn 2 2891 Bubba Ray Dudley 1 26 D-Von Dudley 1 2693 Raven 1 2294 Chris Benoit 2 21 Curt Hennig 1 2195 2 Cold Scorpio 1 20 Kendall Windham 1 2098 Dean Malenko 1 15 David Flair 1 15 Crowbar 1 15 Jeff Hardy 1 15 Matt Hardy 1 15103 Blackjack Mulligan 1 14104 Test 1 13105 Scotty Riggs 1 9106 Johnny Grunge 1 8 Rocco Rock 1 8108 Rufus R. Jones 1 7109 Bret Hart 1 6 Goldberg 1 6111 Alex Wright 1 4 Disco Inferno 1 4113 The Great Muta 1 1 Vampiro 1 1115 Lieutenant Loco 1 <1 Corporal Cajun 1 <1

See also List of former championships in WWE Tag team championships in WWE

Footnotes - This title reign is included twice for the purpose of showing the different recognitions by WCW and the WWF.

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