{{short description|Men's professional wrestling championship}} {{Infobox pro wrestling championship |name = AEW World Tag Team Championship |image = AEW Tag.jpg |caption = The AEW World Tag Team Championship belts |promotion = All Elite Wrestling |currentholder = Cage and Cope<br>{{small|(Christian Cage and Adam Copeland)}} |won = May 24, 2026 |aired = <!-- The date the title change aired if different from "won" as some promotions officially recognize the air date for the start of a reign and not the date the match actually took place. --> |vacated = <!--If the title is vacated, leave "currentholder" and "won" blank and put the vacation date here. The infobox will automatically format the rest.--> |created = October 30, 2019 |firstchamp = SoCal Uncensored<br>{{small|(Frankie Kazarian and Scorpio Sky)}} |longestreign = The Young Bucks<br>{{small|(Nick/Nicholas Jackson and Matt/Matthew Jackson)}}<br>(1st reign, 302 days) |shortestreign = Sting and Darby Allin<br>(25 days) |mostreigns = As tag team (3 reigns): *The Young Bucks<br>{{small|(Nick/Nicholas Jackson and Matt/Matthew Jackson)}} *FTR<br>{{small|(Dax Harwood and Cash Wheeler)}} As individual (3 reigns): *Matt/Matthew Jackson *Nick/Nicholas Jackson *Cash Wheeler *Dax Harwood |oldest = Sting<br>({{age in years and days|1959|03|20|2024|02|07}}) |youngest = Jungle Boy<br>({{age in years and days|1997|06|16|2022|01|05}}) |heaviest = Swerve In Our Glory<br>{{small|(Keith Lee and Swerve Strickland)}}<br>(541 lbs combined) |lightest = The Young Bucks<br>{{small|(Nick/Nicholas Jackson and Matt/Matthew Jackson)}}<br>(350 lbs combined) }} The '''AEW World Tag Team Championship''' is a men's professional wrestling world tag team championship created and promoted by the American promotion All Elite Wrestling (AEW). It is a standard tag team championship, being contested by teams of two wrestlers. Established on October 30, 2019, the inaugural champions were SoCal Uncensored (Frankie Kazarian and Scorpio Sky). The reigning champions are Cage and Cope (Christian Cage and Adam Copeland), who are in their first reign, both as a team and individually. They won the title by defeating FTR (Dax Harwood and Cash Wheeler) in a New York Street Fight "I Quit" match at Double or Nothing on May 24, 2026; if Cage and Cope had lost, they would have disbanded as a team forever.
==History== {{multiple image |align = right |direction = horizontal |image1 = Frankie Kazarian in 2016.jpg |width1 = 150 |image2 = All Elite Wrestling TNT Champion - Scorpio Sky (cropped) (cropped).jpg |width2 = 165 |footer = Inaugural champions SoCal Uncensored (Frankie Kazarian and Scorpio Sky) |- }} On June 18, 2019, six months after the American professional wrestling promotion All Elite Wrestling (AEW) was founded,<ref>{{cite web|last1=Pratt|first1=Emily|title=The Young Bucks And Cody Officially Announced All Elite Wrestling And Released Some Details|url=https://uproxx.com/prowrestling/young-bucks-cody-all-elite-wrestling-announcement-2019/|publisher=Uproxx|access-date=February 8, 2019|date=January 1, 2019}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|last1=Fritz|first1=Brian|title=Shad and Tony Khan comment on launch of All Elite Wrestling|url=http://www.sportingnews.com/us/wwe/news/shad-and-tony-khan-comment-on-launch-of-all-elite-wrestling/nmw6ll4by0zh11y4158qqpmuc|publisher=Sportingnews|access-date=February 8, 2019|date=January 8, 2019}}</ref><ref>{{cite tweet|user=AEWrestling|author=All Elite Wrestling|number=1141063193701376000|title=#AEW x @CEOgaming #FyterFest Sat, June 29th #DaytonaBeach #BestFriends vs #SCU vs #PrivateParty @BRLive|date=June 18, 2019|access-date=June 18, 2019}}</ref> a tournament was announced to crown the promotion's inaugural men's tag team champions. That same day, a three-way tag team match for AEW's event Fyter Fest on June 29 was scheduled,<ref>{{Cite tweet|user=FiteTV|author=FITE TV|number=1141059937944113153|title=Does this heighten your level of Excitement? @AEWrestling #FyterFest is now availableon #FITETV in select countries! Join us on June 29 for this monumental event that will exceed expectations!|date=June 18, 2019|access-date=June 18, 2019}}</ref> featuring Best Friends (Trent? and Chuck Taylor), SoCal Uncensored (Frankie Kazarian and Scorpio Sky), and Private Party (Marq Quen and Isiah Kassidy) with the winning team advancing to All Out for an opportunity at a first round bye in the AEW World Tag Team Championship tournament.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://comicbook.com/wwe/2019/06/18/aew-fyter-fest-tag-team-match-scu-best-friends-private-party-all-out-tournament/|title=AEW Announces Triple Threat Tag Team Match for Fyter Fest With Major Stipulation|date=18 June 2019 |language=en|access-date=2019-06-19}}</ref> Later, AEW's president and chief executive officer Tony Khan announced that the tournament would occur on episodes of their TNT show, later revealed as ''Dynamite''.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://player.fm/series/the-steve-austin-show-unleashed-11715/tony-khan-of-all-elite-wrestling|title=Tony Khan of All Elite Wrestling|access-date=2019-06-19|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190619222237/https://player.fm/series/the-steve-austin-show-unleashed-11715/tony-khan-of-all-elite-wrestling|archive-date=2019-06-19|url-status=dead}}</ref> During the ''Buy In'' pre-show of Fyter Fest, Best Friends defeated Private Party and SoCal Uncensored to earn their spot at All Out.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VYgHDBhGeuM|title=FREE MATCH - Private Party vs SCU vs Best Friends - The Buy In AEW Fyter Fest|website=Youtube|date=2 July 2019 |access-date=August 12, 2019}}</ref>
On July 11, AEW's Executive Vice President and wrestler Matt Jackson announced a second three-way tag team match to take place at Fight for the Fallen on July 13 with the winners facing Best Friends at All Out.<ref>{{Cite tweet|user=MattJackson13|author=Jackson, Matt|number=1149469049497067520|title=FFTF Match Announcement|date=July 11, 2019|access-date=August 12, 2019}}</ref> At Fight for the Fallen, The Dark Order (Evil Uno and Stu Grayson) defeated Jurassic Express (Jungle Boy and Luchasaurus) and Angélico and Jack Evans to advance to All Out.<ref>{{cite tweet|user=AEWrestling|author=All Elite Wrestling|number=1153375376657330176|title=#AEWAllOut|date=July 22, 2019|access-date=August 12, 2019}}</ref> At the event on August 31, The Dark Order defeated Best Friends to receive the first round bye in the tournament.<ref name="All Out">{{cite web|last=Powell|first=Jason|title=AEW All Out results: Powell's live review of Chris Jericho vs. Hangman Page to become the first AEW Champion, Pentagon Jr. and Fenix vs. The Young Bucks in a ladder match for the AAA Tag Titles, Cody vs. Shawn Spears, Kenny Omega vs. Pac|url=https://prowrestling.net/site/2019/08/31/aew-all-out-results-powells-live-review-of-chris-jericho-vs-hangman-page-to-become-the-first-aew-champion-pentagon-jr-and-fenix-vs-the-young-bucks-in-a-ladder-match-for-the-aaa-tag-titles-cody/|work=Pro Wrestling Dot Net|date=August 31, 2019|access-date=August 31, 2019}}</ref> In the tournament final on the October 30 episode of ''Dynamite'', SoCal Uncensored defeated The Lucha Brothers (Pentagón Jr. and Rey Fénix) to become the inaugural champions.