When I originally wrote my series of blogs about who "The Disgruntled Real World Heavyweight Champion" is/was, 35 years of wrestling was covered within five blogs (1983 to 2018). With my current blog series about the tag team championship, 19 years had been covered in five blogs (1983 to 2002). The number of champions proclaimed in this series is the same as its predecessor (88), two belts are still recognized at that point (WWE World Tag Team Championship and the current incarnation NWA World Tag Team Championship), and the Ring of Honor and WWE Tag Team Championship are about to be introduced. This makes me wonder, if I should backtrack from the best tag team champions currently (January 28, 2019. I am leaning towards The New Day.), but there may even be more variables to consider.
Can TNA/Impact still be looked over? Has New Japan's influence come into play like it eventually did with the original World Heavyweight Championship? I shall not forget All Elite Wrestling.
I guess we are going into spoiler territory, but let me get to the idea of the "End is the Beginning is the End". That sounds more fun than transcribing my review for the too bad for Netflix Streaming "Skeleton Crew".
Championships that Will Qualify for the List:
- National Wrestling Alliance World Tag Team Championship - When WWE was building up Kane to be the ultimate babyface jobber for Triple H, he was the tag team champion with The Hurricane. Too prove how strong he was, Kane successfully defended the championship in a four-team TLC match only to lose the belts with his partner the next week. Because of its history of being fought over in WCW, the NWA title was still "relevant" and was getting coverage when it was shown on TNA. Christopher Daniels and Donovan Morgan became the inaugural ROH Tag Team Champions two days before America's Most Wanted captured the NWA title, but AMW was going to be the more memorable team. Here is hoping for a reunion like the Rock 'n' Roll Express on NWA Powerrr.
- Ring of Honor Tag Team Championship - The title got its legs when WWE was trying to establish the WWE Tag Team Championship on Smackdown. If you consider that WWE all but forgot about tag team wrestling when the Alliance angle first gave them multiple championships, there will definitely be points when ROH can claim to have the more worthy championship.
- WWE Tag Team Championship - If you are a fan of history, this has the lineage of the World Tag Team Championship.
- WWE Smackdown Tag Team Championship - It all depends of the booking when it comes to which WWE Tag Team Championship is more meaningful.
- All Elite Wrestling Tag Team Championship - Their first tag team champions, Frankie Kazarian and Scorpio Sky ended up defeating all of what had to be the most stacked tag team division at the time. The recognition may just be a blip because losing the championships to a team that is building for a Mega Powers Explosion may take some luster off the belts.
The Current (1/29/2020) Real Tag Team Champions: The Smackdown Tag Team Champions: The New Day (Big E., Kofi Kingston, and Xavier Woods) - Reign began on January 22, 2020:
It has been established for nearly two years that the dream opponents for The New Day was the six-person team of The Elite. That version of The Elite does not feature Adam Page.
The Last Real Tag Team Champions:
AEW Tag Team Champions: So Cal Uncensored (Scorpio Sky and Frankie Kazarian): 12/13/2019 to 1/22/2020
The ROH Tag Team Champs lost the belt to a non-established tag team in Jonathan Gresham and Jay Lethal. I would refer to Super ACH when it comes to why Lethal got that spot.
2nd to Last Real Tag Team Champions:
ROH Tag Team Champions: The Briscoe Brothers (Mark and Jay) - 7/20/19 to 12/13/19
Since December of 2012, Ring of Honor had the titles only be won by established tag teams, most of whom would end up becoming champs in the WWE or AEW. WWE then goes to abuse the tag teams by letting their talents put over singles competitors.
The Guerillas of Destiny (Tama Tonga and Tango Loa) - 4/6/19 to 7/20/19
Villain Enterprises (PCO and Brody King) - 3/15/19 to 4/6/19
The Briscoe Brothers (2) - 12/14/2018 to 3/15/19
So Cal Uncensored (Frankie Kazarian and Scorpio Sky) - 10/14/18 to 12/14/18
The Briscoe Brothers (3) - 3/9/18 to 10/14/18
The Motor City Machine Guns (Alex Shelley and Chris Saban) - 9/22/17 to 3/9/18
The Young Bucks (Matt and Nick Jackson) - 4/1/2017 to 9/22/17
The Broken Hardys (5) [Broken Matt and Brother Nero] - 3/4/17 to 4/1/17
The Young Bucks (2) - 12/18/2016 to 3/4/2017
12th to Last Real Tag Team Champions:
WWE Tag Team Champions: The New Day (2) - 9/18/2015 to 12/18/16
The WWE only had a single tag team championship at the time. Once they needed to establish a faction, The Shield, they realized that tag team wrestling was important again.
13th to Last Real Tag Team Champions:
ROH Tag Team Champions: The Addiction (Christopher Daniels and Frankie Kazarian) - 4/4/15 to 9/18/15
The New Day had traded their tag team titles to try and get The Prime Time Players over. WWE was not quite ready to pull the trigger on Kingston, Woods, and Big E.
14th to Last Real Tag Team Champons:
reDRagon (Kyle O'Reily and Bobby Fish) - 9/21/2014 to 4/4/15
15th Last Real Tag Team Champions:
WWE Tag Team Champions: The Usos (Jimmy and Jey) - 3/3/14 to 9/21/14
ROH's champs were the Young Bucks, but I would say it was after Wrestle Kingdom 9 (1/4/15) that they put themselves on the map.
The New Age Outlaws (3) - 1/26/14 to 3/3/14
Cody Rhodes and Goldust - 10/14/13 to 1/26/14
The Shield (Roman Reigns and Seth Rollins) - 5/19/13 to 10/14/13
20th to Last Real Tag Team Champions:
Team Hell No (Kane and Daniel Bryan) - 10/14/2012 to 5/19/13
This is WWE's best example of rivals becoming champions, so it deserves to remembered for that and bringing back tag team relevance after the two previous championships were merged.
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