<ref name="Dynamite10302019">{{cite web|last=Powell|first=Jason|title=10/30 AEW Dynamite TV results: Powell's live review of the Chris Jericho and Cody contract signing for Full Gear, Pentagon Jr. & Rey Fenix vs. Frankie Kazarian & Scorpio Sky in the tournament finals to become the first AEW Tag Champions, Hangman Page vs. Sammy Guevara|url=https://prowrestling.net/site/2019/10/30/10-30-aew-dynamite-tv-results-powells-live-review-of-the-chris-jericho-and-cody-contract-signing-for-full-gear-pentagon-jr-and-rey-fenix-vs-frankie-kazarian-and-scorpio-sky-in-the-tournament-fin/|publisher=Pro Wrestling Dot Net|date=October 30, 2019|access-date=October 31, 2019}}</ref>
===Inaugural tournament=== The first official match of the AEW World Tag Team Championship Tournament was announced on August 9, 2019, with The Young Bucks (Matt Jackson and Nick Jackson) facing Private Party (Marq Quen and Isiah Kassidy) on October 9 during the second episode of ''Dynamite'' in Boston, Massachusetts.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wnf8MAjqPWI|title=Matt Jackson Announces A Huge Match For #AEWBoston|date=August 9, 2019|website=YouTube|access-date=August 12, 2019}}</ref> It was later announced that the semifinals for the tournament would take place on the October 23 episode in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania,<ref>{{Cite tweet|user=AEWrestling|author=All Elite Wrestling|number=1163873347463200774|title=The Semi-Finals of the #AEW World Tag Team Title Tournament will take place, when @AEWonTNT comes to the @Petersen_Events Center on Wednesday, October 23rd - Tix on sale this Friday, Aug, 23rd at Noon Et|date=August 20, 2019|access-date=August 20, 2019}}</ref> with the final on the October 30 episode in Charleston, West Virginia.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://411mania.com/wrestling/aew-inaugural-tag-team-champions-10-30/|title=AEW Will Crown Inaugural Tag Team Champions on October 30 TNT Show|date=August 21, 2019|last=Harris|first=Jeffrey|work=411mania|access-date=August 24, 2019}}</ref>
{{8TeamBracket | seeds = no | float = center | score-width = 70 | team-width = 200 | byes = 1
| RD1 = 1st Round<br>''Dynamite''<br>{{small|October 9–16, 2019}} | RD2 = Semifinals<br>''Dynamite''<br>{{small|October 23, 2019}} | RD3 = Final<br>''Dynamite''<br>{{small|October 30, 2019}} <!--1ST ROUND--> | RD1-team1 = The Young Bucks<br>{{small|(Matt Jackson and Nick Jackson)}} | RD1-team2 = '''Private Party<br>{{small|(Marq Quen and Isiah Kassidy)}}''' | RD1-score1 = 13:39 | RD1-score2 = {{small|Pinfall}} | RD1-shade2-1 = #ffb
| RD1-team3 = '''The Lucha Brothers<br>{{small|(Pentagón Jr. and Rey Fénix)}}''' | RD1-team4 = Jurassic Express{{efn|Stunt replaced Luchasaurus due to a hamstring injury.}}<br>{{small|(Jungle Boy and Marko Stunt)}} | RD1-score3 = {{small|Pinfall}} | RD1-score4 = 11:31 | RD1-shade3-1 = #ffb
| RD1-team5=Best Friends<br>{{small|(Trent? and Chuck Taylor)}} | RD1-team6 = '''SoCal Uncensored{{efn|Sky replaced Christopher Daniels after he was injured in an attack by The Lucha Brothers prior to the match.}}<br>{{small|(Frankie Kazarian and Scorpio Sky)}}''' | RD1-score5 = 9:57 | RD1-score6 = {{small|Pinfall}} | RD1-shade6-1 = #ffb <!--SEMIFINALS--> | RD2-team1 = Private Party | RD2-team2 = '''The Lucha Brothers''' | RD2-score1 = 12:24 | RD2-score2 = {{small|Pinfall}} | RD2-shade2-1 = #ffb
| RD2-team3 = '''SoCal Uncensored''' | RD2-team4 = The Dark Order{{efn|The Dark Order defeated Best Friends (Trent? and Chuck Taylor) at All Out to receive a first round bye.}}<br>{{small|(Evil Uno and Stu Grayson)}} | RD2-score3 = {{small|Pinfall}} | RD2-score4 = 13:59 | RD2-shade3-1 = #ffb <!--FINAL--> | RD3-team1 = The Lucha Brothers | RD3-team2 = '''SoCal Uncensored''' | RD3-score1 = 12:36<ref name="Dynamite10302019"/> | RD3-score2 = {{small|Pinfall}} | RD3-shade2-1 = #ffb }} {{noteslist}}
==Belt design== The AEW World Tag Team Championship belts were designed by Ron Edwardsen of Red Leather Belts. They have five gold plates on a black leather strap. The center plate has a blue globe at its center. At the center of the globe is AEW's logo, below the logo is a black banner that says "TAG TEAM" in gold, and below that is a nameplate for the reigning champions. Above the globe is a black banner that says "WORLD" in gold and below the globe is another black banner that says "CHAMPION" in gold. On either side of the center plate are two side plates each that each prominently display AEW's logo. The inner side plates additionally have a wrestler performing a piledriver while the outer side plates show a wrestler performing a standing choke hold. After FTR (Dax Harwood and Cash Wheeler) first won the title in September 2020, the belts received a minor update with a relief AEW logo on the center plate.<ref>{{cite tweet|author=Edwardsen, Ron|first=Ron|user=RonnieBmore|number=1303907140541788160|title=Relief logo stacked in the main plates.|date=September 10, 2020|access-date=August 31, 2023}}</ref>
==Reigns== {{main|List of AEW World Tag Team Champions}} {{multiple image | align = right | direction = horizontal | image1 = Christian Cage Photo Op Nightmare Weekend Chicago 2025.jpg | image2 = Adam Copeland July 2023.jpg | width1 = 150 | width2 = 129 | footer = Current champions Cage and Cope (Christian Cage and Adam Copeland) }}
As of {{CURRENTMONTHNAME}} {{CURRENTDAY}}, {{CURRENTYEAR}}, there have been 19 reigns between 15 teams composed of 30 individual champions and one vacancy. The Young Bucks (Nick/Nicholas Jackson and Matt/Matthew Jackson) and FTR (Dax Harwood and Cash Wheeler) are tied for the most reigns at three, both as a team and individually. The Young Bucks are also the longest reigning champions for their first reign, which lasted 302 days, and they have the longest combined reign at 522 days. Sting and Darby Allin have the shortest reign at 25 days as they vacated the title due to Sting's retirement. Sting is also the oldest champion at 64 while Jungle Boy is the youngest at 24.
Cage and Cope (Christian Cage and Adam Copeland) are the current champions in their first reign, both as a team and individually. They won the title by defeating FTR (Dax Harwood and Cash Wheeler) in a New York Street Fight "I Quit" match at Double or Nothing on May 24, 2026, in Queens, New York; if Cage and Cope had lost, they would have disbanded as a team forever.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.f4wonline.com/news/aew/adam-copeland-christian-cage-win-tag-team-titles-at-aew-double-or-nothing/|title=Adam Copeland & Christian Cage win Tag Team titles at AEW Double or Nothing|date=May 24, 2026|first=Bryan|last=Rose|work=Wrestling Observer Figure Four Online|access-date=May 24, 2026}}</ref>
==References== {{reflist}}
==External links== *[https://www.allelitewrestling.com/aew-world-tag-team-championship-history AEW World Tag Team Championship history] *{{commonscatinline}}
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